Your Top 10 disco tracks from 1974

[MixMasterMax]

I thought it would be interesting to start a thread of top 10 disco tracks but limit the music to a specific year. How about we start with 1974.

Creative Source - Who Is He And What Is He To You
Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme
MFSB - Love Is the Message
Main Ingredient - Happiness Is Just Around The Bend
Joneses - Sugar Pie Guy
Blue Magic - Welcome to the Club
Mighty Clouds Of Joy - Tme
Hokis Pokis - Get Cha Girl
Executive Suite - When The Fuel Runs Out
First Choice - Hustler Bill

[Marcio**]

(74) Love Unlimited Orchestra "Satin Soul"
(74) The Hues Corporation "Rockin' Soul"
(74) MFSB featuring The Three Degrees "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)"
(74) George McCrae "Rock Your Baby"
(74) Gloria Gaynor "Never Can Say Goodbye"
(74) Carol Douglas "Doctor's Orders"
(74) LaBelle "Lady Marmalade (Voulez-Vous Coucher Avec Moi Ce Soir ?)"
(74) Dionne Warwick & Speeners "Then Came You" (I never knew love before then came you :D )
(74) Abba "Waterloo"
(74) Little Beaver "Party Down"



...and the slow, atmospheric and hypnotic "Charade" by Bee Gees :D .

[efunk_adelic]

My '74 choices are:


Rock Your Baby - George McCrae
Rock The Boat - Hues Corporation
Sugar Pie Guy - Joneses
Doctor's Orders - Carol Douglas
Can't Get Enough Of Your Love - Barry White
Boogie Down - Eddie Kendricks
Lookin' For A Love - Bobby Womack
TSOP - MFSB
Sha-La-La (Makes Me Happy) - Al Green
I Can't Leave You Alone - George McCrae

[tdaram]

With no particular order...

MFSB - TSOP
Barry White - You're the first, my last, my everything
George McCRae - Rock your baby
Love unlimited orchestra - Love theme
Gil Scott Heron - The Bottle
Barry White - Can't get enough of your love babe
Kool and The Gang - Jungle Boogie
THe Hues corporation - Rock the boat
Abba - Waterloo
100% pure poison - Windy C

[Svend]

Ask Me - Ecstasy Passion & Pain
Boogie Down - Eddie Kendricks
Doctor's Orders - Carol Douglas
Dream World - Don Downing
Guess What Mary Jones Did - First Choice
Honey Bee - Gloria Gaynor
I Love You, Yes I Do - The Independents
Love Is the Message - MFSB
Rock Your Baby - George McCrae
Where Is the Love - Betty Wright

I'd almost try to find room for "Got To Get You Back" by Sons Of Robin Stone, but it's new to me and so I'll wait and see if it has "legs."

[markydefad]

Svend,

"GOT TO GET YOU BACK" is just a gem. I had totally forgotten this song--until my copies of the old Billboard Disco charts arrived a few years back. Then I saw that title and totally remembered the chorus. Through the very kind & generous efforts of Discodisk, I obtained a British compilation with that track on it. I put it on a tape between Patti Jo's "Make Me Believe In You" and Ace Spectrum's "Don't Send Nobody Else" and it was played over and over and over in my car and it's a definite keeper. :D

Another song that just instantly "came back" to me when I played the Super Rare Disco" compilation was "I'll Be Holding On" by Al Downing......all of a sudden I was back at Buzzbys in SF dancing to this tune--that had been forgotten for all these years. :roll:

[DISCODISK]

MARKY i know you really love this record, im not sure if i mentioned this before but a LONG DISCO MIX of sons of robin stone exists on acetate :o ive heard it and i actually have it on tape the problem is its unlabeled and since most of the 1000s of tapes ive made for the car over the years are also unlabeled it causes me a BIG problem :(
i actually saw the guy that owns it in an all night club in manchester a couple of years ago and was going to go and talk to him and pursuade him to do something with it.he was d.jing so i thought id catch him when hed finished but i couldnt find him :o the sad thing was that whilst in the states he was digging for unreleased 60s stuff and although he must be pleased to have found it i think it was quite low down on his llist of 'finds'
sorry marky just trying to ruin your day :evil: mission accomplished ill bet :lol: :lol: :lol:

its fantasic BTW

[Svend]

Discodisk--

What a tantalizing story! Thanks for sharing it even if it means frustration. I think we have a new Holy Grail...

[Discomanic]

How about these:
Good Things Don't Last Forever- Ecstasy, Passion, and Pain
The Player- First Choice
7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Blow Your Whistle- Gary Tom's Empire
Happy People The Temptations
The Bottle (La Botella) Joe Bataan
Love Don't You Go Through No Changes Sister Sledge
Do it Till You're Satisfied B.T. Express
Hey Girl Come and Get It The Stylistics
Drive My Car-Gary Tom's Empire
A Hurricane is Coming Tonight-Carol Douglas

[MixMasterMax]

This is great. There are about 50 unique entries so far (about 2 CD's :lol: ). What I am struggling with now is the name for the CD's. How about DiscoMusic.com - Virtually There 1974? Sad thing is, it won't ever be heard by anyone but myself

Hope to start the 1975 list on Sunday.
Thanks to all!

[Com King]

MixMasterMax, it's a pleasure to see you.

My top 10 for 1974:

MFSB - TSOP
Gil Scott Heron - The Bottle
100 % Pure Poison - Windy C
Gloria Gaynor - Never can Say Goodbye
Creative Source - Who is he and what is he to you
Main Ingredient - Happiness is just around the Bend
Fela Kuti and The Africa 70 - Shakara
Don Downing - Dream World
Brother to Brother - Chance with You
Donna Summer - Love to love you baby

[Keith RS]

My list for 1974:

"Shakey Ground"-Temptations
"Higher Plane"-Kool & Gang
"TSOP"-MFSB
"Can't Get Enough"-Barry White
"Lady Marmalade"-Labelle
"Mighty,Mighty"-Earth, Wind, & Fire
"Positive Thing"-Mandrill
"Express"-B.T. Express
"Fire"-Ohio Players
"Walking in Rythmn"-Blackbyrds

SLOW JAMS:

"True Devotion"-Earth, Wind, & Fire
"House of Wood"-Mandrill
"Sideshow"-Blue Magic
"I Want To Be Free"-Ohio Players 8)

[Funky Dude]

My top 10 of 1974 are (these aren't in order):

1 - Rufus & Chaka Khan - Once You Get Started
2 - Gloria Gaynor - Never Can Say Goodbye
3 - LTD - You Can Be Free
4 - Temptations - Happy People
5 - Commodores - Machine Gun
6 - Kay Gees - You Gotta Keep On Bumpin'
7 - KC & The Sunshine Band - All My Love
8 - Miami - Party Freaks
9 - Ultrafunk - Kung Fu Man
10 - Barrabas - Hi Jack

I've got a lot of favourites from that year and those are some. I would of included "TSOP" by MFSB and "Who Is He & What Is He To You" by Creative Source but they were recorded 1973 so my list is what was recorded in 1974.

Here is a list of slower but funky jam favourites from that year too:

1 - William DeVaughan - Be Thankful For What You Got
2 - Barrabas - Mellow Blow
3 - Blackbyrds - Spaced Out