Alan Parsons Project - The Voice - ARISTA (1977) The Earons - Land Of Hunger (dub version) - ISLAND (1984) Electric Mind - Zwei (dub version) - EMERGENCY (1983) Plush - Free And Easy (instrumental) - RCA (1982) Futura - Feelin' Hot - REELIN & ROCKIN (1982) Baheeja - Action Speaks Louder Than Words - GOLD TRACK (1984) Skyy - Disco Dancin' - SALSOUL (1979) Al Hudson & The Soul Partners - How Do You Do - ABC (1978) Pat Lundy- Work Song - PYRAMID (1977) Chilly - For Your Love - POLYDOR (1978) Rainbow Brown - Till You Surrender (instrumental) - VANGUARD (1981) Demi Roussos - L.O.V.E Got A Hold Of Me - MERCURY (1978) Queen Samantha - Take A Chance - T.K. DISCO (1979) Letta Mbulu - Kilimanjaro (instrumental) - MJS (1981) Karriem - I Love You - PASHLO (1979)
Not too much of an edit really, just a DJ friendly version. This is an amazing record but the vocal at the beginning of the original makes it a bit tricky in the mix. I first heard of this tune on BEAT ELECTRIC a while back... Follow the LINK for more info and the original.
Spaced out italo - I love it. I simply can't get enough of this record at the moment so I thought I'd share it. DISCOGS just told me that this was released on a number of different labels depending on where you were living back in '79 but the original was on Phillips in Italy. This is actually the DISCONET version so has been given a wee 'DJ only' rework from the original. If you are not sat at your computer 'digging' all the time and actually visit record stores, you will have noticed that some scumbag (rich coming from me?) has bootlegged some or maybe even all of the DISCONET back catalogue.
This is a great DJ record. Starts off with nice stripped down percussion that builds up nicely to mix and has a couple good breakdowns for you to take it somewhere else. It's also 15mins long so you have lots of time to play with it.
Here is an edit I did of Bombers - 'Pistolero' a while back. The original was featured on there AMAZING album - Bombers 2. I have already written a small bit about them which you can read HERE. I thought this needed a little edit to eradicate some suspect key changes, I tweaked a couple of bits and gave it a nice drawn out intro for you deejays out there. Mad props go out to experienced disc jockey and top fella Jimmy P for dropping this on the Faith Fanzine radio show which you can find on Ministry of Sound HERE.
You just read that my partner in crime has left the country, plus i've been working very hard recently (See above)so Blogging has been put on hold. Don't worry though, i've still got lot's of treats to share with you guys & if Mr.Smith is going to update all the way from Oz, then dammit i'll have to join in too.
I stopped blogging earlier this year because life just got in the way. I have just relocated from London to Sydney and all my records are on a ship somewhere on there way here (eek!)... I will be bricking it til the day they get here safe and sound!!!
I have a few bits and pieces that I ripped I while back that I will be posting in the future but today I have for you a little mix I recorded a while back. I wasn't sure that I would ever post it because a couple of the mixes are a bit wayward... But I thought fuck it. So here it is for your aural pleasure - All wax, all originals.
1. Weeks & Co. - Go With The Flow (instrumental) (1982) 2. West Phillips - (I'm Just A) Sucker For A Pretty Face (1983) 3. Pointer Sisters - Automatic (Special Remix) (1983) 4. Madonna - Everybody (Dub) - (1982) 5. K.I.D. - You Don't Like My Music ("Hupendi Muziki Wangu") (1981) 6. The Circle City Band - Magic (1983) 7. The Fresh Band - Come Back Lover (1984) 8. Maxine Singleton - Don't You Love It (instrumental) (1982) 9. Sparkle Tuhran & Friends - Handsome Man (1979) 10. Fat Larrys Band - Lookin' For Love Tonight (1979) 11. Sparque - Take Some Time (1984) 12. Richard T. Bear - Sunshine Hotel (1978) 13. Tempest Trio - Do You Like The Way That It Feels (1979) 14. Dr. York - Shake-N-Skate (1980) 15. Bombers - Let's Dance (1979) 16. The Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes (1979)
Here's a lovely mix from Brighton's original crew of left field Balearic Disco deviants SOFT ROCKS which was originally recorded for Berlin's deluxe street-wear store FIRMAMENT & then picked up by me for 50p at MVE. I've had this mix on rotation for months now, it's been around for quite a while & it's a killer, Taking in everything from The Eurythmics B-Side "Monkey Monkey" & Shitans obscure "Disco Shitan" to the sounds of Voom-Voom'sHenrik Schwarz remixed "Best Friend" with plenty of other tracks along the way expertly selected & blended for our listening pleasure.
Even though I just spent almost 2 weeks in Berlin I never made it to the FIRMAMENT shop, but from what I gather it's THE spot in the city to cop your STUSSY, SUPREME & VISVIM gear if that's your bag & apparently they even stock JUNIOR BOY'S OWNtees too!
Firmament Berlin.
SOFT ROCK's output is always worth checking if you like things a little more oddball, slower & more left field. DJ wise they always dig a bit deeper & spin a healthy selection of weird & wonderful records alongside disco obscurities & killer underground House grooves, On top of that they've put out a slew of quality releases since 2003 & I can't recommend them enough with "Midnight Drive" & their latest 12" "In the house" being personal favourites. Take a look at their releases page HERE. I've also included a Youtube clip of "Midnight drive" for your enjoyment which sounds like some amazing, lost 80's action movie end title:
I'm stranded in Berlin thanks to the seemingly endless volcano madness. I was meant to be back in London last Saturday, now i'm not going to be back in the Big Smoke until next Monday!! Fortunately i've managed to squeeze in quite a bit of quality time in a LOT of record stores, fleamarkets & thrift stores around this beautiful city (And a big, bigSHOUT goes out to my AMAZING & patient girlfriend Zoe & to 'Cheers Chris' & Fil too)
So, during my time here, I came across this taster for what looks like one amazing documentary that i'm sure all you readers of TGD will no doubt enjoy.. check it..
"The Bronx is burning" is a journey through the sounds of inner city NYC spanning from the early 70's to the paranoid, murderous citywide blackout of the "Summer of Sam" in the late 70's. The mix taking it's name from the 1972 FDNY documentary of the same name is a mini-soundtrack to what Regal says were "5 tumultuous years in Bronx History, which spawned so much, from so little..."
If you're a Beat-head, a B-Boy, a Disco fiend or a lover of Ruff Ghetto Soul then this mix is definitely for you!! Expertly programmed & mixed by someone with an unhealthy obsession of all things BX. If all this 1970's New York stuff floats your boat then you should really wrap your eyeballs round this documentary from VH1 called "NY77 - The coolest year in Hell" which looks utterly AMAZING if this trailer is anything to go by:
Impressive, huh? Anyways, big up to DJ Regal for letting us post this killer of a mix & big up to you guys for reading, TGD may be a little quiet for the next week or 2 as i'm off to Berlin ransacking for records & Mr.Smith is STILL sunning himself in New Zealand!! But we'll be back soon - Stay tuned.
THE BRONX IS BURNING 1973-79
1) LEROY HUTSON – “THE GHETTO ‘74” (1974) 2) 20TH CENTURY STEEL BAND – “HEAVEN & HELL” (JOHN PEEL SESSION ‘75) 3) BUMBLEBEE UNLIMITED – “LADY BUG” (1978) 4) HIDDEN STRENGTH – “HUSTLE ON UP (DO THE BUMP)” (1975) 5) JOE SIMON – “COME GET TO THIS” (1976) 6) JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH – “DON’T DO THAT!” (1979) 7) KOOL & THE GANG – “RATED X” (1973) 8) EARTH WIND & FIRE – “DREAMS” (1974) PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED 9) THE BLACKBYRDS – “THE BABY” (1974) 10) HERBIE MANN – “RHYTHMATISM” (1977) REGAL RE-EDIT 11) LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA – “KING KONG” (1976) REGAL RE-EDIT 12) SALSOUL ORCHESTRA – “212 N. 12TH” (1979)
This lil' beauty landed in my lap a couple of years ago & has since sat on my top shelf gathering dust along with 100's of other CD-R's here at TGDHQ...
Until now!!
An old friend who had an old friend who happened to host a prime-time radio show here in London on one of the 'big' stations (I'm not at liberty to say...Oh OK, XFM!) obtained & handed me this non-descript CD-R a couple of summers ago, telling me who it was by & that I should 'Check it out...' I got around to checking it out eventually, a bit perplexed on the first few go's, thinking 'Damn, this isn't even mixed!' but gradually started enjoying the loose mixing & pretty bugged-out selection which make it an interesting listen. I was informed at the time that this mix had been pre-recorded for said radio station for the 'guest DJ' section of the show but then it never got aired, thus making it a little bit of an exclusive gem... My sources tell me it was available for a short time as a Stones Throw Podcast so here it is again...
I'm pretty much 99% certain that anyone reading this Blog is familiar with PEANUT BUTTER WOLF or his record label STONES THROW & all the amazing artists, releases & music they're responsible for, so i'm not going to bother writing an extensive discography this time, check the links!!
Having revisited the mix this afternoon I can tell you there's a bit of something for everyone on here, One of my favourite records EVER, some insane Disco-Rap in the shape of 'The Grandmaster Lover', Electro, JazzFunk, Breaks, HipHop, Psych, high school anti-drugs raps & even THE CURE live, covering THE DOORS 'Hello, I love you' taken, amazingly, from The Jonathan Ross show on BBC.
I bought their "Family Album" CD comp & "Ball Players" 7 inch last week & was getting ready to be underwhelmed.. I don't know why, maybe it's because there's been a real lack of quality stuff coming out recently, I feel a lil' uninspired, I expected yet another comp of lackluster tunes passing themselves off as "Disco" or "Boogie" or i'd had a couple of record buying trips that yielded some pretty pony stuff & was just down generally... either way, when I got home & listened to them both they blew my fuckin' socks off, pure quality.
Now i'm going to make an effort & support PPU wherever I see it.
I mean, this video is DOPE, right? What's not to like? & It's obvious to me these guys really love what they're doing & their hearts are in it & they are re-releasing killer obscure records that truly deserve a re-release, which is rare in today's world of records where everyone's mother is doing re-edits, re-issues & spinning "Disco-Boogie-Synth-psych-funk" & wheeling out any old tosh... all that and the artwork is cool too.
Here we have a sublime piece of uptempo Disco-Soul from Hollywood's Silver, Platinum & Gold. I can't seem to find out much about this group & it seems they only released 1 single & 2 albums in their short career - 1976's self titled debut on FARR Records & 1981's "Hollywood" on Neptune which seems to have only reached the promo stage with no official release, it's from the latter "Dance with me" comes & it certainly does not disappoint.
Having already shown up on Dimitri From Paris & DJ Muro's amazing "Super Disco Friends" mix in re-edited form I thought I'd post the OG version which is just as effective! I picked this LP up at a well known South London vinyl haunt where the staff need a serious attitude-check, and for the mere sum of £3 it seems they needs some schooling too! One man's loss, eh? The other killer cut on this album is the synth heavy sleaze of "Silver, Platinum & Gold theme" which seems very current & in line with the output of a certain Mr.Dam-Funk & all of this recent interest in "Boogie", if you dig this sound, you need this track, simple as.
Another of the group's tracks taken from their 1st LP ended up on Dimitri's "Disco Forever" comp, "I got a thing" was the number & as usual it got the chopping block treatment, I've included a Youtube clip of it here too for y'all.
I was checking out DJ MURO's colossal 'King's of digging' CD on London's own BBE imprint (Alongside Kon & Amir) when this killer piece of sleazy funk came out of nowhere, the mix is pretty much straight BBOY material from beginning to end & slap bang in the middle of all the breaks is this ode to the Menage A Trois by the Bob Crewe Generation which made me pay attention.. not because it was a song about 3some's (Filthy!) but because i recognised it as being the OG of DEEP FUZZ's "Kinky bus stop" a dubbed out dancefloor monster BBOY edit that came out on DISCFUNCTION that has been getting alot of airtime at Casa Hands & wherever i'm DJing recently... Now the hunt is on for the OG 45!
So I thought i'd treat you guys to a little break to the beat excursion, Personally? I dig 'em both :
OK folks, what the hell has been going on at The Ghetto Disco I hear you say, well, truth be told, myself & Joe's text message gigolo service didn't really pan out how we had hoped. Fortunately for us the judge was lenient enough to let us off what with it being our first offence n'all ...
Looks like we are back in the saddle.
Big up the folks at SUPREME LA for hooking this up, it has been doing the rounds recently but I only got around to copping it yesterday, as with all of J-ROCC's mixtapes it's a killer so I thought i'd share it with you. By far one of my favourite DJ's, he lays another plethora of expertly mixed & doubled BREAKS on us, running through tracks like : The Jimi Ently Sound's 'Charlie's Theme', Les Baxter's 'Hoagin machine', The Heath Bros. 'Smilin Billy suite' & some lesser known joints. You may already have heard this mix (Or the other one he did for SUPREME) or you may not, either way, it's well worth a listen & if you dig what J is throwing down you should really check his blog HERE.
I just picked up this album. Look at the artwork, its a drawing of a naked girl riding a giant fist. Amazing. Its almost a bit Spinal tap!
Don't know much about these fella's but I know that its NOT George Michael. For me the stand out tracks are 'Lovemaker', 'Superslick' and of course the mid tempo groover you can listen to and download below. The former two were released on a 12" and the 12" versions were mixed by Jim Burgess. At the time of writing this you could own the 12" for 75 bones, but I see on popsike that one went for 50US only two months ago.
Anyway, the album is great. Its kind of a 'disco rock funk' crossover affair and is well worth picking up.
...Since I posted, I'm sorry, what with the holidays & starting a new job I just don't have time!! But I'll be back on track after Xmas, big up Joe for keeping it moving ...
Anyway, check this amazing clip, I'm not sure if the lady in this clip realises how lucky she is to get a DJ lesson from Zulu king DJ Jazzy Jay & "Master of records" Afrika Bambataa but she sure looks like she's having fun ...
And remember, leave your dad's Ray Coniff LP's alone!!
I came across THIS fantastic article on DISCONET recently so thought I'd share this with you. 'D-D-D-Dance' was originally released in 1983 on 'MI', a label I know nothing about. The only other release on the label was another Boris Midney tune under the name 'U.S.A. - European Connection', so I think we can assume he put the records out himself. My copy of this however is on Disconet, its volume 5, program 12, side A of the Disconet series and I guess you would call it 'euro disco'.
Boris is still working today and has rekindled his classical roots, you can visit his site HERE.
This is what DISCOGS has written about Larry Heard. I couldn't have written it any better so without any shame, I have cut and paste...
"Larry Heard's musical influence can be heard in the songs of countless artists. For those who appreciate warm and passionate compositions, Larry's music is pure magic. He has been blessed with a unique gift that sends listeners into a blissful euphoric state.
One of his first releases in 1986 was a collaboration with singer Robert Owens, released under the group name Fingers Inc. The song 'Mystery of Love' instantly became a classic hit rising to #10 on the Billboard Dance charts. 1988 saw the release of the beautiful and groundbreaking double album set 'Another Side', showcasing the unstoppable talents of Larry, Robert and vocalist Ron Wilson.
Since then, he has released several dance/R&B/ambient albums that have kept fans satisfied while gaining waves of new listeners. For us who have heard his voice and music, we wouldn't have it any other way, he is already a legend"
If I try to think of the perfect late night house record - words like deep and hypnotic spring to mind, I don't know if you can get much deeper than this. I also think this supports the theory that its no coincidence the rise of house music coincided with the rise in ecstasy use. Anyone who has taken a 'disco biscuit' in a club will know what I am on about.
