What's currently doing it for you? Under-the-radar obscurity or celebrated megasmash that had hitherto passed you by - it doesn't matter to me, just post them up here and share the joy
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Tuesday, 13 March 2018 17:02 (nine months ago) Permalink
random new-to-me things that i picked up recently for cheap...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVif2QVRQTQPierre - Just Right (1984)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikkDz5G45C4Sarah Dash - Low Down Dirty Rhythm (1983)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26HV5g1DfaoSteve Shelto - Don't You Give Your Love Away (1983)
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Tuesday, 13 March 2018 17:07 (nine months ago) Permalink
also, my god i really need a copy of this amazing thing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f19C89_8WaUBlack Gold - C'mon Stop (1983)
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Tuesday, 13 March 2018 17:19 (nine months ago) Permalink
Short version 6:31. Ah, disco...
Really like that "Low Down Dirty Rhythm" track, thanks!
― Fifteen miles to the Maaaaaatt Schlapp! (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 13 March 2018 18:38 (nine months ago) Permalink
yr welcome!
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Tuesday, 13 March 2018 18:53 (nine months ago) Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3PuHwGchDETeena Marie - I Need Your Lovin' (1980)
I know and love Behind The Groove and Lovergirl, but I hadn't heard this one before today, I really gotta up my Teena game. What else is good?
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Saturday, 17 March 2018 20:56 (eight months ago) Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nL3xFKM48cSly Cabell - Feelin' Fine (1982)
Keep coming back to this one at the moment. Have no idea who Sly Cabell is, but this is a Shep Pettibone joint on Salsoul with a lovely saxy good times vibe and also kinda Princey I think?
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Saturday, 17 March 2018 22:17 (eight months ago) Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAXXpLRTprsMary Clark - Take Me I'm Yours (1980)
Most mind-melting reissue I picked up last year, JFHC what a belter
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Saturday, 17 March 2018 22:35 (eight months ago) Permalink
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Saturday, March 17, 2018 1:56 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
uh "square biz"!!!
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 17 March 2018 22:40 (eight months ago) Permalink
wonderful thread idea btw
oooh, holy heck, how did i not hear that before?
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Saturday, 17 March 2018 22:45 (eight months ago) Permalink
fuck, sweet tune! and that weird subtly psychedelic percussion sound in the background, reminds me of the glottal noises that the jug player in the 13th floor elevators used to make
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Saturday, 17 March 2018 22:47 (eight months ago) Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HzfGbzq29gThelma Houston - If You Feel It (1981)
Another one I keep coming back to, so flipping funky. Don't know who's playing that bass but Keni Burke and Scott Edwards (who's all over the great Stevie albums) get credits on the album so that figures
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Saturday, 17 March 2018 23:12 (eight months ago) Permalink
Gotta say though, I'm not sure what to make of the line 'you're like an important china tea cup'. Is that supposed to be a good thing?
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Saturday, 17 March 2018 23:15 (eight months ago) Permalink
my favorite recent disco discovery is voyage's "souvenirs". completely gorgeous song.
― dyl, Sunday, 18 March 2018 22:12 (eight months ago) Permalink
yeah, that’s a good one. wacky band, think all the people involved were french library music guys - some of their non-voyage stuff goes for a fortune
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Sunday, 18 March 2018 23:51 (eight months ago) Permalink
So many new discoveries (as I'm maintaining this blog), so many new purchases (as I have a new weekly residency playing disco-jazz-funk-boogie on vinyl), so this is a timely thread.
Received in this morning's post:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIx7RMbKqsg
Mary Clark "Take Me I'm Yours" also seconded - bought this a couple of weeks ago.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 11:20 (eight months ago) Permalink
Also received in this morning's post:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXhbXh2_xS8
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 11:21 (eight months ago) Permalink
And finally, in yesterday's post:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF6MqDsSock
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 11:23 (eight months ago) Permalink
Hooray Mike! :D
Will have a listen once I get home, but that Mass Production looks familiar. Blog looks like an absolute goldmine!!
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 15:02 (eight months ago) Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-eCNM-TmhY
obsessed with the vocal performance on this
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 22:45 (eight months ago) Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbKv_M3UwMc
nothing new to anyone but do you ever notice the way all the different elements on this are so strong and yet intertwine so effortlessly
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 22:56 (eight months ago) Permalink
welcome boxedjoy! that melba moore - oh shit, lovely stuff! <3
again she's someone that i need to investigate a bit more thoroughly, her catalogue's vast! things that i do know and love: 'You Stepped Into My Life', 'Pick Me Up, I'll Dance', 'Miss Thing', 'Underlove'
need to get myself educated though!
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 23:17 (eight months ago) Permalink
fave gwen for me atm is 'seventh heaven', but that whole 82-86 period of hers is all gold imo
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 23:19 (eight months ago) Permalink
ha, that donald byrd goes a lot harder than i thought it would! mass production is cool as well, love that soprano sax. i suspect a certain ratio were definitely listening to that one
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 23:27 (eight months ago) Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54qYh92-F_ABobby Nunn - Don't Knock It (Until You Try It) (1983)
^ been jamming this one a lot today. was a single in the UK only and pretty much flopped at the time, but it's some really nice synthy boogie business. guy was involved with both rick james and earth, wind & firer, and i think it has got some of the funkiness of the former and the sweetness of the latter
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 14:15 (eight months ago) Permalink
jazz-funk but so so great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ga7f-vh4Bg
― Thomas NAGL (Neil S), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 18:19 (eight months ago) Permalink
love that cover too
Best discovery yet from Mike's blog: Shalamar's 'Right in the Socket'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFrRECQarE0
The song itself is great, and at 4:36 it becomes amazing.
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 21:43 (eight months ago) Permalink
ha yeah - big old synth wombles in and starts blowing the place up! :D
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 22:37 (eight months ago) Permalink
something very prog but still pretty funky about the one that Neil posted, like if genesis had infiltrated earth, wind & fire instead of the other way round. hadn't heard of those dudes before
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 22:46 (eight months ago) Permalink
hadn't heard this before today either...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVy4HW6FQ9c
Midnight Star - Midas Touch [Acappella AKA Bassappella version] (1986)
you probably know the song but this version is just vocals and a really reverby bass synth, sounds weirdly modern but also quite bonkers
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 23:00 (eight months ago) Permalink
b2 on the standard US & UK 12" btw
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 23:02 (eight months ago) Permalink
shalamar 'right in the socket' is a key moment in this insanely good live larry levan dj set recording: https://www.discogs.com/Larry-Levan-Live-At-The-Paradise-Garage/release/21473
if you haven't heard that you are absolutely missing out on life
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 22 March 2018 01:04 (eight months ago) Permalink
he blends it into cher's "take me home," so awesome
xp to Nick a great summary of "Celebration"! I love how that ecstatic guitar solo comes in towards the end, it's almost Eddie Hazel-esque in its virtuosity
― Thomas NAGL (Neil S), Thursday, 22 March 2018 08:45 (eight months ago) Permalink
I also discovered "Right In The Socket" via the same blog, and I've since played it out a few times; handily, "Second Time Around" is on the other side.Not played that Levan mix in a long, long time, must rectify.... but I see it has T-Connection "At Midnight", a copy of which arrived in yesterday's post!
― mike t-diva, Thursday, 22 March 2018 09:00 (eight months ago) Permalink
My roommate is constantly digging for boogie/funk and we have lots of reccomendations.
― davey, Thursday, 22 March 2018 10:22 (eight months ago) Permalink
Here's some UK Boogie we're feelin: https://www.discogs.com/State-Of-Grace-Touching-The-Times/release/600722Italo: https://www.discogs.com/Dr-Togo-Be-Free/release/102834
― davey, Thursday, 22 March 2018 10:23 (eight months ago) Permalink
Oh and I accidentally ordered six copies of this record a couple weeks ago. Boys and girls, don't drink and shop for records. https://www.juno.co.uk/products/unit-one-lets-all-sing-together/675376-01/
― davey, Thursday, 22 March 2018 10:26 (eight months ago) Permalink
speaking of xxxxxpost Teena Marie, I really liked Congo Square, the last new album released before she passed--first few songs are pretty desperately philosophical more than anything else, but then she gets it together---and this transitional effect turns out to be very appropriate---wiki quotes:The album title references Congo Square, in the Tremé in New Orleans, an area in which, during times of slavery, slaves were "allowed to dance and sing in the wardrobe of their mother country on Sundays."[5] Teena Marie said of the album:
"I've been through quite a few trials and tribulations over the last two years. I spent many of those hours in prayer and felt like God was putting his arms around me. I started thinking about the music I grew up on—how inspired it was. Each song I was coming up with began to sound like the style of some favorite artist of mine from the past... Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye, Billie Holliday, the old Chicago soul of The Emotions and the new Chicago vibe of Kanye West... Ice Cube's bumpin' in the trunk vibe and of course, Rick James. It's all in there."[5]
Teena Marie also expressed her appreciation for Faith Evans, saying, "I've always loved Faith and her vocal style. She reminds me of me. Her correlation with Biggie—having a career with him and without him—reminds me of me and Rick James. I feel like she's a younger me. Of the younger ladies, she's the one I love most."
― dow, Thursday, 22 March 2018 19:41 (eight months ago) Permalink
my favorite tune from the donald byrd from the F.U.M.L. album is the closer. i listen to it for affirmation at least once a month. and one of the great walking bass lines out there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7z97XfHVoY
― andrew m., Thursday, 22 March 2018 21:47 (eight months ago) Permalink
and some more solar. i am absolutely in love lately with dynasty's "groove control." i think it's perfect in every way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgCUq0gdh0M
― andrew m., Thursday, 22 March 2018 21:50 (eight months ago) Permalink
davey: i was going to say that i don't think i've ever even heard of state of grace before and then it turns out that lol this one is already on my discogs want list...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE8ytsuYgHgState Of Grace - That's When We'll Be Free [Special New Mix] (1982)
and that dr togo song is sick! a nice uh chris rea vibe to that one (not an insult!) :D
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Thursday, 22 March 2018 22:26 (eight months ago) Permalink
when i was listening to lots of jazz as a teen, donald byrd was always way too slick sounding for me and i never really checked him out, but now every song i hear from him is just super nice, what the hell was i thinking?
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Thursday, 22 March 2018 22:31 (eight months ago) Permalink
and yes, dynasty have got some good stuff! the one i have is 'i don't wanna be a freak (but i can't help myself)'
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Thursday, 22 March 2018 22:33 (eight months ago) Permalink
oh nice milk bottle accompaniment on 'groove control'!
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Thursday, 22 March 2018 22:35 (eight months ago) Permalink
xxxp State of Grace is pretty good huh. I wasn't aware of their other output.
Here's another one I'd picked up recently. Not sure how obvious it is, since my knowledge of the genre isn't really deep, but it's funky as hell. It looks like there are some reasonably priced copies still on Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/Steve-Watson-Born-To-Boogie-My-Little-One/release/7554675
― davey, Friday, 23 March 2018 09:18 (eight months ago) Permalink
Oh and another bomb reissue: https://www.discogs.com/Touch%C3%A9-Just-Like-A-Doorknob/release/11079663
I love how strong the vinyl reissue scene has been, lately. My theory is that Discogs is a big positive influence, since it's made it easy to quantify how many people want out-of-print releases.
― davey, Friday, 23 March 2018 09:20 (eight months ago) Permalink
Pretty much the same path we all eventually follow with jazz-funk mastercuts fodder.
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Friday, 23 March 2018 12:43 (eight months ago) Permalink
Memorably deployed near the climax of Can't Stop the Music.
― Uppercase (Eric H.), Thursday, 19 April 2018 19:57 (seven months ago) Permalink
Well, memorable to me in any case.
Thanks for that Sex Pistols cover, Paolo! I love it. The original is by the Black Arabs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZmZ1Z9o73E
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 20 April 2018 06:31 (seven months ago) Permalink
Aha, I suspected as much and had been meaning to cross-check, thanks for confirming!
― mike t-diva, Friday, 20 April 2018 07:07 (seven months ago) Permalink
In today's post: Carrie Lucas - Dance With You, as liberally sampled by a certain late 90s monster hit. The YouTube doesn't do it full justice compared with the 12", but HOLY SHIT THIS IS SO GREAT.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BHww8urQGE
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 21 April 2018 14:15 (seven months ago) Permalink
Obv introduced to that song via the sample that eclipsed it, but man the original is a barnstormer. Way closer to the on-beat than most disco
― Uppercase (Eric H.), Saturday, 21 April 2018 19:36 (seven months ago) Permalink
Yeah that carrie lucas bangs, love that!
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Saturday, 21 April 2018 19:40 (seven months ago) Permalink
Playlist from last Friday's DJ gig at the bar up the road:
Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes - Wake Up EverybodyBill Withers - Lovely Day ned doheny - to prove my lovedonald byrd - love has come aroundcandi staton - when you wake up tomorrowinvisible man's band - all night thingNorman Connors - Captain Connorslight of the world - pete's crusadegeorge duke - brazilian love affairmass production - shantetower of power - lovin' you is gonna see me thrucharles earland - let the music playkleeer - it's magicraul de souza - daisy mae azymuth - jazz carnivaleddie henderson - prance ondebbie jacobs - high on your lovedouble exposure - ten percentgrey & hanks - dancin'herbie mann - hijackshalamar - right in the socketd train - you're the one for medavid joseph - you can't hide (your love from me)loose joints - is it all over my face?talking heads - I zimbranarada michael walden - I shoulda loved yagene chandler - get downshalamar - I owe you onethe source ft candi staton - you got the love (original 1986 version)sister sledge - thinking of you (dimitri from paris remix)george benson - give me the nightIndeep - Last Night A DJ Saved My Lifequeen - another one bites the dustsugarhill gang - rappers delightPositive Force - We Got The FunkPatrice Rushen - Forget Me NotsMichael Jackson - Off The Wallplayers association - turn the music upbobby thurston - check out the grooveQuincy Jones - Ai No Corridachic - le freak (dimitri from paris remix)marvin gaye - got to give it up (the reflex re-edit)Freeez - Southern Freeezodyssey - use it up and wear it outSly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music (John Luongo remix)gloria gaynor - never can say goodbyesylvester - you make me feel (mighty real)
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 09:44 (seven months ago) Permalink
nice! how did it go down? am picturing the ruins still smouldering here
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 10:00 (seven months ago) Permalink
The original Source/Candi Staton went down particularly well, as nobody seems to know it; I had a similar reaction with Tony Lee's "Reach Up" a few weeks ago, when people realised it had the vocal from Phats & Small. Looking forward to pulling a similar trick with Carrie Lucas on Friday.
George Duke, D-Train and Players Association were all requests. The D-Train sounded particularly fantastic; I never quite know what's going to sound best on my PA system, until I play it out. On the downside, the Debbie Jacobs didn't sound great, although it plays fine at home.
Sylvester got the most dancers, obviously. But the early-set jazz-funk was much appreciated, too.
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 10:20 (seven months ago) Permalink
can't argue with the d-train, huge song!
got lucky and picked up this bomb for a couple of quid at the weekend:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5XS1CZV9w4Tamiko Jones - Can't Live Without Your Love (1979)
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 11:05 (seven months ago) Permalink
Great track, I also bought it a couple of months ago.
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 11:10 (seven months ago) Permalink
Best Night Ever at the bar up the road on Friday; I hit a sweet spot with this sequence, and was rewarded with a packed floor.Tailgunner - Jimmy McGriffYou And I - Rick JamesCan't Live Without Your Love - Tamiko JonesEverybody Here Must Party - Direct Current, with a flukily spot-on long-running mix into...R.R. Express - Rose RoyceBackstrokin' - FatbackFar Beyond - LocksmithOn The One - CameoLet's Get Funktified - Boiling PointLet's Get Serious - Jermaine JacksonYou Got The Love (1986 original version) - The Source & Candi StatonGoing Back To My Roots - OdysseyTake Me I'm Yours - Mary Clark (I'll play requests when they're as good as this one)Which Way Is Up - StargardStar - Earth Wind & Fire
Dance With You - Carrie Lucas into Streetplayer - Chicago also worked a treat.
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 6 May 2018 15:53 (seven months ago) Permalink
Out today on Be With Records
https://www.discogs.com/The-Whispers-Keep-On-Lovin-Me/release/12031106
Such a great video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6aRvVTSC0I
― groovypanda, Friday, 25 May 2018 11:56 (six months ago) Permalink
I'm a bit of a boogie dilettante but listening to a few bits recently. I can sort of take or leave Leroy Burgess's voice on this but even so. Damn.
The Fantastic Aleems, Hooked On Your Love 12".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmvMzqIJRXM
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Friday, 25 May 2018 14:08 (six months ago) Permalink
Through the letterbox yesterday: Rhyze - Just How Sweet Is Your Love (SAM, 1980). Creamy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxtNcDPmfy0
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 23 June 2018 19:53 (five months ago) Permalink
This is a nice one:Queen Samantha - 'Singing Hallelujah'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HITBzKqmt3g
It's the B-side of her cover of 'The Letter'
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 29 June 2018 12:52 (five months ago) Permalink
i've had this in my collection for a while
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy4nrCYMMcM
and just learned it rips off lipps inc., which i'm now convinced is the superior version!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr69NcmYg3Q
― davey, Friday, 3 August 2018 07:22 (four months ago) Permalink
lol i like timecode better
you've heard the original by Ace? nice soft rock eagle-y romp
― brimstead, Friday, 3 August 2018 17:48 (four months ago) Permalink
omg, i have heard the original and totally forgot about it. and it's also pretty great
― davey, Friday, 3 August 2018 20:52 (four months ago) Permalink
Dee Dee Sharp Gamble - Breaking And Entering. (late 1980/early 1981)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZHCOKpVWjM
― mike t-diva, Friday, 31 August 2018 10:05 (three months ago) Permalink
courtesy of my now former roommate, funky brewster, who sent it via text message. i miss him lots. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZbdPtRSv-s
― davey, Sunday, 2 September 2018 04:37 (three months ago) Permalink
xp track is groovy as hell :)
― davey, Sunday, 2 September 2018 04:39 (three months ago) Permalink
cool, bookmarked this thread.
holy moly this tune tho. is there a "songs where there are handclaps after the singer says clap your hands" thread?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RulvW5IqIrgbileo - you can win
― Closed Beta (NotEnough), Sunday, 2 September 2018 14:46 (three months ago) Permalink
From excellent sister thread I Love Deep Cuts--a yard sale treasure:
Another xpost Deep Cuts album mostly, though I think/hope Chic's "I Need Your Love" got a decent amount of airplay. Seems like a Chic album with well-served guest lead vox---Carly Simon at her best! The only track I kinda listen askance at is the closer w Debbie Harry. From the solo debut, and Nile & Nard produced that too, but the CREEM reviewer who liked it was not a Chic fan, so that put me off listening, and it disappeared pretty quickly, so another DC album but here's this---thanks again Discogs!
Various – Soup For One - Original Motion Picture SoundtrackLabel:Mirage (2) – WTG 19353Format:Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country:USReleased:1982Genre:Funk / Soul, Stage & ScreenStyle:Soundtrack, Disco, FunkTracklist Hide CreditsA1 –Chic Soup For One 5:33A2 –Carly Simon Why 4:06A3 –Teddy Pendergrass Dream Girl 4:08A4 –Fonzi Thornton I Work For A Livin' 3:31B1 –Chic I Want Your Love 6:53B2 –Sister Sledge Let's Go On Vacation 5:08B3 –Chic Tavern On The Green 2:15B4 –Deborah Harry Jump, JumpWritten-By – Chris Stein, Deborah Harry4:02CreditsBass, Vocals – Bernard EdwardsBells [Tubular] – José Rossi*Drums – Tony Thompson (2)Engineer – Bill Scheniman, Bob Clearmountain, Scott LittEngineer [Assitant] – Barry Bongiovi, Dave "The Rave" Greenberg*, Jason Corsaro, Jeff Hendrickson, Josh AbbeyGuitar – Nile RodgersHorns – Edward Daniels*, Meco Monardo, Robert MillikanKeyboards – Ray Jones*, Rob SabinoPercussion – Sammy FigueroaProducer, Written-By, Arranged By, Conductor – Bernard Edwards & Nile RodgersVocals – Alfa Anderson, Diva Gray, Fonzi Thornton, Jocelyn Brown, Luci Martin, Michelle Cobbs, Robin Clark (2)
― dow, Sunday, July 22, 2018
― dow, Sunday, 2 September 2018 20:13 (three months ago) Permalink
i'm sure i've posted this a few times but i love this b-side from "bad bad boy" by theo vaness. it's kind of cheaply constructed and really doesn't need to be so long but it BANGS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LtNlT2SV_k
― macropuente (map), Sunday, 2 September 2018 20:20 (three months ago) Permalink
Revelation - Feel It (1980)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y2JapLMkSQ
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 14:57 (three months ago) Permalink
oh hell yes
― macropuente (map), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 01:29 (three months ago) Permalink
i've been getting reacquainted with how good "music and lights" by imagination is.
fyi the bass playing on that theo vaness track is so killer, it just pours out of whoever's playing it... and i really want to know who it is but i can't find any credits.
― macropuente (map), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 01:32 (three months ago) Permalink
and i should say it's not a b-side! it's from a double a side released in 1987
― macropuente (map), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 01:33 (three months ago) Permalink
That 1987 release was a re-issue. It was on the B-side of Paradise Garage classic "Sentimentally It's You", released in 1979. I vastly prefer this to "Sentimentally It's You", but would still prefer an instrumental version; Theo's vocals rub me up the wrong way.
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 09:49 (three months ago) Permalink
I've been told by a friend who goes to "modern" rooms at Northern Soul events that Revelation's "Feel It" often gets an airing. It'll get a first airing from me on Friday night, too - as will Chemise "She Can't Love You" (1982), recommended to me by a regular. This gets better with every play; all those little staccato stabs and squelches really do it for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRrTR7hNO-M
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 09:56 (three months ago) Permalink
^ Love this, especially the way she says, "She can't love you like I dohhhhh"
― Josefa, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 13:04 (three months ago) Permalink
could spend a lifetime digging through all the various patrick adams projects. got this one the other week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07dCMg7En9A
― andrew m., Wednesday, 12 September 2018 14:47 (three months ago) Permalink
chemise is the GOAT floor-filler
― flopson, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 15:05 (three months ago) Permalink
GOAT....???
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 15:21 (three months ago) Permalink
Get Out And Tosssssss
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 16:03 (three months ago) Permalink
GOAT was originally released as an abbreviation ca. 2007. It means Greatest Of All Time. ;)
― macropuente (map), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 17:48 (three months ago) Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOl-vTIKzCEMelody Stewart - Get Down, Get Down (1980)
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 14 September 2018 07:30 (three months ago) Permalink
I saw a performance of King Lear last night. Shalamar's "Right in the Socket" takes on a whole new meaning after Gloucester's blinding scene.
― ArchCarrier, Saturday, 15 September 2018 08:30 (two months ago) Permalink
Metropole - Miss Mahattan. An Italian production from spring 1981, although it sounds a good deal more NYC than Italian.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3s64eEcUMM
― mike t-diva, Monday, 1 October 2018 16:52 (two months ago) Permalink
Vera - Take Me To The Bridge (late 1980/early 1981)The proto-hi-energy intro is a bit misleading, as it settles into a smoother and more satisfying groove thereafter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW1L9-GTOTc
― mike t-diva, Friday, 5 October 2018 14:11 (two months ago) Permalink
NickB already posted that Vera song itt 6 months ago but damn if it doesn't deserve another few postings here. Such a magical song! Thanks, you two!
― Fetchboy, Saturday, 13 October 2018 17:08 (two months ago) Permalink
Ahaha so he did! Well, this is my current new favourite: Jean Carn "If You Wanna Go Back" (1976). I only wish it was longer.https://youtu.be/wboKA2XpfyM
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 14 October 2018 00:23 (two months ago) Permalink
with my first post in this thread, please allow me to say WOWOWOWOWOWOW @ "She's So Divine" upthread
― The Troops™ (jamescobo), Thursday, 18 October 2018 18:26 (one month ago) Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjpELZNsTD4
familiar to everyone I'm sure but it's such a perfect slow groove isn't it
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 27 October 2018 10:03 (one month ago) Permalink
i've been downloading 80s jams all night, getting ready for a gig tomorrow. this is one of my fave rediscoveries in a while. not sure how obvious it is, probably it's pretty obvious heh. but i had forgotten all about it. solo nile rodgers is my kind of throwback to play!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSCN4WZYU9Y
― davey, Sunday, 11 November 2018 10:59 (one month ago) Permalink
I'm having a good afternoon. These are all from around October 1981.
Arthur Adams - You Got The FloorThis builds from a subdued start, hitting its stride around 1:49, then peaking with a long jazzy instrumental section that eventually closes the track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wm0e1fTpXo
The Frontline Orchestra - Don't Turn Your Back On MeMore strident and less weedy than Britfunk too often tended to be, and as such deservedly embraced by Knuckles and Levan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsr-dymmbKA
Letta Mbulu - KilimanjaroSets out its stall early, then sticks there to pleasing effect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI4clrzJZZk
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 25 November 2018 16:44 (two weeks ago) Permalink
very enjoyable stuff
― niels, Monday, 26 November 2018 14:25 (two weeks ago) Permalink
Just discovered the french version and it's fyehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdIvdGoLJRU
― davey, Thursday, 6 December 2018 08:05 (one week ago) Permalink