I have never heard of those classics (1977-1981)

[Marcio**]

1 - 202 MACHINE - GET UP (ROCK YOUR BODY) (122 BPM FADE) (1981)

2 - JANICE MCCLAIN - SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE (124 BPM FADE) (1979)

3 - HAVEY MASON - GROOVIN YOU (120 BPM FADE) (1979)

4 - CORY DAYE - POW WOW (126 BPM FADE) (1979)

5 - GOODY GOODY - #1 DEE JAY (128 BPM FADE) (1978)

6 - JESSE HENDERSON - DID IT AGAIN (120 BPM FADE) (1977)

7 - JEAN CARN - WAS THAT ALL IT WAS (116 BPM FADE) (1979)

8 - RAM JAM - BLACK BETTY (120 BPM COLD) (1977)

9 - THE RING - SAVAGE LOVER (134 BPM COLD) (1979)

10 - SPARKS - BEAT THE CLOCK (128 BPM COLD) (1979)

11 - WOODS EMPIRE - SWEET DELIGHT (118 BPM FADE) (1981)

[QUINNY]

Only one I don't know....the first one on the list.

I wouldn't call all of them classics though.

[mrbmarco]

No one would dance to these songs except BEAT THE CLOCK.

[K-Bee]

No one would dance to these songs except BEAT THE CLOCK.

I beg to differ!!
If you can't dance to Harvey Mason's "Groovin' You", Jean Carne's "Was It All It Was" or Janice McClains "Smack Dab In The Middle", surely you are made of stone! :-o

[Nano]

"Beat the clock" is a classic, however Sparks is known more as a new wave band than as doing disco (but they worked with Giorgio Moroder).

This song is featured in the mix bootleg "Bits & Pieces Part III: Let's do it".

[qdearl]

I beg to differ!!
If you can't dance to Harvey Mason's "Groovin' You", Jean Carne's "Was It All It Was" or Janice McClains "Smack Dab In The Middle", surely you are made of stone! :-o

I Agree! and the same goes for POW WOW by Cory Daye

And Black Betty is an underground club classic around these parts:D We play it at every party where club music is the main focus - and it always keeps the floor packed.

There are about 2 or 3 I'm not familiar with, but all the ones I know are considered classics in the circles I travel....

[SandraDee]

That 202 Machine track is one of 100s to feature Jocelyn Brown on vocals. That woman must have lived in recording studios between 1978 & 1984! :lol:

[NickNack]

No one would dance to these songs except BEAT THE CLOCK.

:-o That's wild. I was thinking if I ranked this list, BEAT THE CLOCK would be my least favorite. And if there's a classic in the bunch, it's Jean Carn's, "WAS THAT ALL IT WAS". IMHO, of course.:D

[markydefad]

I don't know #1, #6 & #11...

But the rest are GOOD to FANTASTIC!!!:D:D:D

Jean Carn's "WAS THAT ALL IT WAS" is in my alltime fave Top 10...and let's get a shout-out for #1 Deejay too!!!:D

Love Sparks, Cory Day, Janice McClain Harvey Mason...even The Ring!!! ;)

"Savage.... SAVAGE Lovah!!!! " :p:p:p

Ram Jam is more ROCK--but very memorable.

[Disco Funk]

1 - 202 MACHINE - GET UP (ROCK YOUR BODY) (122 BPM FADE) (1981)

2 - JANICE MCCLAIN - SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE (124 BPM FADE) (1979)

3 - HAVEY MASON - GROOVIN YOU (120 BPM FADE) (1979)

4 - CORY DAYE - POW WOW (126 BPM FADE) (1979)

5 - GOODY GOODY - #1 DEE JAY (128 BPM FADE) (1978)

6 - JESSE HENDERSON - DID IT AGAIN (120 BPM FADE) (1977)

7 - JEAN CARN - WAS THAT ALL IT WAS (116 BPM FADE) (1979)

8 - RAM JAM - BLACK BETTY (120 BPM COLD) (1977)

9 - THE RING - SAVAGE LOVER (134 BPM COLD) (1979)

10 - SPARKS - BEAT THE CLOCK (128 BPM COLD) (1979)

11 - WOODS EMPIRE - SWEET DELIGHT (118 BPM FADE) (1981)

I've italicized and bolded the ones I don't know. The ones that I do know are awesome tracks. True dance classics worth getting. The Jean Carn track is the best of the bunch.

Disco Funk

[remicks]

1 - 202 MACHINE - GET UP (ROCK YOUR BODY) (122 BPM FADE) (1981) excellent Troc song .... rock your body right .....

2 - JANICE MCCLAIN - SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE (124 BPM FADE) (1979) horn lovers delight

3 - HAVEY MASON - GROOVIN YOU (120 BPM FADE) (1979)

4 - CORY DAYE - POW WOW (126 BPM FADE) (1979)

5 - GOODY GOODY - #1 DEE JAY (128 BPM FADE) (1978)

6 - JESSE HENDERSON - DID IT AGAIN (120 BPM FADE) (1977)

7 - JEAN CARN - WAS THAT ALL IT WAS (116 BPM FADE) (1979) 8)8)8) if you don't know thisone ... .treasure the day you do ....

8 - RAM JAM - BLACK BETTY (120 BPM COLD) (1977)

9 - THE RING - SAVAGE LOVER (134 BPM COLD) (1979) this was one of those "in amongst others " songs you could slip in at any high bpm time to good effect ....

10 - SPARKS - BEAT THE CLOCK (128 BPM COLD) (1979) yech .... pathetic lyrics

11 - WOODS EMPIRE - SWEET DELIGHT (118 BPM FADE) (1981)



Blue : Don't know
Purple : Know but don't really care
Dark Purple : Into the disco treasure chest .... arrrr

[mrbmarco]

In 1979 when this Jean Carn came out--the dance crowd was packing the floor to such classics as STAR LOVE, DANCER, WE ARE FAMILY, HAVE A CIGAR, TAKE ME HOME, THE MAIN EVENT, I'VE GOT THE NEXT DANCE, CRANK IT UP, BORN TO BE ALIVE, THE BOSS, COME TO ME, MOVE ON UP, PUT YOUR FEET TO THE BEAT, HARMONY, POP MUZIK, THIS IS HOT and DON'T YOU WANT MY LOVE, just to name a few--
To be honest,I never heard that Jean Carn song about one night stands until a few months ago. Was it ever a top 10 Billboard Disco Hit?? What label was it on?? I don't remember getting it from the DJ pool. Its a great song with a great arrangement--I have the 12" version on my IPOD Its great to discover it now, but the crowd would not dance to it.

[tony98]

The Jean Carne track was on Philly Int of course. At the last count i had 7 copies of it on different formats,i guess i must like it .Harvey Mason-Groovin' you was used as a sample on a big house track afew years back - Gusto - Disco's Revenge. The Goody track is off a good album produced by none other than Vince Montana.

[ol'skinflint]

I only recently bought the Sparks record/album ("Number 1 in Heaven"). Love "Beat the Clock" but thought the opening track "Tryouts for the Human Race" would have attracted more attention. It's a classic Giorgio Moroder production, multi-layered and very similar to his electronic classics "I Feel Love" and "Chase". Don't know how I missed it when it was released. And though it's been mentioned before, the Sparks singer really had an operatic voice. I wonder if he influenced Freddie Mercury, or was it the other way around....

[markydefad]

BOTH "Tryouts For The Human Race" & "Beat The Clock" were played heavily at Trocadero in SF. I recall arriving at Trocadero in the 2:00a.m. timezone and the building was vibrating with the bass of "Beat The Clock"....or was it just me???? :p:p:p

[Mixmachine]

To be honest,I never heard that Jean Carn song about one night stands until a few months ago. Was it ever a top 10 Billboard Disco Hit?? What label was it on?? I don't remember getting it from the DJ pool. Its a great song with a great arrangement--I have the 12" version on my IPOD Its great to discover it now, but the crowd would not dance to it.

I guess it depends on your crowd, I certainly didn't play it every where either, but couples in many straight clubs, especially supper private clubs enjoyed dancing to this mellow pretty sound during the early hours of the night before things got crazy and laud. In this types of clubs (and other I assume)this cut and many other similar ones were used to built up the mood into the peak hours of the night when the crowds were at the heaviest and the bets cuts of the day were used.

Carn's 12" was available in a white Promo label on PIR and distributed in my local Record Pools, my copy still is in my 'oldies' crate in storage since I used this song until the late 80's.

Here is a re-issue in the vaults with a different label.
http://www.discomusic.com/records-more/173_0_2_0_C/


Here is a playlist (of many variations) taken from a tape of oldies I did during club warm ups early hours..(from sometimes in the late 80's)


I love to love - Tina Charles (80's remix)
Runaway Love- Linda Clifford
Native New Yorker - Odyssey
Swearing to god - Frankie Vally
Love no longer has .. Johnny Bristol
Was that all it was - Jean Carn
Ain't no stopping now- McFadden and WhiteHead
Heaven must be Missing and angel - Tavares (80's remix)
Hit and Run - Carol Jiani
In the evening- Sheryl Lee Ralph
If you could read my mind- Viola Wills
Let the night take the blame- Lorraine McKane

and then the real party started :p:p

Here is a short clip ( I will delete soon) of a Carns--->McFaden mix
http://bellsouthpwp.net/m/i/mixmach/CatsMixClip.mp3

[remicks]

Here is a short clip ( I will delete soon) of a Carns--->McFaden mix
http://bellsouthpwp.net/m/i/mixmach/CatsMixClip.mp3

Your mix = A+8)8)

[QUINNY]

Jean Carn was a BIG club record in certain parts of the U.K. Massive on the London scene.

[Disco Funk]

In 1979 when this Jean Carn came out--the dance crowd was packing the floor to such classics as STAR LOVE, DANCER, WE ARE FAMILY, HAVE A CIGAR, TAKE ME HOME, THE MAIN EVENT, I'VE GOT THE NEXT DANCE, CRANK IT UP, BORN TO BE ALIVE, THE BOSS, COME TO ME, MOVE ON UP, PUT YOUR FEET TO THE BEAT, HARMONY, POP MUZIK, THIS IS HOT and DON'T YOU WANT MY LOVE, just to name a few--
To be honest,I never heard that Jean Carn song about one night stands until a few months ago. Was it ever a top 10 Billboard Disco Hit?? What label was it on?? I don't remember getting it from the DJ pool. Its a great song with a great arrangement--I have the 12" version on my IPOD Its great to discover it now, but the crowd would not dance to it.

If you guys really enjoy this song, I'd recommend the whole album. It's all high class late 70s Philly soul disco. The 12" flip 'What's On Your Mind' is a great uptempo dance number, with a wicked bass.

Disco Funk

[buckaroo]

...
To be honest,I never heard that Jean Carn song about one night stands until a few months ago. Was it ever a top 10 Billboard Disco Hit?? What label was it on?? I don't remember getting it from the DJ pool. Its a great song with a great arrangement--I have the 12" version on my IPOD Its great to discover it now, but the crowd would not dance to it.

That song was pretty big in the UK soul scene. It's still quite an indemand 12" too.

[NickNack]

From this same album comes the awesome, "My Love Don't Come Easy". And unlike MixMachine who used this type music to start the night, some of us were using it to bring in the morning.

[paul]

Hi Marcio,
If you're still following your post, are these on a cd?
Like Quinny, I'd have to say most of these areen't what I consider classics IMHO. Most are good though.

[DQuinn]

I have 1,5,9 & 10

Denis

[pipecock]

I have 1,5,9 & 10

Denis

i DONT have 1, 4, 6, 11. the rest are all pretty classic IMO (aside from the savage lover tune on vanguard, which i have but only because i got it for mad cheap and it seemed interesting.....)

[discokicks]

1 - 202 MACHINE - GET UP (ROCK YOUR BODY) (122 BPM FADE) (1981)

Wow! Just heard this song for the first time on radioioDisco.com....EXCELLENT! :razz: Judging by most responses here, this must be more of an obscure release but I could see this packing a floor BITD.