The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One
| The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One | ||||
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| Compilation album (Mixtape) by | ||||
| Released | 22 February 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
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| Length | 51:21 | |||
| Label | XL | |||
| Producer | Liam Howlett | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Entertainment Weekly | C+ |
| Hot Press | 9/12 |
| Mojo | |
| NME | 7/10 |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Release Magazine | 7/10 |
| Sputnikmusic | 4.5/5 |
| Tom Hull – on the Web | A− |
Prodigy Present: The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One is a 1999 solo mix album by Liam Howlett of The Prodigy, with the latter name used as a moniker. Its original mix was produced for BBC Radio 1's mix show The Breezeblock.
The album, which contains more than 48 tunes from various artists mixed and edited, was the result of a 1998 guest DJ appearance by Howlett on Mary Anne Hobbs's Breezeblock show on BBC Radio 1, for which he produced a similar set.
As a consequence of the popularity of bootleg copies of the show, an official album was released that contained an edited but longer version of the Breezeblock mix. The two mixes are not the same because permission to use certain tracks for the official album was not forthcoming. Most notable is the removal of The Beatles' "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band", which was also removed from The Chemical Brothers' Brothers Gonna Work It Out DJ Mix but was included in the earlier release named Radio 1 Anti-Nazi Mix.