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Neil Gits His Dates Wrong !

6th August 2016
Posted by Neil Matthew

This evening I am looking forward to meeting up with one of my old Sunday football teamĀ  from the 80s whose 50th birthday party I will be the DJ at. It should be a good night with a few old faces reliving our days in the Brentwood Sunday League … but I should be in Margate !!!

Every year on the first weekend in August I head for the Thanet coast and lap up a few hours of fabulous music across various venues at the annual soul festival there, but this year for some reason I thought that the 6th August would be on the SECOND weekend of the month and took on a disco booking – DOH !!!Ā  It’s only the second one I’ve missed since I started going in 2010 and there was nothing I could do about 2013 – this time I just have to put it down to being a dozey Old Git ! šŸ™

But, as everyone says, you can’t beat experience and I have been there and worn the T-shirt when it comes to buying and playing soul music over the years, so there’s a plus side to being the “wrong” side of 50. It also means I can put together a terrific selection of tunes from the 70s 80s & beyond for you each week – wherever I would have been at 5pm tonight, you can still hear a repeat of Monday’s show, so tune in and think of me working in a small hall just outside of Basildon instead of watching the sunset over Margate Harbour …

The Tunes

Oā€™JaysĀ  –Ā  My Favourite Person

JacksonsĀ  –Ā  Can You Feel It

HeatwaveĀ  –Ā  Dreaming You

Mather & KingdonĀ  – Latino Girl

Joe Sample feat Take Six – U-Turn

Earth Wind & FireĀ  –Ā  Loveā€™s Holiday

Ben E KingĀ  –Ā  Supernatural Thing

Mass ProductionĀ  –Ā  Welcome To Our World

ChicĀ  –Ā  Dance Dance Dance (Yowsah Yowsah Yowsah)

WhispersĀ  –Ā  I Can Make It Better

New York SkyyĀ  –Ā  Let Love Shine

MFSBĀ  –Ā  K-Jee

Gladys Knight & The PipsĀ  –Ā  On & On

Loose EndsĀ  –Ā  Hanging On A String

LakesideĀ  –Ā  Fantastic Voyage

Kindred The Family Soul – All My People (Boogie Back Remix)

StylisticsĀ  –Ā  Funky Weekend

Howard HewettĀ  –Ā  A Love Of Your Own

Luther VandrossĀ  –Ā  Busy Body

HaywoodeĀ  –Ā  Roses

Roy AyersĀ  –Ā  Get On Up Get On Down (Joey Negro Revibe)

Los Charlys OrchestraĀ  –Ā  Sunshine (Instrumental)

Back LIVE on Monday at 7pm with another top show for you !