Now how cool is this? IAM "Je Danse le Mia" :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmadh6-mmTM
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Now how cool is this? IAM "Je Danse le Mia" :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmadh6-mmTM
The album "When love comes calling" by Deniece Williams, was issued this week on CD. It contains the single mix, album mix and the 12" disco mix of "I've got the next dance".
Star love is available as a download from Amazon [[the 7 minutes + version) and there is also a version on the newly released CD "The best of" [[the CD was issued August 30). Don't know the length of the track on that CD though.
The track 'Dance' by Paul Jabara from his first album "Shut Out" isn't yet available on CD. It is hoped that the CD will be issued before too long.
Hope this helps.
We've had a few lists on this thread .... so I thought I would add another .......
here are just some of the sessions that one great singer contributed to in the disco era .....
........... IT'S A LONG LIST ................
..Get Dancin.... - Disco Tex & The Sexolettes Chelsea 1974
..I Wanna Dance ..With You.. - Disco Tex & The Sexolettes Chelsea 1975
..Disco Tex & The Sexolettes Review.. LP - Disco Tex & The Sexolettes Chelsea 1975
..Zulema.. LP - Zulema RCA 1975
..The Real McCoy.. LP - Van McCoy H&L 1976
..Luther.. LP - Luther Vandross Cottillion 1976
..Got You Dancin.... - Karisma feat Jocelyn Brown SOTU 1976
..Glorious.. LP - Gloria Gaynor MGM 1977
..Laso.. LP - Laso MCA 1977
..We Belong Together.. LP - John Blair CTI 1977
..Let..s Make A Deal.. LP - Z.Z. Hill Columbia 1978
..Change.. - Zulema London 1978
..Star Cruiser.. - Greg Diamond Marlin 1978
..Superman.. LP - Herbie Mann Atlantic 1978
..All Things Beautiful.. LP - Jimmy Ponder LRC 1978
..In The Wind.. LP - Joe Thomas TK 1978
..Plato..s Retreat.. - Joe Thomas TK 1978
..Patrick Adams Presents Phreek.. LP - Phreek Prelude 1978
..Keep On Jumpin.... LP - Musique Prelude 1978
..In The Bush.. - Musique Prelude 1978
..Keep On Jumpin.... - Musique Prelude 1978
..Hardware.. LP - Greg Diamond Mercury 1979
..Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway.. LP - Roberta Flack/Donny Hathaway Atlantic 1979
..Midnight Energy.. LP - Mantus SMI 1979
..Soiree.. LP - Soiree Roadshow 1979
..Walk Before You Run.. - Dazzle De-Lite 1979
..Experience.. LP - Joel Diamond Casablanca 1979
..I..m Caught Up [[In A One Night Love Affair).. LP - Inner Life Prelude 1979
..I..m Caught Up [[In A One Night Love Affair).. - Inner Life Prelude 1979
..B. Baker Chocolate Company.. LP - B. Baker Chocolate Company LRC 1979
..Candi..s Funk.. LP - Candido Salsoul 1979
..Tiger Tiger.. LP - Greg Diamond Bionic Boogie Polydor 1979
..[[Dance It) Freestyle Rhythm.. - Mantus SMI 1979
..Love Is A Natural Thing.. - Mantus SMI 1979
..Music Man.. LP - Revanche RSO 1979
..Gone Clear.. LP - Manu Dibango Mango 1980
..Boogie To The Top.. - Mantus SMI 1980
..Step Aside For A Lady.. LP - Cissy Houston Private Stock 1980
..Feel Good Party Time.. - J.R. Funk & The Party Machine Brass 1980
..Change.. LP - Change RFC/Warners 1980
..A Lover..s Holiday.. - Change RFC/Warners 1980
..It..s A Girl..s Affair.. - Change RFC/Warners 1980
..Angel In My Pocket.. - Change RFC/Warners 1980
..Sadie [[She Smokes).. - Joe Bataan Salsoul 1980
..Give Me The Night.. - George Benson Warner Bros 1980
..Rock Away.. LP - Phoebe Snow Mirage 1981
..Take It Off.. LP - Chic Atlantic 1981
..Christmas Jollies 2.. LP - The Salsoul Orchestra Salsoul 1981
..Inner Life.. LP - Inner Life Salsoul 1981
..Ain..t Mountain High Enough.. - Inner Life Salsoul 1981
..Knockout [[Let..s Go Another Round).. - Inner Life Salsoul 1981
..Too Through.. - The Bad Girls BC 1981
..Jingo.. - Candido Salsoul 1982
..Sharing Your Love.. LP - Change Atlantic 1982
..Tongue In Chic.. LP - Chic Atlantic 1982
..Soup For One.. - Chic Atlantic 1982
..Take Some Time Out For Love.. - The Salsoul Orchestra Salsoul 1982
..Inner Life 2.. LP - Inner Life Salsoul 1982
..Moment Of My Life.. - Inner Life Salsoul 1982
..I Like It Like That.. - Inner Life Salsoul 1983
..Leader.. LP - Fonzi Thornton RCA 1983
..Glad To Be Here.. LP - Bernard Edwards Atlantic 1983
The singer in question being Jocelyn Brown .......
& she's still going strong [[here in the UK) today !!!!
i love this thread, way to go marv! you know i have a 70's show and i represent the disco and the funk to the fullest! men i can't stand when ppl. who claim they didn't like disco. like it was only blacks, gays and europeans listening and buying this music! there's no way no man could tell me they wasn't chasing women up in the disco club, the ladies were always there and they love to dance and dance sexy too! i wish i was a adult at that time[[ooo the fine women i would be getting!)LOL. anyway, i was just a kid and i used to go to the jams in the park here in new york. we even had a little disco for kids ages 10-15 and i had a ball in 1978. and my all time favorite song, they used to shut the party down with[[and played it twice washttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB_h0_-FFjc
and don't u dare short change me and play that corny 45 version! anybody feel like doing the rock? lol.
here are a few of my favs:
my 2nd crush was this lady in 1976http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEFgWzfmbVU
nobody sang ooh and send a chill up my spine the way this woman did. she just oozes sex and i was only 8 when this song came out!
another gem fom 1979http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXvY1PHKd3M
one of the best baseline of 1977
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAOJR-Hhb8Y
one of my all time favs form 1975
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WaN_KoP-F0
and i still run to the dance floor as soon as i hear the intro, 30 years later!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XgCU4bRzdQ
Gordy,
I've been seeing "When Love Comes Calling" on CD for months now on another label. Which label, I can't recall.
Another song I really love is the long version of Phyllis Hyman's "You Know How To Love Me".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxk5tcuzWT4&feature=fvsr
This Era was a very special time in music history - and made many singers STARS.
[QUOTE=soulster;15947]Gordy,
I've been seeing "When Love Comes Calling" on CD for months now on another label. Which label, I can't recall.
The label is BBR, and generally sells for £7.99 [[try Amazon for it).
They have issued some excellent CD so far this year, such as Gloria Gaynor's "Never can say goodbye" and "Experience" as well as the Three Degrees two albums on Philadephia and also the 'New Dimensions" album. Interestingly, the latest release from the Three Degrees contains a couple of tracks they sang in Japanese.
I was mostly impressed by the Heatwave reissue of "Current". The only thing is that they compressed it too much.
What the hell was James brown thinking?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHQJDbeT1lM
Here's some funk acts that did it right
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48ffWejVvJo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxCXlVWxeRw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeeOPR8bxac
Hey thanks Classic Master. I was an adult[[just barely mind you) during this time in our musical, social history and let me tell you.......I had a ball! LOL! I can remember the night I went along with some older college friends to the late football great Lyle Alzado's club called Red Parrot [[then later "Alzado's") in Denver Colorado. He stopped me at the door and I was sweating bullets because you had to be 21 to get in and I was just 18. He gave me the once over and let me in then and everytime I went back LOL! Oh the ladies we be there in packs, dressed and READY FREDDY! LOL!
i hope u caught that 70's show i had up there, i took it down a couple of hours ago. i have the 80's and 90's up!
jsmith, I love your posts ,and there is always that 2 or 3 facts I didn't know of in them.
Ms. Brown is a talent IMO ,that is too good to be ,"commercially" exploited. That is ,why she is one of the many ladies ,that have not recieved broader recognizition . She is a Divas Diva. She the voice behind the commercial image of a singer in the 80's -90's period. That's the reason why she left here for the U.K.. The woman is an awesome talent.
classicmaster : I was rolling from your thread. I am just as guilty as you.
Thanks for this info. I actually have all three tracks but am excited to find that Denise Williams When Love Comes Calling is now out on cd. I really enjoyed that one and will definitely pick that cd up. I Got The Next Dance was featured on a cd compilation called Let's Dance which I'm sure is now OOP. The Cheryl Lynn track was on her first album which was released on cd many, many years ago. Paul Jabara had a compilation cd that contained tracks from all of this albums and contains Dance. Again, long out of print.
Also, I would love to find the Melba Moore cd This Is It. I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED that album. I heard it was released on cd but have never been able to find it. This Is It was a great dance floor piece.
Melba Moore, "You Stepped Into My Life " -1978:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIxlqhdXrLs
And underated, always underated in the US - THE THREE DEGREES ! Shame, shame, shame !!! :rolleyes:
DISCO ? Well, here's a couple of their amazing tunes OHHH yezzz, LIVE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=807ye3HKmHY&hd=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IcPH566KO4&hd=1
Rhino used to put out disco compilations in the early 90s,I think they were called "The Disco Years" they had a good cross section of songs Rhino seemed to always put so much care into their releases.
I worked on a New Zealand disco compilation called "Absolute Disco" which was fun,Pre You Tube original disco video clips were quite hard to come by as they hadnt really been serviced to tv stations as there wasnt really a demand to see them..I had good quality clips of Kool and The Gang,The Jacksons etc..the "Knock On Wood' video was fun with Ami in her headpiece..I cant remember which tracks Warners remastered from my collection for the cd but there was a few..I love Niles clear perspex guitar in the "Le Freak" video to....
The only thing I hated about Rhino comps is that, while Bill Inglot would master the sound pretty well [[even though he was a treble whore), he would consitieantly put on the wrong single versions.
ginomons comments that the Three Degrees were underrated in the US. That's their loss, but for the rest of us, we loved the Three Degrees, and they were very successful and welcomed.
Sheila Ferguson used to live very close to me until relatively recently, and hope one day she'll return here. Her style and vocal leads were excellent for disco - as the live recordings demonstrate. Thanks ginomons for posting them.
From the PIR days to Ariola, the Three Degrees were very much in demand, sold records, and were often to be heard on the radio. Their Giorgio Moroder albums of course have now been issued in Japan, although this year has seen the first of these, New Dimensions, released on CD with bonus tracks in the UK. 3D hasn't yet been issued in the UK, but is still available in Japan.
If you're into disco & boogie tracks, check out the recent UK CD releases from Backbeats ......
.... loads of great compilations at cheap prices .....
http://www.amazon.co.uk/BoogieS-Gonn...8603629&sr=1-2
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Philly-Disco...=pd_sim_m_h__4
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Soul-Steppin...=pd_sim_m_h__1
AND there are more great compilation CD's available from Backbeats associate label Harmless .....
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Disco-Discha...=pd_sim_m_h__5
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Disco-Discha...=pd_sim_m_h__4
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Disco-Discha...=pd_sim_m_h__1
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Disco-Discha...=pd_sim_m_h__4
Hi this is Kev-Lo
Here's A Disco Masterpiece that they Still tear up parties
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnNYCV5gJbE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5KodTR21OI Alright now--get down to one of the great ones-and move it! Ms Gerladine Hunt Cant Fake the Feeling on Solid Gold.
Here's one that many people think of when they here the word "Disco". It was on the radio all time in the Winter of 1977-78 and one of my favorites The Bee Gees and "Night Fever"! : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ihs-vT9T3Q&ob=av2e
I preferred "Nights On Broadway " and "Nights On Broadway" to Night fever,But If Im in the dj Booth I'd go with Nightfever for the crowd,[[mainly 18 -25) would know it over my 2 favs...
I am here.Just reading about others thoughts on it and what it meant to them. I don't have to tell you what it meant to me. You can hear it in the Music.
Tom, we were wondering where you were! Your work and input is ESSENTIAL to this discussion. I personally am interested in knowing what your approach is when creating an extended mix of say a 3:00 minute single cut?
you must be absolutely thrilled that your work on Gloria Gaynor has been issued on CD. The album "never can say goodbye" totally changed my life - as it did many others. To be so creative and talented and have a legacy that you were such an influential figure within the music world... I'm envious!
Not being insulting, but how can an album change a person's life? Just curious.
I can't think of any one song or album that has ever made a huge impact in a life-changing way.
I'll briefly explain. Until the disco era, and in particular the Gloria Gaynor album [[plus George McCrae's 'Rock your baby' and also Barry White's 'Can't get enough') I was a good student, and most of my time was spent studying, reading, and listening to music. That music was primarily Motown or classical. I was a solitary person, and had no idea what the inside of a nightclub was like, and probably only went into a pub about once or twice a year. Gloria's album came out, and when I played it, I just found it so very hard to keep still. I wanted to get up, to dance, to go out, studying suffered, music was played very loud, went out, slept with women. When I was getting ready to go out, I often would play this album very loud [[and I do mean loud) and I would become extremely excited about where I was going to go, where I would end up, who I would meet, and so on. For me, the first side of this album was about 19 minutes of sheer fantastic music, designed to stimulate, motivate and make me feel that the night was mine for the taking. That's enough for now ... :-)
Well, that interesting.
I have never heard the entire album, so I looked to see if I could download it and found in on Amazon. I sampled it and it sounded bad. Then, I looked around and found out why:
http://www.discomusic.com/forums/sho...636#post169636
I'll just look for the vinyl LP.
[QUOTE=soulster;17074]Well, that interesting.
I have never heard the entire album, so I looked to see if I could download it and found in on Amazon. I sampled it and it sounded bad. Then, I looked around and found out why:
http://www.discomusic.com/forums/sho...636#post169636
I'm sure you also read the reply from the label manager Wayne Dickson, which I am copying here. If Tom Moulton is happy with the finished product, then I most definitely am:
"Gentlemen,
Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Wayne Dickson. I am label manager for Big Break Records here in the UK. Tom Moulton alerted me to this thread and I felt I should drop a note to you all here.
First of all, the facts.
We take the sound quality of all of our releases very seriously indeed. Personally, there is nothing that disappoints me more than bad sound quality on a CD so when we were fortunate enough to obtain the rights to release the first two Gloria Gaynor, we set about making sure that we did the best job possible. The original tapes were sourced from Universal in New York and were then restored and remastered by Kevin Reeves, who we requested personally. I supervised the mastering and made sure the end results were to my satisfaction. Tracks 9 & 10 [[The Columbia Singles) were only available from copy masters that were in bad condition. It was my decision to include them despite their limitations and I am very glad I did.
As some of you may know, music recorded during this period was often produced and mixed to fit the vinyl format. This means that the sound on the actual master tape does not always reflect the producer's aim for how the music would sound on vinyl. Further compression techniques would be implemented at the pressing stage. Our aim here was to provide a fitting representation of these classic albums in a digital format.
Now, opinions.
We are very happy with the finished results and are glad to report that almost all of the feedback we have received though our email address and Facebook site, as well as an email from Tom Moulton himself, backs our own opinions up. We do realise that everyone is entitled to their view and are very happy for them to express it. My only problem is when Audiophiles start to present their opinions as fact. I would invite anyone who is interested in this music to make up their own mind and not be influenced or dictated to by others.
Please make sure when any of you send out a "warning" to other potential buyers that may lead to them avoiding a product that you include another "warning" about the demise of CD sales that makes it more likely that there will be less future releases for them to listen to and make up their own mind about. I would also like to add that suggesting that Tom Moulton's masterpieces be remixed would result in a remix album rather than the original. Surely this should not be our aim. I appreciate the positive comments made on the mastering of our other releases. These opinions are also noted and appreciated.
I hope this clears up any questions anyone still may have on the product. Please be in no doubt that we always aim to deliver the best product.
Thank you,
Wayne A. Dickson,
Label Manager, BBR [[Big Break Records)".
Very anti-audiophile.
As an audiophile, I just want the music to represent more of what's on the tape. That's not usually a problem, as Kevin reeves is a terrific engineer, and I have corresponded with him. I like his work.
The problem comes when the mastering engineer boosts the volume several decibels with limiting and/or compression just to make it louder. ANYONE who works with audio knows what this does to the sound. I little bit can sound tasty, but too much can make mush out of the sound. Unfortunately, that all too often happens with CD remasters. That is what audiophiles are against.
I have another remaster from BBR, and, while s the sound is quite good, they compressed it to make it louder. In this day and age, with the Abbey Road Team redefining what good taste is in remastering by showing restraint with the limiting/compressing, there is no reason to boost the level 5-6 db. The recent Beatles and John Lennon remasters sets the new standard in remastering. There is no need to go crazy with the compressor. period.
Gwen Guthrie , another Diva's Diva. "Padlock" ,"7'th Heaven" ,"It Should've Been You" ,"Nothing Going On But The Rent", "Outside In The Rain" , on their own are classics , transformed by Re-mixes by Larry Levan ,and made into Mega Classics ,are undisputed classics. Larry and Joycelyn and Gwen ,were by destiny ,meant to work together. The stars were in the right place for all of the tracks made in this period to be together and it will be a long time before something like that will ever happen again. I mean that from the heart , If you don't know then you really need to research and listen and check it out. WORD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPH34mn_Fbg
I'm not such a fan of disco, I much prefer funk, but I'll post some of my favourite disco tracks,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQfnFO4MLMI
Superb disco funk, from the amazing Norman Whitfield.