This IS Disco: Jimmy Castor Vid

**Videoskooter** · October 22nd, 2006, 12:14 PM

The Jimmy Castor Bunch was GREta:

"King Kong"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8wXARGNFeE

"It's Just Begun"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeKY9...elated&search=

Non-original but weird: "Troglodyte"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlRXQEA0yj0

**Salsoul Nugget** · October 22nd, 2006, 12:27 PM

Amazing stuff!

**tony98** · October 22nd, 2006, 02:11 PM

I'm a Jimmy Castor fan from way back i remember buying "Hey Leroy" as a kid, i think it was on the Phillips Records over here. I still have most of the Atlantic LPs & 7". The last time i played Jimmy Castor in a club was in the early 80's "Don't do that" on Cotillion,but these video's are gonna' make me dig them all out.

**Disco Funk** · October 23rd, 2006, 08:17 AM

It's Just Begun was such a cool track. While the original 45 version (yes, there were two versions) sounded dirty and early 70s funk-psychedelia, the 72 album version sounded way ahead of its time. I especially love those screaming guitars in the outro section.

By the way, Its Just Begun not only was a hip hop anthem, it was also used in the film Flashdance. Too bad they didn't include it on the soundtrack. I had to way a few years before finding it on a CD (I first learned about the track in the late 80s).

Disco Funk

**Lefty** · March 20th, 2010, 04:56 PM

(Sorry for the late bump, it is relevant) I just went to the Super Market and Its Just Begun popped up on my IPOD. Great song. Disco funk for sure. I would also say it had a lot of influence on very early hip hop. The street DJs would mix that in everywhere.