Showing posts with label disco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label disco. Show all posts

Friday, 28 August 2009

The Day Today

Actually have to mention today.  Had an awesome lunch at Roka on Charlotte Street with wise wonderful friends, spent some time with a fellow insomniac, saw the magical Scarlett Lucy and saw the awesome one and only Anto play a little gig just down the road from my flat.  

Renato Carosone's Maruzzella

Joe Simon: Love Vibrations

The Nutmegs: Story Untold

And, last but not least
Joe Sayer stealing a Famous Blue Raincoat up a tree romancing a manic muppet fox


Seven of CupsSeven of Cups
in the Outcome position.

Indicates the outcome of the matter.

Dreams. A fertile imagination. Numerous and sometimes conflicting desires. Dreaming up options. Window shopping for paths and goals. Fertility in mind and spirit. Bemused and confused by the possibilities of options. Unexpected turn of events. Realization of a long shot. Surprises. Triumph of the underdog. Humour, thrills, and vision.
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Monday, 6 July 2009

Hum along & dance

I can't sleep at all goddamit. Nothing for it but to hum along and dance. First recorded by the Temptations in 1970, for the Psychadelic Shack ablum. It was written by Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield, the latter also producing it for the Temptations, Rare Earth and the Jackson 5 released on their 1973 album, 'G.I.T. - Get It Together'

Hum Along & Dance

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Tuesday, 7 April 2009

soul/disco links

ok ok enough with the disco i know i know - just a few links to upload. Chronological order.

Hues Corporation - Rock the Boat - 1974 arguably the first charting disco track (well, its either this or Love's Theme by Love Unlimited Orchestra).. cheesy but great.
www.zshare.net/audio/5831000601ff1aba/

Cheryl Lynn - Got to be Real -  1978 disco classic

Evelyn King - Shame - 1978 disco from the girl who went from Bubbles to Champagne

Jocelyn Brown - Somebody Else's Guy - her solo career never really took off and she sung mostly on somebody else's records. But here in 1984 its all Jocelyn. Sing along, if you can.
extended 12" version (bit crackly)

Anita Baker - Sweet Love - In 1986 Sweet Love became Anita's first big hit from the album Rapture which sold 8 million copies and won her 2 grammies.





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Monday, 6 April 2009

Disco


Well for the first post, because this week is all about planning the coming disco, some good feeling DISCO tracks...

First up, (not to be confused with the Jackson 5 siblings) the Jackson sisters. These ladies, Jacqueline. Lyn, Pat, Rae and Gennie had only modest success in the 70s, but had a better time a decade later in the rare groove scene From 1976, co-written and produced by Bobby Taylor, because i really DO believe in miracles....



Ashford & Simpson, husband & wife team had 2 careers. They penned tracks for Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin, they wrote "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and "You're All I Need To Get By" amongst many others... But they were also recording artists. They started in 1964 and their biggest hit was 1984's "Solid" This gem in 1979 comes from the album of the same name and I love it. Stay Free.






Slave produced this gem from the Lopez sisters and Tony Reynolds (Odyssey). Best known for 1977's Native New Yorker, this was 1982 and it makes me feel love, Inside Out.





in 1978 kleeer sacked their producers and started making music themselves. 1n 1979 they made some magic....Its Magic




From 1981, this is just a great track. This is a funkier mix than the one I normally listen to which is a bit more lighthearted...'and the devil's looking at me'
Faith and Fire, Vivian Reed


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