MOUSETRAP R&B ALLNIGHTER SETLIST

There’s still nothing quite like playing a selection of one’s favourite records in a dark club at ridiculously loud volume and seeing people jump and dance. That’s how it was last Saturday at the Mousetrap in Finsbury Park. These were my sets at 11.40pm and 3.15am.

The Hammond Brothers – Thirty Miles of Railroad Track (Abner)

Clyde McPhatter – Thirty Days (Atlantic)

Rudy & The Reno Bops – Rudy’s Monkey (Tear Drop)

Bobby Marchan – Chickee wah-Wah (Gale)

Sugar & Sweet – You Don’t Have To Cry (Pep)

Gladys Tyler – A Little Bitty Girl (Decca)

Jimmy Nelson – Tell Me Who (Chess)

Hindal Butts – In The Pocket (M-S)

Cecil Garrett – Bear Cat (Calla)

Dorothy Berry – Ain’t That Love (Planetary)

Jean Stanback – If I Ever Needed Love (Peacock)

Smokey Smothers – I Got My Eyes On You (Gamma)

Banny Price – You Love Me Pretty Baby (Jewel)

Chubby Checker – Toot (Columbia)

Toussaint McCall – The Toussaint Shuffle (Ronn)

Prince Conley – I‘m Going Home (Satellite)

Big Maybelle – Do Lord (Brunswick)

The Gardenias – What’s The Matter With Me (Fairline)

Lloyd Price – The Chicken & The Bop (KRC)

Bobby Peterson Quintet – Mama Get The Hammer (V-Tone)

Jessie Mae – Don’t Freeze On Me (Dra)

Harold Atkins – Big Ben (-)

Dick Jordan – I Want Her Back (Jamie)

Grover Pruitt – Little Girl (Salem)

Lou Rawls – Trouble Down Here Below (Capitol)

Big Daddy Rogers – I’m A Big Man (Midas)

Youg Jessie – Big Chief (Mercury)

Dick Holler – Mooba Grooba (Comet)

Marv Johnson – Come On And Stop (United Artists)

Mary Ann Fisher – It’s A Man’s World (Imperial)

Jesse Pearson – I Got A Feelin’ I’m Fallin’ (RCA-Victor)

Billy Young – Glendora (Original Sound)

Frank Minion – How Much Land Does A Man Need (Vik)

MOUSETRAP R&B ALLNIGHTER and INTERVIEW WITH MONKEY

This Saturday I'm guesting behind the decks at the Mousetrap R&B Allnighter in Finsbury Park. Been a fair few months since I last DJed at a proper rhythm and soul do, so looking forward to spinning a number of 45s I've acquired recently, plus cranking out personal favourites in this little basement bar.

Promoters the New Untouchables recently interviewed me for their Nutsmag. The result, should you wish to ridicule me, is here: Hey! Mr. DJ  

Also joining residents Chris Dale and Rob Bailey on Saturday are the esteemed Callum Simpson, fresh from opening his Monkey Jump club in Manchester last week, and young gun Louie Thompson from Nottingham making his Trap debut.

Expect the finest Rhythm & Blues, Northern & Club Soul, Ska/Reggae, Jazz and Boogaloo.

MOUSETRAP R&B ALLNIGHTER PLAYLIST - SEPTEMBER 2012

Fun was had at the Mousetrap R&B Allnighter on Saturday. For those who like passing judgement on lists of records from your armchair, here’s what I played. In the cold, sober light of day the second set looks top heavy on the tried and tested but as it was the last set of the night, and quarter to five in the morning, it wasn’t really the time to start pushing boundaries or being too adventurous. And besides, they’re still bloody great records to hear whacked up loud. My only concern was keeping the hard-core that remained on the dancefloor, which they did (see I’m a professional…), and credit to their younger bones than mine to still want more after we were cruelly cut short by the management. Booo...

Lyn Westbrook – Take Your Time (Kimtone)

Junior Gordon – Call The Doctor (JayPee)

The Combinations – Voodoo (Carrie)

The Rollers – Troubles (Bel-Star)

Big Daddy Green – Who Done It (Anla)

Buster Benton – Hole In My Head (Melloway)

Roosevelt Grier – Since You’ve Been Gone (RIK)

Earl Stanley – Fish Eyes (Pitassy)

Jimmy Bell – Whatcha Gonna Do About Me (Hickory)

Clyde McPhatter – Thirty Days (Atlantic)

Benny Spellman – Ammerette (Minit)

Jesse Pearson – I Got A Feelin’ I’m Fallin’ (RCA Victor)

Ronnie Milsap – A Thousand Miles From Nowhere (Scepter)

Dick Holler – Mooba Grooba (Comet)

Big Maybelle – Do Lord (Brunswick)

Grover Pruitt – Little Girl (Salem)

Big Daddy Rogers – I’m A Big Man (Midas)

Lonnie Hewitt – You Gotta Git (Fantasy)

Marv Johnson – Come On And Stop (United Artists)

Ernie Washington – Lonesome Shack (Chattahoochee)

Ronnie Love – Chills and Fever (Dot)

The Gardenias – What’s The Matter With Me (Fairlane)

JB Lenoir – She Don’t Know (Checker)

Big Jack Reynolds – I Had A Little Dog (Hi-Q)

Slim Harpo – I Need Money (Excello)

Charles Sheffield – It’s Your Voodoo Working (Excello)

Muddy Waters – Diamonds At Your Feet (Chess)

Buddy Guy – I Dig Your Wig (Chess)

Dorie Williams – Tell Me Everything You Know (635)

Gloria Grey – It’s A Sweet World (Warner Brothers)

Verdelle Smith – If You Can’t Say Anything Nice (Capitol)

For future Mousetraps and other events see The New Untouchables.

DATE FOR THE DIARY: MOUSETRAP R&B ALLNIGHTER, SATURDAY 22nd SEPTEMBER 2012

Another date for the diary, this time I’ll be packing a box of up-tempo rhythm and soul humdingers to spin for modernists, soulies, night owls, midnight creepers and plain weirdos at the next Mousetrap R&B Allnighter.

Also on the decks with their trusty 45s will be residents Rob Bailey and Catford Chris plus Mary Boogaloo and Jake Lingwood. Birthday drinks for me and Mary gratefully received and if you’re using Finsbury Park tube, think of Graham Bond. 

Mousetrap R&B Allnighter is at Orleans, 259 Seven Sisters Road, London, N4. £8 before midnight, £10 after, all night bar.