The Giant Return Of The Puzzler

Well, well. Here we are again. I'm back! Make the most of it, I don't know how long it'll last.

Last time on The Puzzler (if you can remember back that far...) I asked this tricky question... What famous breakbeat was lifted from the grooves of an LP by Larry Graham's band Graham Central Station?

The answer is this one, known as the Jam break, which came from Graham Central Station's 1975 LP Ain't No Bout-A-Doubt It. It comes, unsurprisingly, from the track entitled The Jam. Here's the full track (sample starts at 5:09)...





and here's the sampled section in isolation.





The beat is probably familiar to you, and you'll probably know that it was used in Soul II Soul's classics Back To Life and Keep On Movin'. What you may not be aware of is the fact that it's also been sampled in 129 other songs (source: whosampled.com) from artists such as Dr. Dre, Beastie Boys, Prince, Rick Astley, PM Dawn, DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince, TLC and Usher, to name but a handful.

As for Graham Central Station, an American funk outfit founded by ex-Sly and The Family Stone bassist Larry Graham, you can read all about them on Larry's website here.

Now, the next Puzzler  question...

Soul II Soul's debut album Club Classics Vol. One (aka Keep On Movin' in the USA) was certified triple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 900,000 copies and Back To Life was one of the biggest tracks of 1989/1990. Which ex-actor's album was the biggest seller in the UK for 1990? (Bonus point: which other ex-actor's album was 1989's biggest seller?)

Into The Unknown 93

Yes folks, another gobsmacking instalment of your faourite show! Here's the tracklisting...


tay_ploops - its-not-fair
https://tayploops.bandcamp.com/
https://jessicagabriel.ca
https://soundcloud.com/tapeloops
https://www.facebook.com/tayploops
https://twitter.com/garlicjoy
https://www.instagram.com/garlicjoy/

odd common - Never Been To Sheffield
https://soundcloud.com/oddcommon
https://twitter.com/oddcommon
https://oddcommon.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/odd.common

Tetsnical - Connect
Kyoto
https://soundcloud.com/tetsnical358
https://twitter.com/tetsnical

Jack Northover - Sparks
https://soundcloud.com/jack-northover
https://jacknorthover.bandcamp.com/
https://www.jacknorthover.com/
https://www.blackjackalmusic.com/

Becky and the Birds - Holding On
https://soundcloud.com/user-699382853

Holger Czukay - Hiss 'N' Listen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holger_Czukay
http://www.czukay.de/

Tiogris & Tv Scream - Le Mieux Est L'Ennemi Du Bien
https://soundcloud.com/tchik-tch-k-r3c0rds
https://soundcloud.com/tiogris
https://soundcloud.com/tv-scream
https://tchiktchakrecords.bandcamp.com/

New Portals - Chasing Shade
https://soundcloud.com/just-portals
http://wearenewportals.com/

m1nk - The Far Side
https://soundcloud.com/m1nk
http://www.m1nk.com/
https://twitter.com/m1nk_official
https://www.facebook.com/m1nk.official

Fish Herders - Walking The Green Line
https://soundcloud.com/fish-herders
https://www.facebook.com/fishherders/
https://fishherders.bandcamp.com/

Weaves - One More
https://soundcloud.com/weavesmusic
https://www.facebook.com/weavesmusic
https://www.weavesband.com/
https://twitter.com/weavesmusic

sanshouo
https://soundcloud.com/spicy-invalid
https://culelu.bandcamp.com/album/camios
https://www.facebook.com/culelu.music
https://soundcloud.com/culelu
https://hearthis.at/gakn.idnwle/
https://soundcloud.com/culelu/sets/culelu-camios

Udo Briquette - Goat
https://soundcloud.com/udo-briquette
https://twitter.com/UdoBriquette

Frank Zappa - Dirty Love
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa
https://www.zappa.com/

Šuma - Miž Kamor
https://shuma-by.bandcamp.com/
http://www.shuma.by/en
https://www.facebook.com/shumaby/

Laura Barrick - Beyond the frame (a song for Mark Rothko)
https://soundcloud.com/lauragbarrick
https://laurabarrick.wixsite.com/electronicpoet
https://www.facebook.com/Laura-Barrick-392894030896019/

Senji Niban - Atomic Blues (Emergency Mix)
https://soundcloud.com/senji-niban
https://www.facebook.com/Neo-On-Bang-Do-124439747613733/
https://twitter.com/onbangdo
https://onbangdo.bandcamp.com/
http://onbangdo.net/

Rafter - Wedding Ring Modulator
https://soundcloud.com/asthmatickitty
https://soundcloud.com/asthmatickitty/sets/rafter-its-reggae
http://asthmatickitty.com/merch/its-reggae/
https://rafter.bandcamp.com/album/its-reggae
https://rafterroberts.com/

Lymbyc Systym - Opposing Bodies
https://soundcloud.com/lymbycsystym
https://twitter.com/lymbycsystym
https://www.facebook.com/lymbycsystym
http://lymbycsystym.com/
https://www.instagram.com/lymbycsystym/
https://lymbycsystym.bandcamp.com/

Svava - Here Comes The Summer
https://twitter.com/svavaband
https://svavaband.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/svavaband
https://www.instagram.com/svavaband/
https://soundcloud.com/svavaband

The Wonder Stuff - Size Of A Cow
https://soundcloud.com/the-wonder-stuff-official
http://thewonderstuff.co.uk/

The Wonder Stuff - Planet Earth
http://duranduran.warnereprise.com/row/