Temperatures peaked at the end of last week and Foreal People came to the studio to provide a bit of relief. Love On The Run’s mix of modern soul set the tone and Josh Dunn and Benguin took over for an hour and a half chock full of edits and uptempo disco. This Friday Boogie Man is doing a special all 45 set. Tune in!

Part 1: Love On The Run

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Priceless “Love In Your Life”
Masterforce “Hey Girl”
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radio promo for Better Days
Jesus Alvarez “Please Stay, Don’t Go”
Universal Love “Moon Ride”
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Sizzle feat. La Rom Baker “Love is All Around”
Pharaoh Sanders “Love is Everywhere”

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Part 2: Josh Dunn

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Eddie Kendricks “Date With The Rain” (Motown)
Crown Heights Affair “Dancin’” (Delite)
The Invitations “We Don’t Allow” (Red Greg)
Ultra High Frequency “We’re On The Right Track” (Wand)
Ron Hardy “Lonely Hearts (Edit)”
Rahaan “Just The Right Size (Edit)”
Ron Hardy “Edit”
Stranger “Shining Star” (Unidisc)
True Example “As Long As You Love Me” (Gold Mind Records)
Parris “Never Take Your Love” (Brunswick)

Part 3: Benguin

Equals “Funky Like A Train” (ICE)
King Sporty “Safari” (Konduko)
- “Get Together” (Moton Records Inc.)
Sylvester and the Hot Band “My Country Tis of Thee” (Blue Thumb)
J.D. Hall “Wonder Woman” (Sunfire Records)
Cleaveland Eaton “Bama Boogie Woogie” (Gull)
Eddie Cheeba “Tree Line” (Lookin’ Good)
Gayle Adams “Plain Out of Luck” (Epic)
Brothers By Choice “Young, Single and Free” (ALA Records)
Lafayette Street “Can You Dig It” (Groove Sound)
Two Man Sound “Que Tal America” (Miracle)
Cerrone “Love In C Minor” (Cotillion)
Bunny Sigler “By The Way You Dance” (Gold Mine)
Atmosfear “Extract” (Mercury)
Sandy Barber “Stepping Out On My Own” (Olde World)

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This week we have a guest mix from Seth Kolski of Sweet Power on KUSP Central Coast Public Radio. Be sure to check out his sets each week in their archives. Next Sunday The Relatives will be playing a free show at the Damrosch Park Bandshell with Mavis Staples as part of Lincoln Center’s Out Of Doors.

Sunday Gospel [05]

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Earl Washington “Come Back” (Alabaster Sounds)
Gloster Williams “Touch My Life” (Gospel Roots)
Kevin Burroughs Neeley “Have You Considered?” (Great Vision)
Paradise “Stop and Think” (Onyx Int.)
Signs & Wonders “Let Him Have His Way” (Saint Mark)
Mel-Vonne “Be Still” (Celesta)

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Mike and I had the radio to ourselves for the first time in a little while last Friday. It was a nice chance to break out some new tracks. Started off with the title cut from Numero Group’s LP of previously unreleased material from DC’s Father’s Children. After a few soul cuts the set turns a bit cosmic and elevates from there. Tune in this Friday when Foreal People return to the studio!

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Father’s Children “Father’s Children” (Numero)
Jon Lucien “Would You Believe In Me” (RCA)
Terry Callier “Gotta Get Closer To You” (Cadet)
Herbie Hancock “Stars In Your Eyes” (Columbia)
Bill Withers “You’ve Got The Stuff” (Columbia)
One Way “Give Me One More Chance” (MCA)
Joe Coleman “Get It Off The Ground” (Jazzman)
Roy Ayers “Don’t Stop the Feeling” (Polydor)
Tantra “Get Happy” (Importe)
ISH “Don’t Stop (Disconet edit)” (Disconet)
King Sporty & The Root Rockers “Get on Down” (T.K. Disco)
Lefturno “Out of Sight” (Ascot)
Steve Shelto “Don’t Give Your Love Away” (SAM)
Rumple-stilts-skin “I Think I Want To Dance With You” (Heat)
Mel Sheppard “Can I Take You Home” (Mr. Disc)
Oliver Cheathem “Get Down Saturday Night” (MCA Records)
Shalamar “Make That Move” (Solar)
Somethin’ Special “Come Make It Feel Good” (Emergency)
Curtis Mayfield “Tell Me, Tell Me (How Ya Like To Be Loved)” (RSO)
The Players Association “Turn the Music Up!” (Vanguard)
Elusion “I’ve Never Been In Love Before” (Cotillion)
Brenda & Herb “I Who Have Nothing” (Drive)
Maryann Farra & Satin Soul “Never Gonna Leave You” (Brunswick)
Twinkie Clark “Awake O Zion” (S.OG.)
Phil Hurt “Boogie City (Rock and Boogie Down)” (Fantasy)
Brother & Sister “Midnight Desire” (Shtup City Records)
Love Exchange “Got To Find A Disco” (Dance Disk)
Carmen “Throw Down” (Presents Records)
Michelle “Rush Hour Traffic” (Anutha)
Voices Of East Harlem “Cashing In” (Just Sunshine Records)
Clausel “Let Me Love You (inst.)” (Up Right Records)

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We’ve been looking to have our good friend and sometime collaborator Bennett4$enate back on the radio program for a while now. And we caught Bennett at a good time; he’s on hiatus from his freeform radio show Awesome New Place across the river on WFMU. This time we each pulled out records inspired by the Quiet Storm radio format to lend A Downtown Affair’s hand at programming an emotionally charged, ballad-focused catalog of slow jams from our respective record collections. And we took free range in grooming our selections to showcase songs & artists that were really giving it 110%; mixed metaphors, elaborate pic sleeves, strong tunes and the like. What we ended up with were sounds across the continuum of QS material. Earnest soul ballads from mid-seventies vocal groups had as much relevance for us as rhythm tracked, syncopated, sax-backed R&B rockers from the fleet of young male major label artists at the beginning of the eighties. We also discovered that many of the more iconic producers and players that were prolific in their output during the 70′s and 80′s dipped into and out of a sound that was assimilated into the cannon of Quiet Storm. There are a handful of these musicians that appeared in various forms along the playlist, totally unintentionally on our part. Rest assured, all thematic content inspires Quiet Storm moments. The added flair of seaside sounds and monologues are just collateral pleasure. This one is in two parts of 4-5 record segments book-ended by color commentary left in there for good measure.

Introductory remarks

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Part 1: Bennett4$enate, Tackleberry, Mike McGill

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Forrest “I Just Wanna Love You Baby” (Ariola)
Roy Ayers “Programmed For Love” (Columbia)
Jeffrey Osborne “You Should Be Mine” (A& M)
Miss Thang “Thunder and Lightning” (Tommy Boy)
Kleer “I Lay Ya Down EZ” (Atlantic)
Norman Riley “Quietly Untitled” (Underground Sounds)
Krystal “False Alarm” (Magic Touch)
The Conservatives “Happiness (Take Your Time)” (On Time Records)  
Wee “We Can Get It Together” (Numero)
Billy Always “Just Not Enough” (Naylo)
Al Johnson “Peaceful” (Marina)
Michael Henderson “Let Me Love You” (Buddah)
Roy Ayers “What You Won’t Do For Love” (Polydor)
Charles Blackman “Special” (PFJ)

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Part 2: Bennett4$enate, Tackleberry, Mike McGill

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Mtume “Bessie’s Theme” Native Son OST (Mca)
The Deele “Shoot Em Up Movies” (Solar)
Dynasty “When You Feel Like Giving Love (Dial My Number)” (Solar)
Brother to Brother “The Affair” (Turbo)
Brother to Brother “Let Me Be For Real” (Sugar Hill)
Peabo Bryson “Give Me Your Love” (Capitol)
G.T. (Gary Taylor) “Without You In My Life” (A& M)
Slave “For The Love Of U” (Cotillion)
Jeff Tyzik “Sweet Surrender (dub version)” (Polydor)
Robert J Riggins “You Can Love Her (If You Try)” (Rojacri Records)
Al Johnson “Tonight’s The Night For Love” (Columbia)   
Ike Noble “Your Love” (Connowil Records)
The Village Choir “Street Opera With A Blues Waltz” (SCM)
Phillip Bailey “Trapped” (Columbia)

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For this week’s post we’ve got a very special mix by Red Greg from the UK. He put together a short set of his favorite gospel music and if you’re familiar with his other mixes, you know to expect top notch selections.

Sunday Gospel [04]: Red Greg

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Intro
Salt of The Earth – Love Light II
Howard Lemon Singers – For The Children
Supreme Jubilees – You Don’t Know
Lois Snead – I Love To Call You
Gwen Carter – God Is So Good To Me
Gospel Unlimited – I Found Joy

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My apologies for the delay in getting this set posted, but I promise it’s well worth the wait. The Honeydripper hit us up last week with an impromptu guest idea. Her friend Sami Dariush was flying in from Finland with a nice bag of modern soul 45s and it just so happened that we had no one booked for Friday night. Glance at the track list and you’ll see that he brought some serious heat. He runs Lifesaver Records in Helsinki and hosts a local club night called Soul Sides. You can catch him at Main Squeeze with Honeydripper, Boogieman & Old Chris in August!

Part 1: DJ Sami Dariush

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Ronn Colbert “Just One Kiss Away” (Silk City Sound)
Master Force “Hey Girl” (Rain Forest)
Crystal Clear “Stay With Me” (Polydor)
Larry Dixon “The Only One” (LAD)
Veda “What It’s All About” (West Sounds)
Trace Of Smoke “Treasure Mind” (B.J.)
The Futures “Betcha Come Back” (Warped)
King Tutt “You’ve Got Me Hung Up” (Fun City)
Bileo “You Can Win” (M.T.U. / Watts City)
Arnie Love “We Had Enough”
Ellipsis “People” (Briarmeade)
Heem and the Monsters “Wake Up People” (Blood Leaf)
Timeless Legend “I Was Born To Love You” (Dawn-LIte)
Marshall, Donovan, Broomfield “Since I Found My Baby” (Augusta)
The Honey-B’s “What Love Can Do” (B’s Wax)
Harris & Orr “Spread Love” (Sunstar)
Powerhouse “You Turn Me On” (Daystar)
Family of Eve “I Want To Be Loved by You” (Jeree)
Gary & The Browns “Melo-Melody” (Vie)
Rokk “Patience” (Tollie)
Phillip Wright “Keep Her Happy” (Dash)
5 Miles Out “Set Your Mind Free” (Hot Line)
Total Experience “Contradition” (TTE)
Raw Soul Express “The Way We Live” (Cat)
Sir Henry Ivy “Two Time Loser” (Future Dimension)
Apple and The 3 Oranges “Love Brings Out The Best Of You” (Sagittarius)
Wanda McDaniel and the Ultimate Choice “Gangster Boy” (Appleray Records)
Charles Williams “Standing In The Way” (EMI)

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Part 2: Mike McGill & Tackleberry

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The Golden Flamingo Orchestra “The Guardian Angel Is Watching Over Us” (Golden Flamingo)
McGee “Now That I Have You” (American Dream Records Ltd.)
Gene Dunlap “This One’s On Me” (Capitol)
Charles Veal “It’s Alright” (Capitol)

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Our first guest mix for Sunday Gospel comes from McBoing Boing. He’s a frequent contributor to Wax Poetics with a wide range of tastes so it’s a real privilege to have a set from him for this series. No track list on this one, so folks will have to play the guessing game!

Sunday Gospel [03]: McBoing Boing’s “If You See Me Doing Wrong”

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Last week Mikie Lixxx and Joseph Colbourne played on A Downtown Affair in support of the Bionic Boogie party at Tandem. Amazing tracks all around and I had a great time hanging in the studio that night. So much that we ended up spilling over into after hours. Mikie held down Bionic Boogie while living in NYC and came back to revive the party last Saturday, this time bringing Joseph in from Boston. Be sure to stay tuned to Audio Seduction and Joseph Colbourne for more music and parties.

Part 1: Joseph Colbourne

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Bliss “Stomp” (Fos-Glo)
Dizzy K. Falola “Excuse Me” (EMI)
Splash “Sound Reason” (Tidal Wave)
Fishburn & Francis “Give Me Some (Love)” (AIP)
Jackie Esam “Movin’” (BMCA)
Joe Freeman “Sneakin’” (musicworks)
Ozo “Dreaming” (Mother Africa)
Sticky Jones Gang “Tunisian Ride” (Columbia)
Javaroo “Breakin’ In” (Capitol)
Michelle “Can You Feel It” (West End)
Unity “Heat Your Body Up” (Charisma)
M. Nance Jr. & Sensuous “Sunshine” (Real Music)
Midnightrats “Goalmaker” (Magic Circus Productions)
The Motion “Forever” (Tojo)
Arejay “Don’t Make Me Wait Too Long For You” (Afghan)
The Future “I Can’t Read You Mind” (Ariola)
Roundtree “I Want To Have A Moment Alone With You” (Aria)

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Part 2: Mikie Lixxx

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The Joneses “Summer Groove” (Champagne)
Eddie Cheeba “Lookin’ Good (Shake Your Body)” (Tree Line)
Magic City feat. FIRE “Let’s Rock” (Sunshine Sound)
KIO “Hot Black and Sweet” (Record Shack)
Jessie G. “It’s Hot” (Nugget)
Blueprint “Ritespot” (Fantasy)
Resonance “Go! Go! Go!” (Celebration)
Jean Wells “I Just Can’t Stop Dancing” (TEC)
Brenda Harris “Making Love Will Keep You Fit” (Leomini)
La Pregunta “Chameleon” (Gnp Crescendo)
Patti Labelle “Music Is My Way Of Life” (Epic)
Steve Marshal “Do What You Will” (Dope Brother)
Ragtyme feat. T.C. Roper “Fix It Man” (Bright Star)
Family of Eve “I Wanna Be Loved By You (Bass Mix)” (Kay-Dee)
MDD “Message To The People” (MDD)

After Hours
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Los Charly’s Ochestra “edit” (Disco Royale)
Slick – Space Bass (Fantasy)
Traks – Drums Power (Polygram)
Care A-Go-Go – Sunfighter (EMI)
202 Machine “Get Up (Rock Your Body)” (FireSign)
African Suite (MCA)
Cecile Chauveau – C’est Ci Bon (Galiko)
“Disconnect” (Grimey)
Panache “Jam On” (Roche)
Maryann Farra & Satin Soul “Just A Little Timing” (Brunswick)
Wish – Nice & Soft (Perspective)
Marini “Let’s Get It On” (Kay Lynn)
Kleeer “I Love To Dance” (Atlantic)
Eruption “Move In” (Hansa)
Anvil Band

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