disco-pick only ten

I'll be back with my other nine in a bit.

was this sampled on some techno track?
(its on live at the liquid room,i don't think its by jeff mills though)

Special recommendation:

Sheila & B Devotion - Spacer

(I keep changing my mind.)

Beautiful Bend - "That's the Meaning"
Azoto - "Exalt-Exalt"
Ritchie Family - "Arabian Nights Medley"
Odyssey - "Native New Yorker"
Boney M - "He Was a Steppenwolf"
Don Armando's 2nd Ave Rhumba Band - "Deputy of Love"
Jackson Sisters - "I Believe in Miracles"
Bobby O - "She Has a Way"
Giorgio Moroder - "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone"

Trammps--Disco Inferno
Loleatta Holloway--I May Not Be There When You Want Me
Chic--Good Times
Johnnie Taylor--Disco Lady
Johnnie Taylor--Disco 9000
Sister Sledge--We Are Family
Coati Mundi--Que Pasa/Me No Pop I
Sister Sledge--Lost in Music
Miracles--Love Machine
Gloria Gaynor--I Will Survive

Machine, "There But for the Grace of God Go I"
Carrie Lucas, "Dance With You" (no points for guessing what led me to it)
Herbie Hancock, "I Thought it Was You"
Diana Ross, "Gettin' Ready for Love"
The Brides of Funkenstein, "Disco To Go"
Earth, Wind & Fire, "Can't Let Go"
Donna Summer, "I Remember Yesterday"
Joe Tex, "Ain't Gonna Bump No More (with no big fat woman)"
Gary's Gang, "Keep On Dancin'"
The Gap Band, "Beep a Freak"

• "Shoot Your Shot" - Divine - synth-disco with a kind of chuggy husk or rasp to it (or maybe it's just my copy?); yes, it's that Divine; this song is totally killer all the way through, even though (because?) it only has like 2 lines of lyrics
  
• "Music (Dub)" - Montreal Sound - excellent use of the straw-going-through-plastic-lid sound, fierce bongos, and a very aggressive bass during the breakdown are enough to make your forget how unfunky the turn-around on the chorus is
  
• "Love is the Answer" - Cerrone - flawless execution, each instrument so clearly defined production-wise and each player burning so fast, and the end is some kind of Lear-jet acceleration past all everything that came before, like you were playing basketball dog-tired and suddenly discovered you had Iverson's cross-over dribble
  
• "Erotic Soul" - Larry Page Orch. - did "Romeo and Juliet" rip this off or was it the other way around? anyway like the Cerrone track it ends just as it really starts to cook
  
• "Born to Be Alive" - Patrick Hernandez - best disco intro ever, it sounds like The Who or something
  
• "Don't Stop the Music" - Yarbrough and Peoples (not the Sly and Robbie version) - now here's the best disco breakdown ever, you've heard it sampled a million times, just that strummy guitar sound like clean cold water
  
• "The Record Keeps On Spinning" - InDeep - by the same people who brought you "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" this accusation song is at the same slightly slow tempo; notable for how dubby it is, the "broken record" breakdown, and how the outro gets really moody all of a sudden
  
• "Take Your Time (Do It Right) Parts 1 & 2" - S.O.S. Band - at the dawn of the 80s Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis sum up disco's particular brand of cheerful romance lightly-worn; this song is a fucking classic and if you can't get with it there are about 1,000,000 cool girls that you are writing off an entire lifetime of good sex with, yeah i know yo've still got a chance with those other ones but they don't like to dance so who's laughing now, funny boy?
  
• "Hot Box" - Badazz - I don't know if these are the same guys as the Dazz Band but shit this is a good song, the vocal style some gruff interstice between Dee Snider and Mark E. Smith; the bassline and everything else is basically a "Superstition" ripoff so obviously it's great
  
• "Beat the Clock" - Sparks - you know this song; i don't know what to say about really except that i never ever once got tired of hearing it, the flanged drum breakdown at the beginning, the way the one bass note starts pulsing, driving you crazy, the vocals when they finally come in brash and desperate and cruelly ironic
  

"Funky Town" is better than all these though, it's probably my all-time favorite

I debated for TWO WHOLE MINUTES about whether to include this on my list.

* - if only for its inclusion in the movie Trading Places.

MOST OVERRATED DISCO SONG: Gloria Gaynor - "I Will Survive"

Loose Joints: "Is It All Over My Face"
Michael Jackson: "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band: "Cherchez La Femme/Se Si Bon"
Norma Jean: "I Like Love"
Shirley (and Company): "Shame Shame Shame"
Gloria Gaynor: "Never Can Say Goodbye"
The O'Jays: "I Love Music"
Donna Summer: "I Feel Love"
Elbow Bones and the Racketeers: "A Night in New York"
Munich Machine: "Get on the Funk Train"

THE EMOTIONS - "best of my love"
DONNA SUMMER - "i feel love"
ABBA - "dancing queen"
EL COCO - "cocomotion"
CRISTINA - "disco clone"
CHIC - "chic cheer"
JACKSON SISTERS - "i believe in miracles"
BETTYE LAVETTE - "doin' the best i can"
ECSTAST, PASSION, & PAIN - "one beautiful day"
HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUENOTES - "the love i lost"

I've been listening to nothing but disco-almost-disco for the last month...

Candido -- Dancin' and Prancin'
Bunny Siegler -- By the Way You Dance (Larry Levan remix)
Brass Construction -- Movin'
Donna Summer -- Could It Be Magic (version with orgasm-laden bridge)
Roy Ayers -- Running Away
Universal Robot Band -- Barely Breaking Even
Cherelle -- I Didn't Mean To Turn You On
Paula Abdul -- Vibeology
Cheryl Lynn -- Star Love (full version w/ slow intro, et al)
Donald Byrd -- Change (Make You Wanna Hustle)

kongas - dr. doo-dah
chic - good times
macho - i'm a man
martin circus - disco circus
risco connection - ain't no stoppin' us now
class action - weekend (larry levan mix)
yvonne elliman - if i can't have you
dschinghis khan - moskau
machine - there but for the grace of god go i
thelma houston - don't leave me this way

And The Chic, FREAK OUT !

Also, Do the Hustle (det-dut-det-dut-detdetdutdet-dut-det...)

geraldine hunt - can't fake the feeling

I couldn't exclude this song.

Slick-Space Bass
Taana Gardner-Work that Body
Andrea True Connection-More, More, More
Bumblebee Unlimited-Lady Bug
Crown Heights Affair-Dreaming a Dream
Donna Summer-I Feel Love
Clyde Alexander-Got to Get Your Love
Machine-There But For the Grace of God
Dinosaur L-Kiss Me Again
Francine McGee-Feeling Good

http://www.alldisco.net

Hi Voltage - "Lets get horny"
Monster monster riff and a lovely little guitar intro that got used on an amazing house track that I heard Steve Loria play with a whiny moog over the top that I've been trying to identify for about 10 years. My copy of the original got stolen at a rollerdisco. Fuckers.

Sun Palace - "Rude movements"
Very very deep.

Patrick Cowley - "Right on target"
Definition of 'propulsive'. Also: bonus points for yellable chorus.

Patti Labelle - "Music is my way of life"
Who needs to explain this one?

Kat Mandu - "The Break"
Hard edges. Jacking disco. Kebekelektrik mix is awesome too.

Rolling Stones - "Too much blood" (Arthur Baker dub)
Waaaahhhh! So evil. Sounds like 6am in the best club in the world.

BT Express - "Peace pipe"
Moody and percussive. You can tell why Ron Hardy loved it. Basically sounds like Detroit techno played on "real" instruments.

Rufus and Chaka Khan - "Any love"
It's a great sentiment for a dance song - walks a tight line between spiritual upliftment and sexual permissiveness. And it's whooshy and rushy and lovely.

Johnny "Guitar" Watson - "Booty Ooty"
Dumb, stupid, apparently his most hated track by hardcore blues fans. But really good fun.

Jimmy "Bo" Horne - "Spank"
This would be unquestionably the greatest disco record ever if only they'd left out the annoying vocal. But the keys are so incredible that it's still in the top 10 - it sounds like running water in Bambi's forest and all the gnomes are humping.

"Love To Love You Baby" -- Donna Summer
"Girl You Need A Change of Mind" -- Eddie Kendricks
"That's The Way I Like It" -- KC & The Sunshine Band
"Supernature" -- Cerrone
"Funky Sensation" -- Gwen McCrae
"Ain't No Stoppin Us Now" -- McFadden & Whitehead
"I Like What You're Doing To Me" -- Young & Company
"A Lover's Holiday" -- Change
"Heartbeat" -- Taana Gardner
"Body Music" -- The Strikers

and just for kicks, tongue in chic,
Jakki - Sun Sun Sun (12")
Yellow Cat - The Disco Scene

Most anything by Leroy Burgess & Patrick Adams : Bumblebee, Sine, Could One, Inner Life, Logg, Musique, Phreek, Universal Robot Band...

I'd second Sun Palace & Katmandu/Kebekelektrik (check out "War Dance" too) among many others.

then perhaps you should have Brooklyn Express's 69/Change Position on your list instead?

Amii Stewart, "Knock On Wood"
Parliament, "Flash Light"
George McCrae, "Rock Your Baby"
Foxy, "Get Off"
Hot Chooclate, "Every 1's A Winner"
Eruption, "I Can't Stand The Rain"
Donna Summer, "Sunset People"
Jacksons, "Shake Your Body Down To THe Ground"
Santa Esmeralda, "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
Commodores, "Machine Gun"

(Holy shit - mere seconds ago I was lamenting the lack of room for "Rasputin", and doesn't the radio start to play it right now!)

But the stuff I do know and love would probably start with...
Sister Sledge - Thinking Of You
Jackson Sisters - I Believe in Miracles
Young & Company - I Like What You're Doing To Me
Diana Ross - Upside down
Tamiko Jones - Can't Live Without Your Love
Andrea True Connection - More More More
Donna Summer - I Feel Love
Anita Ward - Ring My Bell
KC & The Sunshine Band - Keep It Coming Love
Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way

Instant Funk - Bodyshine
Salsoul Orchestra - Runaway Feat. Loleatta Holloway
Stephanie Mills - I Never Knew Love Like This Before
Two Tons of Fun - Do You Wanna Boogie
Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free
The Three Degrees - Givin Up, Givin in
Double Exposure - Ten Percent (Tom Moulton Mix)
Musique - In The Bush
Earth, Wind And Fire - Boogie Wonderland
Harvey Mason - Groovin' You
Love Committee - Just As Long As I Got You (Tom Moulton Mix)
Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
First Choice - Double Cross
Teddy Pendergrass - You Can't Hide From Yourself
Dexter Wansel - Life On Mars

and I'd be lying if I didn't include "Funkytown" somewhere in here too.

Rock Creek Park - The Blackbyrds
Holly Dolly - Kano
Number One Song In Heaven - Sparks
Double Dutch Bus - Frankie Smith
Let's Start the Dance - Bohannon
Dance to the Drummer's Beat - Herman Kelley
I Wanna Be Your Lover - La Bionda
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life - Indeep
Primavera (Stop Bajon) - Tulio de Piscopo
The Mexican - Babe Ruth

And the 5 I cut because they were already mentioned:

Girl You Need a Change of Mind - Eddie Kendricks
Kiss Me Again - Dinosaur L
Is it all over my face - Loose Joints
I Feel Love - Donna Summer
Chic - Good Times

(... which, incidentally, are nearly the exact same song, but the latter is melted cinnamon atomic fireballs, whereas the former is icy elegance...)

Walter Murphy, "A Fifth of Beethoven"
Pointer Sisters, "He's So Shy"

You're right about the track having a universal appeal. I was at a party a few weeks ago where this was dropped and it got EVERYBODY to dance. Truly magical, indeed.

Eddie Kendricks - Goin' Up in Smoke

-- Andy K (Andy K), Friday, May 23, 2003 8:50 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Link

when theo does his eq thing on that 'these days and times part 2' mix i about lose my mind

unbelievably great song

TALKED TO MY FRIEND AGAIN TODAYYYYYYY

i've pared a list down to about 20 but can go no further!

ranks with scott's 1001 psychedelic thread as the most useful ever.

Lamont Dozier, "Goin' Back to My Roots"

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

i like how eddie kendricks' vision of fiery hell is based on the sun getting a bit closer to the earth every day. it is reassuringly practical?

Chas Jankel - Glad to Know You
Bionic Boogie -- Risky changes
Ronnie Dyson -- It's All Over Your Face
Barbara Roy and Ecstasy, Passion & Pain - If You Want Me (new disco mix)
East Coast - The Rock
Sea Level - Fifty Four
Patrick Cowley - Get A Little
Salsoul Orchestra - Love Break
Kazino - Binary
Gary's Gang - Making Music (dub mix)

Marlena Shaw - Love Dancing
Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman
Sparks - The Number One Song in Heaven
Donna Summer - I Feel Love
Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove
The Crusaders - Street Life (the 11 minute version with the slow intro, not the shorter version sometimes credited to Randy Newman)
Anita Ward - Ring My bell
Curtis Mayfield - Do It All Night
Lalo Schifrin - Jaws (a wonderful disco version of the Jaws theme)
The J.B.'s - Rock Groove Machine

Everyone who hasn't heard it should check out "Rock Groove Machine", it's an incredible stripped-down proto-house tune with a squeaky, modulating synth line that sounds like a 303.

Boogie only list this time:

Unlimited Touch, "Searching To Find The One"
Tom Browne, "Thighs High (Grip Your Hips And Move)"
Alicia Myers, "I Want To Thank You"
Logg, "Something Else"
Slave, "Steppin' Out"
Extra T's, "E.T. Boogie"
Odyssey, "Inside Out"
Edwin Birdsong, "Cola Bottle Baby"
Empress, "Dyin' To Be Dancin'"
Pino D'Angio, "Ma Quale Idea"

Cloud One - Disco Juice
Cloud One - Disco Juice
Cloud One - Disco Juice
Cloud One - Disco Juice
Cloud One - Disco Juice
Cloud One - Disco Juice
Cloud One - Disco Juice
Cloud One - Disco Juice
Cloud One - Disco Juice
Cloud One - Disco Juice

I lie awake at night wondering if "Disco Juice" has a 3/4 measure followed by a 4/4 one or if it's just one big long 7/4 measure.

10 for me right now:

Taste of Honey "Boogie Oogie Oogie"
Toney Lee "Love So Deep (Dub)"
Gino Soccio "It's Alright"
Love Unlimited presents Webster Lewis "Welcome Aboard"
Lex "14 Days"
D.C. Larue "Cathedrals"
O.R.S. "Body To Body Boogie"
Jones Girls "You're Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else"
Barry White "It's Ecstacy When You Lay Down Next To Me"
Lee Ritenour "Countdown(Captain Fingers)"

and one to grow on:

Pacific Blue "Argentina Forever"

Tamiko Jones - Can't Live Without Your Love

this song!!! >_<

If "Jacob (Jacob)" is still on ILX, please post more selections, those are KILLER!

lately-

Gino Soccio-There's a Woman
Baccara-Yes Sir, I can Boogie
Azoto-Any Time or Place

that Azoto track is a killer, and so is the entire album ...
http://dreamchimney.com/slvs/Azoto_-_Disco_Fizz_20060815085105.jpg

ahhh i love "there's a woman". for all time - "get another love" by chantal curtis. and "love has come around" by donald byrd

ooh also "standing in the rain" by don ray

and "sea hunt" by patrick cowley (one of the most deeply beautiful songs i've ever heard)

i'm starting to think "happy man" is the killer track on c'est chic

couple of things not mentioned yet on this thread that i love love love

azoto - san salvador
t-connection - at midnight
kool & the gang - open sesasme
ltg exchange - corazon
two man sound - que tal america

oh and people mentioned gino soccio but not "dancer"?!? WTF

i gotta second these: "going up in smoke," "got to get your love," "there but for the grace of god," and "bourgie bourgie"

leftfield selection that's more rock-disco: "not tonight". incredible!

i think i said que tal america at some point

on the pop tip "pull up to the bumper" and "miss you" i never really tire of

<3 "Circles" by City Limits, "Disco Madness" by Sparkle <-----heard this at a deep house page show the other day

xpost: I live to please...

Ten gamey, well-hung and not for the faint-hearted selections:

Powerline - "Double Journey"
I'm sure lots of "cats" like this record but the jazz chops aren't what makes it great, it's just, like, a journey man

First Choice - "Double Cross"
If you only like disco that doesn't sound like disco you're going to fucking hate this one. Strings, melodrama and slap bass make it fruitier than a make-up convention on a mango plantation

T-Connection - "At midnight"
This could well be the biggest tease in disco, even more so than "work that body". About 6 minutes of hard, forceful drumming that you'd swear is a house track, and then *bang* vocals, horns, organs everything hits at once. There's nothing light or fluffy about this.

The Whatnauts - "Help is on the way"
Bassline.

Erotic Drum Band - "Jerky Rhythm"
Drums that hang out on street corners and bother pensioners.

The Cats'n'Jammer Kids - "Disco drum"
Yeah the C2 edit is better than the original. But it's still good. Punchy punchy horns.

Kano - "It's a war"
Token italo mention. OTT space battle disco.

Slimline - "If you can dance you can do it" (inst. with count)
Like a workout video with cocaine and strippers. Imperious, demanding strippers.

Loleatta Holloway - "Hit and run" (Walter Gibbons mix)
More like hit, hit, hit and eventually run.

Billy Nichols - "Give your body up to the music"
I'm not ashamed. I can walk down the street in broad daylight looking like this. There's no room for apologies on the dancefloor.

Also, Don Ray "Standing in the rain" is on the Roy Ayers radio station in GTA4. That made me chuckle when I heard it come on...

cant believe so few Change songs were mentioned!!!

"Glow of Love," "Girls Affair," "Searching," "Angel in my Pocket," "The End," so uh yeah the entire "Glow of Love" album

"love you inside and out" by the bee gees

I love love love "Angel in my pocket", that little slide before it hits is totally classic. A lot of people find that track cornball though.

i dont want those ppl in my disco

See also: Sparkle - Handsome man

Of those not mentioned yet:

Belle Epoque: "Miss Broadway"
Hamilton Bohannon: "Foot Stompin' Music"
Change: "The Glow of Love"
Corruption: "Show Me Yours"
Divine: "Alphabet Rap"
Magazine 60: "Don Quichotte"
Skatt Bros.: "Walk The Night"
Sylvester: "I (Who Have Nothing)"
Tantra: "Wishbone"
The Weather Girls: "It's Raining Men"

The only bad thing about the GTA4 disco station is that it's only 10 songs long when it should be about 70.

THANK YOU!

"Peanut Butter," Twennynine
"You're So Good To Me," Curtis Mayfield
"Heart's Desire," Don Blackman (iffy as disco at best, but wow!)
"Love Party"/"Dance 'n' Be Happy," Marvin Gaye
"Wheel Me Out," Was (Not Was)
"Once I've Been There," Norman Connors
"Chicago," Roy Ayers
"Straight from the Heart," Loose Change
"Gonna Get Over You," France Joli
"Sharivari," A Number of Names

OK, that Blackman track isn't disco at all. I second Bohannon's "Foot Stompin' Music."

"Once I've Been There," Norman Connors
jyeah!

Two fun "Sharevari" videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhE-0IDpkiM"> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhE-0IDpkiM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUvqq_Kmr9o

I totally had that second one bookmarked.

screw* all this obscure shit!

carl douglas - kung fu fighting
average white band - pick up the pieces
k.c. and the sunshine band - thats the way i like it
wild cherry - play that funky music
chic - freak out
lipps inc - funky town
peaches and herb - shake your groove thing
commodores - brick house
michael jackson - don't stop till you get enough
earth wind and fire - september

put these on at a party, ANY party, and see if people dont get up and dance. and i dont really care if lipps inc already got like 10 mentions either, it deserves every last one of them.

-mw

*"screw" meaning soulseek & download, i've never heard most of this stuff

here's what I've been disco-digging lately.

disco betamax repository

i've never heard most of this stuff

i very much suspect you have, but without knowing who/what.
several of these are very played out tracks, many advert standards.

Er, so you've all found a monsieurwilly world, right? Incredible stuff, all sourced from one guy's vinyl collection. Plenty more if you click though on "messages plus anciens".

I'm sure lots of "cats" like this record but the jazz chops aren't what makes it great, it's just, like, a journey man

nah, I don't think any actual "jazz" "cats" would give an ounce of credit to anything that came out of the uk jazz-funk scene. It's probably all disco to them!

Speaking of though, I've been playing:

Shalamar-Take That to the Bank
Shakatak-Easier Said than Done

also...
Serge Ponsar-Out in the Night
Sleeque-One For the Money

One of my favourite picks from monsieur willy:

How Can I Tell Her - Curtis (1979)

Soulful and raw, with a kind of rough-and-ready insistence that appeals to me (and which seems to be a common factor in many of monsieur w's picks; he's also big on Leroy Burgess/Aleem rarities).

Top 10 disco jazz tunes...

Herbie Hancock: "Just Around the Corner"
Lalo Schifrin: "Turning Point"
Idris Muhammad: "Bahia"
Stanley Clarke: "Just a Feeling"
Ray Barretto: "Pastime Paradise"
Herbie Hancock: "Doin' It"
Mongo Santamaria: "It Feels So Good"
Willie Bobo: "Always There"
Airto: "Samba de Flora"
Hubert Laws: "Guatemala Connection"

Willie Bobo: "Always There"

^^^this is a great one

It's also on monsieurwilly: http://amonsieurwillyworld.blogspot.com/2008/04/willie-bobo-always-there.html

top ten records i'm bring with me to play tonight:

Sylvia - Automatic Lover
Sylvia Love - Instant Love
Earons - Land Of Hunger
Osmonds - I, I, I
Les Rockets - On the Road Again
Chaz Jankel - 3,000,000 Synths
Coach House Rhythm Section - Time Warp
Loose Joints - Is it all over my face
Patrick Cowley - Sea Hunt
Eartha Kitt - Where Is My Man

top 2 records i don't own but have been rocking the shit outta me lately:
Guy Cuevas - Obsession
Chemise - She Can't Love You

Top 10 disco jazz tunes...

Herbie Hancock: "Just Around the Corner"
Lalo Schifrin: "Turning Point"
Idris Muhammad: "Bahia"
Stanley Clarke: "Just a Feeling"
Ray Barretto: "Pastime Paradise"
Herbie Hancock: "Doin' It"
Mongo Santamaria: "It Feels So Good"
Willie Bobo: "Always There"
Airto: "Samba de Flora"
Hubert Laws: "Guatemala Connection"

-- Tuomas, Friday, June 6, 2008 8:24 AM (13 hours ago) Bookmark Link

yr missin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1USj00M1OQ&feature=related

Or anything by Roy Ayers.

"Tamiko Jones - Can't Live Without Your Love

this song!!! >_< "

major co-sine !!!

Brass Construction - Movin'
Boz Scaggs - Lowdown
Roy Ayers - Chicago
Nick Straker Band - A Little Bit of Jazz
James White & the Blacks - Contort Yourself (August Darnell mix)
Can - I Want More

Jimmy "Bo" Horne - "Spank"
This would be unquestionably the greatest disco record ever if only they'd left out the annoying vocal.

The vocals are possibly the best thing about it! So many hooks!

"Whe-hen yurrr lohvin' me, baby, SPANK!
Ooh-ooh-woo-ooh
(Let's! Get! To it! Do it!)"

I love the vocals on spank!

Hard to pick ten favourites but my current favourite disco song is the Larry Levan mix of "Cryin" by Instant Funk.

Crying even.

Joe Simon - Love Vibration
Gwen Guthrie - Peanut Butter
Montana Sextet - Heavy Vibes
Erotic Drum Band - Pop Pop Shoo Wah
Don Ray - Got To Have A lot More Lovin
Chocolat's - El Carnavero
Gene Chandler - When Your'e #1
Black Ivory - Mainline
Grey & Hanks - Dancin'
Lime - You're My Magician
Trax - Crusader

Chocolat's - El Carnavero

^^^^yeah but do u know 'baby lets do it the french way'???

^^^actually, it's El Caravanero.

and 'baby lets do it the french way' is pretty great as well and lives up to its awesome title (thanks, American Athlete).

aww did he post that? fuk

i thought i was dropping knowledge :-/

dood, you are knowledge droppin in sync w/ disco blogerati. gain 26 hit points.

ok heres one - ghalib ghallab - 'love desire'

geez ... i just read that gino soccio was 19 when kebekelektrik was recorded

I had no idea that Gino Soccio was involved with Kebekeleltrik until now. I also just read that he produced the awesome Witch Queen album (he mus have been 20 at that point).

He also played on The Mexican by the Bombers.

heard some interesting stories while i was in montreal. apparently george cucuzzella (pres of unidisc) is sitting on a full, finished, unreleased soccio record ...

Heatwave need to be mentioned here! I would list ten of their songs alone if I could, but "Boogie Nights" and "The Groove Line" are total classics.

'posin til closin' is my favorite heatwave track

"ain't no half steppin"

http://www.discomuseum.com/GinoSoccio.html

in that "try it out video" gino looks like wolfen

still haven't heard the disco version of "The Mexican." :(

In disco songs, there's that "byoo" sound. What the hell is that supposed ot be? Ray guns or some shit?

cosmic disco lasers, duh

not enough praise on this thread for larry levan's mix of "Let's Go Dancing" by Sparque. Goddam, might be the greatest disco jam of all time! That i've heard anyway. it's got pretty much everything good about disco jammed into eight minutes.

or Magnificent Dance, or does that not count?

today, saying anything other than this is the greatest disco jam ever is sacrilege

http://www.imeem.com/ilovedeephouse/music/DdkVIpc6/isaac_hayes_ron_hardy_edit_i_cant_turn_around/

xpostage

hell yeah. DJs frankie crocker and larry levan were all over "magnificent dance" back in the day.

"i can't turn around" is disco-magnificence, deej, as is the instrrumental take of "chocolate chip"

a vote for 'star struck' by cheri
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41b8ckYOjeI

and also recommend chicago's 100.3 Love FM Saturday Night Dance Party mixes:

http://timmyrichardsonpresents.com/?p=72

we get these every saturday nite ^_^

i havent listened to it yet but its basically gonna be dance music late 70s-current, house and disco and disco edits and electro and prince and whatever else

(havent listened to this one yet i mean)

BOHANNON DISCO STOMP

oh and people mentioned gino soccio but not "dancer"?!? WTF

i know! i can't believe that's not up there more, that has to be one of the best of all time

I'll get to 100 here pretty soon.

The Jones Girls, "You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else" <---- totally hypnotic! why did I ever sleep on this one?!
High Fidelity, "Magic Carpet" <---- how I never listed this until now is beyond me
Edwin Birdsong, "Phiss-Phizz"
Herbie Hancock, "Saturday Night"
Musique, "Number One"
The Whispers, "Emergency"
Lowrell, "Mellow Mellow Right On"
Debra Hurd, "Hug Me, Squeeze Me"
Suzy Q, "Get On Up Do It Again"
Michael Jackson, "Baby Be Mine"

10 more songs I haven't mentioned in my quest to make this less a POX and more a POC.

Ramsey Lewis, "Spring High"
Kool & the Gang, "Big Fun"
Al Hudson & The Soul Partners, "Spread Love"
Prince, "Just As Long As We're Together"
Cloud One, "Disco Juice"
Plastic Bertrand, "Stop Ou Encore"
Zapp, "Heartbreaker"
Sylvia Striplin, "Give Me Your Love"
Phreek, "Weekend"
Gary's Gang, "Knock Me Out"

'weekend' is the greatest.

When I hit 100, I'm going to turn that into a POX and it will kill me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV1nBb60Tqg

mentioned upthread but that youtube link has expired. Been listening to this a bunch the last few weeks. Humming it going to the bank today.

Lime - Babe We're Gonna Love Tonight
― Siegbran (eofor), Friday, May 23, 2003 4:37 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this song is, like, so good, just sooooo good

Lime - Babe We're Gonna Love Tonight
― Siegbran (eofor), Friday, May 23, 2003 4:37 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this song is, like, so good, just sooooo good

― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Monday, June 29, 2009 2:05 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yahhhhhhhhhhh played this last time i dj'd & it brought teh house downnnnn

yes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rQROoRqHpc&feature=related

Phyllis Hyman, "You Know How To Love Me" <-- really? no one listed this yet?
Candi Staton, "When You Wake Up Tomorrow"
Change, "Miracles"
Average White Band, "Let's Go Round Again"
Rinder & Lewis, "Gluttony"
Chaka Khan, "I Know You, I Live You"
Rose Royce, "Do Your Dance"
Billy Ocean, "Nights (Feel Like Getting Down)"
Instant Funk, "Wide World of Sports"
Sharon Redd, "Can You Handle It"

Change, "The Glow of Love"
Cheryl Lynn, "Got to Be Real"
Earth, Wind & Fire, "September"
The Brothers Johnson, "Light Up the Night"
Fantasy, "You're Too Late"
Phyllis Hyman, "You Know How to Love Me"
George Benson, "Give Me the Night"
The Fatback Band, "(Are You Ready) Do the Bus Stop"
The Emotions, "Best of My Love"
Rose Royce, "First Come, First Serve"

smh that "September" only has two mentions so far on this thread

clearly I hadn't heard "My Love Is Free" yet when I posted

i feel like i do this post all the time now but

last night i played my vinyl rip of the danny krivit edit of "my love is free" to a mostly empty bar and at least it took me to church

this was after "over and over" by sylvester naturally

Nice to see some Lime mentions. RIP

Can we pick 10 hours?