![]() ![]() ![]() First up, as the original 12″ format, its that which we’re limiting ourselves to here, reluctantly excluding a wealth of incredible album-only tracks and 7″s that frankly warrant a round-up in their own right. ![]() And with a term as slippery as “disco” have set a few ground rules to help you navigate the list. We are not trying to re-write the canon here, simply add to it. Fuelled by voracious selectors and intrepid reissue labels bringing back 12″s from Beirut to Port Of Spain, our understanding of the genre has become all the richer. ![]() What has forever been defined by the glitter-ball aesthetic of Saturday Night Fever, has, slowly opened its arms to embrace a world of different musics, loosely connected by the idea, feel or groove of “disco”. © 1996-2023, Dusty Groove, Inc.Disco has changed. Styles include lots of inventive production touches, spacey keys, and complicated rhythms next to the vocals – and the 2CD package features 25 tracks that include "Dance Dance Dance" by Marta Acuna, "I'll Be True" by The Anvil Band, "Making Love" by Brenda Harris, "I Wanna Go Home With You" by The Miami Disco Band, "Too Hot To Stop" by Johnny & Michael Hill, "Roller Rink Funk" by Shift, "Handsome Man" by Sparkle, "Jump Jump Jump" by The Music Makers, "African Rock" by Licky, "Moon Maiden" by Love You Madly Orchestra, "Disco Strut" by Cream De Coco, "Make It Last Forever" by Donna McGhee, "Freak On" by Lemon, "I Love New York" by Metropolis, "Lalabye" by Drum, and "Opportunity" by Caress. Get ready to throw away your 12" collection – because with a collection this great, you'll hardly need the original wax anymore! The set is wonderful – and more than lives up to its name with a killer selection of obscure dancefloor tracks from the glory days of the New York club scene – a wealth of rare bits from labels like Prelude, P&P, Vanguard, and more – all the sorts of cuts that change hands for big dollars these days on original singles! There's plenty of soul packed into the mix here – of the soaring, uptempo variety that always stood out even at the height of mainstream disco – the kind of real club music that never cracked the charts too strongly, but which represented the real strength of the underground scene. ![]()
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