Jim Burgess - Last Night at The Saint
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Tue, 09/10/2007 - 14:11
I just re-posted this mix on Faith for someone. I know many of you will have heard them before but thought those of you who haven't might like the chance to hear it. Personally, I think it is one of teh best, if not the best, live mix I have ever heard.
Last Night @ The Saint (pt.1) http://download.yousendit.com/30B299596571C20C
Last Night @ The Saint (pt.2) http://download.yousendit.com/C81000096182A57C
Last Night @ The Saint (pt.3) http://download.yousendit.com/DACBB19526629AB8
Last Night @ The Saint (pt.4) http://download.yousendit.com/4C6C1AEE3DC839D1
Tracklist:
1. Double Discovery – Can He Find Another One
2. France Joli – Come To Me
3. Teri de Sario – Ain’t Nothin Gonna Keep Me From You
4. Madleen Kane – Forbidden Love
5. Queen Samantha – Close Your Eyes
6. Amant – If There’s Love
7. Ultimate – Love Is The Ultimate
8. Mantus – Love Is A Natural Thing
9. Beagle Music Inc - Daydream
10. interlude
11. Donna Summer – MacArthur Park
12. Fever – The Beat of The Night
13. Abba – Lay All Your Love On Me
14. Beautiful Bend – Make The Feeling Come Again
15. Tavares – Don’t Take Away The Music
16. Salsoul Orchestra – Magic Bird Of Fire
17. Diana Ross – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
18. Buddy Miles – Pull Yourself Together
19. Faith Hope & Charity – Don’t Pity Me
20. Stevie Wonder – That Girl
21. Melba Moore – Standing Right Here
22. Alton McClain & Destiny – Crazy Love
23. T-Connection – At Midnight
24. Miquel Brown – Close To Perfection
25. Cliff Richard – Some People
26. Cock Robin – When Your Heart Is Weak
27. Rose Laurens – American Love
28. Ray Vista – Don’t Let It Go
29. Lipps Inc – How Long
30. Doobie Brothers – What A Fool Believes
31. Alicia Bridges – I Love The Nightlife
32. Jackie Moore – This Time Baby
33. Tavares – Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel
34. James Wells – True Love Is My Destiny
35. Johnny Mathis – Begin The Beguine
36. Yvonne Fair – It Should Have Been Me
37. William DeVaughan – Be Thankful For What You Got
38. Aretha Franklin – Until You Come Back
39. Al Wilson – Show & Tell
40. Loose Change – Darling That’s Me
41. Detroit Spinners – Could It Be I’m Falling In Love
42. General Johnson – Don’t Walk Away
43. Bill Withers – You Got The Stuff
44. Toto – Georgy Porgy
45. Celi Bee – For The Love Of My Man
46. Phyllis Hyman – Kiss You All Over
47. Claudja Barry – Love For The Sake Of Love
48. Voyage – From East To West
49. Gloria Gaynor – Most Of All
50. Bionic Boogie – Hot Butterfly
51. Gladys Knight – Neither One Of Us
Last Night @ The Saint (pt.1) http://download.yousendit.com/30B299596571C20C
Last Night @ The Saint (pt.2) http://download.yousendit.com/C81000096182A57C
Last Night @ The Saint (pt.3) http://download.yousendit.com/DACBB19526629AB8
Last Night @ The Saint (pt.4) http://download.yousendit.com/4C6C1AEE3DC839D1
Tracklist:
1. Double Discovery – Can He Find Another One
2. France Joli – Come To Me
3. Teri de Sario – Ain’t Nothin Gonna Keep Me From You
4. Madleen Kane – Forbidden Love
5. Queen Samantha – Close Your Eyes
6. Amant – If There’s Love
7. Ultimate – Love Is The Ultimate
8. Mantus – Love Is A Natural Thing
9. Beagle Music Inc - Daydream
10. interlude
11. Donna Summer – MacArthur Park
12. Fever – The Beat of The Night
13. Abba – Lay All Your Love On Me
14. Beautiful Bend – Make The Feeling Come Again
15. Tavares – Don’t Take Away The Music
16. Salsoul Orchestra – Magic Bird Of Fire
17. Diana Ross – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
18. Buddy Miles – Pull Yourself Together
19. Faith Hope & Charity – Don’t Pity Me
20. Stevie Wonder – That Girl
21. Melba Moore – Standing Right Here
22. Alton McClain & Destiny – Crazy Love
23. T-Connection – At Midnight
24. Miquel Brown – Close To Perfection
25. Cliff Richard – Some People
26. Cock Robin – When Your Heart Is Weak
27. Rose Laurens – American Love
28. Ray Vista – Don’t Let It Go
29. Lipps Inc – How Long
30. Doobie Brothers – What A Fool Believes
31. Alicia Bridges – I Love The Nightlife
32. Jackie Moore – This Time Baby
33. Tavares – Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel
34. James Wells – True Love Is My Destiny
35. Johnny Mathis – Begin The Beguine
36. Yvonne Fair – It Should Have Been Me
37. William DeVaughan – Be Thankful For What You Got
38. Aretha Franklin – Until You Come Back
39. Al Wilson – Show & Tell
40. Loose Change – Darling That’s Me
41. Detroit Spinners – Could It Be I’m Falling In Love
42. General Johnson – Don’t Walk Away
43. Bill Withers – You Got The Stuff
44. Toto – Georgy Porgy
45. Celi Bee – For The Love Of My Man
46. Phyllis Hyman – Kiss You All Over
47. Claudja Barry – Love For The Sake Of Love
48. Voyage – From East To West
49. Gloria Gaynor – Most Of All
50. Bionic Boogie – Hot Butterfly
51. Gladys Knight – Neither One Of Us
just beginning pt1 now.
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Basically Burgess had been one of the initial 3 residents at the Saint along with Alan Dodd and Roy Thode, from its opening on Sept. 20th 1980. He decided he wanted to knock the DJing on its head in Jan. 1981 to go off and become a tenor. During the party for the above flyer, he famously walked out at the peak of the night and left the record run out. That said he didnt actually retire and still did infrequent gigs in NY after that and started playing regularly at the Saint again in 1986. His actual last gig according to comments made by his partner in a feature about him was at The Ice Palace in 1989. He died in Jan. 1993
The actual mix which is posted here is Jim Burgess' set from the closing night of the Saint on May 2nd 1988, where he played the second last set of the weekend before Robbie Leslie
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Tis, but Mel gets the bit about Candi Staton wrong as he plays Macarthur Park suite
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Hi Conor,
Thanks for the info, such a great mix. I can't imagine what the party was like.
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I can but only from the pictures of the dome Ive seen and the mix itself. Im not sure if you have misconstrued that Ive been to the Saint, chronological and geographical obstacles have put paid to that, but Ive done plenty of research, heard plenty of mixes and am friends with people who have
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While I love this mix, I am still struggling to come to terms with the inclusion of Cliff Richard. Do I need to lose my musical blinkers, or was it a lapse of good judgement on Jim's part?
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Funny if I can picture this right, is that the video with Cliff playing tennis ?.
No1 hit right ?.
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Conor - do you recall the story being told here? Had he just been dumped or was it simply "last night" blues?
Great mix btw, educational even.
Thanks for reviving it Milo!
Not particularly. I remember hearing it and thinking that was probably the situation for him at the time. That said, the mix had been put up on the Candelas site and labelled as being from 1985. This was initially disputed as Burgess wasnt DJing in the Saint at that time and the Cliff Richard record wasnt out til 87.
I subsequently found out when I got the full set of tapes shortly after privately that not only was the mix on the candelas site, two different parts of a 45 min tape spliced together and not chronologically, but also that the set was from the last night of the Saint in 1988 and not in 1985 as suggested. Having read the excellent feature about him on the disco disco website where his partner was interviewed, I would say the lyrics had nothing to do with personal heartbreak and all to do with the closing of the Saint, which for most I can imagine was on a par with losing a loved one at that point
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Some good quotes in there from people who knew him
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Me too. I've got sections of this mix before but these are the most complete & best quality so far. Thanks for posting.
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This mix has blown me away. I have never heard anything so powerful. Thank you for sharing.
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This isn't a slagging off of Burgess his prowess as a DJ is more than evident here, it's just that some of the records err rather too far on the cheesy side for me. I'm far from being a gay disco cynic either. Sorry, all a bit negative, thanks for putting them up anyway Milo, maybe it'll grow on me.
If you were you more than likely wouldntve been in the Saint anyway
TBH I think a lot of the music played in the faster parts of this mix and on that scene are quite divisive in that you either love it or hate it. Personally speaking I love all that rare lush disco from 77 - 81 or so that was big with this crowd, yet I wouldnt be a massive fan of the more industrial stuff that woulda been played in the Saint in its latter years. That said, I think this mix is a magical representation of what I can imagine that club was all about
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Masterful programming indeed. Before I even d/l, the occasion and the playlist immediately reminded me of FK (in Fleming's 'What kind of house party?' book) talking about Levan's last Japan tour before his death, where he would always play The spirit's in it and Time waits for no one, FK saying Levan knew he was dying then. As mentioned, the closure of such a club must have felt like death to some/many, not least JB.
I also find myself feeling lactose intolerant at various bits of this but context is everything I guess. Many of these songs on their ownsome do nothing for me, very much a f/fw moment as you say, but together it all makes sense of course, and the mixing is sweet. Great mix obviously for the historian in all of us (if I get it correctly it's like the portuguese saudade thing - a nostalgia for something we didn't actually experience but can feel all the same). It's like watching a gay disco soap opera this
I also truly miss in this post house world that there seems to be very little focus today on lyrics on the dance floor, not that there too many good dance ones these days. Pity also about the lack of DJs doing emotional rollercoaster story-telling, even Mancuso doesn't really, not in London anyway.
CLiff is all about the words innit? COntext again. Funny though how bits of this mix would look classic balearic on paper today, if a DJH mix contained SOme people we'd have an endless debate about whether it is or isn't. One man's balearic, another man's generic. Cliff confirming his status as gay icon, wonderful.
Hehe so true, it's the white kids who dig the white frommage, served here in dollops.
BTW did JB use reel to reels?
Must have been one hell of a night though, truly a magical representation.
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Mind you, I do wish it hadn't been posted on this site, i'm gonna be hearing Cliff Richard edits every time I go out now:-D