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#063 Pre-Disco Classics

The first installment of a disco playlist trilogy curated by DJ SHIKISAI features a carefully selected selection of tracks that were actually played at early NYC discotheques such as the Loft, the Gallery, and the Sanctuary. Spanning soul, funk, Latin, Afro, and rock, the playlist includes everything from dancefloor classics to sampling sources.

Pre-Disco Classics

1. City, Country, City / War
2. Power / Earth Wind & Fire
3. Soul Makossa / Manu Dibango
4. Jungle Boogie / Kool & The Gang
5. For the Love of Money / The O'Jays
6. Give It Up or Turnit a Loose / James Brown
7. Rock Steady / Aretha Franklin
8. Exuma, The Obeah Man / Exuma
9. Crazy 'Bout My Baby / Bonnie Bramlett
10. Think (About It) / Lyn Collins
11. Rock Creek Park / The Blackbyrds
12. If You Want Me to Stay / Sky & The Family Stone
13. Bra / Cymande
14. Gotta Learn How to Dance / Fatback Band
15. Melting Pot / Booker T. & The M.G.'s
16. You're the One (Pts. 1 & 2) / Little Sister
17. Long Train Runnin' / The Doobie Brothers
18. Jin-Go-Lo-Ba (Jin-Go-Low-Bah) / Babatunde Olatunji
19. Soul Sacrifice / Santana
20. Shaft in Africa (Addis) / Johnny Pate
21. Theme from Shaft / Isaac Hayes
22. Expansions / Lonnie Liston Smith and the Cosmic Echoes
23. Girl You Need a Change of Mind / Eddie Kendricks
24. The Mexican / Babe Ruth
25. Funky Nassau, Pt. 1 / The Beginning of the End
26. Love and Happiness / Al Green
27. Cherchez la Femme/Se Si Bon / Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
28. Love Is the Message (feat. The Three Degrees) / MFSB
29. Los Conquistadores Chocolates / Johnny "Hammond" Smith
30. Spanish Hustle / Fatback Band
31. I'm a Man / Chicago
32. Papa Was a Rollin' Stone (Single Version) / The Temptations
33. It's Just Begun / The Jimmy Castor Bunch
34. Make Me Believe in You / Patti Jo
35. Hum Along and Dance / Rare Earth
36. I Got It / Gloria Spencer
37. Living for the City / Stevie Wonder
38. Bad Luck / Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
39. Walk Away from Love / David Ruffin
40. I'll Be Around / The Spinners

Playlist by DJ SHIKISAI
Cover photo by Mikiya Tanaka (ELLA RECORDS)

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