WFMU: The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from August 28, 2013

Listener comments!
	9:04pm Uncle Michael: Love and flies just bring me down.
	9:04pm 12539: It's tiiiime for the f̶u̶n̶k̶! - er, I mean disco.
	9:04pm Kat in Chicago: Ready to disco down!
	9:04pm Alex of Chicago: Boogie down!
	9:04pm fleep: Boogie!
	9:05pm steve: yo efd!
	9:06pm Mike East: nice disclaimer and even nicer virtual disco ball!
	9:07pm john: Hey Evan! Been looking forward to this year's disco dance party for nearly fourteen months!
	9:07pm Pine: Party!
	9:10pm efd: Hey everyone! thanks for tuning in, I hope you've got your dancing shoes on!
	9:10pm Uncle Michael: Dubonet on the rocks and a couple bumps of blow. Sporting a Nik Nik shirt, square patch jeans and Dingo boots...and an attempted mustache.
	9:11pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hullo DanceyPeople ! ...I won't be lurky wallflower allnight & put out funnyvibes - I promise! ...I'll just pop in & say Hullo!! & Have a Great Evening ! ...& check it all out for a little while... ...! - Hell - w/ this ⚡ thunder ⚡ here where I am power'll prob. go out for a bit anyhow...
	9:12pm john: ...catch a strong breeze under the shirt collar and you're airborne
	9:13pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: attempted mustache! Hehehe...
	9:13pm Mike East: I left my dancing shoes home, so I think I'll just go barefoot. Please nobody step on my feet with yer platforms.
	9:13pm Pine: Ok I'm actually going to put on my dancing clothes :D
	9:14pm Weems: Funk!!! I used to play Boogie Business LOUD on my PA system in my basement. Djd school dances as The Weems Noise Co. In the late 70s.
	9:14pm Uncle Michael: I feel like I'm on Mel's Rock Pile.
	9:15pm Rockin'" Mel Slirrup: Lady's choice!
	9:16pm fleep: I couldn't find poppers, so I'm inhaling foaming carpet cleaner. Really.
	9:18pm efd: Weems, that is awesome! Great to see you here!
	9:19pm Andrea True: Got any coke?
	9:19pm Uncle Michael: Nobody move...I lost my medallion.
	9:21pm Pine: Rockin my red flares and brown/orange polyester shirt, wooo!
	9:21pm Uncle Michael: It was my best cornicello. Crap.
	9:24pm john: Thankfully, you're still wearing the other two.
	9:26pm Weems: More Moulton Mixes please!
	9:27pm BadGuyZero: Woohoo!
	9:27pm steve: i havent seen it yet but i heard that the new Tom Moulton video interview on Red Bull Music Academy is super
	9:30pm Pete from Boston (and NJ): Now this is what I needed Saturday night.
	9:30pm Mike East: Kool & the Gang had a studio here on hold for tomorrow, but they let it go. I was kinda bummed.
	9:31pm Mike Sin: This may sound geeky, but I've had this show marked as an "appointment" in my Outlook calendar since Evan announced it - Yes, that's how much I've been looking forward to it!
	9:33pm Mike East: Yes, that's very geeky, Mr. Sin, but you are in the right company for that, I think.
	9:37pm Kat in Chicago: Where are the ladies on the comments board tonight?!
	9:40pm steve: Kat, my disco student was supposed to come by to listen with me but had to reschedule, though i will probably be assigning her tonights archive as homework...
	9:41pm Kat in Chicago: Best homework ever!
	9:43pm Holly in NC: @Kat - Here, but unable to chat ;-) Hi EFD! Or should that be EDD?
	9:43pm Weems: Southroad Connection sounds slow, pitch it up! Three degrees album in 78 was loaded with jams!
	9:44pm Kat in Chicago: Hi Holly! I haven't been on here for a few weeks. I was afraid the Giant Honking Palmetto Bug got you!
	9:44pm sugarwolf: It's too humid to dance :( so I guess I'll listen & read a book.
	9:49pm BadGuyZero: www.indiewire.com...
	9:50pm BadGuyZero: And as soon as I clicked "POST IT!" you said on-air that you would post the link on the playlist.
	9:51pm neelc13: To quote the great Phil Collins: "I can't dance."
	9:53pm efd: The more links the merrier!
	9:56pm Mylie Cyrus: That link aint twerkin.
	9:56pm Mike East: damn, missed syl johnson.
	9:57pm neelc13: Twerks for me, Mylie
	9:58pm Weems: Anybody else live the disco dream back in the 70's? Just teen discos for me. Acts I saw live in the disco decade: Trammps, Kool and the Gang, Marvin Gaye, Parliament Funkadelic , Bootsy, Jacksons, Vickie Sue Robinson, Heatwave, BT Express, Meco!
	9:58pm Weems: Anybody else live the disco dream back in the 70's? Just teen discos for me. Acts I saw live in the disco decade: Trammps, Kool and the Gang, Marvin Gaye, Parliament Funkadelic , Bootsy, Jacksons, Vickie Sue Robinson, Heatwave, BT Express, Meco!
	9:58pm Roydon Ziegler: Roy Jr. Loves the Sixers theme.
	9:59pm efd: playlist link is fixed now - I think BGZ's link worked all along. Thx for the alert Ms. C.
	10:00pm neelc13: What's up, Roy? Did you put on nem dancing shoes?
	10:01pm Mylie Cyrus: Butt of course.
	10:02pm Uncle Michael: I was pretty anti-disco as a youth. Pro-funk, though.
	10:02pm fleep: Tongues a lot, Mylie.
	10:03pm efd: I bought one of those custom-made shirts with the hot transfer letters that said "Disco Sucks" when I was in high school. Things change. Michael, I'm hopeful you're still pro-Funk.
	10:03pm Uncle Michael: I'd kill for some Hamilton Bohannon.
	10:05pm Kat in Chicago: Weems, that is an impressive list! I didn't get to see any of them live back in the day.
	10:08pm Uncle Michael: I'll throw down the funk till I can no longer get off my ass and jam.
	10:09pm neelc13: Disco's certainly not my favorite genre of music, but I enjoy it well enough. I'm also very much pro-funk.
	10:12pm Uncle Michael: blow your whistle
	10:12pm steve: Weems - i sadly did not, wasn't even born... but im happy to say I've been to David Mancuso's Loft parties recently... great time and pretty time capsule-like.
	10:13pm Mike East: I wanna play the whistle in this band.
	10:13pm steve: god, i love the disco whistle
	10:14pm neelc13: I've never heard this song before. Great tune.
	10:14pm Droll: I never abandoned my love of disco! CHIC is one of my all-time fave bands, which annoyed my (hair-)metal friends to no end. Now disco metal is an entire schtick for cover bands like Tragedy.
	10:14pm efd: different type of disco whistle coming up next!
	10:15pm Weems: Thanks Kat. Thankfully had an older sister who would give in to my incessant begging. Anyone frequent the legendary Downstairs Records in NYC back in the day? Warren Tesoro from there was in the Gary Toms Empire.
	10:16pm fleep: It sure was a great time for horn sections and string sections, after years of guitars and drums.
	10:17pm Mike East: haha. awesome. I wish it was the same guy. He's like the go to guy if you want whistle on your track.
	10:17pm Mylie Cyrus: I loves me some BT Express.
	10:19pm steve: wow, only ever knew Dance Reaction's (i think later) Disco Train
	10:19pm Mike East: absolutely, fleep. Its expensive to hire a disco band. lots of backup singers and keyboards, too.
	10:20pm steve: plus the whistle player!
	10:21pm Mike East: ...one of the reasons we were hoping to get Kool & the Gang in here...it would have been a good backline rental, I bet.
	10:22pm Holly in NC: Very odd listening to this show while reading 'Detroit Rock City' ... total audio/visual disconnect!
	10:24pm Droll: I miss bands with 15 professional musicians. I'd settle for 5. All they're offering is a guy with a laptop.
	10:26pm Kat in Chicago: For a city (in)famous as the home of Disco Demolition, you can hear quite a lot of the stuff around here these days, if you've a mind to. I have several DJ friends in Chicago who are quite sincerely, non-ironically into disco. One of them just announced today on Facebook that she's starting a new night called "The Full Twelve Inches" - 12" dance singles played in their entirety! - and she posted a YouTube link to the Gary Tom's Empire version of "Drive My Car" on the event page. I see a Tom Moulton Mix on there too.
	10:28pm The King: WhoooooOOOOOOO BABY! It's I, Elvis Aaron Presley. I just popped by from my subterranean sand kingdom to bust a move and get down with my funky bad self! HOo-AH! Man, this party is about as happenin' as a PBB Sandwich! Mwoo-HAH! Karate! YEAH!
	10:28pm steve: Kat - i should probably just look this up but is Frankie Knuckles still in town? he was on a recent list of 50 still-active djs over 50
	10:29pm Kat in Chicago: Steve: absolutely. I believe he's playing here at Smart Bar on Sunday night.
	10:30pm Weems: Thankfully Rochester NY had a great R
	10:30pm Uncle Michael: Love seeing Chicago represent.
	10:32pm efd: what's up, Elvis? Or should I say elvIs?
	10:33pm JustSheaNo: Not a moment to soon, love.
	10:33pm BadGuyZero: Oh. My. Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawd!
	10:34pm Pine: Brilliant have a cigar cover!
	10:34pm Droll: [Saucer Eyed]
	10:34pm Uncle Michael: Now, if I can hear a ska version of Have A Cigar I can die happy.
	10:35pm Mylie Cyrus: Peanut butter and bacon?mmmmmmm
	10:35pm BadGuyZero: Is there really a cover of "Money" on the flipside?
	10:35pm Pine: This replaces the Primus version as my favourite rendition
	10:36pm Kat in Chicago: I don't know if a ska version exists but I have no trouble imagining one.
	10:36pm Droll: BGZ, Stop teasing
	10:36pm Weems: My hometown, Rochester NY had a great R
	10:37pm Weems: WTF?
	10:37pm steve: damn! if theres a more surprising disco cover i havent heard it (though im sure there is)... though honorable mention to the disco version of Can's I Want More
	10:38pm BadGuyZero: @Droll: According to the info on Discogs the b-side is a cover of "Money." www.discogs.com...
	10:38pm efd: come on Weems, I know you can do it!
	10:39pm Uncle Michael: "My hometown, Rochester NY had a great Ramada Inn."
	10:39pm efd: It's true, "Money" is on the other side. All I remember is that I liked "Have A Cigar" better.
	10:40pm Uncle Michael: key to the engine??? key to the MG.
	10:40pm efd: Next one is for the Chicagoans
	10:41pm Uncle Michael: woo!
	10:41pm Uncle Michael: Disco Ministry cover!
	10:41pm Kat in Chicago: I like the disco ska Montego Bay
	10:42pm Droll: UM, Closer than you might think, I suppose.
	10:43pm Weems: Uncle Michael guessed it! My hometown station was great but in summer of 78 visited NYC shortly after WKTU signed as an all disco station. Incredible! Visited in summer of 79 and 92KTU DOMINATED. Roller boogie had taken over Central Park.
	10:43pm Uncle Michael: This might be for freakin' White Sox fans...but not for CHICAGOANS.
	10:44pm efd: haha, fair point Weems.
	10:44pm party sub: Loving the show tonight!
	10:45pm Kat in Chicago: LOL, nice one EFD
	10:46pm efd: OK, one more song in the classic rock portion coming up after this.
	10:46pm Droll: Revolting Cocks cover of Do Ya Think I'm Sexy narrowly avoided!
	10:47pm Kat in Chicago: whew
	10:51pm BadGuyZero: I had that Meco Star Wars 7-inch when I was a kid.
	10:52pm BadGuyZero: I was in the video for RevCo's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy."
	10:52pm Mylie Cyrus: Everybody knows The Exorcist was just a taster for Roller Boogie, Linda Blair-wise. Whither Jim Bray?
	10:52pm Droll: I own the 12" as an adult. Are you in a dress? Which one are you?
	10:53pm Kat in Chicago: A pal found the Meco Disco Wizard of Oz at a yard sale for $1 recently. BGZ - OMG!
	10:54pm pacific standard simon: Here for the final hour -- woop woop!
	10:54pm Uncle Michael: If you play disco wizard of oz and watch the Wall with the sound down...they sync perfectly.
	10:54pm Julie: E F Diddy?
	10:54pm Kat in Chicago: UM - I'll take your word for it!
	10:55pm steve: the Rite Aid in my neighborhood used to be a roller disco in early 80s... there's still a big disco ball hanging from the ceiling www.flickr.com...
	10:55pm Julie: oh that's so cool, steve
	10:56pm Kat in Chicago: Best Rite Aid Ever! Oh I LOVE this record.
	10:56pm Pine: Cool, there's a pretty active Roller Disco scene here in Glasgow of all places!
	10:56pm neelc13: Wow. That cover of "Have A Cigar" was interesting to say the least.
	10:58pm Uncle Michael: It's too late for me to rip Evan off and play something that's now on my mind (THANKS)...this Friday. There are other Fridays.
	10:58pm BadGuyZero: Batteries changed!
	10:59pm Weems: Make my funk the E Funk, I wants to get funked up! I want the bomb, I want the E Funk. I want my funk uncut! But I digress, how many of your 12 inch singles are labeled with their BPM?
	11:00pm Holly in NC: @Steve - that's most excellent! I miss my Nike roller skates. Our roller rink played more Van Halen than disco, however.
	11:00pm Droll: Unless BPM are the original owner's initials, I'd guess 0.
	11:01pm Uncle Michael: Ain't no party like an E Funk party, cuz an E Funk party don't stop.
	11:01pm Stevel: "That horn player is pretty sharp, but what the FUCK was that?!" Hard to be on headphones when the Social Media AH takes to the floor.
	11:02pm Uncle Michael: That was the social media disco whistle.
	11:02pm efd: Actually I'd say about half of the 12" singles do have the BPM listed.
	11:03pm Kat in Chicago: Peter Brown!
	11:03pm Stevel: "You tell the DJ he pulls that stunt again, he's FIRED!" I feel a disco movie script being born.
	11:05pm Weems: I'm feeling CJ and Co next!
	11:05pm efd: I didn't remember the jingle bells in this song! I should play it at Christmastime!
	11:05pm Pine: Hey Stevel! If reggae Clay had been on next it would be just like Rockers
	11:05pm AWS from MP: Just a great show, Evan. Unto itself. Hope all is well AWS
	11:06pm efd: Weems, so close!
	11:06pm efd: oh hey, another one for Chicago!
	11:07pm Uncle Michael: I'm glad Weems was only close because that's the one I'm thinking about.
	11:07pm eastvanhalen: Oh god, you went there.
	11:07pm Uncle Michael: I love any Boney M track.
	11:07pm Kat in Chicago: She was the meanest Kat in old Chicago town?
	11:08pm efd: Well, he was a little more than close... he was off by one turntable.
	11:08pm Uncle Michael: Hah!
	11:10pm Weems: Feeling like a drugged Adam West or William Shatner, don't want to go to sleep, But. Getting. So tired. Need Amyl Nitrate.
	11:11pm Stevel: Hey Pine! How's life?
	11:11pm Uncle Michael: Screw it. I'm playing anyway...the long version...in two weeks. Because I love it. And because EFD inspires.
	11:12pm efd: go for it UM! Weems, hang on! 45 minutes to go!
	11:13pm Stevel: "Its that new DJ down at that "Dance" station--if you can call it that. He's the one stirring the kids up. Maybe we oughta teach him a lesson."
	11:13pm Uncle Michael: I'm close too...soooo close...don't stop.
	11:14pm Kat in Chicago: That's what she said.
	11:15pm Uncle Michael: Even, are you holding back on the dance mixes of rock releases like The Kinks' Superman?
	11:16pm Uncle Michael: Evan, even...
	11:16pm efd: They are out of scope, Uncle Michel.
	11:18pm Uncle Michael: whew
	11:19pm Pine: @Stevel life is good just a shame i couldn't get anyone to come dance to the radio tonight
	11:20pm Uncle Michael: I'm going to take the rest of my disco insemination in the dark. Good times, Evan. Thank you. Night all..
	11:20pm Callie: SUCH a fun show tonight, Evan! :)
	11:21pm BadGuyZero: This Roberta Kelly track would pair well with Harvey Sid Fisher's "Astrology Songs" album.
	11:22pm Kat in Chicago: I was thinking something similar, BGZ.
	11:24pm efd: Thanks Callie, and thanks to everyone who's been commenting and/or listening tonight! This show is always one the highlights of the year for me, I'm happy to see you all enjoying it too.
	11:24pm Mike East: Yes, this is one for the ages, efd. Making work just fly by.
	11:24pm Weems: Love punk/new wave, 60s garage psych, Northern Soul and Southern Soul, but this music is my core!!!
	11:27pm Stevel: Pine's Homestyle Dance Party!!!!
	11:30pm Kat in Chicago: YES
	11:30pm John Lackey: Yeah bro!
	11:31pm eastvanhalen: This had to happen.
	11:31pm Stevel: EVERYONE wants to sing the bass tag. Pretty sure you're all mouthing along now, as I am, much to the confusion of my wife, not listening on my headphones.
	11:32pm efd: This is one 12" I am not fading out early.
	11:33pm eastvanhalen: @Stevel: Busted. Also, waiting for the thunderclap that changed my life.
	11:33pm efd: What's up, John Lackey? Good game tonight, bro.
	11:33pm Weems: Half hour left. You teased a couple tracks. Hot Shot is next and you close with MacArthur Park. Squeeze in Machine!!
	11:34pm efd: I've actually got a different Karen Young record with me, as it turns out.
	11:40pm Eddy in Australia: Very cool listening to this show while reading 'Love Saves the Day' ... perfect audio/visual connect (sorry Holly!)
	11:41pm Weems: You played Dorothy Moore last year. Killer song!!
	11:44pm Holly in NC: Hi Eddy! No reason to be sorry, I'm totally enjoying both show and book, disconnect be damned. But I do have a rather painful stye forming. Anyone know any good remedies other than a hot compress ?
	11:45pm Kat in Chicago: Oh man I forgot this had talk box!
	11:46pm Kat in Chicago: Holly - warm salt water wash. just enough salt to cover the bottom of a glass, then fill with warm water. always worked for me.
	11:47pm JustSheaNo: Oh man, EVERY frat party in Brooklyn on Third Ave/ Bay Ridge from 1989-1999. This was the JAM.
	11:47pm efd: Get ready for an August Darnell double-play, everybody!
	11:47pm Kat in Chicago: oh - stir it first, Holly :)
	11:47pm Danne D: Hi/bye EFD and Funk Fans :) Enjoyed the show - was listening on radio - but didn't get a chance to comment. Amazing as always :) and loved hearing Syl Johnson :)
	11:48pm Kat in Chicago: I'm ready efd!
	11:48pm Holly in NC: Thank you, Kat ! ;-)
	11:50pm Holly in NC: EFD, if you play the Gories cover, Detroit link w/b achieved!
	11:50pm Julie: Dammit the sequins are falling off my skates, good thing it's almost over
	11:50pm kevin g: Surprisingly not an enormous disconnect with my book for the evening, an account of the Situationists International's legacy post-1968. Just read an extended digression in the spectacle of NYC club/nightlife. Wonderful show as always!
	11:51pm Tome: oh ,, we gonna hear Last Dance,,, the end of another Italian / Irish wedding in brooklyn .. haha
	11:52pm Tome: jk great show EFD love a lot of those songs..although back in that day would not admit it,,.. !1 makes ya smile , dance even.
	11:52pm Weems: SO GLAD I STAYED UP!! MACHINE !!!! YOU GOTTA HEAR THIS ON A BIG ASS SOUND SYSTEM! THANKS FUNK!!!'
	11:55pm steve: super show efd
	11:55pm Julie: I kept thinking she was talking about Denny Terio
	11:57pm Tome: ..does the Snoopy Dance to the coffee pot .. /\/\/\/\/\
	11:58pm efd: Thanks again for listening everyone, I really appreciate it! Back to "normal" next week.
	11:58pm Mike East: time to lock up. Great show Evan! Hopefully catch you next week!
	11:58pm Kat in Chicago: thank you, sir!
	11:59pm eastvanhalen: Great show. Thanks!
	11:59pm Tome: I like this "normal" too now and then EFD . . only sometimes makes me think of certain .. people..
	9:45am Cecile: Just looking at the playlist before I get dug in - 2 of my favorite songs back to back (SOS band and Peter Brown)!
	9:56am Cecile: Damn, I haven't heard this Denroy Morgan in over 30 yrs.

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from August 28, 2013

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Every show starts with the ’70s! We’ll rediscover forgotten rockers, revisit unfairly maligned disco beats and replay power-pop favorites. Next: plenty of new releases, occasional live bands and more. Don’t let the nickname confuse you.

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Upcoming events:

Wed. Dec 4th, Noon - 3pm: Freaky Wilderness (More info...)
Brooklyn’s Freaky Wilderness includes members of Space Merchants, whose 2018 album landed in EFD’s top 10 of that year. They bring their heavy, fuzzy sound to the WFMU airwaves just days before the release of their debut album Immeasurable Heaven. They’ll preview the album in this live set ahead of the album release show on Thursday Dec. 12 at Main Drag in Brooklyn.
Wed. Dec 11th, Noon - 3pm: Manager (More info...)
Manager is a three-piece band that’s based right here in Jersey City. They recently released a new EP, HOT-LINE (Texacobra), which showcases their hard-edged percolating indie sound that may remind the listener of Echo & The Bunnymen or Yo La Tengo. Tune in to this live session and hear for yourself!
Wed. Dec 25th, Noon - 3pm: The 18th Annual Holiday Music Funktacular! (More info...)
It’s the 18th year of the Evan “Funk” Davies Show Holiday Music Funktacular, and this year — for the first time ever — it will air on actual Christmas Day! Tune in for three hours of Christmas music that you won’t already be sick of hearing: old and new seasonal rock, punk, dance, glam, and power pop favorites. Even your family might enjoy it!

August 28, 2013: 5th nearly-annual Disco/Dance Party!

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Summertime always reminds me of listening to Ken "Spider" Webb and Ricky Ricardo and, of course the Chief Rocker Frankie Crocker on WBLS. In that spirit, I present the 5th mostly-annual Evan "Funk" Davies Disco/Dance Party! I'll be spinning some classic jams of the mid-'70s and early '80s, along with some lesser-known nuggets. It's the kind of show that makes you say "I haven't heard this in 35 years" and "why haven't I heard this before?!" so if you love the nightlife you'll tune in!

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Disco disclaimer! I'm keeping the lines blurry and using "disco" as a catch-all term for my own take on fun dance music from the mid-70s to the early '80s, expanding the boundaries (and sound) of the traditional disco era. No griping, please!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
alicia bridges	i love the nightlife	7"	polydor	1978		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
denroy morgan	i'll do anything for you	12"	becket	1981		0:03:01 (Pop-up)
lamont dozier	boogie business "boogie business" by "lamont dozier"	7"	warner bros	1979		0:10:58 (Pop-up)
the jacksons	shake your body down to the ground	12"	epic	1978		0:14:36 (Pop-up)
first choice	great expectations "great expectations" by "first choice"	12"	salsoul	1979	A Tom Moulton Mix!	0:22:48 (Pop-up)
dr. john	jet set "jet set" by "dr. john"	12"	streetwise	1984	produced by Duke Bootee	0:27:43 (Pop-up)
the three degrees	giving up giving in	12"	ariola	1978	produced by Giorgio Moroder	0:32:45 (Pop-up)
the state dept	wild honey part i "wild honey part i" by "the state dept"	7"	abbott	1972		0:36:43 (Pop-up)
southroad connection	you like it we love it	12"	mahogany	1977		0:38:36 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: silvetti	spring rain "spring rain" by "silvetti"	7"	salsoul	1977		0:46:04 (Pop-up)
syl johnson	mystery lady "mystery lady" by "syl johnson"	12"	hi	1979	Vote now at IndieWire.com!	0:48:56 (Pop-up)
mcfadden & whitehead	ain't no stoppin' us now	7"	philadelphia international	1979		0:54:23 (Pop-up)
sylvester	band of gold "band of gold" by "sylvester"	12"	megatone	1983		0:58:21 (Pop-up)
wardell piper	super sweet "super sweet" by "wardell piper"	12"	midsong	1979		1:02:02 (Pop-up)
gary toms empire	7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (blow your whistle)	7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (blow your whistle)	pip	1975		1:09:53 (Pop-up)
donnie vann	disco train "disco train" by "donnie vann"	7"	to-keh	1980		1:14:40 (Pop-up)
donald byrd & 125th st nyc	love has come around	love byrd	elektra	1981		1:18:33 (Pop-up)
vicki sue robinson	to sir with love	12"	profile	1981		1:26:44 (Pop-up)
rosebud	have a cigar "have a cigar" by "rosebud"	12"	warner bros	1977		1:31:44 (Pop-up)
sugar cane	montego bay "montego bay" by "sugar cane"	12"	ariola	1978		1:38:08 (Pop-up)
garrett scott	na na kiss him goodbye	12"	west end	1976		1:42:18 (Pop-up)
meco	spooky "spooky" by "meco"	moondancer	casablanca	1979		1:46:45 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: fast radio	under my thumb "under my thumb" by "fast radio"	12"	web			1:51:22 (Pop-up)
s.o.s. band	just be good to me "just be good to me" by "s.o.s. band"	12"	tabu	1983		1:55:35 (Pop-up)
peter brown	do you wanna get funky with me	7"	drive/tk	1977		2:01:39 (Pop-up)
boney m	ma baker "ma baker" by "boney m"	7"	atlantic	1977		2:05:16 (Pop-up)
c.j. & co.	devil's gun "devil's gun" by "c.j. & co."	7"	westbound	1977		2:09:34 (Pop-up)
central line	walking into sunshine	12"	mercury	1981		2:13:22 (Pop-up)
roberta kelly	zodiacs "zodiacs" by "roberta kelly"	7"	novola	1977	a Giorgio Moroder/Pete Bellotte production	2:19:02 (Pop-up)
carol jiani	hit & run lover "hit & run lover" by "carol jiani"	12"	ariola	1981		2:23:19 (Pop-up)
patrick hernandez	born to be alive	12"	columbia	1979		2:28:51 (Pop-up)
dorothy moore	let the music play "let the music play" by "dorothy moore"	12"	tk	1977		2:36:13 (Pop-up)
raydio	is this a love thing "is this a love thing" by "raydio"	7"	arista	1978		2:41:36 (Pop-up)
machine	there but for the grace of god go i	12"	rca	1979		2:45:00 (Pop-up)
dana & gene	dario, can you get me into studio 54?	12"	midsong	1978	August Darnell double-play!	2:49:54 (Pop-up)
the ritchie family	the best disco in town	7"	marlin	1976		2:55:12 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: william goldstein & the magic disco machine	midnight rhapsody pt 2	7"				2:58:14 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:04pm Uncle Michael: Love and flies just bring me down.
	9:04pm 12539: It's tiiiime for the f̶u̶n̶k̶! - er, I mean disco.
	9:04pm Kat in Chicago: Ready to disco down!
	9:04pm Alex of Chicago: Boogie down!
	9:04pm fleep: Boogie!
	9:05pm steve: yo efd!
	9:06pm Mike East: nice disclaimer and even nicer virtual disco ball!
	9:07pm john: Hey Evan! Been looking forward to this year's disco dance party for nearly fourteen months!
	9:07pm Pine: Party!
	9:10pm efd: Hey everyone! thanks for tuning in, I hope you've got your dancing shoes on!
	9:10pm Uncle Michael: Dubonet on the rocks and a couple bumps of blow. Sporting a Nik Nik shirt, square patch jeans and Dingo boots...and an attempted mustache.
	9:11pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hullo DanceyPeople ! ...I won't be lurky wallflower allnight & put out funnyvibes - I promise! ...I'll just pop in & say Hullo!! & Have a Great Evening ! ...& check it all out for a little while... ...! - Hell - w/ this ⚡ thunder ⚡ here where I am power'll prob. go out for a bit anyhow...
	9:12pm john: ...catch a strong breeze under the shirt collar and you're airborne
	9:13pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: attempted mustache! Hehehe...
	9:13pm Mike East: I left my dancing shoes home, so I think I'll just go barefoot. Please nobody step on my feet with yer platforms.
	9:13pm Pine: Ok I'm actually going to put on my dancing clothes :D
	9:14pm Weems: Funk!!! I used to play Boogie Business LOUD on my PA system in my basement. Djd school dances as The Weems Noise Co. In the late 70s.
	9:14pm Uncle Michael: I feel like I'm on Mel's Rock Pile.
	9:15pm Rockin'" Mel Slirrup: Lady's choice!
	9:16pm fleep: I couldn't find poppers, so I'm inhaling foaming carpet cleaner. Really.
	9:18pm efd: Weems, that is awesome! Great to see you here!
	9:19pm Andrea True: Got any coke?
	9:19pm Uncle Michael: Nobody move...I lost my medallion.
	9:21pm Pine: Rockin my red flares and brown/orange polyester shirt, wooo!
	9:21pm Uncle Michael: It was my best cornicello. Crap.
	9:24pm john: Thankfully, you're still wearing the other two.
	9:26pm Weems: More Moulton Mixes please!
	9:27pm BadGuyZero: Woohoo!
	9:27pm steve: i havent seen it yet but i heard that the new Tom Moulton video interview on Red Bull Music Academy is super
	9:30pm Pete from Boston (and NJ): Now this is what I needed Saturday night.
	9:30pm Mike East: Kool & the Gang had a studio here on hold for tomorrow, but they let it go. I was kinda bummed.
	9:31pm Mike Sin: This may sound geeky, but I've had this show marked as an "appointment" in my Outlook calendar since Evan announced it - Yes, that's how much I've been looking forward to it!
	9:33pm Mike East: Yes, that's very geeky, Mr. Sin, but you are in the right company for that, I think.
	9:37pm Kat in Chicago: Where are the ladies on the comments board tonight?!
	9:40pm steve: Kat, my disco student was supposed to come by to listen with me but had to reschedule, though i will probably be assigning her tonights archive as homework...
	9:41pm Kat in Chicago: Best homework ever!
	9:43pm Holly in NC: @Kat - Here, but unable to chat ;-) Hi EFD! Or should that be EDD?
	9:43pm Weems: Southroad Connection sounds slow, pitch it up! Three degrees album in 78 was loaded with jams!
	9:44pm Kat in Chicago: Hi Holly! I haven't been on here for a few weeks. I was afraid the Giant Honking Palmetto Bug got you!
	9:44pm sugarwolf: It's too humid to dance :( so I guess I'll listen & read a book.
	9:49pm BadGuyZero: www.indiewire.com...
	9:50pm BadGuyZero: And as soon as I clicked "POST IT!" you said on-air that you would post the link on the playlist.
	9:51pm neelc13: To quote the great Phil Collins: "I can't dance."
	9:53pm efd: The more links the merrier!
	9:56pm Mylie Cyrus: That link aint twerkin.
	9:56pm Mike East: damn, missed syl johnson.
	9:57pm neelc13: Twerks for me, Mylie
	9:58pm Weems: Anybody else live the disco dream back in the 70's? Just teen discos for me. Acts I saw live in the disco decade: Trammps, Kool and the Gang, Marvin Gaye, Parliament Funkadelic , Bootsy, Jacksons, Vickie Sue Robinson, Heatwave, BT Express, Meco!
	9:58pm Weems: Anybody else live the disco dream back in the 70's? Just teen discos for me. Acts I saw live in the disco decade: Trammps, Kool and the Gang, Marvin Gaye, Parliament Funkadelic , Bootsy, Jacksons, Vickie Sue Robinson, Heatwave, BT Express, Meco!
	9:58pm Roydon Ziegler: Roy Jr. Loves the Sixers theme.
	9:59pm efd: playlist link is fixed now - I think BGZ's link worked all along. Thx for the alert Ms. C.
	10:00pm neelc13: What's up, Roy? Did you put on nem dancing shoes?
	10:01pm Mylie Cyrus: Butt of course.
	10:02pm Uncle Michael: I was pretty anti-disco as a youth. Pro-funk, though.
	10:02pm fleep: Tongues a lot, Mylie.
	10:03pm efd: I bought one of those custom-made shirts with the hot transfer letters that said "Disco Sucks" when I was in high school. Things change. Michael, I'm hopeful you're still pro-Funk.
	10:03pm Uncle Michael: I'd kill for some Hamilton Bohannon.
	10:05pm Kat in Chicago: Weems, that is an impressive list! I didn't get to see any of them live back in the day.
	10:08pm Uncle Michael: I'll throw down the funk till I can no longer get off my ass and jam.
	10:09pm neelc13: Disco's certainly not my favorite genre of music, but I enjoy it well enough. I'm also very much pro-funk.
	10:12pm Uncle Michael: blow your whistle
	10:12pm steve: Weems - i sadly did not, wasn't even born... but im happy to say I've been to David Mancuso's Loft parties recently... great time and pretty time capsule-like.
	10:13pm Mike East: I wanna play the whistle in this band.
	10:13pm steve: god, i love the disco whistle
	10:14pm neelc13: I've never heard this song before. Great tune.
	10:14pm Droll: I never abandoned my love of disco! CHIC is one of my all-time fave bands, which annoyed my (hair-)metal friends to no end. Now disco metal is an entire schtick for cover bands like Tragedy.
	10:14pm efd: different type of disco whistle coming up next!
	10:15pm Weems: Thanks Kat. Thankfully had an older sister who would give in to my incessant begging. Anyone frequent the legendary Downstairs Records in NYC back in the day? Warren Tesoro from there was in the Gary Toms Empire.
	10:16pm fleep: It sure was a great time for horn sections and string sections, after years of guitars and drums.
	10:17pm Mike East: haha. awesome. I wish it was the same guy. He's like the go to guy if you want whistle on your track.
	10:17pm Mylie Cyrus: I loves me some BT Express.
	10:19pm steve: wow, only ever knew Dance Reaction's (i think later) Disco Train
	10:19pm Mike East: absolutely, fleep. Its expensive to hire a disco band. lots of backup singers and keyboards, too.
	10:20pm steve: plus the whistle player!
	10:21pm Mike East: ...one of the reasons we were hoping to get Kool & the Gang in here...it would have been a good backline rental, I bet.
	10:22pm Holly in NC: Very odd listening to this show while reading 'Detroit Rock City' ... total audio/visual disconnect!
	10:24pm Droll: I miss bands with 15 professional musicians. I'd settle for 5. All they're offering is a guy with a laptop.
	10:26pm Kat in Chicago: For a city (in)famous as the home of Disco Demolition, you can hear quite a lot of the stuff around here these days, if you've a mind to. I have several DJ friends in Chicago who are quite sincerely, non-ironically into disco. One of them just announced today on Facebook that she's starting a new night called "The Full Twelve Inches" - 12" dance singles played in their entirety! - and she posted a YouTube link to the Gary Tom's Empire version of "Drive My Car" on the event page. I see a Tom Moulton Mix on there too.
	10:28pm The King: WhoooooOOOOOOO BABY! It's I, Elvis Aaron Presley. I just popped by from my subterranean sand kingdom to bust a move and get down with my funky bad self! HOo-AH! Man, this party is about as happenin' as a PBB Sandwich! Mwoo-HAH! Karate! YEAH!
	10:28pm steve: Kat - i should probably just look this up but is Frankie Knuckles still in town? he was on a recent list of 50 still-active djs over 50
	10:29pm Kat in Chicago: Steve: absolutely. I believe he's playing here at Smart Bar on Sunday night.
	10:30pm Weems: Thankfully Rochester NY had a great R
	10:30pm Uncle Michael: Love seeing Chicago represent.
	10:32pm efd: what's up, Elvis? Or should I say elvIs?
	10:33pm JustSheaNo: Not a moment to soon, love.
	10:33pm BadGuyZero: Oh. My. Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawd!
	10:34pm Pine: Brilliant have a cigar cover!
	10:34pm Droll: [Saucer Eyed]
	10:34pm Uncle Michael: Now, if I can hear a ska version of Have A Cigar I can die happy.
	10:35pm Mylie Cyrus: Peanut butter and bacon?mmmmmmm
	10:35pm BadGuyZero: Is there really a cover of "Money" on the flipside?
	10:35pm Pine: This replaces the Primus version as my favourite rendition
	10:36pm Kat in Chicago: I don't know if a ska version exists but I have no trouble imagining one.
	10:36pm Droll: BGZ, Stop teasing
	10:36pm Weems: My hometown, Rochester NY had a great R
	10:37pm Weems: WTF?
	10:37pm steve: damn! if theres a more surprising disco cover i havent heard it (though im sure there is)... though honorable mention to the disco version of Can's I Want More
	10:38pm BadGuyZero: @Droll: According to the info on Discogs the b-side is a cover of "Money." www.discogs.com...
	10:38pm efd: come on Weems, I know you can do it!
	10:39pm Uncle Michael: "My hometown, Rochester NY had a great Ramada Inn."
	10:39pm efd: It's true, "Money" is on the other side. All I remember is that I liked "Have A Cigar" better.
	10:40pm Uncle Michael: key to the engine??? key to the MG.
	10:40pm efd: Next one is for the Chicagoans
	10:41pm Uncle Michael: woo!
	10:41pm Uncle Michael: Disco Ministry cover!
	10:41pm Kat in Chicago: I like the disco ska Montego Bay
	10:42pm Droll: UM, Closer than you might think, I suppose.
	10:43pm Weems: Uncle Michael guessed it! My hometown station was great but in summer of 78 visited NYC shortly after WKTU signed as an all disco station. Incredible! Visited in summer of 79 and 92KTU DOMINATED. Roller boogie had taken over Central Park.
	10:43pm Uncle Michael: This might be for freakin' White Sox fans...but not for CHICAGOANS.
	10:44pm efd: haha, fair point Weems.
	10:44pm party sub: Loving the show tonight!
	10:45pm Kat in Chicago: LOL, nice one EFD
	10:46pm efd: OK, one more song in the classic rock portion coming up after this.
	10:46pm Droll: Revolting Cocks cover of Do Ya Think I'm Sexy narrowly avoided!
	10:47pm Kat in Chicago: whew
	10:51pm BadGuyZero: I had that Meco Star Wars 7-inch when I was a kid.
	10:52pm BadGuyZero: I was in the video for RevCo's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy."
	10:52pm Mylie Cyrus: Everybody knows The Exorcist was just a taster for Roller Boogie, Linda Blair-wise. Whither Jim Bray?
	10:52pm Droll: I own the 12" as an adult. Are you in a dress? Which one are you?
	10:53pm Kat in Chicago: A pal found the Meco Disco Wizard of Oz at a yard sale for $1 recently. BGZ - OMG!
	10:54pm pacific standard simon: Here for the final hour -- woop woop!
	10:54pm Uncle Michael: If you play disco wizard of oz and watch the Wall with the sound down...they sync perfectly.
	10:54pm Julie: E F Diddy?
	10:54pm Kat in Chicago: UM - I'll take your word for it!
	10:55pm steve: the Rite Aid in my neighborhood used to be a roller disco in early 80s... there's still a big disco ball hanging from the ceiling www.flickr.com...
	10:55pm Julie: oh that's so cool, steve
	10:56pm Kat in Chicago: Best Rite Aid Ever! Oh I LOVE this record.
	10:56pm Pine: Cool, there's a pretty active Roller Disco scene here in Glasgow of all places!
	10:56pm neelc13: Wow. That cover of "Have A Cigar" was interesting to say the least.
	10:58pm Uncle Michael: It's too late for me to rip Evan off and play something that's now on my mind (THANKS)...this Friday. There are other Fridays.
	10:58pm BadGuyZero: Batteries changed!
	10:59pm Weems: Make my funk the E Funk, I wants to get funked up! I want the bomb, I want the E Funk. I want my funk uncut! But I digress, how many of your 12 inch singles are labeled with their BPM?
	11:00pm Holly in NC: @Steve - that's most excellent! I miss my Nike roller skates. Our roller rink played more Van Halen than disco, however.
	11:00pm Droll: Unless BPM are the original owner's initials, I'd guess 0.
	11:01pm Uncle Michael: Ain't no party like an E Funk party, cuz an E Funk party don't stop.
	11:01pm Stevel: "That horn player is pretty sharp, but what the FUCK was that?!" Hard to be on headphones when the Social Media AH takes to the floor.
	11:02pm Uncle Michael: That was the social media disco whistle.
	11:02pm efd: Actually I'd say about half of the 12" singles do have the BPM listed.
	11:03pm Kat in Chicago: Peter Brown!
	11:03pm Stevel: "You tell the DJ he pulls that stunt again, he's FIRED!" I feel a disco movie script being born.
	11:05pm Weems: I'm feeling CJ and Co next!
	11:05pm efd: I didn't remember the jingle bells in this song! I should play it at Christmastime!
	11:05pm Pine: Hey Stevel! If reggae Clay had been on next it would be just like Rockers
	11:05pm AWS from MP: Just a great show, Evan. Unto itself. Hope all is well AWS
	11:06pm efd: Weems, so close!
	11:06pm efd: oh hey, another one for Chicago!
	11:07pm Uncle Michael: I'm glad Weems was only close because that's the one I'm thinking about.
	11:07pm eastvanhalen: Oh god, you went there.
	11:07pm Uncle Michael: I love any Boney M track.
	11:07pm Kat in Chicago: She was the meanest Kat in old Chicago town?
	11:08pm efd: Well, he was a little more than close... he was off by one turntable.
	11:08pm Uncle Michael: Hah!
	11:10pm Weems: Feeling like a drugged Adam West or William Shatner, don't want to go to sleep, But. Getting. So tired. Need Amyl Nitrate.
	11:11pm Stevel: Hey Pine! How's life?
	11:11pm Uncle Michael: Screw it. I'm playing anyway...the long version...in two weeks. Because I love it. And because EFD inspires.
	11:12pm efd: go for it UM! Weems, hang on! 45 minutes to go!
	11:13pm Stevel: "Its that new DJ down at that "Dance" station--if you can call it that. He's the one stirring the kids up. Maybe we oughta teach him a lesson."
	11:13pm Uncle Michael: I'm close too...soooo close...don't stop.
	11:14pm Kat in Chicago: That's what she said.
	11:15pm Uncle Michael: Even, are you holding back on the dance mixes of rock releases like The Kinks' Superman?
	11:16pm Uncle Michael: Evan, even...
	11:16pm efd: They are out of scope, Uncle Michel.
	11:18pm Uncle Michael: whew
	11:19pm Pine: @Stevel life is good just a shame i couldn't get anyone to come dance to the radio tonight
	11:20pm Uncle Michael: I'm going to take the rest of my disco insemination in the dark. Good times, Evan. Thank you. Night all..
	11:20pm Callie: SUCH a fun show tonight, Evan! :)
	11:21pm BadGuyZero: This Roberta Kelly track would pair well with Harvey Sid Fisher's "Astrology Songs" album.
	11:22pm Kat in Chicago: I was thinking something similar, BGZ.
	11:24pm efd: Thanks Callie, and thanks to everyone who's been commenting and/or listening tonight! This show is always one the highlights of the year for me, I'm happy to see you all enjoying it too.
	11:24pm Mike East: Yes, this is one for the ages, efd. Making work just fly by.
	11:24pm Weems: Love punk/new wave, 60s garage psych, Northern Soul and Southern Soul, but this music is my core!!!
	11:27pm Stevel: Pine's Homestyle Dance Party!!!!
	11:30pm Kat in Chicago: YES
	11:30pm John Lackey: Yeah bro!
	11:31pm eastvanhalen: This had to happen.
	11:31pm Stevel: EVERYONE wants to sing the bass tag. Pretty sure you're all mouthing along now, as I am, much to the confusion of my wife, not listening on my headphones.
	11:32pm efd: This is one 12" I am not fading out early.
	11:33pm eastvanhalen: @Stevel: Busted. Also, waiting for the thunderclap that changed my life.
	11:33pm efd: What's up, John Lackey? Good game tonight, bro.
	11:33pm Weems: Half hour left. You teased a couple tracks. Hot Shot is next and you close with MacArthur Park. Squeeze in Machine!!
	11:34pm efd: I've actually got a different Karen Young record with me, as it turns out.
	11:40pm Eddy in Australia: Very cool listening to this show while reading 'Love Saves the Day' ... perfect audio/visual connect (sorry Holly!)
	11:41pm Weems: You played Dorothy Moore last year. Killer song!!
	11:44pm Holly in NC: Hi Eddy! No reason to be sorry, I'm totally enjoying both show and book, disconnect be damned. But I do have a rather painful stye forming. Anyone know any good remedies other than a hot compress ?
	11:45pm Kat in Chicago: Oh man I forgot this had talk box!
	11:46pm Kat in Chicago: Holly - warm salt water wash. just enough salt to cover the bottom of a glass, then fill with warm water. always worked for me.
	11:47pm JustSheaNo: Oh man, EVERY frat party in Brooklyn on Third Ave/ Bay Ridge from 1989-1999. This was the JAM.
	11:47pm efd: Get ready for an August Darnell double-play, everybody!
	11:47pm Kat in Chicago: oh - stir it first, Holly :)
	11:47pm Danne D: Hi/bye EFD and Funk Fans :) Enjoyed the show - was listening on radio - but didn't get a chance to comment. Amazing as always :) and loved hearing Syl Johnson :)
	11:48pm Kat in Chicago: I'm ready efd!
	11:48pm Holly in NC: Thank you, Kat ! ;-)
	11:50pm Holly in NC: EFD, if you play the Gories cover, Detroit link w/b achieved!
	11:50pm Julie: Dammit the sequins are falling off my skates, good thing it's almost over
	11:50pm kevin g: Surprisingly not an enormous disconnect with my book for the evening, an account of the Situationists International's legacy post-1968. Just read an extended digression in the spectacle of NYC club/nightlife. Wonderful show as always!
	11:51pm Tome: oh ,, we gonna hear Last Dance,,, the end of another Italian / Irish wedding in brooklyn .. haha
	11:52pm Tome: jk great show EFD love a lot of those songs..although back in that day would not admit it,,.. !1 makes ya smile , dance even.
	11:52pm Weems: SO GLAD I STAYED UP!! MACHINE !!!! YOU GOTTA HEAR THIS ON A BIG ASS SOUND SYSTEM! THANKS FUNK!!!'
	11:55pm steve: super show efd
	11:55pm Julie: I kept thinking she was talking about Denny Terio
	11:57pm Tome: ..does the Snoopy Dance to the coffee pot .. /\/\/\/\/\
	11:58pm efd: Thanks again for listening everyone, I really appreciate it! Back to "normal" next week.
	11:58pm Mike East: time to lock up. Great show Evan! Hopefully catch you next week!
	11:58pm Kat in Chicago: thank you, sir!
	11:59pm eastvanhalen: Great show. Thanks!
	11:59pm Tome: I like this "normal" too now and then EFD . . only sometimes makes me think of certain .. people..
	9:45am Cecile: Just looking at the playlist before I get dug in - 2 of my favorite songs back to back (SOS band and Peter Brown)!
	9:56am Cecile: Damn, I haven't heard this Denroy Morgan in over 30 yrs.