First time here, Just want to say Hi!

[DJRxmx]

My favorite tracks in the Disco genre come from the period of time between 1978 through 1982, if anyone cares to know.

Some of my favorite artists include (but are not limited to):
Tantra
Peter Jacques Band
Immortals
Giorgio Moroder
Change
Easy Going

Peace, all!

rXmX

[paul]

Hi rXmX, welcome. The years you mentioned happen to be the years I spent a lot of time in the discos. Please share more of your listening interest and where you are located.
Enjoy 8)

[DJRxmx]

...Please share more of your listening interest and where you are located.
Enjoy 8)

Thanks for the warm welcome, Paul.

First off, I live in Seattle, WA. During the time period I alluded to 1978-1982, The Monastery was the bomb of all clubs in the Pacific Northwest area of the States. The acoustics were genious and the sound system (for part of that time) consisted of Phase Linear (the amps were built right here in Seattle by Bob Carver, of course). The city was also blessed to the likes of DJ Dana Andrews (he passed in 1989).

So, the formula amounted to an amazing journey of dancing to some of the best music I have ever witnessed. Sometimes Dana's set lasted until 7am. (I personally was a regular there during these glory years, and therefore took sharp note of most that I heard.)

Just a sample of what was played and why the ambience was immersive, so to speak:

Giorgio Moroder
Tantra
Kano
Easy Going
Peter Jacques
Change
Cerrone
Dan Hartman
Patrick Cowley
Tina Marie
Rick James
The Passengers
The Immortals
Vivien Vee
Poussez
Soft Cell
Human League
and more...

A lot of American and European cuts made their way onto the turntables every night the club was open. In particular, I always felt, the Italian produced disco was the best to listen to on the club's sound system. "Hills of Katmandu" was without a doubt the supreme benchmark of all songs ever played on the Phase Linear powered system, imho. (The sound techs, Alan Butterworth and John Kametz (former DJ from NY), were brilliant in keeping things tweaked and vitalized.)

Other than that, I pretty much love all forms of music. The most inspiring DJ's that have had an impact on my interest in disco are Bobby Viteritti and Dana Andrews. (To this day, I am still in the search for Viteritti's sets available on CD or other means.)

Peace!

rXmX

[paul]

Thanks for sharing that rXmX. I see that you like many of us here also took note of the acoustics and sound systems.
Like you we also have a wide taste in music here.
During the period of discussion I lived in Boston as a student at Northeaster University. Boston had many great discos. Among them were Boston Boston, Chaps, Satch's, and my favorite, Kix. Boston Boston clearly had the best sound system and it was like 3 distinctly different discos in one. Kix however had the best DJ. The city of Boston was ohh 60% to 70% of my clubbing. The rest was split between mostly between NYC and the Hartford CT area discos.
Up and down the east coast, from Maine to Florida, you'd be hard pressed not to find to good club to hang out on the weekends.
As for the music, it was all over the map. If ya take a look at the 500 list here, http://www.discomusic.com/charts-more/1675_0_8_0_C/
it fairly represents many of the songs I heard.

[SandraDee]

Sounds like you share my passion for Italian disco music! Welcome!8)