scaruffi's favorite disco albums

moulton columns appeared in billboard's disco section starting, afaict, in the october 26, 1974 issue and continuing until barry lederer took over at some point in mid-1978. over some periods his columns were basically weekly, and over others it appeared more sporadically. my go-to links for browsing old billboard issues are these two from google books and american radio history

unfortunately there's nothing more convenient than that. i do have an excel file of links that go directly to the disco sections of the google books/american radio history docs if that would be helpful

(altho apparently sometimes the column was hidden in other sections like 'general news' or 'fm action' or w/e so idek if that would be helpful)

anyway here's moulton on scaruffi's fave chic album:

Also from Atlantic Records comes Chic's LP titled, "Chic." It contains the group's successful disco hit, "Dance, Dance, Dance," plus one other strong cut that will probably be the followup single. The tune "Everybody Dance," unlike the group's current hit, has warmth and beauty.

at least he correctly notes later in the column of king errisson's l.a. bound: 'There are a number of strong cuts on this product.' high praise!

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I voted Donna Summer because, cheat or not, it has the greatest number of great disco songs.

w00t w00t, Change's The Glow of Love and Sister Sledge's We Are Family are on top! I'm genuinely thrilled by this result. That Chic's self-titled 1977 album is #3 makes this the Trifecta of Awesome.

oh wow at the glow of love finishing on top. nearly every track on that album is great in its way -- i'd say "it's a girl's affair" is the weak link but it's still a good, v solid track.