Favorite Disco Instrumentals

[needlefingers]

Originally Posted by QUINNY

And I thought you were the overly serious one. You've got me, under your skin....ooh that can't be right, it's a love song.

BTW: I've a great sense of humour....it's just a little on the dry side.

It's for others to decide your brand of humour.....and it's more on the dead side.

And speaking of SUBJUGATE, didn't you write this?

quote=QUINNY
Whatever you do and whoever you go with, DON'T go down the CD duplication (i.e. CD-R) route, I beg you.

http://www.discomusic.com/forums/vin...plication.html


"I beg you"? Tsk.Tsk. How sad.

Reputation is based on how others see you.
Not how you see yourself.

[disco1999]

Originally Posted by born2disco

ORS - Moonboots
K.I.D. - Don't Stop (I think it's instrumental, not sure)

Can't think of any more!

I like those two too, K.I.D. is vocal

more instrumentals I dig:

Barbara Norris - It's heavy!
George Benson - Breezin'
The men - Cruel
Patrice Rushen - Number one
Giorgio Moroder - Evolution
Giorgio Moroder - Valley of the dolls
Deodato - Night cruiser
Dharma - Plastic doll (instrumental remix)
Human League - Don't you want me (instrumental mix)
Lime - I'll be yours
Midnight powers - Dance, it's my life (instrumental mix)
Peter Godwin - Emotional disguise (instrumental)
Stone - Time (instrumental)
Space - Magic fly
Kebekelektrik - Magic fly
Kebekelektrik - War dance
Koto - Chinese revenge
Koto - Japanese war game
Le Jete - La cage aux folles (instr)

worth mentioning, early 90's...
Adonis - Lost in the sound
LaTour - Blue

[thommy2458]

...."Love's Theme","Makes You Blind","Undecided Love","Unfinished Business"(by the Blackbyrds-does anyone else like this as much as me?)
"Here We Go Again",Ahazz-"New York Moving"....


Thom

[KoolChris]

Originally Posted by QUINNY

Duh! So listening to Disco when we were young was TOTALLY the wrong thing to do? Bet your old man would have loved you to listen to Glen Miller/Bill Haley, or whatever it was that he thought was great music, in his youth.

Very true! I don't know of many parents of mine or my friends, who didn't (at least secretly) think we were listening to somewhat dumbening gay crap, even if they didn't openly put us down for it.

Originally Posted by QUINCY

Subjugation of our children into our lap dogs is never a good idea, IMO, so far as music preferences are concerned. I'm proud that I never made my daughter listen to all my old records.

Very untrue! If you're telling your children that what you listen to is the only valid form of music to be enjoyed, of course you're messing up the kids' ability to build personal tastes, and ultimately, their self esteem.

But if you expose kids to what you enjoy, sharing your musical world with enthusiasm with them, you're actually enrichening them musically. They'll still probably hang out with their friends, listening to HSM, Britney, Shakira, and other current talentless copycat hitmakers (that's all part of what it takes for them to find their place in a group, and ultimately in society); but they'll also have other quality forms of music taking part in their musical world, that'll probably accompany them throughout their lives.

I know I never really got into most of the folk stuff my parents listened to: I still hate "Guantanamera", and most of Pete Seeger's material; but I've loved the Beatles from the start, and some other bands my parents played records of at home. Thankfully, I was exposed to different types of music, including Opera, most of which I would have had no access to outside of my home, and picked what I liked out of what was available. Thankfully!!!

Originally Posted by STEPHEN L FREEMAN

Well, IMO, whatever it was that your parents did to you, it'd be great if the rest of us could stop paying for it.
................
Just thought I'd point out the obvious.

Very funny!



To get back to the topic, there's few totally instrumental tracks I like, because I always enjoy a repeating female chorus (or male, sometimes).

But still, here's a few instrumentals (or semi-) I find to be killers:

-Frankie Crocker: "Poinciana"
-Crown Heights Affair: "Dreaming a Dream" (disco version)
-Corniche: "CHiPs theme" (12")





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[QUINNY]

Originally Posted by needlefingers

It's for others to decide your brand of humour.....and it's more on the dead side.

And speaking of SUBJUGATE, didn't you write this?

quote=QUINNY
Whatever you do and whoever you go with, DON'T go down the CD duplication (i.e. CD-R) route, I beg you.

http://www.discomusic.com/forums/vin...plication.html


"I beg you"? Tsk.Tsk. How sad.

Reputation is based on how others see you.
Not how you see yourself.

Hmm. I don't see any form of sujugation there. I was trying to help a fellow board member make a good decision. One who'd asked for help.

[born2disco]

Way to ruin a thread you guys.

[needlefingers]

That's fair.

So allow me to add to the topic.

The Chase - Giorgio Moroder

Magic Bird of Fire - The Salsoul Orchestra

Beyond The Clouds - Quartz

Cuba (instrumental) - The Gibson Brothers

Machine Gun - The Commodores

Outta Space - Billy Preston

Joy - Apollo 100

Megatron Man - Patrick Cowley (along with other stuff by him)

The two Voyage lps that are labeled Special Instrumental and are instrumental versions of songs mostly from their first two lps.

And my favorite,

Vertigo by Dan Hartman. I used this song when I competed for Dance Fever. Made it to the finals in South Florida, but not the show.


Joy - Apollo 100

[RobbaDobba]

Originally Posted by born2disco

Way to ruin a thread you guys.

Damn right...

Here's a couple more:

Love Unlimited Orch. - "Satin Soul"

Montana - "You Know How Good It Is" (basically Jazz, but hot!)

[JussiK]

Cosmic style spaced out disco instrumentals: "Disco Cross/Farina Suite" by Giorgio Farina, the whole Automat album, "On The Moon" by Charlie Mike Sierra, "Shakti Dance" by The Droids and especially "Station 371" by Frederic Mercier. The instrumental The Predator must have listened just before landing on earth: "Il Corpo Di Linda" by Riz Ortolani.

[Boogie Child]

Don't know if these have been mentioned:

Quartz "Beyond the Clouds"
Kano "I'm Ready"
Tyrone Brunson "The Smurf"
Nancy Martin "Can't Believe" Instrumental version
Soulsonic Force "Planet Rock" Instumental version
"A Touch of Jazz (Playin' Kinda Ruff Pt. 2) Zapp

[musiquelover]

Another one I forgot: Mass Production's "Cosmic Lust"

[Teddybear]

A few to add to the list:

The Biddu Orchestra - Summer of '42
Costandinos - Synergy
Deodato - Night Cruiser

And of course, Midney's Come Into My Heart

(I pray naughty Q won't be on the mission of venturing his opinion on this last one.)

[KoolChris]

Originally Posted by Teddybear

A few to add to the list:

And of course, Midney's Coming To My Heart

Is that: "Come into my heart"? If yes, it's not really an instrumental...

Got to add to the list, a beautiful couple:

Atlanta Disco Band: "It's Love" (got to loooove those strings), and "Buckhead"

[qdearl]

OK here's some straight off the ipod

Not all "dance floor" smokers, but some of my favorites from the Disco era, none the less...

Ronnie Laws - Friends & Strangers
Earl Klugh - Living Inside Your Love
Cloud One - Atmosphere Strut
Tilt - Arcade Funk
Paul Hardcastle - Rain Forest
Bob James - Westchester Lady(that's a Baadddd Song.....) Sign of The Times
Norman Conners - Captain Conners
Wilbert Longmire - Black is The Color
Herbie Mann - Django
John Klemmer - Brasilia
Tom Browne - Rockin' Radio
Herbie Hancock - Rock it
MFSB - Ol' San Juan
Earth Wind & Fire - Runnin'
Walter Murphy - Malaguena (& yes, I love The 5th of Beethoven, too!)
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Computer Games
Michael Zager - Let's All Chant

...Geez! how could I forget....

Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express, Numbers/Computer World
....more to come

[needlefingers]

Situation (Dub Version) - Yaz

You're The One For Me (Instrumental) - "D" Train