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

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!

Quite taken by this very Chic-like tune at the moment - think they were Italian, same people who did the Electric Mind records:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=987eiKcRXjE

Rainbow Team - Bite The Apple

Hot R.S. - House of the Rising Sun

― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 5 August 2020 12:48 (eight hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

The cheesy backing vocals going "IT'S HOT!" are some of my favourite cheesy disco backing vocals

some great stuff on ullanda's love zone album, including this one, "gotta dance now."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3Ikgsb_hYs

don't mean tomorrow
not in the future
not maybe someday
i've gotta dance NOW

I just discovered this song. Not a deep cut or anything, just something new to me. It's now my favorite ever. The melancholy bridge. Great video too. There's an extended frankie knuckles edit on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz9EFYOpoEc

soooo good

great find andrew wow

yeah that w&w is all time

sweater funk classic. otherwise i'm not sure how well known this is. only a couple very pricey copies on discogs available but there was a recent digital reissue.

charms - givin' it up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS_eTbIZcko

Marcos Valle has the JUICE

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

oh so you would like some of that juice? well too bad, that's marcos's juice it's all for him

the lyrics are hilarious if you care to run them thru google translate. it's all "you gotta work out! you gotta sweat! bodybuilding!"

some recent talk about that song (and its video!) here: marcos valle - vontade de rever você

nice nice nice

Yeah I remember discovering this song a few years back when it was being used in advertisements for Southern Comfort of all things.

Patrick Cowley's low-budget-sounding instrumental version of "I Feel Love" seems as much organ as synth, anyway thee former stands out, in a soulful way, highlighting latent Latinate tints of original, and might even be a Farfisa, of 60s Top Forty fame, kind of a Paradise Garage punk effect---on Some Funkettes EP of prev. unreleased 70s tracks, and seems like the sassy finale, "Spiked Punch Dub," is also thread-relevant (as is whole thing, prob., but these two jumped on me right away, and stayed here). See what you think:
https://patrickcowley.bandcamp.com/

Valle is an all-timer, from his bossa stuff through the high concept 70's stuff to the boogie era. Saw him live at a Jazz club in London playing with Azymuth and it was one of the greatest concert experiences I've ever had. By the end of it everyone got off the tables and started dancing around despite the lack of space.

that does sound fun. i've been toying around with estrelar samples tonight, might be fun to do a cut'n'paste re-edit with 'em in the style of sound stream

but like, why mess with perfection

God this song. So moving.

(Jackie Stoudemire - “Invisible Wind”)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0uJD3zMBDk

damn, that break at 2:34 is very ripe for sampling

Recent album from Horse Meat Disco is a blast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qqX-RDeqZ4&

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ccU4vFlduw