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The Story of Pop - Episode 48 - It's a Steal - Sampling

The Story Of Pop - Part 48: It's A Steal - Sampling.

Alan Freeman unpicks the art of sampling, the basis for much of the dance music in the late 1980's and early 1990's. First broadcast in 1994.

1 hour

Music Played

  • XTC

    This Is Pop

    • Fossil Fuel The XTC Singles 1977-1992.
    • Virgin.
    • CDVDX-2811.
  • Black Box

    Ride On Time

    • Dreamland.
    • De Construction.
    • PD-74572.
  • Loleatta Holloway

    LOVE SENSATION

    • CLASSIC SOUL MASTERCUTS VOL.1.
    • MASTERCUTS.
    • CUTSCD-10.
  • Pop Will Eat Itself

    BOX FRENZY

    • Can you dig it.
    • na.
    • na.
  • The Beatles

    Tomorrow Never Knows

    • REVOLVER.
    • PARLOPHONE.
    • CDP-7 464412.
  • Genesis

    Watcher Of The Skies

    • Foxtrot.
    • Virgin.
    • casd-1058.
  • Genesis

    Dancing with the Moonlit Knight

    • Selling England by the Pound.
    • Atlantic / Wea.
    • CD55-573.
  • Peter Gabriel

    The Rhythm of The Heart

  • Art of Noise

    BEAT BOX

    • INTO BATTLE WITH THE ART OF NOISE.
    • SALVO.
    • SALVOCD049.
  • Dollar

    VIDEOTHEQUE

    • DOLLAR THE PLATINUM COLLECTION.
    • WARNERPLATINUM.
    • 2564-63592-2.
  • Art of Noise

    MOMENTS IN LOVE

    • THE BEST OF THE ART OF NOISE.
    • CHINA RECORDS.
    • H37-367-2.
  • Art of Noise

    Close (to the Edit)

    • THE VERY BEST OF THE ART OF NOISE.
    • CHINA.
    • 837367-2.
  • Digital Underground

    No Nose Job

    • No Nose Job.
    • Tommy Boy.
    • BLRD-71.
  • Janet Jackson

    Rhythm Nation

    • Janet Jackson - Design Of A Decade.
    • A&M.
    • 540 400 2.
  • Eric B. & Rakim

    Paid In Full

    • Paid In full.
    • 4th & Broadway.
    • IMCD-09.
  • The KLF

    3AM ETERNAL

    • CD SINGLE.
    • KLF COMMUNICATIONS.
    • KLF-005CD.
  • M|A|R|R|S

    Pump Up The Volume

    • Now That's What I Call Music 10.
    • NOW.
    • NOW-10.
  • 厂鈥椭虫辫谤别蝉蝉

    The Theme From S-Express

    • Now 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • CD NOW-12.
  • Bomb the Bass

    Beat Dis

    • The K&D Sessions Kruder Dorfmeister.
    • ik7 Records.
    • 1K7-073.
  • Coldcut feat Jazz

    Doctorin' The House

    • People Hold On.
    • BMG.
    • 745716.
  • Soul II Soul

    Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) (feat. Caron Wheeler)

    • I LOVE 80'S.
    • Virgin/EMI.
    • CTDCD-361.
  • Sin茅ad O鈥機onnor

    I AM STRETCHED ON YOUR GRAVE

    • SO FAR...THE BEST OF SINEAD O'CONNER.
    • CHRYSALIS.
    • 7243-82158127.
  • Brian Cant

    A TRIP TO TRUMPTON

    • A VISIT TO TRUMPTON.
    • MUSIC FOR PLEASURE.
    • N-a.
  • MC Hammer

    U can't touch this

    • u cant tounch this.
    • na.
    • n-a.
  • Primal Scream

    Rocks

  • Sly & the Family Stone

    DANCE TO THE MUSIC

    • Raised on Rock.
    • Knight Records.
    • RORCD-17002.
  • Soho

    Hippychick

    • Awesome - Various Artists.
    • EMI.
    • CDEMTV-58.
  • The Smiths

    How Soon Is Now?

    • The Smiths... Best...I.
    • WEA.
    • 4509-90327 - 2.
  • Queen & David Bowie

    Under Pressure聽

    • GREATEST HITS II.
    • PARLOPHONE.
    • 07777-97971 2 7.
  • P.M. Dawn

    SET ADRIFT ON MEMORY BLISS

    • AWESOME.
    • EMI.
    • CDP-798249 2.
  • Spandau Ballet

    TRUE

    • THE LOVE COLLECTION VOL. 5.
    • TRAX.
    • MODCD-1032.
  • Pop Will Eat Itself

    BOX FRENZY

    • Can you dig it.
    • na.
    • na.
  • Pop Will Eat Itself

    CAN YOU DIG IT

    • Can you dig it.
    • na.
    • na.
  • 2 Unlimited

    No Limit

    • No Limit.
    • PWL.
    • PWCD-256.
  • Utah Saints

    Something Good

    • CD Single.
    • na.
    • na-na.
  • Sparklehorse

    Hammering The Cramps

    • Capitol.
  • De La Soul

    The Magic Number

    • Big Life.
  • Brassy

    Play Some D

    • WIIIJA.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 20 Feb 2011 03:00
  • Fri 2 Mar 2012 03:00
  • Sun 17 Feb 2013 04:00
  • Sat 22 Feb 2014 04:00
  • Sat 21 Feb 2015 04:00
  • Thu 18 Feb 2016 01:00
  • Wed 15 Feb 2017 01:00
  • Thu 28 Feb 2019 01:00
  • Tue 18 Feb 2020 01:00
  • Sun 24 May 2020 03:00
  • Thu 20 Jun 2024 02:00