I was just thinking about the records that were released on Mercury Records (here in the U.K. at least) and how good some of them were. None of them ever get any hero worship here so far as I can see, and yet they were big floorfillers for me.
To name a few:
SIX MILLION STEPS (instrumental side, which was the official 'A' side over here) - Rahni Harris & F.L.O. (anyone know what F.L.O.stood for?)
COMING ON STRONG - CAROLINE CRAWFORD (seriously distorted vocals, but who cared?)
LET'S START THE DANCE - HAMILTON BOHANNON (was I glad when this tore up the dance floor?)
SUGAR PIE GUY - JONESES (great to have a 12" version of this huge disco hit from a few years earlier, but why did they put it with GABOR SZABO - KEEP SMILIN' as a double 'A' disc? They were hardly complimentary.)
LET THE MUSIC PLAY - CHARLES EARLAND (what a stormer!)
I'M GONNA LOVE YOU FOREVER/SAY A PRAYER FOR TWO - CROWN HEIGHTS AFFAIR (In 'I'm Goona Love You', CHA momentarily revisited the sound from their glory days. Why DID they change from what they did so brilliantly two years or so earlier? I could never love 'Say A Prayer 'cos its break completely ripped off Morning, Noon and Night's absolutely fantabulous 'Bite Your Granny').
CHRISTMAS RAPPIN' - KURTIS BLOW ( this was so strong and so different to anything else when it was released. Naturally I took to Rap like a duck to water. It seemed like a fairly natural progression to me).

Not a definitive list, just a few that I've come across in my collection recently. All very good quality dancers and a real mixture of music for one label. There certainly wasn't a 'house' style at Mercury.
What do you think? Unsung or best forgotten?



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