Air [1998] Part 1

Celebrating 25 years of Air's classic four hour Essential Mix, first broadcast on March 8th 1998.

Featured Artists	AIR
Programme	Radio 1's Classic Essential Mix
Broadcast	12 Mar 2023
Links

Episode Tracklist

#		Artists/Remixers	Labels
1	Kelly Watch The Stars	AIR	Source, Record Makers	01 Jan 2002
2	Speed Of Life	David Bowie	RCA Victor, RCA	14 Jan 1977
3	The End	The Beatles	Not On Label (The Beatles)	01 Jan 2009
4	Lloyd Price Express	Beck John King	Geffen Records	01 Jan 1996
5	Executive Party Dance	Rollerball	United Artists
6	Pornoviewer	Dopplereffekt	International DeeJay Gigolo Records	05 Nov 1999
7	Suicide Is Painless	The Mash	PolyGram, Virgin, BMG, EMI	01 Jan 1991
8	Summer In The City	Quincy Jones	Strictly Breaks Records	01 Jan 1997
9	The Soft Weed Factor	Soft Machine	CBS	01 Feb 1973
10	Computer's Dream	Michel Polnareff	Disc'Az	01 Jan 1976
11	Lovin' You	Minnie Riperton	Epic	24 May 1974
12	How Do You Sleep?	John Lennon	Bag Records	01 Jan 1992
13	Flight Of The Bumblebee	Jean‐Jacques Perrey	Vanguard
14	Car Thief	Beastie Boys	Not On Label (Beastie Boys)	01 Jan 1996
15	Roses Are Free	Ween	Sanctuary Visual Entertainment	01 Jan 2002
16	In Your House	The Cure	Speedball Company	01 Jan 1990
17	In Time	Sly Stone
18	Water To Drink	Frank Sinatra	Reprise Records
19	Crazy You	Prince	Warner Bros. Records	01 Jan 1978
20	Stratovarius	Kraftwerk	Vertigo	01 Jan 1972
21	Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake	Small Faces	Immediate	01 Aug 1968
22	Electric Music & The Summer People	Beck	Geffen Records
23	Ocean	The Velvet Underground	Republic Records, UMe	01 Jan 2021
24	Pinto's New Car	Money Mark	Mo Wax	28 Aug 1995
25	La Drogue	Richard de Bordeaux	Barclay
26	Travelling Man	Stanley Cowell	Soul Jazz Records	01 Jan 1994
27	Lose It	Supergrass	BMG, Echo	24 Jan 2020
28	Rien Ne Va Plus	Funk Factory	Not On Label	01 Jan 1995
29	On Some Faraway Beach	Brian Eno	Virgin	01 Nov 1993
30	Polnareve	Michel Polnareff	Epic	01 Jan 1973
31	Everybody's Talkin'	Harry Nilsson	EVA Records	01 Jan 2000
32	Generique FR3	Francis Lai	WIP Records
33	City Lights	Phoenix	Ghettoblaster	01 Mar 1997
34	Passin' Me By Fly As Pie Remix	The Pharcyde LA Jay	The Funky Chemist Records	01 Jan 2005
35	At Last I Am Free	CHIC	Rhino Records	08 Aug 2006
36	The Man Who Sold The World	David Bowie	EMI	01 Nov 2002
37	Deadweight	Beck	A&M Records	01 Jan 1997

Created at: 24 Feb 2026

Updated at: 23 Mar 2026