Longest early 70's disco song?

[SandraDee]

Originally Posted by ashley

.. which is probably why Alec R Costandinos & Boris Midney had very limited success in British nightclubs ..

'Eurodisco' acts like these got little support from underground UK clubs because they were always obsessed with everything being black & funky (nothing wrong with funky stuff I hasten to add). What I love about the US clubs (certainly the quality gay ones anyway) was that they were completely open-minded & mixed disco music from all genres; they'd think nothing of playing Hall & Oates followed by Cerrone followed by Crown Heights Affair for example. Maybe more commercial UK clubs would've played an eclectic mix like this but only if the tracks were in the charts & known to most dancers at the time. That's the way I see it. Eurodisco tracks only seemed to become successful here if holidaymakers heard them while away in the summer which meant that generally it was the tackier end of Eurodisco that made it here (Boney M & Ottowan for example, sorry Boney M & Ottowan fans ).

[Simon White]

Originally Posted by SandraDee

'Eurodisco' acts like these got little support from underground UK clubs because they were always obsessed with everything being black & funky

Noooo....the reason was quite simple .. it was because the records were in the main awful, very pop orientated and often one step removed from "James Last Goes Disco" or else incredibly poppy. Mainland Europe always had a very rich stream of that kind of stuff and only a handful of acts or producers rose above it.

Which "underground UK clubs" Sandy? The Gay clubs ? Nope. The serious UK club scene ? Nope.
A look at playlists of the time proves that the UK clubs were playing better and mostly US tracks by then.

[SandraDee]

Originally Posted by Simon White

Noooo....the reason was quite simple .. it was because the records were in the main awful, very pop orientated and often one step removed from "James Last Goes Disco" or else incredibly poppy. Mainland Europe always had a very rich stream of that kind of stuff and only a handful of acts or producers rose above it.

I don't what you mean by James Last Goes Disco. There was lots of brilliant eurodisco like Chocolats, Cerrone, Love & Kisses, Revanche, Crystal Grass, Madleen Kane, Don Ray, Voyage, Baciotti and hundreds of others that sound nothing like James Last to me. Simon, you're just such a typical example of a British DJ who's prejudiced against euro disco; what you've just said proves my point. Even if some tracks/acts were poppy, what's wrong with that? Disco can be good quality & commercial IMO; I'm sorry Simon but your comments strike me as needlessly dismissive & you sound like one of those 'soul snobs' that have always proliferated on the UK dance scene.