Unknown first disco from UK

[Marcio**]

''In 1973, a British art-metal band called Babe Ruth released a song called 'The Mexican' that opened with Spanish guitars, then turned into the Doors' 'Riders on the Storm' then Ennio Morricone's Sergio-Leone-movie theme 'For a Few Dollars More' over an absurdly realized Latin disco rhythm two years before disco existed...'The Mexican' was not a certified hit, but it became a secret cult favorite in discos''.





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http://www.moistworks.com/archive/20...1_archive.html

[QUINNY]

Old news, Marcio, really old news.

[tony98]

Another Babe Ruth track - Elusive - did get some Northern Soul play.

[Paulo]

''In 1973, a British art-metal band called Babe Ruth released a song called 'The Mexican' that opened with Spanish guitars, then turned into the Doors' 'Riders on the Storm' then Ennio Morricone's Sergio-Leone-movie theme 'For a Few Dollars More' over an absurdly realized Latin disco rhythm two years before disco existed...'The Mexican' was not a certified hit, but it became a secret cult favorite in discos''.

:D Hi Marcio!
In 1973 I was 13. I didn't even know discos existed. But that song was heavily played on radio.

But even when I became a fan of disco and (finally) a collector (decades ahead), I could never associate that song with any form of early/pré/proto/primary/disco sound... or whatever label you prefer.

I don't think The Mexican has enough early disco elements to qualify it even as a kind of pre-disco. Just a steady beat isn't enough.

The songs below carry more of these prototype elements, which are ingrained on the foundations of disco:

ARMED & EXTREMELY DANGEROUS - FIRST CHOICE
ROCK THE BOAT - HUES CORPORATION
SOUL MAKOSSA - MANU DIBANGO
WHAT'S GOIN ON - MARVIN GAYE
SHAFT - ISAAC HAYES
PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE - TEMPTATIONS
WILD SAFARI - BARRABAS
MERCY MERCY ME - MARVIN GAYE