Class was in session with one of our favorite DJ’s at the helm this Friday. Repeat ADA guest, former Camp Debonair activities director and all around party purveyor, Peter Reyes. He provided over 3 hours of music this time around, dipping into sleaze, gospel and proper disco alike. I was also super pleased to hear tracks enter some breezy yacht territory a few times throughout the evening. Be sure to check out his prior visits to the studio for more great music!

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Peter Brown “Leadmeon” (Drive)
Gary Toms Empire “Slow & Funky” (PIP)
The Miracles “Don’t Cha Love It” (Motown)
Judy Pollak “Fascinating” (Chatsford Record & Video Productions, Inc.)
D.J. Rogers “Love Brought Me Back” (Columbia)
Patti Boulaye “You Stepped Into My Life” (Polydor)
Coco Bill “Evita (Avoid) (inst.)” (JR)
Rupert Holmes “Let’s Get Crazy Tonight” (Private Stock)
Keane Brothers “Taking Off” (ABC)
Voices of Rhema “The Center of Hope” (WFL)
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Dancing Butterfly “Cocomotion” (Roper)
Kokomo “Part Time Affair” (Columbia)
Mandrill “Love Made Me Over” (Arista)
The Joneses “Universal Love” (CBS)
Kleeer “I’ll Get Over You” (Atlantic)
UPP “Never Gonna Turn My Back On You” (Epic)
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Delilah “Dancing In The Fire” (MCA)
Syreeta & G.C. Cameron “Love To The Rescue” (Motown)

to be continued…

Guest Set: DOWNLOAD
Mic Break: DOWNLOAD
After Hours: DOWNLOAD

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Last week we had some special guests in from Ohio by way of local boogie funk purveyor Slimmy Jimmy. Dedikate and Craig Huckaby hold down a monthly night in Columbus called Musicality where they bring in some serious guests from the area. They each brought through a slew of records, including a handful picked up around town during their visit to New York. Always a pleasure to welcome new heads into the studio, and I hope you enjoy their sets as much as I did!

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Dedikate:

Kadenza “Let’s Do It” (PRT)
Kleeer “Tonight” (Atlantic)
One Way “Shine On Me” (Mca)
Kasso “One More Round” (Starnight)
Universal Robot Band “Barely Breaking Even” (Moonglow)
Chuck Strong “Love And Happiness” (Invasion)
The Gap Band “Out Of The Blue (Can You Feel It)” (Tattoo)
Midnight Express “Danger Zone” (Tri-Fire)
Kano “Don’t Try To Stop Me” (Emergency)
Luther Vandross “For the Sweetness of Your Love” (Epic)
Panache “Sweet Music” (Rota)
Chain Reaction “Dance Freak” (Sound Of NY)
Xtasy “Let Your Body Go (edit)” (Guyna Mukat)
Brooklinn “Jitterbug Hand Dance” (Lil Hugh)

Craig Huckaby:

Al Hudson & The Soul Partners “Spread Love” (ABC)
Loose Joints “Is It All Over My Face (male)” (West End)
Temper “No Favors” (MCA)
Modern Romance “Everybody Salsa” (Atlantic)
Brainstorm “Hot For You” (Tabu)
Teddy Pendergrass “You Can Hide From Yourself” (PIR)
Sharon Redd “Beat the Street” (Prelude)
David Joseph “You Can’t Hide” (Island)
Class Action “Weekend” (Sleeping Bag)
Fat Larry’s Band “Looking For Love” (Fantasy)
JR & the Love Machine “Dr. Feelgood, Party Time” (Brass City)
Gwen Guthrie “It Should Have Been You” (Island)
Sharon Brown “I Specialize In Love” (Profile)

Sade “Spirit” (Portrait)
The Dells “All About The Paper” (20th Century)
Kleeer “Taste The Music” (Atlantic)
BT Express “Shout!” (Columbia)
O’Bryan “I’m Freaky” (Capitol)
La Banda Salsa “Y Ata A Yoyo” (CBS)
Fela Kuti “Roforofo Fight” (Editions Makossa)
Lenny Williams “Choosing You” (ABC)
Willie Bobo “Always There” (Columbia/Legacy)
The Players Association “Let’s Groove” (Vanguard)
Herbie Mann “Waterbed” (Atlantic)
Charanga 76 “Ain’t No Stopping Us Now” (TR)
Cheri “Murphy’s Law” (Venture)

Dedikate & Craig Huckaby: DOWNLOAD

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A couple Fridays ago we had our last hosts only broadcast. That is at least with both of us in the studio trading off for the duration of the night. Mike’s off to the UK for some serious business, so he rolled out some of his favorite tracks from over the years. Before being afflicted with the disco bug myself, I remember these songs filling the floor at many of our early DJ gigs together, so it was really special to bookend our time on the radio with a heavy dose of classics.

We’ve decided the time has come to bring the weekly broadcast to a close. Sad as we are to shut it down, we’re excited for a summer packed full of special guests, all longstanding friends of the program. Keep an eye on the schedule leading up to our final show on August 30th. Big Thanks to all the listeners and guest DJs who kept us moving for over five years!

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Stevie Wonder “Girl Blue” (Tamla)
Eddie Kendricks “Girl You Need A Change Of Mind” (Tamla)
Cymande “Bra” (Janus)
Merchant “Instant Funk” (Charlies)
Vitamin E “Kiss Away” (Buddah)
Grey & Hanks “Now I’m Fine” (RCA)
Curtis Mayfield “Tell Me (How Do You Like To Be Loved)” (RSO)
The Fantastic Aleems “Get Down Friday Night” (Nia)
T.C. Curtis “You Should Have Known Better” (Sire)
Jimmy Ross “First True Love Affair” (RFC)
Central Line “Walking Into Sunshine” (Mercury)
Lisa Hill “I’m On The Real Side” (Q-It)
Sylvia Striplin “Gimme Your Love” (Unomelodic)
Gene Dunlap “Party In Me” (Capitol)
Eurofunk “Manshortage” (Environ)
The Circle City Band “Magic” (Circle City)
Taana Gardner “No Frills” (West End)
Garfield Flemming “Please Don’t Send Me Away” (Beckett)
Inner Life “I’m Caught Up” (TCT)
Willie Hutch “I Choose You” (Motown)
Love “Be Thankful For What You Got” (RSO)
Ned Doheny “Sweet Friction” (Columbia)
Rainbow Team “Bite the Apple” (Full Time)
Dinasour L “Kiss Me Again” (Sire)

Opening Mic: DOWNLOAD
Mike Mcgill & Tackleberry: DOWNLOAD
Closing Mic: DOWNLOAD

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Mike and I were out of town last Friday, so we took the opportunity to air a new mix from our good friend out of Oslo, FredFades. This is the 3rd in his “Ganxstas Don’t Rap, They B.O.O.G.I.E.” series and it was a real pleasure to give it some play on New York radio. We won’t reveal the track list for now, but feel free to take guesses in the comments section. Thanks Fred for sending this one our way!

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Last Friday DJ Who came by the station to spin over two hours disco and modern soul. He’s part of Blue Lights In The Basement with Nacho Larache and holds down a number of residencies at clubs in Madrid. Follow the link to see their upcoming schedule and to check out more music. Super fun to have him live in the studio that night with the added bonus of a visit from our mutual friends Peter Reyes, Larry Love and Richie Bell. Shout out to Francis and Hector who came by to hang out as well!

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DJ Who:

Lamont Dozier – You Oughta Be In Pictures (M&M)
Lenny Williams – Last Night I Dreamed (MCA)
Love Unlimited – High Steppin’, Hip Dressin’ Fella (you got it together) (Unlimited Gold)
Odyssey – Native New Yorker (RCA)
Jimmie & Vella Cameron – Be Fair To Me (Unlimited Gold)
Lakeside – It’s Got To Be Love (Solar)
L.J. Reynolds – Tell Me (Capitol)
Anacostia – What Kind Of Love (MCA)
Chanson – Magic Carpet Ride (Ariola)
The Chi-Lites feat Eugene Record – Me And You (20th Century Fox)
Metropole – Miss Manhattan (2 On One)
Garry Glenn – Gonna Give You My Love (PPL)
Direct Current – Everybody Here Must Party (TEC)
MFSB feat The Three Degrees – T.S.O.P. (PIR)
A Brother’s Guiding Light feat David – Getting Together (Mercury)
Invisible Man’s Band – Love Can’t Come / Love Has Come (Island)
The Joneses – Sugar Pie Guy (part 1) (Mercury)
Aubrey Mann – Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now (Scorpio)
McFadden & Whitehead – Always Room For One More (TSOP)
Niteflyte – All About Love (Ariola)
Grey And Hanks – Now I’m Fine (RCA)
Sabata – Man For My Lady (Boogie Times)
Lawrence Hilton Jacobs – Love And Understanding Is The Answer (ABC)
The Sins Of Satan – Dance And Free Your Mind (Buddah)
Fruit – Say It (Cypress)
Rhyze – I Found Love In You (SAM)
Roy Ayers – Get On Up, Get On Down (Polydor)
Frankie Valli – Soul (MCA)
LTG Exchange – Corazon (Wind)
T.J.M.- I Don’t Need No Music (Casablanca)

DJ Who: DOWNLOAD
Closing Mic: DOWNLOAD

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A few Fridays ago marked a triumphant return to form for the counselors of Camp Debonair. It’d been quite a while since Stegs joined us in the studio but it didn’t take long to find a stride that carried us well into extra time. In keeping with Camp tradition we’ve included some bonus hours of music and chatter on top of a solo guest set from Stegs. Enjoy!

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Stegs:

Dorothy Norwood “There’s Got To Be Rain In Your Life (To Appreciate the Sunshine)” (GRC)
Liz Dargan & The Gospelettes “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright”" (Song Bird)
Johnny Gilliam “Going Home To Georgia” (Paula)
Geater Davis “You Made Your Bed Hard” (Seventy-Seven)
Rance Allen “Believe In Yourself” (Stax)
Hi Energy “Hold On To My Love” (Gordy)
Ron Louis Smith “Love Talk” (Sunshine Sound)
Chapter 8 “Next To You” (Beverly Glenn)
Heath Brothers “Dreaming”
Will Downing “Sending Out An S.O.S. (inst.)” (Island)
Basia “Freeze Thaw”
Lew Kirton “Don’t Wanna Wait” (Tweedside)
Dave Collins “Good Lovin’” (GT)
Larry Wu “Let Me Show You” (Atlantic)
Kim Lewis “(Let’s All) Fantasize” (3C)
Glenn Jones “Finessse” (RCA)
Total Contrast “The River (dub)” (London)
Richard Grayson “Hot Fun (inst.)” (MCM)
Pamela Nivens “It’s You I Love (So In Love)” (Sun Valley)
B. Blake “Shame (instrumental)” (Many)
British Colony “Have You Ever Seen Me Dancing (extended version)” (Carrere)
Street Beat “Dressing Up” (Handle)
Serena “Get Your Body Up” (Wilcur)
Kocky “Keep on Dancing” (Windsong)
Infinity “Check Me Out” (Rota)
Kano “She’s A Star” (Mirage)
Johnnie Walker “Enjoy Johnnie Walker” (Red Label)
Bo’ Bellow “Knockin’” (Many)
Larry Heard “Missing You” (Jack Trax)
- “I’m Gonna Get You”

Opening Mic: DOWNLOAD
Stegs: DOWNLOAD
Closing Mic: DOWNLOAD
After Hours Part 1: DOWNLOAD
After Hours Part 2: DOWNLOAD

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On Friday we welcomed back NYC Trust label mates Oneman and Monk-one. They’re still going strong with their Brooklyn based label and monthly parties down at Sycamore. Keep an eye out for some backyard parties as the weather warms up. Mike and I snuck in a teaser of our old SXSW Mix just before NYCTrust took over. Oneman opened with Wings before diving into a house oriented set and Monk-One followed with a lean toward disco before closing out with some of his own edits. Be sure to give a listen to their prior appearance on the show.

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Oneman:

Wings “Good Night Tonight” (Columbia)
FRAM “Unatural High” (Vertige)
Canyons “Fire Eyes” (DFA)
Konk “Your Life” (Sleeping Bag)
Scenic “Another Sky” (Future Classics)
Moodymann “Vol. 12″
The Automats “Guardian Angel (Diesler Remix)” (Plinsoll)
Drums of Death “Transistor Rhythm” (Civil Music)
FaltyDL “Korban Dallas” (Ninja Tune)
K. Hebden “Pinnacles”
Fourtet & Burial “Nova”
Louis Haiman “-”
Steve Reich “Music for 18 Musicians (Pulse Selection Dub mix)” (Nonesuch)
Round Robin “Our Love Is True” (Groove Merchant)
Family of Eve “I Want To Be Loved by You” (Kay Dee)

Monk-One:

DopeGems “Journey To The Shore” (DopeGems)
James Mason “Night Gruv” (Mighty Fine)
Andrew Ashong “Flowers” (Signature Sound)
S.S.O. “Tonight’s The Night” (Shady Brook)
Love Unlimited “High Stepping Hip Dressing Fella” (Unlimited Gold)
Rainbow Team “Dreaming” (Full Time)
Boule Noire “Amer D’Amour” (Plastic Poison)
The Rolling Stones “Rain Fall Down (Ashley Beedle Mix)” (Virgin)
Billy Cole, Davis & Crooks “Bump All Night” (Recreational)
Barbara Fowler “Come And Get My Lovin’ (dub)” (Radar)
Ingram “DJ’s Delight” (Mirage)
Womack & Womack “Life Is A Ballgame” (4th & Broadway)
Sargent & Malone “Love Message” (Half Moon)
Cosmos Universal Band “Third Eye (Monk-One Edit)”
Hot Stuff “Hustle Bustle” (Sound House)
Rokk “Patience” (Lollie)

Opening Mic: DOWNLOAD
Oneman: DOWNLOAD
Monk-One: DOWNLOAD
Closing Mic: DOWNLOAD

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If you’re making your way down to Austin this month, be sure to check out our friends at SXSBoogie! Presented by Friends of Sound Records, they’ve got a whole list of modern soul/boogie DJs and artists in the line-up, many of which we’ve featured on the show in the past. Trace of Smoke/Karizma are reuniting for the show (see the vid!). We actually just got our copy of Benjamin’s Cherries release in the mail and will give it it’s A Downtown Affair debut tomorrow night!

Lineup:

TRACE OF SMOKE/KARIZMA
K-MAXX
B.BRAVO & TEEKO
THE PENDLETONS
LOOSE SHUS AND CHAUTAUQUA
BENJAMIN & CERMAKK
PLAZA
COOLHANDS
AUSTIN BOOGIE CREW
SPENCE
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Music from all the performing acts can be found here: http://spencemc.tumblr.com/sxsboogie

Visuals by Joe Ashe and Danny Spence

There is no RSVP for this event. 1st come 1st server. Doors at 9PM and acts start at 10PM sharp. ARRIVE EARLY!

SXSBoogie
at Frank
407 Colorado St
Austin, TX 78701
10pm

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Last Friday marked the return of local boogie heroes GetBKFunk. We’ve had them on the show a couple times in the past and recently had the pleasure of joining them at their bi-monthly party at Tandem. New addition to the crew DJ Raichous started the night off with some serious boogie classics adding a personal touch to the set with some doubles. Supa Dave followed suit veering into the cosmos mid-set only to close out with some slick major label tracks. Finishing off the night was Slimmy Jimmy who managed to work a belated bday gift from Supa Dave into his mix along with an evergreen from Jimmy Ross. Be sure to check them out 1st and 3rd Thursdays at Tandem in BK!

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DJ Raichous:

Starpoint “Satisfy My Love” (Elektra)
Cherrelle “Saturday Love” (Tabu)
Young & Company “I Like (What You’re Doing to Me)” (Brunswick)
Howard Johnson “So Fine” (A&M)
Jerry Carr “This Must Be Heaven” (Cherie)
Mike & Brenda Sutton “We Can Make It” (SAM)
Firefly “L.O.V.E. (Is Gonna Be On Your Side)” (Emergency)
Stacy Lattisaw “Feel My Love Tonight” (Cotillion)
Terri Wells “I’ll Be Around” (Philly World)
Carol Williams “You’ve Reached The Bottom Line” (Vanguard)
The Limit “She’s So Divine” (Arista)
David Joseph “You Can’t Hide” (Island)
Side Effect “Make You Mine” (Elektra)
Jocelyn Brown “I Wish You Would” (Vinyl Dreams)
War “Galaxy” (MCA)
Lee Prentiss “Love This Way” (MSB)
Change “You’re My Number One” (Atlantic)
Prime Time “I Owe It To Myself” (Total Experience)
Freddie James “Don’t Turn Your Back on Love” (Arista)
Raydio “Still In The Groove” (Arista)
The Whispers “Just Keep On Loving Me” (Solar)
Cheryl Lynn “Say You’ll Be Mine” (Columbia)
Curtis Hairston “I Want You (All Tonight)” (Pretty Pearl)

Supa Dave:

Steven & Sterling “Can I With You Tonight” (RCA)
Cubie Burke “Down For Double” (Rissa Chrissa)
Raw Silk “Just In Time” (Westbound)
Razzamatazz “Let’s Git Closer” (Starlite)
Twilite “Dance With Me” (Ross)
Wuf Ticket “The Key” (Prelude)
Mel Sheppard “Can I Take You Home” (TSOB)
Passenger “Girls Cost Money” (Uniwave)
African Suite “Pigmy” (MCA)
Black Sun “Black Sun” (Polydor)
Terry Nova “Push with Size” (Prospect)
General Caine “Get Closer” (Tabu)
Gene Van Buren “Rock The House” (Tamla)
Pure Gold “Hold On To Your Love” (Capitol)

Slimmy Jimmy:

2wice “You Set Me On Fire” (MiaSound)
Trouble Funk “Trouble Funk Express” (D.E.T.T.)
Hawkeye “All Systems Go (Cosmo Wyatt Dub)” (Beantown)
Cherrelle “I Didn’t Mean To Turn You On” (Tabu)
Sylvester “Tell Me” (Megatone)
Roundtree “Get On Up (Get On Down)” (Island)
Colors “Am I Gonna Be The One” (First Take)
Sparque “Let’s Go Dancin’” (West End)
Temper “No Favors (Dub)” (MCA)
Captain Sky “Don’t Touch That Dial” (Philly World)
Teena Marie “Behind The Groove” (Motown)
Goody Goody “Let Me Work On You (Reprised Dance Mix)” (PSW)
Cookie “Can’t Judge A Book By Its Cover” (Connection)
Bloodstone “Nite Time Fun” (TNeck)
Matrix “Stay (I Need Your Love)” (Sugarscoop)
Jimmy Ross “First True Love Affair” (Quality)
Joy “I Need Your Love” (Eastern Sounds)

Opening Mic: DOWNLOAD
DJ Raichous: DOWNLOAD
Supa Dave: DOWNLOAD
Slimmy Jimmy: DOWNLOAD
Closing Mic: DOWNLOAD

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We’re playing along-side Wes Posvar a/k/a Love Operation tomorrow night in Williamsburg. Drop on by if you’re in the area!

10pm
Macri Park
462 Union Ave (north of Metropolitan)
FREE

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