The first session of 2021 with the legendary DJ KOCO was quite the start to the brand-new year. And now, we roll back into the crew to rinse out the collections of some of the best in the biz. Next up in the two one, we're heading to Berlin Germany with the mighty ;

DJ FLORIAN KELLER

Florian Keller found his love for Funk 45's in the mid-1980s working as a radio-editor and doing compilations. He's been relentlessly touring Funk-Clubnights all around the globe since the mid-1990s and shared the stage with the likes of Cut Chemist, Gilles Peterson, Keb Darge, Q-Bert, Questlove, Quantic, James Lavelle & Dj Shadow and more. Now he's blastin' out an exclusive set for 45 Live focusing on music released in 1971...a 50-year-old special, if you will.

As usual, your host Greg Belson bookends the set with his well-stacked racks of quality business. 70's low slung funk and early disco dancefloor cuts are the order of the day.

Check your e-dials for the hot heaters on 7" wax!

DJ Format – 45 Live Theme

Set One by DJ Greg Belson

B’Ham Rhythm Section – Let the music play

Black Heat – Check it all out

Doris Duke – Business deal

Michael Henderson – Make me feel better

Mystic Moods – Midnight snack

Peabo Bryson – Underground music

Other Brothers Organization – Heading up (in the right direction)

Combination, Inc. – People listen (I’m gonna lay my thing)

Ken Munson – Super flute

Herbie Mann – Memphis two-step

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TRACK LIST

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Guest in session featuring DJ FLORIAN KELLER

Pharaohs - Tracks Of My Tears

Apple & The Three Oranges - Down Home Publicity

Maceo & All The King's Men - Southwick

Willard Burton & The Funky Four - Funky In Here

Harlem River Drive - Idle Hands

Danny Raymond - Sister Big Stuff

Alton Ellis - It's A Shame

Michael Kirkland - Together

Brothers Of Soul - Try It Babe

Backyard Heavies - Soul Junction

Young Holt Unlimited - Wah Wah Man

Joyce Williams - The First Thing I Do In The Morning

Barbara & Ernie - Play With Fire

Shirley Bassey - Light My Fire

Rusty Bryant - Fire Eater

Mist - Life Walked Out

Suzee Ikeda - Bah Bah Bah

Cinnamon Suns - Party Time

Dramatics - Get Up And Get Down

Bobby Powell - Peace Begins Within

Bill Black's Combo - Cotton Carnival

Gene Ammons - Chicago Breakdown

Fabulous Souls - Take Me

Set Two by DJ Greg Belson

Jean Shy – Don’t touch me

Margie Alexander – Take my body

Chapter II – Do what you want to do

Debbie Taylor – Too sad to tell

Hunt’s Determination – Get your act together

N.C.C.U. – Bull city party

Jimmy Dockett – Get down happy people pt. 1 & 2

Jaisun – I fall in love everyday

Here at 45 Live Towers, it’s safe to say that 2020 has been quite the year to pack up, roll into a bundle & toss into the trash. So, we’re shakin’ out the bad vibes & breaking out the positivity from the get-go!

Joining your host DJ GREG BELSON in the studio, from Japan;

DJ KOCO aka SHIMOKITA

Anybody who has an interest in 45’s turntablism will be in admiration of KOCO’s work for some time. He’s been slangin’ for over 10 years on the underground worldwide circuit, perfecting his craft one mix at a time. KOCO is arguably the best battle DJ on the planet right now & that’s crystal clear when you check out his precision cuts, splices & other decknology that’s on show.

Simply...this is ESSENTIAL. Welcome, 2021.

45 Liver Greg Belson bookends the set with his well-stacked racks. He’ll be mining the beautiful world of Soul & Funk COVER VERSIONS. Tunes you probably know, but packaged up & delivered with a different punch.

Check your e-dials for the hot heaters on 7" wax!

This is the final 45 Live session of 2020...what a crazy year. We're gonna shine a light to the way forward with one of the best to do it;

DJ JON MORE (Ninja Tune)

He's one half of Coldcut & co-founder of the mighty Ninja Tune record empire - needs little introduction. A veteran of 80s Soul Weekenders & warehouse parties like Flim Flam he was harvesting crates for their wares whilst most other 45Live DJs were still at school. The rest...is history.

Your host Greg Belson bookends the set with his well-stacked racks. Let's take a walk outta 2020 with some R&B shufflers, strollers & early 60's boppers.

Check for the big sounds on lil' records!

We're excited to feature our sixth broadcast in a quarterly addition to the show. We've invited some of our favourite DJ's from around the globe that bring that 45 Live sound to join us in the studio.

For the final special guest session of 2020, we're headin' to the streets of Rio de Janeiro where we're crate raiding the racks of;

TEE CARDACI

Tee is a well-seasoned connoisseur of all things soulful, borne out of San Francisco CA and currently residing in beautiful, Brazil. Check out his website to sip some TEE....

http://www.teecardaci.com/

He'll be rollin' out the Brazillian rares for your listening and dancing pleasure. He's also written a companion piece to learn more about the mythical records he's bringin' to the party. Check 'em out here;

http://www.teecardaci.com/45live.html

Your host Greg Belson bookends the set with his well-stacked racks of quality business. Jazz, blues, soul, old school rap....yeah, somethin' like that!

Rinse your e-dials for the hot heaters on 7" wax!

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DJ Format – 45 Live Theme

Set One by DJ Greg Belson

Sound Effects – Ethereal Effect

Positive Sounds – The Creeper

Larry D. – Keep what you got

Bottom & Company – Do you wanna do a thing

Ground Hog – Bumpin

Gift Of Dreams – Funkincise

Seawind – Sound rainbow

Onaje & Power Shift – I will be your D.J.

Smoke City – I really want you

Breaker Brothers – Sneakin’ up behind you

Guest in session featuring DJ TEE CARDACI (Brazilian 45’s Session)

Pedrinho Batera - Bananas

Morris Albert - The Throat​ (Instrumental)

Almir Chediak - Zé da Severina

Cassiano - Central Do Brasil

Os Tincoãs - Ajaguná

Orfeu Negro - Pinguin Dance

Music Corporation - Theme From S.W.A.T.

Amelinha - Por Fora e Por Dentro

Elis Regina - No Céu Da Vibração

Mão Branca - Melô Do Mão Branca (Instrumental)

Chico Batera - Oxossi

Miss Lene - Sorridente

Adriana - Tanto Emoção

Ugo Marotta - Summertime

Ed Lincoln - Betty

Britain Singers - Woman

Severino Araújo E Sua Orquestra - Africano

Lee Jackson - Mas Que Nada / Xico Da Silva

​Marku - Zamba Ben

Edwardo Araújo - Esteira De Vime

Zimbo Trio - Fé Cega, Faça Almolada

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Set Two by DJ Greg Belson

Willie and the Bumblebees – You’re no good, you’re funky (you’re mean and nasty too)

Wet Bull – Strutin’

Family – Nation time

Bumble Bee Unlimited – Love Bug

Rubicund – Nu-dance do-dance

Hamilton Bohannon – Lets’ start the dance

East Coast – The Rock

Fred Munnings Jr. – Goombay Jump part 1

After celebrating our 5th Anniversary in style with the one and only BOCA 45, we're plowing headstrong into year number 6 as we hop the channel to Paris France, where we get the dustiest fingers leafing through the collection of;

DJ SUSPECT

He's a DJ and Producer from Paris who insists on pushing aside the musical borders in his dj sets. From Deep Funk, Afrobeat, Tasty Breaks, Hip Hop, Futuristic Jazz, Broken and all kinds of groove, Suspect as ever, comes correct with the style and selection.

As usual, your host Greg Belson bookends the set with his well-stacked racks of quality business. This time, he's scouring the modern soul crates, from casual steppers to dancefloor moves.

Check your e-dials for the hot heaters on 7" wax!

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TRACK LIST

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DJ Format – 45 Live Theme

Set One by DJ Greg Belson

Jimmy “Bo” Horne – Clean up man

Solomon Burke – I got to tell it

Calvin Arnold – You’ll do it

Janice Love – Forever love (instro)

Billy Frazier – Take the chain off your brain

Bettye Williams – A feeling for someone else has grown

Esquire International – (Baby can’t you feel my) super strong vibrations

Jay Dee Bryant – Get it

Universal Mind – Something fishy going on

Jean Knight - Gossip

Guest in session featuring DJ SUSPECT

Bobby Patterson - Recipe for peace

Chico Mann - Nobody wants to

Sylvia Striplin - You can't turn me away

Al Johnson - I'm back for more

Nick Pride - Honey

Commodores - Such a woman

Al Johnson - I've got my second wind

Leo's Sunshipp - Give me the sunshine

Roy Ayers - For real

Gizelle Smith - Sweet Memories

Isley Brothers - Footsteps in the dark

Roy Ayers - Searchin

Red Astaire - Follow me

Jim Sharp - Southern Girl

Raphael Saadiq - Get Involved

Kelly Finnigan - Since I don't have you anymore

Gensu Dean - Wantchu

Set Two by DJ Greg Belson

Lady Margo – I enjoy loving you

Pat Taylor – Struttin’ your stuff

Johnny “Guitar” Watson – Superman lover

New – Rock ‘em baby, roll ‘em baby

Family Plann – Sexy summer

Above and Beyond – We love you Muhammad Ali

Kellee Patterson – I’m gonna love you just a little bit more, baby

9th Street Exit – Never be the man my big brother was

Frank Hooker & Positive People – Ohh suga wooga

With 120 shows under our collective belts, we've heard the best of the best of the best provide the essential mixes of big sounds on lil' records.

And for this anniversary show, we're doing it right, as you'd expect.

Comin' correct on the uno dos, it's the mighty hard rocker himself;

BOCA 45

To coincide with the release of his new LP '2020 Doughnuts', BOCA will be laying down the party platters from our house to yours. There's really no need to pad out the bumph, the audio wrecking crew is here, and he's fightin' outta Bristol, baby. Listen in and hear how it's done.

As usual, your host Greg Belson bookends the set with his well-stacked racks of quality business. This time, he's exploring the rich musical iceberg that is the wonderfully deep STAX RECORDS label. He'll be focusing on the 70's era 'fingersnap' logo era, where things got a lil' funkier!

Check your e-dials for the hot heaters on 7" wax!

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DJ Format – 45 Live Theme

Set One by DJ Greg Belson – STAX RECORDS Fingersnap Label Focus

Little Milton – If that ain’t a reason

Albert King – Breaking up somebody’s home

Jean Knight – Do me

March Wind – All the way down

Jean Knight – Mr. Big Stuff

Staple Singers – I’ll take you there

Carla Thomas – Sugar

Ollie & the Nightingales – You’ll never do wrong

Veda Brown – Short stopping

Eddie Floyd – Woodman

Johnnie Taylor (The Soul Philosopher) – Hijackin’ love

William Bell & Mavis Staples – Love’s sweet sensation

Guest in session featuring DJ BOCA 45

Dionne Warwick – Your gonna need me

J-Dilla - Stop

Boca 45 – Turn it up loud

James Crown – Get down

Esquires – Think

Babe Ruth – The Mexican

Boca 45 ft. Swaby – It’s all there

Smoove – A Quest called Tribe

A Tribe Called Quest – Dis generation

Ultra Magnetic MC’s – Give the drummer some

Ultra Magnetic MC’s – Ego tripping

Boca 45 – Party rockers

Boca 45 – Sparky Evans

Bobby Franklins Insanity – Bring it on down pt. 1

Lowell Fulsom - Tramp

Alvin Robinson – Let the good times roll

Take Vibe – Golden brown

Hi Fi Orch – Cross town traffic

Sunlight Square Latin Combo – I believe in miracles

Boca 45 & the Bryan Munich Allstars – Hot wheels (The Chase)

Boca 45 – Take you higher

Soap & Suspect – Alice DOnut

Big Daddy Kane – Warm it up Kane

Sugar Bear – Don’t scandalize mine

KC Flight – Planet E

Double D & Steinski – Lesson 3 part 2

Sharpees – Do the 45

Danny Monday – Baby without you

Timebox – Beggin’

Yorkshire Film & Television Orchestra ft. Martin Connor – Somebody stole my thunder

Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons – The Night

Leon Dinero – If you ask me

Norma Fraser - Respect

Charmels – As long as I got you

Boca 45 – ft. Hannah Williams - Powerful

Set Two by DJ Greg Belson – STAX RECORDS Fingersnap Label Focus

Johnnie Taylor – Jody’s got your girl and gone

Rufus Thomas – The Breakdown pt. 1

Rufus Thomas – (Do the) Push and Pull pt. 1

Soul Children – Come back kind of love

Rufus Thomas – Do the Double Bump

Roy Lee Johnson & the Villagers – The Dryer pt. 1

Roy Lee Johnson & the Villagers – The Dryer pt. 2 (instrumental)

Veda Brown – Take it off her (and put it on me)

Albert King – Funky London

Little Milton – Bet you I win

For the second show in October, we're heading to Berlin Germany to catch up with the Dusty Donuts CEO and a tablist supreme...

MARC HYPE

With a career spanning almost 30 years, there’s no doubt Marc Hype is a sureshot party rocker who represents a more eclectic view on Hip Hop & Funk from the very beginning. He started his DJ career, inspired by the late great Jam Master Jay, around 1988 and went through the several decades of hip hop with countless releases, tours and competitions like the German ITF championships, which he won twice in 98 & 99. Nowadays he’s still spreading the original values of Hip Hop Culture and Crate Digging...believe!

Your host Greg Belson bookends the set with his well-stacked racks of quality business....this week, we gots the jazz sounds on lil' discs, from shuffling stutter step to full-on jazz dancers...all on 7" singles.

Check your e-dials for the hot heaters on 7" wax!

Set One by DJ Greg Belson

Cannonball Adderley – Why? (Am I treated so bad)

Jimi Conley Combo – Nite-lite

Nina Simone – Work song

Lorez Alexandria – Baltimore oriole

Johnny Dankworth & His Orchestra – Moanin’

Sal Salvador and His Orchestra – Turkish taffy

Vince Mance Trio – Big boy

Lou Bennett Quartet – Sister Sadie

Hi-Breds – Rockanova Jam

Jimmy McGriff – I’ve got a woman pt. 1

Jazz Crusaders – The Young Rabbits

Guest in session featuring DJ MARC HYPE

G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid - Play That Beat Mr. DJ

Tyrone Brunson - The Smurf

Royalcash - Radio Activity

Strafe - Set It Off

C.O.D. - The Bottle

Midnight Star - Freak-A-Zoid

Nairobi - Soul Makossa

Two Sisters - B-Boys Beware

Freestyle - Don't Stop The Rock

M.C. Cool Rock & M.C. Chaszy Chess - Boot The Booty

Jive Rhythm Trax - 122 BPM

Twilight 22 - Electric Kingdom

Twillight 22 - Siberian Nights

Chris "The Glove" Taylor And David Storrs ft. Ice-T - Reckless

Dynamix II ft. Too Tough Tee - Just Give The D.J. A Break

Cybotron - Clear

Kraftwerk - Numbers

Extra T's - E.T. Boogie

Ollie & Jerry - Breakin'... There's No Stoppin Us

C.O.D. - Uphill (Peace Of Mind)

Nayobe - Please Don't Go

C-Bank - One More Shot

Planet Patrol - Cheap Thrills

Set Two by DJ Greg Belson

Leon Thomas – China doll (pt. 1)
Jay Berliner – Stickball

Keith Mansfield & His Orchestra – Soul confusion

Mel Brown – Need love

We're heading into October with the one & only;

DJ JSTAR

He grew up in West London under a haze of reggae, rave, funk & hiphop. Jstar has been lauded for his back catalog of over 100 dancefloor gold, reggae & hip-hop remixes for the likes of Blackstreet, Gang Starr, Busta Rhymes, Major Lazer, Madness, DJ Vadim, Mark Ronson, The Black Seeds and others. Now he's here....for you!

Your host Greg Belson bookends the set with a focus on the new sounds coming out of East Los Angeles, and the Shadier Side of the Soulful Town. Including tracks from the new imprint from the Mighty Daptone stable.....PENROSE RECORDS, amongst others.

Check your e-dials for the hot heaters on 7" wax!

Next up into the studio at 45 Towers Meets Dublab, is the CEO of the mighty 45 Live DJ Crew joining your host for a 2-hour Funk 45 marathon;

DJ PETE ISAAC

He's the creative director and resident DJ of 45 Live as well as running Jelly Jazz, the 27-year old and still going jazz club in the SW of England! For this show, Pete and Greg dig out the raws, a stack of gritty shakers and funk gems, from the rare to the classic. Heavy-duty funk, incoming!

Your host Greg Belson bookends the set with his well-stacked racks of quality business....he's diggin' long into the Funk crates for another Funkin' lesson!

Check your e-dials for the hot heaters on 7" wax!

We're moving headstrong into the back end of summer as we welcome back into the studio, one of the best to slang a 45. Please getcha dancin' shoes on for;

DJ ANDY SMITH

Andy is known for a multitude of seminal projects from The Document, to Portishead to Dynamo Productions and a healthy stack of compilations. He's a linchpin and at the forefront of taste makin' DJ's and this time around, he's taking us for a trip around his Disco Wonderland. OG 45's on the lock, as we do.

Your host Greg Belson bookends the set with his well-stacked racks of quality business....this time, joining in on the disco vibrations, and contributing to a 2-hour session of dancefloor business.