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Sound of Los Angeles. i may have asked this before (but it didn't get many responses if i did)

Dynasty. Shalamar. Midnight Star and the rest. what are your faves? talk about Solar, baby...

― gareth, Monday, 18 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

You know, I should research them further as an adult. The fave that comes to mind immediatly is "And The Beat Goes On". Wasn't Babyface a product of this camp?

― Joe "PappaWheelie" Gonzalez, Monday, 18 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

LAKESIDE

― Brian MacDonald, Monday, 18 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

eight months pass...

man, what about Adventures In The Sound of Music by dynasty

― gareth (gareth), Friday, 15 November 2002 13:53 (twenty-three years ago)

one year passes...

it seems so unlikely that a thread about solar should receive so few answers, yet it appears to be the case. i have a feeling ilm will be more effusive and engaged this time around though

― gareth (gareth), Thursday, 15 April 2004 18:55 (twenty-two years ago)

six years pass...

Holy shit, I've been listening to the Solar box set, and Dynasty is the best! How are they not a more recognizable name? in a box full of Whispers, Midnight Star, Klymaxx, Shalamar, etc., it's the Dynasty tracks I love the most!

― Dan I., Saturday, 22 May 2010 03:49 (sixteen years ago)

#fucksolar

― The Reverend, Saturday, 22 May 2010 05:43 (sixteen years ago)

it seems so unlikely that a thread about solar should receive so few answers, yet it appears to be the case. i have a feeling ilm will be more effusive and engaged this time around though
― gareth (gareth), Thursday, April 15, 2004 1:55 PM (6 years ago)
6 years pass...

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Saturday, 22 May 2010 15:04 (sixteen years ago)

I only have a few Solar 12"s but the ones I have are great. Guess I should look into the box set.

― brotherlovesdub, Saturday, 22 May 2010 16:06 (sixteen years ago)

four months pass...

Goddamn I completely missed this news -- RIP Richard 'Dick' Griffey, the label founder:

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-dick-griffey-20100929,0,7869016.story

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 2 October 2010 04:56 (fifteen years ago)

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/09/looking-back-on-solar-records-founder-richard-griffeys-fantastic-voyage.html

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 2 October 2010 04:56 (fifteen years ago)

I always loved "Fantastic Voyage"

― curmudgeon, Monday, 4 October 2010 17:10 (fifteen years ago)

"Second Time Around" by Shalamar is the one I never knew about until now for some stupid reason -- hell of a song.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 4 October 2010 17:16 (fifteen years ago)

Shalamar "Take That To the Bank"
Dynasty "I Don't Want to Be A Freak (But I Can't Help Myself)"
Shalamar "Right In The Socket"
The Whispers "And The Beat Goes On"
Lakeside "Fantastic Voyage"
Shalamar "Make That Move"
The Whispers "I Can Make It Better"
Shalamar "I Can Make You Feel Good"
The Whispers "It's A Love Thing"
Shalamar "A Night To Remember"
The Whispers "In The Raw"
Shalamar "Second Time Around"
Shalamar "This Is For The Lover In You"

― modest marky (m coleman), Monday, 4 October 2010 17:45 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-lOm3iLLkU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI6OxEeZaLo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD-tXhQzNbc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hkp9f_CjEL4

― Andy K, Monday, 4 October 2010 19:05 (fifteen years ago)

fifteen years pass...

Is this really the solar thread? Appreciate at link to anything better on ilxor ta

― bert newtown, Sunday, 25 January 2026 11:15 (four months ago)

My own Shalamar thread got modest initial traction then faded pretty quickly:

Shalamar!

― henry s, Sunday, 25 January 2026 18:02 (four months ago)

right here

SOLAR POWER

― vague facial gymnastics (sleeve), Sunday, 25 January 2026 19:17 (four months ago)

right here

https://i.imgur.com/4OgJu88.jpeg

― henry s, Sunday, 25 January 2026 19:33 (four months ago)

oh duh this is ILM, sorry!

― vague facial gymnastics (sleeve), Sunday, 25 January 2026 20:38 (four months ago)

Forget it, sleeve, it's ILM-town.

― Eric Blore Is President (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 January 2026 23:06 (four months ago)

Lol'n'thanks henry and sleeve. Not quite what i'd hoped for obv - but hey, a kirk degeorgio sighting and a good thread on solar power ok.

― bert newtown, Sunday, 25 January 2026 23:26 (four months ago)

omg this is the Midnight Star label!!!

this is right up there with "Funkytown" in the early 80's non-Prince canon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gomCkCbKHA4

― vague facial gymnastics (sleeve), Sunday, 25 January 2026 23:31 (four months ago)

"Solar funk will make you jump, dance with you". Carrie Lucas gives a self-referential nod to her record label.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ0u3A4021o

― Wry & Slobby (Portsmouth Bubblejet), Monday, 26 January 2026 10:08 (four months ago)

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