I like this kind of stuff, so give me some more examples.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJvDTgsnAgU
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 11:01 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF6kDhwd61E
LOVE that Ojays track. it's pretty obscure, too. not a big hit in the US anyway
― hubertus bigend (m coleman), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 11:16 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-PXZtPT_54
The O'Jays tune (produced by Keni Burke, ripping off Kashif and D Train/Hubert Eaves at the same time!) gets played every now and then during 107.5/WGPR's Old School Saturdays.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx0MD13LgDU
― Andy K, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 13:41 (thirteen years ago) link
it is dennis edwardsfunkymick1977 1 year ago
the first singer sounds a lot like dennis edwards.i haven,t heard this in ages good tune.englandlukeydoeslikey 1 year ago
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― Andy K, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 13:45 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2tbWKYEnXA
― Andy K, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 13:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Dunno if this is too old-school for what you're looking for:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRj0V9Q9D9A
― Dans la Bot (seandalai), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 14:01 (thirteen years ago) link
"old-school" meant production-wise here
― Dans la Bot (seandalai), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 14:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Best video ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6aRvVTSC0I
― jaxon, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 17:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Not quite sure what you mean by old school vocals though. Almost all boogie sounds like this to me.
― jaxon, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 17:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Boogie is pretty much my favourite thing ever but i'm completely ignorant about it :'(
― À la recherche du temps Pardew (jim in glasgow), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 17:54 (thirteen years ago) link
I think what was meant was older soul artists from the 1960s to 1970s continuing their careers in the 1980s with records in a style that many people would not immediately associate with those artists. I agree the style of singing hadn't really changed that much. I mean, you could say Luther Vandross or Toney Lee had broadly the same vocal style even though they are thought of as 1980s artists.
― dubmill, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 17:57 (thirteen years ago) link
ya, that's sorta why i posted a whispers vid.
another fave song & vid. he's grinding so hard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH3rx8LhrQo
― jaxon, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 18:43 (thirteen years ago) link
And who could possibly blame him?
― Andy K, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 19:11 (thirteen years ago) link
For the sake of this thread, we are basically talking about contemporary (for the time) productions featuring mature singers/groups who either did or would have fit into the '60s and '70s -- right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjYegcn4Ugg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15cO8pCppeM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY9AU1KKgz0
― Andy K, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 19:16 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSvuT7R2SNQ
― jaxon, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 19:17 (thirteen years ago) link
andy (or others), you heard marvin's posthumous 'romantically yours'? is it more of this electro stuff? or just unreleased tracks from earlier in his career?
― jaxon, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 19:18 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z93qWqJaRrY
Hey, that's my dad in the yellow shirt!!! He's not gay, just cheezy lookin!FrauMase 10 months ago 5
― Andy K, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 19:19 (thirteen years ago) link
― jaxon, Wednesday, January 12, 2011 1:18 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
unreleased & earlier. its a great album but its super-trad
― ich bin ein ilxor (deej), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 19:20 (thirteen years ago) link
like string arrangements & stuff
Romantically Yours is in "classic ballad vocalist" mode.
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Yeah.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 19:22 (thirteen years ago) link
I keep passing on Controllers records - next one I see comes home with me.
― sonofstan, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 19:31 (thirteen years ago) link
This is maybe kind of cheating as it's a "club mix" but the original off U-Turn isn't that different (just not on YouTube):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNqWOOwbego
― Dans la Bot (seandalai), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 19:35 (thirteen years ago) link
everyone was getting into it (not my fave, but this was the first time i've heard this)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luyZvWVrLLk&feature=fvsr
― jaxon, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
staple singers covering talking heads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpznsLzGGvA
― jaxon, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 19:51 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0utVKBoz3_I
― The Brainwasher, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 19:54 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj9xWk6YNbA
― popular with police, sport shooters, and gangsters (Eazy), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 19:56 (thirteen years ago) link
*mind blown* by that Staple Singers track - I wonder what they thought of it?
― Dans la Bot (seandalai), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link
this isn't so bad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxFbvcmUbOk
― jaxon, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 20:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Maybe a bit obvious:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPTwcwA6vuk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NwBucXbRa8
― Dans la Bot (seandalai), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 20:07 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipaqZuRaisI
― hubertus bigend (m coleman), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
i've been listening to that jones girl's song a bunch lately
― jaxon, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08UjWfyT6-Y
― Dans la Bot (seandalai), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link
(will refrain from posting Billy Joel)
― popular with police, sport shooters, and gangsters (Eazy), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 20:17 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8acAje69uo&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeaQjTHVD6k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAp2ZaOnPps&feature=related
― JacobSanders, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 20:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Although the vocals on Intrigue might not count as old school vocals? But the breakdown is one of my favorites!
― JacobSanders, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujtVXpb9iCE
― Andy K, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link
That Ronnie Dyson track is Hot!!
― JacobSanders, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 20:45 (thirteen years ago) link
loving this thread - that ronnie dyson is amazing!
― The Brainwasher, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 20:47 (thirteen years ago) link
that ronnie dyson track never leaves my bag
― jaxon, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link
What I meant by "old school soul vocals" is the sort of shouty, gospel-influenced vocal style that was popular in the 60s and 70s, whereas in mainstream 80s soul/r&b more mannered and less melismatic singing seemed to be more popular. To my ears, Luther Vandross or Evelyn King don't sound like Isley Brothers or Fontella Bass. That doesn't mean either style would be "better" (I like both), but it's interesting to hear the older vocal style mixed with early 80s production and instrumentation, especially by artists who'd already been established 60s or 70s.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 22:16 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngvNRj-gioE
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 22:17 (thirteen years ago) link
And of course the electronic production + gospelly vocals formula would eventually lead to house music, but this is mostly about the pre-house era.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 22:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Between 4:15 and 5:15 here, you can basically hear house music starting to formulate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiHjV_84q6U&
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 22:27 (thirteen years ago) link
the chi-lites!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCIGAIfHZLI
― one time gaffled 'em up (one time), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 22:31 (thirteen years ago) link
blues singer/guitarist goes boogie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y10OJ78ChiI
― one time gaffled 'em up (one time), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 22:34 (thirteen years ago) link
lamont dozier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II9qBR3oPqA
― one time gaffled 'em up (one time), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 22:36 (thirteen years ago) link
one more "shout" song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdPO-30eB-A
― one time gaffled 'em up (one time), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 22:44 (thirteen years ago) link
i cant check to see if this was posted already cuz i cant see youtubes at work but aretha franklin has a dope 80s album produced by luther vandross!
― ich bin ein ilxor (deej), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 22:46 (thirteen years ago) link
another one i play a lot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXTZ4OqQIr4
― jaxon, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 22:51 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYx-cMO_Ndc
― hubertus bigend (m coleman), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 22:59 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiW20c-o65c
― los blue jeans, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 23:05 (thirteen years ago) link
A lot of Paradise Garage anthems fit this formula - Class Action, NYC Peech Boys, etc.
Pretty sure you'll love this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-vrNSSVsQs
― Dans la Bot (seandalai), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 23:35 (thirteen years ago) link
this one kills me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLhHYHCY1Yo
― jaxon, Thursday, 13 January 2011 00:00 (thirteen years ago) link
bunny sigler had so many transcendent songs in so many diff eras
― ich bin ein ilxor (deej), Thursday, 13 January 2011 00:42 (thirteen years ago) link
barbara mason "another man"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P8r1DeUTvA
― missingNO, Thursday, 13 January 2011 02:55 (thirteen years ago) link
The Whispers - Keep On Lovin' Me Official Video
If I ever see ANYBODY doin this downtown, I'm gonna join in!
― meisenfek, Thursday, 13 January 2011 04:25 (thirteen years ago) link
this song is so dope:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6JAehiN2Y8
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 23 June 2011 23:24 (twelve years ago) link
I'm not sure if this counts as requested but search youtube for the songs like 'I'm a sucker for a pretty face' by, er (mind blank grrr) and 'shake your groove thing' by peaches and herb or even maybe "automatic 12inch version" by pointer sisters I dunno how to embed yet and don't have my records near by, but if you like these I'll post properly some moreI get confused between boogie, disco, discofunk, rare groove, jazz funk, but love this area of music for fun times
Btw, offtopic 1st post, I've lurked and just had to join, ilm, ilx: font of all knowledge, amazing, top respect to all
― crushedrobot, Friday, 24 June 2011 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plGMv6ayOQE
This one is from 1983, quite similar to D Train, though it sounds even more like proto diva house.
― Tuomas, Saturday, 25 June 2011 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
that one is a total classic
― MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T BE LIVING HERE!! (Local Garda), Saturday, 25 June 2011 15:13 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cdAMIPruTs
― backlash stan straw man fan (m coleman), Saturday, 25 June 2011 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
this is 80s style r&b/boogie/electro w/some serious gospel vocals - check out what audrey wheeler does w/"searching" on the first verse
*goosebumps*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56ODxYI-4j8
― backlash stan straw man fan (m coleman), Saturday, 25 June 2011 15:26 (twelve years ago) link
also the guitar solo towards the end is some serious xuhxk-style rock/disco fuzion
― backlash stan straw man fan (m coleman), Saturday, 25 June 2011 15:28 (twelve years ago) link
Wow, great tunes here, I love and look for music from 1981, I love finding pop boogie jazz rnb sounds from this year, pre computer (in music) dance music, experimental street beats with analog effects, some synth touches, soul diva vocals, wicked session musicians, hooks galore... disco gone techno....I'll post a selection soon on mix thread:)
― crushedrobot, Saturday, 25 June 2011 23:30 (twelve years ago) link
that visual song is so amazing. probably in my top 5 as far as 80s disco goes.
― so confused (blank), Sunday, 26 June 2011 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
this past week i've been compiling a dvd-r of tunes for a friends that is full of this stuff.
― so confused (blank), Sunday, 26 June 2011 03:24 (twelve years ago) link
actually, i'm having a hard time interpreting what "old school soul vocal" style means here. seems like most of it has that style by default?
― so confused (blank), Sunday, 26 June 2011 03:27 (twelve years ago) link
took "old school soul vocals" literally at first, posted gladys knight & aretha tracks. now I interpret it as non-rap, robot or featherweight female vocals like france joli
― backlash stan straw man fan (m coleman), Sunday, 26 June 2011 11:15 (twelve years ago) link
would love to hear more of this stuff, i have a few comps and a decent grounding but any mixes anyone does would be cool.
― MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T BE LIVING HERE!! (Local Garda), Sunday, 26 June 2011 11:19 (twelve years ago) link
this thread is a keeper yes
― SB OK (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 26 June 2011 11:20 (twelve years ago) link
think i've posted this on another similar thread, but it's amazing so worth posting here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eSaVPG0w98
― MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T BE LIVING HERE!! (Local Garda), Sunday, 26 June 2011 11:23 (twelve years ago) link
The Mastercuts comps 80s groove and mellow have some great stuff along these lines.
― so confused (blank), Monday, 27 June 2011 00:25 (twelve years ago) link
And the 12" gold series, too. Mostly/all 80s r&b/disco. Lots of old school types (Aretha franklin's "get it right", manhattans' "crazy")
― so confused (blank), Monday, 27 June 2011 02:00 (twelve years ago) link
I need to learn more about Keni Burke, between "rising to the top"And that o'jays track.
― so confused (blank), Monday, 27 June 2011 02:05 (twelve years ago) link
I explained what I meant by this upthread:
― Tuomas, 13. tammikuuta 2011 0:16 Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Tuomas, Monday, 27 June 2011 14:52 (twelve years ago) link
this harmonies on this song are incredible:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpgjuhJiUbs
― Fifty-Three Percenter Godbody Knowledge (The Brainwasher), Sunday, 13 November 2011 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhZkdoFAo9Q
― “Yeah. Huh, thanks.” (los blue jeans), Saturday, 25 March 2017 18:24 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvzF2kuYyBk
― Dogshit Critic (m coleman), Sunday, 26 March 2017 13:25 (seven years ago) link
― Andy K, woensdag 12 januari 2011 21:42 bookmarkflaglink
― JacobSanders, woensdag 12 januari 2011 21:45 loving this thread - that ronnie dyson is amazing!
― The Brainwasher, woensdag 12 januari 2011 21:47 bookmarkflaglink
― jaxon, woensdag 12 januari 2011 22:14 bookmarkflaglink
Gonna assume it’s this track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLttThUsFOIRonnie Dyson • It’s All Over Your Face
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 27 July 2019 22:43 (four years ago) link
No, I think it was this one, or at least I remember posting it to the thread:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p5zhV2tZ0Q
― Tuomas, Saturday, 27 July 2019 23:01 (four years ago) link
Ah, thanks, that one is good too.So many (potentially) great recommendations getting lost... I know people can’t be bothered, but I wish everyone would note which tracks they’re posting. It would ILM even more enjoyable (at least 25% more worthwhile, I’d say)#thretiquette
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 27 July 2019 23:21 (four years ago) link
It's certainly not all boogie/r&b/electro per se. . . but the '78, '79, '80, '82, and '85 volumes of this series will probably give you a good dose of what you need (if you're in this/started this thread):
https://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/lmdf-70-85_covers-small.gif?w=624&zoom=2
https://musicophilia.wordpress.com/2017/11/14/le-monde-du-funk-1970-1985/
― Soundslike, Saturday, 27 July 2019 23:48 (four years ago) link