CHI-GUYS on A Downtown Affair

We were linked up with Ben Pirani, Chris Carnahan & James Wells, the three members of CHI-GUYS, by frequent guest Asaf Segal. The three recently moved from Chicago to New York and barely had a chance to get settled before coming on the program. They brought a bunch of great records through including a beautiful cut from We The People, a winning late-career track from Bobby McClure and the massive Walter Gibbons mix of “It’s A Better Than Good Time”. Keep an eye out as they’re aiming to start up a new night soon!
Opening Chat:
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Sets:
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Tackleberry:
Natural Four “Try Love Again” (Curtom)
Barrett Strong “Man Up In The Sky” (EMI)
Steve Parks “Moving In The Right Direction” (Solid Smoke Records)
CHI-GUYS:
Philharmonics “I Need, I Need Your Love” (Soulin)
Brother’s Guiding Light “Getting Together” (Mercury)
We The People “Making My Daydream Real” (Lion)
Executive Force “What’s Your Fantasy” (New Age)
Smokey Robinson “Baby That’s Backatcha” (Motown)
Marta Acuna “Dance Dance Dance” (P& P)
Bobby McCLure “You’ve Got The Makings” (B Mac)
Mid Air “Ease Out” (Full Scope)
Gladys Knight & The Pips “It’s A Better Than Good Time (Walter Gibbons Mix)” (Buddah)
The Sunburst Band “The Eastern Assassin” (King)
Jewel “Paradise” (Lotus Land)
The Floaters “Woman Love/You Are My Lady” (MCA)
Clifford Coulter “Don’t Wanna See You Cry” (Columbia)
Finis Henderson “Skip To My Love” (Motown)
Starvue “Body Fusion” (MIR)
Leon Phillips “Confusion” (Dash)
Willie Hutch “Brother’s Gonna Work It Out” (Motown)
The Sun “Dance (Do What You Wanna Do)” (Capitol)
Eddie Ray & Funkshun “I Can’t Give You Up” (Blue Ash)
Donna McGee “You Should Have Told Me” (Cobago)
Le Stim “Muhammad Ali” (Nacnudah International)
George Duke “I Want You For Myself” (Epic)
Maxx Traxx “Let’s Have A Party” (Pulse)
Backyard Construction “I Want Your Lovin’” (B.Y.C. Productions)
Charles Earland “From My Heart To Yours” (Mercury)
Breakwater “No Limit” (Arista)
Garfield Flemming “Please Don’t Send Me Away” (Becket)
Wee “I Luv You” (Soul7)
The Main Ingredient “Instant Love” (RCA)
Mike McGill:
Harvey Scales “Universal Love” (Casablanca)
Universe City “Give It Up” (Midland)
Al Johnson “Come Check Out This Love” (Marina)
Closing:
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