Down In The Grooves

DJ James Addyman plays the best in retro grooves

DJ James Addyman has been scouring the racks of record shops for more years than he cares to remember.

Luckily for you he puts all that effort to some use by providing an outlet for music that's undeniably popular but unfortunately receives scant attention.

His show, Down In The Grooves, brings great retro grooves to you from around the world.

Every week James plays the best tunes from his vinyl archives as well as the the odd CD, here and there!!).

However it's not all vintage as James is willing to give modern bands with a retro feel, a fair go.

The show which goes out on Friday night/Saturday morning (1am - 3am) plays the best tracks in rhythm 'n' blues, club soul, mod, funk, psychedelia, soundtracks, Northern Soul, music library, dancefloor jazz, Hammond grooves and all points in between.

So, remember retro is the new modern and tune in to Down In The Grooves for music that transcends the here and now, and rocks your world anytime you like.

The show is streamed live and each show is also archived on the BBC iPlayer for a whole week, so there's no excuse to miss the show.

If you want to contact the show you can write to:

Down In The Grooves
BBC Radio Leeds
2 St Peter's Square
Leeds
LS9  8AH

...or email [e-mail] .

Down In The Grooves is broadcast Friday night/Saturday morning, 1am - 3am on BBC Radio Leeds 92.4FM, 774AM, Digital DAB and the internet. Listen again to the show here .

Playlist

Show dated 30/01/10:

Tous Les Jours - Sandie Shaw (Disques Vogue)
You Just Cheat And Lie - Z.Z. Hill (Kent)
Happiness - The Tempests (Smash)
Looking Down - 1st Century (Capitol)
Magic Key - Rare Earth (Rare Earth)
Africa Revisited - Robin Jones & His Quintet (Apollo Sound)
The World Is Gone - Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra (Marina)
Diddling - Bo Diddley (Pye)
Chili Mac - Preston Love (Kent)
It's Too Late - Howard Tate (Turntable)
Side Tracked - Freddy King (King)
Hey Chico - Lee Morgan (Blue Note)
Sympathy For The Devil - Arif Mardin (Atlantic)
In Her Way - Phluph (Verve)
Ride - Caravan (Verve Forecast)
No More Lovin' - The Haunted (Quality)
Hanashitakunai - The Youngers (Big Beat)
Cowboy - The Petards (Liberty)
Crying Is For Writers - July (Major Minor)
Scussaeh! - La Metamorfosi (Polydor)
Home Sweet Home - Orlando Julius & His Afro Sounders (Vampi Soul)
Pop Junior Pop - Jr & His Soulettes (HMM)
Must Be Your Thing - Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (Warner Bros)
Check It All Out - Black Heat (Atlantic)
Love Whip - Tav Falco's Panther Burns (New Rose)
You Can Lead Your Woman To The Altar - Oscar Toney Jr (Bell)
Will Ya? - Pinkerton's Assorted Colours (Decca)
Maybe we've Been Loving Too Long - The Flying Machine (Congress)
Gli Angeli Del 2000 - Mario Molino (CAM)
I'm Walkin' High - Evolution (Dimension)
What Am I Doing Here With You - P.F.Sloan (Dunhill)

Show dated 23/01/10:

Reelin' & Rockin' Twist - Jimmy McCracklin (United Superior)
Origin (Apollo 7 Version)- Captain Hammond (Hammond Beat)
Magnetica - Espen Horne (Wah Wah 45)
No, Not Another Night - Ian & The Zodiacs (Star Club)
I'll Keep Holding On - The Action (Parlophone)
Dirty Robber - The Sonics (Etiquette)
Brought Up Wrong - Floating Bridge (Liberty)
The Tracks of My Tears - Gladys Knight & The Pips (Tamla Motown)
Can You Feel It? - S.O.U.L. (Stateside)
Camino Cortado - Los Roller (Belter)
Eles - Caetano Veloso (Philips)
Love Is A Bird - The Knickerbockers (Challenge)
Baby Not Like You - The Whirlwinds (HMV)
Working Woman - Gizelle Smith & The Mighty Mocambos (Legere)
Can You Get To That - Funkadelic (Westbound)
African Jumbo - Abbas Mehrpouya (Persianna)
Winter - Family (Reprise)
Little Man - Ill Wind (ABC)
A Kiss To Build A Dream On - Benny Gordon & The Soul Bros (RCA)
Foxy Walk - Gino Washington (Atac)
Piramidi - I Marc 4 (Plastic)
The Swinger - Ann-Margret (RCA)
The Final Comedown - Grant Green (Blue Note)
Ma Dou Sou Nou Mio - Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo De Cotonou (Analog Africa)
Waking Blues - The Groundhogs (Liberty)
Subway Train - New York Dolls (Mercury)
Hey Little Bird - The Miracle Workers (Voxx)
Dance With The Angels - The Green Pyjamas (Ubik)
Rudy Girl - Laurel Aitken (Island)

Show dated 16/01/10:

Pot Likker - Preston Love (Kent)
I Need It Just As Bad As You - Laura Lee (Invictus)
Troglodyte - The Jimmy Castor Bunch (RCA)
Animal Farm - Johnny "Hammond" Smith (Prestige)
The Return Of The Prodigal Son - Ray Bryant (Cadet)
Early In The Morning - Del Shannon (BGO)
Telegram For Miss Marigold - The Rokes (Rev-Ola)
Are You Ready - Pacific, Gas & Electric (CBS)
West Wind - Edison Electric Band (Cotillion)
Get With It - The Soul Vendors (Studio One)
Se Ba Ho - Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo De Cotonou (Analog Africa)
Chicken Hop - The Roosters (Shar-Dee)
You're Flying High Baby - Sylvia Doty (Delba)
Rhinestone In The Rough - Don Cooper (Roulette)
Um Um Um Um Um Um - Shango (A&M)
Con Un Puntapie - Michel Polnareff (AZ)
Dark Part Of My Mind - Crazy Elephant (Stateside)
Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White - The Standells (Tower)
Milk Cow Blues - Chocolate Watchband (Tower)
Good Times, Bad Lines - Jason Crest (Tenth Planet)
Grandma's Lawn - Caravan (Verve Forecast)
East St Louis - Little Aaron (Marlo)
I'm Movin' On - Billy Fury & The Tornados (Decca)
In My Way - The Dutch Masters (Big Beat)
Louie Louie - Flamin' Groovies (Buddah)
November Night - Peter Fonda (Rhino)
Inner Manipulations - Barry McGuire (Rhino)
Anthracite - Cymande (Janus)
The Crisis Generator - The Sound Stylistics (Freestyle)
El Tacos - Frenchy & The Chessmen (Temple)
The Roach - Calvin Carter (Vee Jay)

Show dated 09/01/10:

Flash - The Duke Of Burlington (Zafiro)
I Love The Life I Live - Mose Allison Trio (Columbia)
Sugar - Joyce Bond (Trojan)
Prisencolinensinainciusol - Adriano Celentano (Ariola)
Just Tell Me - Wess (Durium)
20-75 - Willie Mitchell (Hi)
A Whole New Thing - The Foundations (Pye)
Jack And Jane - The Velvet Underground (Polydor)
Hung Up Chick - Ill Wind (ABC)
Clarice - Caetano Veloso (Philips)
Ghabile Leyli - Abbas Mehrpouya (Persianna)
Nature Boy - Ian & The Zodiacs (Star Club)
Smokes - Question Mark & The Mysterians (Cameo Parkway)
Back Door Man - Percy Welch (Fran)
Juicy Fruit - Rudy Green (Ember)
Walking Through The Streets Of My Mind - The Timebox (Deram)
Tea And Sympathy - The Proclamation (Clarion)
Raggers - Claude Vasori (Sylvester)
Psychedelic Blues - Willie Bobo (Verve)
Daydreaming - Thorinshield (Rhino)
Montage Mirror - Roger Nichols Trio (Rhino)
Everyday People - The Staple Singers (Stax)
You Won't Miss The Water - Chico & Buddy (Kent)
Sunflower River Blues - John Fahey (Sonet)
Summertime - Gabor Szabo (HMV)
Pata Pata - Los Stop (Belter)
Soul 2 - Chus Martinez (Ekipo)
Kaze Ga Naiteriru - The Spiders (Philips)
Shadows In The Night - The Quests (Fenton)
Glass Onion - Arif Mardin (Atlantic)
Susie Q - Kinetic Energy (Amy)

Show dated 02/01/10:

Sugar's Boogaloo - Sugarman Three (Tramp)
Voodoo Woman - Curtis Knight (Gulf)
Doing The Mule - Billy Bland (Old Town)
Bryte 'N' Clear Day - Kak (Epic)
Hoedown - Caravan (Deram)
Stay Away From Joe - The Olympics (Arvee)
Gua Gua - Chaino (Dionysus)
Stay Indoors - New Formula (Pye)
One City Girl - The Fleur De Lys (Atlantic)
Mede Ma Gnin Messe - Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo De Cotonou (Analog Africa)
Sanford And Son Theme - Bobby Forrester (Dobre)
Oni Zaraz Przyjda Tu - Breakout (Muza)
Cruisin' - Herbie Goins & The Nightimers (Die Volksplatte)
Mal - Jenny Rock (Elite)
Ain't Nobody Home - B.B. King (ABC)
Bless The Children - Don Cooper (Roulette)
Eternal Prison - The Humane Society (Rhino)
Acid Head - The Velvet Illusions (Rhino)
Blackeyed Woman - The Deejays (Polydor)
Run Me Down - The Sevens (Layola)
Shing-A-Ling - The Cooperettes (Brunswick)
Soul Groove - The Savonics (MTA)
All These Blues - The Butterfield Blues Band (Elektra)
Afro-harping - Dorothy Ashby (Cadet)
Riviera Express - Bernard Estardy (Telemusic)
Melenas Club - Frank Miller & Hispania Soul (San Diego)
Up The Stairs And Around The Bend - Mickey & The Soul Generation (Cali-Tex)
Sock A Poo Poo '69 (pt 2) - Maurice McKinnies & The Soul Champions (Body & Soul)
Cura Dy Law - Meic Stevens (Sunbeam)
Dostlar Beni Hatirlasin - Ersen (Finders Keepers)
Glad I Could - The Fox (Crewe)