Gayle Adams

Gayle Adams only had the two albums on Prelude and a handful of singles on other labels but I certainly think back upon her with a lot of favor.  She was a disco artist that didn't really get to benefit from any crossover success either.

A WONDERFUL GAYLE ADAMS ZIP

She also didn't benefit from the fact that her releases came out at the tail end of the disco era.  I'd like to think that Stretchin' Out, Your Love is a Lifesaver, Love Fever and others would have been crossover to pop hits had they come out just a couple years earlier.  They are certainly as good as Anita Ward or Chic.

Luckily her remixes were done by Francois K. cause he was the man.

Her cover of Baby I Need Your Loving didn't even get a twelve inch release in the U.S.

Her collaboration with Tyrone Brunson Love Triangle flopped.

Frankie Knuckles on Larry Levan from the film Maestro

Studio 54 1977 to 1980

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HOT GIRLS OF ITALO DISCO, Pamela Prati, Patrizia Pellegrino, Lara Orfei, Daniella Poggi, Beatrice and more

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Here's an hour mix by Flemming Dalum.
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Tracklist:

STELLA CARNACINA – Sola
HILDEGARD – Satanicamente
HILDEGARD – Gay
FLAVIA FORTUNATO - Se Tu Vuoi 
KIKI GAIDA - Isole Vergini
LARA ORFEI - Se Mi Rompi Non Ci Sto
PATRIZIA SARONNI - E Poi
KATIA - Io Senza Di Te
SIMONA DONALISIO – Teen Ager Dance
DANIELA POGGI - Break Up (Hysteric Edit)
GABRIELLA FAVA - Discoteca 
CECILIA RIZZOLI - Cosi’Non Va
ROSANNA FRATELLO – Sola
MARINA OCCHIENA – Videosogni
PAMELA PRATI - Un Nodo All'Anima
BEATRICE - Io Questo Disco Me Lo Comprerei 
ILARIA BERLATO - Succederà Qualcosa
PAOLA CRISTALLO – Notte Di Luna 
LOS ANGELES – Videomania
PATRIZIA PELLEGRINO - Musica Spaziale (Flemming Dalum Edit)
PATRIZIA SARONNI - Perche Dovei

STELLA CARNACINA

Hildegard

Flavia Fortunato

Kiki Gaida

Lara Orfei

Patrizia Saronni

Katia 

Simona Donalisio

Daniela Poggi

Gabriella Fava

Cecilia Rizzoli

Rosanna Fratello

Marina Occhiena (was in the group Ricchi e Poveri until 1981)

Pamela Prati (has been in like 2 dozen movies)

Beatrice

Paola Cristallo

LOS ANGELES

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Patrizia Pellegrino

99 1/2 Carol Lynn Townes from Breakin'

Carol Lynn Townes has released records as part of a group and as a solo artist.  But she is really only well-known for one.  Her remake of Alton, McClain & Destiny's 99 1/2 in 1982 which was included on the soundtrack for Breakin' and became a smash.  Single-handedly practically giving an anthem to the sound of electro.  99 1/2 for you

Believe in the Beat was included in the soundtrack for Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo but it didn't prove to be as big a smash as 99 1/2.

Her discography included 2 albums and about ten singles.

Watch Breakin' here.

Breakin' 2 (the first of 9 parts).

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A DEFINITIVE DISCO HOLY GRAIL COME ON AND ROCK BY NEEDA

A Cosmic Baldelli favorite this record has remained a holy grail for years.  Though there have been bootleg represses.  Not only that but there is the original 1979 press on Sunshower and then the Leomini press which came out a little later that year and has a bit of more spacey sound to it.  DOWNLOAD NEEDA HERE
This record is special no two ways about it.  It's certainly disco on the super funky tip.  I only wish I had had the opportunity to hear it on a dancefloor back in the day.  It must have been something.
NEEDA ZIP INCLUDING A RECENT EDIT

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MOON DESTINATION by TENERE' an italo disco eccentricity

Tenere' only had one italo disco release and it was a doozy.  Moon Destination has several campy italo features, it starts with the sound of a drink being opened and poured, has some real snazzy woodwind instruments and of course that off pronunciation that I love so much from an Italo Disco record.  I just love when it sounds like the singers first language is not English.

There's also a bit of talkbox vocals which remind me of vocoder but aren't.  And other various sound effects thrown in, a real everything but the kitchen sink release.  I love a good picture cover too.

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THIS IS HOT PAMALA STANLEY a disco memory

It was the summer between my freshman and sophomore years of high school.  My parents decided that I should spend some time with my cousins in Brooklyn.  They were cool, typical guido types, and they loved their disco.  98.7 KISS WRKS was the #1 radio station in N.Y.C. that summer.  So I said to my cousins "take me to Brooklyn, I'm going to KISS and they're going to give me records."

They thought I was crazy but sort of drove me into Manhattan on a dare.  I got the address out of the phone book.  Just barely a teen I went right into the building and up to the floor where the radio station was.  I explained to the receptionist that I had a public access t.v. show in Connecticut about music called Music Corner.  And that it was always handy for me to have promo records to write about and feature on the program.  She smiled at me and went to talk to someone.  I think it was the program director.  He took me into another room and walked me up to a metal cabinet.  He opened it and pointed to a huge pile and said "take those."

They were all new disco promo records and on the top of the pile was this l.p. by a new singer I'd never heard of called Pamala Stanley.  My copy, like this one had the hole punch going through it.  Later in the week when I got back to Danbury I put this l.p. on my stereo and instantly loved it.  From the first notes of This is Hot to the hypnotic beat of Hey Mr. Magic.  It eventually became a minor hit peaking at #16 on the Billboard Disco charts.  I remember hearing it a few times on WBLS.

Someone put Pamala's This is Hot into a video of one of the dance scenes from Prom Night.  It wasn't actually in the film but it works really well in the video.  Fun movie if you enjoy slasher films, and has a great rare disco soundtrack.

A few years later Pamala reinvented herself as a HI NRG diva.  By then I was down in Washington, D.C. a Freshman at The American University and a new disco memory was formed.  Coming out of Hiding though it only made it to #4 on the Billboard Dance Charts was one of those songs you couldn't get away from.  It was massive.  I'd have to guess because the song was so embraced by the gay community.  It was like an anthem about coming out and just being yourself.

She only had a few more minor HI NRG hits after that.  But in any case Pamala Stanley remains a disco diva that holds memories for me.

A LITTLE PAMALA ZIP

YOU TO ME ARE EVERYTHING THE REAL THING or REVELATION?

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It was 1976 and two competing versions of this massive soulful disco number were released. One beats the other two hands down. But I'll let you decide.

THE REAL THING ZIP
A REVELATION ZIP
REAL THING ZIP TWO WITH BEN LIEBRAND and CAN YOU FEEL THE FORCE
Is it Revelation or The Real Thing?
LARY SANDERS EDIT

For a little extra fun I am able to present you with a couple tasty edits of The Real Thing's version. These include the Lary Sanders edit and the ten year decade mix by Ben Liebrand.  I might add that The Real Thing's version was a #1 pop hit in the U.K. and the decade remix made it to #5 ten years later.

HOW ABOUT THE VERSION BY COLLECTION?
AN EDIT OF FEEL IT

Later on both artists clocked major hits with The Real Thing in 1979 scoring with Can you Feel the Force? and Revelation's soulful smash from 1982 Feel It.


MY REVELATION TWELVE INCH


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