YET ANOTHER MINIDISC COMPILATION

[QUINNY]

I've got up to about #25 now and still going strong. One look at the piles of records yet to be committed to minidisc tells me I shouldn't have started this. I'ts going to take forever. Phew!!!
Here are some more I've dragged out. Hope some of you have good memories of some of them. All dates are those on the records.

SAAR BAND - MAGIC MANDRAKE 1978 - like a Jam, Jam, Jam (Peoples Choice), Running Away (Roy Ayers) Kinda groove with real EURO sounding vocal. Nice sax break. All in all a good dancer that probably deserved better than its relative obscurity suggests.

LIVING IN A BOX - LIVING IN A BOX 1987 (the very last record I really, really liked before my DJ days were cut short) - British Smart Funk that slammed it really hard. Thought they had a really big future.

ANIMOTION - OBSESSION 1985 - Funk Rock or was it punk disco funk? Who doesn't know this one? A great dancer none the less, that was so solid and hung around for quite a long time. A real bubbler just like its infectious bass line.

BOILING POINT - LET'S GET FUNKTIFIED 1978 - One that I played a lot in the day. Freewheeling, hustlin' disco funk at its best. The title says it all.

LEVEL 42 - LESSONS IN LOVE 1986 - This was a remix if I remember correctly. One of their biggest hits. Has all the trademark features that made this Isle of Wight band probably the most successful British disco funk export.

THE YOUNGER GENERATION - WE RAP MORE MELLOW 1979 - One of the first rap records. The first? record by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious five, who went on to greater things. Bassline reminds me of Oneness of Ju Ju's 'Every Way But Loose' which was quite a bit later.

KIRK THORNE - MR. MAGIC/PARTY FOOR TWO X Rated Version 1985 - This is a rare British record I know. A rap based on the Grover Washington classic smooth jazz funk riff. The lyrics were hardcore for the day, but with tongue firmly in cheek. A real groove that used to get the punters asking "what WAS that?"

CAPTAIN RAPP - BAD TIMES (I Can't Stand It) 1983 - Semi rap record that's just about as funky as you can get. Has grown in stature since its initial release.

RITZ - I WANNA GET WITH YOU 1980? - An early Arthur Baker production that is less commercial than many of their subsequent releases.

PLAYERS ASSOCIATION - WE GOT THE GROOVE 1980 - c/w 'I Like It' again. One of my fave bands of the late '70s, they knew just how to make accessible jazz funk and disco jazz that just grooved along without effort. This was one of their funkier efforts, but I think it was the last thing I saw by them.

They sure make me move my derriere.

[disco1999]

Speaking of Minidisc, how many of you guys actually use this fantastic format ?
I personnally have a Pioneer deck, a portable JVC player and a portable Sony recorder (latest MZ-N1 model). Once you have used a Minidisc recorder, you get to wonder how could you have used a compact cassette recorder for all those years.

Long life to Minidisc format. If you are looking for one model, go to http://www.minidisc.org for best ressources.

[QUINNY]

Disco1999: There are several of us who have minidisc recorders. Unfortunately, most people here have CD or MP3, apart from their trusty turntables. I love mindiscs, especially the new generation of them, which are absolutely brilliant in the features they have.
I like the Time Record function on my new Sony deck that puts 6 seconds into a buffer, so that if recording off of the radio you don't miss the beginning of a track (so long as you can identify it quickly).

[jim]

What do you need minidiscs for with CDRs?

[QUINNY]

Jim: For my money, minidiscs are so much better.
1. They're smaller
2. They'll hold 2 1/2 hours of very good quality music, or 5 hours if you're not too fussy. Still better quality than MP3.
3. You can edit and change recording levels etc AFTER recording on newer models.
4. The discs themselves are in a protective caddy, so in theory at least they should be more robust than CDR and are not affected by scratches for instance.
5. The anti jog mechanism on portables is better than CD portables.
etc, etc.