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Mica Paris spins vintage and modern soul, including underground rarities, archive material, live recordings from UK soul events and big-name interviews. This edition features vibes great Roy Ayers , who discusses his work as a producer and his latest release - an album of previously unavailable work from the 70s.

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Roy Ayers

The first of six programmes in which Boy George takes a look at the dance phenomenon of the 1970s, now credited with the re-mix, the 12-inch single, the rise of the DJ, radical changes in studio recordings, new attitudes to sexuality, race and gender, and the reinjection of sex into mainstream American pop.

This first edition looks at disco's roots, which include Motown, Philly International and New York's underground dance scene.

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Presenter:
Boy George
Producer:
Simon Hollis

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