GQ - Disco Nights (Rock Freak) Secret Weapon - Must Be The Music Skyy - High Eastside Connection - You're So Right For Me Pleasure - Joyous Willie Hutch - Brothers Gonna Work It Out
try to differentiate between the 8ball string washed post hustle taint slippers and the speedball pre-house razor re-edits. somewhere between Moroder and Tee Scott. also watch out for dudes who can rap for 25 minutes.
Young and Co. - I like What you're doing to me Change - Glow Of Love Jeanette Lady Day - Come Let Me Love You BBQ Band - On The Beat Aretha Franklin - Jump to It Fresh Band - Come Back Lover Two Man Sound - Que Tal America Love Committee - As Long As I've Got You First Choice - Put No Man Asunder Joe Bataan ft Jocelyn Brown - Sadie
thumbs up for the prelude/salsoul/larry levan stuff, and dang i know that "got to be real", "dazz", etc are genius pop/soul songs, but really, ENOUGH!!! i hear these and think geez is that the best you could do? the word stale comes to mind...
how 'bout:
gino soccio - dancer change - lovers holiday gwen guthrie - peanut butter first choice - love thang (tee scott mix) junior - mama said loleatta holloway - love sensation (shep pettibone mix)
not rare. not played out. guaranteed happy dancefloor.
please to show me this club/party in the SF/bay area. i will dance like Haring at the Garage - or just a dude whos happy to hear some "not-98.1-played-out-old-school" good disco tunes.
GQ - Disco Nights (Rock Freak) Secret Weapon - Must Be The Music Skyy - High Eastside Connection - You're So Right For Me Pleasure - Joyous Willie Hutch - Brothers Gonna Work It Out
That's more like it. And for Cerrone "Give Me Love" is the real dancefloor track IMO.
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Some favourites of mine - they're not all strictly disco, but they usually do the trick
Francine McGee - Delirium (instrumental flip of "Feeling Good") Azymuth - Jazz Carnival (the GAMM re-edit by Mary Mary is great as well) Trammps - Where Were You When The Lights Went Out UHF - We're On The Right Track Crown Heights Affair - Way Out Taana Gardner - Work That Body Players Association - I Like It T-Connection - At Midnight Barry White - You See The Trouble With Me Love Unlimited Orchestra - My Sweet Summer Suite Evelyn "Champagne" King - Shame Idris Muhammad - Could Heaven Ever Be Like This Change - Angel In My Pocket Inner Life - I Like It Like That
am playing a lot of disco sa well these days - will throw in some more stuff that always rocks my partys..
bohannon - let`s start the dance Brenda & The Tabulations - Let's Go All The Way Raw Silk - Just In Time Gino Soccio - There's a Woman The Cats 'n' Jammer Kids - Disco Drum
Some favourites of mine - they're not all strictly disco, but they usually do the trick
Francine McGee - Delirium (instrumental flip of "Feeling Good")
i love the vocal side...how can you go wrong with a woman wailing and moaning about how she's feeling feeling feeling feeling so good?
some current faves:
crown heights affair "say a prayer for two" bohannon "me and the gang" edwin birdsong "cola bottle baby" jermaine jackson and stevie wonder "let's get serious"
Positive Force "We Got The Funk" Lonnie Liston Smith "Give Peace A Chance (Make Love Not War) Aquarian Dream "You're A Star" Atmosfear "Dancing In Outer Space" Hi-Tension "Hi-Tension"
Yes, and the album it comes from has three other dancefloor burners as well:
Goldmine Lollipop Phizz Phizz
These three tracks were also released on 12 inch singles with different, better (IMO) versions. Seek 'em out.
SG
but sadly no 12" for cola bottle baby! that lp is a tough one to catch...just don't see it that often. some more:
Teena Marie "I Need Your Lovin'" Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes "Don't leave me this way" and "bad luck" Peter Tosh "buk-in-hamm palace" Peter Brown "Dance with me" Johnny Harris "Odyssey" Mad Dog Fire Department "Cosmic Funk" (prod. by tommy stewart!) andy gibb "shadow dancing" 12" version Bunny Mack "Let me Love You" Melba Moore "You Stepped Into My Life" and "standing right here" and "promised land" Giorgio Moroder "Evolution" Funk Fusion Band "Can you feel it"
haha, yeah, normally i prefer dub versions but in this case i prefer the vocal...how can you go wrong with peter tosh talking about lighting up a spliff in buckingham palace!?
haha, yeah, normally i prefer dub versions but in this case i prefer the vocal...how can you go wrong with peter tosh talking about lighting up a spliff in buckingham palace!?
I can't hear "Supernature" without thinking of the Benny Hill spoof. Probably just me.
Twennynine (Lenny White) - Peanut Butter Mandre - Freakin's Fine Gene Chandler - Get Down Prince - Sexy Dancer, Soft and Wet Jones Girls - Nights Over Egypt A Taste of Honey - Rescue Me Kano - Holly Dolly Roy Ayers - Freaky Deaky Arpeggio - Love and Desire Foxy - Hot Number
I love The Break by Katmandu but that tends to scare people.
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Secret Weapon - Must Be The Music
Skyy - High
Eastside Connection - You're So Right For Me
Pleasure - Joyous
Willie Hutch - Brothers Gonna Work It Out
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Change - Glow Of Love
Jeanette Lady Day - Come Let Me Love You
BBQ Band - On The Beat
Aretha Franklin - Jump to It
Fresh Band - Come Back Lover
Two Man Sound - Que Tal America
Love Committee - As Long As I've Got You
First Choice - Put No Man Asunder
Joe Bataan ft Jocelyn Brown - Sadie
caroline crawford 'a nice feeling'
herbie hancock 'i thought it was you'
charles earland 'drifting'
how 'bout:
gino soccio - dancer
change - lovers holiday
gwen guthrie - peanut butter
first choice - love thang (tee scott mix)
junior - mama said
loleatta holloway - love sensation (shep pettibone mix)
not rare. not played out. guaranteed happy dancefloor.
p.s. supernature makes white belts cry.
I'm pretty sure this gets played on the regular.
Yeah, most of those are played often.
please to show me this club/party in the SF/bay area. i will dance like Haring at the Garage - or just a dude whos happy to hear some "not-98.1-played-out-old-school" good disco tunes.
(sorry 4 being the grumpy
That's more like it. And for Cerrone "Give Me Love" is the real dancefloor track IMO.
10 pages of disco gems.
Francine McGee - Delirium (instrumental flip of "Feeling Good")
Azymuth - Jazz Carnival (the GAMM re-edit by Mary Mary is great as well)
Trammps - Where Were You When The Lights Went Out
UHF - We're On The Right Track
Crown Heights Affair - Way Out
Taana Gardner - Work That Body
Players Association - I Like It
T-Connection - At Midnight
Barry White - You See The Trouble With Me
Love Unlimited Orchestra - My Sweet Summer Suite
Evelyn "Champagne" King - Shame
Idris Muhammad - Could Heaven Ever Be Like This
Change - Angel In My Pocket
Inner Life - I Like It Like That
bohannon - let`s start the dance
Brenda & The Tabulations - Let's Go All The Way
Raw Silk - Just In Time
Gino Soccio - There's a Woman
The Cats 'n' Jammer Kids - Disco Drum
i love the vocal side...how can you go wrong with a woman wailing and moaning about how she's feeling feeling feeling feeling so good?
some current faves:
crown heights affair "say a prayer for two"
bohannon "me and the gang"
edwin birdsong "cola bottle baby"
jermaine jackson and stevie wonder "let's get serious"
Positive Force "We Got The Funk"
Lonnie Liston Smith "Give Peace A Chance (Make Love Not War)
Aquarian Dream "You're A Star"
Atmosfear "Dancing In Outer Space"
Hi-Tension "Hi-Tension"
Do not sleep on "Number One"
"Number One" is my shit.
"Tommorow Is Now" is the one I'm feeling at the moment.
Add "Super Disco" by The Rimshots . I like that midtempo disco stuff.
but sadly no 12" for cola bottle baby! that lp is a tough one to catch...just don't see it that often.
some more:
Teena Marie "I Need Your Lovin'"
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes "Don't leave me this way" and "bad luck"
Peter Tosh "buk-in-hamm palace"
Peter Brown "Dance with me"
Johnny Harris "Odyssey"
Mad Dog Fire Department "Cosmic Funk" (prod. by tommy stewart!)
andy gibb "shadow dancing" 12" version
Bunny Mack "Let me Love You"
Melba Moore "You Stepped Into My Life" and "standing right here" and "promised land"
Giorgio Moroder "Evolution"
Funk Fusion Band "Can you feel it"
mass production - welcome to our world of merry music .. is also very ncie.. moodymann sampled it on "music people"
http://www1.gemm.com/item/TOSH-c-PETER/BUK-d-IN-d-HAMM-d-PALACE/GML896393859/
also there's one delphonics song that has a cool lite-disco feel, really great vocals, i cant remember the name off the top for some reason
also love the Change song "Angel in my Pocket," real underplayed in my local disco experience.
i mean, it's rare, it's good, but damn.
Twennynine (Lenny White) - Peanut Butter
Mandre - Freakin's Fine
Gene Chandler - Get Down
Prince - Sexy Dancer, Soft and Wet
Jones Girls - Nights Over Egypt
A Taste of Honey - Rescue Me
Kano - Holly Dolly
Roy Ayers - Freaky Deaky
Arpeggio - Love and Desire
Foxy - Hot Number
I love The Break by Katmandu but that tends to scare people.
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