From Ben:
Here’s a playlist of tunes to help us remember that moving your butt, whether on the dance floor or at your desk, is a great way to stay warm during these dark months. Leaning mostly towards slower & smoother grooves, I tried to pick songs that have passed through the store recently, and that are a mix of the rare & obscure, as well as things that you might score in the $1 bin. I also threw in a few new-ish releases. Hopefully they do the trick of evoking warmer climates or the friction of bodies in motion, preferably both!
And in case you don’t do the Spotify thing, here are all the tracks on YouTube:
- Boco – Running The Mardi Gras (Big Crown reissue 2016)
- Lou Rawls – Dead End Street (Capitol 1967)
- Yambu – Sunny (Montuno 1975)
- Nohelani Cypriano – Lihue (HanaOla 1979)
- Ricardo Marrero & The Group – Babalonia (Don 1975)
- Roisin Murphy – House Of Glass (Maurice Fulton remix) (PIAS 2015)
- Lord Rhaburn – Disco Connection (CES 1976)
- Ray Barretto – Numero Uno (Atlantic 1977)
- Donna McGhee – Make It Last Forever (Red Greg 1978)
- The Grid – Floatation (Prins Thomas Miks) (Is It Balearic? 2011)
- Ahmed Fakroun – Nisyan (Polydor 1977)
- Luther Vandross – Better Love (Epic 1982)
- Syreeta – I Love Every Little Thing About You (MoWest 1972)
- Rinder & Lewis – Lust (AVI 1977)
- Herb Alpert – Manhattan Melody (A&M 1981)
- Airto – I’m Fine How Are You? (Warner Bros 1977)
- The Jones Girls – Nights Over Egypt (Philadelphia International 1981)
- Karen Young – Deetour (Atlantic 1982)
- Latimore – Somethin Bout Cha (Glades 1976)
- DJ Rogers – Love Brought Me Back (Columbia 1978)
- Nu Guinea – The Birds Rejoice (Early Sounds 2016)
- Rene & Angela – I’ll Be Good (Mercury 1985)
- Kasso – Key West (Delirium 1982)
- The Pointer Sisters – Don’t It Drive You Crazy (ABC 1977)
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