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    5 Forgotten Classic Hi Nrg Tracks

    1 I love Men- Cinema
    2 I'm gonna Love you forever - Jimmy Ruffin & Jackson Moore
    3 Alive with Love - Tina Fabrique
    4 The Hills of Katmandu- Tantra
    5 Reaching for the best - The New Exciters feat Brenda Reid.

    All from the early mid 80's, when men were men, and the NRG was High.

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    Re: 5 Forgotten Classic Hi Nrg Tracks

    Quote Originally Written by StraightActing
    Alive with Love - Tina Fabrique

    I always preferred 'Non Stop' by Tina Fabrique. I like your 5 choices but personally I thought Tantra was too early for hi-nrg being 1980 but it got played for years afterwards didn't it?

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    How ,bout these;

    1; WAINTING FOR YOUR LOVE - RUBIES
    2; HYPNOTISE - TASTE T LIPS
    3; DJ GIRL - MISS KIMBERLEY
    4; ROCK ME BABY - LISA LYNN
    5; DON'T PRETEND TO KNOW - TAPPS

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    Tantra

    Hills of Katmandu was an Anthem at Heaven, the 16 minute version, drove the dancers wild. 1980 too early to be Hi NRG?? , technically you are probably right, but what about THE Break by Katmandu??, that was 79 and to my mind a massive Hi Nrg choon. Ian's film begins by stating, what in his opinion was the first Hi NRg record and you won't belive what it is, not in a million years :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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    Quote Originally Written by Davicillo
    How ,bout these;

    1; WAINTING FOR YOUR LOVE - RUBIES
    2; HYPNOTISE - TASTE T LIPS
    3; DJ GIRL - MISS KIMBERLEY
    4; ROCK ME BABY - LISA LYNN
    5; DON'T PRETEND TO KNOW - TAPPS
    Manly tunes Sir, Manly......

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    Re: Tantra

    Quote Originally Written by straight acting
    Ian's film begins by stating, what in his opinion was the first Hi NRg record and you won't belive what it is, not in a million years :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

    Let me see, I've got Ian on video saying that he considers the first hi-nrg record to be 'Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart' by The Supremes. That wasn't it was it? If it wasn't am I close?! :-?

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    I've heard him say that

    Reference, "Love is like an itching in my heart", he said that as early as the interview with "The Face" magazine in 1984. However the film opens with Jigsaw " Sky High" from 1975?? , to be honest when I saw the unedited clips , I suggested to Levine that he was nuts,and that he should take it out but after watching the film half a dozen times prior to my writing the sleeve notes I figured that there is possibly something in the idea. The track does have the correct sound and structure.

    I'll dig out Charley records address later and we can all send them an e mail.

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    That's interesting. I s'pose Jigsaw does have that quite poppy, uplifting style that hi-nrg often has.

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    Re: 5 Forgotten Classic Hi Nrg Tracks

    Quote Originally Written by StraightActing
    1 I love Men- Cinema
    2 I'm gonna Love you forever - Jimmy Ruffin & Jackson Moore
    3 Alive with Love - Tina Fabrique
    4 The Hills of Katmandu- Tantra
    5 Reaching for the best - The New Exciters feat Brenda Reid.

    All from the early mid 80's, when men were men, and the NRG was High.
    I remember them well.. The music & the men :D
    I particulalry like the Jackson Moore/Jimmy Ruffin single.

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    forgotten High Energy

    I loved Hi Nrg as i love all dance music a few forgotten Jems


    Reflex Action/ Feels like Love- Louise Thomas
    Astaire- Power Of Love ( Tracy Ackerman Vocalist)
    Norma Lewis- Maybe This Time
    Charade( also Norma Lewis)- Victim of Love
    Jackie Rawe- I Believe In Dreams
    Nicci Gable- Strange Desire
    Earlene Bentley- Caught In The Act/Livin My Own Life

    i could go on there were some great records!!
    How come when Ian Levine started doing Nightmare Records the records became a nightmare pictures and all?
    what happened to Ian Anthony Stephens?

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    Re: forgotten High Energy

    Quote Originally Written by dancinBoy
    I loved Hi Nrg as i love all dance music a few forgotten Jems


    Reflex Action/ Feels like Love- Louise Thomas
    Astaire- Power Of Love ( Tracy Ackerman Vocalist)
    Norma Lewis- Maybe This Time
    Charade( also Norma Lewis)- Victim of Love
    Jackie Rawe- I Believe In Dreams
    Nicci Gable- Strange Desire
    Earlene Bentley- Caught In The Act/Livin My Own Life

    i could go on there were some great records!!
    How come when Ian Levine started doing Nightmare Records the records became a nightmare pictures and all?
    what happened to Ian Anthony Stephens?
    Ian Anthony Stephens went on to produce records for KLONE records in the UK. I think he is still active at the moment...
    Tracy Ackerman sang on mnay tracks (not always under her own name...She is a great singer and she also writes songs for other artists like Kylie...
    Ian levine is one of my HINRG heroes.. His work during the RECORD SHACK years was superb and I still listen to them all today :-) - I have nearly all of his NIGHTMARE releases but some of them are definitely "below par" - My favourite artists are EVELYN THOMAS/MIQUEL BROWN/CAROL JIANI/EARLENE BENTLEY... True Divas 8) I also like tracks by Eastbound Expressway & Croisette..

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    Tell me more about Tracy Ackerman as I only know, and really like, "Just Take My Body" and "Don't Want It."

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    Tracy Ackerman

    Tracy Ackerman is a session vocalist, i first saw her name as a background singer for Shakatak and then she did Don't Want It don't need it a single on Boiling Point records which i think was through Skratch Studios also Passion records and then her name disapeared as she became Astaire and put out about 2 lps and about 8 or 9 singles. Then returning to Tracy Ackerman she out out singles on Debut and Passion as well as a remake of Get Here on Arista as Quartz featuring Tracy Ackerman and she also sang Everytime recorded by Lustral a wonderful record.Thats the last i heard of Tracey. Wish she had come to the US i would love to see her perform

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    Re: Tracy Ackerman

    Quote Originally Written by dancinBoy
    Tracy Ackerman is a session vocalist, i first saw her name as a background singer for Shakatak and then she did Don't Want It don't need it a single on Boiling Point records which i think was through Skratch Studios also Passion records and then her name disapeared as she became Astaire and put out about 2 lps and about 8 or 9 singles. Then returning to Tracy Ackerman she out out singles on Debut and Passion as well as a remake of Get Here on Arista as Quartz featuring Tracy Ackerman and she also sang Everytime recorded by Lustral a wonderful record.Thats the last i heard of Tracey. Wish she had come to the US i would love to see her perform
    Tracy has been recording either as a session singer or as an artist in her own right since the early 1980s. She is still very active today and does alot of session work for all the HINRG/Dance labels. Unfortunately I have never had the pleasure of seeing her perform live. You will find her name listed on many pop/dance albums as a featured backing singer or writer of songs. A very talented lady :D

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    Thanks for the extra info on Tracy Ackerman. Didn't know she performed on Astaire (Power of Love...)/

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    dancinBoy wrote:

    >I loved Hi Nrg as i love all dance music

    I also love 80’s HI NRG, Italo & German Disco.

    My favorite HI NRG songs:

    Temptation - Flirts
    I Want To Become - Love Kills
    Blue Blue Eyes - Jean & Jill
    Love In A Summer Night - Brand Image
    Desire - Ronald Griffith
    Korea - Mandoki
    I Want You - Marce
    Give Me The Night - Facts & Fiction
    Need Your Passion - Sweet Connection
    Tokyo Town - Sarah
    Cat in Disguise - Julia Claire
    You Set My Heart On Fire - Elvin
    In The Night - G - C
    Robin Hood - William King
    The Years - Fred Ventura
    Money - Mozzart
    Don't Let You Down - G & M
    Latin Lover: Dr. Love
    Caught in the Act: Erlene Bentley
    Searchin’: Hazel Dean
    Run To Me: Tracy Spencer
    Midnight Radio: Taffy
    Another Boy In Town: Two Girls

    Please, dancinBoy send me an email.

    Daniel Bazac
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    danielbazac@hotmail.com

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    Do you people consider any of the songs listed above as Italo disco?

    Please, dancinBoy [from New York] send me an email.

    Daniel from New York

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    Forgotten Hinrg

    Oh, I forgot 'Square Rooms' Al Corley.


    Daniel, of the ones I know on your list;

    Taffy, Tracey Spencer and Fred Ventura are Italo.

    Erlene Bentley, Hazell Dean and Roni Griffith are HINRG

    and

    Two Girls & Sweet Connection are Euro. (Both German I think. Well they were first popular in the UK from German import 12").

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    And there's me thinking The Immortals - The Ultimate Warlord was the first hi-nrg tune!


    Some of my faves:

    Peppermint - Light A Light
    Deborah - Danger For Love
    Kristine - Don't Stop The Train (better than Phyllis Nelson's original imho)
    P Cowley - Megatron Man
    Lime - On The Grid & Guilty
    JoLo - Last Call
    Carol Jiani - Hit N Run Lover
    Joy St James - Dance
    Shawn Benson - Seclusion

    got them all still on 12", apart from Kristine, which I still can't replace anywhere!

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    Quote Originally Written by marmite7
    And there's me thinking The Immortals - The Ultimate Warlord was the first hi-nrg tune!


    Some of my faves:

    Peppermint - Light A Light
    Deborah - Danger For Love
    Kristine - Don't Stop The Train (better than Phyllis Nelson's original imho)
    P Cowley - Megatron Man
    Lime - On The Grid & Guilty
    JoLo - Last Call
    Carol Jiani - Hit N Run Lover
    Joy St James - Dance
    Shawn Benson - Seclusion

    got them all still on 12", apart from Kristine, which I still can't replace anywhere!
    I have never heard the Kristine version of DON`T STOP THE TRAIN...Will have to look out for a copy !
    SECLUSION by Shawn Benson is an absolute classic track !

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    Almighty records in the UK have just remixed it
    (jigsaw's SKY HIGH that is)

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    Quote Originally Written by LA Jones
    Almighty records in the UK have just remixed it
    (jigsaw's SKY HIGH that is)
    Do you know when it is due for release ?

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