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Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
Blowing the dust off soulful rare grooves, collectibles and some stone cold classics that you've either forgotten or didn't even know about ! No re-mixes, no re-edits, just 7", 12" and LP track originals from back in the day !Featured Artist of the week, Candi Staton plus "North of the Gap", three great northern'esq' tracks appreciated a little further up the M1. Also be hearing from the Dramatics, Dennis Coffey, Labbi Siffri, and the Dazz Band to name but a few
Playlist
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Artist
Title
Year
1
Dramatics
Get up and get down
1971
2
The Moorish Vanguard Concert
The sunset of your love
1977
3
Dennis Coffey
Some like it hot
1975
4
Tamiko Jones
Let it flow
1976
5
Tymes
All you ever wanted to know about love
1976
6
Ebony
Feels like
1999
7
Labbi Siffri
Doctor Doctor
1975
8
Candi Staton (featured artist)
Without you I cry
1981
9
Clifton Dyson
Girl I'm giving up
1980
10
Walter Jackson
Let me come back
1973
11
Dazz Band
You are my starship
12
Ndugu and the Chocolate Jam Co.
Come into my life again
1980
13
Debbie Taylor
I have learned to do without you
1973
14
Candi Staton (featured artist)
Too Hurt to cry
1971
15
Peter Warner
I just wanna spend my life with you
1975
North of the Gap
16
Lost Generation
You're so young but you're so true
1970
17
Jackie Wilson
Whispers (Getting louder)
1966
18
Barbara Acklin & Gene Chandler
From the Teacher to the Preacher
1968
20
Kenny Gamble and the Romeos
Ain't it baby
1965
19
4 to the Floor
Heavy Collar
1999
21
Candi Staton (featured artist)
Hallelujah anyway / Younghearts run free
22
Anne Peebles
Mon belle
1981
26
Guy Monk
Feeling right
2007
23
Jose James
Blackeyedsusan
2008
24
Sarah Jane Morris
Me and Mrs Jones
1988
25
Marvin Gaye
Mercey Mercy Me (The Ecology)
1971
Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
Blowing the dust off soulful rare grooves, collectibles and some stone cold classics that you've either forgotten or didn't even know about ! No re-mixes, no re-edits, just 7", 12" and LP track originals from back in the day !Featured Artist of the week, Mass Production plus "North of the Gap", three great northern'esq' tracks appreciated a little further up the M1. Also be hearing from the Olympic Runners, Winfield Parker, Noel McKoy, and the Rance Allen Group to name but a few.
Playlist
Artist Title Year1. Personal Touch - It ain't no big thing - 19762. Zebra - Simple Song - 19773. September - Are you free tonight - 19844. Winfield Parker - I wanna be with you - 19795. Olympic Runners - Put the music where your mouth is - 19746. Oldchap - Let's Love 7. Pat Stallworth - Questions - 19748. Mass Production (Featured Artist) - Magic - 19769. Rah Band - Clouds across the moon - 198510. Noel McCoy - Sexual Healing 11. Ovations - Till I find some way - 197812. Platinum Plus - Why must we part 13. Rumple - I think I wanna dance with you - 198314. Mass Production (Featured Artist) - Shante - 198015. Orient Express - Shine on - 1982 North of the Gap 16. Philadelphia Ambassadors - Girl (Love everything about you) - 197617. Sandra Wright - Midnight Affair - 197418. Shock - Footsteps across your mind - 1976
19. Rance Allen Group - Reason to survive - 197720. Pep Brown - I am the one who needs you - 197321. Mass Production (Featured Artist) - Welcome to our world of merry music 1976 22. Crown Heights Affair - Every beat of my heart - 197523. Santiago - Feeling good - 197524. Sandra Feva - Leaving this time - 198125. Brother Jack McDuff - Groovin - 196926. Smallwood Brothers - Day before tomorrow - 197727. Ramsey Lewis - Skippin - 1977
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
Bit of a different Diggers Delight this week, no plan, no playlist just a couple of hours of 'winging it'
Playlist put together after the event, hope you enjoy.
Playlist
1
Sonny Benton & the Typhoons
Brothers on the slide
2015
2
Velvet Hammer
Party Hardy
2010
3
Isaac Hayes & Millie Jackson
Sweet music, soft lights and you
1979
4
Ripple
I don't know what it is but it sure is funky
1973
5
Eramus Hall
Your love is my desire
1980
6
Kool and the Gang
I wanna take you higher
1972
7
Lonnie Hill
Galveston Bay
1986
8
Nova Catalina Octet
Sao Paulo
2015
9
Nomad
Devotion
1990
10
Johnny Guitar Watson
Gangster of love
1977
11
McKoy
Fight
1993
12
Groove and the Gang
In the mood to party
1991
13
Machine
There but for the grace of god
1979
14
Faze-O
Ridin High
1977
15
Temptations
The Jones
1991
16
Kay Gees
Get Down
1975
17
Marvin Gaye
Let's get it on
1973
18
Isley Brothers
Smooth Sailing Tonight
1987
19
ToshioAsukatei
Rotation
2015
20
Touch
Me and You
1977
21
Gary Bartz
Music
1980
22
Gloria Gaynor
Casanova Brown
1975
Tuesday Jan 10, 2023
Tuesday Jan 10, 2023
Blowing the dust off soulful rare grooves, collectibles and some stone cold classics that you've either forgotten or didn't even know about ! No re-mixes, no re-edits, just 7", 12" and LP track originals from back in the day !Featured Artist of the week, Blue Magic plus "North of the Gap", three great northern'esq' tracks appreciated a little further up the M1. Also be hearing from Al Green, Etta James, Cunnie Williams, Millie Jackson and Moment of Truth to name but a few.
Playlist Artist Title Year1. Uptown Funk Empire - Boogie 20092. Willie Hutch - Ain't that (Mellow Mellow) 19743. Terry Huff - Where there's a will 19764. Rim and Kasa - Love me for real 19825. Charles Beverley - Stop and think a minute 19756. Lo End - Le Beat 19797. Etta James - All the way down 19738. Blue Magic (Featured Artist) - I like you 19769. Zingara - I surrender 198110. Sisters Love - Give me your love 197311. Nia Johnson - You are the spice of my life 197612. Cunnie Williams - Ghetto Serenade 200213. Moment of Truth - You got me hummin 197714. Blue Magic (Featured Artist) - Three ringed circus 197415. Dramatics - Watcha see is watcha get 1971
North of the Gap 16. Seven Souls - I still love you 196717. Lorraine Chandler - I can't hold on 196618. Sandi Sheldon - You're gonna make me love you 1967
19. Edwin Starr - There you go 197320. Live Band - A chance for hope 198221. Blue Magic (Featured Artist) - Spell 197522. Thelma Houston - Nothing left to give 197323. Ronnie McNair - I'm your lover 197524. Voices of East Harlem - Wanted Dead or Alive 197325. New York Disco Orchestra - It's true 197826. Millie Jackson - Tide is turning 198827. Al Green - Keep on pushing love 1994
Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
Blowing the dust off soulful rare grooves, collectibles and some stone cold classics that you've either forgotten or didn't even know about ! No re-mixes, no re-edits, just 7", 12" and LP track originals from back in the day !Featured Artist of the week, the great David Ruffin plus "North of the Gap", three great northern'esq' tracks appreciated a little further up the M1. The New Diggers Delight this week with 2 hours of great tunes.
PLAYLIST
Artist Title Year
1 Ellipsis - People 1976
2 Charlie Rouse Band - Cravo Canela 1977
3 Chuck Brown & Soul Searchers - Back it on up 1980
4 Chamberlain - When will I know 1986
5 9th Creation - He's coming 1977
6 Eramus Hall - Just me and you 1980
7 Beloyd - Today all day 1977
8 David Ruffin (Featured Artist) - Everlasting love - 1969
9 Frankie Smith - Double Dutch Bus 1980
10 Chocolate Snow - A day in the life 1973
11 Eddie Russ - Poko Nose 1976
12 Larry Youngs - Turn off the lights 1975
13 Blue Mitchell - Harmoney of the Underworld 1974
14 David Ruffin (Featured Artist) - Smiling faces sometimes 1976
15 Fred Wesley & Horny Horns - Say blow by blow backwards 1979
North of the Gap
16 Carol Anderson - Sad girl 1979
17 Lenny Curtis - Nothing can help you now 1965
18 Kiki Dee - On a magic carpet ride 1968
19 Eddie Marshall - The high priestess of gone 1978
20 Gilberto Gil - Maracatu Atomico 1974
21 David Ruffin (Featured Artist) - Rode by the place 1977
22 Hysear Don Walker - A di L 1973
23 James Brown - You took my heart 1976
24 Lee Willhite - The world is a ghetto 1982
25 Lonnie Smith - When the night is right 1980
Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
Thom Bell, the Man, the Music, the Legend
We'll be hearing from the huge range of artists that he wrote, produced and arranged for as well as his own occassional foray into the recording studio. 2 hours of great Bell collaborations, A not to be missed tribute.
Playlist
Artist
Title
1
BT and TB
I can't quit your love
2
Spinners
I'll be around
3
Ojays
Backstabbers
4
Little Anthony & Imperials
Tears on my pillow
5
Frankie Bleu
Moses Theme
6
Little Anthony & Imperials
Loneliest house on the block
7
Dee Dee Sharp
What kind of lady
8
Jerry Butler
A brand new me
9
New York City
I'm doin fine now
10
Ronnie Dyson
I just don't wanna be lonely
11
Delfpnics
La La means I love you
12
Stylistics
You make me feel brand new
13
Detroit Spinners
Could it be I'm falling in love
14
Joe Simon
Drowning in the sea of love
15
Teddy Pendergrass
Set me Free
16
Detroit Spinners
Ghetto Child
17
Intruders
I wanna know your name
18
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Lonely Disco Dancer
19
Stylistics
You are everything
20
Elton John
Mama can't buy you love
21
Elton John
Are you ready for love
22
Dusty Springfield
I wanna be a free girl
23
Dionne Warwick
Track of the cat
24
Johnny Mathis
Life is a song worth singing
25
Denice Williams
It's gonna take a miracle
26
James Ingram
I don't have the heart
27
Phyllis Hyman
Old Friend
28
Delfonics
Didn't I blow your mind
29
Stylistics
Hurry up this way again
Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
It's finally here ! Turn up your Smart speaker and prepare to dance off all that turkey ! Join me Dave Regan for the Christmas Day Battle. Philadelphia International Records vs Tamla Motown. Two of the biggest labels on the planet go head to head. Listen and decide who comes out on top !
Artist
Title
1
Motown Intro - Berry Gordy
2
Barret Strong
Money
3
Philly Intro - Joe Tarsia
4
MFSB
T.S.O.P
5
Spinners
I'll always love you
6
Archie Bell & the Drells
I could dance all night
7
Jimmy Ruffin
Farewell is a lonely sound
8
Billy Paul
The whole towns talking
9
Supremes
You've been so wonderful to me
10
Three Degrees
When will I see you again
11
Miracles
Love Machine
12
Ojays
I love music
13
Teena Marie
déjà vu I've been here before
14
Shirley Jones
Do you get enough love
15
Stevie Wonder
Another Star
16
Dexter Wansall
Life on Mars
17
Isley Brothers
Behind the painted smile
18
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Where are all my friends
19
R Dean Taylor
Ghost in my house
20
Ojays
I dig your act
21
frank
Do I love you
22
Dee Dee Sharp Gamble
Nobody could take your place
23
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
The tracks of my tears
24
The Ebonys
You're the reason why
25
Marvin Gaye
What's going on
26
Teddy Pendergrass
The whole towns laughing at me
27
Jackson Five
I want you back
28
Trammps
Zing went the strings
29
Dianna Ross
I'm still waiting
30
Jean Carne
Don't let it go to your head
31
Temptations
Treat her like a lady
32
Intruders
Happy is the real thing
33
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Midnight train to Georgia
34
Jones Girls
Nights over Egypt
35
David Ruffin
Walk away from love
36
Futures
Party time man
37
Gary Byrd
The Crown
38
McFadden & Whitehead
Ain't no stoppin us now
Thursday Dec 22, 2022
Thursday Dec 22, 2022
Blowing the dust off soulful rare grooves, collectibles and some stone cold classics that you've either forgotten or didn't even know about ! No re-mixes, no re-edits, just 7", 12" and LP track originals from back in the day !Featured Artist of the week, the Fatback Band plus "North of the Gap", three great northern'esq' tracks appreciated a little further up the M1. The New Diggers Delight this week with 2 hours of great tunes.
Playlist
Artist
Title
Light of the World
London Town
Arakawa Band
Brass Magic
Facts of Life
What would your mama say
The Minits
Still a part of me
Pratt & McClain
Wachersign
Myles Sanko
My Inspiration
First Class
Me and my Gemini
Fatback Band (Featured Artist)
Street Dance
Papik & Ely Bruna
All I want for Christmas
Bill Brandon
The streets got my lady
J R Bailey
After hours
Ujima
I'm getting hip
Universal Robot Band
Disco Christmas
Fatback Band (Featured Artist)
Kiba
Lee McDonald
I'll do anything for you
North of the Gap
Jobel & the Orchestra de Salsa
Never gonna let you go
Betty Everett
Getting mighty crowded
Sam Dees
Lonely for you baby
Caldera
Sky Island
A few good men
Silver Bells
Fatback Band (Featured Artist)
Wicki Wacki
The Man With The Horn, Sebastian Studnitzky, Antonio Zambrini, Enzo Lo Greco, Gianni Lo Greco
Foxtrot
Jaisun
Closet Man
James Gadson
Good vibrations
Lou Donaldson
If there is a hell below, we're all going to go
Luniz
I got 5 on it
Ojays
I can hardly wait till Christmas
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
Blowing the dust off soulful rare grooves, collectibles and some stone cold classics that you've either forgotten or didn't even know about ! No re-mixes, no re-edits, just 7", 12" and LP track originals from back in the day !Featured Artist of the week, the Ohio Players plus "North of the Gap", three great northern'esq' tracks appreciated a little further up the M1. The New Diggers Delight this week with 2 hours of great tunes.
Playlist
Artist
Title
Year
Boris Gardiner Happenin
Ghetto Funk
1976
The Spirit of Atlanta
Messin around
1973
Isaac Hayes
I ain't never
1980
Donnell Pitman
Love Explosion
1982
Theresa Hightower
Trust my love
Chain Reaction
Dance Freak
1980
Odyssey
Native New Yorker
1977
Ohio Players (featured artist)
Skin tight
1974
The Modulations
I can't fight your love
1974
Dr Villock
Herrvon
1999
Creative Source
Pass the feelin on
1975
Free Life
I confess
1978
Ohio Players (featured artist)
I want to be free
1976
North of the Gap
Diane Lewis
Keep a hold on me
Sheryl Swope
Can't get him off my mind
Echoes & the Soul Masters
Looking for you
Azymuth
Carnaval Legrand
1980
Eric Gale
Ginseng Woman
1977
Walter Jackson
Touching in the dark
1982
Ohio Players (featured artist)
Follow Me
1984
Monday After
Merry go round
1975
Galaxy
Love
Maxine Weldon
I want Sunday back again
1975
Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
Blowing the dust off soulful rare grooves, collectibles and some stone cold classics that you've either forgotten or didn't even know about ! No re-mixes, no re-edits, just 7", 12" and LP track originals from back in the day !Featured Artist of the week, the legend that is Donald Byrd plus "North of the Gap", three great northern'esq' tracks appreciated a little further up the M1. The New Diggers Delight this week with 2 hours of great tunes.
And now repeated at 9:00 am on Thursday morning.
Playlist
Artist Title Year
1. Patchouli Brothers - Peace Love & Understanding - 2019
2. Rare Moods - Closer to your love - 1986
3. Roy Porter - Party time - 1974
4. Voices of East Harlem - Giving love - 1973
5. Luisito Quintero - Our love - 2006
6. Ronnie Foster - Inot - 1973
7. Donald Byrd (featured artist) - Return of the king - 1976
8 . Rokk - Patience - 1976
9. Marc Cotterell, Dominic Balchin, Johnny Trumpet - Calypso Madness - 2019
10. Adele Sebastian - Daydreamer - 1981
11. Minnie Riperton - Young willing and able - 1977
12. Innersection - Let me love yuh - 1975
13. Rance Allen Group - Peace of mind - 1977
14. Curtis Anderson - The hardest part - 1984
15. Donald Byrd (featured artist) - Design a nation - 1975
16. Cool Benny - Wobble Cha - 1964
North of the Gap
17. Mel Williams - Sweet girl of mine - 1974
18. Lou Ragland - Since you said you'd be mine - 1973
19. Artistics - This heart of mine - 1965
20. Raul De Souza - Daisy Mae - 1978
21. Patches - I'm gonna make this world a better place - 1982
22. Wilbert Longmire - Take your time - 1980
23. Donald Byrd (featured artist) - Places & Spaces - 1975
24. Cameo - Why have I lost you - 1980
25. Laura Lee - Since I fell for you - 1972
The Studio
From the early 70's right up to today I've enjoyed playing and presenting great soul music. With a history of mobile discos, cruise liners, pub & club gigs, I finally decided that while the mind was willing, the body wasn't up to the physicality and late nights. So some 40 plus years later I moved into online broadcasting in 2015 where I currently present a Thursday night show on Crackers Radio at 10 pm (www,crackersradio.com) called "Diggers Delight", where you'll find a couple of hours of rare grooves, collectables and some stone cold classics, just the stuff for the end of the day.