STREETSCENE : HI-NRG Top 30

[Energyguy]

This was the "STREET SCENE" Magazine HI-NRG top 30 as at 30th November 1985:

1. Another Boy in Town..... Two Girls Popular 12"
2. Reflections.................. Evelyn Thomas Record Shack 12"
3. He`s Number 1............ Fantasy Spring 12"
4. Let me take you dancing.. David Kerr Dancing 12"
5. the Fighter.................... Arpeggio Nissim 12"
6. No Frills Love (remix)...... Jennifer Holliday Geffen 12"
7. Scratch my Name.......... Creative Connection Chic German 12"
8. Fantasy (remix)............ Lian Ross German ZYX 12"
9. Future Brain................ Den Harrow Italian Baby 12"
10.High above the clouds.... narada Walden Warners 12"
11.69 (1985 remix)............. Brooklyn Express ARF 12"
12.Love Bites back............. Jane Spring Carerre 12"
13.Whisper to a scream....... Orlando/Barry Memo vision 12"
14.I hear talk (remix)...... Bucks Fizz Disconet12"
15.Action!....................... Pearly Gates Boystown 12"
16.Music is my Thing......... Samantha Gilles Infinity 12"
17.Vertigo....................... Barbara Pennington Record Shack
18.Ash 48....................... Ash 48 Sedition LP
19.Don`t let me down again MBO 99 Disco magic 12"
20.Love in a summer Night.. Brand Image Italian Time 12"
21.Standing..................... Eastside/Holloway Rocky 12"
22.Conga (remix).............. Miani Sound Machine Hot tracks 12"
23.Step by step............... Silver Pozzoli Fantastic 12"
24.Diamonds never made... Lift up ARS 12"
25.I like You................... Phyllis Nelson Carrere 12"
26.Deep within my heart... The Twins Hansa 12"
27.Love is really my game.. Sylvester megatone 12"
28.Satisfy...................... Suave De La Vie Uffzick 12"
29.Touching the Night...... Silent Circle Blow Up 12"
30.Don`t take away the music Tavares Dutch 12"

[marmite7]

[quote=Energyguy;122145]This was the "STREET SCENE" Magazine HI-NRG top 30 as at 30th November 1985:


4. Let me take you dancing.. David Kerr Dancing 12"

10.High above the clouds.... narada Walden Warners 12"
11.69 (1985 remix)............. Brooklyn Express ARF 12"

19.Don`t let me down again MBO 99 Disco magic 12"
20.Love in a summer Night.. Brand Image Italian Time 12"
21.Standing..................... Eastside/Holloway Rocky 12"
23.Step by step............... Silver Pozzoli Fantastic 12"

26.Deep within my heart... The Twins Hansa 12"
28.Satisfy...................... Suave De La Vie Uffzick 12"
29.Touching the Night...... Silent Circle Blow Up 12"

Never heard of this lot!

Is #4 a cover version of Bryan Adams?

I have the original Brooklyn Express - Sixty-Nine from 1981(ish), and would love to hear that 85 remix! Anyone know it?


Cheers Neil :icon_biggrin:

[Simon White]

[QUOTE=marmite7;122155]

This was the "STREET SCENE" Magazine HI-NRG top 30 as at 30th November 1985:


4. Let me take you dancing.. David Kerr Dancing 12"

10.High above the clouds.... narada Walden Warners 12"
11.69 (1985 remix)............. Brooklyn Express ARF 12"

19.Don`t let me down again MBO 99 Disco magic 12"
20.Love in a summer Night.. Brand Image Italian Time 12"
21.Standing..................... Eastside/Holloway Rocky 12"
23.Step by step............... Silver Pozzoli Fantastic 12"

26.Deep within my heart... The Twins Hansa 12"
28.Satisfy...................... Suave De La Vie Uffzick 12"
29.Touching the Night...... Silent Circle Blow Up 12"

Never heard of this lot!

Is #4 a cover version of Bryan Adams?

I have the original Brooklyn Express - Sixty-Nine from 1981(ish), and would love to hear that 85 remix! Anyone know it?


Cheers Neil :icon_biggrin:

Ah, the ill fated 'Street Scene' ! I was speaking to the editor an hour ago ! These charts are from around the time just before I stopped going out clubbing in quite the same way.. early House kicked in shortly after and everything changed .

I've been meaning to put up some charts (scans..I'm not typing them out !) from ...whispers..... Gay News from 1979/80..when disco was at it's peak. Is anyone interested?

[marmite7]

[quote=Simon White;122160]

Ah, the ill fated 'Street Scene' ! I was speaking to the editor an hour ago ! These charts are from around the time just before I stopped going out clubbing in quite the same way.. early House kicked in shortly after and everything changed .

I've been meaning to put up some charts (scans..I'm not typing them out !) from ...whispers..... Gay News from 1979/80..when disco was at it's peak. Is anyone interested?

No!



















Just kidding

Scan em Simon - you know you wanna! :icon_biggrin:

[Energyguy]

[quote=Simon White;122160]

Ah, the ill fated 'Street Scene' ! I was speaking to the editor an hour ago ! These charts are from around the time just before I stopped going out clubbing in quite the same way.. early House kicked in shortly after and everything changed .

I've been meaning to put up some charts (scans..I'm not typing them out !) from ...whispers..... Gay News from 1979/80..when disco was at it's peak. Is anyone interested?

hey Simon. Always keen to see various charts from the mags.. If you get chance to scan them that would be cool

[Simon White]

One for, one against...... what to do, what to do ! :icon_twisted:

[marmite7]

One for, one against...... what to do, what to do ! :icon_twisted:

I'd go for the one against ....... any day!


Scan em.


(And no doubt wind me up with another couple of tunes I've forgotten about) :icon_confused:

[Energyguy]

One for, one against...... what to do, what to do ! :icon_twisted:

Go for it!!!!!! :icon_lol:

[Andy Farley]

[quote=marmite7;122155]

This was the "STREET SCENE" Magazine HI-NRG top 30 as at 30th November 1985:


4. Let me take you dancing.. David Kerr Dancing 12"

10.High above the clouds.... narada Walden Warners 12"
11.69 (1985 remix)............. Brooklyn Express ARF 12"

19.Don`t let me down again MBO 99 Disco magic 12"
20.Love in a summer Night.. Brand Image Italian Time 12"
21.Standing..................... Eastside/Holloway Rocky 12"
23.Step by step............... Silver Pozzoli Fantastic 12"

26.Deep within my heart... The Twins Hansa 12"
28.Satisfy...................... Suave De La Vie Uffzick 12"
29.Touching the Night...... Silent Circle Blow Up 12"

Never heard of this lot!

Is #4 a cover version of Bryan Adams?

I have the original Brooklyn Express - Sixty-Nine from 1981(ish), and would love to hear that 85 remix! Anyone know it?


Cheers Neil :icon_biggrin:

The David Kerr is a cover of Bryan Adams

High Above The Clouds is amazing and was a big Saint tune

Deep Within My Heart is one of my favourite Twins tunes

Soif de la vie (they spelt it incorrectly!) - Satsify is great as well

The Nick Eastside/Loleatta Holloway is a great tune as well

[Energyguy]

[quote=Andy Farley;122216]

The David Kerr is a cover of Bryan Adams

High Above The Clouds is amazing and was a big Saint tune

Deep Within My Heart is one of my favourite Twins tunes

Soif de la vie (they spelt it incorrectly!) - Satsify is great as well

The Nick Eastside/Loleatta Holloway is a great tune as well

Was lucky enough to find a good 12" copy of that Nick Eastside/Loleatta Holloway track, recently..

[Simon White]

[QUOTE=Energyguy;122218]

Was lucky enough to find a good 12" copy of that Nick Eastside/Loleatta Holloway track, recently..

This is suddenly ringing bells ! Was it an early Chicago House label thing?

[Energyguy]

[quote=Simon White;122221]

This is suddenly ringing bells ! Was it an early Chicago House label thing?

Yeah, not really your typical sounding "hi-nrg record".. It has more of a very early "house" sound to it.. very good ! Killer vocal.

[SandraDee]

[quote=marmite7;122155]

10.High above the clouds.... narada Walden Warners 12"
11.69 (1985 remix)............. Brooklyn Express ARF 12"

I love these 2; was always surprised at Narada's success in the gay clubs with this but Ian Levine loved it so that was probably the reason! The original '69' was huge at Paradise Garage in NY, so they were both big on the scene in NY.

[SandraDee]

[quote=Simon White;122160I've been meaning to put up some charts (scans..I'm not typing them out !) from ...whispers..... Gay News from 1979/80..when disco was at it's peak. Is anyone interested?[/quote]


YES!! Please, please,please Simon scan them.:icon_razz: I'll be your friend forever (& I'll be nice about Ian Levine from now on!)

[Simon White]

Hee hee Sandra..I'll do them in the next few days then.

I have"'69" on a 7" 45..its a complete rip off from Jimmy Bo Hornes 'Spank' of course..Began Cekic strikes again ! Don't remember the remix either but then I don't remember a lot of this period. :icon_eek:

[SandraDee]

Don't remember the remix either but then I don't remember a lot of this period. :icon_eek:

You know what they say - if you remember it you weren't really there!:icon_mrgreen:

[marmite7]

You know what they say - if you remember it you weren't really there!:icon_mrgreen:

Of course being too young is another reason for not remembering it!

I only know of Divine & Hazell dean cos me parents told me

Actually............


just had a flashback to the first club (straight), I used to attend as a fresh-faced 18 year old. (ID was essential as I looked about 15!!)

Narada's - I Shoulda Loved Ya
George Benson - Give Me The Night
4 Tops - Same Old Song
Raw Silk - Do It To The Music
David Jospeh - You Can't Hide Your Love
and...

Spandau Ballet - Musclebound (with all the girls dancing in circles, pretending to shovel dirt in time with the music!!)

Good grief - no wonder I turned gay!

[Energyguy]

I should be laying my hands on some more Street scene mags in the next couple of weeks so I will post some more charts soon !
Interesting to note the big difference in the street scene and Record mirror charts from the same dates.

[Simon White]

I should be laying my hands on some more Street scene mags in the next couple of weeks so I will post some more charts soon !
Interesting to note the big difference in the street scene and Record mirror charts from the same dates.

It'll be interesting... I think Ian Levine and Damon Rochfort (Nomad and now Coronation Street !) compiled the Street Scene Hi NRG charts ....as for Record Mirror, I think Mr Levine had quite an influence there too.

James Hamilton, who wrote Record Mirror's dance column was rather anti Hi NRG...anyone would think he was trying to hide something..:icon_lol:

[Energyguy]

It'll be interesting... I think Ian Levine and Damon Rochfort (Nomad and now Coronation Street !) compiled the Street Scene Hi NRG charts ....as for Record Mirror, I think Mr Levine had quite an influence there too.

James Hamilton, who wrote Record Mirror's dance column was rather anti Hi NRG...anyone would think he was trying to hide something..:icon_lol:

Yeah, most of the charts and new release info was provided by Ian, damon & Ralph Tee. Plenty of reviews of all the new releases at the time. Ian wrote the HI-NRG column.

[SandraDee]

I used to attend as a fresh-faced 18 year old. (ID was essential as I looked about 15!!)

I looked about 12 when I was 18!:icon_eek: I still got asked for ID when I was 26!

[kdavid13]

Never heard of this lot!

Is #4 a cover version of Bryan Adams?


Cheers Neil :icon_biggrin:[/quote]

Yes this one was a remake of the old BRYAN ADAMS disco venture.
I remember seeing it a lot in used record stores in Canada. It was available on the BGM label [BGM not BMG] along with HUEY BABY HARRIS' "You've got to be a winner" and JAYNE COLLINS' "Madonna's Eyes".
LET ME TAKE YOU DANCING was available as a see-through ninyl 12in.

It was a quickie,NRG-inflicted cover. At the time everyone who brought it up mentioned that hunting for the original ADAMS 12in from 1979 was still a better idea.

[Energyguy]

I should have 4 more magazines by saturday so i will post some more charts for you over the weekend..