huh 101

Various

The New Groove

CD (1996)

I was given the catalogues of Talking Loud and London to play with and, with a few other bits, came up with this collection, in the style, loosely called at the time "acid jazz". Includes tracks by Nathan Haines, Galliano, Young Disciples, UFO and DJ Krush

huh 102

Various

The New Groove 2

CD (1997)

Volume two, this time a double CD. I included about 50% New Zealand tracks this time. Tracks include Nathan Haines, Lava Lava, OMC, New Loungehead, Breaks Co-op, Neneh Cherry, Soundproof, Faze Action, UFO, Carl Craig, Brand New Heavies & Ballistic Bros. Sold very very well and coined the phrase "Future Jazz" ("acid jazz" was well past its sell-by date by then), which went around the world.

huh 103

Various (mixed by Manuel Bundy)

Roots

CD (1997)

It was intended to be a bit of fun. I selected two albums worth of tunes from the eighties and seventies, club and soul tracks, and Manuel, in one take, live in the studio, mixed them together.

Included Eric B & Rakim, Cameo, Barry White, Sly & Robbie, James Brown, Quincy Jones, Luther Vandross etc. And the bloody thing went gold in two weeks!

huh 104

BPM Mix 01-Greg Churchill

CD (2000)

Recorded in one afternoon at the Box. Greg is one of the best DJs I've ever seen and continues to amaze me every time I see him. We planned a whole series of the BPM mix albums but Greg had to be first. Very proud of releasing this one...

huh 105

Various

Nice'n'Urlich / Everything I Do

CD (2000)

I expected to do a couple of thousand copies of this off the back of the Saturday morning show on bFm but it took off. Peter and I have been close friends for about thirty years now, and Bevan and I go back over a decade so it was a privilege to release this. Over 30,000 sold before, for some inexplicable reason, something to do with spite because huh released an album via EMI, FMR decided to delete the series. I can't figure out record companies at all....

huh 106

Various

Room Service

CD (2000)

compiled by myself with Peter Urlich, after a night with too much whiskey and a bunch of old records. The idea was always to celebrate a bunch of great songs with humour, rather than consciously put out a "lounge" album, hence things like Harry Nilsson and Dylan, Stevie Wonder.

This album did big business in Australia, with platinum sales

We spent months trying to track down some tracks, buying battered copies off the internet for far too much because we needed THAT track. It was a labour of love and I guess we were a little too perfectionist...but if you are going to do it, you have to do it properly. Oh..sleeve by PU & Andrew B White.

huh 107

BPM Mix 02-Roger Perry

CD (2001)

number two in the series, from another, highly respected, old friend. Roger looked very cool on the front sleeve, designed by Andrew White and Peter Urlich.

 Now deleted of course, we I still get a request for this weekly. A classic....

huh 108

Various

Nice 'n' Urlich 2

CD (2001)

there always had to be sequel so here we go again-a platinum record, over 20, 000, and my favourite in the series. After they were deleted there was such a demand that FMR were forced to re-issue all three and the initial pressing sold out in a couple of days...like all three, the sleeve concept was Peter's, a wishlist of tracks came from Bevan, Peter and myself, which I whittled down to a definitive list, and then Bevan sequenced it, with Rick Huntington doing an incredible mastering job, which took days. Andrew B White completed the artwork.

huh 109

Various

Room Service 2

CD (2001)

Like the NnU series, the second in this series was my favourite. Gold in NZ and in Australia. This time we insisted that FMR Oz kept our, we felt, vastly superior Andrew White / Peter Urlich sleeve rather than the brown smudged thing they used on the first.

Vol 1 & 2 Doublepacked...simple

huh 110

Various

Twice as Nice

CD (2002)

huh 111

Various

Nice'n'Urlich / Everything I Do

CD (2002)

the Australian edition with a couple of track changes for some forgotten reason..did quite well

huh 112

Various / Nice 'n' Urlich

I'll Never Forget What's His Name

CD (2002)

volume 3, the last one in the series although there was enormous pressure to do a forth and we considered a live album....and another gold record..

The series was so successful but despite what I said above it really couldn't have happened without the support and creative marketing of FMR - ta guys

huh 114

Various

Room Service 3

CD (2002)

huh 115

Various

I'm Not In Love

CD (2002)

Peter Urlich's baby, a collection of some of his favourite songs..a guilty pleasures thingy, distributed by EMI.

huh 116

Various

Nice'n'Urlich / Triple Decker

CD (2002)

this was a funny one...someone at FMR came up with the idea of packaging all three albums together, for a cheap as hell price. but no -one asked us or the accountant or the checked the license deals. They lost about $3 on each one sold so it didn't last long on the shelves

huh 117

Various

Room Service 3

CD (2002)

the Australian edition...we changed a few tracks because the Australians were confused by a few of the more leftfield choices. Once again they changed the sleeve...not pretty

huh 118

Various

Room Service Presents Soul Food

CD (2003)

the Room Service concept applied to seventies soul. Massive good reviews and very good sales.

The cover and the TV ad, unfortunately were watered down, somewhat beyond our control but a good album and one I'm quite proud of nevertheless.