I've started collating a lot of the suggestions on this thread into an epic dj mix. will try and get a YSI soon.
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 30 July 2010 08:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Good thread. I actually made a little mix as intro music for a friend's band that starts off like this then goes dub, er then ends in Gregory Isaacs.
http://soundcloud.com/citizen-smith-1/raving-tonight
― Citizen Smith (Jamie T Smith), Friday, 30 July 2010 09:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Chain Reaction - comprising Bobby Davis, Bruce Ruffin (no relation) and Dave Barker ('Dave' of '...and Ansel Collin')were a strange Philly type soul/ reggae crossover, with great singing - I have two LPs by them, one - Indebted to You - on Gull c 1976 and one a bit later - Chase a Miracle(?). When I got the latter I thought it was a different group of the same name: the first record could have come from Philly, the second unmistakably from JA via NW10...both fine in their own way, though.
― sonofstan, Friday, 30 July 2010 09:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Nice mix, Jamie! I think betablog tripled sales of that Steel an Skin album with this thread...
― elephant rob, Friday, 30 July 2010 16:14 (thirteen years ago) link
ha! though i still need my own vinyl copy of it for playing out :P
― beta blog, Friday, 30 July 2010 19:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Anyone have/heard this Disc 'O' Lypso comp? the Other Music email newsletter tells me it was just reissued.
― Spencer played 'Where have all the flowers gone' on her saw (elephant rob), Thursday, 12 August 2010 19:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Okay, I've finished the mix - it's in two parts. Here's the first part, the next one will be posted up in a few days/weeks/when i get a moment. Enjoy!
http://soundcloud.com/doglatin/2010-dj-dog-latin-steady-operator-disco-reggae-mix-cd-1
― village idiot (dog latin), Sunday, 22 August 2010 13:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Here's part two
http://soundcloud.com/doglatin/2010-steady-operator-disco-reggae-mix-cd-2
Thanks to everyone who posted on this thread.
Tracklisting for both mixes:
Part 1Clout – Sunshine BabyRichard Ace – Stayin AliveGino Soccio – Steady OperatorBlondie – Die Young Stay PrettyBob-A-Rela - MoneySly & Robbie – SuperthrusterAeroplane – We Can’t FlySusan Cadogan – ShameJohnny Clarke – None Shall Escape The JudgementBelle Epoque – Miss Broadway300 Degrees – MoneyJackson Jones - Put Your Pants OnLaid Back – Fly AwayCoati Mundi – Me No Pop IThird World – Try Jah LoveTonetta 777 – Devil DevilI Roy – AlphabetJanet Kay – Silly Games
Part 2Boney M – Nightflight to VenusAural Exciters - Spooks In SpaceTalking Heads – I Get Wild Wild GravitySteel & Skin – Afro Punk Reggae DubMarianne Faithfull - Blue MillionaireThe Slits – Heard It Through The GrapevineStevie Wonder – Master Blaster (Jammin)Kalyan – Disco Reggae (Tony’s Groove)King Tubby – Sir Niney’s RockBlood Sisters – Ring My BellJames Chance & the Contortions – Contort YourselfSka Boys – Norwegian Wood DiscoThe Selector – On My RadioThe Beat - Mirror In The BathroomHortense Ellis – I Can’t Stand The RainStorm – It’s My HouseJennifer Lara – I Am In LoveFamily Choice - Reggae Beat Goes OnLizzy Mercier Descloux – Sun Is Shining
These won't be up long so I've allowed downloading.
― village idiot (dog latin), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 19:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Part one is gone. Any chance it's coming back?
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 19:31 (thirteen years ago) link
*sigh* yeah, unfortunately soundcloud won't let me have enough space to host both mixes :-( if you have gmail i could try forwarding it to you?
― village idiot (dog latin), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
or if anyone can host both, would be even better!
― village idiot (dog latin), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm pretty sure if it's more than 10mb it won't forward. if its under 100mb, mediafire works great.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 19:52 (thirteen years ago) link
okay, i'm giving it a try. i will try and host these somewhere better soon cos i'm not ashamed to admit i'm really pleased with them.
― village idiot (dog latin), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 20:16 (thirteen years ago) link
"fly away/walking in the sunshine" has grown on me so much since i first heard it (thanks to this thread and making the mix).
― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, 9 September 2010 17:14 (thirteen years ago) link
just discovered this one on that Bamboo LP (a Supermax-related project). not sure what the naked lady is all about, but:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JsMsy89P30
― beta blog, Friday, 10 September 2010 15:06 (thirteen years ago) link
^ it's the cover of an in flagranti record
― jaxon, Friday, 10 September 2010 18:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Waht about this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY41o-iZStI
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 10 September 2010 19:03 (thirteen years ago) link
In a similar vein, I've been kind of enjoying this recently. Don't know how disco-y they are, but the definition is intentionally loose.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klSOBbG-Tfs
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 10 September 2010 19:04 (thirteen years ago) link
cosmic disco? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL-6IqhSyH4
― jaxon, Friday, 10 September 2010 22:57 (thirteen years ago) link
a Spotify playlist made thanks to all the suggestions on this thread!
http://open.spotify.com/user/scifipogo/playlist/3hlGvaQ5weYPf8cw7BXWkl
― Kaiser Size, Thursday, 23 September 2010 12:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Cool!
One day I'm going to edit the two mixes I posted upthread, cut out a bit of the fat and add a few latecomers for a single-cd version.
― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, 23 September 2010 14:27 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAXRY2SPWMY
lew kirton : island girl
as the man says, 'do a little disco, and a little reggae, i guarantee you everythings ok'
― mark e, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 11:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Right, it's high time I put this reggae-disco mix together properly. More suggestions please!
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Thursday, 28 April 2011 08:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Joe Gibbs has some excellent almost entirely disco-based tunes. Bionic Encounter is like a dubbed-out version of "Runaway" by Loleatta Holloway. He also has a version of "I Want Your Love".
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Thursday, 28 April 2011 08:57 (thirteen years ago) link
I was sure I'd posted this before (is there another disco reggae thread?):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1u_h090m-k
The "version" is even better but not on YouTube.
― Lidl Monsters (seandalai), Thursday, 28 April 2011 10:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Risco Connection also worth a mention here; is this the version of "It's My House" that jaime mentioned upthread?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61_Ceg8rRKg
― Lidl Monsters (seandalai), Thursday, 28 April 2011 10:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Cheers - Not sure about either of these versions as I'm at work. The version of It's My House posted upthread was by Storm IIRC.
The Brentford versh of I Want Your Love is possibly the Joe Gibbs production I mentioned too.
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Thursday, 28 April 2011 10:49 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvABWs3r-VI
― C0L1N B..., Thursday, 28 April 2011 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
just picked up this from the 2nd hand store -
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SuF20p9BiFI/SoxNWTvnx0I/AAAAAAAADp8/davUTbexxh0/s320/20+reggae+disco+hits.jpg
― just sayin, Monday, 2 May 2011 15:16 (thirteen years ago) link
!!!! What's it like? I need this.
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Monday, 2 May 2011 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Google album title. First page of results.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 16:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Sadly (well not that sadly, but for the purposes of this thread), the "disco" part of the title only refers to where one would hear it, not the music style.
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Monday, 2 May 2011 18:07 (thirteen years ago) link
probably already said in this thread, but 'discomix' in reggae generally refers to a combination of the original vocal mix plus either the dub mix or the dj version.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 18:18 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost yeah i hadnt listened to it before i posted! its a good comp, but not disco-y at all
― just sayin, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 10:34 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97T4hWQNLEs
supermax, camillo
― Crackle Box, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 17:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Heard this Marcia Griffiths cover of a Gamble & Huff song the other day and thought of this thread.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PsRbxOtYoI
Hopefully this isn't a repeat of one of the many removed youtubes upthread.
― rob, Sunday, 5 June 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
Bob Marley and the Wailers - I Know (on Confrontation album)
― timellison, Monday, 6 June 2011 00:04 (twelve years ago) link
Nazia hassan - "aao na"
― bamcquern, Monday, 6 June 2011 02:09 (twelve years ago) link
I've uploaded the full Disco Reggae Mix to Mixcloud, so while you can't download it, you can stream the whole 2 and a half hours from here: http://www.mixcloud.com/doglatin/steady-operator-disco-reggae-sounds/
― pssstttt, Hey you (dog latin), Friday, 5 April 2013 11:07 (eleven years ago) link
Does this count?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igjNEy9TvIg
― Daniel Giraffe, Monday, 29 April 2013 07:17 (eleven years ago) link
It's summer time, which can mean only one thing. Time to break out the DISCO REGGAE!
Mix is still up for those who wanna dig it out again:
http://www.mixcloud.com/doglatin/steady-operator-disco-reggae-sounds/
Part 2Boney M – Nightflight to VenusAural Exciters - Spooks In SpaceTalking Heads – I Get Wild Wild GravitySteel & Skin – Afro Punk Reggae DubMarianne Faithfull - Blue MillionaireThe Slits – Heard It Through The GrapevineStevie Wonder – Master Blaster (Jammin)Kalyan – Disco Reggae (Tony’s Groove)King Tubby – Sir Niney’s RockBlood Sisters – Ring My BellJames Chance & the Contortions – Contort YourselfSka Boys – Norwegian Wood DiscoThe Selector – On My RadioThe Beat - Mirror In The BathroomHortense Ellis – I Can’t Stand The RainStorm – It’s My HouseJennifer Lara – I Am In LoveFamily Choice - Reggae Beat Goes OnLizzy Mercier Descloux – Sun Is Shinin
― 3kDk (dog latin), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 11:39 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVHEljAd13M
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 8 July 2014 12:36 (nine years ago) link
doglatin that is an absurdly fun mix; I've been passing it around the office demanding that people listen to it
― a duiving caTCH, a stuolllen bayeeeess (jamescobo), Thursday, 10 July 2014 22:32 (nine years ago) link
Did this get posted?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRj9RSpXQHo
La Famille - All Night Long
― feargal czukay (NickB), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 20:15 (eight years ago) link
Or this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y1lgh166rk
Fern Kinney - Groove Me
^^^ awesome tune btw
― feargal czukay (NickB), Sunday, 13 September 2015 21:31 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93yOrb04Eao
US Girls - Damn That Valley
― Ray Chard (NickB), Thursday, 1 October 2015 13:36 (eight years ago) link
Love those dog latin mixes.
Repost from an ID thread for future reference: I made this 40+ song playlist on spotify (it's set to private... although I think you can share it even if it's private?) Inspired by this reggae-disco thing. Some of my favorite are unfortunately not available in there (clout's sunshine baby and steel an skin come to mind) but there's some songs you might enjoy, several which I didn't see mentioned in this thread (will copy the text in a minute), in case you want to take a listen for your own sets/playlists:
https://open.spotify.com/user/moteldemoka/playlist/6ObTLc46jR2QPzUvtEWESp
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 18 November 2015 21:11 (eight years ago) link
Here's the playlist in text form:
KASA - Too Tough / I'm Not Going To Let You Go - I'm A Song WriterMichael Oliviere - Unfinished Business/Soon Come - Reggae Is Here Once AgainTogetherness - The Best Of Disco Demands - A Collection Of Rare 1970s Dance Music - Compiled By Al Kent - Hey Mister - Re-editDerrick Harriott - Loser / Now We Know - LoserMonyaka - Go Deh Yaka - Go Deh Yaka - InstrumentalPeter Tosh - Mystic Man - Dubbing Buk-In-Hamm Palace - 2002 Remastered VersionAeroplane - We Cant Fly - We Can't FlyFern Kinney - Groove Me - Groove MeAhmed Fakroun - Compilation - NisyanRisco Connection - Ain't No Stopping us Now & Chapter Three - Ain't No Stopping Us Now - Unreleased VersionBelle Epoque - Il Meglio - Miss BroadwayJohnny Clarke - Don Letts Presents The Mighty Trojan Sound - None Shall Escape The JudgementJanet Kay - TROJAN PRESENTS: CLASSIC REGGAE - Silly GamesLaid Back - Balearic Pop - Fly Away / Walking In The Sunshine - 2008 Remastered VersionThe Dynamics - Version Excursions - Move on UpJohn Milk - Disco Reggae, Vol. 2 - The Fool (John Milk Disco Reggae Mix)Dennis Brown - The A&M Years - Get High On Your LoveDerrick Lara & Trinity - Joe Gibbs 12" Reggae Discomix Vol. 4 - Don't Stop Til You Get EnoughDerrick Harriott - Let Me Down Easy / Hell Below - Let Me Down EasyDerrick Harriott - Derrick Harriott Reggae & Roots 1971 to 1977 - 10 Singles Set Pt. 4 - Dancing The ReggaeMighty Sparrow & Byron Lee - Again - The HustleBeres Hammond - Just A Man - Music Is A Positive VibrationThe In Crowd - Reggae Chartbusters ,Vol. 6 - Back a YardVarious Artists - The Best of Neville King - Ring My Bell (feat. Blood Sisters)Black Harmony - Sideshow Reggae - Don't Let It Get to Your HeadCarol Cool - Reggae Fever - Upside DownJennifer Lara - Studio One Presents Jennifer Lara - I Am In LoveTaggy Matcher - Disco Reggae - Rapper's Delight (Dub Version)John Milk - Disco Reggae - Suit & TieTaggy Matcher - Singasong - Paranoid (feat. Birdy Nixon)Ernest Ranglin - Be What You Wanna Be - Soft TouchJunior Tucker - Take A Message - Which Side Of The Coin - Spinning Around - VersionJoe Gibbs & The Professionals - Majestic Dub - Ten CommandmentsDisco Dub Band - Late Night Tales - Franz Ferdinand - For The Love Of MoneyThe In Crowd - Jazzie B Presents School Days - Baby My LoveThe Heptones - Changing Times - Giving Up On LoveWillie Lindo - Beach Diggin’, Vol. 1 - MidnightCedric IM Brooks & The Light of Saba - The Magical Light of Saba - AfricaChalice - Blasted - Loosen UpBeres Hammond - Just A Man - Do This World A FavourBarry Waite & Ltd. - Out on a Funky Trip - Funky Sting Part 1Ambelique - Ambelique Singles - Talk Like ThatMarcia Griffiths - Trojan Reggae Sisters - When Will I See You Again
"Michael Oliviere - Reggae Is Here Once Again" is in lieu of the Steel an Skin song of the same name since it's not on spotify. Is this the original song? A cover? It's actually pretty good, not as good and funky as the steel an skin one but an apt substitute.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 18 November 2015 21:15 (eight years ago) link
Oh the order of the playlist is important for the flow. Here's the actual arranged playlist (without the album name, no idea why it copied it the last time)
I'm A Song Writer – KASA, Rim Kwaku ObengReggae Is Here Once Again – Michael OliviereHey Mister - Re-edit – Togetherness, Althea ForestLoser – Derrick HarriottGo Deh Yaka - Instrumental – MonyakaDubbing Buk-In-Hamm Palace - 2002 Remastered Version – Peter ToshWe Can't Fly – AeroplaneGroove Me – Fern KinneyNisyan – Ahmed FakrounAin't No Stopping Us Now - Unreleased Version – Risco ConnectionMiss Broadway – Belle EpoqueNone Shall Escape The Judgement – Johnny ClarkeSilly Games – Janet KayFly Away / Walking In The Sunshine - 2008 Remastered Version – Laid BackMove on Up – The DynamicsThe Fool (John Milk Disco Reggae Mix) – John MilkGet High On Your Love – Dennis BrownDon't Stop Til You Get Enough – Derrick Lara & TrinityLet Me Down Easy – Derrick HarriottDancing The Reggae – Derrick HarriottThe Hustle – Mighty Sparrow & Byron LeeMusic Is A Positive Vibration – Beres HammondBack a Yard – The In CrowdRing My Bell (feat. Blood Sisters) – Various Artists, Blood SistersDon't Let It Get to Your Head – Black HarmonyUpside Down – Carol CoolI Am In Love – Jennifer LaraRapper's Delight (Dub Version) – Taggy MatcherSuit & Tie – John MilkParanoid (feat. Birdy Nixon) – Taggy Matcher, Birdy NixonSoft Touch – Ernest RanglinWhich Side Of The Coin - Spinning Around - Version – Junior TuckerTen Commandments – Joe Gibbs & The ProfessionalsFor The Love Of Money – Disco Dub BandBaby My Love – The In Crowd, Jah StitchGiving Up On Love – The HeptonesMidnight – Willie LindoAfrica – Cedric IM Brooks & The Light of SabaLoosen Up – ChaliceDo This World A Favour – Beres HammondFunky Sting Part 1 – Barry Waite & Ltd.Talk Like That – Ambelique, Sly & RobbieWhen Will I See You Again – Marcia Griffiths
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 18 November 2015 21:27 (eight years ago) link
Here's another good reggae/disco track that hadn't been mentioned yet and is not available on spotify.
Capo And The Crew -- Mad Blank https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEzXav84ACk
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 18 November 2015 21:54 (eight years ago) link