''The Big Beat'' is a remix album by Australian

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band Machinations. The album is a collection of 12" mixes and was released in May 1986 on

White Label Records Mushroom Records was an Australian flagship record label, founded in 1972 in Melbourne. It published and distributed many successful Australian artists and expanded internationally, until it was merged with Festival Records in 1998. Festival Mu ...

a subsidiary of

Mushroom Records Mushroom Records was an Australian flagship record label, founded in 1972 in Melbourne. It published and distributed many successful Australian artists and expanded internationally, until it was merged with Festival Records in 1998. Festival Mu ...

. The album peaked at number 83 on the Australian

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Track listing

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Big Beat 1986 remix albums Machinations (band) albums Mushroom Records albums Remix albums by Australian artists