• Play Count: 10 plays

You don’t need a weatherman to know that it was a chilly London night in March when Lady Kamikaze joined us for Heavy Sugar at The Alibi. In no time though, she had the whole club positively sizzling with this eclectic mix of vintage tunes. From swinging soulful shimmyers to spicy Latin shakers, Lady Kamikaze had us in the palm of her hand all the way through. The tracklisting below is not wholly complete, there’s a large slab of Cumbia in the middle which you won’t miss. It was a massive privilege for us to share the decks with such a connoisseur of dancefloor dynamite.

• Play Count: 9 plays

The club that hosts Heavy Sugar, The Alibi, celebrated its 3rd birthday earlier this year. Hard to believe that it’s only been three years since it opened. At the time, it was one of the first proper late night clubs on the Kingsland Road strip. Even though the area is increasingly becoming littered with basement dive bars, The Alibi, now a Dalston institution, still stands out as a nightspot worth getting drunk in. Heavy Sugar DJs Diddy Wah & Fritz gladly accepted an invitation to play 45s for an hour at their birthday bash. We started off with mini-sets and progressed to a straight up gun fight (one track each). Plenty of big hitting party records were dropped in the mix. Get stuck in!

The Wailers – Mashi
Gary Webb – Drum City Pt.1
Googie Rene – Wiggle-Tail Pt.1
The Strangers – Rockin’ Rebel
Jerry Lee Lewis – Whole Lotta Shakin’
The Blue Tones – Shake Shake
Cliff Richard – Dynamite
Dick Bush – Hollywood Party
Ron Haydock – 99 Chicks
Buddy Miller – Teen Twist
Barbara And The Boys – Hooty Sapperticker
Big Jay McNeely – Big Jay Shuffle
Sandy Nelson – Caravan
Elmore James – Rollin’ And Tumblin’
Howlin’ Wolf – Killing Floor
The Rhythm Kings – Exotic
The Individuals – La Bamba
Jack Costanzo – I Got A Bongo
Big Bo & The Arrows – Big Bo’s Twist
The Champs – Tequila Twist
One Plus One – Outer Space Dixie
The Cyclones – Say What
Louis Jordan – Big Bess
Hollywood Flames – Strollin On The Beach
Fats Domino – Let The Four Winds Blow
The Teen Beats – Big Bad Boss Beat
Duane Eddy – Ramrod
Judy Jae – Twisteree
Little Richard – Lucille
The Puddle Jumpers – Snake Charmer
The Flee-Rekkers – Bitter Rice

• Play Count: 13 plays

The third crop harvested from November 2012’s Heavy Sugar is a absolute bumper. DJ Fritz weaves together 18 sick (meaning: really good) 45rpm records from his extensive collection. Musically, Fritz inhabits a space located somewhere between the wacky and the wild. Like the sets from DJs Diddy Wah and Johnny Alpha, this recording was captured fairly early in the night, before everything got totally crazy. In 40 odd minutes, DJ Fritz took the dancefloor from several inquisitive punters bopping away happily all the way through to a raging heap of pure, exhilarating Friday night fun. Have a listen to hear just how he does it.

Cardinals – Misirlou
Johnny Donn- Smog
Clyde Stacy – So Young
Sanford Clark – A Cheat
Marty Wilde – My Baby Is Gone
The Monotones – Zombi
Lilyann Carol – Ooo-Poppa-Doo
Kip Tyler – She Got Eyes
Las Dilly Sisters – Sometimes Good Guys Don’t Wear White
The Tikis – Big Feet
Ed Corey – Dingy Dong
Noble “Thin Man” Watts - Hot Tamales
Wilder Brothers – Sick Sick Sick
Dwight Pullen – Sunglasses After Dark
The Chiefs – Tom Tom
The Carnations – Casual
The Rhythm Aces – Mohawk Rock
Lelan Rogers – Hold It

• Play Count: 11 plays

Here’s a special treat. A killer diller set from the one and only DJ Johnny Alpha. Recorded at the last Heavy Sugar of last year, this snippet sees Sir Johnny DJing up a storm. From rockin’ obscurities to wild instrumental shakers, this is the real deal from a man who’s a big inspiration to the Heavy Sugar residents. Enjoy!

Jimmy Oliver - The Sneak
Big Guys - Zombie
Lee Lilly - Big Masher
John Hammond Jr. - Baby, Won’t You Tell Me
Boyd Bennett - Hit The Jive, Jack!
Clyde Valley Stompers - Casbah
Tony Gunner - Rough Road
Gene Vincent - Crazy Beat
The Frantics - The Whip
Lincoln Trio - Shakedown
The Merits - Arabian Jerk
The Hustlers - Migraine
The Cousins - Relax
Johnny Little John - Johnny’s Jive
G. Hodge & the Jumping Jacks - Shoulder Motion
The Majestics - Boss Walk
The Bangers - Baby Let Me Bang Your Box
Tommy Louis - Lookie There
The Flame ‘N’ King - Do The Whip
Bill & Will - Goin’ To The River