Death Is Not The End Pure Wicked Tune: Rare Groove Blues Dances & House Parties, 1985-1992

• Death Is Not The End – Science (Intro)
• Death Is Not The End – Flashlight
• Death Is Not The End – Birth Night
• Death Is Not The End – Fire
• Death Is Not The End – Darkness Bout Ya (Flashlight II)
• Death Is Not The End – Shit Hot
• Death Is Not The End – All John Travolta
• Death Is Not The End – Nuff Imports
• Death Is Not The End – Chillin in the Morning
• Death Is Not The End – Pure Niceness (Flashlight III)
• Death Is Not The End – Shockout Business
• Death Is Not The End – Pure Wicked Tune
• Death Is Not The End – Work to Do
• Death Is Not The End – Sweetback (No Poll Tax)
• Death Is Not The End – Canning Town Posse
• Death Is Not The End – Hello Stranger (Flashlight IV)
• Death Is Not The End – Special Birthday Request (Find a Partner)
• Death Is Not The End – Set Speed Operator
• Death Is Not The End – For All Those Who Never Hear It Proper (Outro Chop)

• 1. Science (Intro)
• 2. Flashlight
• 3. Birth Night
• 4. Fire
• 5. Darkness Bout Ya (Flashlight II)
• 6. Shit Hot
• 7. All John Travolta
• 8. Nuff Imports
• 9. Chillin in the Morning
• 10. Pure Niceness (Flashlight III)
• 11. Shockout Business
• 12. Pure Wicked Tune
• 13. Work to Do
• 14. Sweetback (No Poll Tax)
• 15. Canning Town Posse
• 16. Hello Stranger (Flashlight IV)
• 17. Special Birthday Request (Find a Partner)
• 18. Set Speed Operator
• 19. For All Those Who Never Hear It Proper (Outro Chop)

Pure Wicked Tune is a mixtape-style collection of extracts & cut-ups, taken from DIY cassette recordings featuring rare groove and "soul blues" soundsystems playing at early morning house parties and blues dances - mostly in South & East London - between the mid 1980s & early 90s.

Sounds like Funkadelic, Touch of Class, Latest Edition, JB Crew, Manhattan, 5th Avenue (and the many more featured on this tape) originally began to form in the mid-1980s. With lovers rock dwindling, and the reggae scene becoming dominated by harder digital-style dancehall, these sounds provided a tight but loyal crowd with a potent alternative - playing a mixture of killer rare soul, funk and boogie records in an inimitably reggae soundsystem style, complete with toasting, sirens and effects aplenty!