I'm pleased to host this mix from one of our good friends & favourite DJ's here at The Ghetto Disco HQ - Horse Meat Disco head honcho mr James Hillard. The mix was originally recorded for broadcast on Berlin radio from the summer & features a top shelf selection of the finest Disco nuggets with some new bits & pieces thrown in, unfortunately we (& he) couldn't remember which station it was on, but it's still hot to trot!!
Those of you familiar with James or the HMD crew will know that these guys are serious about their Disco & all manner of other great music, you only have to check their debut mix album on Strut as well as their killer re-edit 12"s to see that, in short, quality control is high!! James is one of the only DJ's we know who still goes out & "digs in the crates" for those elusive grooves you hear every Sunday at The Eagle here in London (And all over the world!!) so, respect to you sir!!
Here's how the tracklist looks:
1.Edwin Starr - Get up whirlpool. 2.Horse Meat Disco #3 - Iko Iko (Dub). 3.Stargard - Which way is up?. 4.Sparque - Take a little time. 5.Blancmange - The game above my head. 6.Al DiMeola - Sequencer. 7.Methusalem - Robotism. 8.Free life - Dance fantasy. 9.Still going - Spaghetti circus. 10.Vivian Vee - Remember. 11.Switch - Best beat in town.
Big thanx to James for the mix.
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We're very excited at The Ghetto Disco HQ to bring you this post on the new Harmless Records"Disco Discharge" releases... These compilations are an amazing addition to any serious Disco fans existing collection or they are an ideal starting point for those who have just discovered the wonderful, metronomic world of Disco music. You just have to look at the tracklistings for all 4 volumes & it becomes apparent that a lot of the compilers (Brightonian disco devotee MrPinks & Alan Jones the co - author of the best selling book 'Saturday Night Forever: The Story Of Disco') time, effort, knowledge & passion has gone into this project :
DISCO DISCHARGE. CLASSIC DISCO CD 1 Dr Buzzards Original Savannah Band – Cherchez La Femme 5.48 Double Discovery – Thanks For Loving Me 8.47 Cheryl Lynn – Got To Be Real 5.06 Rose Royce – Do Your Dance 9.18 Constellation Orchestra – Funk Encounter 6.39 Idris Muhammed – Could Heaven Ever Be Like This 8.35 John Davis & The Monster Orchestra – Love Magic 7.44 Gary’s Gang – Keep On Dancing 7.12 Esther Phillips – What A Difference A Day Makes 4.30 Johnny Mathis – Gone Gone Gone 6.30 Peter Jaques Band – Counting On Love ( 1,2,3 ) 6.10
CD 2 Glitter Band – Makes You Blind ( Re – edit ) 5.57 The Players Association – Turn The Music Up 6.54 Bombers – Everybody Get Dancin’ 9.30 Change – It Burns Me Up 5.06 Grey & Hanks – Dancin’ 7.06 Glen Adams Affair – Just A Groove 6.23 Cerrone – Look For Love 10.18 Companion – Living Up To Love 9.09 Don Ray – Got To Have Loving 8.21 Manhattan Transfer – Twilight Zone / Twilight Tone 6.07
DISCO DISCHARGE. DISCO LADIES CD 1 Fern Kinney – Groove Me 8.55 Andrea True Connection – More More More 6.19 Sister Sledge – You Fooled Around 4.29 Kim Hart – Love At First Night 3.24 Gloria Jones – Bring On The Love ( Why Can’t We Be Friends Again ) 7.02 Stacey Lattisaw – Jump To The Beat 5.20 A Taste Of Honey – Boogie Oogie Oogie 7.31 ( John Luongo remix ) Lucy Hawkins – Gotta Get Outta Here 5.50 Suzy Q – Get On Up And Do It Again 5.58 Cheryl Lynn – Shake It Up Tonight 5.43 Vicky D – The Beat Is Mine 5.58 Nona Hendryx – Keep It Confidential 5.50
CD 2 Silver Convention – Get On Up And Boogie ( That’s Right ) 7.53 Amanda Lear – Blood And Honey 8.58 Poussez – Come On And Do It 9.55 Sheila & B. Devotion – Spacer 5.55 Janis Ian – Fly To High 6.53 Suzy Lane – Harmony 7.01 Sylvia Love – Instant Love 4.45 Melba Moore – Pick Me Up, I’ll Dance 7.01 The Ritchie Family – Give Me A Break 6.29 Phyllis Nelson – I Like You ( Shep Pettibone Remix ) 7.20)
DISCO DISCHARGE.EURO DISCO CD 1 Don Ray – Garden Of Love 4.42 Change – Angel In My Pocket 6.09 Silver Convention – Love In A Sleeper 5.33 Beautiful Bend – That’s The Meaning/Boogie Motion 13.20 Massara – Margharita 7.52 Space – Magic Fly 4.22 Giorgio Moroder – From Here To Eternity 5.52 Sylvia Love – Extraterrestrial Lover 6.57 Sparks – The Number One Song In Heaven 7.26 Easy Going – Fear 7.53 Vivien Vee – Give Me A Break 8.52
CD 2 Gaz Nevada – I.C. Love Affair 6.28 Advance – Take Me To The Top 6.17 Change – Change Of Heart 7.05 Kano – I’m Ready 7.17 Laura Branigan – Self Control 5.00 Eighth Wonder – I’m Not Scared (Disco Mix) 7.58 Propaganda – P Machinery (Polish) 9.24 Mike Mareen – Dancing In The Dark 5.34 Fun Fun – Happy Station (Scratch Mix) 5.55 Time Bandits – Live It Up 7.27 Yvonne Kay – Rise Up (For My Love) 7.52
DISCO DISCHARGE. GAY DISCO & HI NRG CD 1 The Boys Town Gang – Disco Kicks (Remix) 8.38 Kano – It’s A War 6.55 Macho – I’m A Man ( Full Length Album Version) 17.39 Free Enterprise – Make It On My Own ( Ben Liebrand Remix) 6.27 Fun Fun – Color My Love 7.42 Deodato – S.O.S. Fire In The Sky 6.48 Astaire – Love Trap 8.59 Tapps – Don’t Pretend To Know 7.22 Liza Minelli – Losing My Mind 7.04
CD 2 Rose Laurens – American Love 6.43 Valerie Claire – I’m A Model 6.08 The Flirts – Passion (Remix) 9.03 The Boys Town Gang – Crusin’The Streets (Crusin’, Rejected, The Pick Up, Busted, Reprise) 13.12 Ken Laszlo – Hey Hey Guy 7.37 Samantha Gilles – Feel It 7.38 Eria Fachin – Saving Myself 6.54 Laura Branigan – Gloria 4.52 Oh Romeo – Savin’Myself (For The One That I Love) 6.18 Harlow – Take Off 10.14
WOW. I think it's safe to say that every possible Disco base is touched on on these comps, and there is some amazing music contained on these discs!! According to the press release - "The whole spectrum of disco is covered here- from classic, soulful philly sounds and diva vocals to italo, space, cosmic and amyl nitrate-laced disco" Another wonderful facet of this release is the fact that all tracks contained are the original 12" mixes & alot of them have been reproduced from the original master tapes & put onto CD for the first time ever for this release!! It really dosen't get any better than that!!
Or does it?
How about an exclusive sneak peek in the form of a mini-mix by none other than Horse Meat Disco'sLuke Howard? (One of our fave DJ's..) That's right, the lovely folks at Harmless have given us this "Space Disco" mix for you all to enjoy, the tracklist is as follows :
Space Disco (30.06) 1. Extraterrestrial Love - Sylvia Love 2. Magic Fly - Space 3. From Here To Eternity - Giorgio Moroder 4. Colour My Love - Fun Fun 5. The Number One Song In Heaven - Sparks
Here's a compilation that's shaping up to be "mix cd of the summer", Our good pals at Horse Meat Disco have picked, compiled & mixed "70 minutes of unadulterated disco nuggets" over 2 cd's (One mixed, the other unmixed). There are some serious records on here, from K.I.D.'s percussive groover "Hupendi muziki wangu?" to Tamiko Jones' "other" amazing record "Let it flow" all blended together by the HMD boys, the album also comes with amazing artwork & packaging with some incredible photo's from the club & various nights the boys have DJ'ed at & also included are some liner notes written by Guardian journalist David Pascheck.
The album will be available from 10th August through STRUT. You can join Horse Meat Disco's Facebook fan page here for dates, gigs etc.
Here's the album tracklisting :
CD 1: Mixed by Jim Stanton and James Hilliard 01. Craig's phone message 02. Karen Young - Deetour 03. Eddie Drennon - Disco Jam 04. Empire Projecting Penny – Freakman 05. Smokey Robinson – And I Don’t Love You (Larry Levan Instrumental Dub) 06. K.I.D - Hupendi Muziki Wangu?! (You Don’t Like My Music) 07. Gino Soccio – It’s Alright 08. The Two Tons - I Depend On You 09. Sheryl Lee Ralph - In The Evening 10. Gregg Diamond - Danger 11. Plaza - (Got My) Dancing Shoes 12. TJM - Put Yourself In My Place 13. The Richard Hewson Orchestra - Love Bite 14. Laura Greene - Manhattan 15. Fern Kinney - Love Me Tonight 16. Tamiko Jones - Let It Flow
CD 2: Unmixed 01. Karen Young – Deetour (Party mix) 02. Smokey Robinson – And I Don’t Love You (Larry Levan Instrumental Dub) 04. Empire Projecting Penny – Freakman 05. Gino Soccio – It’s Alright 06. Richard Hewson Orchestra – Love Bite 07. Eddie Drennon – Disco Jam 08. K.I.D - Hupendi Muziki Wangu?! (You Don’t Like My Music) 09. The Two Tons – I Depend On You 10. Plaza – (Got My) Dancing Shoes 11. Gregg Diamond – Danger 12. Sheryl Lee Ralph – In The Evening 13. Tamiko Jones – Let It Flow
And if all that wasn't enough to make you wet yourself you can also buy the 1st HMD EDITS 12" here and here as well as their SUPER fresh T-shirts! Horse Meat Disco is every sunday at EAGLE LONDON, 349 kennington Lane, Vauxhall, London SE11 5QY Open from 8pm - 3am.
Ok. It's all over, We can breathe a sigh of relief now, Normality is upon us once more now the Xmas season has past. It was a nice one, But i could certainly do without all the debt, stress, falseness, overcrowded bars & streets and disappointment.
Phew. Rant over.
Thought i'd share some bits with you i picked up over the Xmas holidays here in London and up in sunny Manchester, There was alot of good raves on over the holidays, I was lucky enough to have caught the mighty Mark Seven of www.juswax.com (Big up the Cosmic disco and Cutloose boys in Manchester) and DFA's Tim Sweeney and Italian DJ god Daniele Baldelli at Horse meat disco's NYE bash (Big up James, Jim, Seve, Luke, Ali & Adrian) On the local tip we had our very own "Special Needs" NYE bash which was a total banger which will eventually become the stuff of legend !! All these parties rocked and the good vibes were abundant with both London & Manchester proving they know their onions when it comes to a good knees up. Quality.
www.juswax.com's Mark Seven @ Cosmic disco/Cutloose Manchester 27.12.2008 (Photo by Antonio Velasquez)
Horse Meat Disco's James Hillard @ Cargo London 31.12.2008 (No pics of Tim or Daniele because by that point i couldn't see straight.B)(Photo by Bobby Hands)
TREATS! Some bits i unearthed over the holidays, When i should really have been saving my money for Xmas presents i spent it ALL on records. SORRY to my Mrs & my family.
Mouzon's Electric Band - "Everybody get down"
Picked this one up in Manchester for a measly £4 and it was in mint condition .. What a bargain! Wicked almost "proto-house" groove from celebrated jazz drummer Alphonse Mouzon, Made famous by DFA's James Murphy & Pat Mahoney on their Fabric live mix. A surefire dancefloor monster ...
James Mason - "Sweet power, your embrace"
Finally copped a copy of this killer rare groover on 12" on my birthday, Absolute classic, Recently heard a mad cut up - edit - cover version type thing of this by none other than LA's own Peanut butter wolf (Who knows his boogie) Check his Myspace to hear it, It's called "Umbrellas" ft Free Design, I dug it. And you might too ...
Hot Chocolate - "Disco Queen"
What the fuck? ANOTHER good Hot Chocolate record? I'd never heard of this LP by them "Cicero Park" and to be honest i was suckered in by the sleeve, I mean, Come on .. It's fresh. They're a band who keep giving, I've got around 10-12 tracks of theirs that i'm really into ... Of course you got "Mindless Boogie" etc ... And on this LP i found 2 more, Namely - "Disco queen" & "Bump & dilly down" ... Of course when you listen to them they're blatantly Hot Chocolate, But i like that ... Watch out for the Bobby Hands edit in 2009 ...
Al Dimeola - "Sequencer"
This is a wicked track, Had me and a couple of friends stumped for a wee while when we heard it on a DJ Cosmo mix, I was well shocked when i found out it was Al Dimeola of Prog-Fusion-Jazzers Return to forever (Alongside Stanley clark & Chick corea amongst others), Very much in the Baldelli - Loda - Cosmic vein and not a bad touch for £1, recently sampled by Ashley Beedle and Mark Ralph for their track "Ride this train" - http://www.discogs.com/release/1123221 which is actually really quite good. How good is the video by the way??? Class ...
The Bombers - "Don't stop the music"
Sorry about the crap vid .. Shame really, Killer record, Big up Heavy-J for giving me this as a birthday gift, Absolutely chuffed ... Thanks mate !! Another Westend killer, First heard this on a Baldelli mix, NYE 1978 (Thanks James!), Percussive disco with some serious afro leanings, Gives way to a seriously Santana-ish guitar solo .. Great stuff .. Don't stop the music ..
