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Dan's Desert Island Disco for his sister's birthday party!

A taste of the tunes Dan will be dropping when he DJs his sister's 50th next month!

Dan will be DJ-ing at his sister’s 50th birthday party next month - these are just some of the tunes that will get people dancing:

‱ Odyssey – Inside Out
‱ The Whispers – It’s a Love Thing
‱ Shannon – Let The Music Play
‱ D-Train - You're The One For Me
‱ Cybotron - Clear

Ahead of this, he will be DJ-ing at a Kids Rave, at St Ann’s Well Gardens, this weekend, as part of the Brighton Festival.

Dan told us: “My elder sister Cath (Hattie to her friends) is 50 in May, and we’re having a big disco party in June in a tent in my parent’s garden.

She’s a gardener, and always has 6 Music on while she chops down trees ‘n’ stuff. I have been given the job as DJ for the day, and more importantly, the night. She’s given me an insanely massive list of tunes to play. I have refused to play Simply Red.

The part of our musical history together that I’m most excited about re-treading is the late end of disco and 80s funk, soul and pop.We had quite a few good record shops in Aylesbury in the 80s. As well at Our Price, WH Smith and Woolworths (biggest in Europe!) we had Record House and Earth Records, the latter of which was where my sis would go to get the harder to find funk and soul 12”s. A tiny place inhabited by long hairy men. Me and my friends were getting into Electro and breakdancing at the time, mostly through copied cassettes of the Streetsounds compilations and listening to Mike Allen’s Rap Show on Capital.

So there was a bit of a crossover in our musical tastes, even though I was younger, and of course, cooler. Ha!

Years later I would ‘borrow’ some of her 12”s when I went to college and started DJing in Nottingham in the late 80s. There’s plenty of these tunes I still play now too. This selection is the cream of her massive list. (with a couple of my electro bangers squeezed in). I can’t wait to play at her party and drop all these beauties.

She’s great, and I love her very much."

Full list:
Shalamar – There it Is
Mary Jane Girls – All Night Long
Shannon – Let the Music Play
Xena – On the Upside
S.O.S. Band – Just be Good to Me
Aleem – Release Yourself
Cameo – Single Life
Newcleus – Jam on It
Odyssey – Inside Out
Wham! – Eveything She Wants
George Benson – Give me the Night
Cybotron – Clear
The Whispers – It’s a Love Thing
D-Train – You’re the One for Me
Steve Arrington – Feel So Real
Jocelyn Brown – Somebody Else’s Guy

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