Latest Purchase - Burglar Tom

Burglar Tom - EP2 (Not On Label)

  

Burglar Tom - EP3 (Not On Label)

These are the second and third volumes of Burglar Tom's unoffical re-works of a variety of tracks by an eclectic range of artists.  I've had the first one for a while, since Rothko picked up the set and blew me away with the the version of the Bush Tetra's - Snakes Crawl from Volume 1. 

I got the first volume at the time and had been thinking of picking up the other two since then.  I found these two going relatively cheap on Discogs, so I finally got round to it.

These 2 volumes contain reworks of Joy Division, Velvet Underground, Autechre, LFO, Brian Eno and others. 

I haven't been able to find much in the way of decent links to these tracks, but I've added links to hear some short samples from the rubadub website.

Burglar Tom - EP2 

Burglar Tom - EP3

Latest Purchase - Betty Botox

Betty Botox - Mmm, Betty! Vol 2 (Endless Flight)

I had most of the Betty Botox stuff up until this set of 3 12"s came out. I'm not really sure why, but these seemed to just pass me by.  I heard the Severed Heads edit recently and it sent an odd shiver of recognition through me.  I'm sure I must have heard Twitch play it sometime when I was out in party mode.  

I was so taken with this after hearing it that I immediately snatched a copy off Discogs, from the same Belgian dude that sold me the Fela from the last post.

Twitch's edit of Severed Heads mainly consists of moving the intro of the record to the middle, turning it into a breakdown.  Quite simple, but it really works and makes a significant improvement on the original.  My friends are a little divided about this track, but I reckon they'll come around if I just keep playing it.  The Pankow edit is pretty cool too.

I can't find a link to the Twitch edit, so I've added a video for the original.