Dusty Fingers

Dusty Fingers
Compilation album series by various artists
Released	1997 - 2006[1]
Recorded	various years
Genre	Funk [general]
Producer	Danny Dann

Dusty Fingers is the name of a series of compilation records of songs that are widely admired as breakbeats collected by Bronx, NY DJ and collector Danny Dann the Beat Mann^[2]. Some of the songs featured contain "open breaks" which are solo drum passages which enable DJs to easily transition into them. These are also 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 connoisseurs 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, Rowdy Rowdy by 50 Cent, Show Me What You Got by Jay Z, Daydreamin' by Lupe Fiasco, and Dr. Carter by Lil' Wayne. The compilations also include rare covers of hits, such as the Beatles songs Come Together and Hey Jude.

Complete Track Listings

• Dusty Fingers Volume 1
  1. Intro
  2. Tense Preparation - Nick Ingman
  3. Lady Love - Ferrante & Teicher
  4. The Windmills Of Your Mind - Dorothy Ashby
  5. Forty Days - Billy Brooks
  6. Get Thy Bearings - Donovan
  7. Hogin's Machine - Les Baxter
  8. Kismet - Amon Düül II
  9. The Warnings - David Axelrod
  10. On the Hill - Oliver Sain
  11. Bamboo Child - Ryo Kawasaki
  12. Holding You, Loving You - Don Blackman
  13. Hey Jude - The Overton Berry Trio
  14. Survival - Annette Peacock
  15. Dee Dee Drums - Dee Dee Warwick
  16. Outro

• Dusty Fingers Volume 2
  1. Laying The Trap - Gator Soundtrack
  2. Go On And Cry - Les McCann
  3. Snow Creatures - Quincy Jones
  4. Children Of The Night - Hysear Don Walker
  5. Bettina - Bola Sete
  6. Electric Surfboard - Brother Jack McDuff
  7. Smokey Joe The Dreamer - Bullet
  8. Soul Sides - Art Farmer
  9. Ripped Open By Metal Explosions - Galt MacDermot
  10. Holy Thursday - David Axelrod
  11. Shore Line Drive - Sammy Nestico
  12. You're No Good - Harvey Averne
  13. Puzzle - Passport (Skit)
  14. Faded Lady - S.S.O (Skit)

• 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 Begger Song - Wet Willie (Skit)
  6. Night Moves - F. McDonald
  7. Funky Chimes - Francis Coppieters
  8. Accadde A Bali - Arawak
  9. Scratch - Souflay
  10. The Moving Finger - Dorthy 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 - Head West (Drum Skit)
  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
  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. Drum Skit
  14. Drum Skit

• Dusty Fingers Volume 7
  1. Who Is She And What Is She To You? - Madelaine
  2. Rose Len - Lennie Hibbert
  3. Atlanta Inn - Janne Schaffer
  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 - Les Maledictus Sound
  3. The Big Climb - Paul Kass Parry Music
  4. Les caïds - François de Roubaix
  5. In necessity - Kerrie Biddell
  6. Cohet - Ajija Myrayebe
  7. Fat, Fat Fellow - Daniel Janin
  8. Roots - Ian Carr
  9. Drums - Niagra
  10. Gloaming (De Wolfe Library) - L. Decosne
  11. The Tense Scene - Alan Hawkshaw
  12. Atlantis - R.M.O.
  13. Trying Hard to Look Inside - Waters
  14. Stone Folk - The Adacement
  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. "Space Guerilla"- Missus Beastly
  2. "Son of Popcorn" - Franz Auffray
  3. "The Unknown" - Brian Bennett
  4. "Light My Fire" - Johnny Harris
  5. "Impulsion Drums" - Barry Cooper
  6. "Kombination" - Gunther Fischer Quintet
  7. "Drum Skit 2" (Zouche Drums 3) - Dave Holland
  8. "Chapeau Melon et Bottes de Cuir" - Laurie Johnson Orchestra
  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. "Lee Gagnon" - Scene des Guerriers

• 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" - Roger Jackson
  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. "Tickatoo" - Dizzy Man's Band

• 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" - G. Studio Band
  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" - Alan Parker
  2. "Tatou Strip Tease" - Michel Audiard
  3. "Friend and Enamys" - John Williams
  4. "Swamp Lizard" - The Olympic Runners
  5. "McQ" - Stanley Maxfield Orchestra
  6. "Dance Of The Vampires" - Vampires Of Dartmoor
  7. "Driving" - Driver OST
  8. "Tournament" - Dennis Farnon
  9. "Theme From Exorcist (Tubular Bells)" - Mike Oldfield
  10. "Orientale Contemplatino" - Rino De Filippi
  11. "Les Copans de la Basse" - Guy Pedersen
  12. "Don't Be Cool" - Jacky Giordano
  13. "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little Bit More" - Uwe Buschkotter
  14. "Je Veux te Dire une Chanson" - Angelillo & Hamel

• Dusty Fingers Volume 16
  1. John Cavars - Day Light (Intro)
  2. Dave Gold - City Police
  3. Dieter Reith - Beams
  4. Cleveland Wrecking Co. - Superfine From Behind Lady
  5. Mike Hankinson Big Band - Caprivi Strip
  6. Rock-Jazz Rhythm - Hey Jude
  7. Toni Tornado - Me Libertei
  8. Václav Neckář & Bacily - Klaun A Tanečnice
  9. Yuji Ohno & You's Explosion Band - Lupin III
  10. Peter Kater - Night Walk
  11. Kenji Sawada - Ano Mama Dayo
  12. Sukemitsu Kawaya? - ???
  13. Great Pride - She's A Lady
  14. Franco Campanino - Gatto Nero
  15. G.Sklair/G.Galbraith - Killer Whale
  16. Václav Neckář & Bacily - Planetárium - Vchod
  17. Steve Gray - Go For Broke
  18. Jo Ji Thi - Leathel Injection
  19. Daniel Janin - Dahni Dinha Mantha
  20. Drukwerk - Maskerade
  21. Pedro & Capricious - Superstition
  22. Mother Freedom Band - Assistant's Rag (When You're Hot, You're Hot)

• Dusty Fingers Volume 17
  1. Johnny Pate - Hit and Run at the Club
  2. Bixio Franco - A Pungi Nudi (Suite)
  3. Bill Moss & the Celestials - Keep on Using Me
  4. Laurie Johnson - Stopover
  5. Gerd Michaelis Chor - Es bleibt die Sonne
  6. Henryk Debich - Na Opak
  7. Roy Budd - Cat and Mouse in Berlin
  8. Cecil Luter Georges Teperino - Electrosorics N4 (Drums)
  9. Laurie Johnson - Hijack (Pt.1)
  10. Mike Nock - Blackout
  11. Down Town Boogie Woogie Band - Life
  12. Kollage Klatte - In Man Get
  13. Sadi - 4 Tet
  14. Julio Gutierrez - Last Tango in Paris
  15. Bruton - Percussion Vol.1 (Drums)

• Missing and corrected track listings can be found at www.the-breaks.com/forums "Dusty Fingers" thread.

References

1. ^ [1], Dusty Fingers Vol. 1-15 release dates
2. ^ [2], Dusty Fingers interview at HipHopDX