Plays from across the spectrum this week: an obscuro Moulton mix of “Don’t Take My Shadow”, sweaty homoerotic drum breaks, Italians in America, Americans in Italy, all rounded out by an abundance of program staples that have faithfully returned to the rotation. Thanks to all those who came out to Camp Debonair this past weekend!

Part 1: Tackleberry & Mike McGill

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Clausel “Let Me Love You” (Up Right Records) 12″
Charles Johnson “Good Good Lovin’” (Dash) 7″
Jessie James “I Can Feel Your Love Vibes” (Midtown Records) 7″
Brass Fever “Time Is Running Out” (Impulse) LP
Lowrell “Overdose of Love” (AVI) 12″
Sky “First Time Around” (Salsoul) 12″
The Crusaders “Street Life (Special U.S. Remix Version)” (MCA Records) 12″
Twilight “Play My Game” (Luv N Haight) LP
Jaymz Bedford “Just Keep My Boogie” (Gold Mink) 12″
Alfonzo “Girl You Are The One” (Joe-Wes) 12″
Plush “Free and Easy” (RCA) LP
Pure Energy “Love Game (A Love Dub)” (Injection) 7″
Alfreda James & Billy Ray “Back To Love” (Rappers Rapp Disco Co.) 12″
Visual “The Music Got Me” (Prelude) 12″
Alexander Robotnik “Problemes D’Amour” (Sire) LP
Plastic Mode “Baja Imperial” (Discomagic) 12″
Tempest Trio “Do You Like The Way That It Feels” (Marlin) LP
Two Girls “Another Boy In Town (Mike’s Edit)” (-) CD
Klein & BMO “Wonderful” (Atlantic) LP

Part 2: Tackleberry & Mike McGill

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Winfield Parker “I Wanna Be With You” (P& L Records) 7″
Kings Go Forth “Don’t Take My Shadow” (Luaka Bop) 12″ {Tom Moulton Mix!}
Mary Mundy “Love Has Gone Away” (Laurie) 12″
Logg “I know you will” (Salsoul) 12″
Stevie Wonder “Do I Do” (Motown) 7″
Pino D’Angio “Ma Quale Idea” (Flarenasch) 12″
Gene Chandler “Get Down” (Chi-Sound) 12″
Hamilton Bohannon “Me And The Gang” (Mercury) 7″
Slide “Easy On” (Discus) LP
Demis Roussous “L.O.V.E. Got A Hold Of Me” (Mercury) 12″
Taana Gardner “When You Touch Me” (West End) 12″
Judy Clayton “Love Is Gonna Find You” (Warner Curb) 12″
Lee Moore “Reachin’” (Source) 12″
G.D. and the Big J “Movin On” (Good) 7″
South Shore Commission “Free Man” (Wand) LP

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Tackleberry and I were back playing the program in its entirety for the first time in a while. Plenty of clutch jams on the show this week: Sly & Robbie’s production on the Jackie Genova workout 7″, Cornell Brown dropping The Fan live in Mexico CIty, Future Force’s cosmic-minded Reincarnation, Clarence Jackson wrapping up his Love Guarantee, the super deep Baby Come On done by James Otis Jr., and plenty, plenty more on this one.

We’re back on the air Friday night, and will be returning for our second rendition of Camp Debonair over at Cameo in Brooklyn on Saturday night!

Part 1: Tackleberry & Mike McGill

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Bill Spoon “I Can’t Wait (Until The Weekend)” (Soul Junction) 7″
I.R.S. “C’mon Let’s Be Friends” (Cleveland Unlimited) 7″
Madelaine “Don’t It Drive You Crazy” (Chi Sound) LP
The Stony Island Band “Stony Island Band” (Glades) 7″
Firebolts “Firebolt Hustle” (Greenback Records) 7″
Second Wind “Free For All” (CP) 7″
One Way feat. Al Hudson “Music” (Mca) 12″
Daybreak “Everybody Get Off” (Prelude) 12″
Rufus & Chaka Khan “Do You Love What You Feel” (Mca) 12″
Jerry Knight “I’m Down For That” (A& M) LP
The J.B.’s feat. Maxxi “Just Wanna Make You Dance” (Drive) 12″
Chain Reaction “Changes” (Jam Sessions) 12″
Peggi Blu “I Want It All Now” (Injection) 12″
52nd St “Can’t Afford” (Factory) 12″
Freeez “Caribbean Winter” (Beggars Banquet) LP
Mouzon’s Electric Band “Everybody Get Down” (Vanguard) 12″
Gino Soccio “Dancer” (Wb) LP
Kryptonite “Baby I Don’t Know” (Roy B) 12″
Azoto “Any Time Or Place” (Modulation) 12″

Part 2: Tackleberry & Mike McGill

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The Spooky “Shake That Thang” (Thunder Thumbs) 7″
Jackie Genova “Work That Body” (Island) 7″
Dayton “Conversation” (Capitol) 7″
Chimere “Save A Little Love” (Pot of Gold Records) 7″
Rugenia Peoples-Taylor “Don’t Play With My Feelings” (Hence Forth) 7″
Clarence Jackson “Wrap It Up” (RR) 7″
Future Force “Reincarnation” (Big Deal) 7″
Cornell Brown “The Fan” (Tuff Tracks) 12″
System “You Are In My System (Spanish Version)” (Mirage) 12″
World Premiere “Share The Night” (Epic) 12″
Electric Mind “Pick Me Up (Can We Go)” (Emergency) 12″
Afterbach “It’s You” (Columbia) 7″
Richard Jon Smith “Love Is What I’m After” (Jive) 12″
Jocelyn Brown “So In Love” (Silver Cloud) 12″
James Otis White Jr “Baby Come On” (Som Livre) LP
Tony Cook And The Party People “On The Floor (Rock-It)” (Half Moon) 12″
Danny Darrow “Telephones” 12″

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This past week Mikie Lixxx stopped by for a guest DJ set, conjuring up his impression of a Friday night FM radio program in NYC circa 1978 – programmed for the cruise. A nice taste of big NY disco cuts, slept on major label balearic burners and a couple of West Coast selections to properly rep as an S.F. native!

Be sure to peep Audio Seduction to see some of the things Mikie’s got going on around town in addition to recorded mixes and audio rips of the quality & obscure variety.

Part 1: Mikie Lixxx

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Harlem Underground Band “Cheeba Cheeba” (Paul Winley) 12″
Dr. John “Right Place Right Time” (Atco) LP
Climax Blues Band “Couldn’t Get It Right” (Sire) LP
Warren Zevon “Nighttime In The Switching Yard” (Elektra) LP
The Steve Miller Band “Macho City” (Capitol) LP
Le Pamplemousse “Do You Have Any” (AVI Records) LP
Gloria Gaynor “Anybody Want to Party?” (Polydor) 12″
Lemon “Hot Hands” (Prelude) LP
Empress “Dyin’ To Be Dancin’” (Prelude) 12″
Asphalt Jungle “Freakin Time” (TEC) 12″
Cook County “Comin’ To Getcha” (Motown) LP
Tony Silvester & The New Ingredient “Cosmic Lady” (Mercury) LP
Dexter Wansell “Life on Mars” (TSOP) LP
Pleasure “Let’s Dance” (Fantasy) LP
Hidden Strength “Hustle On Up” (United Artists) LP
B.T. Express “Funky Music (Don’t Laugh At My Funk)” (Columbia) 12″
El Coco “Afrodesia” (AVI Records) LP
Thi Thi Sablas “Give It To Me” (Prism) LP

Part 2: Mikie Lixxx (cont’d)

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Larry Page Orchestra “Let’s Keep on Dancin’” (London) LP
The Escorts “Make Me Over” (Knockout) 12″
Morning Noon & Night “Bite Your Granny” (Roadshow) 12″
Gaz “Sing Sing” (Salsoul) 12″
Touch “Energizer” (Brunswick) 12″

Mike McGill & Tackleberry takeover

Winners “Get Ready For The Future” (Roadshow) LP
Patrick Cowley “Get A Little” (Ariola) LP
Daddy Cool “Take One” (Music Master) 12″
Chagrin D’Amour “Chacun Fait (Dub)” (Barclay) 12″
Change “Paradise” (Wea) 12″
Claude Jay “Love Is The Answer” (Purple Magic) 12″
The Armed Gang “All I Want” (Chaz Ro) 12″
Keith Killgo “Make It Right (When The Lights Are Out)” (BWI) LP
Charter “Be Careful” (F1 Team) 12″
J.T. “I Love Music (dub)” (Vanguard) 12″
Connie Case “Get Down” (Konduko) 12″
Willie Colon “Set Fire To Me” (A& M) 12″

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There’s a special thing happening at Le Poisson Rouge tomorrow night for all those disco heads out there. Escort, the brainchild of producers Dan Balis and Eugene Cho, will be performing a live show to celebrate their recently completed full length LP. The 17 piece disco orchestra will come together for a rare live appearance with support by LGS favored DJs Darshan Jesrani (previously on ADA), DJ Druzz (Rapture) and Prince Language (No Comprendo). Ain’t no one else doing it like this – Surely not to be missed!

A taste of Escort covering Geraldine Hunt’s Can’t Fake the Feeling back in ’08 at Southpaw:

All hands up for All Through The Night

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Two sets by the masterful, warped musical mind of DJ McBoing Boing! Wow, what a treat! Part one is all long players of the 12″ and LP format before the move into all 45s. Tons upon tons of tender. Another taste of McBoing Boing is available at Secret Rendezvous, where a special Valentines Day mix titled “Love Me, Love Me Not” was put up in February. PA-LENTY of self-starting selections on this recording, making for quite the trip through a beautiful collection of records. THANKS ROBBIE!

Part 1:

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Chalilo “Let’s Skate” (Chailo Records) 12″
Tyrone Mac “Don’t Cut Back (On Your Love)” (Express Records) 12″
Ben Bagby “Can’t Stop Dancing” (Hector) LP
Aleke Kanonu, Meets Tolbert, The Miracle Man “Nwanne, Nwanne, Nwanne” (Rojec Records) 12″
Sonny Davis “Runnin’” (SunKur) 12″
Jay Mitchell “All Kapuncle Up (inst.)” (Elite) 12″
Marini “Let’s Get It On” (Kd-Lyn) LP
_-”-” (-) 12″
Anthony Lockett “Decisions” (McTrax) LP
Heaven Sent & Ecstasy “I See Heaven” (Jamieko’s Records) LP
Michael Boothman “What You Won’t Do For Love” (Touch) 12″

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Shuwr Co “Hi, Hi, Hi, Hi” (Megas) 7″
Scott Davis “Automated Man” (Bolar) 7″
Cross Island “East of The Apple” (MTA Disco) 7″
U.S.T. Topaze “Keep The Beat” (BCMK Records) 7″
Circle “Disco Break” (Elita records) 7″
Cania “Visions” (Tammy Jo Records) 7″
Raina “Imitations” (Young America’s New Sound) 7″
Frederick Knight “Uphill Peace” (Castle) 7″
- “-” (-) 7″
- “-” (-) 7″
Chantique “Too Much Of Anything” (AIP) 7″
Alpert & Sheene “Love Is First” (A& S) 7″
Eddie Kendricks “I’m In Love With You” (Ms. Dixie) 7″
Van Jones “She’s A F F F F” (Impulse) 7″
Synergy “Can You Feel It” (JBP) 7″
John Pegram “Disco-Tize Me” (J-Pee) 7″
The Silver Lining “Silver Lining” (Dusic) 7″
Lenny Bailey “Do It With Me” (R& R) 7″
C-Brand “Wired for Games” (Detroit International) 7″

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James & Porkchop flashing the signage

Lloyd cueing a Passion Production
This past week James Mulry, Porkchop and Lloydski came by to play on the program before their monthly get together at Tandem. And a super fun program it was! Before we even got down to any music, James and Porkchop were already reminiscing on skinny dipping in the East River years back. Then it moves on to some top notch records from across the disco spectrum, including a great deal of first time plays on this show. They’ve got a recording from one of their monthly nights, Particularly Random at Tandem, up at Soundcloud. Just a little taste of the expansive program of music they put together for one of our favorite nights in Brooklyn. Check ‘em out next time around! Next up this Friday is Robbie Busch a.k.a. DJ McBoing Boing! Enjoy…

Chat & Introduction

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Part 1 w/ Mike McGill:

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Powerline “Journey” (Prelude) 12″
Rinder & Lewis “Blue Steel” (AVI) LP
Brother & Sister “Midnight Desire” (Shtup City) 12″
Mouzon’s Electric Band “Everybody Get Down” (Vanguard) 12″
King Sporty & The Root Rockers “Fire Keep On Burning” (T.K. Disco) 12″
Kwick “We Ought To Be Dancing” (EMI) LP
Barbara Norris “Heavy Hitter (dub)” (Up) 12″
Reggie Simms “Over and Over” (PBI) 12″

Part 2 w/ Lloydski and James Mulry:

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Lloyd starts it out…
Sarr Band “Magic Mandrake (Rahaan edit)” (Jisco Music) 12″
Claudja Barrry “Sweet Dynamite” (Salsoul) LP
Dr. York “Roll-a-Rock” (Passion) 12″
Bohannon “Stop and Go” (Mercury) LP
Richard Jon Smith “Keep on Walkin’ Out That Door” (Jive) 12″
Carol Lynn Townes “You Keep Runnin’ Back (dub)” (Prelude) 12″

James takes over…
Time Bandits “Live It Up” (Columbia) 12″
Eloise Whitaker “Don’t Turn Your Back on Love” (Destiny Records) 12″
Macho “Not Tonight (remix)” (Goodymusic) 12″
Legear “Crashin’ Down (MEGA DANCE MIX)” (Proto) 12″
Stratosferic Band “Nowhere” (Zoom Zoom) 12″

Part 3 w/ James Mulry and Porkchop:

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The Chemistry “Skateboard” (Masterpiece Records) 12″
Martina “Central Park” (Brass Records) 12″
The Flakes “Sugar Frosted Lover” (Magic Disc) 12″
Play By Numbers “Cloud Nine” (Ice Water Records) 12″
M.L.S. “Extra Careful” (Charlotte Amalie) 12″
Supermax “It Ain’t Easy” (Elektra) LP
Chilly “Dance With Me” (Prelude) LP

Porkchop closes it out…
Alexander Novaga “Faces Drums” (Original Records) 12″
Flash And The Pan “Midnight Man” (Epic) LP
Excepter “Shots Ring ( Chris & Cosey rmx)” (w/l) 12″
Protect-U “Double Rainbow” (Future Times Records) 12″
Steve Poindexter “Computer Madness” (Two 04 STreet) 12″
Stop “Watch” (zyx records) 12″
Boney M “No More Chain Gang” (Hansa) LP
Chris & Cosey “This Is Me (Loda Remix)” (elaste) LP
Bandolero “Paris Latino” (Virgin) 12″
Nina Hagen Band “Auf’M Friedhof” (CBS) LP

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James Mulry, Porkchop and Lloydski are stopping by the radio program this week for a special guest set before their monthly party at our favorite little spot in Bushwick, Tandem Bar. We’re excited to have James back after he played along with Rockers Galore on a show that turned out to be a fave of listeners calling in. I’ve been trying to get Porkchop on after I heard him play a tasteful Murray Head single on WNYU’s Rotation program six some-odd years ago. And Lloydski played one of my favorite Canadian disco records when they got Particulary Random At Tandem in January (Kryptonite – Baby I Don’t Know). All makes for a real swell radio experience to prime up for Love On The Run’s party at Von (see below post)!

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Tonight we’re up at Le Poisson Rouge with Snack n Cmish for our monthly party LIGHT UP THE NIGHT. We’ve been trying to get these guys to come down & play with us for a little while, so we are especially excited to see what’s in store! Stop by, we’ll be playing from 10pm onwards…

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Tackleberry and I agreed that Valentine’s Day weekend surely is High Holiday for the kind of music we feature on A Downtown Affair, so this program comes with much anticipation. There are several new plays on here, but most of them were selected weeks in advance for a special Boogie Lovers program to commemorate this here special holiday. High, high heat on the dial last Friday. We hope you agree.

We’re not ones to neglect, so next week we’ll be bringing out those special plays to contrast the motifs found in the Boogie Lovers set, capturing their stories in a special Lovers Lost episode.

Part 1:

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Don Blackman “Holding You, Loving You” (Arista) LP
Eighties Ladies “Turned On To You” (Unomelodic) 12″
Womack & Womack “Baby I’m Scared Of You” (Elektra) 12″
Alfonzo Surrett “Gimme Your Love” (Mca) LP
Keith Killgo “Loving You Is Good” (BWI) LP
David McPherson “You Can’t Stop!” (SAM) LP
Starshine “All I Need Is You (Inst)” (Prelude) 12″
Side On “Magic” (Beggars Banquet) 12″
The Armed Gang “All I Want” (Chaz Ro) 12″
Larry Graham “Sooner or Later” (Wb) 12″
Scheer Music “Falling Back In Love” (tba) LP
Firefly “Love (Is Gonna Be By Your Side)” (Firefly) 12″
Kenix & Bobby Youngblood “There’s Never Been No One LIke You” (West End) 12″
Lisa Hill “I’m On The Real Side” (Q-It) 12″
Salsoul Orchestra “Take Some Time Out (For Love)” (Salsoul) 12″
Yvonne Gage “Lover of my Dreams” (BMC) 12″
Gwen Guthrie “Getting Hot” (Island) 12″
Laurice Hudson “Feel My Love” (Snowflake) 12″

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Laurice Hudson “Feel My Love” (Snowflake) 12″
Mike and Brenda Sutton “We’ll Make It (Instrumental)” (SAM) 12″
Fonda Rae “Heobah” (Posse Records) 12″
Joy “I Need Your Love” (Eastern) 12″
Second Image “Fall In Love” (Prelude) 12″
Al McCall “Lock It Up” (Profile) 12″
Surface “Falling in Love” (Salsoul) 12″
Sinnamon “I Need You Now” (Jive) 12″
Logg “You’ve Got That Something” (Salsoul) LP
Sabata “Man For My Lady” (Tsob) 12″
Candy Bowman “I Wanna Feel Your Love” (RCA) 12″
Taana Gardner “When You Touch Me” (West End) 12″
Charisma feat. Brenda Watts “Love Treatment” (A& B) 12″
Goldie Alexander “Show You My Love” (Chaz Ro) 12″
Tony Sherman “ELLOVEE-EE” (Lakeside) 12″
Rafael Cameron “You’re All That’s Good to Me” (Salsoul) 12″
Passionate Breeze passes through
Luther Vandross “Never Too Much (12″ mix)” (Epic) 12″

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We had a blast this past Friday with Frantz Barosy in the studio. The board in the studio was monitoring the broadcast signal in the Bronx for the first half of his set, which explains the latency and a couple of bumps along the start of the mix (Frantz – our bad!!!); but dude was nonplussed and put down some nice outsider selections alongside some of our favorite program staples. I was especially feeling some of the last couple (Lisa Warrington’s I Like The Way You Do It!!!, and closing with some TSOV). Tackleberry and myself played a bunch of program premiers in the second half – look out for the joint by Noel Williams of Connie Case fame, Do YOU Wanna Dance?, Southern Freeze on BB, the kosmiche club burner Disco Drum, the promo-only J.T. cut I Love Music and Frantz’s slip of the beautiful Put A Little Love Into It When You Do It done by Eloise Laws.

Thanks again Frantz!

Part 1 w/Frantz Barosy:

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INTRO
The Bobbettes “Love Rhythm” (Radio Records) 12″
The Paul Simpson “Use Me, Lose Me” 12″
OVS “Crimes of Passion” (Potrait) 12″
Jimmy Williams “All of My Lovin’ (Extended Club Version)” (Salsoul) 12″
Alexander O’Neal “Saturday Love (Jacques de Booty rmx)” (w/l) 12″
Chocolette “It’s That Easy Street” (Atlantic) 12″
Raphi Rosario “Get Up, Get Out” (Hot Mix 5) 12″
Escort “Karawame” (Escort) 12″
Wandra “Sex Attack” (THO Records) 12″
Elias Rahbani and his Orchestra “Liza (Sexican version in C#)” (Golf Channel) 12″
Jo Bisso “Desires” (Jobiss) 12″
Universal Robot Band “Freak with Me” (Red Greg) 12″
Sekou Bunch “Can’t Stop Lovin’ You” (Sugar Hill) 12″
Lisa Warrington “I Like The Way You Do It” (Sound Modification) 12″
4 Reel “One Life To Live” (People’s Potential Unlimited) 7″
Danny Gold “TSOV Groove” (The Sound of Virginia) 12″

Part 2 – Mike McGill & Tackleberry take over, Frantz slips in a couple as well:

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King Sporty & The Ex Tras “Do You Wanna Dance?” (Dancefloor) 12″
Richard von Smith “Love Is What I’m After” (Jive) 12″
Sharon Redd “Love How You Feel” (Prelude) 12″
Azoto “Anytime or Place” (Modulation) 12″
Cloud 7 “Dance To The Music” (EMI) 12″
The Freeze “Southern Freeze” (Beggars Banquet) 12″
Jackie Stoudemire “Invisible Wind” (Numero) 12″
Lou Rawls “I’ll See You When Get There” (Philadelphia International) LP
Amuzement Park “So Inspired” (Our Gang Entertainment) LP
The Passion “Don’t Stop My Love” (Prelude) 12″
Taana Gardner “No Frills” (West End) 12″
The Glass “Let Me Feel Your Heartbeat” (West End) 12″
Eloise Laws “Put A little Love Into It When You Do It” (Invictus) 12″
Esther Williams “I’ll Be Your Pleasure” (RCA) 12″
Wild Fire “Try Making Love (inst.)” (Strakers) 12″
The Cats ‘n Jammer Kids “Disco Drum” (Ebony) 12″
J.T. “I Love Music” (Vanguard) 12″
Voyage “I Love You Dancer” (Marlin) LP
Stephanie Mills “You Can’t Run From My Love” (Casablanca) 12″

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