Favoriting New York Underground with Ray Boogie: Playlist from February 5, 2021 Favoriting

NY-bred, Jamaican-born Ray Boogie takes you on a trip back to the days of The Gallery, Paradise Garage, Danceteria, Mudd Club, and The Loft. You’ll hear some pre-disco and underground-inspired grooves ranging from funk, reggae, post-punk, new wave and more. Fasten your seat belts, we’re headed to deep New York Underground!!!

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Favoriting February 5, 2021

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Approx. start time
Jimmy Castor Bunch  It's Just Begun   Favoriting It's Just Begun  RCA Records  1972  LP  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Pointer Sisters  Happiness   Favoriting   Planet Records  1978  12"  0:05:03 (Pop-up)
The Stylistics  Can't Give You Anything But My Love   Favoriting Thank You Baby  AVCO Embassy  1975`  LP  0:10:38 (Pop-up)
The Sylvers  New Horizons   Favoriting New Horizons  Capitol Records  1977  LP  0:15:09 (Pop-up)
Change  The Glow Of Love   Favoriting   WEA Records UK  1980  12"  0:20:02 (Pop-up)
MFSB  Love Is The Message (Re-Edit)   Favoriting   T.D. Records, Inc.  1986  12"  0:25:55 (Pop-up)
Curtis Mayfield  You're So Good To Me   Favoriting Heartbeat  RSO Records  1979  LP  0:38:16 (Pop-up)
Marvin Gaye  Sexual Healing (UK White Label Remix)   Favoriting   W/L  1991  12"  0:38:32 (Pop-up)
Fearless Four  Rockin' It   Favoriting   Enjoy Records  1982  12"  0:50:35 (Pop-up)
D-Train  Walk On By   Favoriting   Prelude Records  1982  12"  0:58:55 (Pop-up)
Cherelle  I Didn't Mean To Turn You On   Favoriting   Tabu Records  1984  7"  1:04:59 (Pop-up)
Rick James  You & I   Favoriting   Motown Records  1978  12"  1:09:07 (Pop-up)
William Bell & Judy Clay  Private Number   Favoriting   Stax Records/Pye UK  1968  12"  1:17:45 (Pop-up)
Rene & Angela  I Love You More   Favoriting   Capitol Records  1981  12"  1:20:27 (Pop-up)
Stephanie Mills & Teddy Pendergrass  Two Hearts   Favoriting   20th Century Records  1981  12"  1:26:01 (Pop-up)
Prince  Controversy   Favoriting   Warner Bros. Records  1981  12"  1:32:55 (Pop-up)
James Brown  Sex Machine (Parts 1 & 2)   Favoriting   Polydor Records  1985  12"  1:40:12 (Pop-up)
Aretha Franklin  Rock Steady   Favoriting   WEA/ Atlantic Records UK  1994  12"  1:45:26 (Pop-up)
The Jacksons  Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) [Special Disco Remix]   Favoriting   CBS Epic Records UK  1979  12"  1:49:21 (Pop-up)
Janet Jackson  When I Think Of You (Dance Remix)   Favoriting   A&M Records  1986  12"  1:57:58 (Pop-up)
Rufus feat. Chaka Khan  Do You Love What You Feel   Favoriting   MCA Records  1979  12"  2:04:19 (Pop-up)
Living Color  Cult Of Personality   Favoriting   CBS Epic Records UK  1988    2:11:29 (Pop-up)
Jimi Hendrix  Gloria   Favoriting   Polydor Records Germany  1978  12"  2:16:25 (Pop-up)
Gil Scott Heron & Brian Jackson  The Bottle (Live)   Favoriting   Arista Records  1976  12"  2:25:01 (Pop-up)
Bob Marley & The Wailers  Dubbin' In   Favoriting   Tuff Gong  1980  7"  2:42:42 (Pop-up)
The Abysinnians  Satta Massagana   Favoriting   Clinch Records  1968  7"  2:45:53 (Pop-up)
Aswad  Hey Jah Children   Favoriting Babylon (The Original Soundtrack)  Takoma Records  1981  LP  2:49:25 (Pop-up)
Joy White  Black Am I   Favoriting   Studio Shack  1977  7"  2:54:23 (Pop-up)
Horace Andy  Girl I Love You   Favoriting   Chanan-Jah  1977  7"  2:58:02 (Pop-up)
Hubert Laws  Family   Favoriting   Columbia Records  1980  7"  3:00:51 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

  8:54pm
paparay:

Who's ready?
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luka:

paparay! this week was painful. take me away hella calgon styles.
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loveless:

Locked and loaded. Hello all.
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DjLorraine:

To
The
Underground Let's go
  9:04pm
paparay:

Shout outs to luka. loveless & Dj Lorraine in the live chat!
Avatar 9:04pm
TDK60:

Where am I? Oh, it's WFridayMU.
  9:05pm
paparay:

@luka: Will do my best to take it all away. Stick around.
  9:05pm
paparay:

Wassup TDK60???
  9:07pm
Asheville Jon:

Ready for another fine show!
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swivs:

Hey Ray! Working all night, with sporadic fits of dancing.
  9:08pm
paparay:

Greetings Asheville John!
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Cooh John:

Had a short jaunt on your show before. Strapped in for the whole shebang tonight. H'llo, Djlorraine. Lotsa listnin' today.Take me underground, RB.
  9:09pm
Paul in the OC:

Impossible to begin a show any more appropriately than It’s Just Begun...and it has!
  9:09pm
paparay:

@swivs: Let's be careful out there! Thanks for tuning in.
  9:09pm
paparay:

Thank you Paul in the OC.
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DjLorraine:

Emersion commencing
  9:11pm
paparay:

@ Cool John: Plan to take you on flights of fancy and worlds unchartered. Enjoy the trip.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:12pm
Cooh John:

Glub, glub, glub to the groovy groove, DjLorraine.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:13pm
listener Rey:

Hey DJ Ray Boogie, Happy Friday! Really like this Stylistics disco track
Avatar 9:14pm
still b/p:

Don't think I heard this Stylistics shift to disco back then.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:14pm
Cooh John:

Punch my ticket, paparay. Killin' it. Yeooow!
  9:15pm
paparay:

Van MCCoy took it the discos for them.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:15pm
radioronan:

Good evening DJ Ray Boogie and all!
  9:17pm
paparay:

Good evening radioronan!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:19pm
listener Rey:

the Sylvers were really good and very Jacksons-like but Leon Sylvers went on to produce a lot of great music on his own too
  9:22pm
paparay:

@listener Rey:Indeed. He took R&B into a new stratosphere in the 80's. You should read the interview w/ him in an issue of Wax Poetics magazine. And check their episode of Unsung.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:24pm
listener Rey:

Thanks, gotta go read that. I love all his work at Solar
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:24pm
Cooh John:

70's so far, paparay. it was s great time to live and see live music. Do you remember The Villaruiz sisters, DjLorraine?
  9:26pm
paparay:

I have to locate the special edition of Glow Of Love where Luther Vandross does some extra scatting.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:27pm
DjLorraine:

Sounds familiar but no. I'm trying to think of that gal blues singer R...in Toledo
  9:29pm
Anne:

Hey all! This makes me want to dance so bad; dance in a club, on the floor
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:30pm
Cooh John:

I thought you were with me when I saw the Villaruiz Sisters. I will need more than an R. Can I buy a vowel?
Avatar 9:31pm
TDK60:

Alright, MLK.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:37pm
DjLorraine:

You brought me to so many concerts. It was a lot to take in at my age. I finally looked at some of my band pictures.
Avatar 9:40pm
Johnny Too Bad:

Change is one band that threw me for a loop when I found out they were Brits.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:42pm
DjLorraine:

@Cooh Ramona Collins
  9:42pm
paparay:

@ Johnny Too Bad: I think they were a studio group masterminded by some producers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:43pm
Mert:

This program is helping us get up and go on Saturday mornings (GMT+7).
  9:44pm
paparay:

@Mert: Glad to hear!!! Thanks for tuning in.
  9:46pm
Justin:

Are these all 12" records or is it a mix?
  9:47pm
Anne:

nice
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Kelly Jones:

Give it to us Marvin!!!!
  9:48pm
paparay:

@Justin: All individual 12" singles and LPs.
  9:51pm
Justin:

Keep up the.great music. It takes me back to my childhood in NYC in the 70s and 80s.
  9:51pm
paparay:

Thanks Justin. Keep tuning in.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:53pm
bukowski.:

✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
  9:55pm
Justin:

Sampled by Beastie Boys I think.
  9:55pm
paparay:

@Justin: This group borrowed the riff from Kraftwerk. I think Radioactivity.
  9:58pm
Justin:

The line "rockin it, rockin it" I think is sampled though, by then. Not sure.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:02pm
DjLorraine:

Ha i started a bit of a leg workout and it's walk...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:04pm
DjLorraine:

Step on by
  10:07pm
glue_horizon:

Daaamn the bass lines this set are so squishy! Hell yea
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Megaroni:

What a fab show for Friday eves, thanks DJ Ray
  10:08pm
paparay:

@glue_horiaon: Define "squishy." LOL.
  10:08pm
paparay:

Thanks Megaroni!!!
  10:13pm
NikiA:

I just told Alexa to play WFMU "before I scream"
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:14pm
listener Rey:

Everybody shake your booty down!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:15pm
DjLorraine:

*switches to a booty exercise* Do DOO
  10:20pm
paparay:

Takin' it back y'all!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:22pm
Kelly Jones:

Perfect Friday Night Show Ray!
  10:23pm
paparay:

Thanks Kelly!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:23pm
DjLorraine:

I had a dream with Renee & Angela.
  10:24pm
paparay:

@DjLorraine: Do tell....
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:25pm
DjLorraine:

We were just hanging out. And i was happy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:25pm
Cooh John:

I wanna hear.
  10:26pm
paparay:

I have this recurring dream of me still in art school. And I keep cutting classes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:27pm
DjLorraine:

Creative in itself
  10:29pm
paparay:

I keep skippimg this class where I have to hand in an assignment on large bits of paper. And for the life of me I keep having this recurring dream. I attended Pratt Manhattan in the early 90's & SVA in the early 80's.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:33pm
DjLorraine:

Angela WInbush yez
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:40pm
DjLorraine:

Cooh John i skipped out of company ballet class to go rollerskating a couple of times
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:41pm
Kelly Jones:

I always skipped the first nice day in Spring at Pratt in the 80's to go day drinking on campus.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:43pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Hi, all. Digging the undergroundeur tonight.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:43pm
Vanessa bikes:

ahhhh can't stop dancing!
  10:43pm
paparay:

Greetings Ken From Hyde Park!
  10:44pm
paparay:

@ Vanessa bikes: No splits!
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Cooh John:

Whaaaat?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:47pm
DjLorraine:

They must of had better speakers
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:47pm
Cooh John:

Aretha! I have this song on my jukebox.
  10:50pm
De Fenestrated:

Love this set. Peace Love.
  10:52pm
Judy Richardson:

Awesome show! Listening here in the high desert mountains of New Mexico, rockin' great playlist, thank you!
  10:54pm
paparay:

@ Judy Richardson: Thank you for tuning in. Love from Brooklyn New York to you. This is how we do it here every Friday night. Thanks for hanging out.
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Cooh John:

Can't blame you, DjLorraine.
  10:56pm
Judy Richardson:

Hey Man, I was in Brooklyn almost 30 years before this, yeah, I know how you roll!
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DjLorraine:

:)
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listener Rey:

killin it with this set
  11:05pm
peonie:

:)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:06pm
DjLorraine:

Chaka Khan
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:07pm
Cooh John:

Saw Chaka several years ago.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:07pm
DjLorraine:

Samsies
  11:08pm
paparay:

Pulling out vinyl from my archives and giving them some air. Glad to be able to do that on this show.
  11:09pm
paparay:

I've got a lil' rock set coming up folks. Hold on to your hats!!!
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Cooh John:

Turn it to 11, paparay.
  11:10pm
paparay:

It's about to get TURNT....
  11:11pm
Lisanne:

Loving your show! Your first set brought back big time Danceteria memories. I am a veteran of NYC nightlife since about 1981 when I was 16, so much great music. Thanks for reminding me..
  11:11pm
Dave Miss:

Loving the vinyl
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:12pm
chresti:

Hi paparay and company!
Avatar 11:13pm
TDK60:

Haven't heard this in a while!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:13pm
Cooh John:

chresti! TDK60!
  11:14pm
phat:

It's like you've been reading my Facebook! First that Janet tune was a big topic recently and just before that, Living Colour.
  11:14pm
phat:

Hi!
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loveless:

I saw Living Color at the first Lollapalooza.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:15pm
Cooh John:

Hi phat!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:16pm
Scott67:

G'day paparay & subterraneans! ✌😎🌏
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:16pm
Vanessa bikes:

gah, still dancing and singing along! praise DHJ Boogie!
  11:16pm
paparay:

@loveless: I saw them open for Robert Palmer at Radio City Music Hall in the 80's. All decked out in day glo Body Glove gear.
  11:17pm
paparay:

Hello phat! Thanks for tuning in. I'm a secret mind reader!
  11:18pm
paparay:

IF YOU WANNA PISS OFF YOUR NEIGHBORS, NOW IS THE TIME!!!!
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Vanessa bikes:

Saw living color live once, it was as amazing as you could imagine.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:18pm
loveless:

I still have my Body Glove bathing suit from back in the day -- black/neon yellow.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:19pm
Tome:

89 88 I think it was say living Colour ,, one of the last shows I THINK @ the old Ritz ,, E 12 I belive amazing the floor didnt' colapse too !<> !
  11:21pm
paparay:

I saw Corey Glover perform in Prospect Park in the 90's. He could still deliver.
  11:22pm
phat:

Vernon Reid's Twitter is fantastic. I've chatted with him on there a couple times. He's great. I hope they tour again sometime.
  11:23pm
paparay:

@ phat: Met Vernon a few timed. I complimented him on their cover of Sunshine Of Your Love from True Lies movie soundtrack.
  11:23pm
paparay:

"A few timed?"
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Tome:

might have been Faith No More I saw the next week that might have been the last ,, Vernon does a pretty mean "machine gun" too to put it lightly .... !<>!
  11:26pm
paparay:

And why not some Gil Scott Heron on a Friday night?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:27pm
Tome:

!<>! for sure !<>!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:28pm
Vanessa bikes:

and Gil Scott Heron, what? no! YES!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:29pm
Tommy in Neversink:

Love GSH
  11:34pm
Zetti:

:)
  11:35pm
Brian Smith:

we need value added
  11:37pm
phat:

So, I was just looking up the band on this Gil Scott-Heron and turns out the sax player was a founding member of The Blackbyrds with Donald Byrd. Damn.
  11:37pm
paparay:

I've seen people get down to this at Soul Summit in Ft. Greene Park. A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.
  11:38pm
rich:

good evening paparay
  11:38pm
paparay:

@rich: Pleasant evening.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:40pm
zzz:

wow this GSH was the JAM!!!
  11:43pm
Даниил Тиканов:

daniel johnston it's over please!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:46pm
chresti:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:54pm
DjLorraine:

Thanks so much
Be blessed
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:54pm
radioronan:

Thanks Dj Ray Boogie..thanks skeletons!
  11:55pm
paparay:

@ DjLorraine: Give thanks.
  11:55pm
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aye
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chaos_in_la_la:

aye
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Scott67:

Thanks paparay! ✌😎🌏❤
  12:00am
paparay:

@Scott67: Give thanks and appreciate you tuning in!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:00am
chresti:

Thanks papapay!!!
  12:01am
paparay:

@chresti: Thanks for hanging into the midnight hour. Be safe.
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chresti:

paparay only 9:oo here, praise be!
  12:03am
paparay:

Be safe everyone.
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