Eva Robin's NOT JUST A TRANSEXUAL but a Disco Panther

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Eva Robins as Cassandra circa 1978.
Swarthy Italo Disco pioneer Celso Valli.


Roberto Maurizio Coatti was born on December 10, 1958 in Bologna, Italy. At puberty he developed breasts naturally and his features became more feminine.

In 1977 after extensive hormone therapy he became the showgirl Eva Robin's. She teamed up with Celso Valli the Italo Disco Wunderkind pictured above, who was responsible for The Passengers, Tantra, Macho, Azoto, Matia Bazar's Ti Sento and many more Italo Disco classics. They recorded Disco Panther using the name Cassandra. So the pairing of a trans gender and a disco version of a pop culture classic was created. Italy so often fashion forward was even one of the first places to have a Trans star.

EVA ROBIN'S
KOSHY'S DISCO EDIT

It's catchy but I have to admit I prefer the instrumental.

Eva is still around today and just as beautiful as ever. Here she is in a video with the Italian T.V. host and writer Platinette. This is a scene from the popular t.v. show Le Iene. One of their trademark gimmicks is the split screen interview with two people being asked the same question. Eva does not spare a moment from her sex kitten routine here.

I used to have this rare 12".  But I sold it on eBay years ago.

I didn't have the picture cover version pictured above. It's not a great shot of Eva anyway.

Italo Disco Classic Double A Side Reale Accademia and Karin Klark

This double A side on Out records from 1986 is highly collectible.  Both sides are brilliant.  But She's Mine touches me deep in my soft spot.  What a record!  

It sounds if Vangelis or Yes made an Italo Disco record.  Off-Kilter orchestral camp with a dance beat.  It's records like these that make me adore Italo sound.  There's even a bit of the robotic to give it an extra dose of the unusual.

THE COURT JESTER BRINGS TO YOU ITALO DISCO

Look at me! Look at me! Look at me!  Sing to me!  Sing to me!

Kiss me, I can’t stay without your love 
Like flowers needs sun 
Life patterns go in space with crystal air 
For the life 

Tell me what you gonna do 
Let you know I love you 
Tell me how you know to dream 
I feel to know my dear 

Look at me, look at me, look at me 
Sing to me, sing to me, sing to me 
She’s mine! 

Look at me a little time 
Say you’ll be there to will be mine 
We have feel the same old feelin’ 
And give me everything of you 

Look at me, look at me, look at me 
Sing to me, sing to me, sing to me 
She’s mine! 

Kiss me, I can’t stay without your love 
Like flowers needs sun 
Life patterns go in space with crystal air 
For the life 

Before they termed Italo Disco there was Navach

It was 1980 and italo disco hadn't really taken hold in Italy yet. So out comes this number. Sort of an Italian version of Chic or Abba. Maybe something worse. But certainly something different.

Navach's I'm Dancing all the Night on Dancer Records.
NAVACH ZIP

My Man Cruisin' Gang

MY MAN

Interpol does an italo disco Police medley

A fairly obscure italo release from 1983 on Full Time Records.

There was a moment there when the italo disco medley was hot.  Everything from Pink Floyd to the Police on this one Dancing on the Moon was consider fair game.

I actually did not like this record at all when I burned it from my collection in 2009.  But now I appreciate it a little.  In any case I love Italo Disco records from 1983.

The band Interpol, the one that was never famous