2009 End Of Year Review

Most Played New Albums of 2009
1. Madlib – Beat Konducta 5&6
2. Build An Ark – Love Part 1
3. Andrés – II
4. Shafiq – En’ A-Free-Ka
5. Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics – Inspiration Information

Most Played Albums From Any Year
1. Love – Forever Changes
2. Burial – Untrue
3. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part 1

Most Played Second-Hand Finds
1. Milt Jackson – Sunflower
2. Mahavishnu Orchestra – Birds Of Fire
3. Grover Washington Jr. – A Secret Place
4. Santana – Borboletta
5. Pentangle – Cruel Sister

Most Played Compilation
Ghana Special – Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Ghanian Blues (1968-81)

Most Played Reissue
Lloyd Miller – A Lifetime In Oriental Jazz

Most Played 12″
Dâm-Funk – Killdatmuthafu*ka

Most Played 10″
Bei Bei & Shawn Lee feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow – Beauty & The Beats EP

Most Played 7″
DJ Mitsu The Beats feat. José James – Promise In Love

‘Growers’
Shafiq feat. Fatima – Lil’ Girl
Speechless feat. D. Vinity – Dream
DJ Cam feat. In Love – For Minnie

Most Played DJ Mix
Strange Games And Mr Thing (Part 2)

‘Don’t Sleep’ Record Labels
1. Jazzman
2. Stones Throw
3. Kindred Spirits
4. Soundway
5. Plug Research

Most Interesting Sleeve Notes
Everything researched by Miles Cleret.

Downloads I Finally Picked Up On Wax
Quasimoto – The Unseen
Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part 1
Angie Stone – I Wish I Didn’t Miss You

Favourite Music DVDs
1. Tim Buckley – My Fleeting House
2. Love – The Love Story
3. Dub Echoes

Favourite Live Performances
1. Pharoah Sanders at The Big Chill
2. Max Romeo at The Big Chill
3. Quantic & His Combo Bárbaro at The Liverpool Philharmonic
4. Paul Randolph and Jazzanova at Band On The Wall

Favourite DJ Sets
1. Bullion & Paul White at The Big Chill
2. Phlash & Friends at The Southport Weekender
3. Theo Parrish at The Southport Weekender
4. Mr Scruff at The Big Chill
5. Skream at The Magnet, Liverpool

Most Anticipated Albums of 2010
1. Erykah Badu
2. Gil Scott-Heron
3. Flying Lotus
4. D’Angelo (?!)