Indie Release [Level 4]
Hi Disco Funk, Some nice tunes there. The Oliver Sain tune was played in the UK helped by its re-issue on Contempo
And as for you Dan, of course I'm a mind reader ... I am the Scientist.
Lets go back to Philly. This was a single from a great lp
YouTube - The Modulations I Can't Fight Your Love
Indie Release [Level 4]
Hey Discofunk, Nice little line up you gave us there, I played "One Fine Day" BITD the others, well, you are right! Thanks for the post!!:icon_cool:
Yeah Scientist, guess you are the mind reader! :icon_biggrin:
I know that most of you are familiar with this now classic song, but I thought that I would post it anyway. Although it is listed as a "1974" release, my copy has 1973 on it.
YouTube - Gloria Gaynor - Never can say goodbye (1974)
DJ Dan "Pooch" Pucciarelli
Indie Release [Level 4]
WELL I AM ENJOYING HEARING THIS OLD GEMS. SO HERE IS ANOTHER BLAST FROM BITD ON 7 INCH 45. I AM SURE WE ALL KNOW THIS ROCKER BUT IT IS NICE TO STILL SEE AND HEAR THEM.
JACKSON 5...DANCING MACHINE...1974
YouTube - The Jackson 5-Dancing Machine
COOL RIGHT?!:icon_cool:
DJ Dan "Pooch" Pucciarelli
Acetate [Level 1]
Hi Dan reminded me of that Motown medley you put together at the opening hight of Bunters in Liverpool - you mixed Billie Jean out of this as well if I remember right!!Originally Written by djdanpooch
Steve
Indie Release [Level 4]
WELL THAT IS A HELL OF A MEMORY!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES I DID,DANCIN MACHINE AND THEN BILLIE JEAN. WELL IT IS OBVIOUS THAT YOU WERE AROUND 27 YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS IN THE UK, I GUESS I AFFECTED YOU. LOL :) GET BACK TOME AND ENLIGHTEN ME ON THOSE DAYS. IN THE MESSAGE CENTER IS OK.
POOCH:icon_cool:
DJ Dan "Pooch" Pucciarelli
Indie Release [Level 4]
Aaahh Gloria Gaynor ! Am I right in saying the lp with Never can say goodbye and Honey Bee was the first example on vinyl of a disco mix ?
From around the same time
YouTube - Carol Douglas - Doctor's orders (1975)
Dan - There are a lot of people with great memories of your time in the UK. Were you ever on the tv in the UK ?
Indie Release [Level 4]
AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU THAT IT WAS THE FIRST EXAMPLE OF A THREE RECORD MIX ON VINYL...VERY GOOD CATCH SCIENTIST!!!:icon_biggrin:
I SEE AGAIN YOU ARE READING MY MIND, CAROL DOUGLAS WAS FIRST AVAILABLE ON 45. LATER TO BE RELEASED ON A 12INCH, EVEN CAME OUT IN BROWN VINYL AS WELL.
NO I DID NOT DO ANY TV IN THE UK, ONLY RADIO SHOWS...PICCADILLY RADIO, MANCHESTER..MERSYSIDE RADIO, LIVERPOOL, HOSPITAL RADIO ROYAL, LEEDS AND SOME PIRATE RADIO STATION FROM A SHIP. PLAYED A HELL OF ALOT OF CLUBS THOUGH!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR POST OF CAROL AND FOR YOUR MEMORIES.
POOCH:icon_cool:
DJ Dan "Pooch" Pucciarelli
Platinum Record [Level 8]
Yes, that was Tom Moulton's idea to have it a continuous mix on Side A.
Disco Funk
Underground Hit [Level 5]
There was one earlier than Gloria's "Never Can Say Goodbye" LP.
It was a Polydor/Spring Disco Compilation that was released in 1974.
It was Disco mixed (ok for that time period) and featured all their artists plus a couple of guests (Barry, Timmy Thomas)
"Disco Par-r-r-ty"
disco parrrrty.jpg
A1Lyn Collins - Think (About It)2:25
A2Millie Jackson - Love Doctor2:03
A3Fred Wesley & The JB's - Doing It To Death2:21
A4Mainstreeters, The - It's My Life2:52
A5Maceo & The Macks - Parrty2:17
A6Joe Simon - Drowning In The Sea Of Love3:16
A7Act 1 - Tom The Peeper
B1Chakachas - Jungle Fever2:43
B2Mandrill - Fence Walk2:36
B3Peppers, The - Pepper Box2:06
B4James Brown - Sex Machine2:11
B5Hank Ballard And The Midnight Lighters - From The Love Side2:37
B6Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together2:08
B7Barry White - I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More4:03
Indie Release [Level 4]
Thanks for the info Jay Negron. I found this article which mentions this LP.
Mixtape - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Is there any mention on the sleeve who did the mix ?
Underground Hit [Level 5]
No mention of who did the mix.
We assumed it was a studio engineer.
Crossfades were 2 seconds the most and mostly NOT on beat.
Lyn Collins into Millie Jackson was a screamer though.
I used to use it at times.
Underground Hit [Level 5]
Speaking of Disco 7 inches, check out the "Old-School Disco" show I did yesterday:
http://www.discomusic.com/forums/showthread.php/34662
The track list is there and Links to Download the show are there!!
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Double Platinum Record [Level 9]
Hi Jay
This was one of the first topics I brought to this board when joining back in 2005 .... now five years go :icon_eek: ... fun to go back and reread what was said then :
non-stop disco album from ---!! 1974!
I found the LP interesting because it was already using the word "disco" to describe club music ...certainly the first reference I've come across. I didn't fully catch its significance in the way you have ....it being also the first to present to the outside world a concept which also made
disco music : "disco" ...
the blending of the tunes into each other .
The creators of this compilation were very aware of the point though which they explained in the LP's ecstatic liner notes :
:icon_cool:
DISCO PAR-R-R-TY album liner notes :
________________________________
There's a new spirit at work here ... something more in tune with the spirit of the times ... and the taste of the now audience... A spirit which has pulled out all the stops ... We're having a party and everyone's invited...
Disco Par-r-r-ty --- a slice of life ... a page in history :icon_cool: :icon_cool:... just plain brilliant stomping, shaking , thrilling ,chilling rocking soul ... with an appeal aimed as much at the white audience as it is at the black....
Disco Par-r-r-ty ... an all-star cast which can't miss : James Brown, Barry White, Timmy Thomas, Millie Jackson , Joe Simon and many more. 14 kinetic cuts hitting with tremendous immediacy and force ... in a totally artistic way... beautifully balanced ... powerfully produced ... barely controlled... unleashed to overwhelm the listener... but moreover,
Disco Par-r-r-ty is a dance album. The definitive dance album ... completely captures the feel of a discotheque in its snappy, innovative excursion into extended performance .. A sustained work-out which never seems to get old through endless playings ... You can't just listen to it ... You've got to get down with it ... rollback the rug and parrty ... right here , right now .... The album's devoted to continuity ... catchy rhythms, energetic vocals blending together ... the sound's tight and distinctive ... professional and polished ... never contrived or stylized ... Signature songs... 14 masterpieces of composition and performance ... a run of classics all the way... Each one's a flash ... as soon as it sinks in, you're socked with another ... burning, charging , grinding at break-neck pace ... The effect is cumulative ... with each three minute spin off building and dissolving into the next ...
Disco Par-r-r-ty -- the stand-out album ... where you can't sit down ... The par-r-r-ty's within the cuts .... not between them ... So get down and get with it!
.................Linda M. George
--- an amazing description of disco music .... BEFORE there was disco music ...... ---
As "disco" , I like this cut from the collection the best :
it seems to best represent the new TO EACH HIS OWN attitude that was taking hold within this dancing subculture
I don't want nobody .........telling me HOW to live MY life .....
You only live but once
and when you're dead you're gone
and while I live
I'm surely gonna have my fun
I don't want nobody .........telling me HOW to live MY life .....
******
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Baby, take me
high upon a hillside
high up where the stallion
meets the sun
Underground Hit [Level 5]
A track we used to play alot before that LP came out was:
Act I's "Tom The Peeper".
Still love the groove today!!!
Indie Release [Level 4]
Thanks for posting the sleeve notes Remicks. I was wondering how you mix from Joe Simon to Act 1 and the the answer is - badly.
Its a shame the Act 1 tune is so short as it has a good groove
YouTube - Tom the peeper By Act 1
Indie Release [Level 4]
Heres a classic. The A side was the original version and the B side was the Disco version which has it all - horns, an ecstatic trumpet sound and a dominant hi-hat. Love it !!!
YouTube - CROWN HEIGHTS AFFAIR - DREAMING A DREAM 1975
Gold Record [Level 7]
So Guys, Was "Date with the rain" released on a 7" back in '72 after all?
'Date with rain' was a dance floor anthem played in every club in miami way into the mid-seventies, and for me it was impossible to find as late as '75-'76.
I first got it on one of those Motown Comp LP (name?), as I was told by shop clerks that it was never released on 45 rpm, only the LP, and the "People Hold on" album that also includes "Girl you need a change of mind" was so popular that it was next to impossible to find.
It was not until later that I was able to get a "proper" copy of "Date with the rain" on the flip side of the 7" of "Going up in smoke" ('76) and didn't find a copy of "People hold on " LP until much later, and a used one at that.
I still have here a '78 mix I did, where I play around with "date with the rain", and you can hear the mastering differences between the 1976 7" version (more bass) and the Comp LP version. I hate that!:icon_evil:
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Indie Release [Level 4]
Hi Mixmachine, I believe 'Date with the rain' was an lp cut only til 76 when it was the b side to 'Born Again'. Motown definately missed an opportunity there !! Its on Disc-O-Tech vol 2 from 75 so Motown must have realised its disco popularity. As far as I know, Motown never released an extended version. There are some unofficial extended versions around - check Youtube and Discogs.
The recent cd re-issues of Eddies lps are worth getting as the sound quality is v good + some previously unissued tunes
Gold Record [Level 7]
thats right but it was a bit later july 77
Gold Record [Level 7]
Thanks Scientist (Disco Scientist? :icon_mrgreen:)so basically this is the same info I had.
And yes, Disc-o-Tech vol 2 its the name of the first Motown Comp LP with "date with the rain" on it, I just found it here, and you are also correct, the 7" of "born again" is the one with "date with the rain" on the flip side, I remember how exiting it was to find this 7" in 1976 with the elusive long sought after 'bonus' cut from 1972!:icon_razz:
Gold Record [Level 7]
Discodisk, even though the 7" is stamped with '72 and '76 corresponding with the respective release dates, you're probably right.
I remember that this 7" came out of nowhere, and by the time of this 7" release "date with the rain" was not as popular with the new crowds, used mainly by Deejays during "oldies" sets.
I think it was released as part of some kind of "oldies" series re-prints (even though the label doesn't state this), if i'm not mistaken, I believe I found my copy under the "oldies" section as soon as it was released.
Indie Release [Level 4]
Thats a good point Mixmachine. By 76/77, Date with the rain was an oldie. I think Eddie left Motown around this time so perhaps the single was a cash in.
Heres one from 76
YouTube - EDDIE KENDRICKS goin'up in smoke
Indie Release [Level 4]
WELL REMICKS, SCIENTIST, MIXMACHINE..I THANK YOU FOR THE POSTS AND THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ROOTS OF "OUR THING". SOME GREAT JAMS AND MEMORIES THERE. HERE IS ANOTHER THAT I TREASURE FROM BITD, I KNOW THAT JAY WILL LOVE THIS...
A TRUE CLASSIC OF ALL TIME.........THE TRAMMPS, LOVE EPIDEMIC..1973 BOOYAH BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsLaEdy4EA8
DJ Dan "Pooch" Pucciarelli
Indie Release [Level 4]
WELL YOU KNOW THEY HAD TO MAKE A 12 INCH AFTER THIS 45 RELEASE. BUT THIS IS WHAT WE HAD TO WORK WITH BITD.....2 COPIES AND I MADE MY OWN VERSION, YEAH, THAT IS WHAT IS WAS LIKE BACK THEN.....
FANTASTIC FOUR - I GOT TO HAVE YOUR LOVE.... DAMN, I MISS THE OLD DAYS...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXRlbKdeqiU
DJ Dan "Pooch" Pucciarelli
Platinum Record [Level 8]
Good posts, guys. DJ Dan, that's my favorite track out of all the Fantastic Four tunes.
Did this Edwin Starr get any club play? I think the instrumental mix was only on the LP, not on the flip side of the 45. I wouldn't be surprised if there were DJs cutting back and forth between the 45 vocal mix (which was also on the LP) and the LP's instrumental mix.
Disco Funk
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