Last week’s show I brought out the winter warmers – soul classics, emphatic disco love jams, heavy Salsoul rotations, and the requisite ‘Disco Christmas’ to start things off. Enjoy, and peace to 2009!

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Universal Robot Band “Disco Christmas” (Red Greg)
Silvetti “Spring Rain” (Salsoul)
Cloud One “Dust to Dust” (P& P)
Lamont Dozier “Family” (Wb)
Brenda Russell “Get It On” (Horizon)
Minnie Ripperton “Inside My Love” (Epic)
Debbie Peters “Baby It’s Alright” (Free Flight)
Outside “The Plan (kton mix)” (Dorado)
Level 42 “Love Meeting Love” (Polydor)
Creative Source “You Can’t Hide Your Love” (Sussex)
Womack & Womack “Baby I’m Scared Of You” (Elektra)
Logg “Something Else” (Salsoul)
The Flakes “Sugar Frosted Lover (inst.)” (Magic Disc)
Rhyze “Just How Sweet Is Your Love” (SAM)
Loose Joints “Tell You (In Dub)” (N/A)
Black Ivory “Mainline” (Buddah)
The Players Association “Turn the Music Up” (Vanguard)

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The Players Association “Turn the Music Up” (Vanguard)
Jeffree “Mr. Fix It” (Mca)
Brick “Ain’t Gonna Hurt Nobody” (Bang)
Convertion “Let’s Do It” (SAM)
Salsoul Orchestra “Take Some Time Out (For Love)” (Salsoul)
Luther Vandross “Never Too Much (12″ mix)” (Epic)
Jessie Henderson “Did It Againt” (LOH)
Soiree “Close To You” (Unison)
Alicia “I Want To Thank You” (Mca)
Bumblebee Unlimited “Lady Bug” (RCA)
Candido “Dancin’ and Prancin’” (Salsoul)
Logg “I know you will” (Salsoul)
Lee Moore “Reachin’ Out” (Source)
Mighty Pope “Sweet Blindness” (RFC)
Family of Eve “I Want To Be Loved by You” (Kay Dee)

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This week’s A Downtown Affair starts off with a handful of soul records including “Put It In Real Good” off the Wee reissue from Numero’s *Asterisk label. Altogether there’s a good mix of new songs and classics that I dusted off for the occasion. Enjoy.

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Wee “Put It In Real Good” (*) LP
Barrett Strong “Is It True” (Capitol) LP
Steve Parks “Everything’s Gonna Be OK” (Solid Smoke) LP
Cymande “Brothers On The Slide” (Janus) LP
William DeVaughn “Be Thankful For What You Got” (TEC) LP
Rain Bows Valley “Do It For The Children” (Half Moon) 12″
Gene Van Buren “I Give Good Love” (Motown) LP
Dayton “We Can’t Miss” (Liberty) LP
- “He’s Gonna Get You” (True Is Light) 12″
Roger “Do It” (Wb) 12″
Captain Sky “Station Brake (Innermission)” (WMOT) 12″
Wickett “Can’t Get Enough Of You” (Mr. T) 12″
Radiance feat. Prize “This Is A Party” (Ware) 12″

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Magnetism “Breakout” (Numero) LP
Mtume “Give It On Up (If You Want To)” (Epic) 12″
Candy Bowman “I Wanna Feel Your Love” (RCA) 12″
Rainbow Team “Bite the Apple” (Full Time) 12″
Infinity “Check Me Out” (Rota) 12″
Freida Norwood “Your Love (Is Getting Better All The Time)” (Tra-San) 12″
Dinosaur “Kiss Me Again” (Sire) 12″
Barrett Strong “Love Is You” (Coup) LP
Arnie Love & the Lovettes “Stop And Make Up Your Mind” (Numero) LP
Family of Eve “Please Be Truthful” (Full Sail) 12″
Front Row “Wanting You” (TBC) 12″
Foreal People “Love Begins With You” (Tropique) 12″
Lamont Dozier “Going Back To My Roots” (Dance Classics) 12″
Eighties Ladies “Turned On To You” (Unomelodic) 12″

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For this month’s FineLine, I’ve invited two good friends, who just so happen to be fantastic selectors.

Marty McSorley – a L.A. transplant who has found a new home in Brooklyn, and a time slot on WFMU. I’ve shared the decks with Marty before and am always pleased with the breadth of his picks. He even invited me on his show one time for a special 4 hours of cassettes only. He’s doin it for the children.

Champangne King (aka Jon Kirby) and I also did a brief stint together on the internet-airwaves when I was on the last few months of The Wax Poetics Record Rundown on East Village Radio. Jon is a funk forte, Carolinas say HO!

We’ll be getting loose in the front room, so come through, have a beer, and enjoy the crispy sound quality. Seriously though, the sound in that room is great; after last month I can’t wait to be back.

See you next Saturday!
- B4$

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Vin Sol dropped by the studio this week and played an amazing set. He just recently moved to NYC and has some parties in the works as well as a CALiGULA single coming out on iTunes this Tuesday. For more info you can visit Vin-Sol.com.

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Electric Mind “Pick Me Up (Can We Go)” (Emergency) 12″
The Armed Gang “All I Want” (Chaz Ro) 12″
Blue Feather “Let’s Funk Tonight” (Som Livre) 12″
Pamela Joy “Think Fast” (Pizzazz) 12″
Shirley Lites “Heat You Up” (West End) 12″
Tony Cook & The Party People “Rock It” (Half Moon) 12″
Cornell Brown “The Fan” (Tuff Tracks) 12″
Tony Lee “Reach Out” (Radar) 12″

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The Pied Piper of Funkingham “Blow The Funk My Way” (Chocolate Cholly’s) LP
Gaston “The Clap Song” (Chocolate Cholly’s) 12″
Tempest Trio “Do You Like The Way It Feels” (Marlin) 12″
Delegation “Heartache No. 9″ (Mercury) LP
Loose Change “Straight From The Heart” (Casablanca) 12″
Jazzy Dee “Get On Up” (Laurie) 12″
Art School and the Mighty Motor Gang “Hold on Tight” (RAK) 7″
Nick Straker “A Little Bit Of Jazz” (Prelude) 12″
Jackson Two “Oh Yeah Part 1″ (J.C.) 12″
Karen Jones “Under The Influence of Love” (Handshake) LP
Starlena Young “Heartbreaker” (Stanpico) 12″
Dayton “The Sound of Music” (Capitol) LP
Amra “Special Kind of Love” (TGO) 12″
Sinnamon “I Need You Now” (Jive) 12″
Nightmoves “TranceDance (UK mix)” (GC) 12″
Priceless “Love In Your Life” (Decimal) 7″
Carol Williams “Can’t Get Away (From Your Love)” (Vanguard) 12″
Chee Chee & Peppy “Super You” (Branding Iron) LP
Scarborough “Make Love To You” (E.J. Scarborough) 7″
Sylvester “I Need You” 12″
Sergio Mendes “I’ll Tell You” (Elektra) LP
Taxie “Rock Don’t Stop”
Chain Reaction “Changes” (Jam Sessions) 12″
Ice Band ft. Unique Pleasure “Live People” 12″
Loose Joints “Tell You (Today)” (4th & Broadway) 12″
Last Generation “You’re All I Need” (Last Generation) 7″
Glenda McLeod “No Stranger To Love” (HGEI) 7″
The LTG Exchange “Waterbed” (Disco International) 12″
Lorraine Johnson “The More I Get, The More I Want” (Prelude) 12″
Rare Pleasure “Let Me Down Easy” (Cheri) 12″
Arthur King “Fear” (New Wave) 12″
Tony Aiken & Future 2000 “Better Days” (Shyrlden) 12″
Idris Muhammad “Could Heaven Ever Be Like This” (Kudu) 12″
Twilight “Just A Kiss Away” (LSW) LP

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Vance & Suzzanne “I Can’t Get Along Without You” (Vanton) 12″
Taana Gardner “No Frills” (West End) 12″
Richard Jon Smith “Stay With Me Tonight (Long version)” (Jive) 12″
Omni “Body Groove (Dub Mix)” (Mercury) 12″
Hot Cuisine “Who’s Been Kissing You” (Prelude) 12″
The Brothers Johnson “Light Up The Night” (A& M) 12″
Jerry Knight “I’m Down For That” (A& M) LP

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