Gloria Gaynor's: "If You Want It, Do It Yourself"

[Mario]

Hello Guys... I'm a really big fan of Gloria Gaynor's album: Never Can Say Goodbye...What a classic! I remember how excited we were out on the dancefloor to be dancing to a rare "non-stop" A side of: Honeybee/Never Can Say Goodbye/Reach Out. I remember the kids going wild once the opening drums to Reach Out began to play! Recently, I just discovered Gloria's 1975 album "Experience" which features a really cool song entitled: "If You Want It, Do It Yourself" IMO it has to be one of Gloria's very best! Does anyone remember hearing this song at the discos? Or was this kind of a lost treasure? Take Care... Mario

[rhessel]

Hi MarioSuper:

1) I am surprised that only recently you listened to the famous second mix from Gloria Gaynor's LP. It is another almost 18 minutes long non-stop Tom Moulton mix.

2)You'll find the Experience LP in a japanese made CD format here:
Amazon.com: Experience: Music: Gloria Gaynor
(a little bit expensive but might worth...)

3) Try to listen to the third non-stop medley. It is another Tom Moulton Mix that incluces: Let's make a deal/I've got you under my skin/Be mine.

4)You'll find this third mix here:
Amazon.com: I Will Survive: The Anthology: Music: Gloria Gaynor
(much less expensive than the other one, but you know, it is a "The best of..."). As a matter of fact you'll find the three mixes in this CD.

Hope it helped.

Cheers,

Hessel

[remicks]

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That great record was huge in the clubs Mario . In fact, by the fall of '75 .......it was the clubs' top play ......



THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS TOP 40 + 7
9/27/75

1) CASANOVA BROWN/ (If You Want It) go out and get it , you got to DO IT YOURSELF/ HOW HIGH THE MOON (Medley) - Gloria Gaynor
(MGM LP) (74 total points/ charts ABCDEF) (Last week: #12)


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[kdavid13]

IF YOU WANT IT...
Has always been my one of my favorite GLORIA song along with CASANOVA BROWN,LET ME KNOW [I HAVE A RIGHT] and YOU TOOK ME IN AGAIN.

[Videoskooter]

That song was very big in the clubs over here, but it didn't charted. And....nowadays you never hear it anymore. A damn shame.

[srg]

ALL TRACKS in her "Love Tracks" lp are phenomenal....my 2 favourites, and they SHOULDA been 12"ed:

"Goin' Out of My Head" and "I Said Yes"

"Love Tracks" was one of the few lps I HAD to get a second copy of, as I wore/scratched the grooves out of the first copy...


By the way, has this forum ever compiled a Gloria Gaynor best-of list submitted by the members? She certainly deserves one!