Create Your Own Dream Disco Compilation

[markydefad]

Since there's such a disparity in taste around here...it might be interesting to see what your "Dream Disco Compilation" would contain--if you could be a Joey Negro for a few days, could obtain the rights and clearances and just generally be a Master of the Disco Universe. :D

You get to choose and create the program for your own double or single cd set. I would assume you'd want to concentrate on material that is beloved by you and rather unknown to others (to show off your impeccably good taste) or that is known but currently "unavailable" on cd or a combination of both.

I'm thinking of my list. Hmmmmm.... I may start with "Hollywood Hot." But then again I might not. :lol:

[QUINNY]

Big can o' worms you've just opened here Marky. I posted this very topic some time ago and nobody 'bit' then.

Mine might start with Y.M.C.A. (you know, the really rare *@&$&@ mix) or maybe it wouldn't. :lol: :lol: :lol:

[markydefad]

It doesn't have to be a dick-measuring contest. Who's is biggest; therefore, best, kinda thang. :oops:

Just a "wish list". Taste is rather personal. I really don't care if my list looks "pedestrian" to others. It's about what I like, what I can't find and what I want to hear.

I am just being curious--not judgmental. My DJ heroes often played records I couldn't stand--because they were popular and someone else loved them. I don't ever wanna hear "Can We Try Again" by Technique again--but others love it. That's their problem. I would flip that 12" and play the "(Looking For Someone to Love) Tonight" side. But that's just me.

Right now, I'm thinking about Eleventh Hour, Brandi Wells & Tod Foster for my list. If you're gonna puke, PUKE ON, BRO'!!!

[Bernie]

Marky,
That Tod Foster track, "Dancin'" would be awesome on CD and one that I forgot about.

I'm drawing a blanck right now, but some names I would like to see are:

1. Tod Foster - Dancin' (Remix)
http://www.discomusic.com/records-more/352_0_2_0_C/
2. Bob-a-rela - Why Does It Rain
http://www.discomusic.com/records-more/134_0_2_0_C/
3. Dharma - Plastic Doll
http://www.discomusic.com/records-more/244_0_2_0_C/
4. Metal Weeds - Sunshine Love
http://www.discomusic.com/records-more/604_0_2_0_C/
5. Joe Thomas - Polarizer
http://www.discomusic.com/records-more/1859_0_2_0_C/
6. Martin Circus - I've Got A Treat
http://www.discomusic.com/records-more/1945_0_2_0_C/
7. Paul Jabara - Pleasure Island (complete 10+ minute version)
http://www.discomusic.com/records-more/461_0_2_0_C/
8. Strutt & Company - Airborne
http://www.discomusic.com/records-more/1856_0_2_0_C/
9. Grand Tour - Flight From Versailles
http://www.discomusic.com/records-more/404_0_2_0_C/
10. Black Light Orchestra - Touch Me, Take Me
http://www.discomusic.com/records-more/3317_0_2_0_C/
11. Ritchie Family - I'll Do My Best (For You Baby)
http://www.discomusic.com/records-more/2906_0_2_0_C/
12. Front Page - Love Insurance
http://www.discomusic.com/records-more/371_0_2_0_C/

There's plenty more , but that's it off the top of my head.

[markydefad]

OK, off the top o' me keppe (that's head)...

I was gonna go home and do a look/see..but I will just post what comes to me...

Disc1:

1) AFRICAN SYMPHONY - Henry Mancini (12" promo mix)

2) DON'T PITY ME - Faith, Hope & Charity (12')

3) FANCY DANCER - Gregg Diamond's Starcruiser (was there a 12"? or LP)

4) LOTTA LOVE - Nicolette Larson (12' promo mix)

5) LOVE STARTS AFTER DARK - Gene Page w/ Charmaine Sylvers (12"/LP mix)

6) WATCH OUT - Brandi Wells (12")

7) THE OTHER WOMAN - Ray Parker, Jr. (12" mix)

8. DO YOU LOVE ME? - Patti Austin (12" extended mix)

9) SEABISCUIT IN THE FIFTH - Belinda West (12")

10) DANCIN' - Tod Foster (12" Remix)

Disc 2:

1) HOLLYWOOD HOT/ HOLLYWOOD HOTTER - Eleventh Hour (LP)

2) TAKE IT FROM ME - Dionne Warwick (45/LP version)

3) THINK I'M GONNA BREAK SOMEONE'S HEART TONIGHT - Roberta Kelly (LP/12"?)

4) TOMORROW - The Edwin Hawkins Singers (Hot Tracks Remix)

5) THREE STEPS FROM TRUE LOVE- Margaret Reynolds & Girlfriends (12")

6) IT'S MY LIFE - Talk Talk (U.S. 12"; mixed by Steve Thompson & Michael Barbiero)

7) PARADISE ISLAND (Instrumental) - The Wonderland Band (12")

8. THE WAR OF THE WORLDS: THE EVE OF THE WAR - Jeff Wayne featuring Justin Hayward

9) FEAR - Easy Going (12")

10) ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (The President Arrives) - John Carpenter (12" Import)

Now for my next volume, I'd like to go back to the classics....

gotta start with Wrap Your Arms Around Me by Agnetha Faltskog (ABBA blondie)

[born2disco]

I feel like such a disco novice... I'm unfamiliar with most of the ones you've mentioned! :oops:

[markydefad]

Oh, Damien...just download 'em from someone!!! :lol:

I got some ideas at Baja Fresh waiting for my burrito....

Volume 2:

1) IT'S A BETTER THAN GOOD TIME - Gladys Knight & the Pips (the elusive Walter Gibbons 12" Remix)

2) TRY MY LOVE - Denise LaSalle (LP/12?)

3) THE REAL THING - Daddy Dewdrop (12")

4) IT'S IN YOUR BLOOD - Linda Hopkins (12")

5) IT'S BETTER THAN WALKING OUT - Marlena Shaw (12"?)

6) GONE, GONE, GONE - Johnny Mathis (12")

7) TAKE ME TO THE BRIDGE - Vera (12")

8. SET ME FREE - The Three Degrees (Hot Tracks 12")

9) CAN YOU FEEL IT - The Jacksons (Disconet 12")

10) DANCING IS DANGEROUS - Noel (12")

11) THE NIGHT THEY INVENTED LOVE - Noel (12")

12) STARS IN YOUR EYES - Herbie Hancock w/ Gavin Christopher (11 minute 12" mix)

Sorry Agnetha, maybe volume 3!!!

[QUINNY]

I fear it's already turned into a dick fest, however unintentioned it was. Maybe a small dick fest, at least. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Marky: Perhaps you ought to add the caveat "Compilation with commercial release intentions" and that way it might actually be more meaningful. It's one thing to fulfil your own wishes, something entirely different to balance those needs with those of the commercial marketplace. Just a thought.

[markydefad]

Do I hear a Troll? Very odd, but I hear a Troll. Shoo!!! Back under the bridge where you reside. :lol: :lol: :lol:

[paul]

Marky...we are right there dude, that is seeing eye to eye if you know what I mean. :) I have been thinking about such a compilation for months. I decided to break it up in 2 cd compilation. One more euro flavored though the music may not necessarily be from there, i.e. Take Me Home. The other, with a little more R&B funk flayva :D
I haven't grouped everything yet but here are the songs I'm working with:
Cocomotion (what a surprise)
Dance To The Drummer's Beat
Your Love
Doing It In The Park
Movin"
What Can I Do For You
Use Your Imagination
Get Your Boom Boom
Hot Stuff/Bad Girls
The Boss
Have A Nice Day
Bra
Supernature
Move On Up
If There's Love
etc...

Oh Quinny, ya don't have to be like Ebenezer Scrooge on this one. Come-on, have some fun and play along :D

[QUINNY]

Paul: I've got time for ya 'cos yer snake is still curled up where it should be. You've shown good taste.

However, I can't accept your offer 'cos there'll be half a dozen macho types ready to bury my every pick. A skirmish in a dark alley I can handle, but a good kicking and then being run over by a car afterwards, wouldn't go down too well.

Perhaps suicide by haggis might be a way out for me.

[markydefad]

Sheesh!!! It's always the "Cool Hand Luke" thang: the "what we got here is a failure to communicate" deal. :evil: :cry: :oops: :o :evil: :cry: :oops: :o

It's called create YOUR own..for YOURself...something YOU don't have/something YOU want on cd...not something to market to the rest of the creatures on the earth. :roll: :o :roll: :o

Isn't it rich?
Isn't it queer?
Losing your timing
this late in your career?

Send OUT the damn clown. :P

With apologies to S. Sondheim

[paul]

Now Quinny, I know you can handle whatever criticisms come your way. You've got a fairly thick hide. :lol:
I know there'll be some who'll see your list and just pounce on it because well, it came from you. Just remember it's all in good fun. By the way, I'm sure there'll be people who just saw my list and probably thought and/or will post that my choices are weak. My response is as they say in Cali, whatever! :D

[QUINNY]

Marky: You're getting to the age where getting a tad hot under the collar could be terminally life restricting. Cool down bro' (I can call ya bro' after all this time, no?) you might have a heart attack!! :o :lol: :o :lol:
Though ya gotta admit that the serpent momentarily, nay cunningly, unzipped yer flies with the first list. Surely ya have?
:oops: :oops: :oops:

[markydefad]

Wut? :o :o :o

I smell piss. Always the stale smell of urine on every thread.

Big dick, little dick...whatever it is-- it just pisses. :roll:

Piss away, I say. Get it out yer system. Oh, wait--that'll never happen. Never mind. :(

[QUINNY]

Marky: No piss, just a little light banter, n'est-ce pas? Smells sweet enough from where I'm sat.

[paul]

OK, to move to topic along and away from piss and dicks. Marky, It's My Life makes my list as well. It will be on the euro disk, towards the end of it with songs like Lies.
I'm leaning towards chronoligical order but then again I might just goes with what flows better.

[Jeff H]

Wow, this is a toughie, Marky--and the kind of thing I tend to overthink to make sure I get it Just Right.

But come on, do you really expect us to believe that some of those entries were off the top of your head??!

OK, off the top o' me keppe (that's head)...

6) IT'S MY LIFE - Talk Talk (U.S. 12"; mixed by Steve Thompson & Michael Barbiero)

That's a lot of info for not doing any checking, hmmm?

Oh, and Tod Foster's "Dancin'"? Bleeech!

Now, stop with all the pissing, boys. I happen to know (and NOT from personal experience) that watersports are not Marky's cup of kink. :P

[paul]

Adding to th list:

Souvenirs
Sugar Pie Guy
Dance With You
Release Yourself
Queen of My Soul
Use Your Body And Soul
Boogie Oogie Oogie (Remixed)

[paul]

Oh, one more :D :

I'm A Man

[Salsoul1975]

A work in progress:

MY DISCO, VOLUME ONE

1. CATCH ME ON THE REBOUND-Loleatta Holloway (10:48)
2. CHIC CHEER-Chic (4:42)
3. COULD IT BE MAGIC-Donna Summer (6:21)
4. TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING-Marlena Shaw (LP Version)
5. EVERYMAN-Double Exposure (12" or LP Version)
6. NO ONE GETS THE PRIZE/THE BOSS-Diana Ross (12" Re-Edit)
7. SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE-Janice McClain (12" Version)
8. DANCE (DISCO HEAT)-Sylvester (8:07)
9. I FOUND LOVE (NOW THAT I FOUND YOU)-Love and Kisses (LP version)
10. DO OR DIE/PRIDE/FAME-Grace Jones (original LP side of "Fame")

[Svend]

And here is my list, confined to tracks I don't have on CD but in no particular order:

"Smack Dab In the Middle" Janice McLean (thanks for reminding me, Salsoul) and I want the long version not the 4-min edit
"Ooh La La" Suzi Lane
"Ease On Down the Road" Consumer Rapport
"Why Does It Rain" Bob-A-Rela (yay, Bernie!)
"You Are My Love" Sandy Mercer
"Green Light" Cory Daye
"Jungle Love"/"Don't Be Greedy" Cristina (it's on the way but the release date keeps getting put back)
"Come Down To Earth"/"Two Different Worlds" The Choice Four
"Don't Pity Me" Faith, Hope & Charity (cheers! Marky)
"Baby Gets High" Peter Brown
"How Am I To Know" The Tymes
"Don't Try To Win Me Back Again" Vicki Sue Robinson
"Deputy Of Love" Don Armando's 2nd Ave. Rhumba Band (all 8 min, please)

There's more, but that's what leaps to mind at the moment!

[JussiK]

Please Mr Cdman send me a dream, make it the hottest I've ever seen:
1. D.C LaRue: O Ba Ba
2. Shirley Bassey: Copacabana
3. Bobby Rydell: Sway
4. The Ritchie Family: Quiet Village
5. MFSB: Summertime
6. Joe Gibbs: Trinidad (12")
7. The Brothers: Brothers Theme
8. The Miracles: Overture
9. Beautiful Bend: Make That Feeling Come Again
10. Amanda Lear: Follow Me

[dvdjamm]

volume 1 of 100.....lol

the love i lost - harold melvin and the blue notes
i thought it was you - herbie hancock
keep on jumpin - musique
is it love you're after - rose royce
san francisco/hollywood - village people
sunset people - donna summer
ten percent - double exposure
the hills of katmandu - tantra
my claim to fame - james wells
can't stop dancing - sylvester
i got my mind made up - instant funk
the boss - diana ross

damn marky,if i had 1/50th of your music knowledge i'd be a happy man...i dunno where to dl disco songs,i've never seen them in the one place that i've dl from....i refuse to use kazaa,napster,etc. cause there's too many viruses...and i think i'm not suppose to ask for music from anyone else here...besides,i have dialup :oops: ,piece of ... anyway,my aim is dvd5158

[Sami M]

I would like to (put and) see these on cd with impeccable sound quality :D Long versions naturally!

Sylvester - I Need Somebody to Love Tonight
Amanda Lear - Assassino
Madleen Kane - Cherchez-Pas
Peech Boys - Don't Make Me Wait
Gwen Guthrie - Peanut Butter
Kano - She's a Star
JD & Monster Orch. - Love Magic
Carol Douglas - Midnight Love Affair
Love Unlimited - Love's Theme
Three Degrees - Dirty Old Man
Donna Summer - Love to Love You Baby (orig. single)
Jumbo - Turn on to Love
Salsoul Orch. - Nice & Nasty
Andrea True - What's Your Name
Grace Jones - Do Or Die
Sticky Fingers - Waistin My Love
Miquel Brown - Symphony of Love