Disco Track Of The Week?

**PaulC** · September 20th, 2003, 05:37 AM

"Stars" Sylvester doin' it for me this morning :P

**SandraDee** · September 20th, 2003, 06:21 AM

This week I've re-DISCOvered 'Save Your Love For Me' by Space & 'Intellectually' by Amanda Lear. 2 really interesting 'Euro disco' tracks IMO.

**markydefad** · September 20th, 2003, 04:25 PM

"Save Your Love For Me" by Space is always in my Top 10. Just a brilliant record.

**NickNack** · September 21st, 2003, 08:17 PM

As much as I love "Carry On" by Space, "Save Your Love for Me" always runs chills down my back. What an excellent song.

My disco track this week: "Checkmate" by Barrabas. Cranked it up and went 'center-room' to get swallowed up in the sound. Man I used to love to hear this on that Richard Long sound system at the Gallery. Outrageous.

Checkmate, checkmate, checkmate, ch-ch-ch-ch checkmate
Checkmate, checkmate, checkmate, oooh!
:D :D :D :D :D

**JussiK** · September 22nd, 2003, 06:07 AM

Originally Written by Steely Dan

'Intellectually' by Amanda Lear.

Potent stuff that probably made even Jacques Lacan the famed psychoanalyst start to dance madly.

**QUINNY** · September 22nd, 2003, 06:28 AM

I've been re-visiting West Phillips - I'm Just A Sucker For A Pretty Face this past week. Crap lyrics and voice, but I loved that funky groove and the sound of it. I've also been giving Turn It Up - The Conway Brothers a good thrashing. Now, that record was the Biz!!!!! Heavy, Heavy, hard FUNK y'all.

**PaulC** · September 26th, 2003, 03:50 PM

Friday night listening to "Boogie Fund" by Solar Flare
Reminds me of September 1978 in New York and San Francisco 8)

**PaulC** · October 7th, 2003, 04:59 PM

Constellation Orchestra - "Perfect Love Affair' Fab! 8)

**vodkatonique** · October 8th, 2003, 04:56 AM

The topic on Silver Convention suddenly has me on a "San Francisco Hustle" binge.

**Forrrce** · October 8th, 2003, 03:42 PM

A few resurrected today:

Cheri 'Give It To Me'
Freezing Fire Band 'Dance With Me, Baby'
Steve Kahn And Co. 'Got To Have Your Lovin''
Masuratti & Huey Harris 'Super Duper (Lovin')'
(an all time fave)
King Tim III 'Charlie Says...'
Charles Mann 'Shonuff, No Funny Stuff Love'
M'Lady 'Sweet Honey'
Manny's 'I Love You So' (instrumental)

**markydefad** · October 11th, 2003, 04:45 PM

I've made a few tapes recently of stuff I've collected in the past year or so....maybe I'll post the titles later...my absolute FAVE of all is "Make Me Believe In You" by Patti Jo.

This is from a 1975 Disco Gold LP that was issued on Scepter Records. Everything on it was remixed and extended by the Master himself, Tom Moulton.

The song was written by Curtis Mayfield and was also covered later by Melba Moore...but Miss Patti Jo's version is simply DIVINE. Apparently, this was a 3:30 record that Moulton extended into a masterpiece...although I admit I never heard it until recently...maybe someone mentioned it here a while back. I know I first downloaded it from Napster. It's available on CD on the first Disco Gold CD.

There's this long extended snare drum beat that just make ya wanna bust a move and it builds with a flute counter-melody until

finally Miss Patti starts to sing in her Nell Carter- coronet type voice. This tracks KILLS ME!!!!! :D

Hunt it down.

**SandraDee** · October 12th, 2003, 02:31 PM

That Patti Jo track is mentioned in Andrew Holleran's classic 'Dancer From The Dance' book about NY gay club life in the early to mid 70's. I always think it has a similar feel to the Temps' 'Papa Was a Rollin Stone' track.

**markydefad** · October 12th, 2003, 04:11 PM

Mr. SD...

The liner notes for "Disco Gold" mention the Andrew Holleran "Dancer From The Dance" reference...I think it's about dancing at The Gallery....and the crowd going wild when Miss Patti Jo's "metallic" voice finally emerges from the wonderful buildup in this song. Two other songs mentioned were "Law Of The Land" by The Temptations and something by Zulema..("Giving Up"?).

Anyhoo, last night I pulled out my old LP of "Dancin' With Melba" to compare her extended version of "Make Me Believe In You" with Patti Jo's. NO CONTEST!!!! Miss Melba has a similar vocal quality...but the arrangement just doesn't do justice to the song. MISS PATTI JO WINS HANDS DOWN!!!! :lol:

Now whatever happened to Patti Jo? My Billboard R&B book doesn't show her charting anything...including this classic!!!!!! :evil:

**NickNack** · October 13th, 2003, 04:26 PM

Originally Written by markydefad

Mr. SD...

The liner notes for "Disco Gold" mention the Andrew Holleran "Dancer From The Dance" reference...I think it's about dancing at The Gallery....and the crowd going wild when Miss Patti Jo's "metallic" voice finally emerges from the wonderful buildup in this song. Two other songs mentioned were "Law Of The Land" by The Temptations and something by Zulema..("Giving Up"?).

That song by Zulema would be "Change". And yes, Mr. (Nicky) Siano 'terrorized' The Gallery when he played them. Fucking outrageous! :D

**JussiK** · October 14th, 2003, 08:34 AM

Got introduced to "Kalei-Disco" by Colour Blind. This lavish Tony Green instrumental really is kind of kaleidoscopic, you can see neons gleaming off parked limos, high-calorie snacks, rhinestone-studded denims and other objects of over the top street fabulousness. This, the spanking new "Let The Sunshine In" by The Army Of Lovers - check out that video! - and "So Much For L.A." by D.C LaRue are the tracks of the moment.

**DISCODISK** · October 19th, 2003, 09:17 AM

Originally Written by markydefad

I've made a few tapes recently of stuff I've collected in the past year or so....maybe I'll post the titles later...my absolute FAVE of all is "Make Me Believe In You" by Patti Jo.

This is from a 1975 Disco Gold LP that was issued on Scepter Records. Everything on it was remixed and extended by the Master himself, Tom Moulton.

The song was written by Curtis Mayfield and was also covered later by Melba Moore...but Miss Patti Jo's version is simply DIVINE. Apparently, this was a 3:30 record that Moulton extended into a masterpiece...although I admit I never heard it until recently...maybe someone mentioned it here a while back. I know I first downloaded it from Napster. It's available on CD on the first Disco Gold CD.

There's this long extended snare drum beat that just make ya wanna bust a move and it builds with a flute counter-melody until

finally Miss Patti starts to sing in her Nell Carter- coronet type voice. This tracks KILLS ME!!!!! :D

Hunt it down.

how right you are MARKY i remember ian levine playing this as a new release,even as a new release it was pretty obscure and i dont remember anyone else playing it.it never got a release here except as an album track on an album ian compiled for pye records called solid soul sensations with all tracks from the scepter wand catalogue,sales surprised everyone i think it even went top ten pop,pye were so impressed and their main man dave macleer couldnt stay away from levines club and invited ian to record,it was from that levines recording began.
the only problem with the disco gold album is where to go first with patti's tracks as her other single "aint no love lost is equally brilliant :P
toms remix of patti's make me believe in you is currently available on u.k c.d journeys by d.j desert island mix part 2 norman jay, but the intro has like a spoken rap over it :o
MARKY patti does have a great voice and for bringing it up were gonna nominate you as president of the patti jo fan club :lol:

**markydefad** · October 19th, 2003, 06:13 PM

Why thanks DD!!! :D

I followed "Make Me Believe In You" with "Got To Get You Back" by Sons Of Robin Stone (thanks to you!!!) :D

Another forgotten gem. After that, another beauty "Don't Send Nobody Else" by Ace Spectrum (written by Ashford & Simpson).

The voices, arrangements, the musicianship evident on these records is stellar. And they were not really even hits--just sorta ordinary records back in tha day. :evil:

Oh, build me a time travel machine--I wanna go back!!!!!! :roll:

**NickNack** · October 19th, 2003, 08:41 PM

Originally Written by markydefad

I followed "Make Me Believe In You" with "Got To Get You Back" by Sons Of Robin Stone

"Got to Get You Back" is still outrageous, even with that odd drum pattern I asked you guys about way back when. I'm discovering that pattern more and more on old Philly stuff like The Delfonics. I guess Thom Bell and crew had a thing for shifting that beat around. Odd, but it works. Just a pain to mix. :x

**mixtape** · October 20th, 2003, 07:27 PM

This week I just can't get the song Trash by Robin Gibb out of my head for some reason. I dont even know where that song is from? It just reminds of the Bensonhursts dayz of '77 for some reason. [/u]

**SandraDee** · October 21st, 2003, 03:11 PM

I've been listening to 2 poppy & British LPs from '82 (that's a rarity as I generally dont like UK music much) that I haven't heard for a long time & was pleasantly surprised - 'Fabrique' by Fashion & 'The Anvil' by Visage.