funky 80's rare grooves

[wow27]

Hi folks i'm new to this site and its great to be here! I love the 80's disco/garage grooves and the rarer the better!
I have loads of favourites, too many to mention-but to name a few include..
Evan Rogers - Secret Love 1984
Shirley Lites - Heat you up 1982
Leon Haywoode - I'm out to catch 1983
Sybil Thomas - Rescue Me 1982
Real Time - Living in the real time 1984
Kathy Buck - Dont beat around the bush 1983
Diva Gray - Call me i got what you want 1983
Klinte Jones - In the heat of the night 1984
Ritchie family - I'll do my best 1982
Tourist - Hooked on you 1983
Alton McClain - You are my destiny 1982

.....plus millions more, i could be hear all day!!!!!!

[SandraDee]

Very interesting list wow. That Shirley Lites track was on West End but I always thought it verged on the Euro/Hi-Nrg sound & I absolutely adore it!
Have u heard the Ritchie Family LP that 'Ill Do My Best' is from? I think it was so under-rated back in '82 because they were mistakenly seen as an iconically '70s act.

Keep those lists coming u wonderful '80s obsessive!

[QUINNY]

For moi, Shirley Lites 'Heat You Up, Melt You Down' was one of those records I persevered with beyond where I should have gone to. It did excite me for a while, but never quite delivered what the intro promised. I loved the synthy noises but the vocal lost their attack and surprise and made the record sound average overall. The instrumental 'B' side just didn't have enough things happening to carry it through.
Lower 'B' to top 'C' list for me at best.

[sfbeary]

hey wow27,

i missed this list the first time around. i know these:

Shirley Lites - Heat you up 1982
Leon Haywoode - I'm out to catch 1983
Sybil Thomas - Rescue Me 1982
Klinte Jones - In the heat of the night 1984
Ritchie family - I'll do my best 1982
Tourist - Hooked on you 1983
Alton McClain - My destiny 1982

i LOVE that shirley lites track! that was a major record in my life and it never fails to work me, even today. it was a biggie at the garage (yes, the paradise garage, i actually was there!) and some other nyc clubs at the time - some of your dates are a little off, wow27. it was '83. sybil thomas "rescue me" was '84 - one of the very last west end 12"s, (btw. that's the same sybil who remade "don't make me over" and had some hits with pwl.) "i'm out to catch" has another sassy spoken female interlude worth the price of admission.

groove on!
barry

[wow27]

In response to Barry's response above, i actually have Sybil Thomas - Rescue me, on 12 inch record and the date defo says 1982!

[sfbeary]

well, now i'm doubly surprised because i thought sybil thomas was '84 but it turns out that the record i was thinking of was sparque's similar sounding 12" "take some time, " which was '84 and near the end of west end's run. then i did find my sybil thomas record on west end and it says '83. these years are also what's listed in mel cherin's *keep on dancing* book as part of west end's discography.