David Holmes 1997

Relive one of the all-time classic Essential Mixes from 1997, David Holmes' wild ride through northern soul, funk, jazz and psych rock.

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Episode Tracklist

#	Song	Artists
1	Ode To Billie Joe	Nancy Wilson
2	For What It's Worth	Lou Rawls
3	California Soul	Marlena Shaw
4	Bold Blue Sister	Ike & Tina Turner
5	Honky Tonk	Bill Doggett
6	Shhhh (For A Little While)	James Brown
7	Hole In The Wall	The Other Brothers
8	Boogaloo	James Brown
9	Kissy Strut	Trinidad Steel Drummers
10	En Melody	Serge Gainsbourg
11	Ape Shuffle	Lalo Schifrin
12	Frozen Steak Popcorn	Vigon
13	Stuff & Things	Sounds Of The City Experience
14	Up Against The Wall	Quincy Jones
15	Blackout
16	Purple Haze	Johnny Jones
17	Sex Machine
18	Dustcracks, Bugs & Roached	Purpose
19	Smash	Damn Sam The Miracle Man
20	Rootdown	Jimmy Smith
21	Coming & Going
22	East	Billy Paul
23	Light My Fire
24	Woman Of The Ghetto	Marlena Shaw
25	Got The Feelin?	The Dave Pike Set
26	Smokey Joes La La	Googie Rene Combo
27	Soul Drummers	Ray Barretto
28	Right On	Ray Barretto
29	Latin Strut	Joe Bataan
30	Seeds Of Life	Harlem River Drive
31	Black Rite	Mandingo And His Orchestra
32	Give It Up Or Turn It Loose	Dick Hyman
33	Streets Of Calcutta	Ananda Shankar
34	Lite My Fire	John Schroder
35	Crosstown Traffic	Jimi Hendrix

Created at: 02 Oct 2025

Updated at: 02 Oct 2025