Dude! Don geared up for the big gig at the Nightlight featuring Rheji Burrell.

Tracklist for November 1, 2017

01 :: Black Traxx – Doctor’s Housecall [Night Club Records]
02 :: Starwitness – Should’ve Known Better (Club Mix) [Swing Street]
03 :: Betty Boo – Doin’ The Do (The Good Do-Bee Mix) [Sire]
04 :: Lynn Lockamy – Love So Strong (Caffeine Dub) [One Records]
05 :: Jaydee – Plastic Dreams (Long Version) [Epic]
06 :: Dubtribe Sound System – Equitoreal [Imperial Dub Recordings]
07 :: Ultra Naté – It’s Over Now (Original Classic Mix) [Warner Bros. Records]
08 :: Jody Watley – I’m The One You Need (Extended Club Version) [MCA Records]
09 :: N.Y. House’n Authority – APT. 3A [Nu Groove Records]
10 :: Mental Instrum – Don’t Stop [Music Station]
11 :: K.A.T.O. – The Booty Dance (High-Knee Mix) [Nu Groove Records]
12 :: Bäs Noir – I’m Glad You Came To Me (Club Mix) [Nu Groove Records]
13 :: Djaimin – Give You (Mix 91 Zanz Mix) [Strictly Rhythm]
14 :: Monie Love – Monie In The Middle (Revised Organ Edit) [Warner Bros. Records]
15 :: Barbara Tucker – I Get Lifted (The Bar Dub) [Strictly Rhythm]
16 :: CeCe Peniston – Hit By Love (Def Dub) [A&M Records]
17 :: Sabrina Johnston – Peace (In The Valley) (Brothers In Rhythm Mix) [ATCO Records]
18 :: Joi Cardwell – Trouble (Satoshi’s Def Vocal Mix) [Eightball Records]
19 :: Deee-Lite – Runaway (Masters At Work Dubb) [Elektra]
20 :: Julian Jonah – It’s A Jungle Out There (Soho Dub) [Cooltempo]

It’s HALLOWEEN!!!! Following on last year’s goth edition, this year Don plays some sort of spooky pop/acid/house/industrial music for your listening pleasure.

Tracklist for October 25, 2017

01 :: Wade Denning & Frank Daniel – Buried Alive [Pickwick]
02 :: Rockwell – Somebody’s Watching Me (Vocal) [Motown]
03 :: Daft Punk – Alive [Virgin]
04 :: Paranoid London – Paris Dub 1 [Paranoid London Records]
05 :: The Skatt Brothers – Walk The Night [Casablanca Records]
06 :: Michael Jackson – Thriller (Instrumental) [Epic]
07 :: KMFDM – Juke-Joint Jezebel (Original Single Edit) [Wax Trax! Records]
08 :: Konstantin Tschechow – Bretton Woods [Rat Life]
09 :: Tyree – Video Crash (Crash Instrumental) [Rockin’ House]
10 :: Dennis Ferrer – The Red Room (Obj Vocal Mix) [Objektivity]
11 :: Cuba Computers feat. Derek Conyer – Haunting Me (Iberican Vocal Mix) [Shinichi]
12 :: Hieroglyphic Being – The Way Of The Tree Of Life [Technicolour]
13 :: Mono Junk – Panic Of The Disco Fan [Rat Life]
14 :: No Name – Jason’s Revenge (House People Mix) [House Nation Records]
15 :: The It – Donnie (Club Mix) [Alleviated Records]
16 :: Paranoid London – Paris Dub 2 [Paranoid London Records]
17 :: Armand Van Helden – Witch Doktor [Strictly Rhythm Records]
18 :: Green Velvet – Flash (Danny Tenaglia’s Nitrous Oxide Mix) [F-111 Records]
19 :: Wink – Sixth Sense (Wink’s Dark Dub) [Ovum Recordings]
20 :: Aphrohead – In The Dark We Live (Felix Da Housecat’s Remix) [Emotive Records]
21 :: Lil Louis – Blackout (Phase 2: The Night The Club Lights Went Out) [FFRR]
22 :: Armand Van Helden – The Boogie Monster [Armed Records]

E’s are good! That’s right, kids, it’s time for some UK hardcore to spice up the Megamix.

Tracklist for October 18, 2017

01 :: The Shamen – Ebeneezer Goode (Club Vocal) [Epic]
02 :: Zeony Lee Experience – Love Energy (The 3:03 From London Mix) [Deep Distraxion]
03 :: Twenty 4 Seven – I Can’t Stand It (Dub Mix) [BCM Records]
04 :: Awesome 3 – Don’t Go (Kicks Like A Mule Mix) [XL Recordings]
05 :: The Prodigy – Your Love (Remix) [XL Recordings]
06 :: Moby – Drop A Beat (Brainstorm Mix) [Instinct Records]
07 :: The Prodigy – Wind It Up [XL Recordings]
08 :: SL2 – On A Ragga Tip [XL Recordings]
09 :: Snap! – The Power (Ful Mix) [Arista]
10 :: The KLF – 3 A.M. Eternal (Live At The S.S.L.) [Arista]
11 :: DSK – What Would We Do (Hurley’s House Mix) [FFRR]
12 :: Shirley Murdock – Let There Be Love (Classic 12″ Mix) [Elektra]
13 :: Farley “Jackmaster” Funk & Jessie Saunders – Love Can’t Turn Around (Vocal Club Mix) [House Records]
14 :: The Shamen – LSI (Love Sex Intelligence) (Beatmasters 12″ Mix) [Epic]
15 :: Rapination feat. Kym Mazelle – Love Me The Right Way (The Real Rapino 12″) [Logic Records]
16 :: Lovestation feat. Lisa Hunt – Love Come Rescue Me (Classic Mix) [Fresh]

New tracks! Classic tracks! All mixed together tracks!

Tracklist for October 4, 2017

01 :: Kool Vibe – Make It Groove [12 Inches Deep]
02 :: Sunshine Jones – Fall In Love Not In Line (Extended Vocal Version) [The Urgency of Change]
03 :: Virgo – Crayon Box [Rush Hour Recordings]
04 :: Jomanda – Drifting (Room Mix) [Quark]
05 :: Keita Sano – Sucker Pt2 [Rett I Fletta]
06 :: Green Velvet – Land Of The Lost [Relief Records]
07 :: Pelvis – Dance Freak (Mall Grab’s Workers Union Rmx) [Pelvis Records]
08 :: T-Coy – Carino [Deconstruction]
09 :: Park Ave. – Don’t Turn Your Love (Tee’s “O” Mix) [Movin’ Records]
10 :: Sound Stream – Soul Train [Sound Stream]
11 :: Toribio – Ese Montaña Se Movera (Joaquin Joe Claussell’sTeenage Music Remix) [Most Excellent Unlimited]
12 :: Nik Weston pres. GUYNAMUKAT – Riviera Jam (Mayaro Bay Tropical House Mix) [Mukatsuku Records]
13 :: Robert Owens – Walk A Mile In My Shoes (Henrik Schwarz Mix) [Jack Trax]
14 :: Roy Davis Jr. & Peven Everett – Gabriel (Live Garage) [Large Records]
15 :: Nami Shimada & Soichi Terada – Sunshower (1992 Instr) [Creme Organization]
16 :: Fingers Inc. – Mystery Of Love (Club Mix) [D.J. International Records]

Sunshine and Better Days are the themes of this non-stop party!

Tracklist for September 27, 2017

01 :: Skyy – Non-Stop (Remix) [Capitol Records]
02 :: Rockers Revenge feat. Donnie Calvin – Dubbing In Sunshine [Streetwise]
03 :: Quando Quango – Love Tempo [Of Factory New York]
04 :: LNTG – Do I Believe In God (LNTG Muscle Mix) [Razor N Tape]
05 :: Alexander O’Neal – Fake (Extended Version) [Tabu Records]
06 :: Talking Heads – GF (JKriv’s Better Mix) [Tugboat Edits]
07 :: Madonna – Express Yourself (Non-Stop Express Mix) [Sire]
08 :: Level 42 – Starchild [Polydor]
09 :: The Strikers – Body Music (Vocal) [Prelude Records]
10 :: Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’88 – I’ll Tell You (Unreleased Extended Version) [Edit & Dub Record Tokyo]
11 :: Juggy Murray Jones – Inside America [Garage Classics]
12 :: Francine McGee – Delirium (Disco Mix) [RCA]
13 :: Gay Marvine – Don’t Call The Preacher [Bath House Etiquette]
14 :: Sunshine Jones – Fall In Love Not In Line (Extended Vocal Version) [The Urgency Of Change]
15 :: Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Welcome To The Pleasuredome (Trevor Horn Remix) [Island Records]
16 :: The B-52’s – Girl From Ipanema Goes To Greenland (Extended Mix) [Warner Bros. Records]
17 :: Technotronic feat Reggie – Move That Body (Bruce Forest Remix) [ARS/Clip Records]

Here’s yet another treat for my fellow disco historians out there — it’s the holy grail of disco journalism!

In 1983, Steven Harvey, a British journalist (and today the proprietor of an NYC art gallery), wrote the first true “DJ profile” piece that ran in an obscure UK art magazine called Collusion. As far as the primary sources of disco are concerned, this might be the most important article ever written about dance music, period. The text of this piece has been floating around online for a while in plain text (copied and pasted into many a DJ forum in the late 90’s and 00’s) and as a reprint in DJ Magazine), but the actual pages with photos and layout have never seen the light of day for most of us regular folks.

Harvey was able to get introduced to almost all of the top DJs of the New York scene, and then whittled down his list to six DJs who he felt best represented the moment. Walter Gibbons, David Mancuso, Shep Pettibone, Larry Levan, Jellybean Benitez, and François Kevorkian are all interviewed and photographed in the piece.

It’s an incredible read, not just because of who Harvey was able to talk to and when, but also because of how forward-thinking the piece is. It reads like contemporary journalism and social commentary — Harvey seemed to grasp all of the social, economic, racial, and orientation issues inherent to disco at that time, and somehow he’s able to present its history without judgment while simultaneously nailing the future issues that will face the dance music community for decades to come. It’s almost telepathic.

In Tim Lawrence’s most recent book chronicling the history of dance music, “Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor, 1980-1983,” (buy it, seriously!!!!) he fittingly ends his book with a chapter dedicated to this very article (and to a classic Jools Holland clip from “The Tube” that mysteriously disappeared from YouTube recently). If you want to get a feel for the New York DJ scene in the early 80’s, this is the best way to do it.

Please click the images below to view Steven Harvey’s “Behind The Groove: NYC’s Disco Underground” article from Collusion Magazine in 1983.

And in case you missed it, we previously posted a rare article written by Arthur Baker in April, 1978 on “The Rise and Triumph of Euro-Disco.”

Uncharted territory alert! Don has some new (vintage) wax to make your day. Check out these killer cuts from Chic and Debbie Gibson!!!

Tracklist for September 13, 2017

01 :: Underground Resistance w/ Yolanda – Your Time Is Up [Underground Resistance]
02 :: Chic – Chic Mystique (Club Dub) [Warner Bros. Records]
03 :: Debbie Gibson – Free Me (Miss Debbie’s Dub) [Atlantic]
04 :: Black Ice feat. Nature Love – Jingle II [Swing Street]
05 :: Betty Boo – Thing Goin’ On (MK Underground Dub) [Sire]
06 :: Ruffneck feat Yavahn – Everybody Wanna Be Somebody (The Peppermint Jam) [Urban]
07 :: Kludo feat. J.D. Braithwaite – Love Goes On (The Marques Wyatt Dub) [Sub-Urban]
08 :: E.G. Fullalove – Didn’t I Know (The Tom E Work Your Body Dub) [Eromlig Music Inc.]
09 :: Happy Mondays – Sunshine & Love (Far Island Mix) [Elektra]
10 :: M People – One Night In Heaven (Thee Def Club Mix) [Epic Dance]
11 :: Z – Party For Freedom [Black Rain Records]
12 :: C.V.O. – Mighty Real Groove [Slow To Speak]
13 :: Janet Jackson – When I Think Of You (Deep Dish Chocolate City Mix) [AM:PM]
14 :: Benji Candelario – Swing Bee Cee [Groove On]
15 :: Robin S. – Love for Love (Stone’s Extended Mix II) [Big Beat]
16 :: Shake – Thats What I Want (Different Mix) [Trance Fusion]
17 :: Eddie Murphy – Whatzupwitu (Eclipse Mix) [Motown]
18 :: Dirty Harry – Luv Anthem [Henry Street Music]
19 :: Basement Jaxx – Betta Daze [Atlantic Jaxx Recordings]
20 :: Hardrive 2000 featuring Lynae – Never Forget (When You Touch Me) (Dance Ritual Mix) [Strictly Rhythm Records]
21 :: Mindchime feat. Yana – To Be Someone (M-Chime Phat Vocal Mix) [Sub-Urban]
22 :: Charles Dockins presents James Howard – We Can Do It (Wake Up) (Original Club Mix) [Emotive Records]
23 :: Aly-Us – Follow Me (Club Mix) [Strictly Rhythm Records]

Nobody’s pushing Don out of the business of playing classic disco for two hours straight. Release yourself!

Tracklist for September 6, 2017

01 :: Willie Hutch – Brother’s Gonna Work It Out [Motown]
02 :: Convertion – Let’s Do It [Sam Records]
03 :: Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick (Disco Version) [Stiff-Epic]
04 :: Manu Dibango – Soul Makossa [White]
05 :: Asphalt Jungle – Freakin’ Time Pt. 1 [TEC Records]
06 :: First Choice – Love Thang [Gold Mind Records]
07 :: LaBelle – Messin’ With My Mind [Epic]
08 :: The Reddings – You’re The Only One [Believe In A Dream]
09 :: Geraldine Hunt – Can’t Fake The Feeling [Uniwave]
10 :: Chocolette – It’s That East Street Beat (Vocal) [Atlantic]
11 :: Aleem – Release Yourself (Dub) [NIA Records]
12 :: Aleem – Release Yourself [NIA Records]
13 :: Mascara – Baja [Oh My! Records]
14 :: Whitney Houston – Thinking About You (Extended Dance Version) [Arista]
15 :: David Joseph – You Can’t Hide (Your Love From Me) [Mango]
16 :: T-Connection – At Midnight [TK Disco]
17 :: Patrick Adams pres. Phreek – Weekend (Long Version) [Atlantic]
18 :: Motown Sounds – Bad Mouthin’ [Motown]
19 :: New York Port Authority – I Got It (Special Disco Version) [Invictus]
20 :: Teddy Pendergrass – Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose [Philadelphia International Records]
21 :: Tony Aiken & Future 2000 – Better Days [Shyrlden Records]
22 :: Freddy Perren – 2 Pigs And A Hog [Motown]
23 :: The Trammps – Can We Come Together [Atlantic]
24 :: Roy Ayers – Running Away (Full Length Version) [CBS]
25 :: John Gibbs & The U.S. Steel Orchestra – Trinidad (Special Disco Mix) [Jumbo Caribbean Disco]
26 :: Sun Palace – Rude Movements [Debut]

Sometimes you just feel a certain way, throw some records in the bag on a whim, and all of a sudden you have some magic. I was feeling like some uplifting deep house and boy did I surprise myself. This is a good one folks.

Tracklist for August 30, 2017

01 :: Simply Red – Something Got Me Started (Hurley’s House Remix) [EastWest Records America]
02 :: Crystal Waters – Surprise (Open Your Eyes Mix) [Mercury]
03 :: Urban Soul – Alright (Club Mix) [Chrysalis]
04 :: Whitney Houston – Love Will Save The Day (Extended Remix) [Arista]
05 :: Tracer – Love Fantasy (Vocal) [Nu Groove Records]
06 :: Mr. Monday – Appreciate [Greedy Beat Records]
07 :: Adeva – I Thank You (New Jersey Mix) [Capitol Records]
08 :: Groovestyle – Love (Underground Mix) [Favorite Recordings]
09 :: Shawn Christopher – Don’t Lose The Magic (Magic Todd Dub) [Arista]
10 :: Monie Love – Never Give Up (Junior Dub) [Cooltempo]
11 :: Immature – We Got It (Bottom Dollar Vocal Dub) [MCA Records]
12 :: Black Traxx – Can U Feel It [Night Club Records]
13 :: Nu Colours – Desire (Masters At Work Dub 3) [Wildcard]
14 :: Todd Terry pres. Sax – Jazz Anthem [Freeze Records]
15 :: Interceptor – Higher Love (Deep South Mix) [Emotive Records]
16 :: B.O.P. – Music Please (Extended Mix) [Big Beat]
17 :: Aritmya – Hey Man (Essence Mix) [Calypso Records]
18 :: Joi Cardwell – Trouble (Real Vocal Mix) [Eightball Records]
19 :: Level III – Do It 2 (Club-A-Dub Mix) [Junior Boy’s Own]
20 :: Charisse Arrington – Down With This (Masters At Work Remix) [MCA Records]
21 :: Lil’ Louis – Club Lonely (The Guest List Mix) [White]
22 :: Soulboy – Harmonica Track (The Classic Mix) [Maxi Records]
23 :: Eric Kupper pres. K-Scope – Organism [TRIBAL America]