Billy Paul "Let the dollar circulate" .. new 12" re-edit

[ashley]

.. hot out of France is this interesting 3 track 12" EP on the Super Value / special edits label .. it's the first release on this label .. and the only track I'm familiar with is the Billy Paul cut .. listen to the sound-clips on Juno:
SUPER VALUE - Super Value (special edits)
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.. I think everyone here will agree, all 3 tracks are superb slices of soulful disco .. does anybody recognise the other 2 cuts? This must be one of the best value 12" releases of recent times ( .. hence the title)
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DiscoFunk .. you MUST know these tracks ..

[Disco Funk]

I don't know the first one, but the second one sounds really familiar. I think it might be German disco. It's one of those tip of the tongue situations. Arghh!!!

Disco Funk

[ashley_k]

I think track one is Asphalt Jungle "Freakin' Time"
which also came out in a remixed/remodeled version as Funk Fusion Band "Can You Feel It"

[ashley]

.. many thanks Ashley .. you are perfectly correct .. I'd forgotten about this U.S. WMOT jazz-funk classic from 1981 ..
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.. cheers .. what a memory you have ..
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.. the original is still available on the Norman Jay CD compilation "Good Times vol 2" :

Joey JAY & Norman/VARIOUS - Good Times 2 With Joey & Norman Jay

[Disco Funk]

I found on another website that these tracks are titled 'Feel', 'Sunshine' and 'Dollar' on this re-edit. So I'm guessing track 2 has the word 'Sunshine' in the title? It still doesn't ring a bell, even though I know I've heard the track before. I looked through the vault, but without success. I think it must have been on a CD compilation.

Edit: Okay, I knew I knew it!



I downloaded it off of West End Records website years ago. I don't recall this being on any CD. Nice groove. Oh yeah, and good luck finding a copy! :)

Disco Funk

[ashley_k]

Disco Funk nice spot on The Chuck Davis Orchestra "Spirit Of Sunshine" track, I thought it sounded familiar but I couldn't place it, and this sounds really bad - I've had my copy of this in a small section of records that need a really good clean - for way too long, I'll have to give it a nice clean tomorrow.

[ashley]

.. thanks Ashley & DiscoFunk .. nice bit of detective work ..
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.. seems the Chuck Davis record is one of the very rarest & most hard to find of all the disco records .. making this re-edit an important purchase ..
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.. and thanks Disco Funk for providing a full length mp3 sample of the original tune, so I can compare the 2 versions ..
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.. the re-edit is almost the same, but with extended string hooks during the first half of the tune ..
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.. cheers again ..

[ashley_k]

Well I think you should be able to find a copy of The Chuck Davis Orchestra "Spirit Of Sunshine" fairly easily, I could still find a copy on the web in the UK for £30 not exactly a bargain but not too bad.

I wonder what this non Moulton mixed version is like: Chuck Davis Orchestra Spirit Of Sunshine (12") Disco Music.com

As you like a re-edit did you get this one "DJAZZ - All I Can Do" for the two tracks on side 2, Jermaine Jackson "Erucru" and Dizzy Gillespie "O-Zone Madness"
not rare tracks but the Dizzy Gillespie never made it to a 12" and the re-edit takes out some of the cheese from the original version.
DJAZZ - All I Can Do I've temporarily joined the Juno publicity department - just kidding.

[ashley]

.. hello Ashley
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.. where can I buy "Spirit of Sunshine"??
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.. I've tried E-Bay, Discogs, Netsounds, MusicStack & Gemm .. and found nothing ..
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.. please please tell me where I can find a copy ..

.. £30 sounds like a steal ..
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.. many many thanks ..