1976 Billboard Disco Compilation Consensus Charts!!!

[DISCODISK]

no one guessed who the Brit songbird debuting in Houston is!!!! It's not Petula Clark--but from that era.......;-)

no cant think at all this is interesting....
marky when do your tom moulton coloums end ?? [you did say they would] i have some that start in 77

[remicks]

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I'm thinking it must be Dusty Springfield ?

And I wanted to point out Marky that the flip side of :

Billboard Pop Chart Top 10:

10) FOOL TO CRY – Rolling Stones

is HOT STUFF (USA)


Thanks for the recent chart! Looking forward to this next one ....


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[DISCODISK]

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I[COLOR=Black]'m thinking it must be Dusty Springfield ?

i was thinking that too but not in 76, that defad is such a tease....jeez dont say polly brown is back !!!!!!!!

[remicks]

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Hmmmm.... and besides, Dusty did quite well stateside ..... so did Petula Clark ..

Well, I'd love to hear that Lulu did some disco ....8-)

Sandie Shaw ..... Alma Cogan ....Twiggy .....Julie Budd ... Suzi Quatro.... Slade .... Cliff Richard .... ?

:icon_question: I'm Three Degreein' .... (giving up , giving in ) ......

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[markydefad]

Good guesses, kidz...but WRONG!!!!!! Sandie Shaw comes closest to this Brit songbird who almost had a hit in the USA--til CHER beat her to it....hint, hint.......:razz:

P.S. dd, what a lovely photo!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.P.S. it's CILLA BLACK!!!!! (she originally cut "Alfie" for the movie & had a big hit in the UK--but Paramount had Cher re-record it for the American release....didn't really become a hit til later...but Cilla was screwed....)

[markydefad]

June 12, 1976

Billboard Pop Chart Top 10:

1) SILLY LOVE SONGS – Wings (previous #1; back after 2 weeks @ #2)
3) GET UP AND BOOGIE (That’s Right) – Silver Convention
4) MISTY BLUE – Dorothy Moore
4) LOVE HANGOVER – Diana Ross (2 weeks @ #1)
5) HAPPY DAYS – Pratt & McClain
6) SHANNON – Henry Gross
7) SARA SMILE – Daryl Hall & John Oates
8. SHOP AROUND – Captain & Tennille
9) MORE, MORE, MORE – Andrea True Connection
10) FOOL TO CRY – Rolling Stones

Billboard Soul/R&B Chart #1:
1) I'LL BE GOOD TO YOU – The Brothers Johnson (1 week @ #1)

(Items in BOLD have charted on the disco charts.)
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Disco Action
Record World "National Disco File Top 20" #1: DISCO PARTY (week #2); (This is the chart being used by Joel Whitburn in his book for this time period--you know, the one chart versus 5 or 6, sometimes 7-- chart thang.)

But I've resolved that issue by combining the current 6 Billboard charts into one.

New Rule: from now on there will be a constant 6 charts published each week through the end of August, 1976--when a national chart takes the place of this format. 3 NYC retailers and 3 audience response charts from NYC, LA/San Diego and a guest city will be printed each week.


Billboard charts:

A= Top 15 Audience Response Records in NYC Discos
(#1= “WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO” LP ( All Cuts)) (6th week) ( single “That’s Where the Happy People Go” charted #1 for 7 consecutive weeks prior to the LP release; so 13 weeks in total)
B= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Downstairs Records (NYC)
(#1= TROUBLE-MAKER/ LOVE POWER) (1st week)
C= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Colony Records (NYC)
(#1= “WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO” LP (All Cuts)) (6th week) ( single “That’s Where the Happy People Go” charted #1 for 7 consecutive weeks prior to the LP release; so 13 weeks in total)
D= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Melody Song Shops (Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island)
(#1= TROUBLE-MAKER) (1st week)
E= Top 15 Audience Response Records in LA/ San Diego Discos:
(#1= TEN PERCENT) (2nd week)
F= Special Guest City Chart: Top 15 Audience Response Records in Houston, Texas Discos:
(#1 = SAN FRANCISCO HUSTLE / NO, NO, JOE) (1st reported week)


6 charts with 15 items apiece; 15 points for a #1; 1 point for a #15; 90 maximum points. Add them up and voila!....
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THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS TOP 40 +9

Chart #86 (volume 2: #24 ): June 12, 1976

1) “WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO” LP (All Cuts) – The Trammps
(Atlantic LP) (75 points/ABCDEF)
8 weeks (LP)/ (“TWTHPG” single) 13 weeks on the chart (10 weeks prior to LP release) /
7th week @ #1/ Last week: #1 (+/-0)
Side A: 1) Soul Searchin’ Time; 2) That’s Where The Happy People Go; 3) Can We Come Together;
Side B: 1) Disco Party; 2) Ninety-Nine And A Half (Won’t Do); 3) Hooked For Life; 4) Love Is A Funky Thing
2) TEN PERCENT – Double Exposure
(Salsoul 12” disco disk – Walter Gibbons Special Disco Version-now commercially available!!!)
(66 points/ ABCDEF)
7 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #2 (+/-0)
3) NICE AND SLOW (ABCE) / (Instrumental) (F) – Jesse Green
(Scepter 45/ 12” promo remix 5:45) (53 points/ ABC_EF)
7 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #4 (+1)
4) CATHEDRALS (CA-THE-DRALS) – D.C. LaRue
(Pyramid LP/ 12" single to be released) (47 points/ ABCDE_)
6 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #6 (+2)
5) TROUBLE-MAKER – Roberta Kelly
(Oasis LP) (47 points/AB_ DE_)
2 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #13 (+8.)
6) I’M GONNA LET MY HEART DO THE WALKING – The Supremes
(Motown LP/ 7" single) (43 points/ ABCDE_)
8 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #5 (-1)
7) “A LOVE TRILOGY” LP (All Cuts) – Donna Summer
(Oasis LP) ( 27 points/A___EF)
13 weeks on the chart / 3 weeks @ #1 / Last week: #7 (+/-0)
(LP Tracks: Side A: 1) Try Me, I Know We Can Make It
Side B: 1) Prelude to Love; 2) Could It Be Magic; 3) Wasted; 4) Come With Me
8. I’LL GO WHERE YOUR MUSIC TAKES ME – Jimmy James & The Vagabonds
(Pye 45 / 12” promo released later in ‘76) (25 points/ A_C_E_)
9 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #10 (+2)
9) LOVE HANGOVER – Diana Ross
(Motown LP/12" promo) (25 points/ A___EF)
16 weeks on the chart/ 4 weeks @ #1/ Last week: #11 (+2)
10) LOVE CHANT – Eli’s Second Coming
(Silver Blue Records 7”) (21 points/ AB____)
3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #3 (-7)

11) * LOVE POWER – Roberta Kelly
(Oasis LP) (21 points/ ABC___)
1 week on the chart/ *DEBUT
12) LIPSTICK – Michel Polnareff
(Atlantic LP/ 7” / 12” promo remix only) (20 points/ AB__E_)
5 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #8. (-4)
13) HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL – Tavares
(Capitol 7” (part 1 & 2) / 12" disco disk promo remix: 6:32) (20 points/_BC_ E_)
4 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #9 (-4)
14) YOU’LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER LOVE LIKE MINE – Lou Rawls
(Philadelphia Intl. Records 7”/LP) ( 18 points/ BCD)
4 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #14 (+/-0)
15) SAN FRANCISCO HUSTLE / NO, NO, JOE – Silver Convention
(Midland Intl. 7"/ LP) (18 points each/EF)
9/ 11 weeks, respectively, on the chart/ Last week:#30 (+15)
16) RAIN FOREST – Biddu Orchestra
(Epic 7” / promo only 12” disco disk just released: 4:40) (17 points/ CF)
8 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #12 (-4)
17) SOUL MAN – Calhoon
(Warner/ Spector 7”/ 12” promo REMIX disco disk 5:48.) (17 points/ CF)
8 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #16 (-1)
18. (R) CAN’T STOP GROOVIN’ NOW, WANNA DO IT SOME MORE – B.T. Express
(Columbia LP/ 12" promo) (14 points/ D)
2 weeks on the chart/ RETURN (last charted 5/29/76 @ #16)
19) TURN THE BEAT AROUND - Vicki Sue Robinson
(RCA LP/45) (14 points/F)
18 weeks on the chart/ 1 week @ #1/ Last week: #22 (+3)
20) LOWDOWN – Boz Scaggs
(Columbia LP/ 7” single) (13 points/DE)
3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #35 (+15)

21) (R) PEOPLE OF TODAY – The Isley Brothers
(T-Neck LP) (12 points/ D)
2 weeks on the chart/ RETURN (last charted 5/29/76 @ #17)
22) MOVIN’ LIKE A SUPERSTAR – Jackie Robinson
(Ariola America 45/ 12" promo remix 4:25) (11 points/ F)
12 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #32 (+10)
23) TAKE A LITTLE – Liquid Pleasure
(Midland Intl. 7” single) (10 points/ AD)
3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #41 (+18.)
24) FIRST ROUND KNOCKOUT – David Ruffin
(Motown LP) (10 points/ D)
2 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #24 (+/-0)
25) * HOW’S YOUR LOVE LIFE – Lee Eldred
(Mercury 7”) (10 points/ B)
1 week on the chart/ *DEBUT
26) YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE – Candi Staton
(Warner Bros. 45) (9 points/B)
9 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #28 (+2)
27) (R) PARTY – Van McCoy
(H & L LP/ 7” single) (8 points/ EF)
3 weeks on the chart/ RETURN (last charted 5/8/76 @ #40)
28. * DON’T FIGHT THE FEELING – Willie Collins
(Mercury 7") (8 points/ B)
1 week on the chart/ *DEBUT
29) (R) TUBULAR BELLS – Champs’ Boys Orchestra
(Janus7” / 12” French import released later) (8 points/ F)
5 weeks on the chart/ RETURN (last charted 5/15/76 @ #36)
30) CALL ME / KEEP IT UP LONGER (C) – Andrea True Connection
(Buddah LP) (7 points each / C)
3 weeks on the chart (LP)/ Last week: #15 (with entire LP) (-15)

31) * DISCO CARNIVAL – El Coco
(AVI LP) (7 points/ D)
1 week as a separate item/ 8 weeks as part of “Brazil” LP/ *Debut
32) (R) NIGHT WALK – Van McCoy
(H & L LP) (6 points/ F)
3 weeks on the chart/ RETURN (Last charted 5/8/76 @ #52)
33) * IT’S OVER – Boz Scaggs
(Columbia LP/ 7” single) (5 points/ D)
1 week on the chart/ * DEBUT
34) NEW YORK CITY – Miroslav Vitous
(Warner Bros. LP/ 12” promo) (5 points/ B)
3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #36 (+2)
35) * DESPERATELY – Barrabas
( Atco 7” /Atlantic promo12”) (4 points/ A)
1 week on the chart/ * DEBUT
36) PARTY LINE / FILL ME UP (Heart To Heart) – Andrea True Connection
(Buddah LP) (4 points each/ E)
3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #15 (entire LP) (-21)
37) (R) SUGAR BOOGIE – Bobby Thomas & Hotline
(MCA 7” ) (4 points/ C)
3 weeks on the chart/ RETURN (Last charted 5/29/76 @ #40)
38. GET UP AND BOOGIE (That’s Right) – Silver Convention
(Midland Intl. 7”/ LP 12” promo remix 7:55) (3 points/ E)
14 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #30 (-8.)
39) * I WANNA BE WITH YOU – Doc Severinsen
(Epic LP) (3 points/ D)
1 week on the chart/ *DEBUT
40) IT’S BETTER THAN WALKING OUT – Marlena Shaw
(Blue Note LP/ 12” promo remix 5:20) (3 points/ F)
2 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #19 (-21)

41) * GIVE A BROKEN HEART A BREAK / HAPPY MAN – Damon Harris & Impact
(Atco 7”/ LP /both titles on a 12" single) (2 points each/ A)
1 week on the chart/ *DEBUT
42) * AMERICAN MUSIC – Dooley Silverspoon & Jeanne Burton
(Cotton 7” single) (2 points/ C)
1 week on the chart/ * DEBUT
43) FOXY LADY – Crown Heights Affair
(De-Lite 7” single) ( 2 points/ D)
7 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #39 (-4)
44) GOTTA GET AWAY (From You Baby) – First Choice
(Warner Bros. LP) (2 points/ F)
11 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #23 (-21)
45) MAKING LOVE – Sammy Gordon & The Hip Huggers
(Greg/ later Red Greg 7” / 12” promo) (2 points/ B)
5 weeks on the chart / Last week: #45 (+/-0)
46) GET OFF YOUR AAHH! AND DANCE – Foxy
(Dash 45) (1 point/A)
9 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #29 (-17)
47) BE MY BABY – Frankie Gee
(Lipstick 7” single) (1 point/ C)
4 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #42 (-5)
48. * FANTASY – Cilla Black
(Private Stock 7”) (1 point/ F)
1 week on the chart/ * DEBUT
49) * A TIME FOR CELEBRATION Faith, Hope & Charity with Choice Four
(RCA 7”) (1 point/ D)
1 week on the chart/ * DEBUT
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"THE DIRTY LOWDOWN" On This Week's Releases…. by In-the-Groove…

Kevin (in-the-groove), former dj and now disco record archivist, supplied that exhaustive list of 12” promos that I copied for the end of the 1975 charts. He’s supplied me with info from time to time and I’ve asked him to comment on the new week’s releases as time allows…. Read this and you’ll know why.

(note: haven't received this info yet...will add later...)

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The Chart Of LEAST Consensus

I’ve decided to type out the chart or charts that most bucks the consensus results of my Top 10 each week to show where the disparities lie.
Chart A= charts 10 items in my Top 10
Chart B= charts 7 items in my Top 10
Chart C= charts 6 items in my Top 10
Chart D= charts 5 items in my Top 10*
Chart E= charts 9 items in my Top 10
Chart F= charts 5 items in my Top 10*

So this week, it’s a tie between chart D (Melody Song Shops) and chart F (Houston Discos) with 5 items apiece.

MELODY SONG SHOPS
1) TROUBLE-MAKER – Roberta Kelly (Oasis)
2) CAN’T STOP GROOVIN’ – B.T. Express (Columbia)
3) CATHEDRALS – D. C. LaRue (Pyramid LP)
4) PEOPLE OF TODAY – Isley Brothers (T-Neck LP)
5) WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO – The Trammps (Atlantic LP)
6) FIRST ROUND KNOCKOUT – David Ruffin (Motown LP)
7) LET YOUR HEART DO THE WALKING (sic) – The Supremes (Motown LP)
8. LOU RAWLS – Lou Rawls (PIR LP)
9) DISCO CARNIVAL – El Coco (AVI LP)
10) TEN PERCENT – Double Exposure (Salsoul disco-disk)
11) LOWDOWN/ IT’S OVER – Boz Scaggs (Columbia LP)
12) TAKE A LITTLE - Liquid Pleasure (Midland Intl.)
13) I WANNA BE WITH YOU – Doc Severinsen (Epic)
14) FOXY LADY - Crown Heights Affair (De-Lite)
15) A TIME FOR CELEBRATION – Faith, Hope & Charity + Choice Four (RCA)

TOP AUDIENCE RESPONSE RECORDS IN HOUSTON DISCOS
1) SAN FRANCISCO HUSTLE / NO, NO, JOE – Silver Convention (Midland Intl. LP)
2) TURN THE BEAT AROUND – Vicki Sue Robinson (RCA)
3) WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO – The Trammps (Atlantic LP-all cuts)
4) NICE & SLOW (Instrumental) – Jesse Green (Scepter)
5) MOVIN' LIKE A SUPERSTAR – Jackie Robinson (American Ariola)
6) LOVE HANGOVER – Diana Ross (Motown)
7) LOVE TRILOGY – Donna Summer (Oasis LP – all cuts)
8. TUBULAR BELLS – Champs’ Boys Orchestra (Philips)
9) RAIN FOREST – Biddu Orchestra (Epic)
10) NIGHT WALK / PARTY – Van McCoy (H&L LP)
11) SOUL MAN – Calhoon (Warner/ Spector)
12) TEN PERCENT – Double Exposure (Salsoul)
13) IT’S BETTER THAN WALKING OUT – Marlena Shaw (Blue Note)
14) GOTTA GET AWAY – First Choice (WB)
15) FANTASY – Cilla Black (Private Stock)
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ONE YEAR AGO IN DISCO HISTORY…. June 14, 1975

THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS TOP 5
June 14 , 1975
1)THE HUSTLE – Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony
(Avco 45) ( 45 points/ AB_DE)
9 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #4 (+3) / 2nd nonconsecutive week @ #1
2) THREE STEPS FROM TRUE LOVE – The Reflections
(Capitol 45) (40 points/ A_CDE)
5 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #3 (+1)
3) FOREVER CAME TODAY – The Jackson Five
(Motown LP) (34 points/ AB_D_)
2 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #8 (+5)
4) EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD – Consumer Rapport
(Wing & A Prayer 45) (32 points/ A_C_E)
11 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #9 (+5)
5) SWEARIN’ TO GOD – Frankie Valli
(Private Stock 45) (32 points/ (A_CD_)
12 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #5 (+/-0)
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STATS:

23 items: #11, 17, 18, 21, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 (half) 36, 37, 39, 40, (half) 41, 42, 43, 45, 47, 48, & 49 NOT listed in Joel Whitburn’s Hot Dance/Disco (1974 – 2003) book.

DEBUTS: (+11)
11) * LOVE POWER – Roberta Kelly (ABC)
25) * HOW’S YOUR LOVE LIFE – Lee Eldred (B)
28. * DON’T FIGHT THE FEELING – Willie Collins (B)
31) * DISCO CARNIVAL – El Coco (D)
33) * IT’S OVER – Boz Scaggs (D)
35) * DESPERATELY – Barrabas (A)
39) * I WANNA BE WITH YOU – Doc Severinsen (D)
41) * GIVE A BROKEN HEART A BREAK / HAPPY MAN – Damon Harris & Impact (A)
42) * AMERICAN MUSIC – Dooley Silverspoon & Jeanne Burton (C)
48. * FANTASY – Cilla Black (F)
49) * A TIME FOR CELEBRATION Faith, Hope & Charity with Choice Four (D)



RETURNS: (+6)
18. (R) CAN’T STOP GROOVIN’ NOW, WANNA DO IT SOME MORE – B.T. Express (D)
21) (R) PEOPLE OF TODAY – The Isley Brothers (D)
27) (R) PARTY – Van McCoy (EF)
29) (R) TUBULAR BELLS – Champs’ Boys Orchestra (F)
32) (R) NIGHT WALK – Van McCoy (F)
37) (R) SUGAR BOOGIE – Bobby Thomas & Hotline (C)



DROPPED OFF: (-16)
MORE, MORE, MORE - Andrea True Connection (was #15 (as part of LP)/ 19 weeks on the chart)
*WHO LOVES YOU BETTER - Isley Brothers (was #17/ 2 weeks on the chart/ * will return))
DEPEND ON YOURSELF - B.T. Express (was #18/ 2 weeks on the chart)
DESAFIO (Challenge) - Fania All Stars (was #20/ 1 week on the chart)
SAMBA de VERAO - Fausto Papetti (was #21/ 1 week on the chart)
I GOT LOVE FOR YOU/ CARAVAN - Richard "Groove" Holmes (was #25/ 2 weeks on the chart)
*THIS IS IT - Melba Moore (was #26/ 10 weeks on the chart/ * will return)
TOUCH AND GO - Ecstasy, Passion &Pain (was #27/ 13 weeks on the chart)
*YOU'VE GOT THE POWER - Su Kramer (was #31/ 1 week on the chart/ * will return)
*PRETTY MAID - Pretty Maid Company (was #33/ 2 weeks on the chart/ * will return)
ROCK ME WITH YOUR LOVE/ CHIC-CHICA-CHIC-CHICA-CHIC - Biddu Orchestra (was #34/ 3 weeks on the chart)
TRIPPIN' ON A SOUL CLOUD - Biddu Orchestra (was #37/ 2 weeks on the chart)
*FIRST CHOICE THEME - First Choice (was #38/ 11 weeks on the chart/ *will return)
*NIGHT JOURNEY - Doc Severinsen (was #40/ 1 week on the chart/ *will return)
CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY MIND - Peter Lemongello (was #43/ 1 week on the chart)
HOLD ON - Sons Of Champlin (was #44/ 1 week on the chart)


MOVIN’ ON UP: Biggest Movers
+18 TAKE A LITTLE (from #41 up to #23)
+15 SAN FRANCISCO HUSTLE/ NO, NO, JOE (from #30 up to #15)
+15 LOWDOWN (from #35 up to #20)

I’M GOIN’ DOWN: Biggest Drops
-21 PARTY LINE / FILL ME UP (Heart To Heart) (from #15 down to #36)
-21 IT'S BETTER THAN WALKING OUT (from #19 down to #40)
-21 GOTTA GET AWAY (From You Baby) (from #23 down to #44)
-17 GET OFF YOU AAHH! AND DANCE (from #29 down to #46)
-15 CALL ME / KEEP IT UP LONGER (from #15 down to #30)


IN THE LONG RUN: Longest Chart Runs
THAT’S WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO (18 consecutive weeks: 1st as single for 13 weeks/ now as part of the LP)
TURN THE BEAT AROUND (18 consecutive weeks)
LOVE HANGOVER (16 consecutive weeks)
GET UP AND BOOGIE (THAT’S RIGHT) (14 consecutive weeks)
” A LOVE TRILOGY” LP (13 consecutive weeks)
MOVIN' LIKE A SUPERSTAR (12 nonconsecutive weeks)


THE FINAL TALLY, HO
49 items this week; last week 45
+11 debuts +6 returns / -16 dropoffs
2 records on all 6 charts (Trammps, Double Exposure)
3 records on 5 charts ( Jesse Green, D.C. LaRue, Supremes)
1 record on 4 charts (Roberta Kelly)
7 records on 3 charts
7 records on 2 charts
29 records on only 1 chart

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What's It All About, Mar-keeey???
(Is it just for old disco we live???.....;-) well IS it????)


Same as it ever was....same as it ever was...same as it ever was....

"Where The Happy People Go" is still #1 (with 75 points) for the 7th straight week.....

A= #1; B= #4; C= #1; D= #5; E= #7; F= #3

holding it's closest competitor "Ten Percent" @ #2 (66 points) for the third week in a row.

A= #2; B= #3; C= #2; D= #10; E= #1; F= #12

At #3..."Nice & Slow" is charting everywhere except D (it charted there only once on 5/15/76)

at #4..."Cathedrals" charts everywhere except F (Houston)..won't chart there til August!!!

#5..."Trouble-Maker jumps up to #5 from its debut @ #13 --next week it charts on all 6 charts....

#6 ...The Supremes chart everywhere except F

#7....Donna Summer is still charting on all disco charts/ no retail chartings after 13 weeks.... ditto Miss Ross at #9, crawling back into the Top 10 with 25 points (last week 31 points only got her a #11)

#8....Jimmy James moves up to #8 (4th week in the Top 10)...

and rounding out the Top 10...last week's golden boy "Love Chant" drops from 5 chartings (47 points) to only 2 chartings (21 points) in its 3rd week!!! Phew!!! That was quick!!!


Tavares drops out of the Top 10--gaining chart B, but losing support from this week's chart F; it moves back up next week...

Roberta Kelly debuts a second title @ #11; Boz Scaggs moves "Lowdown" up to #20; Barrabas debuts a new one @ #35 with Top 10 potential; former Temptations member, Damon Harris with his new group, Impact, debuts 2 titles @ #41 (only one title will get into the Top 10)

Down near the bottom...poor "Be My Baby"--a real chart oddity--charts for the 4th week with only 1 measly point again; expect 2 more weeks with 1 point and a peak on 6/26/76 with a whopping 2 points!!! Somebody @ Colony must have a fondness for this remake of the Ronettes tune...it gets the #15 slot on chart C once again this week....

Next week, we have a total of 46 items; 7 titles debut, 2 return and 14 dropoff. The Top 10 allows 1 new item into the upper sphere and readmits one title--so 2 titles drop out landing at #11 & #12 (Don't look at Miss Ross... she's hangin' on to her #9, dammit.);-)

A second title charts from both Tavares (love this one) and David Ruffin, along with 2 titles from a new Peoples Choice LP. Also, Bill Pursell, Don Covay and a great one from Side Effect make their first appearances here...:grin:

Stay tuned......

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DISCO MIX by Tom Moulton

Column #85: 6/12/76


(NEW YORK) - CTI has been giving out advance test pressings of a cut off the new Lalo Schifrin "Black Widow" LP. The song is "Theme From Jaws" and for those DJs who have it the response has been excellent. The sound is something different and it could be called military marching disco music. The test pressings are 12-inch disco disk; the length is 8:15. The LP will be available later this month.

Curtis Mayfield's new "Give, Get, Take and Have" LP has a strong disco cut in "Party Night." It's the most commercial sounding disco song he has had in a long time.

The new Muscle Shoals Horns LP on Bang has a strong cut called "Breakdown." It is an instrumental version of one of the top disco hits of all times, "Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys."

Oasis has picked up the rights for Atlantic's (Germany) recording artist Roberta Kelly. The single "Love Power" which was released last fall in Germany and started getting play here in April (primarily due to Bobby "DJ" Guttadaro) is included in her "Trouble-Maker" LP.

Disco Texas (Texas Record Pool) is getting strong response to Cilla Black's "Fantasy" (Private Stock). The record will be released in the New York area soon. [this one floors me--Houston gets records before NYC???!!]:o:o:o

The Maryann Farra & Satin Soul LP will be available next week on Brunswick. The LP contains "Never Gonna Leave You" and "Do Those Little Things," plus a remake of their hit "Forget That Girl", which they recorded as De-Lite-ful. "Just A Little Timing" is the strongest cut. They have recorded two Chi-Lites' hits in "You Got To Be The One" and "Stoned Out Of My Mind."

"Because Of You" by AC Soulful Symphony (Right On!, dist. by Buddah) is being rush released. Quality of Canada sent the New York Record Pool the Canadian 12-inch disco-disk which is 6:06 in length and Buddah is also making up the 12-inch disk to service discos. The sound is very much like the DCA sound with some classical overtones in the strings.
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Coming Soon To a Disco Near You


ALWAYS THERE
DON’T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC
ONE FOR THE MONEY
SUN, SUN, SUN
THE BEST DISCO IN TOWN
YOU SHOULD BE DANCING
YOU + ME = LOVE
RUN TO ME
LET’S MAKE A DEAL/ I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN/ BE MINE
MY LOVE IS FREE / EVERYMAN (Has To Carry His Own Weight)
& CHERCHEZ LA FEMME!!!!!!!

[remicks]

June 12, 1976

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DISCO MIX by Tom Moulton

Column #85: 6/12/76


(NEW YORK) - CTI has been giving out advance test pressings of a cut off the new Lalo Schifrin "Black Widow" LP. The song is "Theme From Jaws" and for those DJs who have it the response has been excellent. The sound is something different and it could be called military marching disco music.

Oh, ....... great !!!!! :-P :-P

Just what we need ..... ANOTHER disco sub genre :p..... military marching disco music ... !!!!
Can't wait for the compilation package of this stuff !!!! :p:lol::lol: .......... ............ a Dimitri exclusive


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[markydefad]

no cant think at all this is interesting....
marky when do your tom moulton coloums end ?? [you did say they would] i have some that start in 77

I have the columns into September 1976--then I run out--unless somebody goes to the library and sends me some more....so I could use 1977 stuff.;)

[neonlights]

Glad to see The Girls still riding high :)

and this was a surprise:

48. * FANTASY – Cilla Black
(Private Stock 7”) (1 point/ F)
1 week on the chart/ * DEBUT

Cilla does Disco.. say it ain't so :o

"Because Of You" by AC Soulful Symphony (Right On!, dist. by Buddah) is being rush released. Quality of Canada sent the New York Record Pool the Canadian 12-inch disco-disk which is 6:06 in length and Buddah is also making up the 12-inch disk to service discos. The sound is very much like the DCA sound with some classical overtones in the strings.

Now this one sounds interesting.. Some more Can-Con disco I need to keep an eye out for..

[markydefad]

anyone know the backstory on the Cilla Black tune? It's too soon for a cover of the EW&F 'Fantasy", isn't it? :icon_question: EW&F are soon to release "Getaway" at this point in time....

Cilla did have a Top 40 hit in the USA in the mid-Sixties...the bombastic "You're My World", which Dionne Warwick covered on her "Valley of the Dolls" LP and didn't Helen Reddy remake this in the Seventies???:icon_question:

Very-Italian dramatic schmaltz ballad in the style of Dusty's "You Don"t Have To Say You Love Me"...."You're my world...you're every move I make...you're my world...you're everybreath I take...If our love ceases to be...then it's the END OF THe WORLD for me.(!!!!!!) --take a chill pill, Cill :-P .......(DIVA DRAMA akin to Miss Vikki Carr's psychotic "It Must Be Him"):-P

[DISCODISK]

this cilla thing is a puzzler never heard of it though im not sure i want to!,it was all over for cilla at this time here she was a has been, last pop hit was 74 then nada till 93, she came back in the 80s as a t.v presenter,my hunch is this never even got a single release here, i love that record youre my world [and anyone who had a heart] i think when i was a kid that was what first time i noticed strings on a record, i actually have a cillas greatest hits c.d with those songs on [though i hate the rest of it]. i think i was about six or seven and my aunty bought me youre my world cos i was off school sick, i thought that was pretty cool cos i wasnt sick at all i was lyin'! i drew a life size picture of her too and the teacher put it on the wall....COOL!!!!!

[Mixmachine]

The new Muscle Shoals Horns LP on Bang has a strong cut called "Breakdown." It is an instrumental version of one of the top disco hits of all times, "Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys."

Just pulled out this one, this is a killer old school funk album!, and this “Breakdown” cut is heavy 8-) , I had forgotten all about this instrumental, just did a quick Gemm check up and almost all this LP cuts were released as singles.. but no CD according to AMG. :icon_question: “Born to get down” and “Hustle to the music” are other two outstanding cuts off this LP.

Atlantic is coming with a 12-inch disco disk on Passport’s “Ju-Ju-Man”. The club copy will be 10:04 in length.Tom Savarese, DJ at 12 West club here, has been on the song for several weeks now, while other dance spots are starting to pick it up.

The sound is very much like Maxayn’s disco hit during the summer of 1974 with ”Moon-funk” The song features a very funky rhythm with a moog and synthesizer in an electronic soul feel.

Don’t remember that Passport’s cut, I only have a different LP by them, but I’m more interested in this Moon-Funk number, it was released on Capricorn Records, any other online info, Label scan ? Cd ? audio samples?

[remicks]

*****
>>> I guess I shouldn't be surprised that its time here was so limited ...but before it fades away completely .. . I did want to mention that

CHIC-CHICA-CHIC-CHICA-CHIC - Biddu Orchestra

is a fun one for those who think there's room for such things in their disco.
I guess you could file it under "camp" although that's not a preferred term for me ..... I'll stick to calling it " fun " .... I could see a half drunken conga line ( aren't they all ?? ) winding around and happily kicking away to it ......... ;) ..... :p:roll:



DROPPED OFF:


ROCK ME WITH YOUR LOVE/ CHIC-CHICA-CHIC-CHICA-CHIC - Biddu Orchestra (was #34/ 3 weeks on the chart)


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Also :

Billboard Soul/R&B Chart #1:
1) I'LL BE GOOD TO YOU – The Brothers Johnson (1 week @ #1)

(Items in BOLD have charted on the disco charts.)

Since I'LL BE GOOD TO YOU – The Brothers Johnson isn't in bold ....it means it hasn't charted here yet .... but does this also mean this song will not make even a dent on upcoming charts ?? Boy, that's quite a disco snub of the Bros. J first release .... no reported play at all of this uptempo #1 R&B tune :oops:.... This suggests to me that about now disco is better defining itself .... despite being a hugely popular song in other venues .... this soulful , lightfully funky tune didn't quite have the right ingredients for the club djs ...... .





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[markydefad]

I think I will be able to post the June 19, 1976 chart sometime this weekend ( hopefully Saturday--but maybe not til Sunday). I've got the actual chart & the Moulton column typed--just need to do that pesky stuff (dropoffs, etc.) that comes inbetween those 2 things...;)

[markydefad]

June 19, 1976

Billboard Pop Chart Top 10:

1) SILLY LOVE SONGS – Wings (3rd nonconsecutive week @ #1)
3) GET UP AND BOOGIE (That’s Right) – Silver Convention
4) MISTY BLUE – Dorothy Moore
4) LOVE HANGOVER – Diana Ross (2 weeks @ #1)
5) SARA SMILE – Daryl Hall & John Oates
6) SHANNON – Henry Gross
7) SHOP AROUND – Captain & Tennille
8. MORE, MORE, MORE – Andrea True Connection
9) AFTERNOON DELIGHT – Starland Vocal Band
10) I’LL BE GOOD TO YOU – The Brothers Johnson

Billboard Soul/R&B Chart #1:
1) SOPHISTICATED LADY (She’s a Different Lady) – Natalie Cole (1 week @ #1)

(Items in BOLD have charted on the disco charts.)
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Disco Action
Record World "National Disco File Top 20" #1: DISCO PARTY (week #3); (This is the chart being used by Joel Whitburn in his book for this time period--you know, the one chart versus 5 or 6, sometimes 7-- chart thang.)

But I've resolved that issue by combining the current 6 Billboard charts into one.

New Rule: from now on there will be a constant 6 charts published each week through the end of August, 1976--when a national chart takes the place of this format. 3 NYC retailers and 3 audience response charts from NYC, LA/San Diego and a guest city will be printed each week.


Billboard charts:

A= Top 15 Audience Response Records in NYC Discos
(#1= “WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO” LP ( All Cuts)) (7th week) ( single “That’s Where the Happy People Go” charted #1 for 7 consecutive weeks prior to the LP release; so 14 weeks in total)
B= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Downstairs Records (NYC)
(#1= TROUBLE-MAKER/ LOVE POWER) (2nd week)
C= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Colony Records (NYC)
(#1= “WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO” LP (All Cuts)) (7th week) ( single “That’s Where the Happy People Go” charted #1 for 7 consecutive weeks prior to the LP release; so 14 weeks in total)
D= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Melody Song Shops (Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island)
(#1= DON’T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC) (1st week)
E= Top 15 Audience Response Records in LA/ San Diego Discos:
(#1= TEN PERCENT) (3rd week)
F= Special Guest City Chart: Top 15 Audience Response Records in Washington, D.C. Discos:
(#1 = I’M GONNA LET MY HEART DO THE WALKING) (1st reported week)


6 charts with 15 items apiece; 15 points for a #1; 1 point for a #15; 90 maximum points. Add them up and voila!....
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THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS TOP 40 +6

Chart #87 (volume 2: #25 ): June 19, 1976

1) “WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO” LP (All Cuts) – The Trammps
(Atlantic LP) (75 points/ABCDEF)
9 weeks (LP)/ (“TWTHPG” single) 13 weeks on the chart (10 weeks prior to LP release)
8th week @ #1/ Last week: #1 (+/-0)
Side A: 1) Soul Searchin’ Time; 2) That’s Where The Happy People Go; 3) Can We Come Together;
Side B: 1) Disco Party; 2) Ninety-Nine And A Half (Won’t Do); 3) Hooked For Life; 4) Love Is A Funky Thing
2) TEN PERCENT – Double Exposure
(Salsoul 12” disco disk – Walter Gibbons Special Disco Version-now commercially available!!!)
(67 points/ ABC_EF)
8 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #2 (4th week) (+/-0)
3) I’M GONNA LET MY HEART DO THE WALKING – The Supremes
(Motown LP/ 7" single) (56 points/ ABCDEF)
9 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #6 (+3)
4) CATHEDRALS (CA-THE-DRALS) – D.C. LaRue
(Pyramid LP/ 12" single to be released) (49 points/ ABCDEF)
7 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #4 (+/-0)
5) TROUBLE-MAKER – Roberta Kelly
(Oasis LP) (49 points/ABCDEF)
3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #5 (+/-0)
6) NICE AND SLOW – Jesse Green
(Scepter 45/ 12” promo remix 5:45) (46 points/ ABC_EF)
8 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #3 (-3)
7) HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL – Tavares
(Capitol 7” (part 1 & 2) / 12" disco disk promo remix: 6:32) (35 points/_BC_ EF)
5 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #13 (+6)
8. “A LOVE TRILOGY” LP (All Cuts) – Donna Summer
(Oasis LP) ( 29 points/A___EF)
14 weeks on the chart / 3 weeks @ #1 / Last week: #7 (-1)
(LP Tracks: Side A: 1) Try Me, I Know We Can Make It
Side B: 1) Prelude to Love; 2) Could It Be Magic; 3) Wasted; 4) Come With Me
9) LOVE HANGOVER – Diana Ross
(Motown LP/12" promo) (23 points/ A___EF)
17 weeks on the chart/ 4 weeks @ #1/ Last week: #9 (+/-0)
10) LOVE POWER – Roberta Kelly
(Oasis LP) (23 points/ ABC___)
2 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #11 (+1)

11) I’LL GO WHERE YOUR MUSIC TAKES ME – Jimmy James & The Vagabonds
(Pye 45 / 12” promo released later in ‘76) (22 points/ A_C_E_)
10 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #8 (-3)
12) LOVE CHANT – Eli’s Second Coming
(Silver Blue Records 7”) (21 points/ AB____)
4 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #10 (-2)
13) LIPSTICK – Michel Polnareff
(Atlantic LP/ 7” / 12” promo remix only) (20 points/ AB_DEF)
6 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #12 (-1)
14) YOU’LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER LOVE LIKE MINE – Lou Rawls
(Philadelphia Intl. Records 7”/LP) ( 19 points/ BCD)
5 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #14 (+/-0)
15) CALL ME – Andrea True Connection
(Buddah LP) (18 points / CF)
4 weeks on the chart / Last week: #30 (+15)
16) * DON'T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC - Tavares
Capitol LP/ 12" single to be released) (15 points/ D)
1 week on the chart/ * DEBUT
17) * DISCOVER ME / FIRST ROUND KNOCKOUT - David Ruffin
(Motown LP) (14 points/ D)
1 week/ 3 weeks on the chart/ * DEBUT / Last week: / #24 (+7)
18. PARTY LINE – Andrea True Connection
(Buddah LP) (14 points each/ EF)
4 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #36 (+18.)
19) SOUL MAN – Calhoon
(Warner/ Spector 7”/ 12” promo REMIX disco disk 5:48.) (13 points/ C)
9 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #17 (-2)
20) FOXY LADY – Crown Heights Affair
(De-Lite 7” single) ( 12 points/ D)
8 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #43 (+23)

21) CAN’T STOP GROOVIN’ NOW, WANNA DO IT SOME MORE – B.T. Express
(Columbia LP/ 12" promo) (11 points/ D)
3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #18 (-3)
22) KEEP IT UP LONGER – Andrea True Connection
(Buddah LP) (11 points / B)
4 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #30 (+8.)
23) HOW’S YOUR LOVE LIFE – Lee Eldred
(Mercury 7”) (10 points/ B)
2 weeks on the chart/ Last week" #25 (+2)
24) LOWDOWN – Boz Scaggs
(Columbia LP/ 7” single) (9 points/E)
4 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #20 (-4)
25) YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE – Candi Staton
(Warner Bros. 45) (9 points/B)
10 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #26 (+1)
26) DISCO CARNIVAL – El Coco
(AVI LP) (8 points/ D)
2 weeks as a separate item/ 8 weeks as part of “Brazil” LP/ Last week: #31 (+5)
27) DON’T FIGHT THE FEELING – Willie Collins
(Mercury 7") (8 points/ B)
2 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #28 (+1)
28. TURN THE BEAT AROUND - Vicki Sue Robinson
(RCA LP/45) (8 points/F)
19 weeks on the chart/ 1 week @ #1/ Last week: #19 (-9)
29) DESPERATELY – Barrabas
( Atco 7” /Atlantic promo 12”) (7 points/ AF)
2 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #35 (+6)
30) TAKE A LITTLE – Liquid Pleasure
(Midland Intl. 7” single) (7 points/ A)
4 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #23 (-7)

31) FILL ME UP (Heart To Heart) – Andrea True Connection
(Buddah LP) (7 points / E)
4 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #36 (+5)
32) * HERE WE GO AGAIN - People's Choice
(TSOP LP / 7”) (7 points/ DE)
1 week on the chart/ * DEBUT
33) AMERICAN MUSIC – Dooley Silverspoon & Jeanne Burton
(Cotton 7” single) (6 points/ C)
2 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #42 (+9)
34) (R) THIS IS IT - Melba Moore
(Buddah 45/LP/ 12” promo 4:45) (6 points/ F)
11 weeks on the chart/ RETURN (last charted 6/15/76 @ #26)
35) NEW YORK CITY – Miroslav Vitous
(Warner Bros. LP/ 12” promo) (5 points/ B)
4 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #34 (-1)
36) (R) WHO LOVES YOU BETTER- The Isley Brothers
(T-Neck LP/ 7” single) (5 points/ D)
3 weeks on the chart/ RETURN (last charted 6/5/76 @ #17)
37) GIVE A BROKEN HEART A BREAK / HAPPY MAN – Damon Harris & Impact
(Atco 7”/ LP /both titles on a 12" single) (4 points each/ A)
2 weeks on the chart/ Last week : 41 (+4)
38. * NOW - Bill Pursell & The Nashville Sweat Band & Aides :-? (I kid you not!!!)
(Alston 7") (4 points/ C)
1 week on the chart/ DEBUT
39) * WE GOT RHYTHM - People's Choice
(TSOP LP) (4 points/ D)
1 week on the chart/ *DEBUT
40) * ALWAYS THERE - Side Effect
(Fantasy LP/ 7” single/ special promo 12” mix) (3 points/ AD)
1 week on the chart/ *DEBUT

41) * TRAVELIN' IN HEAVY TRAFFIC - Don Covay
(PIR LP / 7”) (3 points/ D)
1 week on the chart/ * DEBUT
42) MAKING LOVE – Sammy Gordon & The Hip Huggers
(Greg/ later Red Greg 7” / 12” promo) (2 points/ B)
6 weeks on the chart / Last week: #45 (+3)
43) PARTY – Van McCoy
(H & L LP/ 7” single) (2 points/ E)
4 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #27 (-16)
44) RAIN FOREST – Biddu Orchestra
(Epic 7” / promo only 12” disco disk just released: 4:40) (2 points/F)
9 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #16 (-28.)
45) SUGAR BOOGIE – Bobby Thomas & Hotline
(MCA 7” ) (2 points/ C)
4 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #37 (-8.)
46) BE MY BABY – Frankie Gee
(Lipstick 7” single) (1 point/ C)
5 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #47 (+1)
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The Chart Of LEAST Consensus

I’ve decided to type out the chart or charts that most bucks the consensus results of my Top 10 each week to show where the disparities lie.
Chart A= charts 9 items in my Top 10
Chart B= charts 8 items in my Top 10
Chart C= charts 8 items in my Top 10
Chart D= charts 4 items in my Top 10*
Chart E= charts 9 items in my Top 10
Chart F= charts 9 items in my Top 10

Well, once again it’s Chart D that won’t conform to the norm: * = Top 10

MELODY SONG SHOPS
1) DON’T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC – Tavares (Capitol LP)
2) FIRST ROUND KNOCKOUT/ DISCOVER ME – David Ruffin (Motown LP)
3) * WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO – The Trammps (Atlantic LP)
4) FOXY LADY - Crown Heights Affair (De-Lite)
5) CAN’T STOP GROOVIN’ – B.T. Express (Columbia)
6) * I’M GONNA LET MY HEART DO THE WALKING – The Supremes (Motown LP)
7) * TROUBLE-MAKER – Roberta Kelly (Oasis LP)
8. DISCO CARNIVAL – El Coco (AVI LP)
9) * CATHEDRALS – D. C. LaRue (Pyramid LP)
10) YOU’LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER LOVE LIKE MINE – Lou Rawls (PIR LP)
11) WHO LOVES YOU BETTER - Isley Brothers (T-Neck LP)
12) WE GOT THE RHYTHM / HERE WE GO AGAIN - People's Choice (TSOP LP)
13 TRAVELIN' IN HEAVY TRAFFIC - Don Covay (PIR LP)
14) ALWAYS THERE - Side Effect (Fantasy)
15) LIPSTICK - Michel Polnareff (Atlantic)
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ONE YEAR AGO IN DISCO HISTORY….June 21, 1975

THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS TOP 5
June 21, 1975

1) FOREVER CAME TODAY – The Jackson Five
(Motown LP) (49 points/ ABCD_)
3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #3 (+2)
2) DREAMIN' A DREAM - Crown Heights Affair
(De-Lite 45) (46 points/ ABCD_)
3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #10 (+8.)
3) FREE MAN - South Shore Commission
(Wand 45) (40 points/ A_CDE)
10 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #8 (+5)
4) THE HUSTLE – Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony
(Avco 45) ( 40 points/ A_CDE)
10 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #1 (-3) / (2 nonconsecutive weeks @ #1)
5) SWEARIN’ TO GOD – Frankie Valli
(Private Stock 45) (33 points/ (ABCD_)
13 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #5 (+/-0)
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STATS:

19 items: #10, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 31, 33, 36, (half) 37, 39, 41, 42, 45 & 46 NOT listed in Joel Whitburn’s Hot Dance/Disco (1974 – 2003) book.

DEBUTS: (+7)
16) * DON'T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC - Tavares (D)
17) * DISCOVER ME - David Ruffin (D)
32) * HERE WE GO AGAIN - People's Choice (DE)
38. * NOW - Bill Pursell & The Nashville Sweat Band & Aides (C)
39) * WE GOT RHYTHM - People's Choice (D)
40) * ALWAYS THERE - Side Effect (AD)
41) * TRAVELIN' IN HEAVY TRAFFIC - Don Covay (D)

RETURNS: (+2)
34) (R) THIS IS IT - Melba Moore (F)
36) (R) WHO LOVES YOU BETTER - Isley Brothers (D)

DROPPED OFF: (-14)
* SAN FRANCISCO HUSTLE - Silver Convention (was #15/ 9 weeks on the chart/ * will return)
* NO, NO, JOE - Silver Convention (was #15/ 11 weeks on the chart/ * will return)
PEOPLE OF TODAY - Isley Brothers (was #21/ 2 weeks on the chart)
MOVIN' LIKE A SUPERSTAR - Jackie Robinson (was #22/ 12 weeks on the chart)
TUBULAR BELLS - Champs' Boys Orchestra (was #29/ 5 weeks on the chart)
NIGHT WALK - Van McCoy (was #32/ 5 weeks on the chart)
IT'S OVER - Boz Scaggs (was #33/ 1 week on the chart)
GET UP AND BOOGIE (That's Right) - Silver Convention (was #38 / 14 weeks on the chart)
I WANNA BE WITH YOU - Doc Severinsen (was #39/ 1 week on the chart)
* IT'S BETTER THAN WALKING OUT - Marlena Shaw (was #40/ 2 weeks on the chart/ *will return)
* GOTTA GET AWAY (From You Baby) - First Choice (was #44/ 11 weeks on the chart/ * will return)
GET OFF YOUR AAHH! AND DANCE - Foxy (was #46/ 9 weeks on the chart)
*FANTASY - Cilla Black (was #48/ 1 week on the chart/ *will return)
*A TIME FOR CELEBRATION - Faith, Hope & Charity with Choice Four (was #49/ 1 week on the chart/ * will return)


MOVIN’ ON UP: Biggest Movers
+23 FOXY LADY (from #43 up to #20)
+18 PARTY LINE (from #36 up to #18.)
+15 CALL ME (from #30 up to #15)

I’M GOIN’ DOWN: Biggest Drops
-28 RAIN FOREST (from #16 down to #44)
-16 PARTY (from #27 down to #43)


IN THE LONG RUN: Longest Chart Runs
THAT’S WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO (19 consecutive weeks: 1st as single for 13 weeks/ now as part of the LP)
TURN THE BEAT AROUND (19 consecutive weeks)
LOVE HANGOVER (17 consecutive weeks)
” A LOVE TRILOGY” LP (14 consecutive weeks)


THE FINAL TALLY, HO
46 items this week; last week 49
+7 debuts +2 returns / -14 dropoffs
4 records on all 6 charts (Trammps, Supremes, D.C. LaRue, Roberta Kelly)
3 records on 5 charts ( Double Exposure, Jesse Green, Michel Polnareff)
1 record on 4 charts (Tavares)
5 records on 3 charts
6 records on 2 charts
27 records on only 1 chart

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What's It All About, Mar-keeey???
(Is it just for old disco we live???.....;) well IS it????)


"Yeah, it's the SAME--- OLD---- SONGS....."

The Trammps are still #1 for the 8th week trumping their closest competitors, Double Exposure once again by 9 points (76 to 67). This is the 4th straight week Double Exposure have been thwarted from reaching #1 by you know who.

The Trammps stats:

A= #1; B= #3; C= #1; D= #3; E= #8; F= #3

Double Exposure stats:

A= #2; B= #3; C= #2; D= n/c (dropped this week); E= #1; F= #5

The Supremes move back up to #3, mostly courtesy of a #1 ranking on guest city chart F (D.C.); they are across the board on all 6 charts for the first time; ditto D.C. LaRue and Roberta Kelly ("Trouble-Maker") at #4 & #5.

However, this is the only week all 3 will have 6 chartings; next week each loses one or two charts.

Jesse Green drops down to #6 this week from #3 last week. But don’t count him out just yet.

Tavares' "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel" moves back up into the Top 10 at #7 after a setback last week; all it is lacking is chart A (NYC discos!!!) and chart D which prefers another Tavares track "Don't Take Away The Music," which debuts there @ #1.

Divas Donna & Diana land at # 8 & #9, respectively, and budding Diva Roberta Kelly grabs a second spot in the Top 10 @ #10 with "Love Power."

As noted previously, the terrific "Don't Take Away The Music" is the most notable debut @ #16, along with a gem from Side Effect @ #40 (a cover adding vocals to a jazzy Ronnie Laws track, first released in 1975.) "Always There" stands the test of time, still sounding fresh and vital today. (I placed it next to a cover version from 1991 by Incognito on a tape I made--and BOTH sounded GREAT; Side Effect has not dated a whit.

In addition to 2 tracks apiece from Roberta Kelly & Tavares, this week Andrea True Connection charts 4 separate titles from their 1st LP (that means every track on the LP has charted!!!) ATC has titles @ #15, 18, 22 & 31. Also, People's Choice debuts 2 tracks from their new LP @ #32 & #39. Two former Temptations, David Ruffin & Damon Harris both chart 2 titles bundled together @ #17 & #37 respectively, from current LPs.

Personal faves from Boz Scaggs & Candi Staton get mid-chart rankings (#24 & #25)--both hampered by only one charting apiece; they will rise later.

Next week, we have 49 items-- with 8 debuts, 7 returns and 10 dropoffs. The Top 10 admits 2 new titles. Debuts include another title from the new People's Choice LP, in addition to the new John Davis & The Monster Orchestra & the new MFSB LPs. In addition, the flip side of the Barrabas 12" debuts along with new ones from The Whispers (their first appearance here since a one point/one week only charting of "Where There Is Love" on the very first disco chart from l0/26/74); Ashford & Simpson make their disco chart debut, along with something from Black Soul and last, but not least... the first appearance of a record with the memorable opening line...... "Tommy Mottola lives on the run." ;) Oh yeah...goodies are comin' just around he bend....
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DISCO MIX by Tom Moulton

Column #86: 6/19/76

(NEW YORK) Just released as a single is "One For The Money," title cut from the Whispers' forthcoming LP on Soul Train Records. The disk, produced by Norman Harris at Philadelphia's Sigma Sound, has a funky feel to it, unusual when you consider that to date the group's main success has come with mellow ballads.

The song builds to a rhythm break, with another buildup following back to the full orchestra sound. Several DJs here have been doubling the break, making the song longer and even more exciting.

The new Zulema album "Suddenly There Was You" (RCA) has three interesting cuts: "Hungry For Your Love," with a good solid r&b feel; "A New Day Is Coming," gospel sounding and with a strong melody line, and "All I Need Is You," directed at the pro-oriented audience.
[pro-oriented?? :-o:icon_question::???:…..oh maybe it’s supposed to be “pop-oriented”???]

Also, just out on RCA is Buddy Rich and the Big Band Machine's "Speak No Evil" LP. Knockout cut on the disk is "Fight The Power," featuring solos by Wayne Andre, trombone; Lew Soloff, trumpet, and Joe Farrell, tenor sax. The cut runs six minutes.

Sondra Simon & Simon Said's new single is "Mama Can You Meet The 6:15" (Atco). Without a doubt, this is the best effort to date for the girls who used to back up Gloria Gaynor. The sound here has some of the qualities of a Gaynor recording. A 12-inch disco disk of a 6:29 long version is forthcoming.

John Luongo, head of the Boston record pool, has been getting strong audience response to the New York Walkers' instrumental version of "Steady Flow." The song was played there on WBVF-FM's disco show and the response was strong enough to prompt a number of local DJs to obtain copies, says Luongo.

Several other spinners are also getting good reaction to the record. It will be released soon on the DCA label.

Jaguar, a local label out of Hialeah Gardens, Florida, has released a 12-inch disco disk from the Viva. The song, "Bandolero '76," is an interesting combination of funky guitar & drum with breaks and a Latin sound in between vocals. Actually, it sounds like two different records mixed together that work.


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Coming Soon To a Disco Near You

ONE FOR THE MONEY
SUN, SUN, SUN
THE BEST DISCO IN TOWN
YOU SHOULD BE DANCING
YOU + ME = LOVE
RUN TO ME
LET’S MAKE A DEAL/ I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN/ BE MINE
RUBBERBAND MAN
MY LOVE IS FREE / EVERYMAN (Has To Carry His Own Weight)
NIGHT FEVER
& CHERCHEZ LA FEMME!!!!!!!:grin::grin::grin::grin::grin:

[Mixmachine]

49) * A TIME FOR CELEBRATION Faith, Hope & Charity with Choice Four
(RCA 7”) (1 point/ D)
1 week on the chart/ * DEBUT

mixmachine, Here , I give you a Van McCoy produced ,arranged, conducted song I never cared for, He uses Faith Hope and Charity with Choice Four, "A Time for Celebration" released in 1976, apparently McCoy got swept up in the Bicentennial Celebrations and was feeling very patriotic when he penned this to a Disco beat.

I never knew this record charted, wow:-o:icon_idea::roll:

[markydefad]

Yep, Van McCoy was feelin' the patriotic fever (the US Bicentennial is comin' up July 4, 1976)...so he attempted to make some $$$$ off it with this "A Time For Celebration" disk...will chart a couple of times...then poof! it's gone!!!

I have this on the FH&C LP--I played it once a while back--but it didn't really register anything from me..maybe I'll spin it again.

[Mixmachine]

Jaguar, a local label out of Hialeah Gardens, Florida, has released a 12-inch disco disk from the Viva. The song, "Bandolero '76," is an interesting combination of funky guitar & drum with breaks and a Latin sound in between vocals. Actually, it sounds like two different records mixed together that work.

I'm so surprised Tom Moulton mentioned this local records in his column, this track is really refreshing today, back in the day we hardly played this local stuff much since this Latin-Disco musical style was prevalent in many local clubs with house bands, this reminder came just in time for me, as I'm trying to put together a Theme CD with many of this local forgotten jewels. http://www.discomusic.com/records-more/7107_0_2_0_C/

[remicks]

I'm so surprised Tom Moulton mentioned this local record in his column,

I've noticed that Tom more often than not , seemd to mention songs and projects in his column that didn't go on to impact the charts much. I don't know if those were his intentions, to give notice toward the little guy .... or if he just didn't have the best ear for spotting the soon to be hot stuff ...... :icon_question: ........:roll: .....

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[markydefad]

I've noticed that Tom more often than not , seemd to mention songs and projects in his column that didn't go on to impact the charts much. I don't know if those were his intentions, to give notice toward the little guy .... or if he just didn't have the best ear for spotting the soon to be hot stuff ...... :icon_question: ........:roll: .....

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I too have noticed this and someone called attention to it before. (Quinny, I believe)

My take is that Tom is giving mentions to things that are happening in one market that might have crossover appeal if DJs were aware...he surely doesn't need to ballyhoo the obvious stuff....usually there's one or two mainstream offerings (The Whispers this week) and several more obscurities. Remember, there was no internet--news traveled much more slowly at this time--DJs usually had to go to bigger cities like NYC to find out what was being played and stock up on the new hot records...I know in SF they used to talk about what someone was playing in NYC and trying to get their hands on these import or obscure titles....(granted this was later than 1976...)

However, the mentioning of obscurities does peak one's interest, doesn't it? Obviously, there were lots of records that never made these Billboard chartings but did get played in certain areas of the country....the charts actually get more HOMOGENIZED & BLANDER when the National charts are introduced. The oddball stuff the retailers sometimes mentioned is left out of the mix...or so it seems at this point in my perusals of what happens next.....

How many times do you need to call attention to Gloria Gaynor (next week he does) or Donna Summer's efforts??? They're sure-fire sellers at this point.

Besides, Tom with a "tin ear"???--Doesn't sound possible to me--he nailed it too often to have frequently fallible taste. That's my opinion.;)

[remicks]

I too have noticed this and someone called attention to it before. (Quinny, I believe)

....the mentioning of obscurities does peak one's interest, doesn't it? Obviously, there were lots of records that never made these Billboard chartings but did get played in certain areas of the country....the charts actually get more HOMOGENIZED & BLANDER when the National charts are introduced. The oddball stuff the retailers sometimes mentioned is left out of the mix...or so it seems at this point in my perusals of what happens next.....

Thank's for some good input Marky !! ( can we be friends again? :roll::p)
I agree ....these times ---- the early disco years are so much fun because disco was still a loose cannon... coming at you from every angle . The required disco formula hadn't been so instilled yet. So much creativeness and variety .... so many secret songs ( I love it ) .

Besides, Tom with a "tin ear"???--Doesn't sound possible to me--he nailed it too often to have frequently fallible taste. That's my opinion.;)

I think Tom was lucky to have been involved with many wonderful projects that more easily enabled him to be of help to them . He took good music and I presume , made it better. He was also involved with stinkers and his golden touch was ineffectual.
And don't forget his own disco label --- Tom & Jerry ..... he sure didn't seem to have his finger on the pulse with his output there ....:roll:

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[markydefad]

NEXT:

I'll provide several articles from Billboard that might be of interest:

5/15/76: Salsoul Has a 12-Inch Single

5/15/76: Club DJs Mixing Masters (RE: Walter Gibbons, etc.)

6/19/76: 12-Inch 45 Disco Disk Sales Brisk

6/26/76: New Labels Add 12-Inch Singles (The forthcoming releases in this format)

Will be up this weekend!!!

[markydefad]

[UPDATE: 7/16/06] THANKS TO MY NEW "HELPER", I can now provide the beginnings of 2 articles for which I previously only had the continuations.. this is the first....

Billboard--May 15, 1976

SALSOUL HAS A 12-INCH DISCO SINGLE


A New 12-Inch 45 Salsoul Disco Label
By Rudy Garcia

NEW YORK—Salsoul Records has launched a special discotheque label, Salsoul Disco, with the release of the first 12-inch 45-r.p.m. single for commercial sale.

Suggested list price for the product will be $2.98; however, with a distributor net price of $1.28, it is expected that the disco single will be available at discount retailers for about $2.

There are several distinctive features of the commercial 12-inch single. Each record is inserted in a special universal four-color jacket with a center hole punched for label information to show through. The jacket contains only the label designation, allowing it to be used for all of the product to be released for that special market.

“Actually, it costs us a penny more to manufacture than an album,” says Chuck Gregory, Salsoul Records executive. “They charge us the extra cent to die-cut the hole.”

Joe Cayre, president of Cayre Industries, Inc., the label’s parent company, says the new venture was undertaken at the suggestion of numerous record dealers in those cities with heavy discotheque action. (continued on page 38)





....Cayre admits that he is going after a specialized market.

"The disco dancer market often changes the concept of selling quality mixes for dancing, rather than music for easy listening, but if that's what this specific customer wants, we feel we have the expertise to give it to him."

"After all, with the enormous success of the Salsoul Orchestra album which has been charted for eight months and has a third hit single from it coming along, we feel we are pioneers in the disco business. If we're pioneers, then it falls on us to break new ground which we feel we're doing with this 12-inch single."

"We're not really going into it blind. We have had encouraging reports from the main disco market areas and studied the problem for three months before deciding to move," Cayre explains.

Dealers will be given special promotional material to display with the product with heavy emphasis through the local discos.

"It may be that in some areas where dealers are reluctant to try the new 12-inch single we may have to make it available through the discos themselves, " Gregory says.

"But right now we hope that with in-store displays and demonstration play we'll be able to avoid that route and use it to bring a new specialty market to the retailers. The next releases will be by Carol Williams and will contain both an uptempo disco tune and a ballad which will also give us a chance to test the marketability of the music before releasing the regular single."

"One of the main purposes for providing this product for a specialized market is to get the disco dancers into the retail store," Cayre adds. "Disk jockey versions of innumerable disco hits are selling as collector's items, when available, for as much as $7 per disk, which leads us to believe that there is a viable market for this product."

Cayre and Gregory maintain that people who have spent a night dancing to the extended disco versions would like to be able to buy the same product the next day. Usually they can't because the record is commercially available only in the edited versions used for radio and regular album cuts."

The first Salsoul Disco release by Double Exposure, a group signed to Salsoul Records. Called "Ten Percent," it contains two different mixes of the same tune, one lasting 7:07 minutes and the other 9:15 minutes. It has been commercially available as a standard 45-r.p.m. 7-inch disk in a much shorter version.

"Through our disco and retail research," Cayre says, "we've discovered that a disco record often has a longer period of popularity than a standard pop record."

"As the demand for this type of product is increasing, and as most people's home listening and lighting equipment becomes more sophisticated, they can easily create the atmosphere of a disco in their own living rooms, and often prefer the better sounding extended versions which can be cut hotter as a result of the wider grooves."

"Of course, the other problem is that of mechanical royalties," Gregory goes on. "Naturally we can't expect to pay the same for a nine-minute version as we would for a three or four-minute cut. But deals can be made and accommodations worked out where everyone can benefit."

"I do see it limiting the use somewhat of outside material for songs for which the label also has the publishing rights. This is only to give the product a real chance to catch on in the street before having to pay out mechanicals."

Both Cayre and Gregory feel that the 12-inch disco disk is not an expensive item given the amount of music contained.

"A regular album contains about 36 to 40 minutes of music and our disco single will have between 16 and 18 minutes," Gregory says. "If you figure that a regular album sells for $6.98 list and the disco single for $2.98 it works out just about the same."

Some dealers have reacted rather skeptically to the idea; however, the Downstairs Store in New York, Record Museum in Philadelphia, Gary's in Washington and Grammophone Records in San Francisco all placed healthy initial orders, apparently believing the market exists. [RUDY GARCIA]
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June 19, 1976

12-inch 45 Disco Disk Sales Brisk

by Rudy Garcia

[New York] Sales of the first commercial 12-inch 45 r.p.m. disco single released last month by the Salsoul Disco label have been "excellent" in the test market areas and will lead to the release of two more disks and a wider distribution program this month, according to Joe Cayre, president of the Caytronics Corp., the label's parent company.

Cayre's evaluation was substantiated by several retail outlets throughout the country which were asked to report on the popular acceptance of the product.

The 12-inch single provides lengthy disco versions of recorded product which previously had been made available as promotional copies to discotheques. Carrying a list price of $2.98, but selling for about $2.29, the record is packaged in a universal four-color album jacket allowing the pancake label to provide title and artist information.

The first release by Salsoul contains two versions, one of 7:07 minutes and one of 9:15 minutes, of the song "Ten Percent" sung by a new group, Double Exposure, featuring the Salsoul Orchestra.

"If both the 12-inch and the standard single had been released at the same time, the sales of the big record would have been even greater," Gary Friedman of Gary's Records in Washington, D.C. As it is, the sales are great, particularly for our kind of clientale who are really into disco. What happens is that when they hear the record in a club they want it right away, so a lot of our people already had the standard size single when the long version was released."

In Philadelphia, Albert Dakins of the Record Museum chain reports that sales of the 12-inch album-size disk have been impressive.

"The big record is selling very well. As a matter of fact, it's outselling the standard single by 10 to one. It's not only the r&b and club people who are buying it. We're even getting people who are into rock 'n' roll asking for the record," Dakins says.

Dakins adds that in-store play has helped sales, but that local radio has been instrumental in pushing the product.

"There are several stations in town which are playing the 7-minute version and one station which is heavy into disco sound, has been playing the 9-minute version at least once an hour. That has really helped sales because the people hear the long version and want to buy it," he says.

In New York, Dave Rothfeld of Korvette's reports that the first day the item was put on the 34th St. store's shelves, it sold over 200 units. "It's the hottest item I have had in years in that store. It looks like Joe Cayre has got a winner with this idea," he says.

At the Grammophone Shop in San Francisco, the report is that sales of the disco version are "phenomenal."

"We had to reorder several times in the first two weeks," says Dean Stamatopolos of Grammophone. "This record is a whole new thing for the industry and I think it's the biggest thing to hit the industry in a long time because it's giving the customer something between the small single and the LP."

Dean adds that the sales have been great, particularly for us since we're heavy into disco. [FYI, The Grammophone was located near the popular disco Buzzby's on Polk Street.] At the $2.29 price it's selling real well, but I kind of expected that because I've been an advocate for such a product for a long time. I just didn't think anyone would come out with it so soon."

"If they keep the quality of the product up, it will continue to sell. That's the key to the whole thing. We play it in the store and we have a window display, all of which helps. It's also good because the customers know they can stack these at home and really get to dance a while which they can't do with the standard single."

But the continued success of the item will always depend on the quality of the product. "If it's a bummer, I don't care how much of a novelty it is, it won't sell,' Dean says.

Chuck Gregory, Salsoul's marketing chief, believes another key is to produce the long single as a 45 r.p.m. item instead of the 33 &1/3 r.p.m., as is the case with the most previously released promotional discotheque versions.

"There are two reasons for the 45 r.p.m. speed," says Gregory. "One is practical and the other is psychological. On the practical side is the fact that the wider groove allows you to turn it up and play it real hot without popping the needle out of the groove."

'The psychological reason for the 45 r.p.m. speed is the fact that even a 9-minute version at 33 & 1/3 would still only take up a relatively small portion of the vinyl in a 12-inch pancake and the customer would see this and think he is being cheated. The faster speed takes up more space and doesn't call the customer's attention to a lot of unused vinyl space."

In future releases, one of which is set for new artist Carol Williams, plans are for each record to contain two different songs instead of two different versions of one song.

Apparently, reports on the brisk sales of the commercial 12-inch single have reached other ears because several companies with disco product are considering joining the bandwagon, although none have announced definite release plans as yet.
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[UPDATED: 7/16/06] Now the beggining of this article is available for your reading pleasure. In case you don't wanna miss a thing....


May 15, 1976

age 1—Club DJs Blend Cuts For Cos.’ Disco Disks By Jim Melanson

NEW YORK—Blending of final-mix disco tracks by club DJs for commercial and 12-inch promotional releases is the latest twist in the ongoing discotheque scene.

Both Scepter and Salsoul have opted to come with disks featuring spinner blending, Scepter on “Nice And Slow” by Jesse Green and Salsoul on “Ten Per Cent” by the group Double Exposure.

Walter Gibbons, DJ at Galaxy 21 here worked the Double Exposure tune while Howard Metz, spinner at Los Angeles’ Circus Maximus club, gets blending credit on the Scepter record. (continued on page 39)


CLUB DJS MIXING MASTERS

(continued from page 1)

Notably, the development stacks up as a mini-breakthrough for label-disco DJ relations, as a number of labels have sought to involve spinners in various phases of production of disks aimed at the dance set without much success to date.

In most cases, either the spinners weren't sophisticated enough for in-studio a&r work or they found their paths blocked by well-entrenched producers and mixers already familiar with the dance sound.

One exception, though, has been RCA's David Todd, DJ at Adam's Apple here, who's been acting in the capacity of a&r consultant and promotional coordinator on disco product from the label.

"We broke our first record via the discos and that's where our strength still is," says Salsoul's Ken Cayre. He explains that going to [Walter] Gibbons for a blending of two separate tracks (one a vocal, the other an instrumental) was part of a conscious effort to make product appealing to discos.

The tracks provided to Gibbons were final-mixes which ran approximately four minutes in length. The spinner, who blended the tracks at the Frank Ford Wayne Laboratories here and who was paid $185 for his efforts, produced the 9:45 version.

That version was used for 12-inch disco disks sent out for airplay (2,500 in all) and has recently been used on the flip side of a commercial 12-inch 45 r.p.m. record shipped by the label (see separate story).

Cayre says that the $185 broke down to $85 to cover Gibbons salary at the club for the night and $100 for the blending. Gibbons is given credit for the blend on both the commercial and promotional pressings.

The record, featuring the four-man group Double Exposure, was arranged by Norman Harris and produced by Baker/Harris/Young Productions.

"We feel that disco spinners are better equipped to judge the public's response to disco product," explains Cayre. He says that the label hopes to involve other area DJs in the future releases, for blending as well as for the mixing purposes.

Over at Scepter, label executive Mel Cheren says that [Howard] Metz' involvement happened inadvertently. The West Coast player received a promotional copy of the single "Nice and Slow," with a 3:05 vocal version on one side and a 4:40 instrumental version on the flip side, for club exposure.

Without being asked, Metz blended both versions and came up with a new 5:45 version and passed it along to Scepter's Patrick Jenkins, who sent it back to Cheren here.

Cheren, who mixed the original two versions, says that he was impressed enough with Metz' new versions to go back into the studio using the blended version as a guideline for a new mix.

The new Cheren/Metz blend-mix is the one going out to clubs via 12-inch promotional disks (1,600 copies).

How much Metz was paid Cheren wouldn't say, but he does state that Metz is given credit on the blended disk version.

It's also planned to use the new version for the second run of commercial copies pressed, adds Cheren.

Interestingly, the 12-incher also marks a first for Scepter in that it's used to promote product on separate labels. The flip side features the tune "I Get Lifted" by Sweet Music, which records for Scepter-distributed
Wand. "Nice And Slow" is on Scepter itself.

Cheren says he's long sought to involve club spinners in label activities and that he's hopeful that this latest development will help the flow of communication between the camps.

"The disco DJs are the kids with the ears," he says.

Midland International had used a local spinner on the production and final mix of Marboo's "What About Love" single last December but, according to a label spokesman, there are no plans at present to build on it. The feeling is that in-house capability meets the need.

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June 26, 1976

NEW LABELS ADD 12-INCH SINGLES

By Tom Melanson & Tom Moulton

(NEW YORK) - A greater market impact from the new commercial 12-inch disco single is expected shortly as a number of labels here have given the go-ahead on releasing retail versions of disks previously used for promotional purposes only.

Indications are that within the next few weeks there will be more than a dozen titles commercially available on 12-inch disks. The goods will come from Roulette, CTI, Scepter, RCA-distributed Midland International and possibly Amherst.

In effect, a mini-bandwagon is being created behind Salsoul Records recent first move in this area. Salsoul itself is planning to add more 12-inchers as a followup to its groundbreaking release last month. (Billboard, June 19).


The $2.98 suggested list used by Salsoul has been uniformly picked up by other labels. Cost to distributors does vary from label to label, though.

It’s expected that actual store price on the disks will be in the range of $2.29, as has been the case with Salsoul’s ”Ten Percent” title.

Interestingly, the uniformity in the march into the 12-inch camp does break down when it comes to record speed. Both 33 & 1/3 and 45-r.p.m. disks will be involved.

Also noteworthy is that some of the records will couple two different artists performing their respective songs. The buyer, in effect, will be offered two A-side singles on the same disk.

First to follow Salsoul’s lead was Scepter, which shipped a 12-incher last week, featuring Jesse Green and the group Sweet Music, one of the coupled disks.

According to label executive Mel Cheren, only a couple of thousand copies were shipped, and only to such disco-oriented cities such as Los Angeles, Detroit and New York.

Even though Salsoul has reported strong response to the 12-inch single concept, Cheren explains that Scepter prefers to go slowly and test-market for itself.

Titles on the record are Greene’s ”Nice And Slow” (5:45) and Sweet Music’s ”I Get Lifted” (6:10).

He says that no free goods will be involved, and that distributor cost for each record is $1.50.

The Scepter disk is at 33 & 1/3 so as to allow listeners to play it without having to change speed from their LPs, explains Cheren.

CTI ships “Summertime 2001 (A-side) and ”Theme From Good King Bad” (B-side) Monday (21), says Jerry Wagner, vice president, marketing. The featured artist is George Benson.

Initial press run is 20,000 copies, explains Wagner. He adds that regular commercial 7-inch disks are also being shipped.

The 12-inch record has a 7:16 running time on the A-side and a 6 minute length on the flip side. The speed is 45 r.p.m.

Gross distributor price on CTI’s disk is $1.54, while the free goods net is $1.28.

At Roulette/Pyramid, four 12-inch releases are planned to hit the market by early July, according to Dennis Ganim, president, Pyramid, and Ira Leslie, national sales manager.

Each of the releases will feature coupled artists, four from the Pyramid labels and four from Roulette.

The Pyramid disks will pair D.C. LaRue (”Cathedrals” with Pat Lundy [says “Pay!”] (“Day By Day/ My Sweet Lord” medley) and Jakki (“Sun, Sun, Sun”) with Phil Medley & MVB (“Snap It”) .

The Roulette releases will pair Four Below Zero (“My Baby’s Got ESP”) with Gentleman And Their Lady (“Like Her!”) and Poison (“Do You Wanna Do”) with Stratavarious featuring Lady (“I Got Your Love”).

Net cost to distributors will be $1.25. All records will be packaged in a cardboard jacket with a dye-cut center hole and shrink-wrapped. The record will be 45 r.p.m.

While an exact shipping date couldn’t be firmed for its first 12-inch commercial disco disk, word from Bob Reno at Midland International is that the next Silver Convention single will go out as both a 12-incher and as a regular single. Again, the suggested list will be $2.98, but what the RCA branch price to dealers would be was not available.

Amherst’s Barry Lyons, national marketing director, explains that the label is seriously toying with releasing 12-inch commercial copies. They are researching now and the status of the project is iffy, he explains. He does add though, that the company will eventually come with 12-inch retail disco disks.

The label has released a promotional copy of Chicago Gangsters’ ”Gangster Love” (7:32), but if the go-ahead is given, it will come in all likelihood on a forthcoming single by the group Whole Darn Family (Soul International label). Speed preference at Amherst is 33 & 1/3.

Also coming from Salsoul will be a commercial 12-inch disk from Carol Williams. [what was the title of this??? They keep mentioning her in every column yet fail to mention that Moment Of Truth will release a commercial 12" of "So Much For Love" b/w "Helplessly" (a longer mix than the 1975 version-- both mixed by Tom Moulton; however my 12" of "SMFL" has an instrumental version on the flip side...(???)]

It’s also expected that as more and more commercial copies find their way into the market, other labels releasing just promotional versions will follow the commercial route.

[remicks]

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Marky , it's quite wonderful that you've taken the time to transcribe these insightful articles.8-)

Reading them really brings forth the excitement of the times within an emerging segment of the the music industry.
Disco is busting out .... this despite the Rolling Stone/AOR-FM crowd's control at this time ( or so they think ;))....and is now taking matters into its own hands , molding the industry to suit its needs :razz: ... and in doing so , it's about to royally knock the recording establishment off its hippy-dippy ass !!

Notice it ain't CBS or RCA or WARNERS that's making this happen ....

.............. it's SALSOUL !!!!

How beyond cool is that !!!!...

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[remicks]

June 19, 1976



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1) “WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO” LP (All Cuts) – The Trammps
(Atlantic LP) (75 points/ABCDEF)
9 weeks (LP)/ (“TWTHPG” single) 13 weeks on the chart (10 weeks prior to LP release)
8th week @ #1/ Last week: #1 (+/-0)

While I can't think of a more deserving project ....... even I am finding eight weeks at #1 to be (almost ) excessive. (Don't like to see that top position overly dominated .... Share the honour guys ... Don't deny 10% the privilege ) It is a conclusive reminder though just how HUGE this release was !!! But two months at #1 is really incredible .

Some great debuts this week :
DEBUTS: (+7)
16) * DON'T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC - Tavares (D)
17) * DISCOVER ME - David Ruffin (D)
32) * HERE WE GO AGAIN - People's Choice (DE)
38. * NOW - Bill Pursell & The Nashville Sweat Band & Aides (C)
39) * WE GOT RHYTHM - People's Choice (D)
40) * ALWAYS THERE - Side Effect (AD)
41) * TRAVELIN' IN HEAVY TRAFFIC - Don Covay (D)



Particularly DON'T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC -Tavares
and :
ALWAYS THERE - Side Affect ...some Bay Area disco .... one of the best jazz disco tunes of them all ....IMO... and Fantasy label's first charting in 1976. ... and their second act to score here ( They 've charted previously with a different act in 1975 .... anyone know who ? ;-):icon_question: )

And as always, there are new tunes I dont recall/never knew ..five ouit of seven this week ! 8-)

What I've discovered from these so far :HERE WE GO AGAIN ( 5:56 ) by People's Choice ....great tune ! Written and arranged by Leon Huff himself for that solid Phily sound ... .. this song has got that O'Jays I LOVE MUSIC feel to it ... which must have pleased fans of that mega-tune.... same emphasis on the low end ... same drum /bass .... This is wonderful funky yet smooth disco ....a fast instrumental sans any strings or horns (!) ....it is all about the bass and organ and drumming including constant brushing ..... The only vocal is a male chorus announcing "Here we go again y'all " ....and an electronically tweaked "do-it do-it do-it do-it" ... the main change out is the addition of a voice coder during the last minute ( remember Peter Frampton was really scoring large with this right at this time ) . Anyway .... this one is a head bopper !!! 8-)
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this week .... no Dirty Lowdown ??? :sad:

and OK ....I'll bite :razz:......

Coming Soon To a Disco Near You
NIGHT FEVER

.... is coming soon ? .... really ??

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