What is your favourite obscure disco song?

**rhessel** · June 13th, 2002, 06:25 AM

Hello to everybody...

While I was posting my reply in the topic "Songs that you play the most" I remembered some obscure disco songs, so came into my mind the idea of starting a topic about some favourities obscure disco songs.

Mine are:

Free & red hot - Shelly Black
Sisters and brothers - Rita Fortune
Samson - Ebony, Ivory & Jade.

Well, I think this enough by now.

**Funky Dude** · June 13th, 2002, 08:31 AM

I LOVE obscure disco. Here are some of my favourites:

Rozza & Wine - Disco Boogie Woman 1975
Boogie Man Orchestra - Lady Lady Lady 1975
Brothers Guiding Light - Getting Together 1973
Ultrafunk - Kung Fu Man 1974
Ultra High Frequency - We're On The Right Track 1973
Executive Suite - When The Fuel Runs Out 1973
Fatback Band - Street Walk 1972
Gary Toms Empire - 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Blow Your Whistle 1975
Herbie Mann - Hijack 1975
Intruders - She's A Winner 1972
Jackson Sisters - I Believe In Miracles 1973
Juggy Murray Jones - Inside America 1976
Liquid Smoke - Dance, Dance, Dance 1976
Louie Ramirez - Salsa 1976
Cleveland Eaton - Bama Boogie Woogie 1976
Lonnie Liston Smith - Expansions 1975
Magic Disco Machine - Scratchin' 1975
Metropolis - I Love New York 1978
Miami - Party Freaks 1974
Miroslav Vitous - New York City 1976
Muscle Shoals Horns - Born To Get Down 1976
Eastside Connection - You're So Right For Me 1977
Nite-Liters - K-Jee 1971
Poison - Let Me Lay My Funk On You 1975
Queen Yahna - Ain't It Time 1976
Rufus & Chaka Khan - Look Through My Eyes 1974
Soul Searchers - We The People 1972
South Shore Commission - Free Man 1975
Whirlwind - Full Time Thing 1976
Softones- That Old Black Magic 1975
Van McCoy - Love Is The Answer 1974
Van McCoy - Soul Improvisations 1972
Dennis Coffey - Scorpio 1971
etc...............................

**rhessel** · June 13th, 2002, 09:07 AM

I remembered some others:

I should say "It such a beautiful day" - Love Unlimited Orchestra
Guilty - First Choice
Look on the good side - The Invitations
Supership - George "Bad" Benson
Bump me baby - Dooley Silverspoon
Delicious - The Duprees
Life is what you make - Tapestry
Moonlight Serenade - The Ventures
Movin' like a superstar - Jackie Robinson

And so on...

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**Boodikka** · June 13th, 2002, 01:51 PM

1) "Mi Amore" - Desiree' (1978)....this is a lost gem, received some minor clubplay in NY.
2) "Save And Spend" - Cheryl Barnes (1978)
3) "Ready Or Not" - Deborah Washington (1978)
4) "The Other Side Of Midnight" - Marsha Hunt (1978)
5) "Malaguena" - Pico (1979)
6) "Workin' And Slavin'" - Midnight Rhythm (1978)....I LOVED this track! Medium popularity in NY, but now it is relegated to trivia question status
7) "Quartz" - Quartz (1978)....Personally, I could never stand "Beyond The Clouds", but I loved this. The first Goth disco record, I'd say.

"Leave That Boy Alone" - Poussez (1980)....a victim of the anti-disco backlash, not as good as anything on the first album, but better than most of what was around in early 1980
9) "Mischief" - French Kiss (1979)....still my favorite track from Simon Soussan
10) "Fire Island" - Dante's Inferno (1979)....good stuff from Ron Dante', the man behind the Archies (believe it or not)

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**Boodikka** · June 13th, 2002, 01:59 PM

"Nighttime Fantasy" by Vickie Sue Robinson from the NOCTURNA soundtrack (great soundtrack, execrable film). This is easily the best work La Vickie ever did, and the instrumental tracks by the Heaven and Hell Orchestra (which I assume is a line-up of the usual Salsoul/MFSB suspects operating under a nom de plume) are outstanding! This one shouldn't be obscure, but it is.

**Jeff H** · June 13th, 2002, 02:15 PM

Here, here, Boodi! "Nighttime Fantasy" is an overlooked classic! Those strings and horns, climbing and swirling, and Vicki's voice swooning and scatting above it all... breathtaking!

And "Workin' and Slavin'" is another awesome, propulsive song. But just a trivia question? It was in heavy rotation on the disco radio station that broadcast out of the little ol' Pittsburgh suburb of Greensburg in 1979. And it charted very high on the Billboard disco charts, if I remember correctly.

(That who-o-o-oshing sound you hear is Marky running to look up the Billboard chart position of "Workin' and Slavin'"!

)

**The Lord of Flatbush** · June 13th, 2002, 02:19 PM

On 2002-06-13 14:51, Boodikka wrote:
1) "Mi - (1978)....this is a lost gem, recieved some minor clubplay in NY.
2) "Save And Spend" - Cheryl Barnes (1978)
3) "Ready Or Not" - Deborah Washington (1978)
4) "The Other Side Of Midnight" - Marsha Hunt (1978)
5) "Malaguena" - Pico (1979)
6) "Workin' And Slavin'" - Midnight Rhythm (1978)....I LOVED this track! Medium popularity in NY, but now it is relegated to trivia question status
7) "Quartz" - Quartz (1978)....Personally, I could never stand "Beyond The Clouds", but I loved this. The first Goth disco record, I'd say.

"Leave That Boy Alone" - Poussez (1980)....a victim of the anti-disco backlash, not as good as anything on the first album, but better than most of what was around in early 1980
9) "Mischief" - French Kiss (1979)....still my favorite track from Simon Soussan
10) "Fire Island" - Dante's Inferno (1979)....good stuff from Ron Dante', the man behind the Archies (believe it or not)

My Borough Mate:

Let's touch on a few records to which were hits in New York on KTU.

Workin' & Slavin' - Midnight Rhythm

I was so pleased to view someone who has great taste in Disco music. This is one hit that was really deep with its instrumentation.
I have the 12" and love it intensely upon its
spin.

Panic - French Kiss

The sound effects, string section and all of the rest made this erotic hit one passion to be desired.

Plato's Retreat - Joe Thomas

A hit in New York for sure, to which other places kept the hustle intact when this song was played in their club.

Feed The Flame - Lorraine Johnson

Even through this day, I get chills when I hear this record. Pumpin' indeed!

Many more in store, but honorable mention goes to I Feel Love - Donna Summer.

Buckle up when you ride the rocket!

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**DotBomb** · June 13th, 2002, 02:25 PM

French Kiss- Mischief.

Very happy somebody mentioned this.... excellent piece.

Love Symphony Orchestra- Let Me Be Your Fantasy
Love Symphony Orchestra- Let's Make Love In Public Places
Clyde Alexander- Gotta Get Your Love
Companion- Living Up To Love
Chocolat- Nostalgia Medley
Charles Earland- Over & Over
Grand Tour- Le Grand Tour
Black Sun- Black Sun
Partners- The Last Disco In Paris
Easy Going- Gay Time Latin Lover
Lucrethia & The Azoto- It's The Way

**Boodikka** · June 13th, 2002, 04:02 PM

So "Workin' and Slavin'", "Nighttime Fantasy" and "Mischief" aren't so forgotten and obscure, then? Cool! I just hope that some savvy music company will release some of these gems on CD sometime soon.
Oh, and one more to add: "Sao Paolo" by Chic. I've championed this downtempo samba/disco jewel on here before. A great track!

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**DISCODISK** · June 13th, 2002, 04:03 PM

OBSCURE AND SOULFUL
tell me why-bobby womack-beverley glen
gift wrap my love-reflections-capitol
three steps from true love-reflections-capitol
fragile handle with care-sam dees-atlantic
let me show you-larry wu-atlantic
can you imagine that-norma jenkins-desert moon
you brought it on yourself-barbara hall-innovation2
frame of mind-vernon burch-u.a.
never die-mandrill-polydor
dont be afraid to take my love-creative source-polydor
love doctor-millie jackson-spring
house for sale-millie jackson-spring
s.o.s-todays people-gamma
abandoned-tata vega-tamla
youve got to try harder-ronnie walker-event
magics in the air-ronnie walker-event
i need you-dianne jenkins-creative funk
honey please-barry white-20th cent
youre everything good to me tomorrows promise-mercury
you aint going anywhere but gone-phillipe wynne-sugarhill
always room for one more-mcfadden&whitehead-tsop
goodlovin is just a dime away-originals-motown

**Boodikka** · June 13th, 2002, 04:26 PM

Here's one that I loved but never knew the name of for years and years: "The Real Thing" from Daddy Drewdrop. It was the B side, inexplicably, to "Nanu, Nanu" (which I hated, so I assumed that the B side would be another "Chick-A-Boom") so I never programmed it, much to my chagrin. My first post ever in this forum was one in which Marky identified the song tile. What a great track from such an unlikely performer!

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**markydefad** · June 13th, 2002, 06:16 PM

I suppose you all chose classy tunes. I'm gonna picka a little piece of cheesy fluff, produced and written by the master of Cheeze Whiz, Bobby Orlando, himself.

This was a song that I heard at Trocadero in the early eighties and always thought was the Bee Gees or Barry or Robin or Maurice solo. One day I went into Aloha Records (before I worked there) and sang this chorus melody sans words to them and Tauntress (Steve) immediately said " Tod Foster".

Indeed it was "Dancin'" by Tod Foster.

During the Napster era, several people asked me about a "Dancin" song by The Bee Gees. I always suggested "You Should Be Dancing" and then said maybe it was Tod Foster. They never seemed to know or care what I was talking about with the TF mention. At least 4 times, they came back and asked about the Tod Foster, and every time THAT WAS the song.

I remember when I finally got the song downloaded on Napster. I had to contact several of these people to let them know that downloads were available.

**NickNack** · June 13th, 2002, 06:36 PM

I wish I had time to go 'digging' but here's a few:

A NIGHT IN NEW YORK - ELBOW BONES & THE RACKETEERS (Another August Darnell gem)
BINGO - THE WHISPERS
AIE - BLACK BLOOD; ROBERTA KELLY
CRAZY 'BOUT MY BABY - BONNIE BRAMLETT
EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD - CONSUMER RAPPORT
MY HEARTS NOT IN IT - BRENDA JONES
LOVE CHILD - JAMIE DEAN
STUBBORN KIND OF FELLOW - BUFFALO SMOKE
SUMMER BREEZE - BAISER
DEEPER - NEW BIRTH
(EVERYBODY'S) DANCING ALL OVER THE WORLD - BUSTA JONES
DEJA VU/LOVE 'TIL THE END OF TIME - PAULHINO DA COSTA (the 12" is awesome)
IN THE EVENING - SHERYL LEE RALPH
WON'T YOU LET ME BE THE ONE - MICHAEL MCGLOIRY
MIGHTY HIGH - MIGHTY CLOUDS OF JOY
KILIMANJARO - MIRIAM MAKEBA
AS LONG AS WE'RE TOGETHER - GLORIA SCOTT

**Bernie** · June 13th, 2002, 07:07 PM

On 2002-06-13 19:16, markydefad wrote:

Indeed it was "Dancin'" by Tod Foster.

To make matters a little more interesting this song exists as two different mixes. Unfortunately, both versions share the exact same catalogue number. The promo version is a great remix, while the commercial is the original bla mix. Get the promo. I have this in the Vault under "F" for Foster.

**zeca azevedo** · June 14th, 2002, 12:28 AM

On 2002-06-13 17:03, DISCODISK wrote:
OBSCURE AND SOULFUL
tell me why-bobby womack-beverley glen
gift wrap my love-reflections-capitol
three steps from true love-reflections-capitol
fragile handle with care-sam dees-atlantic
let me show you-larry wu-atlantic
can you imagine that-norma jenkins-desert moon
you brought it on yourself-barbara hall-innovation2
frame of mind-vernon burch-u.a.
never die-mandrill-polydor
dont be afraid to take my love-creative source-polydor
love doctor-millie jackson-spring
house for sale-millie jackson-spring
s.o.s-todays people-gamma
abandoned-tata vega-tamla
youve got to try harder-ronnie walker-event
magics in the air-ronnie walker-event
i need you-dianne jenkins-creative funk
honey please-barry white-20th cent
youre everything good to me tomorrows promise-mercury
you aint going anywhere but gone-phillipe wynne-sugarhill
always room for one more-mcfadden&whitehead-tsop
goodlovin is just a dime away-originals-motown

Hi DISCO,
your list is simply THE BEST LIST I've seen on this FORUM until now! You have a real good taste, sir! SOUL MUSIC RULES!

I want to add my favorites here:

- DETROIT EMERALDS - LOVE FOR YOU (not strictly DISCO, but hey, it's a real GEM)
- THE DELLS - ALL ABOUT THE PAPER
- THE IMPRESSIONS - FIRST IMPRESSIONS/FAN THE FIRE
- ECSTASY, PASSION & PAIN - I WOULD'N GIVE YOU UP/HAPPY, HAPPY HAPPY
- WILLIE HUTCH - GET READY FOR THE GET DOWN/PARTY DOWN
- RARE EARTH - WARM RIDE
- HONEY CONE - THE TRUTH WILL COME OUT
- HOLLAND-DOZIER-HOLLAND - CAN'T GET ENOUGH
- CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD - YOU'VE GOT EXTRA ADDED POWER TO YOUR LOVE/FINDERS KEEPERS
- CHOCOLATE MILK - ACTION SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS
- UNDISPUTED TRUTH - I'M A FOOL FOR YOU/HELP YOURSELF
- SLY STONE - HIGH ON YOU
- THE MODULATIONS - LOVE AT LAST
- THE TYMES - GOD'S GONNA PUNISH YOU
- THE WHATNAUTS - HELP IS ON THE WAY
- THE WHISPERS - LET'S TRY IT ONCE WITH FEELING

That's enough for now.
Peace and SOUL

zeca azevedo

**Giovanni** · June 14th, 2002, 01:33 AM

Great topic, guys!!! I LOVE obscure disco!!!

Somo others I would like to add:

JIMMY & VELLA CAMERON: Be fair to me
HOT BUSH: Love fuse
WILLIE HUTCH: Easy does it
NEW JERSEY CONNECTION: Love don't come easy
SHADES OF LOVE: Come and make me feel good
CONSTELLATION ORCHESTRA: Perfect love affair
BLACK IVORY: Big apple rock
VERNON BURCH: Sammy Joanne
DONNA McGHEE: Mister Blindman
LIQUID PLEASURE: Take a little love
MARGIE LOMAX: God's greatest gift to man
PRANA PEOPLE: Pranian man
SATYR: Free and easy
THE BAND THAT FELL TO EARTH: Starflight
UNIVERSAL ENERGY: Disco energy
MARY CLARK: Take me I'm yours
SILVER PLATINUM: Dance
BLAIR: Nightlife
FREDDIE HUBBARD: You're gonna loose me
PAUL CACIA: Chicago
BOULE NOIRE: Il me faut une femme
SPYCE: Do it rock steady
GEPY & GEPY: Body to body
GARFIELD FLEMING: Don't send me away
BUS CONNECTION: Superdance
LOUISE MURRAY: Did you notice
TOMORROW'S PEOPLE: Ain't noting to it but to do it
DELORES HALL: Born to be free
KIM TAYLOR: Stomp your feet and dance
DESTROYERS: 'Lectric love

.....and many many more I can't remember now......

**dj_coolcut** · June 14th, 2002, 02:44 AM

Cool topic...i have red about various songs you mentioned i'd like to listen to...
Anyway these are some of my obscure favorites i can remember now:

Decimo - Theme from Shaft (1978)
G.B. & The Tracks - Chicken Stomp (1978)
Jakki - You Are The Star (1977)
Magic City - Let's Rock (1979)
D-R-U-M - Lalabye instr. (1977)
Force - Rock Your Baby (1979)
Funk Machine - Funk Machine (1977)
John Gibbs - J'ouvert (1979)
Heart & Soul - Do The Walk (1976)
East Harlme Bus Stop - Get On Down (1976)
Universal Robot Band - Doing Anything Tonight (1978)
U.N. - Disco Power (1979)
Karisma feat. Jocelyn Brown - Got You Dancing (1978)
Little Scotty - Shout At The Disco (1979)
Living Proof - Disco Boogie (1978)
Montreal - Under The Lights Of Montreal (1979)
Needa - Come On And Rock (1979)
Pam Todd - Baisez Moi (1978)
Stratavarious - I Got Your Love (1976)
Jimmy Jackson - Freedom To Express Yourself (1979)
Tony Sylvester - Pazuzu (1976)
Marta Acuna - Dance Dance Dance (1977)
Stargarg - Disco Rufus (1977)
Stargard - Wear It Out
S.S.O. - Tonight's The Night (1975)

and at least other 100....

**rhessel** · June 14th, 2002, 05:13 AM

Hello:

Dj_coolcut thanks for sending me the Van McCoy Rhythms of the World on AG, I was looking for its MP3 version for months.

Remembered two other very obscure:

- SOS (All we need is time for love)- Today's People.
- Once more with feeling - The Whispers (from the Bingo LP)

I listened to this song 25 years ago and has never listed it again, but recently I downloaded it from Audiogalaxy. Thanks AG.

BTW, those who want the Bingo CD its now available from Castle Music at
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/.../discomusiccom

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**Jeff H** · June 14th, 2002, 08:18 AM

Boodi--

"Nighttime Fantasy" is on the Sounds Like 54 CD that Marky tipped us off to a few months back.

The CD version is a little different than the 12-inch version I've had for years--more emphasis on the orchestration than the vocal, I'd say--but it's still more than 9 minutes of bliss!

**DISCODISK** · June 14th, 2002, 02:21 PM

thanks for comment ZECA nice choices from you too! its strange ive been listening to some of your tracks this week impressions/honey cone/whatauts/dells spooky! some of my all time faves are popping up everywhwre on this topic GIOVANIgarfield flemming,RHESSEL invitations/george bensonDJ_COOLCUT heart&soul{love the other side too FUNKY brothers guiding light,pleased to see NICKNACK is a fan of august darnell and i go with mighty clouds/gloria scott do you have her cassablanca album it goes for big bucks in england for a case of too much lovemaking. also FUNKY a bit of trivia about the dance dance record theres another version by the casualeers also on roulette from 1966 but sounding years more modern it was a massive record on the rare soul scene here in the 70s when roulette were told of its popularity they re-did that new version though i prefer the old version and it still gets played today sorry to bore you! zzzzzzzzz

**Fantomas** · June 14th, 2002, 03:02 PM

Bananaticoco by Max B
How Nan I Forget by the Realistics
Black Skin Blue Eye Boys (45 RPM) by the Equals

**jazz_pilgrim** · June 14th, 2002, 04:01 PM

Yeah, I like tis one.

Discodisk - love your Bobby Womack (the Soul Survivor) track. I remember that one i the clubs. And I've got that Casualeers track - a veritable monster on the Northern scene! (Fyi - I got into the Northern scene from '87 - '89).
Haven't heard that Larry Wu track for ages - that was a good one!

Zeca - I love your choice of soul bands - the Dells / Whatnauts / Whispers etc. The Dells track from 1964 - Oh What A Night (do you know it?) - just sends shivers up my apine every time I hear it!!!

Some of the obscure trax from my collection that I like are:

Finished Touch - The Down Sound
Mastermind - Hustle Busstop (don't own this one)
Vernon Burch - Fun City
Kool and the Gang - I Remember John W Coltrane (more jazz really from their Kool Jazz album)
Linda Clifford - You Are You Are (from If My Friends Could See Me Now)
Ripple - Sons of The Gods (a real jazz fusion left fielder from the same titled LP that spawned "The Beat Goes On") /
Ripple - Do What You Wanna Do (a blaxploitation track from the same LP)
Charles Earland - Over and Over / Intergalactic Love Song / Driftin'
Manfredo Fest - Jungle Kitten
Tommy Tate - What Gives You The Right (indie soul dancer)
Jerry Butler - Coolin' Out (just love that track!!)
Webster Lewis - Barbara Anne (rare - only got it on compilation)
Paulette Reeves - Jazz Freak (I wanna buy it)
David Benoit - Life Is A Samba
O'Jays - I'll Never Forget You (1967)
Al Green - Keep On Pushing Love (from 1992)
Dionne Warwick and the Detroit Spinners - Don't Need Another Love (from ... 2001!!! - a quality soul dancer or what??? :grin:)
.. and finally a real gem from '67 (I think it was) - Garland Green Ain't That Good Enough For You (how many times do I end a music session with that one?)

**zeca azevedo** · June 14th, 2002, 10:30 PM

On 2002-06-14 17:01, jazz_pilgrim wrote:
Yeah, I like tis one.

Discodisk - love your Bobby Womack (the Soul Survivor) track. I remember that one i the clubs. And I've got that Casualeers track - a veritable monster on the Northern scene! (Fyi - I got into the Northern scene from '87 - '89).
Haven't heard that Larry Wu track for ages - that was a good one!

Zeca - I love your choice of soul bands - the Dells / Whatnauts / Whispers etc. The Dells track from 1964 - Oh What A Night (do you know it?) - just sends shivers up my apine every time I hear it!!!

Some of the obscure trax from my collection that I like are:

Finished Touch - The Down Sound
Mastermind - Hustle Busstop (don't own this one)
Vernon Burch - Fun City
Kool and the Gang - I Remember John W Coltrane (more jazz really from their Kool Jazz album)
Linda Clifford - You Are You Are (from If My Friends Could See Me Now)
Ripple - Sons of The Gods (a real jazz fusion left fielder from the same titled LP that spawned "The Beat Goes On") /
Ripple - Do What You Wanna Do (a blaxploitation track from the same LP)
Charles Earland - Over and Over / Intergalactic Love Song / Driftin'
Manfredo Fest - Jungle Kitten
Tommy Tate - What Gives You The Right (indie soul dancer)
Jerry Butler - Coolin' Out (just love that track!!)
Webster Lewis - Barbara Anne (rare - only got it on compilation)
Paulette Reeves - Jazz Freak (I wanna buy it)
David Benoit - Life Is A Samba
O'Jays - I'll Never Forget You (1967)
Al Green - Keep On Pushing Love (from 1992)
Dionne Warwick and the Detroit Spinners - Don't Need Another Love (from ... 2001!!! - a quality soul dancer or what??? :grin:)
.. and finally a real gem from '67 (I think it was) - Garland Green Ain't That Good Enough For You (how many times do I end a music session with that one?)

Hi JAZZ,

thanx for the kind words about my list, but let me tell you, yours are the real thing! You have good taste, for sure. I have the PAULETTE REEVES' JAZZ FREAK and I like it a lot (very groovy, classy song). COOLIN' OUT by JERRY BUTLER is great too. and KEEP ON PUSHING LOVE by AL GREEN... it's fantastic. The album that contains this song, DON'T LOOK BACK, is great and deserved to be a huge hit. I wonder why AL GREEN didn't release another soul album after DON'T LOOK BACK (and its american edition).

About Dionne Warwick and the Detroit Spinners - Don't Need Another Love: I will look for this one, for sure.

Peace, JAZZ.

zeca azevedo

**paul** · June 15th, 2002, 12:00 AM

Hey Funky. One of your songs prompted me to get into this mix. I saw Muscle Shoals Horns - Born To Get Down 1976 on your list and boy, what memories. I would love to hear your collection one day, perhaps I would need a week

I also saw a lot of Vernon Burch but I didn't see my favorite, Never Can Find A Way (Hot Love). Let me also add, "Far Out" from Crown Heights Affair, "Use Your Imagination" from Kokomo and "Have A Nice Day" from King Errison.

**JussiK** · June 15th, 2002, 05:30 AM

What I'd like to know is Jimmy Sabater's "TO BE WITH YOU" obscure or not? Est-ce Que C'est Chic ou Simplement Ordinaire? Did it make the Billboard charts in the USA - I'm under an impression that I did see it there nosing around early in 1977 or late the previous year. Anyway, the 8 minute version on the 12" is truly extraordinary, the perfect blending of latin and disco elements, coolly sung and arranged. The first 16 bars set the tone for the audio frenzy, there's a thundering drumroll and off you go into a soundscape of lamenting violin weeps, frenetic breaks and dreamlike tranced-out dance configurations. The best ever record to do the latin hustle to, no doubt, what with the way it makes tour hips slightly wiggle but not too much and the way it inspires dramatic stop-and-go movements. -Pretty Maid Company's "Pretty Maid" is another title I've been wondering about. Was it too fluffy to make any impression in New York, say?