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Patti Labelle – Get Ready (Looking For Love) (Back To The Music Box edit)

Patti Labelle – Get Ready (Looking For Love) (Back To The Music Box edit)

January 19, 2011 12:10 pm / muzak / No comments

I still can’t believe its January. It’s a long month alright. If you’re feeling the mid-month or mid-week blues, then blast them away with the winning combination of Patti Labelle and Ron Hardy! Lifted from Ms. Labelle’s 1980 album Released, ‘Get Ready (Looking For Love)’ was one of Chicago house [...]

 
Single of the Day – Charanga ’76 – Good Times (Como Vamos A Gozar)

Single of the Day – Charanga ’76 – Good Times (Como Vamos A Gozar)

June 16, 2010 3:13 pm / muzak / 2 comments

Feeling disappointed and disheartened by the lacklustre start to the World Cup? Fear not dear readers, as this fun-filled cover of a Chic classic will get your World Cup lovin’ mojo back! Charanga 76’s spaced-out Latin tribute to Nile Rodgers & crew’s finest track was released in 1979 and has [...]

 
Single Of The Day – Change – Let’s Go Together

Single Of The Day – Change – Let’s Go Together

July 21, 2009 8:33 am / muzak / 2 comments

Classic bit of smooth 80s disco from Jacques Fred Petrus’ Change. Often derided as Chic copycats, Change in fact made some very good records (‘Paradise’, ‘Change Of Heart’.  This was the last single they released as Petrus died in 1986 and was later sampled by Jazzy M for his his hit [...]

 
Single of the Day – Carly Simon – Why

Single of the Day – Carly Simon – Why

June 4, 2009 2:32 pm / muzak / 6 comments

Ahhh, the summer. There’s nothing like the summer with a bit of Carly Simon. What’s Carly Simon got to do with the summer? I hear you ask. Well, my friends this timeless ‘Balearic’ classic will tell you ‘why’ (arf!). Produced by the mighty Chic in 1982 for the flop movie ‘Soup [...]