Solitary Selections

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!

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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!

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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

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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.

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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.

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