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My mailman brought me a present today! Here's something I won off eBay last week -- a 12-CD disco box! (This is called Disco Box but has nothing to do with Rhino's 4-CD Disco Box. Some dodgy non-label put this together; they're real CDs w/ real artwork, but there's no information included other than the track listings.)

(I already own a great many of these songs in one format or another, but I'm very happy to have them all in one place now.)

Track listing copied off eBay -- I don't feel like correcting any typos.

DISC 1

1. VERTIGO/RELIGHT MY FIRE - DAN HARTMAN '79
2. FIRE - DAN HARTMAN '79
3. YOU'RE TOO LATE - FANTASY '80
4. 10% - DOUBLE EXPOSURE '76
5. SUPERNATURE - CERRONE '77
6. GOT TO HAVE LOVIN' - DON RAY '78
7. COME ON AND DO IT - POUSSEZ '79
8. CUBA - GIBSON BROTHERS '79
9. DON'T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC - TAVARES '76
10. SOUVENIERS - VOYAGE '79
11. ROMEO AND JULIET - LOVE & KISSES '77
12. I FOUND LOVE - LOVE & KISS '78
13. FROM EAST TO WEST - VOYAGE '78
14. I WILL SURVIVE - GLORIA GAYNOR '78
15. HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL - TAVARES '76
16. RIO DE JENEIRO - GARY CRISS '78
17. CAN'T FAKE THE FEELING - GERALDINE HUNT '80
18. I LIKE WHAT YOUY'RE DOING TO ME - YOUNG & CO. '80
19. THIS TIME BABY - JACKIE MOORE '79
20. HARMONY - SUZI LANE '79
21.DANCER - GINO SOCCIO '79

DISC 2

1. HEART TO BREAK THE HEART - FRANCE JOLI '80
2. LOVE & DESIRE - ARPEGGIO '79
3. THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD GO I - MACHINE '79
4. THE BREAK - KATMANDU '79
5. CONTACT - EDWIN STARR '79
6. AIN'T THAT ENOUGH FOR YOU - JOHN DAVIS & MONSTER ORCH. 78
7. LET ME TAKE YOU DANCING - BRYAN ADAMS '79
8. MANDOLAY - LA FLAVOUR '80
9. COME TO ME - FRANCE JOLI '79
10. DEPUTY OF LOVE - DON ARMANDO'S 2 ND AVE. BAND '79
11. KEEP ON DANCING - GARY'S GANG '79
12. I'M READY - KANO '80
13. HEAVEN MUST HAVE SENT YOU - BONNIE POINTER '79
14. AFTER DARK - PATTIE BROOKS '78
15. INSTANT REPLAY - DAN HARTMAN '78
16. DANCE (DISCO HEAT) - SYLVESTER '78
17. HAVEN'T STOPPED DANCING YET - GONZALEZ '79
18. TURN THE BEAT AROUND - VICKI SUE ROBINSON '76
19. I LOVE MUSIC - O 'JAYS '75
20. I'VE GOT THE NEXT DANCE - DENIECE WILLIAMS '79
21. DANCE, DANCE, DANCE - CHIC '77

DISC 3

1. MAGIC BIRD OF FIRE - SALSOUL ORCHESTRA '77
2. OPEN SESAME- KOOL & THE GANG '76
3. THINK IT OVER - CISSY HOUSTON '78
4. DOCTOR LOVE - FIRST CHOICE '77
5. BOOGIE OOGIE OOGIE - A TASTE OF HONEY '78
6. FUNKYTOWN - LIPPS INC. '79
7. FEELS LIKE I'M IN LOVE - KELLY MARIE '78
8. I LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE - AFRICA BRIDGES '78
9. DA YA WANNA FUNK - SYLVESTER '82
10. BORN TO BE ALIVE - PATRICK HERNANDEZ '79
11. JUST AN ILLUSION - IMAGINATION '82
12. I'M CAUGHT UP - INNER LIFE '79
13. I NEED YOUR LOVIN' - TEENA MARIE '80
14. I SPECIALIZE IN LOVE - SHARON BROWN '82
15. GOT TO BE REAL - CHERYL LYNN '78
16. TOUCH & GO - ECSTACY, PASSION & PAIN '76
17. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S RIGHT - EVELYN KING '77
18. AIN'T NO STOPPING US NOW - MC FADDEN & WHITEHEAD '79
19. AND THE BEAT GOES ON - WHISPERS '79
20. IT'S A LOVE THING - WHISPERS '80
21. IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE - TAVARES '75
22. ZING WENT THE STRINGS OF MY HEART - TRAMMPS '72
23. DATE WITH THE RAIN - EDDIE KENDRICKS '72

DISC 4

1. GIVE ME TONIGHT - SHANNON '84
2. LET THE MUSIC PLAY - SHANNON '83
3. PUT YOUR BODY IN IT - STEPHANIE MILLS '79
4. ALL NIGHT PASSION - AISHA '84
5. I.O.U. - FREEZE '82
6. REMEMBER WHAT YOU LIKE - JENNY BURTON '83
7. ONE MORE SHOT - C BANK '82
8. INFATUATION - UP FRONT '83
9. DANCE TURNED INTO A ROMANCE - JONES GIRLS '80
10. MIDNIGHT LOVE AFFAIR - CAROL DOUGLAS '76
11. YOU'RE THE ONE FOR ME - D TRAIN '82
12. HERE COMES THAT SOUND - LOVE DE LUZ '79
13. RISKY CHANGES - BIONIC BOOGIE '78
14. ALL NIGHT THING - INVISIBLE MAN'S BAND '80
15. LOOKIN' FOR LOVE - FAT LARRY'S BAND '79
16. TONIGHT I'M ALRIGHT - NATADA MICHAEL WALDEN '79
17. POW WOW - CORY DAYE '79
18. I CAUGHT YOUR ACT - HUES CORPORATION '77
19. DON'T YOU WANT MY LOVE - DEBBIE JACOBS '79
20. STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF LOVE - FEVER '81
21. BODY AND SOUL - DONNA SUMMER '81
22. HEAVEN KNOWS - DONNA SUMMER '79
23. MAC ARTHUR PARK REPRISE - DONNA SUMMER '79

DISC 5

1. THE BEST DISCO IN TOWN - THE RITCHIE FAMILY '76
2. AT MIDNIGHT - T-CONNECTION '79
3. TAKE YOUR TIME, DO IT RIGHT - S.O.S. BAND '80
4. RING MY BELL - ANITA WARD '79
5. LET'S START THE DANCE - BOHANNON '81
6. SPANK - JIMMY 'BO' HORNE '79
7. STOMP - THE BROTHERS JOHNSON '80
8. BEHIND THE GROOVE - TEENA MARIE '80
9. LOVE SENSATION - LOLETTA HOLLOWAY '80
10. SHAKE IT UP TONIGHT - CHERYL LYNN '81
11. BAD GIRLS - DONNA SUMMER '79
12. HOT SHOT - KAREN YOUNG '78
13. COPACABANA - BARRY MANILOW '78
14. NATIVE LOVE - DIVINE '82
15. SHE HAS A WAY - BOBBY O' 82
16. COMING OUT OF HIDING - PAMALA STANLEY '83
17. UNEXPECTED LOVERS - LIME '85
18. SO MANY MEN, SO LITTLE TIME - MIGUEL BROWN '83
19. SEARCHING (I GOTTA FIND A MAN) - HAZEL DEAN '83
20. IT'S RAINING MEN - THE WEATHER GIRLS '82
21. BABE, WE'RE GONNA LOVE TONIGHT - LIME '82
22. YOUR LOVE - LIME '81
23. SHAME - EVELYN 'CHAMPAGNE' KING '77
24. IN THE BUSH - MUSIQUE '78
25. CRANK IT UP - PETER BROWN '79
26. H.A.P.P.Y.RADIO - EDWIN STARR '79

DISC 6

1. GOOD TIMES - CHIC '79
2. RAPPER'S DELIGHT - SUGAR HILL GANG '80
3. THE BREAKS - KURTIS BLOW '81
4. BEAT DIS - BOMB THE BASS '88
5. PUMP UP THE VOLUME - MARRS '87
6. WHITE LINES - GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE '88
7. JAM ON IT - NEWCLEUS '84
8. LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT BEAT - SOUL SONIC FORCE '82
9. DIN DAA DAA - GEORGE KRANZ '84
10. DON'T GO - YAZOO '82
11. DON'T YOU WANT ME - THE HUMAN LEAGUE '81
12. NUMBERS - KRAFTWERK '81
13. PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK - SOUL SONIC FORCE '82
14. I'LL BE ALL YOU EVER NEED - TRINERE '86
15. TOO TURNED ON - ALISHA '85
16. YO! LITTLE BROTHER - NOLAN THOMAS '84
17. ALL AND ALL - JOYCE SIMS '86
18. HUNGER FOR YOUR LOVE - HANSON & DAVIS '86
19. SET IT OFF - STRAFE '84
20. THE HARDER THEY COME - ROCKERS REVENGE '82
21. CRASH GOES LOVE - LOLEATTA HOLLOWAY '84
22. 99 1/2 - CAROL LYNN TOWNES '84
23. ON THE UPSIDE - XENA '83
24. LOVERGIRL - TEENA MARIE '84

DISC 7

1. FORBIDDEN LOVE - MADLEEN KANE '79
2. LOVE IS THE ULTIMATE - ULTIMATE '79
3. LOVE MAGIC - JOHN DAVIS & THE MONSTER ORCH '79
4. THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY - LOVE & KISSES '78
5. HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU - LOVE & KISSES '78
6. THAT'S THE MEANING - BEAUTIFUL BLEND '76
7. THE CHASE - GIORGIO MORODER '78
8. BOOGIE MOTION - BEAUTIFUL BEND '76
9. BOOGIE WONDERLAND - EARTH, WIND & FIRE/THE EMOTIONS '79
10. DON'T LET GO - FRANCE JOLI '79
11. SHAKE YOUR GROOVE THING - PEACHES & HERB '78
12. DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY - THELMA HOUSTON '76
13. YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE - CANDI STATON '76
14. LE FREAK - CHIC '78
15. LET'S ALL CHANT - MICHAEL ZAGER BAND '77
16. YMCA - VILLAGE PEOPLE '78
17. DISCO NIGHTS - GQ '79
18. YOU AND I - RICH JAMES '78
19. #1 DEEJAY - GOODY GOODY '78
20. YOU MAKE ME FEEL MIGHTY REAL - SYLVESTER '78
21. KEEP ON JUMPIN - MUSIQUE '78
22. LAST DANCE - DONNA SUMMER '78

DISC 8

1. MORE THAN A WOMAN - TAVARES '77
2. NATIVE NEW YORKER - ODYSSEY '77
3. RUNAWAY LOVE - LINDA CLIFFORD '78
4. I COULD DANCE ALL NIGHT - ARCHIE BELL & THE DRELLS '75
5. CHERCHEZ LA FEMME - DR. BUZZARD'S SAVANNAH BAND '76
6. I'LL ALWAYS LOVE MY MAMA - INTRUDERS '73
7. THE LOVE I LOST - HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUENOTES '73
8. LOVE IS THE MESSAGE - MFSB '73
9. DREAMING A DREAM - CROWN HEIGHTS AFFAIR '75
10. MANHATTAN SKYLINE - DAVID SHIRE '77
11. BRAZIL - THE RICHIE FAMILY '75
12. IT'S JUST BEGUN - THE JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH '72
13. SOUL MAKOSSA - MANU DIBANGO '72
14. PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC - WILD CHERRY '76
15. GALAXY - WAR '76
16. I'LL DO ANYTHING FOR YOU - DENROY MORGAN '81
17. BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE - THE JACKSONS '78
18. I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER - PRINCE '79
19. FORGET ME NOTS - PATRICE RUSHEN '82
20. YOU KNOW HOW TO LOVE ME - PHYLLIS HYMAN '79
21. LOVE IS IN THE AIR - JEAN PAUL YOUNG '78
22. HAVEN'T YOU HEARD - PATRICE RUSKIN '79
23. LOVER'S HOLIDAY - CHANGE '80
24. WE ARE FAMILY - SISTER SLEDGE '78

DISC 9

1. KEEP IN TOUCH (BODY TO BODY) - SHADES OF LOVE '82
2. BABY TALK - ALISHA '85
3. IF YOU SHOULD EVER BE LONELY - VAL YOUNG '85
4. LIKE YOU - PHYLLIS NELSON '85
5. DO YOU WANT IT RIGHT NOW - SIEDAB GARRETT '85
6. NO REASON TO CRY - JUDY TORRES '87
7. BECAUSE OF YOU - THE COVER GIRLS '87
8. SILENT MORNING - NOEL '87
9. RUNNING - INFORMATION SOCIETY '86
10. ONLY IN THE NIGHT - THE VOICE IN FASHION '87
11. DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE AWAY - LYDIA LEE LOVE '87
12. MY HEART GETS ALL THE BREAKS - MONET '87
13. HOOKED ON YOU - SWEET SENSATION '86
14. SECOND CHANCE FOR LOVE - NAYOBE '86
15. HONEY TO BEE - TINA B. '84
16. MY HEARTS DIVIDED - SHANNON '84
17. IF THIS AIN'T LOVE - JAY NORELLE '84
18. RELEASE YOURSELF - ALEEM '84
19. WON'T STOP LOVING YOU - C-BANK '86
20. BODY MECHANIC - QUADRANT SIX '82

DISC 10

1. BABY LOVE - REGINA '86
2. SAY IT SAY IT - E.G. DAILY '85
3. SITUATION - YAZ '82
4. THE DOMINATRIX SLEEPS TONIGHT - DOMINATRIX '84
5. HIP HOP BE BOP (DON'T STOP) - MAN PARRISH '82
6. WALKING ON SUNSHINE - ROCKERS REVENGE '82
7. CLAVE ROCKS - AMERETTO '86
8. THE MEXICAN - JELLYBEAN '84
9. SHOW ME - THE COVER GIRLS '86
10. DON'T BREAK MY HEART - SA-FIRE '86
11. MATCH MADE UP IN HEAVEN - JILL '86
12. WHY YOU WANNA GO - FASCINATION '87
13. HOW CAN WE BE WRONG - TRINERE '86
14. EXPOSED TO LOVE - EXPOSE '85
15. POINT OF NO RETURN - EXPOSE '85
16. SWEPT AWAY - DIANA ROSS '84
17. IT'S NOT TOO LATE - SEQUAL '85
18. PLEASE DON'T GO - NAYOBE '84
19. DIAMOND GIRL - NICE & WILD '86
20. WHEN I HEAR MUSIC - DEBBIE DEB '83
21. PLANET ROCK - AFRIKA BAMBAATAA/THE SOULSONIC FORCE '81

DISC 11

1. STAYIN' ALIVE - THE BEE GEE'S '77
2. HE'S THE GREATEST DANCER - SISTER SLEDGE '78
3. I'M IN LOVE - EVELYN KING '81
4. OVER LIKE A FAT RAT - FONDA RAE '82
5. I WANT TO THANK YOU - ALICIA MYERS '84
6. SQUARE BIZTEENA MARIE '81
7. MAKE THAT MOVE - SHALAMAR '81
8. ROCK WITH YOU - MICHAEL JACKSON '79
9. LOVE COME DOWN - EVELYN KING '82
10. SECOND TIME ROUND - SHALAMAR '79
11. GONNA GET OVER YOU - FRANCE JOLI '81
12. I'M EVERY WOMAN - CHAKA KHAN '78
13. DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD - SANTA ESMERALDA '77
14. DISCO CIRCUS - MARTIN CIRCUS '79
15. SAN FRANCISCO - VILLAGE PEOPLE '77
16. LADY AMERICA - VOYAGE '77
17. I LOVE YOU - DONNA SUMMER '77
18. TAKE ME HOME - CHER '79
19. COME INTO MY HEART - U.S.A./EUROPEAN CONNECTION '78
20. RUMOUR HAS IT - DONNA SUMMER '77
21. I'M A MAN - MACHO '78
22. JUST KEEP THINKING ABOUT YOU - TATA VEGA '78
23. KEEP ON JUMPIN - MUSIQUE '78
24. I GOTTA KEEP DANCIN' - CARRIE LUCAS '77
25. LOVE INSURANCE - FRONT PAGE '79
26. DISCO INFERNO - THE TRAMMPS '77

DISC 12

1. SOMEBODY ELSE'S GUY - JOCELYN BROWN '84
2. FUNKY SENSATION - GWEN MC CRAE '81
3. GENUS OF LOVE - THE TOM TOM CLUB '81
4. ALL NIGHT LONG - MARY JANE GIRLS '83
5. HEARTBEAT - TAANA GARDENER '81
6. LOVE THING - FIRST CHOICE '79
7. IS IT IN ? - JIMMY 'BO' HORNE '80
8. LAST NIGT A DJ, SAVED MY LIFE - INDEEP '83
9. MUST BE THE MUSIC - SECRET WEAPON '81
10. GLOW OF LOVE - CHANGE '80
11. DO IT TO THE MUSIC - RAW SILK '82
12. SEARCHING TO FIND THE ONE - UNLIMITED TOUCH '81
13. DANCING THE NIGHT AWAY - VOGGUE '81
14. NEVER KNEW LOVE LIKE THIS BEFORE - STEPHANIE MILLS '80
15. YOU STEPPED INTO MY LIFE - MELBA MOORE '78
16. TAKE THAT TO THE BANK - SHALAMAR '78
17. FEEL LIKE DANCING - FRANCE JOLI '80
18. RAPTURE - BLONDIE '81
19. GIVE IT TO ME BABY - RICK JAMES '81
20. YOU DROPPED A BOMB ON ME - THE GAP BAND '82
21. HIGH ENERGY - EVELYN THOMAS '84
22. BEST PART OF BREAKING UP - RONI GRIFFITH '82
23. RIGHT IN THE SOCKET - SHALAMAR '79
24. SAVAGE LOVER - THE RING '79
25. MOVE ON UP SUITE - DESTINATION '79
26. STAR LOVE - CHERYL LYNN '78

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 27 March 2003 20:52 (twenty-two years ago)

hooray!

― tony bleach (blackshoeswhitesocks), Thursday, 27 March 2003 20:55 (twenty-two years ago)

disco disco disco disco disco disco disco disco disco disco disco DISCO!

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 27 March 2003 21:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Search and destroy, if you like.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 27 March 2003 21:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd really like it if you'd say on here what the finest tracks are from these cds. I'm hoping the Machine track will be there.

― Ian SPACK (Ian SPACK), Thursday, 27 March 2003 21:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Bryan Adams '79?

― JoB (JoB), Thursday, 27 March 2003 21:15 (twenty-two years ago)

'souvenirs' by Voyage is searchtastic

― Ian SPACK (Ian SPACK), Thursday, 27 March 2003 21:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't even know where to begin w/r/t recommendations. There's so much great stuff here. But lemme give a shout out to Beautiful Blend's "That's the Meaning," Patrice Rushen's "Haven't You Heard," The Ritchie Family's "The Best Disco In Town"... goddamn.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 27 March 2003 21:17 (twenty-two years ago)

and all the Chic. And Yazoo's 'don't go' obviously. 'hands up' by Ottoman would be there if it was from my dodgy non-label.

― Ian SPACK (Ian SPACK), Thursday, 27 March 2003 21:20 (twenty-two years ago)

WOW

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 27 March 2003 21:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey Jody -

Are those the Disco cds with the bad Patrick Nagel-ish portraits in purple/fuchsia/... as covers? If so - congrats. They're some of the absolute dopest disco comps out . Enjoy!

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Thursday, 27 March 2003 21:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Plus I love how they go into some classic freestyle and Funhouse classics on the last cd! You know a NYC'er put these together.

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Thursday, 27 March 2003 21:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Are those the Disco cds with the bad Patrick Nagel-ish portraits in purple/fuchsia/... as covers?

Yes indeed!

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 27 March 2003 21:31 (twenty-two years ago)

>"Plus I love how they go into some classic freestyle and Funhouse classics on the last cd!"

Oops. Sorry. That would be on CD 10!

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Thursday, 27 March 2003 21:32 (twenty-two years ago)

dear lord. better for you to win it than my girlfriend. ; )

― kephm, Thursday, 27 March 2003 21:39 (twenty-two years ago)

holy monkey! stunning. but where's "is it all over my face"?

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 27 March 2003 21:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Loads of great stuff! My favourites are all the Chic/Sister Sledge stuff, the Trammps (though I bet the Zing is not the one combined with Penguin At The Big Apple, which is among my favourite ever records) and Candi Staton's Young Hearts Run Free.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 27 March 2003 21:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Can you say thirty bucks?

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 27 March 2003 21:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah,Ian I just got the 12inch of 'Souvenirs',it's better than the LP version,totally brilliant track.Great CD's Jody Beth,I'm dead jealous-my faves:Voyage,Poussez,France Joli,Deniece Williams,Shalamar,Chic & Voggue.Yeh,What's that Bryan Adams track like?Disco Bryan Adams?I can't believe it!

― Paul R (paul R), Thursday, 27 March 2003 21:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Wow, so much great stuff. Discs 4,5 and 7 look the business. Nicely reflecting what a broad church disco was (is).

To think people used to burn disco records and listened to Styx instead.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Thursday, 27 March 2003 21:52 (twenty-two years ago)

*drowns in own drool*

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 27 March 2003 22:11 (twenty-two years ago)

so, how much was it?

― james (james), Thursday, 27 March 2003 22:30 (twenty-two years ago)

also, why no Flirts? There should be at least a handful more of Bobby O tracks. (The lack of 'take a chance on me' by Waterfront Home is really wrong).

― Ian SPACK (Ian SPACK), Thursday, 27 March 2003 22:31 (twenty-two years ago)

so, how much was it?

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 27 March 2003 22:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Search: Chic, Earth Wind & Fire and Donna Summer (and ABBA if they were disco)
Destroy: All other disco.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 27 March 2003 22:39 (twenty-two years ago)

hahhahahaha geir hongro in predictability shockah!

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 27 March 2003 22:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Destroy: Geeeeir by making him roll down hills in a barrel

― Ian SPACK (Ian SPACK), Thursday, 27 March 2003 22:42 (twenty-two years ago)

bargain

― james (james), Thursday, 27 March 2003 22:47 (twenty-two years ago)

shockah!

Shockah Khan!

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 28 March 2003 01:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Do not search ABBA. Most annoying music ever.

However, I like Do The Hustle, because at the beggining, it sounds like their advising suicide. "DO IT.... DO IT... DO IT"

― David Allen, Friday, 28 March 2003 01:08 (twenty-two years ago)

I bought #12 last time I was in NYC and it's so great. I wish I could remember where I got it. The only problem is it really makes me want the lengthier originals. Of ALL of the songs. But 30 bucks, wow!

― Arthur (Arthur), Friday, 28 March 2003 01:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Coincidentally, I've got #12 in my hand right now. I'm about to pop it in my Walkman and take this shit outside.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 28 March 2003 01:18 (twenty-two years ago)

ENVY ENVY ENVY ENVY ENVY

RIP AND POST ON SOULSEEK NOW PLS

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Friday, 28 March 2003 01:43 (twenty-two years ago)

disco stu likes disco music.

― disco stu (disco stu), Friday, 28 March 2003 02:36 (twenty-two years ago)

I want these but the auction site says this: "PLEASE NOTE: There may be a factory defect on a couple of the CD's, which causes a faint clicking noise in the background of some of the songs. The set you receive may or may not have this defect, I just wanted to be upfront about this."

I don't like the sounds of that. Do any of your cds have this Jody? Could it be that some of these were mastered from the vinyl? I wouldn't really care if there were vinyl clicks and pops, really.

But yeah... DISCO.

― original bgm, Friday, 28 March 2003 02:49 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't like the sounds of that. Do any of your cds have this Jody? Could it be that some of these were mastered from the vinyl? I wouldn't really care if there were vinyl clicks and pops, really.

So far I've listened to three of the CDs in full (which is like sixty-some-odd songs) and I've only heard noise on two of the tracks -- one has a buzzing noise that sounds like a receiver feeding back and one just has the typical vinyl pops. Everything else sounds gorgeous.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 28 March 2003 03:00 (twenty-two years ago)

And I don't hear any faint clicking... yet.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 28 March 2003 03:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks for the lowdown. I think I'm going for this regardless. Just too much goodness to pass up.

― original bgm, Friday, 28 March 2003 03:33 (twenty-two years ago)

WHEN I HEAR MUSIC - DEBBIE DEB '83 (!!!)

― original bgm, Friday, 28 March 2003 03:34 (twenty-two years ago)

fuck thats a lot of disco
funkytown is a great song...

― robin (robin), Friday, 28 March 2003 03:59 (twenty-two years ago)

JBR, You are the ILM queen of box sets. Way to go.

― Mike Taylor (mjt), Friday, 28 March 2003 04:17 (twenty-two years ago)

#12 sounded amazing when I was out strutting/prowling through downtown Brooklyn (you know, past the prison and 'round those parts). The streets looked like the copter shot at the beginning of the "Heart of Glass" video; the sky was dark and clear and the air was filled with lights (walk signals, beams from cars, the glittery on-off of people's apartments).

This mix is even better when you don't have a track listing at hand and haven't memorized what's on here -- you get enough "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" to go YYYYYYYYESSSSSSSS! (and like those great dodgy non-label megamixes of yore, you get most of the cut anyway, not just a couple of bars for effect) and then minutes later when you're nearly catatonic from yr own retardo-rapture, "Must Be the Music" drops right in and takes over Indeep's shift without sacrificing a moment's work. And you go YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYESSSSSSSSSSSSS! again. Stunning.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 28 March 2003 10:49 (twenty-two years ago)

pardon me while I pick my jaw up off the floor

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 28 March 2003 10:59 (twenty-two years ago)

disco!

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 28 March 2003 14:09 (twenty-two years ago)

NOW I am truly jealous and amazed.

― Samson, Friday, 28 March 2003 14:37 (twenty-two years ago)

WOW

looking at that list just made me flash back to the video for "Supernature"
now it is running on loop in my head - make it stop please

― H (Heruy), Friday, 28 March 2003 14:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Disc 10 is SO FUCKING UNBELIEVABLE OH MY GOD. This disc is a perfect snapshot of Hot 97 circa 1986.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 28 March 2003 15:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Rah! I remember you talking about this. :-) Perhaps mp3s could be arranged to be placed somewhere...? ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 28 March 2003 15:56 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll rip this all to mp3. Gimme time.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 28 March 2003 15:57 (twenty-two years ago)

If this is heading Ssk's way then let me know as I'll be able to hold it on my pc forevermore (no selfish intentions here whatsoEVER)

― Ian SPACK (Ian SPACK), Friday, 28 March 2003 18:22 (twenty-two years ago)

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they sometimes have it for sale at Rock-n-Soul in manhattan, as I mention above.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 20:35 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

ok.

today i dropped the forthcoming jimmy 'bo' horne comp into the deck

.. initially my reaction was oh fuck this 70's disco groove,

but i hung in there and i am now loving Spank (as featured above!) , Dance ACross the Floor, Let Me , though his flowery version of Carpenters Close to You is a little too saccharine for my tastes

.. but damn when the fat bass and brass kicks this is total dynamite..

i may have to re-evaluate my TK compilation once more (tis overexposure to that damn KC and the Sunshine track that does it in for me ..)

and just who has sampled/looped that guitar lick from 'dont worry about it' tis really getting under my skin, sure some one has lifted that lick.

any ILM'ers know ?

― mark e (mark e), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 18:32 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

Disco is the answer, man. Forget it. This is the answer to our lives, is disco.

― Bimble, Sunday, 22 April 2007 23:06 (eighteen years ago)

I will talk later about my K-Tel record when I have a better copy of the vinyl. Do the Hustle! "Walking IN RHYTHM MOVING IN SOUND" I always wanted to figure out what song that was, who it was by. Now I have it on a cheap vinyl LP from 30 years old.

FLY ROBIN FLY! UP UP TO THE SKY!!!

:) :) :) This is music of my childhood, for sure.

― Bimble, Sunday, 22 April 2007 23:09 (eighteen years ago)

It's missing Disco Juice.

― MRZBW, Sunday, 22 April 2007 23:19 (eighteen years ago)

THAT'S THE WAY UH HUH UH HUH I LIKE IT UH HUH UH HUH THAT'S THE WAY UH HUH UH HUH I LIKE IT UH HUH UH HUH

― Bimble, Sunday, 22 April 2007 23:20 (eighteen years ago)

k.
c.
AND
THE
SUN
SHINE
BAND

― Bimble, Sunday, 22 April 2007 23:21 (eighteen years ago)

as great as that set is, it's mostly chart hits to some degree, no? Disco Juice I think was a bit more underground.

― dan selzer, Monday, 23 April 2007 04:09 (eighteen years ago)

i have decided that after i turn in my thesis tomorrow and i stumble home drunk from whatever bar i'm probably gonna be at, i am going to BLAST THE FUCK out of this box

― impudent harlot, Monday, 23 April 2007 04:23 (eighteen years ago)

Do you really just have to watch ebay to get this set? I'm lustin' for some DISCO.

― call all destroyer, Monday, 23 April 2007 14:47 (eighteen years ago)

try the dollar bins of america

― artdamages, Monday, 23 April 2007 15:42 (eighteen years ago)

k-tel disco fever:

1. Get Down Tonight - KC & the Sunshine Band
2. Got to Be Real - Lynn, Cheryl
3. Turn the Beat Around - Robinson, Vicki Sue
4. Do What You Wanna Do - T Connection
5. Shame - King, Evelyn Champagne
6. Disco Lady - Taylor, Johnnie
7. More, More, More, Pt. 1 - True, Andrea
8. Do Ya Wanna Get Funky with Me - Brown, Peter [2]
9. Come to Me - Joli, France
10. Shame, Shame, Shame - Shirley And Company

― artdamages, Monday, 23 April 2007 15:44 (eighteen years ago)

Patrick Adams had lot's of hits didn't he? Anyway you play it.. Disco Juice should be on every single disco compilation. It's that good.

And...

I asked Patrick of any special memories in his different roles, and as an Engineer he's most proud of Eric B & Rakim. At that time he developed certain technique that made their records stand out. Rakim has a rich percussive voice and Patrick decided to use a RE20 (This is a Bass Drum Microphone) on him. This allowed Rakim to be strong without popping and deep without a lot of Equalization. He added a room effect on the drum sample tracks to give them a more live feeling. All of the loops and samples on the first three albums are tight and in key.
The result is a very musical work that can be enjoyed and Patrick adds; "I was totally surprised to read that Paul McCartney loved the LP."

― MRZBW, Monday, 23 April 2007 17:32 (eighteen years ago)

Adams had hits...the Musique tracks included on the box set were pretty big, but I don't think Cloud One was.

― dan selzer, Monday, 23 April 2007 20:46 (eighteen years ago)

Don't forget Phreek.

― Michael F Gill, Monday, 23 April 2007 23:26 (eighteen years ago)

That was on a major label, but I don't think it was nearly as popular as In the Bush and Keep on Jumping.

― dan selzer, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 00:39 (eighteen years ago)

Okay here's my new (old) K-Tel record, it's called Dance Machine from 1976:

K.C. & Sunshine Band - That's The Way I Like It
B.T. Express - Do It (Til You're Satisfied)
Van McCoy & The Soul City Co. - Do The Hustle
Jim Gilstrap - I'm On Fire
Johnny Bristol - Hang On In There Baby
Little Beaver - Party Down
Gwen McRae - Rockin' Chair
Trammps - Hold Back The Night
Blackbyrds - Walkin' In Rhythm
Silver Convention - Fly, Robin, Fly
LaBelle - Lady Marmelade
The Ritchie Family - Brazil
Kool & The Gang - Higher Plane
James Brown - Sex Machine (this is a really fascinating version than the one I'm familiar with, obviously updated for disco or something)
Hamilton Bohannon - Foot Stompin' Music
George McCrae - Rock Your Baby
Betty Wright - Wherer Is The Love
Miami (Featuring Robert Moore) - Party Freaks Part 2
Jimmy "Bo" Homme - Gimme Some
K.C. & Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight

I'd be a liar if I said I know half the songs on this thing, but it sure does have a nice little smattering of ones I do and it keeps me entertained the whole time.

― Bimble, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 01:01 (eighteen years ago)

I didn't understand that "Disco Juice" was actually a song until now, I thought it was just two compilations. So I will give that track a try. This comp has convinced me that Disco is so much more effective and fun in a compilation type situation rather than trying to tackle things artist by artist, which is what I tried to do some years back and petered out with pretty quickly.

― Bimble, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 01:09 (eighteen years ago)

The compilations called "Disco Juice" looked pretty interesting as well.

― Bimble, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 01:11 (eighteen years ago)

The Disco juice comps are good, althought there's at least a half a dozen Adams/P&P comps out there now, perhaps too many to choose from.

― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 01:21 (eighteen years ago)

xpost, though basically saying what michael is...

Well, Disco Juice is an artist compilation, in the sense that the producers and labels were often the key, and the Disco Juice comps are just 2 of many many many reissues revolving around P&P, which was Patrick Adams and Peter Brown. Cloud One was one of Patrick Adams bands, who's Disco Juice and Atmosphere Strut were underground classics.

― dan selzer, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 01:26 (eighteen years ago)

I'm actually having flashbacks now to listening to my dad's disco 8-Track tapes. There were two of them, it was some double disco set, with the same little pictures on them of this silhouetted couple dancing and wearing bell bottoms (flares) I think the man was in green and the woman in red or maybe vice versa. And I remember Fly Robin Fly and The Hustle. And I remember sitting there, alone, roughly 7 or 8 years old and playing these things on my dad's 8 Track Tape machine. I've never actually remembered doing this until now. Crazy.

― Bimble, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 02:05 (eighteen years ago)

Wait. Now I'm remembering...I think after my dad died I found he had a copy of Patti Smith's Horses on 8 Track Tape. I never played it though. I think there might have been something wrong with it. I don't know. But I definitely remember trying to keep that thing just becuase it was an 8 Track Tape.

― Bimble, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 02:11 (eighteen years ago)

Well, duh, likely I couldn't play it because I didn't have an 8 Track Machine. That would explain it!

Please continue with whatever you were doing...

― Bimble, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 02:12 (eighteen years ago)

It needs the Hustle!

― filthy dylan, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 03:38 (eighteen years ago)

the Hustle fucking blows, duuude.

― the table is the table, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 03:42 (eighteen years ago)

i have decided that after i turn in my thesis tomorrow and i stumble home drunk from whatever bar i'm probably gonna be at, i am going to BLAST THE FUCK out of this box

HI DERE

― impudent harlot, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 04:40 (eighteen years ago)

i picked the disc that starts with TWO shannon songs OH SHIT

― impudent harlot, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 04:42 (eighteen years ago)

ALL NIGHT ALL NIGHT PASSION
ALL NIGHT PASSION GETS ME THROUGH THE DAAYYYY

― impudent harlot, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 04:51 (eighteen years ago)

"you're the one for me" just came on. HANDS IN THE AIR

― impudent harlot, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 05:16 (eighteen years ago)

I went back to "All Night Passion" recently and its much better than I remembered.

― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:06 (eighteen years ago)

Set It Off by Strafe is brilliant, but don't make the same mistake I made and seek out the version by the Harlequin Fours too...TERRIBLE.

― musically, Friday, 27 April 2007 05:53 (eighteen years ago)

so wrong!

― haitch, Friday, 27 April 2007 06:12 (eighteen years ago)

it's better than the strafe version!!

― haitch, Friday, 27 April 2007 06:12 (eighteen years ago)

musically does not want to get this party started right

― Michael F Gill, Friday, 27 April 2007 16:54 (eighteen years ago)

I love that "Disco Juice" has a bar in 7/4.

― Eric H., Friday, 27 April 2007 16:59 (eighteen years ago)

Disc 12 of this comp might be the best single disc disco comp ever.

― Eric H., Friday, 27 April 2007 17:00 (eighteen years ago)

The instrumental bases of both songs are fine but the Strafe version vocals are genuinely sinister and it kicks the other version to the curb, no question.

― musically, Friday, 27 April 2007 17:18 (eighteen years ago)

Disc 10 is my favorite I believe

― Michael F Gill, Friday, 27 April 2007 17:34 (eighteen years ago)

If you don't agree that Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra's "Love Theme" is the best disco track ever, then we'll have to step outside I'm afraid.

― Bimble, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 06:02 (eighteen years ago)

Else I'll make you eat a wah-wah pedal, etc.

― Bimble, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 06:03 (eighteen years ago)

I don't agree!

― dan selzer, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 14:52 (eighteen years ago)

Love Unlimited Orchestra are NOTHING next to Love Unlimited (no orchestra).

― NI, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 16:40 (eighteen years ago)

two years pass...

Not sure this is the right thread, but these comps are very delicious:

http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=235275
http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=239655

― dog latin, Friday, 27 November 2009 13:56 (fifteen years ago)

I passed on the ZE remix one today, really worth investing...?

― mmmm, Friday, 27 November 2009 23:33 (fifteen years ago)

Been digging these songs. Love the string arrangements.

Sad Ghost - Clear Blood (http://anothernightonearth.blogspot.com/2009/10/clear-blood.html)

V.I.P. Connection - Please Love Me Again

Ripple - The Beat Goes On

Carol Douglas - Midnight Love Affair

― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Sunday, 29 November 2009 22:55 (fifteen years ago)

one month passes...

Two tracks in, and I've got a feeling this is a good compilation.

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Disco-Diva-Delights-Vol-1/release/1995528

― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Monday, 11 January 2010 11:34 (fifteen years ago)

These comps have some great tracks on em... I usually hate the mastering on them and don't buy them though (I know nothing of this exact series but I find the nuances in the mastering between all of these tracks to be part of the pleasure). You have to have the Strafe "Set It Off" on vinyl, has really great shit mastering that makes that record. Not enough Paradise Garage stuff on here for me either. Visual, Gwen Guthrie and what, no FUNKY Soul Makossa?! Good Times, fuck...GREAT TIMES!

― Saxby D. Elder, Wednesday, 13 January 2010 21:41 (fifteen years ago)

two years pass...

five cd comp of disco obscurities with ~no filler~~

http://www.bbemusic.com/data.pl?release=BBE173CCD
http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Best-Of-Disco-Demands/release/3200169

― ☆, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 00:00 (thirteen years ago)

the disco diva delights cd, mentioned above, is also a keeper.

― ☆, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 00:01 (thirteen years ago)

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