Rolling thread for your recent DISCO and BOOGIE discoveries, enthusiasms and obsessions

I used to own all the Disco Discharge comp CDs, but sold them; unlike most CDs, they've retained most of their value. There's some superb stuff on them, of course, but in general the aesthetic was a pinch too zingy for my tastes - and in particular, some of the later Hi-NRG comps really weren't great at all.

too zingy for my tastes

This is a fantastic way to describe those comps. There was always something a little ... not for me about them?

What do yall mean by "zingy"? Never heard this series.

I would recommend the Grand 12-inches series for you if you aren't familiar with it already... It covers a lot of same ground as the Disco Discharge, but has way more mellow and funky stuff, and since it isn't limited to disco only, it also has loads of great extended versions of '80s R&B and synth pop too, with an occasional old school rap and house tune thrown in as well. The only downside is that Liebrand apparently couldn't get/afford anything from the Warner Bros archives, so there's no Prince or Madonna on the comps, but other than that they have almost all the great 12"/extended mixes from the seventies and eighties you can imagine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ4nLTlCkLo

I started making a Spotify playlist of all those Disco Discharge comps earlier this week. I've added the first ten so far:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/58Sjf1TMQF5tMrk8xsBeFr?si=s7cnKA7LQcaUz9HoGXMH_A

And there's already one on there for the Grand 12 Inches series:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4LqfSYJkMpSNeUmcjefMSr?si=CmIeAuSEThyG_6Lb709KLA

And there's already one on there for the Grand 12 Inches series:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4LqfSYJkMpSNeUmcjefMSr?si=CmIeAuSEThyG_6Lb709KLA

It's nice that someone has made this, but since the actual comps apparently aren't on Spotify, it looks like in many case they've added the radio/7" edit of the song on the list, and not the 12" version, which, you know, kinda goes against the spirit of something called "Grand 12-inches" :) Based on the notes on Liebrand's site, several of the track on these comps are extended mixes he has uncovered from various archives, which have never been released on CD before, and I guess they aren't on Spotify either? There's also a handful of extended mixes he's done himself specifically for this compilations by blending together the vocal and dub mixes from the original tapes. These include "Beat the Street" by Sharon Redd, "You're the One for Me" by D-Train, "Love Can't Turn Around" by Farley Jackmaster Funk, etc., and they're mostly really good, since Liebrand is an excellent remixer.

I made one more playlist:

"Smooth disco"
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdW4Wfh6CZlZwrRGFCyxmkZzh_O61L2Zf
- More mellow and romantic (but still danceable) tunes for the wee hours of the night.

Ah, haven't listened to the Grand 12 inches one as i've probably got 75% of the albums anyway xp

When I was making the Disco Discharge one I always tried to include the correct versions from the compilations

the sound quality on the “Grand 12 Inch” series is supposedly really good too:

I have taken the greatest care to come up with the best possible masters, sometimes comparing up to 5 different versions to find out which one sounded the best and most pure. And sometimes even baking the analog master tapes to make them playable again.

Yeah, the comps generally sound really good.

fucking hell this moonstone version of "the visitors" is killing me rn, so amazing

enjoying this Greek banger from 1979

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRMU787OEtY

tuomas thank you very much for posting your playlists!

fucking hell this moonstone version of "the visitors" is killing me rn, so amazing

fucking hell goddamn IAN LEVINE produced that? christ, that must be the one thing he's ever done in his life that isn't fucking horrible

Here's another not-fucking-horrible Ian Levine production (and co-write): finally, in 2001, he made a genuinely great Northern Soul record.

Sidney Barnes - Standing On Solid Ground

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMpnlZ7PaoI

https://youtu.be/4LDTn01uHno

I actually genuinely love the over-the-top quality of Levine's hi-NRG work with Earlene Bentley, but I can understand it's not everyone's piece of cake.

Let's try that again:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LDTn01uHno

speaking of "wait what the fuck", here's a disco record with vocals by clare torry, songs written by mike ratledge and karl jenkins. i knew about the "soft space" late-period softs disco single, i didn't know about this. and based on this song it's... great! fucking great! and that cover!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaoD90BnzZ8

here's a 45 i came across today while sorting records:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTGGwVoJuqg
unknown artist - what a man

just an all around goofy but pretty great tune. i guess this is a re-discovery.

somebody is trying to get $500 for it on discogs lol

this is a pretty decent playlist i ran across today

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSnqKIn6Nc8AJiFWqE5n2xs12AEFy-PwZ

And speaking of old proggers making dance records, here's the Francois Kevorkian remix of King Crimson's "Sleepless", from 1984:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFiptMUAprE

More danceable Fripp, this one with David Byrne:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuuFP8gh2_E

got to looking through the discog of ricki byars muldrow (now beckwith) and ronald muldrow, aka chemise, aka parents of georgia anne muldrow (!), and found this gem, released same year as "she can't love you." doesn't reach quite the same heights, but some real nice chords and changes.

vivian prince, "a hold on you" (produced/written by the muldrows)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIgf3vvf_ag&feature=emb_logo

one of the prominent trumpet lines from this kept popping into my head throughout the day and i couldn't quite place it until just now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVbNoXt-Z7I

really a lovely record

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl_E96x0u3o&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0ZnvslHS-yGkmdD12fOhith4APaKUs0U74zWBCj_5yZlxlgKqvXA0YnSA

No? http://youtu.be/Jl_E96x0u3o

nice! some groovin' rosco from the boys. had to look that one up. maurice gibb produced!

been listening to this one a lot lately and think it would vibe with a playlist of tunes from this thread.

title track from eddy grant's '82 album most famous, of course, for giving us "electric avenue."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMLMRWONZMU

Also in genuinely great grooves from perhaps unexpected light music quarters xp), this really is a masterpiece all the way.

https://tooslowtodisco.bandcamp.com/track/marti-caine-love-the-way-you-love-me

love that. had no idea who she was, wouldn’t have guessed she was british.

nice! some groovin' rosco from the boys. had to look that one up. maurice gibb produced!

― andrew m.

looks like psychemagik has an edit:

https://psychemagik.bandcamp.com/track/bonus-i-i-i-edit

There's also a Todd Terje one.

That wonderful Marti Caine track (comp/prod Barry Blue) first re-emerged in 2018 in a Velvet Season & The Heart Of Gold 12” re-edit - it was a big seller for several months.

Bill Brewster comped it in 2013.

love that. had no idea who she was, wouldn’t have guessed she was british.

Kind of bizarre to see Marti Caine's name popping up. She was mostly a comedian, I think? Basically a *Northern Variety performer - sang, told jokes, danced, did a bit of everything.

(*Northern variety - a cabaret circuit in the North of England, working men's clubs, local theatres, seaside resorts etc)

South African space disco from 1977. Clearly heard ‘Love to Love You Baby’ and thought is that as far as she can go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcfMZWjk2C8

Hot R.S. - House of the Rising Sun

Bill Brewster comped it in 2013.

Yea, he's championed it for years and it was the opening track on his 2013 Late Night Tales selection

The b side to that one is probably better known xp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YMXV8id3cY

Detailed this on Rolling Reissues---it's a bit uneven, but plenty momentum: comp for Tim Lawrence's book of the same title, Love Saves the Day : A History Of American Dance Music Culture 1970​-​1979 (with Lawrence's notes providing context for each track)---on vinyl as pts.1 and 2; I've got both on the 2-CD edition

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a0762179765_10.jpg
Pt. 1:
1.
Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin - Dibwe Diambula Kabanda 03:00
2.
Chuck Mangione - Land Of Make Believe 12:06
3.
Wilson Pickett - Don't Knock My Love (Part 1) 02:22
4.
Wilson Pickett - Don't Knock My Love (Part 2) 04:01
5.
James Brown - Give It Up Or Turn It Loose 06:29
6.
Jackson 5 - Hum Along And Dance (Uncut Version) 15:06
7.
Brainstorm - Lovin' Is Really My Game (12" Version) 07:40
8.
Domenic Troiano - We All Need Love (12" Version) 05:32
9.
Gladys Knight And The Pips - It's Time To Go Now 02:29

Pt. 2:
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3594227143_10.jpg

1.
Willie Hutch - Brother's Gonna Work It Out 04:46
2.
Charles Earland - Leaving This Planet 07:27
3.
Laura Lee - (If You Want To Try Love Again) Remember Me 03:57
4.
The Modulations - I Can't Fight Your Love 04:15
5.
Margie Joseph - Prophecy 05:23
6.
Blue Magic - Welcome To The Club 05:14
7.
Twennynine with Lenny White - Fancy Dancer (12" Version) 06:21
8.
Miroslav Vitous - New York City 09:31
9.
Edgar Winter - Above and Beyond (12" Version) 06:26

Even better! Incl.in terms of headsnapping variety, at times.
soundtrack for Lawrence's second book in the NYC Trilogy,Life & Death On A New York Dance Floor (1980 - 1983)(Also got the CD edition)

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2858224731_10.jpg
Unlile Love Saves The DayYou can listen to the whole thing on bandcamp:
https://reappearingrecords.bandcamp.com/album/life-death-on-a-new-york-dance-floor-1980-1983
But here are the track listings from discogs, because incl. all artists' names, unlike bandcamp page:
Dinosaur L Go Bang! (LP Version) 7:53
–Tuxedomoon Desire 7:05
–Gray (2) Drum Mode 7:22
–Alan Vega Saturn Drive 5:39
–David Byrne Big Business (Dance Mix) 6:17
–Johnny Dynell & New York 88* Jam Hot (Rhumba Rock) 6:51
–Rammellzee Vs K-Rob Beat Bop 10:11
–3 Teens Kill 4 Hold Up 3:55
–John Robie Vena Cava 7:03
–James White & The Blacks Contort Yourself (August Darnell Mix) 6:12
–Quando Quango Love Tempo (Mark Kamins Mix) 7:52
–George Kranz Din Daa Daa (Trommeltanz) 6:20
–Loose Joints Pop Your Funk (Instrumental) (7" B-Side) 2:44
–Material Bustin' Out (Long Version) 8:25
–Peech Boys Don't Make Me Wait (Extended Version) 7:23
–Edwin Birdsong Rapper Dapper Snapper 6:37

(Vinyl ed. of that one is also in two parts.)

And catching up with this, from June 2019:
The World of Keith Haring
B Beat Girls For The Same Man 5:02
–Damon Harris It's Music 8:42
–Pylon (4) Danger 5:36
–The Jonzun Crew Pak Man 6:18
–Funk Masters Love Money 6:30
–John Sex Bump & Grind It 3:55
–Sylvester Over And Over (12" Disco Mix) 9:29
–The Girls (7) Jeffrey I Hear You 5:46
–Johnny Dynell Jam Hot 7:20
–Talking Heads I Zimbra 3:08
–Art Zoyd Sortie 134 (Part 2) 3:45
–Class Action Weekend (Larry Levan Mix) 8:15
–Adiche Chuka-Ja (Get Ready) 6:56
–The Girls (7) The Elephant Man 5:53
–The Golden Flamingo Orchestra* The Guardian Angel Is Watching Over Us 6:50
–Gray (2) Cut It Up High Priest 4:22
–Extra T's E.T. Boogie 5:30
–Convertion Let's Do It 6:39
–Yoko Ono Walking On Thin Ice 5:56
–Fab 5 Freddy Change The Beat 7:31

Not the cover, alas: https://assets.adidas.com/images/w_600,f_auto,q_auto/4246a28e0b734afd9bb6aa3e010d6be0_9366/Rivalry_Hi_Keith_Haring_Shoes_White_EE9296.jpg

if image goes away, go here: https://www.adidas.com/us/rivalry-hi-keith-haring-shoes/EE9296.html?cm_mmc=AdieSEM_Feeds-_-GoogleProductAds-_-NA-_-EE9296&cm_mmca1=US&cm_mmca2=NA&ds_rl=1257009&ds_rl=1256970&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3YaxidaE6wIVAtvACh3BEQnpEAQYAiABEgJxrPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&kpid=EE9296&sourceid=543457011

Shit. Anyway, it's from Adidas Haring line.

Kind of bizarre to see Marti Caine's name popping up. She was mostly a comedian, I think? Basically a *Northern Variety performer - sang, told jokes, danced, did a bit of everything.

The album that song is from has been super-collectible for a long time now. Came out on the BBC's own label, and I think the only people who bought it at the time were exactly the sort of people who bought BBC records - basically her light entertainment fanbase. And those people might have been a bit shocked to find her branching out and exploring that sort of subtle, sexy disco vibe so it pretty much died a death. But it's been a good one to look out for at carboots and charity shops because if you find it at all, it'll most likely be among a pile of Lena Zavaroni and Don Estelle records and yucky old trash like that. Sadly never turned up a copy myself, but I do know people that have found it in exactly those circumstances. Got reissued last year, but was an easy hundred quidder at one point.

This is what you're looking out for anyway:

https://thevinylfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/MartiCaine-PointOfView-B3.jpg

GRRRR!