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Sample help -- Steinski's Swingset (10 Beautiful Girls Mix)

Baron DirigibleBaron Dirigible Registered User regular
edited March 2017 in Help / Advice Forum
Oh boy, a "name that source" thread!

This has been bugging me for a while -- can anyone identify the dialogue at the beginning of this song? (From about 0:22)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgVbb7oJJCY

For anyone who can't listen to it for whatever reason, a rough transcript:
1 - We're having a little party in our penthouse bungalow -- and we want you to drop in for a minute!
2 - I'm sorry, but I - I haven't time.
1 - Oh, what's your hurry? Wouldn't you like a little excitement for a change?
2 - What - what kind of a party?
1 - Nothing much, just a little sociability, some music.
2 - Music? What kind of music?
1 - Like you never heard before: swing music. Also we have eight or ten beautiful girls.
2 - Well, you know they don't interest me. Eight girls, or nine girls, or ... ten beautiful girls, you say?
1 - Yes. Oh, you owe it to yourself to look the place over. Just out of curiosity!

I've tried Googling but most of the unique dialogue -- "penthouse bungalow" and "ten beautiful girls" -- doesn't quite get me what I want. And all of the lists I can find for Steinski's samples don't include this song, and the Jurassic 5 original doesn't include this sample. (Hence, I suppose, the name of the mix.) If I had to guess I'd say it's from a 60s-70s spy film, but that's not a genre I'm hugely familiar with.

Thanks, Help And Advice!

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  • DarkewolfeDarkewolfe Registered User regular
    http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11524-what-does-it-all-mean-1983-2006-retrospective/

    The article references where some of the samples are from. My guess is it's from a 1960's dance instructional video.

    One of the things with mixing like this is you treasure bizarre vinyl or other sound sources. It's possible or even likely that the video the audio is sampled from exists nowhere on the internet.

    What is this I don't even.
  • Baron DirigibleBaron Dirigible Registered User regular
    Thanks, I found that link a while ago but it doesn't mention this song in it.

    I get your point about bizarre sources etc, but Steinski uses a lot of fairly well-known films in his mixing, so it feels as if it could easily be a film I'm just not familiar with. (To be honest I'm not sure where you get the "dance instructional" vibe from -- the party is clearly a trap! Otherwise that's the most sinister invitation I've yet heard.)

  • knitdanknitdan Registered User regular
    Completely wild shot in the dark, but it almost sounds like a conversation someone would have in the first~10 minutes of a Twilight Zone episode before everything goes off the rails.

    “I was quick when I came in here, I’m twice as quick now”
    -Indiana Solo, runner of blades
  • firewaterwordfirewaterword Satchitananda Pais Vasco to San FranciscoRegistered User regular
    edited March 2017
    Looks like a remix of Cut Chemist and Nu-Mark's track which samples a ton from "Time Life Records: The Swing Era" so my money would be from somewhere on there if I had to bet, or a similar kind of record. Finding the exact sample will be a challenge, but keep it up this stuff is fun!

    You could also just try e-mailing him at info at steinski.com - website is kind of dead but you never know! I'd also suggest asking the folks at whosampled.

    firewaterword on
    Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu
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