Single of the Day: Peter Brown – Burning Love Breakdown
Often confused with P&P’s Peter Brown, this hypnotic and incredibly funky track from the other disco Peter Brown was released in 1977 on the TK off-shoot label, Drive. The b-side to his smash hit Do You Want To Get Funky With Me, ‘Burning Love Breakdown’ is a sparse and downtempo [...]
Demis Roussos – Let It Happen
Everybody’s favourite cuddly bear (well, he’s certainly mine and Alan’s) Demis Roussos’  ‘Let It Happen’ is a thundering cover of a Vangelis classic. Featured on his 1977 album Magic (which I highly recommend you try and track down just for the AMAZING inlay portrait of the lovely Demis), this hazy [...]
Rosebud – Money
A nice and sleazy cover of a Pink Floyd classic from 1977 for ya this morning, what else do you need to know??? Well, it’s a balearic favourite due it’s dirty bassline and fruity vocals. Taken from an album comprising of Pink Floyd classics recorded by French session musicians , [...]
Single of the Day – Rinder & Lewis – Gluttony
Taken from their seminal 1977 EP, Seven Deadly Sins, today’s track is a classic piece of disco from legendary producers Rinder & Lewis. Masterminds behind acts such as El Coco, Le Pamplemousse (love that name), Saint Tropez and Tuxedo Junction, W. Michael Lewis & Laurin Rinder are considered to be [...]
Single of the Day – Michael Bundt – The Brain of Oskar Panizza
Hello Space Cadets! Join us as we continue our far out cosmic trip from the last post! Today’s SOTD comes from Michael Bundt, who was the bassist of German progressive rock outfit Nine Days Wonder. Taken from his debut 1977 solo album Just Landed Cosmic Kid, “Brain of Oskar Panizza” [...]
Single of the Day – Herman’s Rocket – Space Woman
A slice of classic space disco for you today, courtesy of Herman’s Rocket (what a name!). Originally released in 1977 and commissioned by Italian producer Meme Ibach (Karen Cheryl), Herman’s Rocket was created by legendary French producer Jean-Pierre Massiera and his half brother Bernard Torelli. Hopping aboard the ever so [...]
Single of the Day – Paul Mauriat – Love Is Still Blue (long version)
It sure is Paul. It sure is.  Anyway…. I’m off to Berlin for a few days, so to soften the blow here’s a easy-listening disco song for ya from light-music composer/conductor Paul Mauriat .  Best known for his version of Andre Popp’s ‘Love Is Blue’, this  is the 1973 ’disco’ version. When Salsoul [...]
Single of the Day – Cat Stevens – Was Dog A Doughnut
Cat Stevens In A Weird-Disco-Record Shocker Alert!! By the late seventies, Cat Stevens managed to annoy the majority of his fanbase by going through a crazy ‘electronic/disco’ phase. As most established stars experimented with the ‘new disco craze’ (Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, Kiss, etc etc), today’s SOTD is Cat Stevens’ wonderful [...]
Record of the Day – Hot Blood – Disco Dracula
Slightly keeping with the vampire theme of yesterday (ahem) today’s newly formed RECORD OF THE DAY was simply too good for a Single of the Day’ accolade. Why? Well read on my friend! The majority of blogs normally post Hot Blood rarities around Halloween time (for the obvious reasons) but since a one-off [...]