The last disco record was out of San Francisco ???

[remicks]

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Was the last "disco" disco record fittingly released out of San Francisco ???

As I listen to Moby Dick Records'

GOT YOU WHERE I WANT YOU BABE
Stereo Fun Inc.
from 1983

I'm inclined to suggest so !!!

Rapid fire , energetic, and yet smooth flowing usage of real instruments including guitars , drums, horns , piano , and lovely swirling strings ( as well as some synthage ) ... diva style vocals .... a bongo break ... a LAST DANCE final horn-punched ending note .... all displaying a true revelance toward good ol' fashioned disco .

In fact I was asking myself what earlier classic disco song does this remind me of ???

Aha ...... MOVE ON UP by Destination ... strong similarities in their entire sound.


So it was with a degree of admitted satisfaction (pats self on back) that when I looked in the vault , my assessment proved to be correct ......

... both of these terrific disco tunes were the result of the production and arrangement work of Elton Farokh Ahi .





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[kdavid13]

... both of these terrific disco tunes were the result of the production and arrangement work of Elton Farokh Ahi .





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Isn't ELTON a great producer ?
The whole DESTINATION album is a workout must-have.

I was also surprised to find GOTCHA WHERE I WANT YOU as an HAZELL DEAN early single from the 70's...
Who knew ?

The STEREO FUN INC is a masterpiece.Meshing disco with HiNRG ; and those vocals !!!

Now you put me in the mood ; I'll just have to play these today!

[Mixmachine]

Out of Miami's Pandisc label, Koffie's "And I'm telling you" 1983 and "Total eclipse of the heart" 1984 were late Disco songs that received local attention..

[Simon White]

Originally Posted by remicks

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Was the last "disco" disco record fittingly released out of San Francisco ???

As I listen to Moby Dick Records'

GOT YOU WHERE I WANT YOU BABE
Stereo Fun Inc.
from 1983

I'm inclined to suggest so !!!

Rapid fire , energetic, and yet smooth flowing usage of real instruments including guitars , drums, horns , piano , and lovely swirling strings ( as well as some synthage ) ... diva style vocals .... a bongo break ... a LAST DANCE final horn-punched ending note .... all displaying a true revelance toward good ol' fashioned disco .

In fact I was asking myself what earlier classic disco song does this remind me of ???

Aha ...... MOVE ON UP by Destination ... strong similarities in their entire sound.


So it was with a degree of admitted satisfaction (pats self on back) that when I looked in the vault , my assessment proved to be correct ......

... both of these terrific disco tunes were the result of the production and arrangement work of Elton Farokh Ahi .





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Great record and one I remember well from the time. I like it so much the records label is featured on my 'myspace' page ! (address below).

But the last 'disco record ?

No.

While I agree one hundred percent that it's a great record, I also remember that at the time of release it sounded retro. In 1983 the records of that tempo were increasingly 'High Energy' sounding and 'Got You Where I Want You' sounded 'throwback' in it's use of strings, percussion (Paulineo Da Costa) horns and drums. Is there any way of finding out when it was actually recorded, not released?

As for the last 'disco' record again it comes back to the same old question. Whats the definition of 'Disco' ?

For my money the last great 'Disco' record was Ron Hall And The Muthafunkas' The Way You Love Me' on TSOD from 2006.

[remicks]

Originally Posted by Simon White

Great record and one I remember well from the time. I like it so much the records label is featured on my 'myspace' page ! (address below).

But the last 'disco record ?

No.

While I agree one hundred percent that it's a great record, I also remember that at the time of release it sounded retro. In 1983 the records of that tempo were increasingly 'High Energy' sounding and 'Got You Where I Want You' sounded 'throwback' in it's use of strings, percussion (Paulineo Da Costa) horns and drums. Is there any way of finding out when it was actually recorded, not released?

As for the last 'disco' record again it comes back to the same old question. Whats the definition of 'Disco' ?

It is exatly that retro sound , that makes me comment that this was possibly the last most "disco" sounding disco record to be released ... the last of the old school sounding records .

This is why I used the words "old fashioned disco" ...even though I'd be hard pressed as to what it was exactly that was meant by that ... since disco never sat still long enough to be any one certain sound ....
several sounds could equally qualify as being "old-fashioned disco"
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--- I doubt there is any single record that will ever be defined as the true , one and only last disco record ... just as there will never be a single truly first disco record ..... or will anybody be able to say as an absolute : disco started ... here.....and then it ended ... here....

There's two much grey area .....even when, Simon, you ask for the definition of disco itself.....

Mixmachine has already mentioned two others that he feels fit the bill as the last "disco" disco song too ....but since I'm not familiar with them ...I can't comment.
I'm sure there are many later songs that leaned more to the older sounds than the new that could therefore I.D. them as being "real" disco ( again ---- whatever that is !!!!)

OK I'm starting to feel like i'm not saying what it is I think I'm trying to say ... so time to stop.

I'll just say it this way ... that the Stereo Fun Inc. record is amongst the very last to be released of a certain breed of disco music ....

And I am also curious though, as to when GOT YOU WHERE I WANT YOU BABE was recorded ???
Was it a part of the Destination project ...extra music that got set aside ?? This could explain its sound.
Curiously ... the jacket acknowledges all the musicians ( and I've not the Destination album handy to compare players ) ...BUT .... NO mention of who it is doing the vocals ?????
Seems odd ....


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