Don't forget Rodgers & Edwards' production on King of the World by Sheila & B Devotion, especially 'Spacer'.
In 1980 alone, they produced that album, Love Somebody Today, Real People and Diana.
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Monday, 23 September 2019 03:51 (four years ago) link
Norma Jean Wright's album from 78 is great too. What an incredible run of albums they had in those first three/four years.
I still think it's one of the world's biggest mysteries why the Debbie Harry sucked so much. On paper it sounds like a dream collaboration. I guess everyone involved was just burned out by then or something?
― kitchen person, Monday, 23 September 2019 04:48 (four years ago) link
I read in a Nile interview a while ago that they did nearly no preproduction work and kind of went in expecting they could just wing it.
― Siegbran, Monday, 23 September 2019 15:46 (four years ago) link
More like juuuuust prior to the Organisation but:
https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/album/missing-you
Wewantsounds is delighted to announce the reissue of Robert Cotter's ultra rare 1976 album, 'Missing You' in partnership with Robert Cotter himself. Originally released on the notorious Tiger Lily imprint, the album was never properly released at the time and most of the copies were supposedly destroyed before they could hit record store shelves. The few copies that survived now command unreasonable prices. The album, recorded in New York between 1975 and 76, is also the only known recording by The Big Apple Band, which Robert Cotter was fronting at the time alongside fellow musicians Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards, Tony Thompson and Robert Sabino.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 17:05 (three years ago) link
Loved this story - this was in both Stereogum's 80th birthday tribute to McCartney and Uncut's new issue (“McCartney at 80,” May 2022):
"I’ve crossed paths with him many times, but I have to say the most touching one is a silly one. We played President Obama’s final party. I looked out on the dance floor. It was my very first time meeting Paul McCartney, and he was singing every one of my songs. I was thinking, ‘How weird is this.’ The very first song I ever learned how to play on guitar was ‘A Day In The Life,’ and now I’m looking out at the dancefloor and Paul’s got a dance circle with his wife and he’s singing my songs.”
― birdistheword, Thursday, 23 June 2022 14:24 (one year ago) link
(This was Nile Rodgers being interviewed, of course.)
Music is the key to a summertime experience for pros and amateurs called the DiscOasis in Central Park. Its curator: the funk-disco guru and lifelong skater Nile Rodgers.
Rodgers created the playlists for the performances, which happen throughout the night, interspersed with live D.J.s (the daytime is for more relaxed skating). A longtime New Yorker, Rodgers coined his skate style as a 12- or 13-year-old on a brief sojourn in Los Angeles, when he tore up the town with other kids, performing little routines. “I had this wobbly leg way of skating,” he said. He still does, “even though I’m going to be 70. And it looks cool.”
His crew stood out even then: “We used to skate to jazz,” he said, recalling their grooves to the guitarist Wes Montgomery’s 1965 classic “Bumpin’ on Sunset.”
Fast forward 30 years, and Rodgers had largely hung up his skates. But he has been so energized by his association with the DiscOasis, which approached him for the Los Angeles event, that it reignited his devotion. Now on tour in Europe, he has been conjuring minirinks wherever he goes, one hotel ballroom at a time.
“They lift up the rugs for me and create a big dance floor,” he said. “I can skate in a little square. There’s nobody in there, because I skate at such weird hours — 4 or 5 in the morning.” (He doesn’t sleep much. As befits a disco-era fashion legend, he also has personalized skates — orange, green, iridescent — which got stuck in customs on their way to Europe. His favorite are a classic pair of black Riedells.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/21/arts/music/discoasis-roller-skating-nile-rodgers.html
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 23 June 2022 20:02 (one year ago) link
Totally get the association of skates w Chic, now that you show me that, thanks.I got this from the bargain bin long ago, so maybe the minimal price makes me lenient, but always enjoyed Chic's Soup For One soundtrack: they get Carly singing reggae, well kind of, and it's one of the best things I ever heard her do. Also got Teddy Pendergrass, Sister Sledge, not at their best, but effective here, Fonzi Thornton earns the spotlight, the Debbie Harry track works as a change of pace, well kind of, and several fine Chic tracks, incl the long version of "I Need Your Love," same as the 12-inch single, I think though this play list substitutes the 7" edit, but still fine, ditto Nile's acoustic solo guitar "Tavern On The Green":https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC84abHuRA0&list=OLAK5uy_kBWsYtjLrTMXqTLVmCxBqMWxBBqW2okXE
― dow, Thursday, 23 June 2022 20:19 (one year ago) link
oops--might as well show the cover:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC84abHuRA0
― dow, Thursday, 23 June 2022 20:20 (one year ago) link
Yesss, here's the long version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGc3dtxsXFI
― dow, Thursday, 23 June 2022 20:23 (one year ago) link
Soup for oneWhen you're on the run
― deep luminous trombone (Eazy), Thursday, 23 June 2022 20:39 (one year ago) link
RT @nilerodgers "Thank you @Celtronic #derry never let’s us down. The people of #Ireland were at the beginning of the rebuilding of our #live #concert #audience, for that I’ll be eternally #grateful - #funky #dance #music #peace #love #goodtimes pic.twitter.com/uVYgLnl5Lu"— CHIC (@CHICorg) June 26, 2022
― dow, Monday, 27 June 2022 18:13 (one year ago) link
RT @nilerodgers "Catch me on @magicfm this Sunday as I do my first of four shows! I’ll be playing you some of my favorite summer songs and talking about my career highlights.Listen online, via the Magic App or by asking your smart speaker to "Play… pic.twitter.com/CQnIy9Gfec"— CHIC (@CHICorg) July 1, 2022
― dow, Friday, 1 July 2022 22:18 (one year ago) link
Nile and Bob Clearmountain on making "Let's Dance" and the album---a lot of the best comments are about Chic's role, so I'll put it here first:
https://variety.com/2023/music/news/david-bowie-lets-dance-at-40-nile-rodgers-1235583524/
― dow, Saturday, 15 April 2023 23:47 (eleven months ago) link
The “Modern Love” story at the end is awesome.
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 16 April 2023 03:11 (eleven months ago) link
interesting
― curmudgeon, Monday, 17 April 2023 04:31 (eleven months ago) link
We really do need to do that artist poll for these guys.
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 23 July 2023 13:14 (eight months ago) link