For this very special 100th edition of the Crosstown Mix Show, we invited Sir Pete Tong, longstanding friend of the label, to deliver a mix that gives insight into where this all started from. 

Soul, jazz & funk was the sound that planted the seeds of everything we know today about dance music. As one of the early adopters of this jazz funk scene, Pete started his career playing these tunes in small pubs and clubs in the UK in the 80s, signed and promoted this music, and had a helping hand in running the soul music weekenders that would pave the way for festivals as we know them today. 

Hosting the Essential Mix on Radio One since 1993, we pay our respects to Pete by inviting him to mix this brilliant 100th show. We continue.

1. You’re A Star - Aquarian Dream 


2. Street Life - The Crusaders 


3. Places & Spaces - Donald Byrd 


4. Moving In The Right Direction- Steve Parks 


5. To Prove My Love - Ned Dohney


6. Overdose Of Joy - Eugene Record


7. Sausalito - Grover Washington Jar


8. 8.  Black Is The Colour - Wilbert Longmire 


9. Snowblower - B.Baker Chocolate Company & L.Quinn


10. Risin’ To the Top - Ken Burke


11. Ostinato Bass - Rene Costy 


12. Harlem River Drive - Bobbi Humphrey 


13. Boss Tres Bien - Quartette Tres Bein 


14. Its A Trip - Last Poets 


15. Running Away (Raw-Artes Edit) - Roy Ayers 


16. All Night Long (Raw-Artes Edit) - Mary Jane Girls 


17. Give Me The Sunshine - Leo’s Sunship


18. Got To Get Your Own 98 - Ruben Wilson 


19. I Need It - Johnny “Guitar” Watson 


20. Say You Hill - Eddie Henderson 


21. Far Out - Crown Heights Affair 


22. That’s All - Ingram