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The livestream is back in 2022 with an explosive hour of all funk 45 bangers spun by the one DJ Raj Mahal. Livestream Performance: https://youtu.be/y8CeaVUIA04 Track List: Intro - DJ Raj Mahal Gossip - Cyril Neville Hot Dog - Dandelion Wine Rap It Together - The Detroit Sex Machines let me come within - renaldo domino Pull my coat - The Eddy Jacobs exchange Upstairs On Boston Road (Part 1) - Sammy Gordon & The Hiphuggers Laventille Road March - The Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band House Of Rising Funk - The Chubukos Funny thing - Willie Joe My Thing Is Your Thing - Bobby Patterson You've Got to Have Rhythm - John Ellison You Did It - Ann Robinson Kick Back - The Buena Vistas Slums of the City - New Establishment Giving up on love - Marva Whitney Allah Wakbarr - Ofo & the Black Company Blackwater Gold - The African Music Machine Can I be your squeeze - Chuck Carbo Different Strokes - Geno Washington Little Miss Funky Soul - Ricky Thomas Theme From "Black Belt Jones" - Hoctor Band Fever - Joe Sherman Cars - The Katzenjammers Africa Gone Funky Screamin' - Jay Hawkins Spin It Jug - Smokey Brooks Franticdiagnosis Talk - George Freeman I Hate, Hate - Razzy
Video Performance: https://youtu.be/kGGSZxc830o DJ Raj Mahal taps into his vast array of dirt stash raers and tripped out beat head cult classics for yet another quality all vinyl livestream. Track List: Dude - Pappys Haunted House Fire - Pegasus For What It's Worth - Fresh Air Funky to the Bone - Freddi-Henchi & the Soul Setters I Can Hear You Calling - Three Dog Night Scratch My Back - Sex Fun Buggy - The Poets Feelin' Alright - The Rustix Sweet Love - Surprize Rollingstone - The Troggs I'm Fallin' Far Behind - Tear Gas I Think It's - Rock Workshop And Then There Was Skin - Cozy Powell J'Ai Tout Lu, tout Vu, tout Bu - Jacques Dutronc En Melody - Serge Gainsbourg Instant Whip - The Tremeloes Love - Les Hou-Lops Electrified People - Electrified People Love Is Love - Titanic Morning Sickness - Coryell Love Grows A Flower - Impala Syndrome Time To Take Possession - Taki The Other Song - Spirit
Behold the 80s funk mix entitled Stomp mixed by DJ Raj Mahal. Tons of obscure funk, modern soul, boogie, etc on the pallette all OG vinyl, no flac. Video Performance: https://youtu.be/oC2vG8MaL6c Track List: Intro - DJ Raj Mahal I Got this Feeling - Hypertension I Didn't Mean to Break Your Heart - One Way It's You That's Happening (inst) - Exquisite Taste Let Your Body Do The Talkin' - Shock Beweg Dein Körper - First Touch Rock and a Hard Place - Frank Hatchett Baby You're The One - Wynd Chymes You - Michael Sterling Rain Forest - Frank Hatchett This party's jam packed (rap) - Dwayne Omarr This is a party - Radiance Release the Beast - Breakwater Pick It Up - Squirmin Herman And The Magneficent 7 Funky in LA - XL Middleton Freak with You - Master Jam Don't Stop What You're Doin' - Alicia Myers Stuck Up - Kwick Stomp - Glass The Sound Of Music (European Mix) - Dayton Open Your Mind - Kleeer
DJ Raj Mahal took it "on location" to Smith Mountain Lake, VA for an hour long set of funk 45s with some LP goodness thrown. Lots of classics with some obscure cult jawns thrown in. Live Performance of the Mix: https://youtu.be/H1mV-0nGoug Track List: Iron Leg - Mickey & The Soul Generation Mighty Mighty - Jesse Anderson I Stayed Away Too Long - Manual B. Holcolm & His Band Headman - Obrey Wilson Superjock - Reuben Bell (Oh no not) The Beast Day - Marsha Hunt Ma-Gee - Calypso King & Soul Investigators Music Turns Me On - Les Parson Yellow Sunshine - Yellow Sunshine Ice Breaker - Bubaza Sahweesie - Ethiopian Brothers Goin' To See My Baby - The FatBack Band Chick-A-Boom - Joe Battan One, Two, Boogaloo - Light Nites Augusta Georgia (Here I Come) - Bus People Express Ooohh Weee - Volcano Kpache Let The Groove Move You - Gus`The Groove` Lewis These boots are made for walking - Ella Fitzgerald If You're Looking for Love - Triads Tightrope - Sylvanus On The Hill - Oliver Sain Heather - Billy Cobham
An 80s electro funk journey brought to you by DJ Raj Mahal. Long live the 808! Live Stream Performance: https://youtu.be/Zj82WrMf8Mo Track List: Intro - DJ Raj Mahal The Theme of Alliance - The Alliance Redlight Combat - Anthony Rother Le Meilleur Des Mondes - Rational Youth I Like It (Cornflakes) - The Extra T's Customs - Harold Faltermeyer Musique (Non Stop) - Kraftwerk All Systems Go - Jazaq Perfect High - Peppermint Lounge Machine Gun Boogie - Antoine Rocky-Horror Key West - Kasso The Voice Of Q - Q Take A Chance - Mr Flagio Project 5 (Instrumental) - Synergy Dude On The Street - Anthony Rother 102 BPM - Jive Rhythm Trax I'm Ready - Kano Dirty Talk (Euro Connection Inst) - Klein & MBO Fall out (Instumental) - Der Mer Young Ladies (Blue Label) - Fast Lane Techno City - E.V.I.A.N and the Atlantis Posse Two DJ's - The Alliance Reckless (Club Mix) - Chris "The Glove" Taylor Destroy Him My Robots - Anthony Rother
Duppy Conqueror DJ Raj Mahal raids the reggae crates for a unique, tastefully blended hour of 70s/80s dub, dancehall, and more for our 29th episode of Solitary Selections. It's all vinyl and all live! Live Stream Performance: https://youtu.be/UcCWUU1e7Lw Track List: Intro - DJ Raj Mahal Dub Fire - Aswad 'Nough - Blackbeard Dance Of The Vampires - Scientist Buck Shot - Rupie Edwards Frozen Dub - Augustus Pablo Cuss & Cuss - Toyan Hi-Fi Gets A Pounding Pts. 1 - Dub Syndicate Just Groove with Me - Don Carlos Big Youth Skank - Soul Syndicate Touching the President - Tall T and the Touchers Mango Walk - In-Crowd Wall Street - Jackie Mittoo Well of Souls - the Wailing Souls Wicked A Go Run - Lone Ranger Wellie - Dub Syndicate Love Makes The World Go Round - Johnny Osbourne Chapter 3 - Joe Gibbs & The Professionals Out Deh Light - Page One Red River Dub - Goldmine Dub To Be A Lover (Have Mercy) - George Faith
It's about that time for DJ Raj Mahal to unearth sought after vinyl gems from his private collection to bring forth an hour long set of tastefully blended funky psych rock, garage and much more! It's all vinyl and all live! Live Stream: https://youtu.be/7LTZmM0X5Ow Intro - DJ Raj Mahal Prostitute - Iguana Get Out My Life Woman - The Fireballs Get out of my life. woman - Q65 Candy Maker - Tommy James & the Shondells Heal Yourself - Francisco Sunshine Superman - Neil Merryweather Uphill Peace Of Mind - Kid Dynamite Good Morning Freedom - Blue Mink Two Family Jam (Inst.) - The Rehrig Family Ain't It All Amusing - Elf it´s a Blessing - The Underdogs Baby, Baby, Love - The Jerms The Chase Is On - Harley Hatcher vocal maria farandouri - Mikis Theodorakis (Youre) Almost Tuff Enough - Roy Head Paranoid - Hugo Strasser & His Orchestra A Love Built On Sand - The Animated Egg Did You See Her Eyes - Illusion Jinetes en el cielo - Los Johnny Jets Faces Around - The Basket In a Broken Dream - Python Lee Jackson Outro - French Lick
It's about that time. DJ Raj Mahal unearths heat from the stacks to bring forth an uptempo blast of b-boy approved breaks and grooves on original vinyl. Blaxploitation cop funk, UK libraries, dollar bin fusion, Turkish psych, gospel grails... whatever it takes to keep the party hype. It's all vinyl and all live! Live Stream Performance: https://youtu.be/0B95bq_aqa4 Track List: Lay It on Your Head - Don Julian Crater - Alan Parker Breakthrough - Isaac Hayes Güneşe Dön Çiçeğim - Ersen ve Kardaşlar Burcak - Mustafa Ozkent Heavy Soul Slinger - Bernard Purdie Little Bongo Boy - Conti Family Quiller - Quiller Gasoline Alley - Dave Grusin Love Loves To Love, Love - Lulu A Little Less Conversation - Elvis Presley Countin Them White Lines - Buddy Rich Erucu - Jermaine Jackson 150Th Psalm - The Family Tree Apache - Le Par Bongo Rockers hot disco night (are you ready) - Sweet Potato Pie Hard Rock - Rhythm Record Automatic Man - Brahman The Riot - RPM Soundtrack Non-Stop Home - Weather Report Switchblade Theme - Ralph Carmichael Construction Rock Ballet - Kazablan Time To Run - Tedd Smith Pass And I Call You - Enoch Light Hello Streakers - Jean-Claude Pelletier Charlie's Theme - The Jimi Entley Sound
Happy New Year? The one DJ Raj Mahal is back for another year of quality all vinyl rare groove live streams. For episode 26, he busts out the raw funk 45s with a few oddball LP cuts to round out the mix. Expect cuts from the Pazant Brothers, Maceo & The Macks, the Mohawks, Eddie Bo, and more. It's all vinyl and all live! Live Stream Performance: https://youtu.be/WuOyUElFRmo Track List: Intro - DJ Raj Mahal Cross the Tracks (We Better Go Back)- Maceo & The Macks Evolution - Magnum Chick a Boom - Pazant Brothers Wanderin' Soul - Gary Atkinson Hard To Handle - Dennis Robinson Impeach the President - The Honey Drippers The Champ - The Mohawks Soul Meeting - Ronnie Mitchell The Psychedelic Theme - Bobby Wells Amen, Brother - The Winstons The Watts Breakaway - The Johnny Otis Show From This Day On - Eddie Bo Here Come The Girls - Ernie K-Doe Unhooked Generation - Freda Payne What It Is - The Temptations She's A Lady - Great Pride Do Whatever Sets You Free - Gus Giordano Inside Out - American Gypsy Today - Tom Scott I Want You Back - Esso Steel
DJ Raj Mahal was called upon friends and family to spin an impromptu, on-the-fly all vinyl 70s/80s disco funk mix to ring in the year. Lots of classics and a few raers. Happy New Year! Track List: Mysteries of the World - MFSB Love On A Summer Night - McCrarys Hit On You - Roundtree Backstrockin' - Fatback Billie Jean (inst) - Michael Jackson Only You - Steve Monite Electric Avenue (Original Mix)- Eddy Grant Let's Work - Prince Pumpin' It Up (Club Mix) - P-Funk All Stars Get Up - Vernon Burch Holy Ghost (extended) - The Bar-Kays Pump Me Up - Trouble Funk Catch a Groove - Juice Groove To Get Down - T-Connection Shakedown Street - Grateful Dead I Can't go for That ( No Can Do)- Daryl Hall And John Oates Need You Tonight - Inxs Boogie Down (Bronx) - Man Parrish You Are In My System - The System Let's Do It - Convertion Christmas Rappin' (Inst)- Kurtis Blow Bounce Skate Rock Roll - Vaughn Mason Good Times (Como Vamos A Gozar)- Charanga '76 Rapper's Delight - The Sugarhill Gang Fire it up - Rick James Long Train Runnin' - The Doobie Brothers Ram Jam - Black Betty Your Love - The Outfield
We're celebrating our 25th episode and last stream of 2020 with a tribute to the "Sergeant Pepper's of rap", the Beastie Boy's landmark 1989 LP Paul's Boutique. DJ Raj Mahal channels his inner Dust Brother and raids the dolla bins for an hour of samples used on the hip hop classic. Tons of sleazy, slick 70s grooves, drum breaks, funky soul, Blue Note fusion, etc. It's all vinyl and all live! Live Stream Performance: https://youtu.be/fFpnqLlP3sw Track List: Intro - DJ Raj Mahal Funky Snakefoot - Alphonse Mouzon Dancing Room Only (Drums) - Harvey Scales Tell Me Something Good - Ronnie Laws Born To Love You - Rose Royce 6 O'Clock DJ (Let's Rock)- Rose Royce Super Mellow - Louis Bellson Jazzy Sensation (Bronx Version)- Jazzy 5 Sharon - David Bromberg Magnificent Sanctuary Band - Donny Hathaway Momma Miss America - Paul McCartney Superfly - Curtis Mayfield Brave & Strong - Sly & the Family Stone Machine Gun - The Commodores So Ruff, So Tuff - Zapp & Roger Pumpin' It Up - P-Funk All Stars Shake Your Pants - Cameo Party Time - Kurtis Blow Sugarhill Groove - Sugarhill Gang Shuckin' The Corn Eric Weissberg Last Bongo In Belgium - Incredible Bongo Band Rien Ne Va Plus - Funk Factory I'll Bet You - The Jackson 5 Put On Train - Gene Harris Do Your Dance (Drums) - Rose Royce Loose Booty - Sly & the Family Stone Ask For Janice - Beastie Boys Burundi Black (Drums) - Burundi Black Save the World - Southside Movement Draw Your Brakes- - Scotty The Well's Gone Dry - Crusaders Outro
Dig it as DJ Raj Mahal goes deep into the stacks to bring forth a cornucopia of groovy latin funk rock, psychedelic cumbia, fuzzed-out salsa, and neck cracking Cuban joints. It's all vinyl and all live! OG Video Steam: https://youtu.be/_I_jjRIsaJ8 Track List: Intro - DJ Raj Mahal Baila Chibiquiban - Nico Gomez & His Afro Percussion Inc. Bacalo Con Pan - Irakere Y Viva La Felicidad - Juan Pablo Torres y Algo Nuevo Kelen Ati Len - Orchestre Du Bawobab Let's Boogie - Ray Camacho tiro al blanco - Afrosound Generation Gap - The New Generation Right On - Ray Barretto La Danza de la Tanga - Pianonegro La Danza Del Mono - Los Orientales De Paramonga Oye Como Va - Little Joe & the Embers Te Amo Mas - Coke Menudo Time - Los Monchis Viajecito - black sugar Josefa Matia - Los Tremendos El Bollinski En D7 - Eddie Montalvo Latin Rock - The Rhythm Record Habana Keynot - The Cabildos Malaria fever - Chicken Curry & His Pop Percussion Orchestra Condiciones Que Existen - Eddie Palmieri
DJ Raj Mahal is back with a tribute to one of his favorite beat digging mixes from back in the day, Diplo and Tripledoubles' AEIOU 2. Check it as he geeks out and spins his favorite tracks from the original 2003 mix that caused shockwaves through the beat digging community. Expect lots of funky psych rock and dusty breaks / loops from all over the globe. It's all vinyl and all live! OG Live Stream: https://youtu.be/9YGmK56HZsU Track List: Intro - DJ Raj Mahal Sarandi - Los Grillos Karnaval - Howard Wales The Other Song - Spirit Sakura - Odetta No Morira Jamas - Los Angeles Negros Occapella - Lee Dorsey Been So Long - Motherlode Our Ship - Southern Contemporary Rock Assembly Take Me, Break Me - Underground Sunshine Alibi Annie - Trifle Christine - J. K. & Co. Troubled People - The Heads Of The Family The Electric Liturgy-Recessional -Mind Garage You've Come This Way Before - Nancy Priddy Dreamworld - The End Stoned Is - Cynara Acka Raga - Shocking Blue Mushroom - Can Elegy - Colosseum Toe Jam - Mount Rushmore Patch Of Grass - Jeff Cooper And The Stoned Wings Hush now - Jimi Hendrix Lunar Invasion - The Silhouettes THEME MUSIC (SAD) - Dharmatma Dance of Maria - Elias Rahbani THEME MUSIC (Happy) - Dharmatma The Bump - George Freeman Police woman - Henry Mancini Straight Up - Exit 9
It's about that time to bring forth the obscure 70s funk that's captured the imaginations of djs, collectros, and producers over the years. Check it as DJ Raj Mahal puts his crate digging skills to the test , delivering another episode of rare groove cult classics. It's all vinyl and all live! Live Stream Video: https://youtu.be/5SVuKgJQC1s Track List: Intro - DJ Raj Mahal Hang Loose - Don Thompson What's It All About - The Sylvers Bad Times (freaked version) - Tavares I' Been Watchin' You - Southside Movement Live and Let Live - Jimmy Jones Why Can't People Be Colors Too? - Whatnauts Getting Uptown (to Get Down) instrumental - United 8 Hook And Sling - Eddie Bo Hot Butter 'n' All - Part 1 - Lou Courtney You're Wasting My Time - Billy (Sugar Billy) Garner Hector - The Village Callers Looking Out My Window - Tom Jones Penguin Talk - The French Connection Land of 1,000 Dances (Inst.) - Herb Bernstein's New Crusade Get It On - Unknown Artist Sunshine Of Your Love - Spanky Wilson Concrete Jungle - Little Beaver Crossword Puzzle - Sly Stone In My Body's House - Gene chandler Addicted To Your Love - Muscle Shoals Horns Freddie's Dead - The Happening BDA
We're back with an eclectic batch of mostly early 70s fuzz laden funk rock on 45. Join us for a live dose of raer as DJ Raj Mahal spins the message board cult classics as well as a few joints the hipsters might not be up on yet. It's all vinyl and all live! OG Live Stream Video: https://youtu.be/tI623QD8hYg Track List: Intro Soul Strut! - Coko & Misha Panfilov Sound Combo Drainpipe - Protein Bros Allora mi ricordo - New Trolls Murmullo - Los Rockin Devils Air - Onyx In Your Room - Carriage Company Paper Man - Jade Pork Chops - The Jon-Lee Group Everybody's Excited - Flower Island Family Affair - Flash & The Dynamics Party Time - Cinnamon Suns Get Down (When The Feelin' Hits You) Pt1+2 - Blacklove Dirty Music - Monarch All Shook Up - Roger Freeman SHOTGUN II - The Chambermen Gimme Some Lovin - Jordan What You Need - Button Dici (Dizzy) - Quelli Margarina - The Ten Tops All Along The Watchtower - Barbara Keith
To commemorate our 20th live stream, we turn the clock back to the early 2000s when we worshipped the ultimate crate digger DJ Shadow and his unique brand of sample based instrumental hip hop that influenced a legion of 45 based blazing downtempo off shoots. Get your MPCs ready as Raj spins classic and obscure samples used by shadow on his early work. It's all vinyl and all live. Live Stream Video Performance: https://youtu.be/IA-mGERU3H4 Track List: Intro Ol' Man River - Caterina Valente Plenty Action - Soft Touch Grey Boy - Human Race There's a Deejay in your Town - Samson & Delilah Tears - Giorgio Moroder Sekoilu seestyy - Pekka Pohjola Concerto for Jazz/Rock Orchestra - Stanley Clarke Imagination Flight - Chaffey College Jazz Ensemble Fun & Funk Pt II - Fantastic Epic's Life is a gamble (instumental) - Preacher Pm or Later (Instrumental) - The New Breed Been Had - Sapo Love, Love, Love - Pugh Rogefeldt Possibly Maybe - Björk Nucleus - The Alan Parsons Project Touching Souls - Kay Gardner Linde Manor - Dennis Linde Soft Shell - Motherlode So I'm Down - Brown Dust Invisible Limits - Tangerine Dream Strange About Your Hands - Sensations Fix Love Suite - Nirvana [UK] Six Day War - Colonel Bagshot
Pre "J.T" 70s Kool & The Gang is one of the seminal funk outfits that would later inspire a generation of hip hop producers and musicians. As a tribute to co-founder Ronald Bell who recently passed, Raj Mahal spins some of his favorite classic and obscure funky Kool joints with a few covers thrown in for good measure. Video Live Stream Version: https://youtu.be/Leo7ZLWv4CE Track List: Jungle Jazz - Kool & The Gang Higher Plane - Kool & The Gang Soul Vibrations - Kool & The Gang More Funky Stuff - Kool & The Gang Spirit Of The Boogie - Kool & The Gang Electric Frog (Part 1) - Kool & The Gang Love The Life You Live - Black Heat Love The Life You Live (Part 2) - Kool & The Gang Sport - Lightnin' Rod Rated X - Kool And The Gang Electric Frog (Part 2)- Kool & The Gang Dujii - Kool and the Gang N.T. - Kool And The Gang Life Is What You Make It - Kool & The Gang Breeze & Soul - Kool & The Gang North,East,South,West - Kool & The Gang Summer Madness - Kool & The Gang Winter Sadness - Kool & The Gang Here After - Kool & The Gang
Raj spins all the underground beat digger bombs and message board cult classics. Expect funk 45s, big band b-boy breaks, J Dilla sample fodder, euro psych and much more! It's all vinyl and all live! Live Stream Video: https://youtu.be/Q4BsRkI18_8 Track List: Diana in the Autumn Wind - Gap Mangione Daydream - Gunter Kallmann Choir The American Metaphysical Circus - The United States of America You've Come This Way Before - Nancy Priddy It's No Secret - Joann Garrett Weisser Sand -Su Kramer Four Heads - Ken Woodman Get Out Of My Life Woman -Allen Toussaint Hit Or Miss - Odetta Kissing My Love - Cold Blood Steppin' Out - Lionel Robinson I Believe In Miracles (Single Version) - Jackson Sisters Different Strokes - Syl Johnson Boogaloo-Tramp - A.C. Reed Cramp Your Style - All the People there's a break in the road - betty harris California soul - Marlena shaw Misdemeanor - Foster Sylvers Stomped and Wasted - Dizzy Gillespie Leroy the Magician - Gary Burton Les Fleur - Minnie Riperton
Raj Mahal spins a gumbo of raer, sophisticated 70s / 80s modern soul with a smidge of boogie, disco, and electro funk thrown in. It's all vinyl and all live! Live Stream Video: https://youtu.be/IBsGYmtzfqE Track List: Simple Girl - T & T I'm Gonna Miss Ya - Aaron Broomfield Foreigner of love - Contrast Brazilian Rhyme ( Extended Mix) - Earth, Wind & Fire Miss Cheryl - Banda Black Rio Nothing Can Hold Us Back - Jerry Knight Gotta Thang (Extended) - One On One Chove Chuva - Mas Que Nada (OG) Samba Soul Can't I Take You Home - Mel Sheppard Having Fun - Rhyze Intercession - Crown future Love - Franklyn Only You - Steve Monite Feelings - Chateau To Be With You - Maxx Traxx Put the BS Aside - Starvue The Way You Move Me - Opus Seven
Raj Mahal is back on the horse with an eclectic set of raer rock grooves and message board cult classics including fuzzed out funky psych, black rock, drugged-out 60s garage, and more. It's all vinyl and all live! OG Live Stream Video: https://youtu.be/hXflgyqzRNk Track List: Get Me Back On Time, Engine Number 9 - Wilson Pickett Life Is A Gamble - Preacher Showstopper (Re-Edit) - Iron Knowledge Evil - Cactus Mustache in Your Face - Pretty Machine - Ning Chasin' Ladies - Dust Gonul Sabreyle Sabreyle - 3 Hur-El Run Away - Help Red, Purple And Blue - The Bag Soul Flow - Paul Kelly People Let's Stop the War - Grand Funk Railroad Sitting Here on a Tongue - The Grodeck Whipperjenny Mongoose - Elephant's Memory The Voodou Ju Ju Drug - Part 1 - R. Pultek Sock it My Way - The Animated Egg Psychotic Reaction - Freakout USA Alibi Annie - Trifle Just a Star - Astronauts Etc.
Raj Mahal spins sophisticated late 70s / early 80s soul and funk raers as we celebrate our 14th episode of the world class Solitary Selections live stream. It's all vinyl and all live! OG Video: https://youtu.be/iQEat1-xDuw Track List: Make the Most of It - Starfire Time After Time - John Valenti Hollywood Dreaming - Father's Children You're A Star - Aquarian Dream Let's Dance - Pleasure Get Up - Vernon Burch Get Up and Dance - Freedom Baby Dee - Konk Feel The Real - David Bendeth Enjoy Your Life - Oby Onyioha One Draw - Love Joys Can You Find The Time? - Champaign Don't Wanna See You Cry - Clifford Coulter Deaf Hook Up Connection - Don Blackman Private Eye - Private Eye Time To Move - Carmen Baby Don't You Know - Bobbi Humphrey Latin Lover -Joe Bataan Quiet Storm - Smokey Robinson
Raj Mahal revisits the roots of 90's G-Funk as he spins OG pressings of infamous sample fodder used by the likes of Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, DJ Quik, and much more. All kinds of classic P-funk, 80s boogie, soul, etc will lace your laptops as we stream all vinyl, all live! OG Video Stream: https://youtu.be/uMVg2GamcJA Set List: 00:00 Give Me Your Love - Curtis Mayfield 03:00 Are You Looking - Congress Alley 06:37 Damn - The Nite-Liters 09:53 Pack Of Lies - The Counts 13:16 Express Yourself - Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band 16:06 I Don't Know What It Is, But It Sure Is Funky - Ripple 19:09 Funky Worm - The Ohio Players 21:46 Haboglabotribin' - Bernard Wright 25:30 Please You - Cameo 29:29 let's have some fun - Bar-Kays 33:06 Tonight - Kleeer 36:07 Rapper Dapper Snapper (Instrumental) - Edwin Birdsong 38:24 More Bounce to the Ounce - Zapp & Roger 41:35 Funkin' for Jamaica - Tom Browne 45;25 (Not Just) Knee Deep - Funkadelic 48:19 Bicentennial Blues - Gil Scott-Heron (intro) 48:54 I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) - Michael McDonald 51:46 Footsteps In The Dark - The Isley Brothers 54:32 Little Ghetto Boy - Donny Hathaway 58:50 After the Dance [Instrumental] - Marvin Gaye
Raj Mahal spins an assortment of raer rock treasures and message board cult classics. Like usual expect the raerities crate diggers foam over and a few off-the radar joints that might spike a Discogs median. It's all vinyl and all live! Live Stream Video: https://youtu.be/8xliSVJy-Jk IG: www.instagram.com/soulstrut/ Mothra Site: www.soulstrut.com Set List: 00:00 Dead Man's Tale - Terje Rypdal 03:08 The Battered Ornaments - The Crosswords And The Safety Pins 06:45 On A Clear Day You Can See Forever - The Peddlers 10:18 For You - Barbara & Ernie 13:32 Take Me Away - Bill Quick 16:03 Amor - Secos & Molhados 18:22 Natural High - Mike Wallace 21:26 i'm alive - Don Fardon 23:40 For What It's Worth - Fresh Air 26:00 Liberte - Marc Aryan 28:25 Yesterday's Folks - Us 69 31:13 No To Co - Gimme Some Loving 35:27 Questions - The X-Ceptions 38:14 Who Do You Love - The Woolies 40:10 Shaka Shaka Na Na - The Countdown Five 42:15 Scorpion - The Carnations 44:20 They Call Me Country - Sanford Clark 46:56 Mer Morte - Les Jaguars 49:10 Hung Over - The Martini's 51:10 Someone - Injun Joe 53:25 I Wonder Why - Eden's Children 55:30 Gong With The Luminous Nose - Fleur De Lys 57:53 Rakset El Fadaa - Omar Khorshid
We're back with another eclectic selection of rare groove goodies from Raj Mahal studios in the US. Episode 11 is chock full o' message board cult classics as well as some hidden treasures the hipsters might not be up on. It's all vinyl and all live. OG Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUgNrpXJA4A Track List: Metropolis - Walter Hawkins Sweet Peter - Frieda Nichols, Homer Brown & His Group You're Losing Me - Ann Sexton Evidence - Candi Staton (can t shake that) funky feelin - Clifford Curry (Baby) Don't Do This To Me - Timeless Legend Are You Lonely - Hipnotic Wicky Wacky - The Fatback Band So Dam Funky - Hot Chocolate Don't Give It Away - Sweet Cherries Life Is Funky - Round Robin Monopoly The Push - Billy Joe Young My Money Is Funny - The Right Kind Spinning Wheel - Wade Marcus Children - Barrabas Fug - Cymande Chapumbambe - Bwana Give Peace A Chance - Louis Armstrong Lonely Jelly - The Gentle Rain Errare Humanum Est - Jorge Ben Danube Incident - Lalo Schifrin
We're putting the funk 45s down in favor of the smooth! Join DJ Raj Mahal as we celebrate our 10th episode of Solitary Selections with a vast array of obscure late 70s , early 80s AOR, West Coast, Yacht Rock, soft rock, whatevers. It's all vinyl and all live. OG Live Stream: https://youtu.be/U9vq3wu80k8 Track List: 00:00 Untouchable And Free - Adrian Gurvitz 04:31 Say Goodbye - Hiroshi Sato (ft. Wendy Matthews) 07:34 Get Down To It - David Astri 09:33 Spaceship Earth - David Batteau 13:24 Living Without Your Love - The Imperials 16:13 Lay Me Down - Renée 19:48 (That's) How Long - Greg Guidry 23:00 Desire - Future World Orchestra 26:04 Step out of the night - Andrus Blackwood & Co 29:21 Seasons of Change - Roby Duke 34:05 Love You Out Of Your Mind - Byrne & Barnes 37:08 Hold On - Matthew Ward 40:10 Never Turnin' Back - Bruce Hibbard 43:00 Je reviens - Gilles Rivard 46:15 You and I - Pure Honey 49:30 Losing In Love - Leah Kunkel 52:20 Rosalee - Michael Johnson 55:25 Can't Hide Love - Jaye P. Morgan
After a nice little break to reflect on the world's problems, we're back with the healing power of music spun in its purest form, vinyl. Join me for an hour of OG crate digger funk that sparked the beat digging craze of the 90s and 00s. It's all here and live without a net! The OG Stream: https://youtu.be/yqutZFki_RI IG: https://www.instagram.com/soulstrut/ Mothra Site: https://www.soulstrut.com Track List: Brother's Gonna Work It Out - Willie Hutch Brothers on the Slide - Cymande Supermarket Blues - Eugene Mcdaniels Sexy Woman - Timmy Thomas I wouldn't change a thing - Coke Escovedo Got To Get 'Cha - Maceo And All The King's Men Are You Ready For Me - Equals Shortnin' Bread - 3 Pieces I'm Chief Kamanawanalea - The Turtles Shaft In Africa (Addis) - Johnny Pate My Cristina - Sabu Martinez Give It Up - The Impossibles Soulwanco - Candido Ain't It Good Enough - Nu-Sound Express Ltd. Jan Jan - The Fabulous Counts Funky, Yeah - Curley Moore & The Kool Ones You Made A Believer Out Of Me - Ruby Andrews El rey y yo - Los Angeles Negros Babalonia - Ricardo Marrero & The Group Harlem Hendóo - Al Hirt Daylight - Ramp
Warming up the old 1s and 2s for another Crate Digger Classics live stream this Saturday night 8-9 PM EST on Youtube (for a more interactive 1080p multimedia experience) and IG Live (for the quick and dirty, lo-fi freakz). I'll be spinning the very rare groove cult classics that made Internet message boards a thing in the 2000s. Raw funk, Premo samples, jazz fusion, sweet soul, it's all here and live! #cratedigger #vinyl #vinyldj Video: https://youtu.be/G4Bk-3BX_4w IG: https://www.instagram.com/soulstrut/ Mothra Site: https://www.soulstrut.com Set List: Ombilic Contact - The Atomic Crocus Melo Dos Dois Bicudos - Azymuth E.V.A. - Jean Jacques Perrey Quiller - Quiller Slap It - Paolo Casa Funky Beat - Deep Heet Funk to the Folks - The Soul Searchers Father Time - Newban Love The Feeling - Leroy Hutson Boogaloo - Carol Kaye Sweetie-Pie - Stone Alliance Free Soul - John Klemmer fonky first - The Silhouettes Searching for Soul (Pt. 1) - Wade, Jake & The Soul Searchers Get Off The Streets - Eric And The Vikings Thing, do The Creep - Jr. and His Soulettes Story Of My Love - Larry Saunders Music (I Like it) Part I - Benny Sharp & the Sharpies Do on My Feet (What I Did on the Street) - Dewey Terry They Won't Let Me - The Unemployed Shakey Pudding - Jesse Morrison Windy C - 100% Pure Poison
Join me as I spin an all vinyl DJ set of raer 70s funk rock. I'll be spelunking into the collection for an amalgamation of horn rock, psych jerk, kraut, garage, etc all with that funky rare groove edge. Most of these are celebrated joints from the old message board days. Like always, I do it for the kids. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfTnRBc79uk Keep up on more live steams: https://www.instagram.com/soulstrut/
Join me 8-9 PM EST Saturday night for another installment of Solitary Selections - Crate Digger Classics edition. I'll be spinning all vinyl, all the time with my patented contactless delivery of rare groove monsters championed by the Soul Strut massive over the past 20 years. Keep updated on more rare groove all vinyl live streams: https://www.instagram.com/soulstrut/
Firing up the gear for another round of rare groove classics spun with real life vinyl! Join me on IG live or on YouTube live for better optics. 8-9 PM EST Saturday night. Shout outs are always free. Keep up on more live streams: https://www.instagram.com/soulstrut/
All vinyl psych rock set for the live stream masses hosted by DJ Raj Mahal. Video of the Live Stream: https://vimeo.com/406880187 Keep up on more live streams: https://www.instagram.com/soulstrut/ Track List: India - The Corporation Deep Gully - The Outlaw Blues Band The Desert Is A Circle - Alejandro Jodorowsky and Shades of Joy Maverick Woman Blues - Moloch Blues News - Jesse Harper Git Some - Jeff Cooper And The Stoned Wings life's o.k - Troyka Greenburg, Glickstein, Charles, David Smith & Jones - The Cryan' Shames Cinnamon Girl - Reflections Of Tyme Zero Time - Dark Reputation - Warren S. Richardson Jr. G.I. Joe - Salvation Hogin' Machine - Les Baxter Let The Sunshine - Dennis Coffey Cago-9 - Paul Baillargeon / Dean Morgan NADA DULCE NIÑA - Los Mac´s Old Man Going - Pretty Things Dark Side Of The Mushroom - The Chocolate Watch Band
Audio feed from last night's live stream on Instagram. No fancy software. No glow sticks. Just raers & beers. Keep up on more live streams: https://www.instagram.com/soulstrut/ Track List: N.T. - Kool And The Gang Brawling Broads - Roy Ayers Kissin' My Love - Bill Withers Peace Begins Within - Bobby Powell Funky In Here - Willard Burton And The Funky Four Grits And Gravy - The Fame Gang I Stayed Away Too Long - Manual B. Holcolm & His Band And Then There Was Skin - Cozy Powell Son Of Popcorn The First (The Original) - Franz Auffray Sangandongo - Niagara The Riot - RPM Soundtrack Hard Rock - Top Professional Studio Musicians hot disco night (are you ready) - Sweet Potato Pie Time To Run - Tedd Smith Jericho Jerk - Pierre Henry Ballet Photo Rouge - Jacques Loussier Get Ready To Fly - Magic Sand Gotta Get Away - Flaming Ember Don't Knock My Love - Cane and Able She's About A Mover - Roy Head organ donor - Lefties Soul Connection Funky Jungle - Black Gorilla Hung Over - Martini's