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Keb Darge plus special guests at Madame Jo Jo's, Brewer Street, London. 10pm till 3am. £8 entry.
Keep you ears to the ground for the monthlyish soul specials with the world's #1 soul DJ, Butch.

Snowboy will be guest DJ on January 21st and Ian Wright will be unleashing his rarities January 28th.


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>Deepfunk Radio with DJs Ian Wright, James Trouble and guests.

>Welcome along to the Deepfunk radio show where we aim to bring you all the recent funk finds, deepfunk classics and soul rarities from the comfort of our flat in the heart of Essex.

If you are a regular listener you will not only get us two doing an amateur hour impression of Smashy and Nicey, but you will also get to hear the cream of the world's rare soul and funk collectors who may be passing through town looking for an Essex knees up. Shlags!
Check out some of the featured records on the shows here.


>Ian Wright and James Trouble
>Past guests have included Marco Santucci, Heiki, Tommy, Jason Stirland, Simon Thompson, Goran, Mike Vague and Fryer.
>Playlists (although sometimes we don't have the time so there may be some missing shows)
Saturday May 22nd 2004
TROUBLE/WRIGHT>BRC - Too Old Too Go Through These Changes
GORAN> Ray Munnings - Jump in the water
Continental 4 - Not Too Young
Serena Johnson - All Work
TROUBLE/WRIGHT> Norma + the Heartaches - Nice + Slow
WRIGHT> Freeway - Get the feelin'
TROUBLE> Klas - Let's Make Love Tonight
GORAN> Betty Harris - Mean Man
Honey + the Bees - Love Addict
WRIGHT> Joe Tex Band - Chocolate Cherry
Original Soul Patrol - Soul Patrol
Johney Blue - Crazy Crazy
GORAN> Arene Bailey - Ain't that somthing
Willie Tee - First Sogn Of Love
Ester Morrison - Thing ain't right
WRIGHT> Willie Wright - Right on for the darkness
TROUBLE> Frank Dell - He Broke Your Game Right Open
Jimmy James Thomas - I Can't Dance
WRIGHT> Brother Williams - Cold Sweat
TROUBLE> Heem + the Music Monsters - Wake Up People
GORAN> Bus People Express - Augusta Georgia
Bossa Blue Port
Harvey Averane Dozon
WRIGHT/TROUBLE> Darrow Fletcher - What Have I Got
TROUBLE> Louis Curry - I'll Try Again Tomorrow
Volumes - You Got It
GORAN> Dee Dee Warick - Where Is That Rainbow
Ethics - I Want My Baby Back
Anne Sexton - You'v eBeen Gone Too Long
WRIGHT> Cynthia Sheeler - I'll Cry Over You
GORAN> Voice MAsters - If A Woman Catches A Fool
TROUBLE> Captain Funk
June 25th 2004
BLACK SWEAT - BLACK SWEAT (BLACK SWEAT)
BLUE RHYTHM COMBO - TOO OLD TO GO THROUGH THESE CHANGES (MERRYDISC)
JIMMY JAMES THOMAS - I CAN'T DANCE (CINN-SOUND)
LIMITATIONS - I'M LONELY I'M TROUBLED (BACONE)
THE SPECIALS - I CAN'T FIND ANOTHER (SATCH)
3RD GUITAR - LOVING LIES (ROJAC)
NORMA JEAN - I'VE TAKEN OVER (HEP' ME)
FOUR TOPS - ARE YOU ENOUGH (DUNHILL)
CONTINETAL FOUR - THE WAY I LOVE YOU (JAY WALKING)
EBONIES - YOU GOT WANT I WANT (MIDWEST)
BROTHERS OF SOUL - COME ON BACK (BOO)
WILLIE HUTCH - THEME OF FOXY BROWN (MOTOWN)
FAMILY OF EVE - I WANNA BE LOVED BY YOU (JERRI)
ARCHIE BELL - A THOUSAND WONDERS - (ATLANTIC)
THE FESTVIALS - CHECKIN' OUT (BLUE ROCK)
CYNTHIA SHEELER - I'LL CRY OVER YOU (JB'S)
TSU TORONADOES - ONLY INSIDE (OVIDE)
JOSHIE JO ARMSTEAD - I GOT THE VIBES (GOSPEL TRUTH)
PURPLE MUNDI - STOP HURTING ME BABY (CAT)
FOUR SIGHTS - LOVE IS A HURTING GAME (SHY SOUL)
MASQUERADERS - HOW (LA BEAT)
JOHN BOWIE - YOU'RE GONNA MISS A GOOD THING (MERBEN)
JEAN WELLS - WITH MY LOVE... (CALLA)
MARION BLACK - WHO KNOWS (CAPSOUL)
MELVIN DAVIS - I MUST LOVE YOU (GROOVESVILLE)
SUPERBS - I'D RATHER DIE (SUE)
BABY HUEY & THE BABYSITTERS - JUST BEING CAREFUL (BREAKTHROUGH OR SHANN?)
BUSTER JONES - BABY BOY (SURE SHOT)
CLARENCE CARTER - I'M SO TIRED OF EXPLAINING (BIG C)
RONNIE STOKES - TOUCH YOU AGAIN (PHILLY CITY)
PATTI AUSTIN - I CAN'T FORGET THE ONE I LOVE (CTI)
MILLIONAIRES - AND THE RAINS CAME (SPECIALITY)
ERROL GAYE/IMAGINATIONS - LOVE & AFFECTION (STEEL TOWN)
MELVIN VAN PEEBLES - HOPPING JOHN (STAX)
PARAMOUNT FOUR - YOU DON'T KNOW (TIL IT HAPPENS TO YOU) (SOUTHERN CITY)
FRANK HOWARD - JUDY (EXCELLO)
HAROLD HUDSON - LUCKY BOY
DARRELL BANKS - OUR LOVE IS IN THE POCKET (REVILOT)
BOBBY SANSOM - DON'T LEAVE (SUBLIME)

>Friday 12th March 2004
Charles Bradley - Now That I'm Gone (Daptone)
Gold - What About The Child (MRC)
Keisha Brown - Dance Man (Luul)
Shades of Black - Mystery Of Black Pt1 (Julmar)
Black Lights - Pterodactyl
Blue Grass - POW
Chantells - Indian Giver
Tyrone Ashley - I Want My Baby Back (Phil-La of soul)
Celeste Hardie - You're Gone (Reynolds)
Barbara Trent - It's a man's world
Let Your Hair Down Baby
Hermon & The Boys - We Are The Boys In The Band
Horizon - Feel The Funk (AAA)
Special Touch - This Party Is Just For You
Masterforce - Don't Fight The Feeling (Rain Forest 12")
Mighty Men of Impax - The Word Is A Trip (Tomahawk)
Tobago Back Beaters - Tobago Beat (Triple LLL)
Fantastic Soul Inventions - Bim Sala Bim (Disco soul)
BAB - Party And Get On Down (Sugar)
Rivage - Strung Out On Your Love (Tempus)
Ambelique - Talk Like That (Rag Town)
Dreamakers - Funky Band
Leroy Price - Exotics Theme
Barbara Trent - Heartbreak Hotel

>Febuary 2004
TROUBLE soul stylistics - players theme
WRIGHT underground resurrection - reality

TROUBLE vernon garrett - don't do what i do
FRYER leon austin - two sided love
WRIGHT ram - love is the answer
FRYER betty everett - take me
WRIGHT stony island band - stony island band
TROUBLE rideout - someone special
FRYER buck - everything's gonna be alright
WRIGHT the prophet - the pusher
nathan bartell - top going down bottom going up
FRYER bettye swann - closed for the season
WRIGHT martha star - its too bad
FRYER bamboos - tighten up
TROUBLE eastside connection - you're so right for me
WRIGHT dolly gilmore - sweet sweet man
TROUBLE spice - sweet norma jones
FRYER bobby dukes - just to be with you
WRIGHT the lost family - blow my mind
billy john - slap it on me
silky vincent - changed man
FRYER rev jamal and bob johnson - walking on the moon
dee dee gartrell - must be doing something right
angela jefferson - i can feel myself slipping away
bileo - you can win
??? not sure on this one, fryer?
TROUBLE josh stone - super duper love

>January 2004
TROUBLE sharon jones - genuine
WRIGHT cookin' bag - this is me
VAGUE the lumpen - free bobby now
superior movement - bad bad bad
tornado's - slippery soul
the minx - don't mess with bill
WRIGHT bernard drake - the natural thing
cookie scott - i don't care
VAGUE barbara davis - rated r (why is it a sin)
lil lavair - cold heat
TROUBLE soul stylistics - players theme
VAGUE tiaras - right on
tabby thomas - one day
california gold notes - WB302
WRIGHT jimmy james thomas - i can't dance
VAGUE ???? possibly legionnaires 'horse'
???? possibly legionnaires 'horse'
monica - chauffeur
gloria lynne - honey machine (acetate)
WRIGHT madeline & monticellos - binding ring of gold
TROUBLE spice - sweet norma jones
VAGUE sunny nash - the third movement
4 dimensions - hipper snapper
piranha (french 45)
TROUBLE rokk - patience
VAGUE joe bataan - woman don't want to love me
ma fou fou
richard's combo - fireball
alice clark - you got a deal
TROUBLE debra johnson - to get love you've got to give love
WRIGHT barbara lynn - i'm a good woman
VAGUE chantels - indian giver
TROUBLE carl hall - summertime
WRIGHT broomfield corporate jam - doing it our way
VAGUE pride - cmon and dance
stovall brothers - i don't mind
viola wills - the first time
the chronicle church - bionic movement

>Friday 10th July 2003
WRIGHT
Bim Sala Bim - Fantastic Soul Inventions
Simple Song - Zebra
TROUBLE
Stickman - PC's Ltd
Train Song - Brother Soul
WRIGHT
Just Got to be Free - Black Conspirators
Iron Horse - Soul Agents
TROUBLE
Too Late - Black Sugar
Working Hard - J T Allen
WRIGHT
Nothing In Life Is Real - Pure Funk
You're A Melody - Aged In Harmony
TROUBLE
Get It Off The Ground - Joe Coleman
Movin' On A Groove - Barbara Lynn
WRIGHT
Git Down - Dynamite Singletary
Just Take Your Time - Inner Souls
I Can't Dance - Jimmy James Thomas
TROUBLE
Pushing On - QSO
WRIGHT
Freeway Crowd - J T Allen
Soul Thing - Mark McIver
TROUBLE
Little Ann - Who Are You Trying To Fool
Chesterfields - Think It Over
Trace Of Smoke - Treaure Mind

>Friday 27th June 2003
TROUBLE
Rokk "Patience"
WRIGHT
Marion Hogan "Keep On Movin'"
Master Force "Don't Fight The Feeling"
TROUBLE
Arthur Jackson "Philosophy Of Chop Funk"
WRIGHT
Althia Spencer "Take Me Baby"
Marshall Donavan Broomfield "Since I Found My Baby"
TROUBLE
Hamilton Movement "She's Gone"
WRIGHT
Dewayne And The Vendetas "Get Out My Life Woman"
Hank Johnson "You Lost Your Thing"
98.6 "98.6"
Endless Night "Take A Chance" THE PLUM
6th Degree South "Lovin You Is Too Far Out" COOOOMON!
Al Serafini "Earthquake"
TROUBLE
Black Sugar "Too Late"
Pages "Heart Aches And Pain
Little Ann "Who Are You Trying To Fool" (unreleased master tape, now available on Kent Records!!!!!)
WRIGHT
Lil Lavair and The Fabulous Jades "Cold Heat"
400 Years Of What "Get Down People"
Angela Jefferson "I Can Feel Myself Slipping Away"
TROUBLE
Archie Bell and The Drells "Tighten Up"
WRIGHT + TROUBLE
Curtis Liggins Indications "What It Is"
TROUBLE
Spencer Wiggins "Let'sTalk It Over"
Jesse James "Love Is Alright"
Mayfield Singers "Don't Start None"
Traffic Jam "I Can't Get Over You"

>Friday 13th June 2003
TROUBLE:
LARRY ELLIS - FUNKY THING (AL KING 7")
TICKLED PINK - REACH OUT AND GIVE ME YOUR HAND (PINK 7")
HERMAN HITSON - AIN'T NO OTHER WAY (SWEET ROSE 7")
ROKK - PATIENCE (TOLLIE 7")
JASON:
MANZEL - SPACE FUNK (FRATERNITY 7")
THE HORN BAND - PINK STYROFOAM (NEOPOLITAN 7")
QUANTIC/SUNSHINE ANDERSON - HEARD IT ALL BEFORE (W/L 12")
GWEN McCRAE - ALL THIS LOVE THAT I'M GIVING (CAT 7")
9TH CREATION - MUCH TOO MUCH (HILTAK 7")
AUDREY ROYAL - SUPER SEXY SOUL MAN (SRI 7")
AGED IN HARMONY - YOU'RE A MELODY (MOR-TONES 7")
TRACE OF SMOKE - TREASURE MIND (BJ 7")
TROUBLE:
LUTHER DAVIS - YOU CAN BE A STAR (LIFETIME 7")
BROTHERS GILMORE - I FEEL A SONG (BANTU 7")
JASON:
RAJ - SOMETHING INSIDE (OAK TREE 7")
MAYFIELD SINGERS - DON'T START NONE (MAYFIELD 7")
TROUBLE:
LITTLE MARY STATEN - STEPPIN' STONE (GME 7")
RUBY ANDREWS - JUST LOVING YOU (...normally on Zodiac...this was on a bit of wax covered steel...
JASON:
CHOCOLATE SYRUP - YOU'RE OFF AN RUNNIN' (sic) (IRA 7")

Radio Service
Radio Service

>December 2004 Last show for a while, as we've left the studio and need to find a new location to broadcast from.

>
All the recent funk finds, deepfunk classics and soul rarities. The sounds that matter, no shite.

> We are now useing Windows Media Player for our show. If you are useing an Apple Mac you can download the Mac player here.

>If you can not fast forward the show (not that you should want to!!!) and are using the embedded player in windows explorer you may need to use the drop down menu in the embedded player and click 'play in default player'.

> Playlists.

>Motherfunk.

Every Tuesday @ The Honeycomb, Niddry Street, Edinburgh. 11pm till 3am FREE entry. Fryer, Gino and regular guests including James Trouble and Ian Wright.

 

 

 

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