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Lost in 12 inches

33 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★ - 4 ratings

Every episode we drop the needle on the tracks that were part of the mixed tapes and mixtapes of the 80's and 90's. Tunes that followed us on the train in the morning, on the way to our adventures on the weekend and all the times in between.

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Episodes

Rich in Paradise

September 28, 2023 21:00 - 6 minutes - 4.68 MB

A great example of Italian House from 1989, and the first of 3 episodes covering my personal history with North Sydney's Metropolis night club Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

Michael on Arvos with Tim Shiel

August 16, 2023 07:00 - 5 minutes - 4.09 MB

A special episode. Me giving my opinion of Adore U by Fred Again featuring Obongjayer to Tim Shiel on Double J Arvos. Check out the track Adore U - Fred Again featuring  Obongjayer If you enjoy this podcast you will love Double J. Its where i get a lot of my new music Double J Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

Beat Dis

February 16, 2023 21:00 - 7 minutes - 5.02 MB

A debut single that shook the dancefloor everywhere,  started a production career, and was played at my family home in the afternoon when my school mates would wait for their busses. Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

We love you

December 01, 2022 21:00 - 7 minutes - 5.52 MB

A track that found fame as part of one of the great Dance Compilations of the early 90's. And I give the highlights of a rather epic weekend I spent in Bathurst. Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

Big Car (Retread)

November 10, 2022 21:00 - 7 minutes - 5.02 MB

A little known remix from a pioneer of industrial and electronic music, and their Australian, Severed Heads. I head back to Lawson Street in Redfern, my base of operations for the winter  of 1990.  Me, an ex Goth, and a passive aggressive Goth couple. Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

Hear the Drummer (Get Wicked)

November 03, 2022 21:00 - 7 minutes - 5.42 MB

A sample laden UK hit that took 6 months enter the Australian charts, just. Thursday nights on the Lower Noth Shore in 1990. We were Stompers and we Stomped. Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

James Brown is Dead

September 08, 2022 19:00 - 7 minutes - 4.93 MB

A global techno hit from the Netherlands that charted in the US and in Australia, and how I used to spend my Friday night bringing the Rave to the kids of the North Shore of Sydney Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

Lionrock

August 18, 2022 20:00 - 7 minutes - 5.3 MB

A prog house classic, and yet another debut single. Thank You Justin.  I'm thinking about what we wore and where we got it, this episode might be a little Risky Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

Malfunction

June 16, 2022 20:00 - 5 minutes - 4.03 MB

A British techno classic that wasn't the lead track, and the person that introduced me to this song. one of my best friends, Natahsa Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

We Gotta Do it

May 05, 2022 19:00 - 9 minutes - 6.4 MB

A banging Italian techno house track that filled the dancefloors of the Sydney Rave Scene and how we spent our Friday nights in late '91 and early '92 Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

Spin that Wheel

April 21, 2022 20:00 - 7 minutes - 5.27 MB

Its time for some Turtle Power with this hip house track from 1990 And a night out with my oldest friend where this tune provided the soundtrack and we ate gingerbread men shape like a cartoon pizza chef on the way home Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

Pump Up The Volume

April 14, 2022 21:00 - 7 minutes - 5.37 MB

The first big UK produced House track that charted globally.  And how an initiation to a dance in 1988 spawned in to friendships that have endured to this day Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

Touched by the hand of Cicciolina

February 24, 2022 21:00 - 9 minutes - 6.47 MB

It's bee a while and this week I am going back to when Italian politics and intergalactic punk rock hip hop collide in the name of football. And i recount something insidious found while working in a big hotel Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

High on Hope

November 25, 2021 21:00 - 6 minutes - 4.61 MB

An under appreciated track from back in the day. Stadium house vibes without being stadium house. And how i met my brother from another mother at Happy Valley Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

Charly

October 07, 2021 20:00 - 6 minutes - 4.67 MB

An absolute classic debut from one of the great bands. Really the first of its kind.  And Crown street my home in late 1991 and most of 1992 i was really at the centre of things. Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

Hyperactive

September 30, 2021 21:00 - 6 minutes - 4.48 MB

A synthpop favorite of mine from an artist I still listen to today. And how Australia's National broadcaster helped shape my musical tastes and these of a generation of kids. https://linktr.ee/lostin12inches Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

Peace

September 23, 2021 20:00 - 8 minutes - 5.7 MB

A Minor hit in Australia that takes me back to one of the best night of my young life. Happy Valley how I could be a real arse at times https://linktr.ee/lostin12inches Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

Peace

September 23, 2021 20:00 - 8 minutes - 5.7 MB

A Minor hit in Australia that takes me back to one of the best night of my young life. Happy Valley how I could be a real arse at times https://linktr.ee/lostin12inches Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

Istanbul (not Constantinople)

September 16, 2021 20:00 - 6 minutes - 4.75 MB

A newly discover remix of one of my favourite songs by one of my favourite bands They Might Be Giants This track has all the samples I talk about moving out of home and the place that I moved to. https://linktr.ee/lostin12inches  Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

Come Together

July 01, 2021 21:00 - 11 minutes - 8.09 MB

The 10 minute long second single from one of the great albums of the 1990's and how I met my dearest friend. Wol If you would like to hear this with out me ruining it check out the YouTube link below https://youtu.be/rESWc50cAGQ Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

Slave to the Rhythm

June 17, 2021 20:00 - 10 minutes - 6.99 MB

The signature tune for Grace Jones from 1985 and a tale of a young mans efforts to see her in 1989. A waitering job that led to disappointment. Check out the Video at https://youtu.be/YIZ388EhIgw Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

Street Tuff

June 10, 2021 20:00 - 6 minutes - 4.65 MB

in this episode we are getting Strret Tuff, Abercrombie Street Tuff, the house spent most of 1990 and a track that was very  much in the background. Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

Passion

June 03, 2021 20:00 - 9 minutes - 6.29 MB

Progressive hose in the most opulent of settings. An Anagram for a band name and you have a track that has stood the test of time  its 1992, its Wednesday night and we are at Stun. Here is it without me talking over it https://youtu.be/hxVq3BWyoXg Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

Everything starts with an 'E'

May 27, 2021 21:00 - 9 minutes - 6.41 MB

This episode I look at one of my favorite walking songs. Funded By Boy George, the first song on his More Protein label. I talk you through the walk I used to take to work everyday and the sights and smells along the way. Check out the version with out me ruining it at https://youtu.be/Rhhgo9xxLk8 1990 Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

Different Strokes

May 20, 2021 21:00 - 7 minutes - 5.31 MB

This week I talk about a song with very little back story produced by a DJ and Promoter still putting parties to this day. And how me lugging around some sofa's and old carpets led me to the next chapter. Oh yes and I also talk about some lights. This is Different Strokes Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

Rok da House

May 13, 2021 20:00 - 8 minutes - 5.66 MB

The First Hip House Track. Me rambling on a bit about growing up on the North Shore of Sydney in the late 80's and how I would escape. Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

Is there anybody out there

May 06, 2021 21:00 - 10 minutes - 7.19 MB

A real case of love at first hear. i though I had tracked it down at Central Station but wound up buying one of the samples. My last purchase at the original Central Station records store on Pitt Street and this got me thinking about all of the other record shops that used to be up and down that street. this week we have a real banger Never officially released in Australia Check out the version with out me ruining it at https://youtu.be/JHNaeHK1UVQ Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with...

Ep3 - Is there anybody out there

May 06, 2021 21:00 - 9 minutes - 6.65 MB

A real case of love at first hear. i though I had tracked it down at Central Station but wound up buying one of the samples. My last purchase at the original Central Station records store on Pitt Street and this got me thinking about all of the other record shops that used to be up and down that street. this week we have a real banger Never officially released in Australia Check out the version with out me ruining it at https://youtu.be/JHNaeHK1UVQ

Ep 2 - Madchester

April 28, 2021 16:00 - 7 minutes - 4.92 MB

A Remix, A Party, A Record box, A Club Night. Hear me talk about the greatest Dome track.  In this episode I give you Hallelujah.  The song that introduced me to Happy Mondays.

Madchester

April 28, 2021 16:00 - 7 minutes - 5.46 MB

A Remix, A Party, A Record box, A Club Night. Hear me talk about the greatest Dome track.  In this episode I give you Hallelujah.  The song that introduced me to Happy Mondays. Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

7 Ways to love

April 22, 2021 20:00 - 6 minutes - 4.44 MB

A side project more successful than the band that spawned it. hear my thoughts and a bit of what was going on at the time. Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with the permission of Tom Ellard Support the show

7 Ways to love

April 22, 2021 20:00 - 6 minutes - 4.44 MB

A side project more successful than the band that spawned it. hear my thoughts and a bit of what was going on at the time. Greater Dub - Severed Heads 1991 Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

Ep1 - 7 Ways to love

April 22, 2021 20:00 - 5 minutes - 3.89 MB

A side project more successful than the band that spawned it. hear my thoughts and a bit of what was going on at the time.