Up to Auckland for the weekend – the cancellation of Soulfest was a bummer, but hey, plenty of things to do. Including, for me, a DJ set – at The Golden Dawn, my first time even visiting that establishment. Great venue. Great bar – kick-ass set by The Shifting Sands (that I managed to catch a bit of also) and I had a lot of fun playing some records. (A few repeats from the earlier DJ set at Real Groovy that day, as to be expected from carrying one crate up on the plane split between a few bags, but actually not too many repeats…)
Here’s what I played:

1. Love Unlimited, Love’s Theme
2. Van McCoy, The Hustle
3. Grover Washington Jr, Knuckle Head
4. Gene Ammons, Jug Eyes
5. Jose Feliciano, Sunny
6. Steely Dan, Hey Nineteen
7. Prince, Erotic City
8. The Spinners, It’s A Shame
9. Sam & Dave, Hold On, I’m Comin’
10. Jessie Hill, Ooh Poo Pah Doo
11. Jimmy Norman, I Don’t Love You No More (I Don’t Care)
12. The Meters, Look Ka Py-Py
13. The Ikettes, Don’t Feel Sorry For Me
14. Lee Dorsey, Working In A Coal Mine
15. Etta James, Can’t Shake It
16. James Carr, Coming Back To Me
17. The Shirelles, Boys
18. James Brown, Bring It Up
19. The Brothers Two, How To Make Love
20. Tony Butela, Long Black Stockings
21. Lazy Lester, Sugar Coated Love
22. Rufus Thomas, Tiger Man
23. Lucky Laws, I’m Not Teasing
24. Tony Allen & The Twilights, The Trakey-Doo
25. The Rolling Stones, Poison Ivy
26. The Vogues, Five O’Clock World
27. The Rivieras, California Sun
28. The Zombies, Time of The Season
29. The Temptations, Ain’t Too Proud To Bed
30. Bill Withers, Use Me
31. The Buddy Rich Big Band, The Beat Goes On
32. Sam Butera and The Wildest, Medley: Just A Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares For Me)
33.Sam Cooke, Chain Gang
34. King Curtis, Memphis Soul Stew
35. Donny Hathaway, The Ghetto
36. Isaac Hayes, Theme from ‘Shaft’
37. Grace Jones, Pull Up To The Bumper
38. Womack & Womack, Teardrops
39. David Bowie, Let’s Dance
40. The Thompson Twins, Love On Your Side
41. George Benson, Give Me The Night
42. Paul Simon, Late In The Evening
43. Gipsy Kings, Hotel California
44. Donnie & Joe Emerson, Good Time
45. Ray Stevens, Gitarzan
46. Minnie Riperton, Inside My Love
47. Nina Simone, Baltimore
48. The Specials, A Message To You, Rudy
49. Bob James, Angela – Theme from ‘Taxi’