{{UBE|date=March 2024}} {{DMY|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox album | name = Bradley's Beat | type = ep | artist = [[Aphex Twin|Bradley Strider]] | cover = BradleysBeat1991Pressing.jpg | alt = | released = 1995 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Techno]], [[acid techno]]<ref name=BradleyBeatpress/> | length = 10:53<br>12:02 | label = [[Rephlex Records]] <small>CAT 001</small> | producer = | chronology = [[Aphex Twin|Richard D. James]] | prev_title = [[Donkey Rhubarb (EP)|Donkey Rhubarb]] | prev_year = 1995 | next_title = [[Hangable Auto Bulb]] | next_year = 1995 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Additional covers | type = ep | cover = BradleysBeat91VinylPressing.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = 1995 pressing with sleeve }} {{Extra album cover | header = | type = ep | cover = BradleysBeat96BelguimVinylPressing.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = 1996 pressing }} }}
'''''Bradley's Beat''''' is an EP by [[Aphex Twin|Richard D. James]], under the alias Bradley Strider, released by [[Rephlex Records]] in 1995.<ref name=BradleyBeatpress/><ref name=rareafx>{{cite web |title=Brad Strider – Bradley's Beat |url=https://rareafx.wordpress.com/albums-singles/brad-strider-bradleys-beat/ |website=Rare AFX |publisher=Equation Group |accessdate=4 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504110445/https://rareafx.wordpress.com/albums-singles/brad-strider-bradleys-beat/ |archive-date=4 May 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
The record has a 1991 copyright date, but there is no reference to it on any Rephlex promotional copy until its 1995 press release.<ref name=BradleyBeatpress>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Brad Strider Bradley's Beat |url=https://img.discogs.com/t1TTYcOMCeLfSfwz2OG3NDLkWcY=/fit-in/596x802/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-825872-1203604634.jpeg.jpg |publisher=RTM Distribution|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727161429/https://img.discogs.com/t1TTYcOMCeLfSfwz2OG3NDLkWcY=/fit-in/596x802/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-825872-1203604634.jpeg.jpg |archive-date=27 July 2019 |date=18 September 1995 |access-date=8 October 2019}}</ref><ref name=rephlexmanifesto1992>{{cite web |last1=Wilson-Claridge |first1=Grant |title=Rephlex Manifesto |url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.rave/Kx0UroU7oQE |website=alt.rave |date=1992 |accessdate=27 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Analogue Bubblebath Volume 3 |title-link=Analogue Bubblebath Vol 3 |year=1992 |publisher=[[Rephlex]] |id=CAT 008 |location=London}}</ref> The Rephlex label often put out misinformation about their release catalogue, which may explain this.<ref name="BandcampRephlex">{{cite web |last1=Pattison |first1=Louis |title=A Look Back at Aphex Twin & Grant Wilson-Claridge's Rephlex Records |url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/label-profile/rephlex-records-best-releases|website=Bandcamp Daily |location=Oakland, CA |publisher=[[Bandcamp]] |accessdate=27 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401154335/https://daily.bandcamp.com/2017/05/02/rephlex-records-best-releases/ |archive-date=1 April 2019 |url-status=live |language=en |date=2 May 2017 }}</ref> Three pressings of the single are known to exist. Although all three have the same A-side track, the B-sides vary on the first two pressings and the third pressing has a grooveless B-side.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brad Strider – Bradley's Beat |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/12082-Brad-Strider-Bradleys-Beat |website=Discogs}}</ref>
== Reception == In 2014, Andy Beta of Pitchfork listed ''Bradley's Beat'' as one of James's "10 Essential Releases", referring to its mix of dance techno and world music.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Beta |first=Andy |date=2014-09-29 |title=Richard D. James: 10 Essential Releases |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9512-richard-d-james-10-essential-records/ |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref>
== 1995 pressings == On the below pressing, side A plays at 45 rpm and side B plays at {{frac|33|1|3}} rpm. {{Track listing | headline = Rephlex Records, CAT 001 EP | total_length = 10:53 | title1 = Bradley's Beat (Part One) | length1 = 6:10 | title2 = Bradley's Beat (Part Two) | length2 = 4:43 }}
On the below pressing, both sides play at 45 rpm. {{Track listing | headline = Rephlex Records, CAT 001 EP | total_length = 12:02 | title1 = Bradley's Beat (Part One) | length1 = 6:10 | title2 = Bradley's Beat (Part Two) | length2 = 5:53 }}
== 1996 pressing == {{Track listing | headline = Xtra Nova, XN 4711 LTD | total_length = 6:07 | title1 = Bradley's Beat (Part One) | length1 = 6:07 }}
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