Songs with long intrumental intro

[Marcio**]

I think the classics are...

Isaac Hayes/ Shaft
Marvin Gaye/ dont mess with miss t
Timmy Thomas/ Why Cant We Live Together
Odyssey/ Native New Yorker
Marylin McCoo & Billy Davis Jr/ Shine On Silver Moon
Al Hudson/ Spread Love
MFSB/ TSOP
Andrea True/ Call Me
Barry White/ Your Love So Good I Can Taste It
The Supremes/ High Energy




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[SandraDee]

Vertigo/Relight My Fire, if classed as one track, has got to be the best example of this IMO.

[STEPHEN L FREEMAN]

Vertigo/Relight My Fire, if classed as one track, has got to be the best example of this IMO.

Ooooo!!! The "Progressive Instrumental Remix" of this!!!
It was created to capitalize on the success of the instrumental intro, "Vertigo".

[JussiK]

I was recently blown away by a beautiful 10 minute promo version of "The Player" by First Choice, with a long smooth instrumental intro. This was apparently an original extended version that was never out commercially, like those longer-than-before Salsoul titles that surfaced a few years ago on cds.

[boogyjuice]

There's also a more expanded version from the 6-minutes-&-something-mix of Gwen McCrae's "Keep the Fire Burning".
I've heard it once at an online station. On the the regular 12" you hear her voice right from the beginning,
but in that particular mix she started to rap after a few minutes of instrumentation.

[needlefingers]

Give Me A Break - Vivian Vee

(The Best Part Of) Breakin' Up - Roni Griffith

Hot Shot - Karen Young

Love Train - The O'Jays (a little "iffy", as they jump in with the chorus and then go back to the instumental intro.)



Vertigo was the song I used to compete to get on Dance Fever. Made it to the South Florida Finals, but not the show.

Not to worry. Nobody puts Baby in a corner.

[discokicks]

Since it's morning when I'm posting this, these morning music songs with long instrumental intros seem appropriate....

Loving You Losing You - Phyllis Hyman
La Vie En Rose - Grace Jones
American Love - Rose Laurens

[RobbaDobba]

The 12" version of T-Connection's "At Midnight" with that drum intro. Nice.

[STEPHEN L FREEMAN]

Vertigo was the song I used to compete to get on Dance Fever. Made it to the South Florida Finals, but not the show.
Not to worry. Nobody puts Baby in a corner.

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[Dayna]

The 12" version of T-Connection's "At Midnight" with that drum intro. Nice.

The Larry Levan remix has the most incredible build up intrumental of any mix of that track I have ever heard That's what was so fabulous about larry when he finally got to the the hook it was like a long awaited orgasm..He was the best at build up.

[pepper1dancer]

"Cherchez La Femme" by Dr Buzzard's Original Savannah Band. I love this intro!

[Dayna]

Hot Shot - Karen Young

Hot Shot has to be one of my ALL time favorites~!!
That track still makes me twirl and always will "well until I cant twirl anymore'....:icon_eek:

[Dayna]

Love Hangover-Diana
Shoot Me with Your Love-Tasha Thomas
On The Beat-B B& Q
Dreamin-Loleatta Holloway

[drlove]

. . .and don't forget the ABSOLUTELY elegant intro/buildup to Voyage's "Souvenirs" . . . always gets my toes a tappin' (but NOT like Sen. Larry Craig's :icon_lol:).

[Giovanni]

A bunch of tracks that were classic here to build up the place were
RICHIE HAVENS Going back to my roots (#1 build up track in my memory)
JOHNNY HARRIS Odyssey
MARLENA SHAW Touch me in the morning

[needlefingers]

Buenos Aires - Festival

Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet - Gonzalez

In The Forest - Baby O

Cafe - D. D. Sound

You Can Get Over - Stephanie Mills

Menergy - Patrick Cowley

[Disco Funk]

You'll have to fast forward past the Sarah Silverman rant:





Disco Funk

[disco1999]

Great topics!

Since Dan Hartman's RMF was mentionned, here's another memorable intro:
the 12" version of Ronnie Jones - Soul sister (1976) that goes instrumental half way through the song (about 3:50)

[needlefingers]

Playing For Time - Madleen Kane

I'm Free - Celi Bee

[RobbaDobba]

The Larry Levan remix has the most incredible build up intrumental of any mix of that track I have ever heard That's what was so fabulous about larry when he finally got to the the hook it was like a long awaited orgasm..He was the best at build up.

Never heard it...must seek out

[Disco Funk]

The Larry Levan remix has the most incredible build up intrumental of any mix of that track I have ever heard That's what was so fabulous about larry when he finally got to the the hook it was like a long awaited orgasm..He was the best at build up.

Speaking of Levan, I think this mix qualifies, although the chanted vocals might rule it out slightly:



The verse / chorus part of the song doesn't even come in until the last 1/2 of the song!

Disco Funk

[thommy2458]

[quote=disco1999;144051]Great topics!

the 12" version of Ronnie Jones - Soul sister (1976) that goes instrumental half way through the song (about 3:50)
/quote]
Disco1999-I have completely flipped for this song in
the past year,but only the instrumental part.But
the version I have on my computor lists the artist as
Martin Circus-I am completely confused!

Thom

[thommy2458]

The Larry Levan remix has the most incredible build up intrumental of any mix of that track I have ever heard That's what was so fabulous about larry when he finally got to the the hook it was like a long awaited orgasm..He was the best at build up.

Miss Dayna!-Larry Levan mixed this TK 12"?!!!! It's
not credited! holy s@#$%! I never knew that...

Thom

[Marcio**]

Many thanks to all of you for your contributions!

I forgot
Gray and Hanks - You folled me
Floaters- Float On

[NickNack]

Creative Source - Who Is He and What Is He to You
Barry White - Standing In the Shadows of Love
Amant - If There's Love / Hazy Shades of Love
Isaac Hayes - Stranger In Paradise / Moonlight Lovin' (Menage a Trois)
Temptations - Law of The Land
Evelyn "Champagne" King - I Don't Know If It's Right
Melba Moore - Standing Right Here
Odyssey - Native New Yorker

So, so many.... :icon_biggrin: