Chris Sheppard – Pirate Radio Sessions Volume 1
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This is the one that started it all for me. My buddy Naushad gave me a cassette copy of this CD in grade 8 elementary school and I literally wore it thin. I lucked out by finding the CD used in perfect condition at my corner CD shop, LA Music, and over the years I used and abused it to oblivion as well. I’ve since bought it once again and am happy to share it with you all now that it’s long out of print.
This CD is laden with classic house anthems by some of the best-respected producers. Tracks scale back from the early 90′s all the way to the mid-80′s. The mixing is very studio – quite obviously a made-for-stores compilation, but uncompromising in track selections. This is more than can be said for Chris Sheppard’s later compilations, but many of his early ones were a window into Toronto’s kicking club and rave scene of the day. London, Manchester, Detroit, Chicago, Toronto featured microcosms of each of those scenes, a few city blocks apart, every weekend.
So who is Chris Sheppard? Truth be told, he’s kind of a weenie. He’s a great Canadian hoser who practised a sultry British accent just long enough to be opaque to e-tards. His actual mixing skills are dubious if present at all (I’ve not seen him live but have heard stories of breaking needles on the first mix and pulling the wrong record off a turntable) but the man’s got an ear, and that’s what’s most important. He turned me on, I tuned in, and I’ve never turned back. For me, Chris Sheppard was rock’s executioner.
I’m thrilled to share this mix with you. I think it stands the test of time just as well as the songs that make it up. Even if you’re not interested in house music I encourage you to at least press play on the sample above. It’s the song I consider my anthem, “Living My Life Underground” by Mind Readers featuring Malik Hart. I always adored this song and I ended up growing into it. It was about me before I fit the mold.
See discogs.com for track listing and more info.
Categories: Compact Disc, Everything, House - Classic, House - Melodic, House - Vocal, 1994 |
Awesome! (the site in general)
I intend to milk the hell out of the site until the Canadian Lawmakers (aka Asskissers-of-Americans) swoop in and shut down all Canadian freedom of enjoyment.
THANK YOU!
I’m only releasing productions that are no longer for sale, many of which were never available in stores. I’m certainly not breaking any copy protection schemes. I hope our lawmakers don’t interfere with my harmless hobby.
This is a very well put together site.
Thanks for taking your time to make it.
One problem I can’t download or even play an entire CD.
Just the sample… (1 song)
Thanks for the compliment, Dan. I’m always making little changes to the site to try and make it better, but definitely not as often as I ought to.
I’m sorry you’re having trouble downloading the file. I’m testing it right now and I’m downloading the full CD very quickly. Perhaps it’s a problem on your end, or maybe with my web host as they are rarely but sometimes unreliable. Please let me know if the problem persists or email me at brian@demodulated.com and I’ll help you get it another way.
Dan click on the full cd link not the sample
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Sweet! You have no idea how long it’s been since I’ve listen to these tracks! This is the guy that got me hooked on the goodness back in the day….good times!
i gotta agree with _sinzen, chris sheppard got me into dance music.
Hey, Living My Life Underground was my fav song too… Got a question, and can’t find any really complete track listing of Shep’s mixes.
On Pirate Radio Volume 2 there is a song between track 13 and 14 that is not listed on the cd cover. What is the name or artist of that song… has the echo chamber sound and a key board going wa-wa, wa-wa, for the first 15 seconds of Reach for Me by Legion of Boom. I REALLY want to find that track!!! Please help.
I used to have 5 or 6 of these Pirate Radio Sessions CDs but I can only find 2 of them now! I don’t know what on earth happened to my volume 2. I’m going to scour my old bedroom to see if I can dig it up and I’ll rip and publish the CD here if I can.
The song at the beginning of Reach sounds a lot like Phantasm by Tones Energy but that song came out later so I’m not sure.
Oh my goodness! I clicked on the sample and nearly had an aural orgasm! I never knew who made this track, but I remember a very hot night in a very dark club in Edmonton Canada circa 1994… Stumbled across you site by accident, bookmarked it intentionally. Thank you SO MUCH!
Danny, I’m so happy to hear that my website is fulfilling its intended purpose! I’d love to hear more about that night if you care to leave a comment.
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but how do I download these mixtapes?
Hi Rob,
It’s not a stupid question at all. I took another look at my website and decided it wasn’t easy enough to use. Thanks to your comment I now fixed up the interface to make things easier to find. Please let me know whether you have any troubles downloading now.
Thanks for this – just came across it by chance. The music/clubs were amazing back then. I have a ton of old rave tapes that I am happy to share if anyone wants figure out how to upload and host…
Alan, welcome to my website! By all means email me at brian@demodulated.com if you’d like to discuss hosting your mixtapes on my site for free.
You admit that Shep changed you’re life for the better, and then you diss him over some BS gossip you heard? Dude Shep is a legend for good reason, His mixes were flawless. Saw him steal the show @ every rave he played in the T.dot area. Legend 4 good reason.
Well, I’ve got a whole bunch of his CDs and the mixing is definitely not the highlight. Not to mention the swarthy act he puts on. I have huge respect for the guy as a selector and a producer but I have yet to see him knock one out of the park with his mixing skill. I primarily know him as a personality, not as a DJ.
Just found your site and it’s awesome!! I have Shep’s P.R.S. Vol 2 if you are interested. Maybe you have it up since the posts above. Let me know
Thanks for listening to “Living My Life Undergroud!” That was the first song I ever recorded. Some good times baby!
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Nuff respect to you, Malik Hart! Thanks for dropping by!
wow, malik heart!
that song is powerfull!!!!!!!
i have been after that full track for more then a decade…..awesome lirycs!
first time i heard it was on the P.R.S Vol 1
and till today is one of my all time favorite songs.
Chris Sheppard was an inspiration to me at an early age. I used to stay up late and record his sets from the warehouse and the rpm nightclubs. I would look forward to the last half hour of the broadcast, because thats when he would play the edgy, harcore underground stuff…like armand van helden’s Witch Doktor when it first came out (late ’94)…He was an inspiration for me to become a dj
man, this is quite the mix! this is totally satisfied the craving-for-house i didn’t know i was having
i loved Chris Sheppard back in the day!
my brother had the original Destination Dance Floor CD and lost it, it was my favorite. any chance you know where i can get my hands on that?
Let me see what I can do for you, AmyLyn. I KNOW I own(ed) this CD but I can’t find it on my shelf. I’ll check my old bedroom in my parents’ house ASAP.
Hey Brian:
Can you plz help me? For years, I’ve been searching for the name of a wicked dance track I used to party to circa 1993-1996. It’s kind of like a soccer chant and the lyrics consist only of “oh, oh, ohwoah, oh, oh, oh, oh, etc…”. I would be amazed if you could figure it out. My years of obsession would finally be put to rest. Btw, your site rocks!
Hey Rose,
Wow, I actually know that one. You’re thinking of Fluxland by XL.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTwOMoU1pyI
Man I hate that song
Thank so much! I’m totally impressed. You’re right its not that great a song. I guess it’s just nostalgia from a fun time.
By the way, I’m having trouble downloading your Pirate Radio Sessions Volume 1, but volume 2 downloaded fine. Thank you!
Came across yer site lookin’ for Chris Sheppard stuff . . . U have some really cool stuff here, takes me back. I used to listen to the ‘Often imitated, never duplicated one’ throw down on the weekends on Energy 108 from RPM and saw him live at the Warehouse. Total inspiration for me to start deejayin’. Keep up the good work on yer site!
Love this stuff!! I came across this site searching for Chris Sheppard. Man, these were the days!!
thanks!
PS – where is he these days?
Great to get a comment from you, Anonymous!
I was shopping at Play De Record downtown earlier this year and while chatting with the owner the conversation somehow turned to Chris Sheppard. I wondered the same thing, where is he today, and the owner pulled out a recent CD of his from under the counter. It seems Sheppard is running with his production experience from the BKS days and is producing dance remixes of commercial songs.
Truth be told I really hated the music (techno Pink Floyd…) but the production quality sounded incredible on the shop’s sound system.
All the best to the Shep, the often imitated never duplicated one!
That’s great to hear he’s alive and well.
I’d love to hear some of his new mixes – hope to get a chance soon. Is he working under a new alias?
His name is golden so he’s just going by Chris Sheppard as far as I know. I may agree or disagree with the direction the man takes over the years but when I hear that name I will always give it a fair shake. He has huge credibility in my ears as a producer and selector. He’s the man that turned me on to house music and broadened my horizons of hardcore.
Brian,
Thanks for emailing me the link to your site. Great tunes, especially this one! Brings back alot of memorries.
Thanks homie. Lots more where that came from.
wow. guess im not the only that was influenced by the one and only chris sheppard.like many this music brings back alot of memories.i used to record his sessions on friday nights. i actually found a few of those cassettes.awesome stuff. and with soundhound i can find the titles of the songs and download them. very cool. i also found that he now does compilation cds. and not dance music.one is a mediterranian cd.another is a salsa cd. guys all over the place. anyways glad i found this site. great work brian!!
I remember him in Toronto in the early years when we’d listen to his show on the radio.
I always wondered what happened to that one he did where he mixed in pachelbel. That was one of my all time favourites and at the time, nobody had heard anything like it. I was one of those kids who liked a wide range of music including some classical and it was like someone had taken the best of both and made it work
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WOW does this bring back memories of Edmonton parties back in the day.
Thanks for posting!