Grace of Spades is Out of Sight!

Thursday night is Out Of Sight—the groovy new soul dance party hosted by our pal DJ Xerox. Each Thursday he rounds up a pair of excellent soul music DJs—and there are dozens of them in New York City!—and asks them to play some of their bossest records for the faithful at the Beauty Bar in Manhattan. On May 7, the two DJs were Grace Of Spades and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus.

Due to a scheduling conflict, the night was set up so Miss Grace could swing early and cut out for another engagement. She’s got a cool radio show called Watch This Sound on BBox Radio that streams over the Internets. She’s also got a bunch of cool records and she played some at Out Of Sight. As The Boog walked in, about an hour into her set, she was swinging with some righteous R&B records, jumped it up with a couple of early seventies funk jams and ended her portion of the evening with Koko Taylor’s great version of “Wang Dang Doodle” (a touching salute to the DJ who followed her). That Grace Of Spades certainly knows how to play a record, that’s for sure!!

Our pal Yana Lil-Jerk was in attendance with her friend Bella, who was celebrating her birthday. The two of them kept the dance floor lively all night long. For his part, Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus had fun with the night, especially in the middle, when he played a set of funky “thing” records.

Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus swings at Out Of Sight! This was the last public appearance of The Boog’s goatee!! Photo by DJ Xerox

Here’s a list of every record played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at Out of Sight:

• The Fame Gang–Grits and Gravy (Fame)
• Jimmy Castor–Block Party (Jet Set)
• Rufus Thomas–Willy Nilly (Stax)
• Kim Tolliver–(Your Trying Too) Cop My Stuff (Rojac)
• Joe Kennedy–Slick Trick (Bang)
• The Four Tops–Piangono Gli Uomini (Tamla/Motown; Italy)
• Johnny Maestro with the Crests–Heartburn (Parkway)
• Witches and the Warlock–Behind Locked Doors (Sew City)
• The Platters–Sweet, Sweet Lovin’ (Musicor)
• Dee Dee Sharp–Let the Sunshine In (Cameo/Parkway; Germany)
• Saxie Russell–Come Dance With Me (Ran Dee)
• Linda Jones–I Can’t Stand It (Loma)
• Irwin Clement & the Exotics–Don’t Lead Me On (Festival; France)
• Mike & the Censations–Don’t Mess With Me (Highland)
• Richard Groove Holmes–Don’t Mess With Me (Blue Note)
• Tony Clarke–Ghetto Man (Chicory)
• Jesse Anderson–Mighty Mighty (Thomas)
• Bobby Bland–Gotta Get to Know You (Duke)
• Lou Rawls–When Love Goes Wrong (Capitol)
• Lynne Randell–That’s a Hoe Down (Epic)
• The Mirettes–He’s All Right With Me (Mirwood)
• Jimmy Holiday & Clydie King–Ready Willing and Able (Minit)
• Jive (Five) Fyve–I Want You to Be My Baby (Decca)
• Sonny Warner–Bell Bottom Blue Jeans (Checker)
• Olympics–Lookin’ for a Love (Parkway)
• Wylie Trass–That Soul Thing–Pt. I (ABC)
• Charles Lattimore–Do the Thing (Shout)
• Bill Coday–I Got a Thing (Galaxy)
• Bobby Powell–Into My Own Thing (Whit)
• The T.S.U. Toronadoes–My Thing Is a Moving Thing (Volt)
• Winfield Parker–Shake That Thing (Arctic)
• Googie Rene–Look at Your Girl (Kapp)
• Bobby Hatfield–Hot Tamales (Moonglow)
• Ronnie Love–Detroit, Michigan (D-Town)
• Joe Moore–I’ve Got My Sweet Baby (Verve)
• Billy Mack–Too Much (Philips)
• Kitty Love–You Gotta Change (Dade)
• Baby Lloyd–I Need Love (Atco)
• James Brown and the Famous Flames–Fine Old Foxy Self (King)
• Rodger Collins–She’s a Good Woman (Galaxy)
• Ike & Tina Turner–Can’t Chance a Break Up (Sue)
• King Curtis–Do the Monkey (Capitol)
• The Astro-Notes–Monkey Workout (Dot)
• Diamond Uprisers–New Kind of Jerk (Diamond Jerk) (Riley’s)
• Jeb Stuart–Soul Jerk It Baby (King)
• Bobby Newton–Do the Whip (Mercury; Japan)
• The Flame ‘n’ King–The Whip (Raines)
• Barbara Mercer–Nobody Loves You Like Me (Golden World)
• The inspirations–Touch Me, Hold Me, Thrill Me (Black Pearl)
• Major Lance–The Monkey Time (OKeh)
• Johnny Winter–Out of Sight (First Generation Gold)

None of these records are for sale.