The Chic organisation - geniuses or what ?

Chic are incredible. Someone should remaster their original studio albums on CD as they're dainty quiet. Honestly, I would do it if I knew how.

Maybe there isn't a reasonable demand and people are simply happy with their most well-known songs on compilations..

― David Katz (davek_00), Friday, 22 January 2010 23:04 (28 minutes ago) Bookmark

I agree.

The lack of a Chic Box-set is a tragedy too.

All the Chic stuff sounds best on vinyl, and especially 12". The Cd's sound subdued at times.

Good God! Is there a band anywhere that deserves to be heard more?

I've been chasing the Norma Jean album by Norma Jean Wright. The cheapest copy is $206.54 used from amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Norma-Jean-Wright/dp/B00004TS8Y

It's so frustrating.

LP is cheap as chips

I'm really chasing the:

8. Hold Me Lonely Boy
9. High Society [12" Mix]
10. Saturday Nite [Single Mix]
11. Sorcerer [12" Mix]
12. Having a Party [Extended Mix]

Also, interesting aside, one of the places I DJ got rid of their turntables just last week, after 18 years. It was a little disconcerting.

popture, you can e-mail me if a .wav file i made from High Society [12" Mix] will suffice

Done. That would just thrill me to bits. Many thankyous!

Le 18 octobre prochain Rhino France sortira le boxset "Nile Rodgers presents THE CHIC ORGANIZATION BOXSET VOL 1 : "Savoir Faire". Ce coffret réalisé en association avec Nile Rodgers donne pour la première fois accés aux archives du maestro. Au programme des titres de CHIC mais aussi de nombreux artistes produits par THE CHIC ORGANIZATION : Norma Jean, Sister Sledge, Sheila & B Devotion, Diana Ross, Fonzi Thornton et beaucoup d'autres surprises à venir.... Titres remasterisés, versions rares, titres inédits, outtakes, remixes de Dimitri From Paris....Le tout sur 4CDs format digipack long box & livret 20 pages avec notes de pochette de Nile Rodgers. Le Graal ultime pour tous les fans !...Rendez-vous tout de suite sur le Facebook Rhino France pour découvrir 2' du remix de Norma Jean "Saturday" réalisé par Dimitri From Paris. More news soon....

On October 18th , Rhino France will be releasing a 4CD boxset : "Nile Rodgers presents THE CHIC ORGANIZATION BOXSET VOL 1 : "Savoir Faire". This boxset , produced in partnership with Nile Rodgers , will not only feature songs from CHIC but also from artists produced by THE CHIC ORGANIZATION : Norma Jean, Sister Sledge, Sheila & B Devotion, Diana Ross, Fonzi Thornton & many more surprises to come... It will include rare versions, unreleased tracks, outtakes, remixes from Dimitri From Paris... All packaged in a 4CD remastered digipack long box, with a 20 page booklet and liner notes by Nile Rodgers. Please visit Rhino France Facebook Fanpage to listen to a 2' teaser of Norma Jean "Saturday" remixed by Dimitri From Paris . More news soon...

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rhino-France/336906391097

Only eight years after Douglas asked for it.

Oooh nice!

I can never see the point of remixes on releases like this.

60 fucking quid from Amazon fuck you god

You should be able to get it from Amazon.fr though where its EUR29.98 plus whatever postal charges they make to the UK.

http://www.amazon.fr/Nile-Rodgers-Presents-Organization-Boxset/dp/B0041T7FS6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1288520723&sr=8-1

Looks like a plan cheers.

This compilation really is the metaphorical bee's knees.

the Dimitri from Paris remixes aren't bad from what I've heard.

a shame there is no digital release for the UK.

otherwise I'd snap this up.

Yeah the Dimitri 'I Want Your Love' remix is amazing.

That remix is pretty good, but I still prefer the original, or the Todd Terje edit.

Nile Rodgers fighting cancer :-(

Just saw this.

Big sads.

Check out this sped-up (for copyright reasons? is this a thing? I've never heard of this and doubt it would hold off copyright holders but still most songs should be sped-up including this one which always seems a touch too slow) version of "Hangin'":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RbHW9GZl_0
Love this comment too: "Friends we have to dance a little bit faster"

The "First we shake, then we break/Your love I'm gonna take" is still intense as fuck so it works.

I think being sped-up stops their clever copyright infringement auto-checker.

Either way, top tune.

Ah! Didn't know that! Clever. And funky!

"Theodore? You ain't hangin out with me callin me no Theodore!"

Love the mock outrage in the intro to Hangin', makes me lol everytime

those dimtri from paris re-edits are just incredible, his lost in music version is probably the best thing i have ever heard. wish he'd be let loose on the rest of the chic org hits

also i saw on niles's blog today that he's in the middle of writing his autobiography - this made me cheer LOUD. out in oct 2011 but as ferg pointed out, 288 pages isn't enough, surely
http://www.randomhouse.com/spiegelandgrau/catalog/author/?authorid=93446

ive been griping about this for ages - the fact there's no book that covers everything about chic, from start to end, covering the songwriting, production work, etc (feel the same about the cure too, or is there one?). seems insane there isn't. (that politics of disco book seemed a bit dry and not enough about chic for my tastes). im resorting to signing up to rocksbackpages for the minimum time, instapapering all the chic interviews then gettin the hell outta there

That Chic book isn't very good but it's all about Chic. It covers the songwriting, the production work, etc.

I got the box set. The Mathis stuff isn't as revelatory as expected. The Norma Jean ("Sorcerer") and early album tracks ("Happy Man") are.

xpost really? ive had it for years but seemed so dry and cold i never got past the first few pages. will fix that.

that norma jean is one of the best on there, amazingly. also, not completely relevant but i heard 'all american girls' by sister sledge the other day. from 1981, and just amazing. it wasn't on the chic org album collection ive d/ld and that's because it was produced by narada michael walden but by christ it's up there with 'pretty baby' as one of the best non-big hit single chic org tracks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQOIvmtoXxo

the two fonzi thornton tracks from the boxset are fucking amazing too, can't believe i'd never heard them before:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i3YFACFi-c

Been loving the "Soup For One" sndtrk lots lately. Late era Chic production I a little more reliant on keyboards - but classy/weird/fun still. Teddy Pendergrass' "Dream Girl" is special.

This was 24 euro on amazon til they day I got a french speaker to come and help me buy it....

then that day it went up to 42 Euro.

:(

i was playing this a while ago and "we are family" came on and i could not hold back the tears of joy.

So, can somebody explain to me why this box is only available in FRANCE?! That makes no sense at all.

Dimitri said something along the line of a senior French music exec being particularly interested in doing the box set and it being a kind of personal commission.

At least they could make it digital-only for the rest of the whole world.

It's not like they are overly worried about low quality best of Chic CDs out there.

Seeing as there are a million of those already released.

here it is as digital.

Good Nile interview in today's NYT.

Is it available online?

I can't find it! It was on the front page of the Arts section.

A nice bit on Risqué.

A Hit Maker’s Life and Lyrics - thanks for the tip-off, Alfred.

He reflected a bit. “Now here’s the only part of the story I don’t know for sure,” he said. “I thought there were at least five Diana Ross impersonators in the bathroom, which seems like a large number, unless they were having a special theme night there.”

I think I'm sold on his autobiography. The Chic boxset v.1 I bought last year is something I dig out when I need a smile.

I've read half of the book thus far and am loving it. So many vivid scenes. First one that comes to mind: Chic, just as they getting big, played a festival at Jack Murphy Stadium (San Diego) and the crowd called for an encore. Chic had done all their songs and didn't want to replay any of them, so they hopped into the Padres' bullpen car and did victory laps.

that story alone has me sold.

Got a hold of the box set thru a friend. Blissss.

Saw Nile Rodgers' show last night in London. Possibly the most purely joyous show I've ever seen. All killer: Everybody Dance, Dance Dance Dance, I'm Coming Out, Upside Down, He's the Greatest Dancer, We Are Family, Spacer, Like a Virgin, Let's Dance, Thinking of You, Le Freak, Good Times. For the last two songs he invited the crowd to fill the stage and played among them without missing a beat. Then he closed by saying that because of the cancer he hadn't even been sure he'd still be alive now, let alone performing. It felt like a total privilege to be in the audience.

bunch of us going to see him do a talk this evening to promote his book, then tomorrow going to a Chic gig in Manchester in a warehouse at 1 am! good times.

Both will be great. The man can talk.

you lucky, lucky people - that sounds like the one gig I really want to see

Chic + Daft Punk!

???

We really do need to do that artist poll for these guys.