The Disco Box Collection

[Bernie]

Originally Posted by Robbie

Then again, where can you find songs like "Love Insurance" and "I've Gotta Keep Dancing" on other CD's??

Ask and ye shall receive...

Front Page - Love Insurance

Carrie Lucas - I Gotta Keep Dancin' / Keep Smilin'

[efunk_adelic]

Now you guys got my curiousity spinning....


Was this released on a particular label?

There's also some mixed (pardon the pun) feelings about the mixing skills of this DJ, so I'd like to be the judge for myself even though he mixed each song after 2 minutes or so.

[BrunoRepublic]

Originally Posted by QUINNY

Graham: Aah well, you didn't mention that before. Hey, wasn't it you who always says that proper releases where money does go to copyright owners are a rip off too? Just asking.

Nope, that wasn't me. I'm one of the few people that doesn't think CDs are overpriced. IMHO, the real problem is that people undervalue music.

[efunk_adelic]

Originally Posted by "Graham_Start

Nope, that wasn't me. I'm one of the few people that [i

doesn't[/i] think CDs are overpriced. IMHO, the real problem is that people undervalue music.

I agree with you 100% on that Graham, when CD's first came out and up until 1998 before Napster came around... people were buying CD's at $17.99. Now that they can get songs for free... why buy them? and even paying $8.00 used... they still bitch... :roll:

[the whistler]

Originally Posted by efunk_adelic

There's also some mixed (pardon the pun) feelings about the mixing skills of this DJ, so I'd like to be the judge for myself even though he mixed each song after 2 minutes or so.

Efunk trust me the mixing is close to perfection!!
I admit the sound isn't the best 6.75/10 (these guy's make out it's distorted, I got what I paid for!!!
When it comes mixing I'm telling ya this guy is on the money )



Can someone else confirm the dj is it John Daru?
That was the point of this thread

Also Bernie do you sell mix cd's? so I can check out your mixing
Cheers

[Bernie]

Originally Posted by the whistler

Also Bernie do you sell mix cd's? so I can check out your mixing
Cheers

I'm honored that you asked, but no I don't. Besides I haven't mixed since the 1980s and I wasn't that great anyhow :cry:

[dj phillip esparza]

if bernie was a dj,he'd be up there with the likes of david mancuso.a wealth of wisdom on what tracks to play and the other would be when to program tracks.

http://profiles.yahoo.com/djphillipesparza2001

[Robbie]

Some of the mixes on the Disco Box cd's were played on WKTU (NY) during their special classic disco weekends back in the mid-90's. I agree that the sound quality could be better, but the mixing is excellent and the 1-2 song length on a number of them doesn't bother me all that much.

[mixtape]

this is true Robbie. Jellybean on KTU used to play some of this stuff. In fact I remember when Jellybean played the 3 last songs from Disco Box Vol. 4 which of course are all donna summer's songs in the same order and the same mix! Not the same quality. I remember that after Macarther's park he played Theo Vaness's Sentimentially It's You which is not included on that cd. I agree that on most cd's with the exception of Disco Box Vol. 12 & 10 & 6 the mixing is bad. I know because I am a dj myself. Quality wise only Disco Box Vol. 12 seems to have the best quality from all of them. It seems that by the last cd they finally worked out the mixing techniques and sound quality. I should also point out that the same company put out a Hip Hop Compilation of like the best of hip hop from '80-'82. The cd was definitely worth purchasing for $4.88. Some songs have bad quality and some songs have decent quality on that cd. Nevertheless does any one know any good disco cd's that are mixed? I heard a good one with First Choice, Sarah Dash, Nayobe, Vogue, Love & Kisses, Soul Sonic Force and i guess more stuff. Does any body know which cd this is?

[Robbie]

Mixtape--You're absolutely right about the Jellybean mix of Donna Summer's "MacArthur Park" into Theo Vaness' "Sentimentally It's You". I remember that 25-minute mix very well. It began with Peter Jacques Band's "Fire Night Dance", and he mixed Donna ha-ha-ing during FND's break into McAP, and then at the end came SIY. That was an awesome mix. I wish Jellybean would put a lot of those mixes on CD. They were really good. I remember once he did a mix that began with Love and Kisses' "How Much I Love You", mixed into Ultimate's "Touch Me Baby/Dancing In The Night", and mixed into Viola Wills' "Up On The Roof".