dance/disco club hits from 83-84

[okmario]

My favorite dance music years were 83-84 in Montreal. I'm a big fan of the canadian club hits from then, and the less commercial american/euro/italo dance.

remember some of these?

japanese war games/chinese revenge KOTO
take a little chance EVE
take a chance WATERFORNT HOME
manhattan G-RACE
backstreet romance LOVERDE
rocket to your heart LISA
without your love NINA SCHILLER
not the loving kind THE TWINS
go deh yaka MONYAKA
am fm NATASHA KING
heroes BIG BEN TRIBE
look me in the eyes ROMAN GREY
don't go lose it baby HUGH MASAKELA
got to get to you CHARADE
prepare to energize TORCHSONG
riding the tiger PHYLLIS HYMAN
in the river I-LEVEL
the crown GARY BYRD
i don't want to talk about it PAMALA STANLEY
watch the closing doors INTERBORO RHYTHM TEAM
beat of the night MAGGIE
foreign land THE TECHNOS
problems d amour ALEXNADER ROBOTNIK
memory MENAGE
catch me MARCIA RAVEN
skips a beat MAYANA
spacer woman CHARLIE
Gidee Up a GoGo AD VISSER
i wanted to tell her THE MINISTRY
love reaction DIVINE
after the fall KATHY WILSON
baby i love you KELLY JACKSON
so excited/take it slowly NANCY MARTINEZ

[Cdnbob]

The ones I remember off the top of my head are:

take a chance WATERFRONT HOME
backstreet romance LOVERDE
rocket to your heart LISA
not the loving kind THE TWINS
don't go lose it baby HUGH MASAKELA
riding the tiger PHYLLIS HYMAN
i don't want to talk about it PAMALA STANLEY (wasn't it around this time she started spelling her first name Pamela?)
problems d amour ALEXNADER ROBOTNIK
memory MENAGE
catch me MARCIA RAVEN
love reaction DIVINE

MUCH Music use to play the video for Don't Go Lose It Baby all the time.

[Videoskooter]

go deh yaka MONYAKA Very big over here!

don't go lose it baby HUGH MASAKELA Massive here!

Gidee Up a GoGo AD VISSER OMG, was that a hit over there? Ad Visser is the ex-presenter of Dutch Television Chartshow "Avro's Toppop".

The others don't really ring a bell.

[canadiantire]

You bet I remember!

Call this a coincidence but some of these hits appear in my last mix.

For those of you who want to have a peek try here:

........................... Link to the mix .............................

And for more than half of them, I've finished their digitalizing not long ago.


- Marcus

[okmario]

Canadian Tire,

I've started listening to your mixes, and the link too. I'm a big fan of the art of mixing, because it is an art if done properly. I used to experiment with all the 12" back then with my SLB turntables. I practiced hard until I got all the mixing perfect. By perfect I mean just getting the right timing, starting to mix the song even before the mixing part. Also, incorporating the acapella of a song I'm going play next with the song playing as a teaser.

The best mix from then was flashdance what a feeling followed by guilty. Try it as soon as the mixing part of what a feeling starts, and bring in guilty from the very beginning. The mix is 1' 28".

I'll listen to some more of your mixes and I'll tell you my best ones.

[okmario]

Marcus,

YOU'RE A VERY TALENTED MIXER! IT'S IN YOU! You have an 'ear' for mixing. My favorite from the link is easy love try it out.

Why don't you take hard times and mix it with dub/inst don't you want me human league?

Why don't you try the album version of time after time cindy lauper with the entire inst of fascinated company B in the background to make it danceable?

let the music play dub and stand back radio edit stevie nicks?

[okmario]

The others don't really ring a bell.

Do you remember the italo club hit crazy family by jock hattle?

[SandraDee]

prepare to energize TORCHSONG

What an interesting & under-rated track that was. Very in the style of Yello I always thought.

[disco1999]

Do you remember the italo club hit crazy family by jock hattle?

OH YES, OH NO, OH YES OH NO . . . of course! KOTO is my alltime favorite italo disco. This type of music had some hits played on CKOI especially with Denis Proulx aux tables tournantes avec Marité au Party every night on weekdays.
I recall calling Denis to suggest him to try mixing a new song "Blue Monday" with "Our love" from Donna. What a rush to hear this suggested mix exactly as expected on the next evening on radio.

There are 4-5 titles above in your list that I am not familiar with, maybe listening would help ;-)

[disco1999]

Great job! thanks for sharing your music experience with us, I love NewWave music coco, this is sooo IN especially when it was introduced to the Montreal dance scene in the early 80's by Rob Ouimet @ the LimeLight. Those interested, I have a recent 18minutes interview from Robert Ouimet in his dj years, just ask and I'll post.

Great memories, Eve - Take a little chance wow... thanks for reminding !

Can you confirm some titles pleeease . . . like . .
the next song after Olivia's Twist of fate @ 4:45
the next song after Living in a plastic age @ 26:05

[SandraDee]

the next song after Olivia's Twist of fate @ 4:45

Sounds like a Bobby O production but not one I know.:icon_confused:

[canadiantire]

Right after Twist of Fate: Stranded from Elaine Charles - a very nice unknown production.

After living in a plastic age, there is: Iron for the Iron from The Planets.

Gee, you have no idea how much I wanted that song until I found it by a pure chance..


- Marcus.

[canadiantire]

Marcus,

Why don't you take hard times and mix it with dub/inst don't you want me human league?

Why don't you try the album version of time after time cindy lauper with the entire inst of fascinated company B in the background to make it danceable?

let the music play dub and stand back radio edit stevie nicks?

Wait a minute, these mix ideas are copyrighted by you!

More seriously, It sounds like you've gotta post a few practical examples of your stuff.

When it comes to mixing realizations, I think that only the originator can perform as good as it should be.

- Marcus

[canadiantire]

Great job! thanks for sharing your music experience with us, I love NewWave music coco, this is sooo IN especially when it was introduced to the Montreal dance scene in the early 80's by Rob Ouimet @ the LimeLight. Those interested, I have a recent 18minutes interview from Robert Ouimet in his dj years, just ask and I'll post.

Great memories, Eve - Take a little chance wow... thanks for reminding !

(Take a little chance)
The part of the song where she speaks over the phone is memorable. She speaks English as bad as I do but I got to forgive her because she's trying so hard.

(Rob Ouimet @ the LimeLight)
Go figure why but I've got to buy a few used 12 inches stamped to be the property of the Limelight discotheque...
It's like having a piece of collection.

And Yes, I'd like to hear about what Mr. Ouimet has to say about the good old days.


- Marcus

[canadiantire]

BTW,

You guys got to help me.

I've posted a thread in the "song identify" section and no one seems to have a clue of what it is.

Thread here

:icon_cry:

[okmario]

Great job! thanks for sharing your music experience with us, I love NewWave music coco, this is sooo IN especially when it was introduced to the Montreal dance scene in the early 80's by Rob Ouimet @ the LimeLight. Those interested, I have a recent 18minutes interview from Robert Ouimet in his dj years, just ask and I'll post.

Great memories, Eve - Take a little chance wow... thanks for reminding !

Can you confirm some titles pleeease . . . like . .
the next song after Olivia's Twist of fate @ 4:45
the next song after Living in a plastic age @ 26:05

4:45 is Stranded Elaine Charles, very popular for a month or so in 83 on the club scene in Mtl. she was cdn.

speaking of denis proulx, do you remember a very rare song called Look Me in the Eyes by Roman Grey (cdn)? I finaly found it on e-bay last year and bought it. It's the only place I ever heard it.

do you know anyone who has archives of 'flashdance' with denis proulx?
How about live mixes from CKMF fridays and saturdays (83/84)?

[disco1999]

speaking of denis proulx, do you remember a very rare song called Look Me in the Eyes by Roman Grey (cdn)? I finaly found it on e-bay last year and bought it. It's the only place I ever heard it.

do you know anyone who has archives of 'flashdance' with denis proulx?
How about live mixes from CKMF fridays and saturdays (83/84)?

I have the UK 12" of Roman Grey - Look me in the eyes (dance dub version)

I am not aware of archives on the web.
Although I have lost or got ripped off some great tapes, I still have about 50 "compact cassettes" of radio broadcasts of Alain Monpetit, Douglas Coco Leopold, Denis Proulx, live club shows in weekends, etc taped between 80 and 85 and resting somewhere in my basement, other tapes are few mixes I did like Disco167, 167 tunes featured in 45minutes. Unfortunately I am not equiped to copy my tapes but I am planing to do so very soon when I get my hands on a new 24" iMac 2.4GHz with the appropriate phono connections, also getting a USB turntable, there are lots of rather rare vinyls here to copy in mp3. Although I've never been a Mac fan they are getting affortable and I am getting sort of fed up with windows.

[okmario]

I can't wait to hear some of those!!! Do you remember Mario Lirette on the weekends and Guy Aubry 5 a 10?

[The Boogie Doctor]

how about:
d-train 'music'
purple flash 'we can make it'
felix (arthur russell and nicky siano) 'tiger stripes'
these are some tasty cuts from 83/84
peace
the boogie doctor

[Salsoul1975]

J'aime chaque chanson sur ce "mix"! :icon_biggrin:

[kdavid13]

Montreal was always at the cutting edge of the dance music scene.
Disco/new wave/back to dance music then HiNRG.

Great memories...
I was also a huge fan of LE PARTY with MARITE

The MTL connection is in full swing

[canadiantire]

J'aime chaque chanson sur ce "mix"! :icon_biggrin:

See if this one does the same effect:

The Evening Starter Mix

- Marcus

[kdavid13]

See if this one does the same effect:

The Evening Starter Mix

- Marcus

Very very nice & smooth.
You make Montrealers proud...

Hugs]

[disco1999]

Great music thanks!
keep'em comin!!

[marc0]

Great music thanks!
keep'em comin!!

Do you remember the name of the song the Douglas Coco Leopold used as the theme of his radio show at CKMF?