examples of DISCO-REGGAE

This is sometimes my favourite type of vintage dancing music, but it's not really a genre - more something people have dabbled with throughout the years.

Any good examples?

Susan Cadogan - Shame
Johnny Clarke - None Shall Escape The Judgement
360 Degrees - Money
Abba - Name Of The Game
Belle Epoque - Miss Broadway
Talking Heads - I Get Wild Wild Gravity
Boney M - lots of things. Most obvious is Rivers Of Babylon, but I don't like it much.

The first one that springs to mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tID6rEcYMgc

Not quite sure what you mean but maybe Ken Boothe's "Walk Away From Love"?

Not sure if you'd also include reggae covers of disco but Soul Jazz did a great comnpilation a few years back, including this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4a8t8gDU08

and this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X0u7PbcPBA

that comp is fantastic, 2nded dorian. studio one also put out the 'disco mix' comp a few years back, which is ace.

although rereading dl's second post i think we're thinking of something else to the intentions of this thread

Reggae that is disco; disco that is reggae - take it as you will :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUA1CIipenY&a

@stevie Yeah, I don't think we're on the same tip as those initial suggestions but I'll take any excuse to post those tunes.

and i'll take any chance at listening to them!

Eddy Grant - "Romancing The Stone," "Walking On Sunshine," "Electric Avenue"
Lots of Grace Jones (esp. early '80s)
Linx - first (and maybe only?) album
USA-European Connection - Come Into My Heart"
Stevie Wonder - maybe "Boogie On Reggae Woman" and/or "Master Blaster (Jammin'") (I'd need to doublecheck the disco quotient on these)
Probably some Hot Chocolate songs, too.
some Goombay Dance Band, I think

Delroy Wilson - "I'll Do Anything For You"

Coupla Funkadelic tracks, which only serve to illustrate that US funk/soul artists doing reggae is generally not a great idea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCAVDg2uXWg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO5VV5PISHU

kalyan were really a disco/funk/soca group, but i can't stop playing this album this week and i figure some people here will appreciate how awesome this track is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahF-RyUxiHc

Slits' cover of Heard it Through The Grapevine is almost in this category.

Also, tons of Kid Creole and the Coconts/August Darnell, right?

peter tosh - buk-in-hamm palace

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

Also maybe stuff like:

Gibson Brothers "Cuba" (and other tracks on their LPs probably)
Johnny Chingas "Samba"

Though those probably have as much Latin-American in their rhythms as Jamaican. Probably still have at least as much reggae as "Miss Broadway" (which I always thought of as having more a Bo Diddley beat) or "Name Of The Game" (which I never thought of as reggae or disco, really, though that doesn't mean it's not), though.

Also, wouldn't plenty of Soca fit here? Or is the Caribbean influence in that always calypso rather than reggae? (Hard to know where exactly the line is drawn sometimes.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IornRX6v-kI

Don't know if Sly and Robbie's "Rhythm Killers" qualifies (they cover Ohio Players and Pointer Sisters) and a rock guitar element is pretty pervasive through most of it, but I love that record.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O6bBsn2Z4w

rhythm killers is one of the greatest records ever made. i hated it at first, but there are so many great things going on. highly creative music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK8zAssTv7Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSaJB8bnW3Y

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPMkjslzs70

i am so fucking psyched about getting home to listen to these.

If you guys like, I can make a DJ mix based on these tracks?

I Roy's album, Whap'n'Bap'n is full of disco.

Alphabet, in particular is really great.

Although, now that i'm looking at it, the album is listed as Roy Reid.

http://www.roots-archives.com/release/1780

That is I Roy

other super disco jam on the album is called Jive Time.

It sounds like I Roy.

this one melds the two splendidly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTQJwVQMFXY

I love this rhythm so much:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5U4tH4xl_A

wow, beta blog, that steel and skin track is wonderful

Wow indeed. That's great. Gonna have to order that CD. Are the rest of the tracks good quality?

that steel and skin track was the first thing i thought of.

this is the second

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

sorry, that's a terrible sounding video (and why didn't he edit out the 30 seconds of fumbling to put the record on in the beginning?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UpY2t2wBYs

Is that Clout as in 'Substitute'?

Delroy Wilson - "I'll Do Anything For You"

Aaaargh...meant Denroy Morgan obviously. (See "Performers With Names That Practically Rhyme" thread. Whenever I think of this song, "White Man In Hammersmith Palais" accidentally sneaks into my head.)

Never thought of Belle Epoque's "Miss Broadway" as reggae. I always buy Beckett 12 inches in the hopes that they will be disco-reggae.

omg yes. a friend was playing that steel an skin album in his car a few months ago and i had forgotten what it was until now!

this is one of my favorite genres of music as well, fwiw

can't forget about this one...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yn5I7g_DIg

lots of laid back songs, actually

no mention of island records yet is weird guys...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byj0LFfjEDY

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

Thinking lots of British pop-funk stuff from the early '80s (not just Linx, who I mentioned above, but also Junior, the Quick, Imagination, David Grant solo) could fit here as well. (Hot Chocolate obviously a major inspiration for that whole scene.)

Y'all should check out the Joe Gibbs 12" Reggae Discomix Showcase compilation discs which have come out the past couple years. Volumes 4 and 5 just came out this year, and the tracklisting are full of this extended play disco/dubby/reggae stuff.

i don't really get how junior is reggae, tbh, nor imagination - aren't they just funk?

Never thought of Belle Epoque's "Miss Broadway" as reggae. I always buy Beckett 12 inches in the hopes that they will be disco-reggae.

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i might be crasy, but the sloping riff totally = reggae to me.

so happy i started this thread. gonna have a proper listen this weekend when i'm at home! thanks all!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcX3aWNOxQM

obv there's a lot of crossover with punk and new wave with this style of music. but then that's going to happen, ethnomusicologically

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czpk40mlxFE

Definitely an all time favourite tune out of everything i've ever heard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGf2NJUpK6Q

there's a reggae thing going on here... for me at least

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ90ZqH0PWI

This too... I'm always looking out for tracks that have this bass'n'keys sloping melty groovy euro-jamaican-funk thing going on. In fact it's a growing obsession, so much so I'd love to start a band that pulls off this trick as a standard rule.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZZBivEtgYc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxnvqrI6q_o

This is not really Reggae Disco, but it is the most magnificent Boney M track ever recorded by a million miles and couldn't be posted too many times. Seriously, one of my favourite tunes in the world.

Stevie, you may be right about Junior and Imagination lacking reggae, though I wouldn't call them "just funk" -- Imagination were more disco I'd say, and Junior obviously had a pop Stevie Wonder thing going on. I definitely remember reggae rhythms on that Linx LP, though, and I'm pretty sure in a couple Quick tracks. Sooner or later I'll put all those LPs out and doublecheck. (Should doublecheck Gibson Bros and Johnny Chingas, too; I may be imagining their Jamaicanisms as well.)

Dog Latin -- Just out of curiosity, if "Name of The Game" counts, how about Ace Of Base? They definitely qualified as Swedish reggae sometimes. Maybe not disco enough though?

xpost ps it's all about the piano chord solo at 4:30-ish.

Ace Of Base - especially The Sign and All That She Wants count. Absolutely.

And if we're going to take things to an extreme here (and hey. that's what this thread is about:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vq0FRUjSbA

but maybe not... it's all subjective.

speaking of new wave, i used to love this kinda stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=811ZqRUWS2o&feature=related

this is for my pal chuck:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl1Tu0Dg2fM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3zOeMJ90zs&feature=related

i'm trying to think of an example from the Ze Records bands, but struggling. Surely Was Not Was, or James White did a reggae disco track?

this is the closest thing i can think of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au8XQriJRV4

It fits I think - there's a vague offbeat chop to it.

Sorry if someone mentioned it (I didn't see it), but the ultimate one for me here is probably Bob Marley's "Could You Be Loved." Sick of most of the Marley standards, but this one holds up very well for me. Rhythm track is fantastic. (And though I don't have my BPMs book handy, I'm guessing it's somewhere in the 114-116 range? Maybe even faster... which certainly adds to its disconess.)

If you want something very cheesey and obvious:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m0lquPk6hg

serious disco-euro-reggae vibes from the brand new Aeroplane track posted on official i love music thread for AEROPLANE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcxELgEH06U

ze records...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGEQhf9GwSE&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGM7XXTxn00

Oh, and what with the Alex Sadkin production, fat reggae-esque-bass and the reggae-influenced percussion, I guess this band sort of belongs here too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYwEv38AIPE

Which also brings me to wonder whether stuff like International Observer and The Orb fits in here too?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWuoGZAz94c

^ OH DUH!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z29kgmDKrY8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjuWsmzOeNg

"Genius of Love" obv

Stevie, you may be right about Junior and Imagination lacking reggae, though I wouldn't call them "just funk" -- Imagination were more disco I'd say, and Junior obviously had a pop Stevie Wonder thing going on.

aw yeah, definitely. and apologies if it seems i'm playing genre cop here. imagination were *weird, and brilliantly so. and 'mama useta say' is a genius single, i've always wanted to search and see if Junior had any other such greatness in his discography.

Thinking lots of British pop-funk stuff from the early '80s (not just Linx, who I mentioned above, but also Junior, the Quick, Imagination, David Grant solo) could fit here as well. (Hot Chocolate obviously a major inspiration for that whole scene.)

Nah, I don't discern much reggae there. Same for Hot Chocolate, I don't think they had any reggae influence at all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULvu8FzEt14

lol u rong

I can't actually see that! Just as well!

It was their first single (on Apple Records) - a reggae cover of 'Give Peace A Chance'. It's terrible btw.

Ah right, I've never heard that before

Not missing much tbh!

Can't imagine how you couldn't hear reggae in, say, "Brother Louie."

This site even calls the Stories version "a cover version of a British pop-reggae hit about an interracial marriage," so my ears can't be completely crazy. (It was apparently also covered by the British reggae band Matumbi, fwiw.)

http://www.superseventies.com/sw_brotherlouie.html

I can't really remember their version of "Brother Louie" tbh. NickB has just proved they started off as a reggae band, so I can't argue against that! I don't hear too much reggae in their big hits however, but possibly it's the singing that gives them a Caribbean flavour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EH5GFP2Otk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEAMc56iuLA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3stclvX_QaQ

(Although I guess the upbeat on that one is more Motown than reggae)

xhuxk, I'll see your Name of the Game and your All That She Wants and I'll raise you The Land Of Make Believe by Bucks Fizz.

Have these 2 back-to-back on a playlist I've been addicted to all spring. You really want the extended 12" version of the Jennifer Lara, but this'll have to do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AlcLFNX-JI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jp7nuVwKqY

that jennifer lara song is nice, never heard it before

and by nice i mean niiiiiice

I have I'm In Love pt. 2 as well as pt. 1 but they're not mixed combination style.

that jennifer lara song is so good! wish i'd bought it when i had the chance.

got this one the other day:
Bits & Pieces aka sly & robbie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxPyLoznoGE

apologies if this was already posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LSCXP0p-Wc

that steel an' skin thing is like my reggae disco holy grail!!!

yeah, took me a while to find a copy, but holy shit, it's great. thanks to the original poster for the tip.

Bob-A-Rela too. I love that kind of groove.

Gino Soccio - "Steady Operator"

that jennifer lara is a cover of a track by evelyn champagne king

also there is a cover of this by a reggae singer whose name is escaping me right now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K6N619lSos

i think there was a thread like this over at djh a while ago? i think some people referred to a qv track as "cod reggae".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFm5BmoupX8

I've started collating a lot of the suggestions on this thread into an epic dj mix. will try and get a YSI soon.

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

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.

Nice mix, Jamie! I think betablog tripled sales of that Steel an Skin album with this thread...

ha! though i still need my own vinyl copy of it for playing out :P

Anyone have/heard this Disc 'O' Lypso comp? the Other Music email newsletter tells me it was just reissued.

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

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 1
Clout – Sunshine Baby
Richard Ace – Stayin Alive
Gino Soccio – Steady Operator
Blondie – Die Young Stay Pretty
Bob-A-Rela - Money
Sly & Robbie – Superthruster
Aeroplane – We Can’t Fly
Susan Cadogan – Shame
Johnny Clarke – None Shall Escape The Judgement
Belle Epoque – Miss Broadway
300 Degrees – Money
Jackson Jones - Put Your Pants On
Laid Back – Fly Away
Coati Mundi – Me No Pop I
Third World – Try Jah Love
Tonetta 777 – Devil Devil
I Roy – Alphabet
Janet Kay – Silly Games

Part 2
Boney M – Nightflight to Venus
Aural Exciters - Spooks In Space
Talking Heads – I Get Wild Wild Gravity
Steel & Skin – Afro Punk Reggae Dub
Marianne Faithfull - Blue Millionaire
The Slits – Heard It Through The Grapevine
Stevie Wonder – Master Blaster (Jammin)
Kalyan – Disco Reggae (Tony’s Groove)
King Tubby – Sir Niney’s Rock
Blood Sisters – Ring My Bell
James Chance & the Contortions – Contort Yourself
Ska Boys – Norwegian Wood Disco
The Selector – On My Radio
The Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom
Hortense Ellis – I Can’t Stand The Rain
Storm – It’s My House
Jennifer Lara – I Am In Love
Family Choice - Reggae Beat Goes On
Lizzy Mercier Descloux – Sun Is Shining

These won't be up long so I've allowed downloading.

Part one is gone. Any chance it's coming back?

*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?

or if anyone can host both, would be even better!

i'm pretty sure if it's more than 10mb it won't forward. if its under 100mb, mediafire works great.

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.

"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).

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

^ it's the cover of an in flagranti record

Waht about this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY41o-iZStI

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

cosmic disco?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL-6IqhSyH4

a Spotify playlist made thanks to all the suggestions on this thread!

http://open.spotify.com/user/scifipogo/playlist/3hlGvaQ5weYPf8cw7BXWkl

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.

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'

Right, it's high time I put this reggae-disco mix together properly. More suggestions please!

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".

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.

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

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvABWs3r-VI

just picked up this from the 2nd hand store -

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SuF20p9BiFI/SoxNWTvnx0I/AAAAAAAADp8/davUTbexxh0/s320/20+reggae+disco+hits.jpg

!!!! What's it like? I need this.

Google album title. First page of results.

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.

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.

xpost yeah i hadnt listened to it before i posted! its a good comp, but not disco-y at all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97T4hWQNLEs

supermax, camillo

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.

Bob Marley and the Wailers - I Know (on Confrontation album)

Nazia hassan - "aao na"

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/

Does this count?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igjNEy9TvIg

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 1
Clout – Sunshine Baby
Richard Ace – Stayin Alive
Gino Soccio – Steady Operator
Blondie – Die Young Stay Pretty
Bob-A-Rela - Money
Sly & Robbie – Superthruster
Aeroplane – We Can’t Fly
Susan Cadogan – Shame
Johnny Clarke – None Shall Escape The Judgement
Belle Epoque – Miss Broadway
300 Degrees – Money
Jackson Jones - Put Your Pants On
Laid Back – Fly Away
Coati Mundi – Me No Pop I
Third World – Try Jah Love
Tonetta 777 – Devil Devil
I Roy – Alphabet
Janet Kay – Silly Games

Part 2
Boney M – Nightflight to Venus
Aural Exciters - Spooks In Space
Talking Heads – I Get Wild Wild Gravity
Steel & Skin – Afro Punk Reggae Dub
Marianne Faithfull - Blue Millionaire
The Slits – Heard It Through The Grapevine
Stevie Wonder – Master Blaster (Jammin)
Kalyan – Disco Reggae (Tony’s Groove)
King Tubby – Sir Niney’s Rock
Blood Sisters – Ring My Bell
James Chance & the Contortions – Contort Yourself
Ska Boys – Norwegian Wood Disco
The Selector – On My Radio
The Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom
Hortense Ellis – I Can’t Stand The Rain
Storm – It’s My House
Jennifer Lara – I Am In Love
Family Choice - Reggae Beat Goes On
Lizzy Mercier Descloux – Sun Is Shinin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVHEljAd13M

doglatin that is an absurdly fun mix; I've been passing it around the office demanding that people listen to it

Did this get posted?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRj9RSpXQHo

La Famille - All Night Long

Or this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y1lgh166rk

Fern Kinney - Groove Me

^^^ awesome tune btw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93yOrb04Eao

US Girls - Damn That Valley

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

Here's the playlist in text form:

KASA - Too Tough / I'm Not Going To Let You Go - I'm A Song Writer
Michael Oliviere - Unfinished Business/Soon Come - Reggae Is Here Once Again
Togetherness - The Best Of Disco Demands - A Collection Of Rare 1970s Dance Music - Compiled By Al Kent - Hey Mister - Re-edit
Derrick Harriott - Loser / Now We Know - Loser
Monyaka - Go Deh Yaka - Go Deh Yaka - Instrumental
Peter Tosh - Mystic Man - Dubbing Buk-In-Hamm Palace - 2002 Remastered Version
Aeroplane - We Cant Fly - We Can't Fly
Fern Kinney - Groove Me - Groove Me
Ahmed Fakroun - Compilation - Nisyan
Risco Connection - Ain't No Stopping us Now & Chapter Three - Ain't No Stopping Us Now - Unreleased Version
Belle Epoque - Il Meglio - Miss Broadway
Johnny Clarke - Don Letts Presents The Mighty Trojan Sound - None Shall Escape The Judgement
Janet Kay - TROJAN PRESENTS: CLASSIC REGGAE - Silly Games
Laid Back - Balearic Pop - Fly Away / Walking In The Sunshine - 2008 Remastered Version
The Dynamics - Version Excursions - Move on Up
John Milk - Disco Reggae, Vol. 2 - The Fool (John Milk Disco Reggae Mix)
Dennis Brown - The A&M Years - Get High On Your Love
Derrick Lara & Trinity - Joe Gibbs 12" Reggae Discomix Vol. 4 - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough
Derrick Harriott - Let Me Down Easy / Hell Below - Let Me Down Easy
Derrick Harriott - Derrick Harriott Reggae & Roots 1971 to 1977 - 10 Singles Set Pt. 4 - Dancing The Reggae
Mighty Sparrow & Byron Lee - Again - The Hustle
Beres Hammond - Just A Man - Music Is A Positive Vibration
The In Crowd - Reggae Chartbusters ,Vol. 6 - Back a Yard
Various Artists - The Best of Neville King - Ring My Bell (feat. Blood Sisters)
Black Harmony - Sideshow Reggae - Don't Let It Get to Your Head
Carol Cool - Reggae Fever - Upside Down
Jennifer Lara - Studio One Presents Jennifer Lara - I Am In Love
Taggy Matcher - Disco Reggae - Rapper's Delight (Dub Version)
John Milk - Disco Reggae - Suit & Tie
Taggy Matcher - Singasong - Paranoid (feat. Birdy Nixon)
Ernest Ranglin - Be What You Wanna Be - Soft Touch
Junior Tucker - Take A Message - Which Side Of The Coin - Spinning Around - Version
Joe Gibbs & The Professionals - Majestic Dub - Ten Commandments
Disco Dub Band - Late Night Tales - Franz Ferdinand - For The Love Of Money
The In Crowd - Jazzie B Presents School Days - Baby My Love
The Heptones - Changing Times - Giving Up On Love
Willie Lindo - Beach Diggin’, Vol. 1 - Midnight
Cedric IM Brooks & The Light of Saba - The Magical Light of Saba - Africa
Chalice - Blasted - Loosen Up
Beres Hammond - Just A Man - Do This World A Favour
Barry Waite & Ltd. - Out on a Funky Trip - Funky Sting Part 1
Ambelique - Ambelique Singles - Talk Like That
Marcia 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.

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 Obeng
Reggae Is Here Once Again – Michael Oliviere
Hey Mister - Re-edit – Togetherness, Althea Forest
Loser – Derrick Harriott
Go Deh Yaka - Instrumental – Monyaka
Dubbing Buk-In-Hamm Palace - 2002 Remastered Version – Peter Tosh
We Can't Fly – Aeroplane
Groove Me – Fern Kinney
Nisyan – Ahmed Fakroun
Ain't No Stopping Us Now - Unreleased Version – Risco Connection
Miss Broadway – Belle Epoque
None Shall Escape The Judgement – Johnny Clarke
Silly Games – Janet Kay
Fly Away / Walking In The Sunshine - 2008 Remastered Version – Laid Back
Move on Up – The Dynamics
The Fool (John Milk Disco Reggae Mix) – John Milk
Get High On Your Love – Dennis Brown
Don't Stop Til You Get Enough – Derrick Lara & Trinity
Let Me Down Easy – Derrick Harriott
Dancing The Reggae – Derrick Harriott
The Hustle – Mighty Sparrow & Byron Lee
Music Is A Positive Vibration – Beres Hammond
Back a Yard – The In Crowd
Ring My Bell (feat. Blood Sisters) – Various Artists, Blood Sisters
Don't Let It Get to Your Head – Black Harmony
Upside Down – Carol Cool
I Am In Love – Jennifer Lara
Rapper's Delight (Dub Version) – Taggy Matcher
Suit & Tie – John Milk
Paranoid (feat. Birdy Nixon) – Taggy Matcher, Birdy Nixon
Soft Touch – Ernest Ranglin
Which Side Of The Coin - Spinning Around - Version – Junior Tucker
Ten Commandments – Joe Gibbs & The Professionals
For The Love Of Money – Disco Dub Band
Baby My Love – The In Crowd, Jah Stitch
Giving Up On Love – The Heptones
Midnight – Willie Lindo
Africa – Cedric IM Brooks & The Light of Saba
Loosen Up – Chalice
Do This World A Favour – Beres Hammond
Funky Sting Part 1 – Barry Waite & Ltd.
Talk Like That – Ambelique, Sly & Robbie
When Will I See You Again – Marcia Griffiths

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

wow Moka, amazing! I'll have to dust down my copy of spotify and take a listen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVHEljAd13M

bought this on vinyl this week. almost reggae house music - but i guess reggae disco. amazing tune.

so good. i had been chasing it for years so was delighted it got put out again.

Why has this song changed to B.B. Seaton - Dancing In The Moonlight?

https://soundcloud.com/dkmntl/orpheu-the-wizard-jamie-tiller-at-lente-kabinet-festival-28052016

anyone know the id of the tune at 1 hour 1 minute? it is total fire.

https://www.discogs.com/Michael-Paul-Reggae-Music/release/4840338

according to the comments. i think that's right but i'm struggling to find an online sample

yeah I couldn't find on either, but it being US-produced makes sense and this sounds like the same dude years later: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mpaulitopia

turns out it's this: https://www.discogs.com/Michael-Paul-Reggae-Music/release/4840338

xpost yeah otm. can't find it online.

this is also good, the first track on the below ep - at 1 hour 14

https://www.discogs.com/Staffud-Reggae-Revival/release/2941696

not reggae, just disco but the track at 1.15.48 is amazing as well. anyone know what that is?

it's a brilliant mix, especially from about 55 mins in.

http://www.noiseinmyhead.com.au/2016/06/240516-w-chris-bonato-left-ear-records/

there's a mix on there with the same Michael Paul track, so it's definitely that track, but he's barely released anything else i can find. great tune tho.

others:

22 mins (heard this a lot, asked already on ilx but no dice)
37 minutes

xpost yeah it is amazing, such a good example of DISCO-REGGAE

excited to listen to the whole thing later. actually digging this Noise in my Head mix right now. current track is very Studio-y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1RLtpPCpAE

posted a fern kinney song before (groove me) but this one is just as great (it's the b-side of her massive hit, together we are beautiful):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaxyQF0jegQ

Mersh AF but definitely fits in here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozv4q2ov3Mk

You can still get the original mix I made for this thread here: http://www.mixcloud.com/doglatin/steady-operator-disco-reggae-sounds/ - never leaves my phone's music library

good mix here: http://www.largeup.com/2017/07/07/deejay-theory-dancehall-by-day-disco/

this is a jam. (verrry loose cover)

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

Okay, here we go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQn_4cg-Abo

Taggy Matcher seems to specialise in this exact kind of style.

favorite recent discovery: this anti-disco-but-still-pretty-disco/rapso anthem from Brother Resistance (RIP):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rXVDNeP-hw

Nice!

What a wonderfully funky groove, not unlike Kuti/Allen

i dug this out this weekend. so good - sad it took him leaving us for me to fully appreciate it.

sadly I'd never even heard of him until he died, but yes the whole EP is really good!

yep, me neither and it's a shame as so much of the stuff i've heard is so great

some discofied afro reggae from osibisa member kiki gyan. went down a wormhole of the (mostly silly and wild) album art of dutch designers myosotis, came upon this, and thought of this thread.

keep it cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HYChjAFjgs

just one night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRTr_7pOq1o

peace for africa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb5gBme1S10

Kiki Gyan - Disco Dancer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfXAVEUo_eY

another great one by him

Lots of dead youtube embeds itt, but is it really possible no one ever posted Keith Hudson?

Civilisation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIiffl1IQOE

Too Expensive:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1GeeXzMmwE

I suppose it is possible, since despite considering Hudson one of my all-time faves, I'd ignored Too Expensive for years due to its (wildly, infuriatingly wrong!!) rep as a failed crossover--a deranged narrative that you should only take on board if you are literally Richard Branson.

Also, it's maybe not quite disco but "Central Kingston" off From One Extreme to Another is also a massive jam and that album really deserves a legit reissue: the version on streaming sounds like a vinyl rip

f**k me! those are both ace. 'civilisation' is sooooo good. thanks. i've been on a huge keith hudson tip recently but had skipped over too expensive.

Central Kingston too; syndrum-tastic! i need to hear the rest of this now.

wow those are great! Is it just me or is there a bit of a an ian dury vibe on 'too expensive'?

I should probably take this to a Hudson thread, but both albums are superb imo. If you're expecting polished soul you'll be disappointed, but if you already dig Hudson's shambolic approach, I can't imagine being disappointed.

As annoyed as I am that I bought the critical line on Too Expensive without even listening to it for so long, the lack of a reissue for From One Extreme is a puzzle since Pressure Sounds put out its dub, Nuh Skin Up, ages ago

I have a bit of an on/off thing with Hudson but these are all killer. Made me wish for a sweaty front room dance.

At one point I took some selections from this thread for this playlist and iirc keith hudson hasnt been mentioned:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6ObTLc46jR2QPzUvtEWESp?si=9AuQfReTSWqAPXmQkovcZQ

nice cover image there, Moka!

"Civilization" was on that Virgin Front Line compilation everybody had - well, my sister had it anyway.

"Civilization" was on that Virgin Front Line compilation everybody had - well, my sister had it anyway.

And, as if by magic; Front Line comp comes out -

https://www.juno.co.uk/products/virgin-front-line-sounds-of-reality/848318-01/

Okay. Serious jam here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGScGuAKmW0

Anyone here familiar with the French Patchworks label which seems to chug out a huge amount of music in this vein? My friend sent me this playlist and it's largely top drawer: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2HOOBwOtmgyPKhY49FEOkK?si=fe9b615c70054664

Xp you're right this is a serious jam

most stuff by eddy grant!

https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/disco-reggae-rockers?fbclid=IwAR32tK6UhQOi4XsFSEblqBPyiG3WNfN9TL758HJfSmEN_F2_WR8td0BmnPg

(sorry for the formatting mishap)

A new disco-reggae compilation.

not going to click through all the youtubes to figure it out, but hopefully this thread didn’t get to 200 posts without mentioning tyrone davis “rise up” (wackies)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OrOahkRgvA

More reggae-disco than disco-reggae, but I just pulled out "Nightflight to Venus" and I'm def adding "Never Change Lovers in the Middle of the Night" to my playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjaXcIAcLY0

Yeah that's a classic. I think I put that on my original mix made from suggestions to this thread. I absolutely love it

Atmosfear's Dancing in Outer Space has a couple of moments when it becomes almost reggae - the laser-ska bit between 2:17 and 2:52, and that liquidy dub bit between about 5:25-6:25 which sounds like the dubwise equivalent of paddling a canoe in choppy waters.

This is joyful and I think it deserves to be included in this thread: https://soundwayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/chi-town-reggae

Great stuff!

I thought I'd posted about it here already, but the Risco Connection comp has been a highlight of my year: https://riscoconnection.bandcamp.com/album/risco-version

xp hah, I opened this thread wondering if it was going to be that!

Moka, how on earth did I miss that extensive spotify playlist you posted way upthread? amazing work!

Annette Brissett - Drums

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

so good. i love Love Power.

pretty cheesy but this is good summertime fun imo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epMbespU4JI
margino - you turn me on

shame there's no dub version tbh because the synths are great but the singing is a bit much

Forgive me if this has been posted before (I can't see it) but this compilation looks great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4UJf0NXelY
https://rockashacka.bandcamp.com/album/reggae-funkyfied-2

That Margino track sounds so much like Yvonne Chaka Chaka's "I'm In Love With a DJ". I assume it's the same producer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL4WaCvrFdo

Yep. Attie Van Wyk

agreed, Moka’s Spotify playlist is a complete banger.

Ernest Ranglin’s “Soft Touch” is complete fire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0ACPrHCGCM

slight afrobeat flavour too

Great song!

Glad some of you have enjoyed the playlist! I need to do a clean-up and add more… in the meantime I have added some of the great suggestions so far!

Love this playlist, moka. Thanks for taking the time and trouble.

favourite new disco-reggae nature-hippy jam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVZqHYdgQ2w
Sheila & Des Majek - Let Us Plant a Tree Today

That's very satisfying, NickB.

What a tune that is

as everyone's kids head back to the covid factory i mean classroom, i submit bunny wailer's "back to school." disco-adjacent groove in the "rapper's delight" vein.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kzgXlC7KCo

Basically just a disco track - the reggae flavour is barely discernible - but this track comes to mind, I guess, because Dan-I was Jamaican and the track was on Island.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7VlbIPas7E

I couldn’t see if this has been posted, all killer, no filler. Hustle! Reggae Disco

Monkey Chop is fantastic!

Produced by The Buggles IIRC?

i'm sure Dan-I appeared on TOTP back then but Youtube has no proof. And yes, a Buggles production.

Anyone heard his track with Big Youth?

I couldn’t see if this has been posted, all killer, no filler. Hustle! Reggae Disco

― Dan Worsley, Thursday, September 26, 2024 10:08 AM (three days ago)

this rules

did Bill Campbell ever get a mention? cos he had a few of these...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4dd8T6tb0Q
Bill Campbell - Boogie All Night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlo96gTGbAc
Bill Campbell - Nearest To My Heart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO2Hbb10xFE
Bill Campbell - Blue Without You

he was also on that amazing Soundways Body Beat comp, electronic soca and calypso...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5ikGw5sLvY
Bill Campbell - Body Beat

Also he did a version of Leon Haywood's "Don't Push It, Don't Force It" which i've never heard...

https://www.discogs.com/release/4742544-Bill-Campbell-Dont-Push-It-Dont-Force-It

and this one is super intriguing, though i'm not sure about the reggae content...

https://www.discogs.com/release/11818782-Bill-Campbell-We-Are-Funky

and he produced a whole bunch of stuff forf other people which i really don't have a grip on at all but here's one...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGC-8-vdEYs
Belinda Parker - Don't Make Wave

OH SHIT! how the fuck could i forget this absolute delight...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymvqwNGWO2I
Bill Campbell - Chicks Are Cheeky

okay i realise i'm just having a conversation with myself now (sorry!!), but this is the 'We Are Funky' track that i linked to, which came out on a b-side under the name Campbell Allstars...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sz5xomh1Tw

not very reggae i'm afraid, but a pretty cool electro boogie experiment nonetheless. bit of a pricey one now though since the A-side appeared on one of those great AOTN lovers comps:
https://www.discogs.com/release/2200525-Valerie-Harrison-Campbell-Allstars-Fools-Paradise-Lets-Get-Funky

should add that he was also the guy behind Family Choice btw, who are on that Hustle! comp upthread (they did 'Reggae Beat Goes On')

okay one last Bill Campbell joint and then i'll STFU. but it's a big one!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7HTwg9Bkf8
Deirdre Murray – You Can't Turn Me Away

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgU4PPHbGlY

Does Carly Simon's Why count? Yeah - it's a Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards production, but there's a bit of reggae influence there.

Actually I know "Why" - it doesn't have a pure uptempo disco beat I guess.

I know what you mean about "Why?" it's got that low-end lope and the way it's quite repetitive you could definitely hear a dub version working. Has there ever been a dub of this?

This Dennis Bovell tune is great!!

not a dub but there's a pretty good reggae version by Stella from a few years ago. rest of the EP is nice too if you're at all into zouk...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiowjlmxOz0

ISTR a Steely and Cleavie version in about 1992 which sounded very much of its time (I am a big fan of that late 80s early 90s sound).

Yeah there it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l_q1pHXJs4

enjoying these!

the French label, Patchworks, is one to look out for - lots that might come under this banner

here's a fave:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQn_4cg-Abo

Just ordered that Dennis Bovell album on the strength of the track giraffe posted.

"kung fu fighting"

I couldn’t see Tapper Zukie - Vision of Love shared. So here it is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqLIU2jmGgA

bought this one yesterday, killer production...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRTVD0IbsIE
Marcia Griffiths - Electric Boogie (Dub Mix)