Been searching for the original of this classic Harvey edit for years. The most annoying thing is that the answer was once to be found in the track ID section of the old djhistory.com website. I even managed to track down an mp3 copy of the track. But the mp3 went out with a broken hard drive back some time in the late 2000s, the artist and title has since evaded my memory, so here I am again as naked as the day I was born.
All I is that "Liftoman" makes use of a small breaks section of the original, and if I'm not entirely mistaken there was a vocal on the original which is not in the edited version. My mind also tells me it was a psychedelic west coast jazz/soul group performing.
Ultimately my question is - does anybody know the original track title and artist?
Photo says it all. DJ Harvey and myself in an icelandic hot spring 1990. I could write a book about the tunes I made with Harvey, the Black Cock records made in my front room all 3 ep's were all a blast to make. Mr Rooney never entered the building, his job was driving Harvey around in his cool BMW. No idea what one this is but they are all classics and another new sound with a superstar DJ born.
Guess dropping him a message on his BC page could be worth it ;0)
Been searching discogs up and down and in and out specifying various genres and
periods, so far without result. Tried to ask ChatGPT to check if there was a remote
chance for it to find any hidden posts revealing the seemingly unobtainable, and
funnily enough I was presented with some of the most ridiculous suggestions even
including a supposed track from 1995 (!) by Mick Harvey (!!) that doesn't even exist.
So much for the AI hype.
