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12-15-23 Recording of The Friday Night Groove on 88.3 WXOU FM, featuring a guest mix from DJ Blue Funk based in the Twin-Cities. In this edition he blesses the airwaves with a mix of rare cuts of Japanese Funk and Soul delivered right out of his personal collection.

 

Set list via the guest:

The Apryl Fool - "Tanger" - 1969

Akira Ishikawa - "Jumbo" - 1971

Char - "Smoky" - 1976

Hozan Yamamoto, Tadao Sawai, & Kazue Sawai - "Soran Bushi" - 1973

Rinshoe Kida & Akira Ishikawa's Count Buffalos - "Soran Bushi" - 1973

Minoru Muraoka - "Take Five" - 1970

Bread & Butter - "Pink Shadow" - 1974

Osaka Monaurail - "Hung Up" - 2012

Minako Yoshida - "Chokkai" - 1976

Zero Sen - "Cool Head" - 1977

Jiro Inagaki & His Friends - "Hair" - 1975

Junko Ohashi & Minoya Central Station - "Feel So Bad" - 1977

Ryo Kawasaki - "Raisins" - 1976

Tatsuro Yamashita - "Paper Doll" - 1978

Atsuko Nina - "Teibou" - 1987

Shoody - "Tokyo Melody (Florent F Edit)" - originally from 1980

Junko Ohashi - "Telephone Number" - 1984

Junk Fujiyama - "Himitsu" - 2010

Pizzicato Five - "Tokyo, Mon Amour" - 1995

 

For more on the artist visit:

https://www.mixcloud.com/djbluefunk/

 

https://soundcloud.com/djbluefunk

 

https://www.instagram.com/djbluefunk/

 

For more on the program visit:

www.fridaynightgroove.com