The Quadrant Private Party Playlist (12 Dec 08)

[jazzy_dave]

Last night i spun vinyl at a corporate party upstairs at the Quadrant pub. Under the asumption that is was all funk and soul as this was the brief from Dan,the landlord of the pub,i was suprised later on during the evning to get requests for (sick bag ready) The Sugarbabes,Elton John, Abba and Xmas songs, and requests for Rolling Stones,Van Morrison and Beatles plus hip hop and reggae |(none of which i took with me). However folks i do not do requests - i educate rather than pander to common requests - but i did play some old Motown and Stax stuff to get them dancing,plus not forgetting the odd Jmaes Brown number or tow or three. The louder the music the more they danced and got very drunk (well some did) and being annoying as well. I went to have a slash after putting a long 7 minute track on and found one well drunk manger guy behind the turntables trying to put on a 45 but not knowing how to use the deck. i soon scurried him off it, and put it the single on myself,not realising he put the worng side on, a ballad, which i soon faded out again,and put a track on from the other deck. It was then i thought this will be the first and last private party i do!

i still manged to get them dancing to less known and rare stuff from the crates,so all was not lost.

Anyway here is what i played (from what i can remember as i gave up writing down what i played when the barrage of requests started). In no particular order -

MFSB - Mother Fasther Sister Brother
George Benson - Hold On I'm Coming
The Expressions - Money Is King
Miami - Kill That Roach
Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five - Apache
Shirleyy and Company - Shame Shame Shame
Sheila Wilkerson - Can You Do It
Della Reese - It Was A very Good Year
Oliver Sain - Bus Stop
Willie Bobo - Evil Ways
Aaron Neville - Hercules
Laura Lee - Rip Off
Ann Robinson - You Did It
Oscar Brown Junior - Mr.Kicks
Serge Gainsbourg - Ford Mustang
Cal Tjader - Evil Ways
Aretha Franklin - Respect
John Schroeder - Money Runner
Count Sydney - Do Your Stuff
War - Me and Baby Brother
Big  Boss Man - The Hawk
Otis Rddding - Lover man
Lack of Afro - Spooky
Tom Browne - Funkin' For Jamaica
Bill Blacks Combo - Turn On Your Love Lights
Bobby Womack - Check It Out
Light Of The World - London Town
Petula Clark - Bang Bang
Chic - Everbody Dance
Supremes - Baby Love
Mongo Santamaria - La Bamba
Junior Walker and The All Satars - I'm A Road Runner
James Brown - Out Of Sight
Four Tops - Reach Pout I'll Be There
Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
Les Hombres -  Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)
George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag
Sly and The Family Stone - Life
Tom Tom Club - Wordyrappinghood
Grace Jones - My JamaicanGuy
Don Cunningham - Tabu
Ramsey lewis - The In Crowd
Mongo Santamaria - Watermelon Man
Janet Jackson - Control
Daniel Ponce - No Comprendo
The Trademarques - I Can Set You Free
Aretha Franklin - Eleanro Rigby
Reuben Bell - Baby Love  (cover of Supremes track)
Joe Quarterman and Free Soul - I've Got So Much Trouble On My Mind
Bobby Byrd - I Know You Got Soul
Maceo and The Macks - Across The Tracks
James Brown - (Get Up I Feel like Being A) Sex Machine
War - Cisko Kid
Tom Tom Club - Genius Of  Love
Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin - 69 année érotique
Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood - Some Velvet Morning
Clifford Jordan Quintet - John Coltrane

Still,got paid fifty quid for the evening and to wind down with,as the time approached one in the morning, i played the Nancy Sinatra,Serge's 69 and Clifford Jordan for my pleasure alone!