ONLY THE DISCO INSTRUMENTALS!

**MAN** · March 26th, 2004, 01:42 AM

Many artists made nice instrumentals and many of them there style is close to be just instrumentals music, I put here some of my favorites instrumentals or tracks that it's nearly instrumental and just have a few words only on it, I did not include the instrumental tracks
Which is instrumental for tracks made as songs, but I put only the tracks made as instrumentals
there is many more I know but can somebody help me to add more tracks to this list because I'm trying to collect it and make a compilations for them I need just the famous good one, here is my list :

PICK UP THE PIECES _ AVRAGE WHITE BAND
MELLOW BLOW _ BARABAS
BLUE EYED SOUL _ CARL DOUGLAS
CERRONE'S PARADISE _ CERRONE
LOVE IN C MINOR _ CERRONE
THE END _ CHANGE
THE KINGS OF THE CLUBS - CHOCOLAT'S
MACHINE GUN - COMMODORES
MANHATTAN SKYLINE - DAVID SHIRE
SUPERMAN - HERBIE MANN
DANCE & SHAKE YOUR TAMBOURINE - INNERCITY EXPRESS
DISCO CONNECTION - ISAAC HAYES
I'M CORRUPT - KID CREOLE AND THE COCCONUTS
MORNING STAR - KOOL & THE GANG
CHOCOLATE SAMBA - LES CHOCOLATS
LOVE'S THEME - LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA
K-JEE - MFSB
T.S.O.P. - MFSB
SEVILLA NIGHTS - SANTA ESMERALDA
DARK IS THE NIGHT - SHAKATAK
LIVIN' IN THE U.K. - SHAKATAK
MAGIC FLY - SPACE
LET THE DRUMS SPEAK - THE FATBACK BAND
CHICAGO BUS STOP (OOH I LOVE IT) -THE SALSOUL ORCHESTRA
SALSOUL HUSTLE - THE SALSOUL ORCHESTRA
YOU'RE JUST THE RIGHT SIZE - THE SALSOUL ORCHESTRA
SUNSHINE CITY - THE SUNSHINE BAND
DANCE WITH THE DEVIL - UB 40
THE HUSTLE - VAN MCCOY
KEEP ON HUSTLIN' - VAN MCCOY
LATIN ODYSSEY - VOYAGE

**K-Bee** · March 26th, 2004, 01:52 AM

Practically every jazz artist know to man did deal with this kinda stuff in the late 70s early 80s.
for instance:
Herbie Hancock
Donald Byrd
Ramsey Lewis
Patrice Rushan
George Duke
Lesette Wilson
Bobbi Humphrey

I'm sure loads of members will add to this list :)

**Jimmy-Michaels** · March 26th, 2004, 01:58 AM

Gato Barbieri
Herb Alpert
Alec R Costandinos
Giorgio Moroder

**PeaceFroggy** · March 26th, 2004, 02:23 AM

KC & The Sunshine Band's second album, The Sound of Sunshine (1975) was entirely instrumental. Although they are all great tunes, I have to nominate Shotgun Shuffle as my favourite KC instrumental. It stands alone as an instrumental piece; it was not an arrangement of a vocal piece.

Oh, and I have to add Walter Murphy's "Beethoven's 5th." Of the ones I've heard, that has to be my favourite disco instrumental and arrangement of a classical piece. It really sounds convincing to me, as a disco song, whereas others I am constantly aware that this is not made for disco.

**buckaroo** · March 26th, 2004, 06:37 AM

Herbie's "3 a.m." from his brilliant "Mr Hands" LP is a corker!

Also, I quite like Azimuth's "Light As A Feather".

**K-Bee** · March 26th, 2004, 07:03 AM

Yup..talkin' about Azymuth we have to list "Jazz Carnival" and "The Prisor" as well.

Thankfully, the band is still around today. They released a more than decent cd in 2001 entitled "Before We Forget" on the Far Out label.

**Forrrce** · March 26th, 2004, 07:49 AM

Originally Written by K-Bee

Yup..talkin' about Azymuth we have to list "Jazz Carnival" and "The Prisor" as well.

Thankfully, the band is still around today. They released a more than decent cd in 2001 entitled "Before We Forget" on the Far Out label.

Better off going for the original version of 'The Prisoner' - it's on their 'Aguia Nao Come Mosca' album, as 'A Presa'. Space fusion :o

**K-Bee** · March 26th, 2004, 10:48 AM

Forrrce,
was that azymuth album released in Europe? The only ones I ever saw over here were all the Milestone records ones
The version I have of "The prisoner" is from the "Flame" LP from 1984.

**gvtaylor** · March 26th, 2004, 11:40 AM

K-Bee,
The Azymuth LP "Aquia Nao Como Mosa" (Eagles Don't Eat Flies) was released in Brazil & Japan on Atlantic, their second LP. The first LP is Self titled on Som Livre. (also came out in the early 80s on Carrerra in France, titled "Early Years") There are a few other things by Azymuth done early on in their career, such as a Sountrack called "O Fabioloso Fittipaldi" (about the racing car driver,music by Marcos Valle) The Espigao soundtrack was their first recording for Som Livre in 72, and there is a four track ep on Polydor records from 75 which has the original version of "Tempos Atras" (also recorded by Airto with Bertrami on keyboards)
There are a few other things done by Azimuth, only not credited as them! I know Alex the bass player, who gave me the details of these tracks. (which I was fortunate enough to pick up over the last few years)
They were also very busy playing as a unit on other peoples records throughout the 70s, so there are some great tracks with their distintive sound in the background of Brazilian singers such as Dafe, Hyldon, Orlandivo, Helio Matheus & Silvio Cesar.

Mark

**Rab** · March 26th, 2004, 12:13 PM

"Dance! It's My Life"-Midnight Powers
"Whistle Bump"-Deodato
"Bourgie Bourgie"-Ashford & Simpson
"The Break"-Katmandu

The Saturday Night Fever soundtrack had several

A lot of the vocal 12" flip sides had instrumentals on side B
"This Time Baby"-Jackie Moore
"Smack Dab In the Middle"-Janice McClaine
"Pick Me Up I'll Dance"-Melba Moore

**markydefad** · March 26th, 2004, 12:28 PM

Ah, those pesky instrumentals. Everytime you hear a tape from back in tha day---they're the hardest to name.

I thought once about trying to give definitive descriptions of the major instrumentals for future reference here.

Like how to tell "The Break" from "Hot Wax" or "Underwater" or "Traffic Breakdown". These were major culprits on old Trocadero tapes.

Then the Herb Alpert "Beyond" vs. "Manhattan Melody" vs. "Route 101", etc.

**Forrrce** · March 26th, 2004, 12:56 PM

Originally Written by K-Bee

Forrrce,
was that azymuth album released in Europe? The only ones I ever saw over here were all the Milestone records ones
The version I have of "The prisoner" is from the "Flame" LP from 1984.

K-Bee, it was reissued in Japan in 1982, then in Brasil in 1993 - these copies are of excellent quality and you may see them occasionally. It was bootlegged in the UK a couple of years ago, also. It's on CD too - firstly as a Brasilian bootleg (though cut from the masters!) and I think Warner Brasil have issued it in recent years. Great cover, too.

Azymuth are one of my favourite bands - they were my introduction to fusion and I hung out with them for a bit when they came to the UK, in '97. Natch, I got them to sign all my records - they were freaking over the 'Zombie' single and wanted to take it back with them - none of them had a copy.

By the way, their weird 'Live At The Copacabana' LP from 1985 has just been issued by Charly in the UK. It's not really live - just a remix of the 'Light As A Feather' album. The version of 'Carnival' is even longer than the original mix, with a long drum intro. Strictly for Aztronauts and completists... :oops:

By the way, did you know they took their name from a Marcus Valle track??!

"Forrrce - Information Overload Overlord"!

**Noman** · March 26th, 2004, 01:17 PM

Wilton Place Street Band - I Love Lucy Theme
Harry Thuman - Underwater
Zapp - More Bounce To The Ounce ( OK There are 5 words in it)
Hot Posse - An American Dream
As mentioned all the early Shakataks, and a lot of the jazz funk stuff from UK (Morrissey Mullen, Rah Band, Cloud Freeze etc)

Charlie Callelo Orchestra, Tv Sounds Orchestra (Fantasy),

A Lot of Italo Disco and Canadian stuff (Walkman,Kasso Leonard Washington etc)

Black Gold - C'mon Stop

Usa European Connection
etc

these are some that came to mind from my collection.

**Jimmy-Michaels** · March 26th, 2004, 02:18 PM

Saw someone mention "Dance Its My Life" by Midnight Powers..thats a reallll obscure one. I also heard there is a vocal version of that somewhere but I dont own nor ever heard it.

**gvtaylor** · March 26th, 2004, 03:25 PM

Here are some 12" releases I used to dance to back in the days!

OLYMPIC RUNNERS : SOLAR HEAT
FRANCINE McGEE : DELIRIUM
ATMOSFEAR : DANCING IN OUTER SPACE / MOTIVATION
RAMSEY LEWIS : SPRING HIGH
KEITH BARROW : TURN ME UP (INST)
RINDER & LEWIS : LUST
SEA LEVEL : SNEAKERS FIFTY FOUR
EDDIE HENDERSON : PRANCE ON
RAHNI HARRIS : SIX MILLION STEPS (INST)
INVERSIONS : LOCO-MOTO
PAULINHO DA COSTA : LOVE TILL THE END OF TIME
RAH BAND : SLIDE

By the way, forgot to mention on the earlier Azymuth thread, that when they started out they were four in the band! The fourth member was Ariovaldo, he played percussion as a member of the band up until their second LP release "Aguia Nao Come Mosca" (only credited as a guest player on this release)

Mark

Marcio** · March 26th, 2004, 08:56 PM

I go with

Hank Crawford "I Hear A Symphony" ('75)
Blood, Sweat & Tears "Heavy Blue" ('76)
Van McCoy "The Disco Kid" ('75)

:D

**ehuerta** · March 26th, 2004, 11:18 PM

"Disco Magic" T - Conection

**K-Bee** · March 27th, 2004, 02:05 AM

gvtaylor & forrrce,
Thanks a lot for all this valuable info on Azymuth. Stuff like this, you won't find on AMG :lol: :P.

"Alex - the bass player" I assume that is Alex Malheiros...I actually have his "Atlantic Forrest" solo-LP from 1985 - obiously very Azimuth-sounding & rather good too!

**gvtaylor** · March 27th, 2004, 05:09 AM

K-Bee,
Alex the bass player is the man himself Alex Malheiros. There is also a solo LP he recorded in Brazil called Zenith, recorded with Bertrami & other guests in the early 90s.
The origin of the bands name comes from when they recorded the soundtrack O Fabioloso Fittipaldi, released in 1973 on Philips. The music is all written by the great Marcos Valle and his brother Paulo Sergio Valle. (played by Bertrami, Mamao, Alex & Ariovaldo)
The guys asked Marcos if they could use the name of one of the tracks for their band name, he agreed, and the rest is history.
The original version of the track "Azimuth" appears on the Marcos Valle album Mustang Cor De Sangue released in 1969 on Odeon.

Mark

Marcio** · March 27th, 2004, 03:15 PM

Hi !!!
In reality, "Águia Não Come Mosca" (1977) is the third work of Azimuth. Yep, the first is "O Fabuloso Fittipaldi" (1973/Philips) and the second is "Azimuth" (1975/on the Brazilian label 'Som Livre')

www.ratolaser.hpg.ig.com.br/azimuth.htm

thanx :D

"Beyond The Clouds" by Quartz : an excellent thump thump thump instrumental :D .

**Rab** · March 28th, 2004, 04:44 PM

Originally Written by DJ Jimmy M

Saw someone mention "Dance Its My Life" by Midnight Powers..thats a reallll obscure one. I also heard there is a vocal version of that somewhere but I dont own nor ever heard it.

I have not heard the vocal version of Dance, It's My Life, but I know people who have and they say its horrible.

**JussiK** · March 29th, 2004, 01:35 AM

Daniel Sentacruz Ensemble! This Italian group first hit big with SOLEADO, theme for the 1975 mondo movie Magia Nuda. They then issued a number of interesting rhythm tracks with some abstract chanting and lots of wild percussion. From the Soleado album try a good version of "Corazon", and from the "Daniel Sentacruz Dos" lp things like "E A Rio" - stop&go effects, weird melodies, intense tribal drumming, trancey chanting, all slightly off the beaten track.
Michel Legrand was/is a French easy listening/soundtrack veteran. He had one respectable Costandinos sounding dance album out in 1977 called DISCO MAGIC CONCORDE which contained 2 long medleys of his classic themes done disco - The Young Girls of Rochefort, Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Windmills of Your Mind from The Thomas Crown Affair, romantic stuff like that tied by a new central tune.

**K-Bee** · March 29th, 2004, 04:29 AM

Michel Legrand doing disco??!! Hmm somehow i'm not really surprised at all. he really was (is) a versatile guy covering all kinds of stuff.
The Jazz recordings he did are brilliant, especially the "Legrand Live Jazz" RCA Novus 1991 reissue of some mid 70s concerts feat. Ron Carter & Phil Woods among others.