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    Don Ray "got To Have Loving"

    Nothing in Disco sounds like this record...those HORNS!!! THE BEST...:icon_mrgreen:

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    Re: Don Ray "got To Have Loving"

    It certainly has the classic disco sound! Love that song, too. Very HEAVY pulsing disco beat! Thanks for helping me get that stuck in my head for the day!

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    Re: Don Ray "got To Have Loving"

    Funny you should mention this track today.

    Yesterday I went to this sidewalk sale and picked up a bunch of CDs including THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO soundtrack and there is a 8'18 version of GOT TO HAVE LOVING on it.

    I knew the song but never reallly got into it before.

    Now it's on my iPod.

    Disco is timeless !!!

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    Re: Don Ray "got To Have Loving"

    ...sidewalk sale...Montreal...

    What is the name of the compilation?

    ...may I ask what store it was?



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    Re: Don Ray "got To Have Loving"

    The CD was pretty OK but the movie wasn' exactly Discofying:

    http://www.discomusic.com/cds-more/4400_0_3_0_C/


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    Re: Don Ray "got To Have Loving"

    It is also available in extended version on this CD, Disco Gold.


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    Re: Don Ray "got To Have Loving"

    kdavid13,

    Nevermind for the place to buy it...

    I just found out that I bought the latter about a month ago.

    I was just on the impression that the version on Disco Gold was shorter.

    This tells me that I am due for a major inventory of my collection.

    The encouraging part is that so far I haven't bought the same title twice.

    Thank you all.

    Don't worry, I will eventually wake up and smell the cofee....:icon_redface:

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    Re: Don Ray "got To Have Loving"

    LOVE IT~!! In the thread favorite parts of disco songs or something of that nature,I wrote that I loved the build up and the horns right after the female vocals .well I just love it period.It's #11 on my all time favorite 50 Disco songs
    http://www.discomusic.com/charts-more/9406_0_8_0_C/

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    Don Ray "got To Have Loving"

    Yes a great co-production of Don Ray ...and Cerrone.
    A true one hit wonder.
    If you buy this record your life, will be better.

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    Re: Don Ray "got To Have Loving"

    Quote Originally Written by disco1999 View Post
    A true one hit wonder.
    Releasing under his own name yes, but Raymond Donnez is a big shot when it becomes to arrange and produce other artists.

    Encyclopédisque - Discographie : Raymond DONNEZ (Arrangeur)

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    Quote Originally Written by disco1999 View Post
    Yes a great co-production of Don Ray ...and Cerrone.
    A true one hit wonder.
    Not a one hit wonder at all, "Standing In The Rain" was also HUGE, and "Midnight Madness" was played as well in alot of clubs. "Got To Have Loving" is a standout out song, musically few disco songs come close to it's rich textures of sounds.

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    Re: Don Ray "got To Have Loving"

    The only Cerrone production I ever fully embraced. A classic Disco toon. The Uk 7" was strange in that towards the end, it starts to fade a little and then suddenly kicks in much louder. At least it reminded me where the end was!!!:icon_biggrin::icon_biggrin:

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    Re: Don Ray "got To Have Loving"

    Don Ray has a 60's record that is expensive on the Northern Soul scene.... 'Born A Loser' on RCA records. It's 1 minute 44 seconds long !

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    Re: Don Ray "got To Have Loving"

    Don Ray produced a totally brilliant eurodisco LP in '79 for a diva called Michele Freeman; it's a favourite of mine but I've never seen it mentioned on here before & put that down to the fact that so much material got overlooked in '79 due to the 'great disco glut of '79'!
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    Re: Don Ray "got To Have Loving"

    Quote Originally Written by discodisco View Post
    Nothing in Disco sounds like this record...those HORNS!!! THE BEST...:icon_mrgreen:
    Sadly, there are some very dated synthesizers too! and the boom-bo-bo-boom bo-bo-boom trick!

    Still it's an excellent track. The instrumental "space" break still sounds intriguing.

    Kudos also for "Standing in the rain"
    It don't mean a thing (if ain't got that swing)

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    Re: Don Ray "got To Have Loving"


     

     

    Great find on CD! The old 12" promo and promo lp I had included some weird bass dropoff after a chorus. the CD version sounded correct.

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