MD compilation - JP At the Salsoul Disco

[jazz_pilgrim]

Here is the listing for my Salsoul MD compilation. Not many surprises here, except for one tune, maybe ...

To cheer you all up ahead of the weekend. I don't know what the weather is like where you are, but here in England, IT IS LOUSY :sad:

Here we go:
DOUBLE EXPOSURE - Ten Per Cent
RIPPLE - The Beat Goes On
FIRST CHOICE - Let No Man Put Asunder
LEROY BURGESS - Heartbreaker
LOLEATTA HOLLOWAY - Dreamin'
INSTANT FUNK - Got My Mind Made Up (larry Levan mix)
LOLEATTA HOLLOWAY/SALSOUL ORCH - Runaway
LOLEATTA HOLLOWAY - Seconds
CANDIDO - Thousand Finger Man
INSTANT FUNK - It Ain't Reggae Sure Is Funky
SALSOUL ORCH - Salsoul Hustle
SALSOUL ORCH - Chicago Bus Stop
SALSOUL ORCH - You're Just The Right Size
SALSOUL ORCH - Tangerine
SALSOUL ORCH - Tale of Three Cities
SALSOUL ORCH - Salsoul Rainbow
METROPOLIS - I Love New York (The first US 12" import I ever bought, and it cost me a fortune!!)
MOMENT OF TRUTH - Hummin'
CHARO / SALSOUL ORCH - Dance A Little Bit Closer
CANDIDO - Jingo
CAMERON - Let's Get It Off
INDIA - Runaway (1997 version by India on a Nuyorican Soul compilation - happily with Vince Montana Jnr STILL playing the vibes!!!!)
LOLEATTA HOLLOWAY - Hit And Run
JOE BATAAN - The Bottle

Salsoul was always my favourite disco label, and I have plenty of tunes for a couple more MD compilations ... when I get the time ...

Would anybody else vote Salsoul for their fave disco label??

[ruoffended]

Of course , SALSOUL LABEL was and is still best (for me) , each day i discover great tracks and artist from that label
My fave so far are:
RIPPLE - The beat goes on and on
EDDIE HOLMAN - This will be a night to remember
ANTHONY WHITE - I can't turn you loose / Block party
LOGG - I know you will
DOUBLE EXPOSURE - Ten percent / My love is free
METROPOLIS - I love new-york
GARY CRISS - Rio de janeiro / The girl from ipanema / Brazillian nights
FIRST CHOICE - Love thang
plus many more if its not their entire catalogue GREAT RYTHMS....................RU

[ruoffended]

Sorry for your weather but here its nice and sunny with a nice blue sky , i have that album by NUYORICAN SOUL: it has also a nice version of CURTIS MAYFIELD ( sweet tears) i love this album its a nice concept.......RU

[Robbie]

SALSOUL is one of my favorite disco labels!! I have been struggling to find the Tom Moulton-mixed "Disco Boogie" compilation on CD. It originally came out in 1977. Besides that, here are some of my Salsoul faves:

1. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by Inner Life
2. "Ten Percent" by Double Exposure
3. "You Got Me Hummin'" by Moment Of Truth
4. "Moment Of My Life" by Inner Life
5. "Love Sensation" by Loleatta Holloway
6. "Spring Rain" by Silvetti
7. "Rio De Janeiro" by Gary Criss
8. "The Bottle" by Joe Bataan
9. "Salsoul Rainbow" by Salsoul Orchestra
10. "Standing And Waiting On Love" by Salsoul Orchestra
11. "Double Crossed" by First Choice
12. "Catch Me On The Rebound" by Loleatta Holloway
13. "Newsy Neighbors" by Double Exposure
14. "Mellow Lovin'" by Judy Cheeks
15. "Nice And Naasty" by Salsoul Orchestra
16. "Love Is You" by Carol Williams
17. "Handsome Man" by Sparkle
18. "I Got My Mind Made Up" by Instant Funk
19. "Call Me" by Skyy
20. "Love Is Finally Coming My Way" by True Example
21. "Let Me Party With You" by Bunny Sigler
22. "It Don't Have To Be Funky" by Salsoul Orchestra
23. "Seconds" by Salsoul Orchestra
24. "I Love N.Y." by Metropolis
25. "Salsoul Hustle" by Salsoul Orchestra
26. "We're Getting Stronger" by Loleatta Holloway
27. "More" by Carol Williams
28. "Love Is Still Blue" by Paul Mariat

...and more

[Funky Dude]

I LOVE salsoul and salsa disco music. Plus I've got the Mastercuts Classic Salsoul Volumes 1 and 2. Here are some great Salsoul songs that haven't been mentioned in this thread yet:

Moment Of Truth - Helplessly 1975
Double Exposure - My Love Is Free 1976
Gary Criss - The Girl From Ipanema & Brazilian Nights 1978

I wonder if this song is under the salsoul label as well:

Louis Ramirez - Salsa 1975

It's a fantastic salsa disco track.

[markydefad]

Why has no one mentioned:

"THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH" by Metropolis???

Written by Thor Baldursson & Pete Bellotte.
Produced by Tom Moulton & Thor Baldursson.
Drums: Keith Forsey
Horns: Don Renaldo
Keyboards: Thor Baldursson
Strings: Munich Philharmonics
Recorded at Music Machine Studios in Munich.
Vocals by: The Sweethearts (Carla Benson, Evette Benton. Bsarbara Ingram)--Recorded at Sigma Sound in Philadelphia

Salsoul meets The Munich Machine!!!!!!!

I never understand why people single out "I Love N.Y." and fail to mention this one.

Hmmmmm??????

[Robbie]

"Greatest Show" was on Salsoul Classics Vol. 3&4. Even if it's also by Metropolis, "I Love N.Y." is just a more recognizable track. I think it would take someone a little more time to have "GSOE" come to the top of his head. But it was quite a surprise to see the names of Bellotte and Baldrusson, who worked with Donna Summer, on a Salsoul recording!!

[markydefad]

On 2002-07-09 22:46, Robbie wrote:
"But it was quite a surprise to see the names of Bellotte and Baldrusson, who worked with Donna Summer, on a Salsoul recording!!

My point exactly!!!!!!

That's why it's so historic. AND, on top of that, BY FAR, the best track on the LP!!!!!!

[Giovanni]

Need to say I am a HUGE Salsoul fan ????????????

Some more obscure but GREAT Salsoul are:

DESTROYERS: 'Lectric love (12 D 2034 1977)
CELLOPHANE: Dance with me / Super queen (SG 2067 1978)
JIMMY BRISCOE: Into the milky way (SG 302 1979)
ORS: Body to body boogie (SG 303 1979)
CUBBY St. CHARLES: Party (SG 310 1979)
SKIP MAHONEY: Janice (SG 328 1979)
STEVE ARRINGTON: Special effects from Mars (SG 332 1979)


Take a listen and enjoy (if you don't remember) !!!!!!!!!!!

[jazz_pilgrim]

Cheers! Love the track listings folks!!

But what always bugs me is that I feel that Salsoul never got the recognition in the UK that it obviously deserves. We have had numerous TV shows over the past few months looking at disco music etc - they all mention Saturday Night Fever, the Bee Gees, Chic, Donna Summer etc - but does Salsoul EVER get a mention?? NO!!

We have our London commercial radio stations doing shows with club classics and disco music over the weekends - sure you will hear "I Will Survive", "Night Fever", but , you guessed it, you will never hear the REAL music, you will never hear any Salsoul. Utterly scandalous!! I get really fed up with it!

The only Salsoul track that I recall ever having any impact on the mainstream pop/disco audience in the UK was "Jingo", whereby it was popular at discos due to a step dance routine that everybody could do. It had nothing to do with the stormimg rhythms and breaks that Candido produced in that record....

If only they knew what they were missing ....

Was it the same in other countries? Am I right in thinking that the Salsoul Orch had Top 10 pop success in the US? I would be interested to know ....

[sammyperez]

Jazz:

No surprise I love your Salsoul compilation. Hard to find one song I don't like. I also am a big Salsoul fan and love just about everything on the label. As for it's lack of respect, as always disco in general is represented by the same commercial garbage we all know, thus potraying the genre as a sideshow and ignoring the great and wonderful music that was made during the era. Salsoul receives it due props from true disco music lovers and those in the know.

Easy,

Sam "ALL JAM"

[Blaxman]

On 2002-07-09 16:52, jazz_pilgrim wrote:

Would anybody else vote Salsoul for their fave disco label??

Jazz,

OF COURSE!!!! Salsoul is the "REAL DISCO" label!!! :grin: Forget the others!!!

I love Salsoul a lot!!! For a incredible coincidence I did take the "Salsoul Orch. Anthology" CD to listen at the office today!!! Delightful, as use to say Hustlebaby.

I dont see in any of posts a mention of one my fave Salsoul (the Label) track:

"EVERYMAN" by Double Exposure - I know the lyrics are controversial but, I dont mind. What a song, what a vocals, flawless arrangements.
FLAWLESS is the word!! :grin:

Peace



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[jazz_pilgrim]

On 2002-07-10 08:42, Blaxman wrote:

I dont see in any of posts a mention of one my fave Salsoul (the Label) track:

"EVERYMAN" by Double Exposure - I know the lyrics are controversial but, I dont mind. What a song, what a vocals, flawless arrangements.
FLAWLESS is the word!! :grin:

Peace


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Is that on the same LP as Ten Per Cent is?? I guess it is??

If so, that means I have never played it!
Guess what I'm doing tonite!!! :grin: :grin:

[Blaxman]

Do this my friend and tell me later. It is on Ten Percent LP indeed.

Peace

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[Robbie]

Jazz Pilgrim--

Salsoul Records wasn't much of a hit-making label machine unlike Casablanca and Polydor; for the most part, it was a label that paid more attention to the club scene, sort of like Prelude and West End. I also think it was also particular with the men BEHIND the records more so than the others. Larry Levan, Tom Moulton... Casablanca may have had Moroder/Bellotte/Morali/Jabara, but Levan and Moulton were committed to the actual club scene as opposed to just mere producing.

In the States, we pretty much have the same case as you have in England when it comes to all of these disco retrospectives. SNF, Donna Summer, Bee Gees, Village People, Gloria Gaynor, etc. It's inevitable because they were the ones who made the most impact amongst the public in those days, whether it be through record sales, airplay, TV exposure, etc. That's always the way.

I don't mind hearing the "Top 40" disco every now and then, only because the obsession with it has waned here in the past number of years. I don't want to talk about the death of disco on N.Y. radio right now because I guess that's what happens when you have too much of a good thing.

I discovered Salsoul music from WKTU and Hot 103/97, going back 10 years or so, when they would do the "classic shows" on Sunday nights. The records they played were the ones you'd hear in the clubs. Occasionally, they'd play a hit disco record or two that broke out of the clubs and spread to radio. That was a great time to hear the classics because the disco "revivial" that was to come--hadn't really "come" yet. It took another year or so for it to really make an impact here in the States--and then spread everywhere else!!

I have S.O.'s "Nice and Naasty" LP on vinyl plus "Christmas Jollies" on LP. Not to mention the S.O. Anthology CD and the 2-CD Salsoul Classics.

Salsoul will always be one of the best disco labels ever!!

[plato]

Love Salsoul!!! Suprised no one mentioned Candido's classic groover Thousand Finger Man one of my all time favorites.

[jazz_pilgrim]

On 2002-07-11 05:39, plato wrote:
Love Salsoul!!! Suprised no one mentioned Candido's classic groover Thousand Finger Man one of my all time favorites.

I love that Candido track too. In fact, if you look in my MD track list, you will see it is there!!

I have only got the 12-inch of Candido with "Jingo" and "Dancin and Prancin" on. But a long time ago, one of my fellow Jazz Pilgrims did a cassette tape for me which included "1000 Finger Man" on it. Becuase the track is so good, I felt it worth tranferring it from tape onto MD - and the quality of the sound is pretty good, you know!!

[jazz_pilgrim]

On 2002-07-10 10:31, Robbie wrote:
Jazz Pilgrim--

Salsoul Records wasn't much of a hit-making label machine unlike Casablanca and Polydor; for the most part, it was a label that paid more attention to the club scene, sort of like Prelude and West End. I also think it was also particular with the men BEHIND the records more so than the others. Larry Levan, Tom Moulton... Casablanca may have had Moroder/Bellotte/Morali/Jabara, but Levan and Moulton were committed to the actual club scene as opposed to just mere producing.

In the States, we pretty much have the same case as you have in England when it comes to all of these disco retrospectives. SNF, Donna Summer, Bee Gees, Village People, Gloria Gaynor, etc. It's inevitable because they were the ones who made the most impact amongst the public in those days, whether it be through record sales, airplay, TV exposure, etc. That's always the way.

I don't mind hearing the "Top 40" disco every now and then, only because the obsession with it has waned here in the past number of years. I don't want to talk about the death of disco on N.Y. radio right now because I guess that's what happens when you have too much of a good thing.

I discovered Salsoul music from WKTU and Hot 103/97, going back 10 years or so, when they would do the "classic shows" on Sunday nights. The records they played were the ones you'd hear in the clubs. Occasionally, they'd play a hit disco record or two that broke out of the clubs and spread to radio. That was a great time to hear the classics because the disco "revivial" that was to come--hadn't really "come" yet. It took another year or so for it to really make an impact here in the States--and then spread everywhere else!!

I have S.O.'s "Nice and Naasty" LP on vinyl plus "Christmas Jollies" on LP. Not to mention the S.O. Anthology CD and the 2-CD Salsoul Classics.

Salsoul will always be one of the best disco labels ever!!

Thanks for your insights, Robbie.

I was quite interested to read that it is the same in the US as in the UK with regards to Salsoul.

And agree with your last sentence 100% !!! :grin: :grin:

[jazz_pilgrim]

On 2002-07-10 07:27, sammyperez wrote:
Jazz:

As for it's lack of respect, as always disco in general is represented by the same commercial garbage we all know, thus potraying the genre as a sideshow and ignoring the great and wonderful music that was made during the era. Salsoul receives it due props from true disco music lovers and those in the know.

Easy,

Sam "ALL JAM"

Sammy, thanks for your exellent comments - very well put indeed as always.

I agree with you, and think we are privileged that we have been able to seek out and enjoy such excellent music. We are the lucky ones!! :grin: