60's classics - the disco versions

[Marcio**]

Barry Ryan, "Eloise", 1968
Covered by Paris Connection :)





Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin. "Je T'aime...Moi Non Plus", 1969
Covered by Donna Summer :)





The Moody Blues, "Nights In White Satin", 1967
Covered by Giorgio Moroder :)





The Animals, "The House Of The Rising Sun" , 1964
Covered by Santa Esmeralda & Revelacion :)




Shocking Blue, "Venus", 1969
Covered by Bananarama :)

[Bernie]

Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin. "Je T'aime...Moi Non Plus", 1969
Covered by Donna Summer :)

This was done by Saint Tropez before Donna Summer.
Casablanca promo guy and head of Butterfly Records, AJ Cervantes talks about this at
http://www.discomusic.com/people-more/56_0_11_0_C/

[SandraDee]

More disco versions of 60s hits:

'Gonna Get along Without You Now - Viola Wills
'Black Is Black' - Cerrone or La Belle Epoque
Knock On Wood or Light My Fire- Amii Stewart
Suspicious Minds - Candi Staton
Tears Of a Clown - Deodato
I (Who Have Nothing) - Sylvester
Hold On I'm Coming - Karen Silver or Aretha Franklin
I'm A Man - Macho
MacArthur Park - Donna
Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Boystown Gang
Anyone Who Had a Heart - Ritz
All My Loving - Mouzon's Electric Band
A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Munich Machine
Half As Nice - THP Orchestra
Just One Look - Faith, Hope & Charity
Tobacco Road - Bob a Rela
Try a Little Tenderness - Gotham Flasher

[discolady75]

"never can say goodbye" : gloria gaynor
"for your love" : chilly
"summer of 42" + "soul coaxing" Biddu Orchestra
"by the rivers of babylon" boney m
"back to music" theo vaness
"fever" madleen kane

and so on..... great Sandra !

[JussiK]

Creekadiscopedia did a fab version of Sophia Loren's (!) "The Boy On A Dolphin" - a vintage film theme becomes an authentically silly eurodisco experience with a shivering voice trying slightly too hard and a tinny yet dramatic string arrangement.

[SandraDee]

Creekadiscopedia

Whaaaaattt?! :o Surely you're pulling our legs Jussi?

[buckaroo]

What about "The Girl From Ipanema"? :-?

[occasio]

There's a pretty solid version of
IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA by Julia Keen & Pin Up Stick

Apparently a French only (?) release on Philips.

[Bernie]

There's a pretty solid version of
IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA by Julia Keen & Pin Up Stick

Hot R.S. did a version of this and it is better than the one by Disco Circus. http://www.discomusic.com/records-more/4666_0_2_0_C/

[Anonymous]

Creekadiscopedia

Whaaaaattt?! :o Surely you're pulling our legs Jussi?

Would I pull such a shapely leg like yours, Sandra, sticking out as it must be from a sheer avocado-colored bri-nylon negligeé? Crekadiscopedia was out in 1977, THE year for cheesy eurodisco. The label is Barclay.
That Julia Keen & Pins was realesed in nordic countries too.
The Girl From Ipanema, fab tune, that one got covered first (?) by Gilla on her great Help! Help! album in 1976, Hansa label, always a good sign that. Then ASTRUD GILBERTO herself did a disco version in 1978, a lush Vincent Montana jr. production, no less! The lp is called "That Girl From Ipanema" and it's got additional dance tracks too like the jazzy midtempo "All I've Got". Love it to death.

[SandraDee]

sheer avocado-colored bri-nylon negligeé

Jussi (that is you isn't it? :-? ) how did you know that bri-nylon is my favourite material (after rubber!); you wouldn't believe how hard it is finding bri-nylon clothes these days. Just love those man-made textures! :lol: (I'm quite partial to avocado too )

[discohunter]

P'zzazz - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Shalamar - Uptown Festival (contains snippets of 60's covers)
Dante's Inferno - Ain't Misbehavin" (original is earlier than 60's but I'll put it in anyway)

Am sure I'll think of others but can't. Many have already been mentioned.

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