Reply With QuoteWe always played Amanda Lear's "Sweet Revenge" from A to Z!
Indie Release [Level 4]
Hello Guys! :D I was playing a few of my 70s disco albums tonight and I happened to run across one of my favorites:
Gloria Gaynor's "Never Can Say Goodbye". I remember that album was a "HUGE" favorite to dance to back at my Junior High dances...We used to let the A side play straight through...From "Honeybee - Reach Out, I'll Be There" and of course the most memorable "Never Can Say Goodbye" sandwiched in the middle! By the late 70's I remember that the disco albums that played straight through were pretty common and became a staple. But can anyone remember any
"early" disco albums like Gloria's (excluding Donna Summer's work) that played straight through? Or was Gloria's album unique for its time?
Please help me "jog" my old noggin' here... :lol: Mario
Take Care... 8)
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We always played Amanda Lear's "Sweet Revenge" from A to Z!
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Blue Magic's self entitled debut from 1974 is one I never tire of. I program my Cd's with all of those tracks first and then listen to other tracks. I must say their creativeness deminished with each passing album until they were almost unlistenable. The only other artist who is like that is Babyface.
Gold Record [Level 7]
the following both sides:
Earth, Wind & Fire - Spirit
Average White Band - Soul Searching
Ohio Players - Angel
Ohio Players - Honey
Ohio Players - Skin Tight
Side A
Mary Wells - Greatest Hits
just off the top of my head... this is hard! some are almost... but these are the tops.
Underground Hit [Level 5]
Carol Douglas Midnight Love Affair 1976 Side A
Platinum Record [Level 8]
When you refer to albums being 'played straight through', do you mean ones that had great sides? Or that were edited for continuously play (i.e. no fade outs between songs), which is how that Gloria Gaynor was pressed?
Side A of the Ritchie Family's Brazil, and the Arabian suite from Arabian Nights fall under the cued for continuous play category.
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Acetate [Level 1]
THE BROTHERS 1976. DON'T STOP NOW is exactly this kind of album. Drop the needle and enjoy...turn it over and do it again!
DISCO LIVES IN L.A!!!
Chart Hit [Level 6]
"played straight through" means...
Underground Hit [Level 5]
... what now would be called "Gapless"
Gold Record [Level 7]
The Magic Disco Machine "Discotech" Lp is segued and /or gapless, some transitions are more "tight" than others.
This early Motown Lp (75) is all instrumental and many cuts sound like they were pulled from movie "sound tracks'' , a couple of cuts are written and/or produced by Gloria Jones, mention around the board lately, the complete LP is solid, but my faves were always "Control Tower" "Window Shopping" and of course "Scratchin' " which just realised this week was released on a 12" cutting at 8:42 :o
http://www.discomusic.com/records-more/1386_0_2_0_C/
http://www.discomusic.com/records-more/6675_0_2_0_C/
Trivia: My first ever Mobil Party was promoted with flyers borrowing the "Bump Dancing" chick on the cover of this LP, I think I still have copies :o
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That's insane - 8 minutes? If it was a Canada only release, I bet it was created by re-editing the original LP version, just like what some Canadian label did with Bay City Rollers 'Don't Stop The Music' and Jackie Robinson's 'Pussyfooter' (both were done/created in Quebec). I'm not a fan of those because they aren't true remixes. Is this version of 'Scratchin' a remix from the master tapes? Or just a re-edit? From the scan of the label in the link it looks like it's probably the latter as it was produced in Quebec.Originally Written by Mixmachine
That album is pretty cool. I think a lot of those tracks were instrumental reworkings of older vocal cuts, like 'Scratchin' was originally released as a Reuben Wilson cut a couple of years earlier. And 'You Don't Know How Hard It Is' by Devastating Affair was released as a single a year earlier, using a slightly different mix. The follow-up Magic Disco Machine Vol.2 LP wasn't as good.
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Indie Release [Level 4]
Side-1 of Gloria Gaynor's 1975 "Experience" album is continuous. It contains the medley of 'Casanova Brown', 'If You Want It Do It Yourself' and 'How High the Moon'. (I'm too lazy to dig it out and see if Side-2 is continuous.)
http://www.discomusic.com/records-more/2736_0_2_0_C/
The medley is available on the 1998 Gloria Gaynor "I Will Survive: The Anthology" CD on Polydor (catalog# 3145572362).
Indie Release [Level 4]
I always liked ( and still like!) KC& The Sunshineband with "I'm Your Boogieman-Keep It Coming love".
Test Pressing [Level 2]
You're right...at the end it's only a re-edited version from the original. I think that normally, if a remixer put his hands on an original master tape, he doesn't limit himself doing a re-editing, so....But i could get wrong!
Anyway it's an early disco mix from 70's and it's credited as "the official mix" by 12inch collectors.
Platinum Record [Level 8]
It depends on how far back he goes with the master tapes. If it's the final mix on 2 track tape, then technically its made from the master tape. If Tower Records (related to the store of the same name?) got its hands on that 2 track master and edited from that, which is the most likely scenario, then it would be an edit from a master tape. But for me, a true remix is one that goes back further to the original 16 or 24 track masters and puts the track together in a different mix.
If it wasn't created by Motown in the US, or done from the stem tapes, I don't think of it as 'official'. But that's just my tastes. I certainly won't shell out whatever dozens of dollars it's going for. I'll just make my own on my PC. :)Anyway it's an early disco mix from 70's and it's credited as "the official mix" by 12inch collectors.
Disco Funk
Double Platinum Record [Level 9]
Totally agree with Ohio Player's Honey pick above. I also love Pleasure Accept No Substitutes album.
Acetate [Level 1]
Beautiful Bend-Make that feeling come again, Boogie motion, That's the meaning, ahh do it.
Voyage-Souveneirs Album(Let's Fly Away)
Alec C. Romeo and Juliet
Underground Hit [Level 5]
How about Donna Summer's MacArthur Park Suite?
Meco Monardo was also good for the continuity as well. Remember Star Wars, Encounters of Every Kind, and the Wizard of Oz?
Platinum Record [Level 8]
I was in New York when the "Evita" lp by Festival/Boris Midney came out and in every club I went to side one would seamlessly morph into side two. People would sing along through the whole thing, strike flamenco poses and dance like mad. This album continues to make a stand against UV rays by keeping the skin's moisture content topped up.
Chart Hit [Level 6]
Most of Giorgio Moroders LP's had at least 1 side segued for non-stop listening. Suzi Lane 's LP Ooh La La, Giorgio "From Here To Eternity", "E=MC2", and "Battlestar Galactica" LP's, with the amazing "Evolution" featured on the B-side, and of course almost all of the Donna Summer Lp's were segued.
ooops i just re-read the heading of this thread and you were asking for segued LP's from 74-76, most of my picks are later than that. Only Donna Summer qualifies "Love to Love You Baby" and the "Knights in White Satin" LP by Giorgio as well i beieve.
Platinum Record [Level 8]
I seem to have made the same mistake. James Gilstrap: Love Talk fits the bill though, doesn't it - an album side long, moody midtempo grind marathon arranged by Gene Page.
Advance Promo Copy [Level 3]
wow, this conversation brings me back. am I the only one who remembers these records as something to put on while taking a little "excursion" from the booth? I remember once confusing a 12 minute side with a 21 minute one, and returning to a silent club and a boss standing over the turntable as the tonearm kissed the label. and I was in no condition for the ensuing conversation, if you know what I mean!
Double Platinum Record [Level 9]
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I will never forget the nightmare of standing midstream at the urinal during the playing of Chic's GOOD TIMES .... ...... as I stood there pacing myself .... downstairs , opposite the dance floor from the booth : calculatingly expecting the extended break of the song to kick in .... IT DIDN'T !! :icon_eek: ...meaning only one thing .... I had mistakenly put on the much briefer three minute something B side !! :icon_eek:
Gadzooks !!!
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Baby, take me
high upon a hillside
high up where the stallion
meets the sun
Advance Promo Copy [Level 3]
Ouch! At least you had a valid reason for leaving the booth! When it happened to me back in the 70's, I returned with dilated pupils and a rasta aroma (interaction with boss was a buzzkill). In the 90's, I used to go on "field trips" when the bartender nearest the booth would shut me off, so I'd be squeezing thru the crowd, down the stairs to the next-closest bar for more Jack on the rocks!
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