Solar Heat - Olympic Runners

**delboy** · October 20th, 2006, 07:18 AM

A great instrumental.

Anyone else heard it?

I think it's on the b side of Whatever it takes.

**Disco Funk** · October 20th, 2006, 07:36 AM

Awesome cut. Olympic Runners were one of those groups (British, by the way) who transitioned successfully from funk into disco during the 70s. Their first couple of albums feature some powerhouse funk jams, but the occasional track on those albums does demonstrate a bit of a disco sensibility.

Too bad there aren't any Youtube videos of their performances. They must have done some promo films, if not appearances on TV shows. I did come across a small clip of them doing Get It While You Can on Top of The Pop some time ago.

Disco Funk

**jj6ms** · October 20th, 2006, 07:57 AM

top tune

it also appears on a britfunk comp (on souljazz) which surprisingly gets a bad review on this website (disco blinkers?).

if i remember rightly, Pete Wingfield was in the band...the guy who had a big solo hit with "Eighteen With A Bullet"