Curtis Mayfield – Tell Me Tell Me (How Ya Like To Be Loved)
Sorry for the lack of post action this month, my neck has been a right pain in the ne-…oh. Alongside the ice packs and chiropractor appointments, the sweet sounds of Curtis Mayfield’s forgotten disco track Tell Me, Tell Me have been aiding my recovery rather nicely. This rather rare track [...]
Single of the Day – Bill Withers – You Got The Stuff
“How do you make a duck sing? Put it in the oven till it’s Bill Withers”. Ah yes, we’ll never get sick of hearing that genius of a joke. Anyway, enjoy the wonderful sunshine with Bill’s 1979 hard-to-find funky disco classic, You Got The Stuff. Recently re-released on a limited [...]
Single of the Day – Joe Gibbs – Bionic Encounter
Legendary reggae producer Joe Gibbs is one of most important figures in Jamaica’s musical history. From rocksteady to ’80s dancehall, Gibbs can lay claim to being one of the most important of Jamaica’s musical giants. Responsible for one of the most influential reggae albums of all time – Culture’s 1977 [...]
Single of the Day – Bionic Boogie – Tiger Tiger (Feel Good For A While)
Bionic Boogie was a disco studio group produced by Gregg Diamond in the late 70s. Featuring a certain Luther Vandross on vocals, the group only released a few singles and albums. Diamond is probably best known for writing and producing Andrea True Connection’s saucy disco smash ‘More, More, More’, but [...]
Single of the Day – Harry Thumann – Underwater
Start your week with a grandiose slice of disco from German synth pioneer Harry Thumann. Released in 1979, Underwater is a cult favourite amongst disco aficionados due to it’s bombastic and quite wacky nature. Huge Salsoul-style horns and strings blend seamlessly with the icy simplicity of Moroder-esque synths, resulting in [...]
Single of the Day – Garcons – Encore L’Amour
This swirling ZE disco gem from the Garcons, was released in 1979 and is currently included on the new Strut compilation ‘Zevolution - ZE Records Re-edited’ in the form of a Leo Zero mix. But nevermind that, have a listen to the original in all it’s effervescent disco glory. I [...]
Ghoulish Delight #2: Aural Exciters – Spooks In Space
I had a Halloween party last year and when I was a little bit worse for wear, I spent roughly thirty minutes looking for this song. Needless to say, I found it the next day on top my CD deck. Bloody Halloween punch. Why was I so desperate to play [...]
Single of the Day – Janis Ian – Fly Too High
Who’d have thought that Janis ‘At Seventeen’ Ian recorded a sexy disco song? Well she did and she did it with the one and only Giorgio Moroder. The pair teamed up in 1979 to record a song for the Jodie Foster-starred movie ‘Foxes’ (no, me neither but its got Jodie in [...]
Single of the Day – Gina X Performance – Kaddish
Not many bands would take creative inspiration from the Jewish Mourners’ Prayer – The Kaddish, but cult avant-garde electro-disco pioneers Gina X Performance did just that with their 1981 song ‘Kaddish’.
Single of the Day- The Stranglers – Meninblack
Taken from The Stranglers’ 1979 album ‘The Raven’, this genuinely strange offering shows off the surprising creative diversity and ingenuity from one of Britain’s most misunderstood and maligned punk/new wave bands. From the accusations of misogyny and pub-rock oafishness to concept albums about aliens and songs about heroin, no one [...]