Dusty Fingers

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Dusty Fingers is the name of a series of compilation records of songs that are widely admired as breakbeats. Some of the songs featured contain "open breaks" which are solo drum passages which enable DJs to easily transition into them, as well as attractive to producers who loop or rearrange them to create new compositions. Following in the tradition of the "Ultimate Breaks and Beats" series, the Dusty Fingers records contain an eclectic range of musical styles: mainly funk and jazz, but also including soul, rock, disco, and pop. Most are obscure tracks treasured by music conoisseurs and DJs, including several from European recordings. The common, but hard to define thread in all of these songs is that they are "funky". The Dusty Fingers selection is even more obscure than that of "Ultimate Breaks and Beats" or Strictly Breaks. Many of the songs in the Dusty Fingers series have been sampled into new musical compositions, mainly by hip hop producers. Popular songs sampling "Dusty Fingers" compositions include "Guilty Conscience" by Eminem, "Find Your Wealth" by Nas and "Rowdy, Rowdy" by 50 Cent.

Dusty Fingers - complete track listing

  • Dusty Fingers Volume 3
    1. "Dermier Domicile Connu" - Generique
    2. "Shady Blues" - Pete Moore
    3. "Come Together" - The Phoenix Authority
    4. "Packed Up" - Bill Conti
    5. "Take Me with You" - Lyn Christopher
    6. "Pulp" - Steve Grey
    7. "Go Home Pigs" - Ronald Stein
    8. "A Divine Image" - David Axelrod
    9. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" - Jimmy Ponder
    10. "Return From Ashes" - John Dankworth
    11. "Darkest Light" - Lafayette Afro Rock Band
    12. "Safari" - Frank Walton
    13. "A Day in the Life" - War
    14. "The Spic" - Bullet
  • Dusty Fingers Volume 4
    1. "Le Bracelet" - Alain Goraguer
    2. "Psychedelic Portrait" - Jack Arel
    3. "Going Out of my Head" - George Saxon
    4. "I Wonder" - The Bubble Gum Machine
    5. "The Beggar Song [skit]" - Wet Willie
    6. "Night Moves" - F. McDonald
    7. "Sales Talk" - Francis Coppieters
    8. "Accadde A Bali" - Accadde A
    9. "Scratch" - Souflay
    10. "The Moving Finger" - Dorothy Ashby
    11. "Misty Canyon" - Sven Libaek
    12. "Wenn Der Urlaub Kommt" - Manfred Krug
    13. "Selected Sound" - Hardys Jet Band
    14. "Loving You Girl" - John Schroeder
  • Dusty Fingers Volume 5
    1. "Solstice" - Brian Bennett
    2. "Algebrique" - Shoche
    3. "Signals" - Gerhard Trede And His Electronic Instruments
    4. "Mixed Drums" - Andy Loore
    5. "Love Sounds" - Intimate Strangers
    6. "Railroad" - Monk Higgins
    7. "Caccia Al Cinese" - Franco Mincalizzi
    8. "Soft Wind" - Gary Pacific Orchestra
    9. "Attention [drum skit]" - Head West
    10. "Jane B" - Jane Birkin
    11. "Bass in Action" - Toni Rubio
    12. "Dirty Drugs" - H. Thieme
  • Dusty Fingers Volume 6
    1. "Power of the Drums [intro]"
    2. "Under Pressure" - Nick Ingman
    3. "La Dimo Strzione" - Danielle Patucci
    4. "Silhouttes" - Dick Walter
    5. "Compression" - Ed Scogillera
    6. "Crossing The Border" - Jerry Gold Smith
    7. "Big Noise From Winnetka" - Eric Delaney
    8. "Future Past" - Absolute Elsewhere
    9. "Here We Are" - Churchill
    10. "Tibetian Serenity" - Travis Biggs
    11. "Dancer" - Spacey
    12. "Mao" - Joe Ki Peter Tomas Sound Group
    13. "Outro #1 [drum skit]"
    14. "Outro #2 [drum skit]"
  • Dusty Fingers Volume 7
    1. "Who Is She and What Is She to You?" - Madelaine
    2. "Rose Lens" - Lennie Hibbert
    3. "Atlanta Inn" - Janne Schatter
    4. "Space" - Tomorrow
    5. "L'Oiseau" - Alain Goraguer
    6. "Come Live With Me" - Dorothy Ashby
    7. "Walter L" - Jimmy Gordon
    8. "The Mudfoot" - Fat Albert
    9. "Hey Jude" - Tuby Hayes
    10. "Monday, Monday" - Wally Richardson
    11. "Mickey Mouse Club" - Mike Curb Congregation
    12. "The Godfather" - The Professionals
    13. "Grigio Perla" - Gian Franco Pienzio
    14. "We're Only Just Begun" - Grant Green
  • Dusty Fingers Volume 8
    1. "Time Is Passing" - Sun
    2. "Kriminal Theme" - Maleditus Sound
    3. "The Climb" - Parry Music
    4. "Les Caids" - Francois de Roubaix
    5. "In Necessity" - Kerrie Biddell
    6. "Cohet" - Ajijia Myrayebe
    7. "Fat Fat Fellow" - Daniel Janin
    8. "Roots" - Ian Carr
    9. "Drums" - Niagra
    10. "Gloaming" - L. Decosne
    11. "The Tense Scene" - Alan Hawshaw
    12. "Atlantis" - R.M.O.
    13. "Trying Hard to Look Inside" - Waters
    14. "Loving You Girl" - John Schroeder
    15. "Fragment of Fear" - Sight & Sound
  • Dusty Fingers Volume 9
    1. "Hogans Thing" - Simon Haseley
    2. "Who's Who" - Fred Merrett & Friends
    3. "Daydream" - Bernard Wystraete
    4. "Lightly Salted" - Barry Ungar
    5. "Bad Times" - Gerard McManon
    6. "Jamie's Theme" - Harnell
    7. "Super Snatch" - Flash Fearless
    8. "Pull Jabal Pull" - JJ Johnson
    9. "Interlude" - Brand New Funk
    10. "Being Tailed" - Roy Budd
    11. "Drumin" - Bill Near
    12. "War on the Streets" - Head Band
    13. "La Morte Accarezza a Mezzanotte" - Ed Ariete
    14. "Improv" - Ron Tutt & Jim Keltner
  • Dusty Fingers Volume 10
    1. "Intro" - KG
    2. "Son of Popcorn" - Franz Auffray
    3. "The Unknown" - Brian Bennett
    4. "Light My Fire" - Johnny Harris
    5. "Impulsion Drums" - Barry Cooper
    6. "Drum Skit 1"
    7. "Drum Skit 2"
    8. "Botte de Cuire" - Chapeau
    9. "Requiem Pour un Con" - Serge Gainsbourg
    10. "Sand and Rain" - Nancy Holloway
    11. "Letrange Dr. Personne" - Carvelli
    12. "Relaxed Spacious" - A. Parker
    13. "Incidental Black Cloth" - K. Fleins Field
    14. "Drum Skit 3"
  • Dusty Fingers Volume 11
    1. "Confunktion" - D. Richmond
    2. "Music People" - Jack Mayborn
    3. "Are You Free" - Larry Robins Sport Studio Band
    4. "Devil's Masquerade" - Syrius
    5. "Les Dunes Dostende" - Francois de Roubaix
    6. "Southbound" - Sound Studio Orchestra
    7. "African Honeymoon" - Golden Music Orchestra
    8. "Type A to E" - Hiro Tsunoda
    9. "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" - The Spotnicks
    10. "Flower Dance" - Michel Gonet
    11. "Brute (Part 1 and 2)" - Louis Clark
    12. "Overtone" - Nick Ingman
    13. "Allora LL Treno" - Bruno Nicolai
    14. "Yama Yama (Yamasuki)" - Daniel Vangarde
    15. "Voyages" - Michel Polnareff
  • Dusty Fingers Volume 12
    1. "The Fusion" - Jason Havelock
    2. "Primo Canale" - Caravan
    3. "Drama Blackcloth" - Alan Tew
    4. "Warlock" - R. Tilsley
    5. "Is That the Way" - The Message
    6. "The Prowler" - Brian Bennet
    7. "Gooseberry Fool" - P. Wilsher
    8. "Slow Soul" - The Travellers
    9. "Electric Blue" - Danny Edwardson
    10. "Light 6" - H. Flowers
    11. "Sally" - Frank Pleyer
    12. "Penguin" - Okay Temiz
    13. "New Religion" - Trifle
    14. "Oriental Vibrato [bonus]" - Raymond Guiyot
  • Dusty Fingers Volume 13
    1. "Solitude of the Mountains" - Gil Flat
    2. "Thief" - The Enticers
    3. "Like a Friend" - Roger Webb
    4. "Puella! Puella!" - Man
    5. "Flower Pot" - Load Stone
    6. "Flashpoint" - Music DeWolfe
    7. "Number One Spy" - Syd Dale
    8. "Profil Grec 1" - Vladimir Cosma
    9. "Escalation" - Nowy
    10. "Lost Star" - Anthony King
    11. "Act of Threat" - Berry Lipman
    12. "Name of the Game" - Brian Bennett
    13. "Thunderbird" - Johnny Pearson
    14. "Careveli" - April Orchestra
    15. "A Time for Us" - Joe Pass
    16. "Drum Skit"
  • Dusty Fingers Volume 14
    1. "Postaeolian Train Robbery" - Cos
    2. "Esconderijo" - Ze Rodrix
    3. "Kamen Rider" - Shunsuke Kikuchi
    4. "New Comer" - W. Rockman
    5. "The Theme From The Persuaders" - John Barry
    6. "Dream" - Shankar Family
    7. "Subtle Secret"
    8. "La Longue Marche" - Janko Nilovic
    9. "City Girl" - Main Attraction
    10. "Affanno" - Franco Micalizzi
    11. "Drums Away" - 2nd Generation
    12. "Maniac" - Steve Gray
    13. "Sentries Charge" - Al Hirt
    14. "Un Soir de Blanco" - Claude Thomain
  • Dusty Fingers Volume 15
    1. "Sound Stage 4"
    2. "Tatou Strip Tease" -Michel Audiard
    3. "Friend and Enamys" - John Williams
    4. "Keep It Up" - Olympic Runners
    5. "Kung Fu"
    6. "Vampires"
    7. "Driving" - Driver OST
    8. "Boosey 3052"
    9. "Theme From Exorcist" - Tubular Bells
    10. "Orint Oggie"
    11. "Les Copans de la Basse" - Guy Pedersen
    12. "Don't Be Cool" - Tool
    13. "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little Bit More" - Uwe Buschkotter
    14. "Je Veux te Dire une Chanson" - Angelillo & Hamel