tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52240311901404319942024-03-13T23:30:08.821-04:00Disco Vinyl ExpatMichael's opinion of anything relating to disco, Italo disco, funk and boogie music. Promotion for my Ebay and Discogs stores which concentrate on the sale of Disco, Funk, Italo Disco, Hi NRG, New Wave, morning music, sleaze and anything pressed on vinyl. There's a link to my Ebay store on the bottom of the page, right under the counter widget. Thanks for visiting and feel free to leave comments. Follow my twitter and join the Disco Vinyl Fan Page on Facebook. ExpatMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301804455445529890noreply@blogger.comBlogger580125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224031190140431994.post-85199833252926202672024-01-26T13:59:00.002-05:002024-01-26T13:59:47.520-05:00Ti Sento Matia Bazar1986's magic from Italy. No words can not sound banal to describe every second of genius in this record.
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To know me is to know I love my <b>space disco</b>. This classic of the genre from <b>1977</b> was produced and arranged by Pat Deserio (an Italian producer based out of Montreal, Canada) whom we know for his work with Gaye Evans, Bob-A-Rela, Nitelite, Kebekelektrik and <b>The Bombers</b> among other things.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #38761d;">B2 Space Conqueror 6:12 </span><br />
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<g:plusone></g:plusone>ExpatMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301804455445529890noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224031190140431994.post-75487372458406489672024-01-01T18:14:00.001-05:002024-01-01T18:14:34.097-05:00THE HISTORY OF THE ITALO DISCO MOVEMENT<div align="center" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.75px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px; widows: 2;">
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.75px;">Italo Disco refers to an entire genre of dance music that evolved mysteriously and very quickly during the early 80's in Italy and other parts of Europe. Italo Disco music was and still is considered to be quite futuristic and spacey in regards to the massive effects created with the first generation of true synthesizers, drum machines, and vocoders. Twenty-five years later, Italo Disco music is experiencing a major renaissance in which deejay's all over the world are spinning the original classics in much delight while others are making brand new music that sounds more like it was made in 1982. Compilations also pay tribute to the masterpieces. But what defines masterpieces? Is it musical charts? Is it standing the test of time? Or is it the songs that have become cherished at one point or another in the last 25 years? You decide! There is no true history of italo disco that replicates how it all evolved, however, we are about to tell you italo disco through our eyes and those of many other fans of the genre!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.75px;">So.. it's 21st century and deejay's, clubbers, and electro fans of all ages are now looking to hear the original stuff that started it all. Forget about disco, synth-pop, and new wave - maybe they were factors in the evolution of modern dance music, but it was the 10,000+ Italo Disco artists who truly fused the arpeggio synth-hooks, electro beats, and chic 12" cover art for the very first time. It's now clear that many Italo Disco songs influenced the Chicago house scene, acid house, techno, and other early forms of dance and trance music. Much of today's most lush electro music is clearly attributed directly to Italo Disco.</span><br />
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<b style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.75px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">1975-1977</b><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> - Emerging from Val Gardena, Italy, Mr. Giorgio Moroder begins to experiment on a new toy in the music world: an electronic synthesizer. He starts to create loops and synth-hooks using basic equipment from Moog and Korg. "The Chase" and the rest of the score for the 1978 film, Midnight Express made a permanent marking in the ears of young Italians who would later go on to create their own electronic music, eventually to be known as 'Italo Disco'. Just a year or so earlier in 1976, it was the beginning of John Carpenter's illustrious career as a moviemaker and composer of electronic music using excessive use of droids and drum machines. The original motion picture soundtrack to "Assault On Precinct 13" would go on to become a major influence for many Italians who realized the power of a drum machine, as heard in the opening theme of the movie. Around the same time, an Italian music group by the name of Goblin emerges and begins creating electronic-themed soundtracks for all of Dario Argento's Italian horror films, setting up another major influence for early Italo Disco artists. Some of the more memorable and early scores were for the movies "Deep Red" and "Suspiria" (1976 and 1978, respectively). Goblin's scores and Argento's style would cause many other Italian movie directors to use electronic elements in their Giallo and horror-styled films - thus starting a new era for electronic music (the first being disco several years earlier). Eventually the dark sound of these scores would fuse with disco music and we'd reach Italo Disco. But first,</span><br />
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<br style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.75px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" />
<b style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.75px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">1978-1981</b><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> - In late 1978, Black Devil, a very obscure act at the time from France, releases the "Disco Club LP", which is now considered one of the greatest electronic pleasures of the late 70's. Beautiful harmonies working solely with a synthesizer in real-time recording sessions make this album still in deman today! "Disco Fizz" by Azoto (working without the Lucrethia syntax) appeared in 1980, alongside Tantra's "The Hills Of Katmandu" release. Both artists being Italian and leaning further away from the traditional disco beat and more towards a faster drumbeat using a drum machine, would later be known as two more pioneers of what would become Italo Disco! At the same time, on the newly formed Discomagic Records label, Sylvi Foster created "Love Dawn" and "If You Are Master" while Delanua makes a masterpiece called "Flood" - these songs being considered to this day the first true Italo Disco songs. Kano begins his long career with songs such as "I'm Ready" and "Holly Dolly". in 1980, La Bionda would solidify their position as a major influence of Italo Disco music with their big hit entitled, "I Wanna Be Your Lover".</span><br />
<br style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.75px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" />
<b style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.75px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">1982</b><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> - The Italo Disco scene was well under way by the time 1982 rolled in. Discomagic Records and Il Discotto Productions had both surfaced at this point and had started spawning off many sub-labels, each with their own distinguishable sounds. On Il Discotto, Jo Jo created the masterpiece track entitled, "Mind Games", which fused R&B, electro, and disco all into one song, and Gary Low released his first single, "You Are A Danger" which took a synthesizer and piano and welded them together into one song. On the other end of the spectrum, Discomagic was beginning a long catalogue of records. The first big ones seemed to be "How Many Fill" by Delanua, "The Garden" and "Robot Is Systematic" by 'Lectric Workers, and the club smash, "Hookey" by Sylvi Foster. ll Discotto Productions has a huge hit with "Tequila" by Bo Boss. "I Need Love" by Capricorn is released and considered a major accomplishment in electro dance. "Plastic Doll" by Dharma becomes a cult classic way ahead of its time! On Zanza Records, Klein & M.B.O. release "Dirty Talk", and Pink Project debuts with "Disco Project" a cover version of Pink Floyd's, "Another Brick In The Wall" becoming two of the biggest chart hits in Europe in all of 1982. Also released in '82 on Zanza Records was "Droid" by Mito, a song and artist that has developed quite a following since then. Kato, who would go on to become one of the most famous Italo artists ever, debuts with "Chinese Revenge", a very spacey disco song. Bob Salton's "Starknight" becomes a high energy Italo Disco hit. "Coda" by Amin Peck starts a long list of hits for this man. The Twins debut with "Face To Face - Heart To Heart" and would be back in 1983 with two more big singles (more on them later). The big accomplishment for electro fused to Italo Disco in 1982 would have to be "Bad Passion" by Steel Mind. Using male, female, and robot vocals all in one song, we hear what is more like a prelude to all future dance music. We won't stress it any further, but this is to be considered one of the fundamental songs of Italo Disco! Marzio Dance debuts with some promising hits such as "The Adventure" and the early '83 followup release entitled, "Rap-O-Hush". One of the most respectable songs of 1982 is "Life With You" by Expansives, a project by Franco Rago and Giorgio Farina who also produced "The Man From Colours" by Wanexa, all releases by the aforementioned 'Lectric Workers, and also "Batida" by Cariocas, which hit the market in the end of 1982.</span><br />
<br style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.75px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" />
<b style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.75px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">1983</b><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> - The best year for Italo Disco music from a true Italo lover's standpoint is without a doubt 1983! So many hits, so many memories. To get the ball rolling, the Mr. Disco Organization (a sub-label of Full Time Records) releases "Spacer Woman" by Charlie and becomes an immediate classic and the biggest song on the entire label. The House Of Music label also makes some waves with several masterpieces. First, B.W.H. releases a double single entitled, "Stop" / "Livin' Up", often considered to be the most well-crafted Italo Disco release ever made! Next release on the label: "A Dog In The Night" by Mr. Master becomes another major hit. However, it was the third release on House Of Music label that set the tone for the perfect song: "Cybernetic Love" by Casco, a vocoder and synthesizer masterpiece. We're just scratching the surface with the big hits on the year! "Take A Chance" by Mr. Flagio features a heavily vocodized male voice and electro beats that are forever engraved in many Italo lovers heads. Il Discotto was the home of Doctor's Cat and their debut song, "Feel The Drive". Also on the same label was the first release by Brand Image entitled, "Are You Loving?" On the Italian Records label, Gaznevada releases "I.C. Love Affair" and N.O.I.A. releases "Stranger In A Strange Land" - two immediate classics. On the Fly Music label, "Shaker Shake" by Time is released, becoming an unforgettable classic with amazing synthesizer work that has since been unparalleled. At Discomagic, it was an absolutely huge year including the infamous song, "I'm Hungry" by Stopp, which displays one very phat bassline. Also, Samoa Park debuts with an Italo Disco version of Mike Oldfield's famous "Tubular Bells" project. Ryan Paris creates the happy piano-esque tune called "Dolce Vita" which topped European charts. Tommy Bow's "Dance Tonight" and Felli's "Diamond In The Night" were two of Discomagic's big songs of 1983. However, one of Discomagic's best releases was "Orient Express" by Wish Key. Gary Low continued to emerge as a leader with his next single, "I Want You", which has been sampled many times over the years, most recently by Miss Kittin. Gazebo makes a string of top hits all over European charts with "Masterpiece", "I Like Chopin", and "Lunatic". Over at American Disco Records, Scotch releases "Penguin's Invasion" and P. Lion releases "Happy Children", two songs which top the European charts and lead to success on this record label. Also on the American Disco label, Finzy Kontini releases "Cha Cha Cha", a tropical melody still retaining the Italo Disco sound. And one more big hit on the label of course: "Hey D.J. (Give Me A Lot Of Music)" by B. Rose. Camaro's Gang release "Fuerza Major" and "Ali Shuffle" while Kano returns to top the charts with a major hit entitled, "Another Life". An amazing and beautiful song off the amateur Danse Records label is "Come ..r" by Pineapples with Douglas Roop, an American vocalist. This is one of the most beloved Italo songs ever made. Memory Records was on fire with releases led by Hipnosis ("Pulstar" and "Oxygene") and Baby's Gang ("Happy Song"). One of their best releases however, was "Don't Stop Lovin'" by J.D. Jaber. "Incantations" by G.A.N.G. is another big Italo hit, coming off the Discomagic label. "Let's Go Out" by Roberto Onofri & Dee Jay Program Band is an extremely obscure song that is now in extreme demand. "Suicidal" and "Anxiety" by Amin Peck become two of the best Italo songs of 1983, showing how much work goes into each song - these 8-10 minute tracks use many instruments and channeled layers, ultimately making Amin Peck still popular today! "Run Away" by International Music System becomes a well known songs as a result of some very deep, dark beats. The year was topped off by a super powerful song called "You ... See" by Helicon - using male/female combo vocals, which is uncommon for an Italo song. The Creatures release "Believe In Yourself" making themselves a permanent staple in the Italo Disco as a result of this song. The same thing goes for The Twins and their 2 big songs: "Ballet Dancer" and "Not The Loving Kind". Righeira released "No Tengo Dinero" and "Vamos A La Playa", two Italian vocal songs that both topped all charts in Europe. Other big hits in 1983 included, "Young Man" by Nite Lite, "Communicate" by Kirlian Camera, "Voice (In The Night)" by Martinelli, "Hypnotic Tango" by My Mine, and "Magical Body" by Los Angeles T.F. In a category of his own, Den Harrow debuts with "To Meet Me" and "A Taste Of Love" two very nice productions with someone else actually lip-synching these songs for the handsome 'Den Harrow' character. Since Den Harrow was a fake name, the question soon became: "Who is Den Harrow?" Was it the same person as Fred Ventura, Joe Yellow, or Albert One? Soon, it was realized that Italo Disco had a whole 'nother element of mystery created by these sort of scenarios. As the year came to an end, Decadance released "On And On (Fears Keep On)", an amazing masterpiece that many deejay's want to have. As 1983 ended, it was obviously clear that Italo Disco was the biggest genre of music in Italian history. Many record labels, big and small, were now releasing hit after hit. Some of the bigger labels began to make waves in Germany, Netherlands, and throughout the rest of Europe (with England as an exception), eventually finding their way to the ZYX label in Germany. This record label was the biggest and baddest label in all of Europe and was known to do a lot of third-party licensing for the German market (which was absolutely huge on disco/dance music!) It was in this year that ZYX had enough songs licensed to their label that one of their producers/deejay's created 2 short megamixes using Italian disco songs. The mix was named, "Italo Boot Mix Volume 1" and it featured artists such as Mr. Flagio, Time, Doctor's Cat, Samoa Park, and Brand Image. The mix of course, was a huge success all over Europe and was the first outreach of pure Italian music in new markets. Soon after the first "Italo Boot Mix" was released, everybody in Europe began referring to disco music from Italy as Italo Disco, which is now what the entire genre is known as. One important note to make: The Italo Boot Mix series, which had a total of 16 volumes, 2 mixes apiece, only featured songs licensed to the ZYX label and is clearly not an indicator of the "best Italo Disco" songs - only the best ones that ZYX got a hold of. Many of the best Italo Disco songs never left Italy and are not as well known.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #bf9000;">When Mark took me to Tokyo for the opening of Club Gold as a representative of New York Nightlife I was overjoyed. But as you can see from the Project X magazine above there were haters.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #bf9000;">I totally associate Mark Kamins with Karen Finley. Not only did he produce her controversial records but he co-wrote them. And did he ever promote them! Mark's dj sets for years always featured a bit of the nasty Karen Finley accapella's.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #bf9000;">Then she was featured in the film Mondo New York and got famous for the huge court case with the NEA. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #bf9000;">I used to love singing along to Tales of Taboo, "let me tell you how I take the yams...." OMG what joy did I get out of that record! What memories</span>. <a href="http://www.filefactory.com/file/59i8l50jy2kf/KarenFinley.zip">EXTENSIVE KAREN FINLEY ZIP</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #bf9000;">Mark was the official d.j. for one of my best friends fashion shows Manolo Ready Couture. Here he is at one of the shows. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #bf9000;">And here he is at the tree trimming party in my loft in Tribeca circa 1992. Note the top of the tree. It's my crown from the year I won the King of Manhattan competition at The Limelight in 1991. I love this picture of Mark becomes it so captures his energy. Even though he was spinning at my party he always found the time to be part of the party too.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #bf9000;">Don't let anyone ever tell you that I have never suffered from delusions of grandeur!</span></div>
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ExpatMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301804455445529890noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224031190140431994.post-71843957895208732942024-01-01T18:10:00.001-05:002024-01-25T12:13:14.934-05:00An entire set at The Mineshaft West Village New York City early 80's<b style="background-color: magenta;">I had written a blog about this mix year ago. It got taken down for some suggestive pictures or something. So now I'm going to be make it less provocative and see if I can get away with posting it again.</b><br />
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<b style="background-color: magenta;">I used to go to The Printing House gym which was right near there. A few years after The Shaft closed but it was kind of fun to imagine how wild New York had been before A.I.D.S. decimated the club scene completely.</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.filefactory.com/file/4ikt2v7lv2ct/MineShaft.zip">A NIGHT AT THE MINESHAFT</a><br />
<a href="http://www.filefactory.com/file/3yfnmyktkrdv/mineshaft.zip">MORE OF THAT NIGHT AT THE MINESHAFT</a>
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<p>I'm sure that every single Sharon Redd song has been posted here. But why not a retrospective? It would only be right as Sharon is probably the disco diva I hold closest to my heart. <strong>Hhmm why might you ask</strong>? Well in reality most of the other disco diva's were kinda before my time. As much as I loved them I was too young to go to clubs back then. But by the time Sharon was churning them out I was in the clubs dancing away night after night. And Sharon was often there too doing a public appearance. I've probably seen her live five times. Perhaps also because she was from Norfolk and I was going to university in D.C.</p>
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<p class="separator">She started as a back-up singer for <b>Bette Midler</b> known as <strong>The Harlettes</strong>. In 1978 she was on an album with two other gals Ula Hedwig and Charlotte Crossley billed as formerly the Harlettes. Then she was part of a group of people led by <b>Luther Vandross</b> on the album Soiree' along with Fonzi Thornton, <strong>Jocelyn Brown</strong>, Yvonne Lewis and again Ula Hedwig. They did a gorgeous remake of You Keep me Hanging On among other cuts. Then in 1979 still not getting top billing her voice was the magic behind <b>Love Insurance</b> a #1 disco hit for Front Page. <a href="http://www.filefactory.com/file/r8xihrtr8jn/shaz1.zip">SHAZZY ZIP 1</a> <a href="http://www.filefactory.com/file/1g5dhs3fs8xt/Shaz2.zip">SHAZZY ZIP 2</a></p>
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<p class="separator">By this point she was very much on my radar. So when <strong>Can you Handle It</strong> came out in late 1980 I was ready for the full on invasion of this disco diva. Later the Shep Pettibone WKYS master mixes came out and New York City was all about Sharon Redd and Can you Handle it. I'd venture to say that it was one of the most satisfying remixes of an already fabulous record that I had ever heard at that point. The sassiness of the track was amplified deeply and the clubs like The Paradise Garage and Zanzibar had found a major anthem for the season. In the U.K. even the downtempo Love is Gonna Get You saw a twelve inch release that year.</p>
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<p class="separator">Shep is still brining them joy on a dance floor thirty years later! Go check him out in the club he owns in Asbury Park, New Jersey. </p>
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<p class="separator">The next album <strong>Redd Hott</strong> seemed much more geared towards the gay crowd. By then Sharon was more of a Saint disco diva then Zanzibar but in any case she had her first <b>#1</b> on the Billboard disco charts and the album had several huge dance-floor anthems including Never Give You Up, <b>Beat the Street</b> and In the Name of Love (particularly adored by the gay crowds and subject to many remixes). In the U.K. even the downtempo Takin' a Chance on Love was released on twelve inch.</p>
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<p class="separator">The 1983 album <strong>Love How You Feel</strong> was sort of Sharon's last hurrah. It featured hits like the title song, You're a Winner and Liar on the Wire but they just weren't as appreciated as her earlier dance floor stompers. </p>
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<p> Many of Sharon's remixes were done by the genius <strong>Francois Kevorkian</strong>. No doubt increasing their appeal on dance floors worldwide.</p>
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<p class="separator">Her last twelve inch single for Prelude <strong>Undercover Girl</strong> came out in 1985 and was not that great it was followed up by 1988's Second to None which was sort of a weak attempt to cash in on the then popular freestyle sound and it remains pretty obscure though not bad really. The vocals are distinctly Sharon and Sharon can SANG! </p>
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<p class="separator">On May 1, 1992 she succumbed to A.I.D.S. and I remember really feeling really sad that day. It had been a minute since I had heard any Sharon but she had held a special place in my heart then as she does now. I hope you enjoy the two zips I have provided. They include most of her hits and quite a few more recent edits that have been going around. A few of them by members of this site.</p>
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Boys even made it to #3 on the U.K. pop charts and was more succesful than her third single in which she worked with Stock, Aitken & Waterman.
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You can get the zip in the message section just below.
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Definitely not a typical post for me. This is a Bulgarian pressing of some of the biggest hits from 1983. Including the winning song from the festival of San Remo.
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It was a fantastic year for pop in Italy. The Nada record brings back a ton of memories!
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And the Synth Pop masterpiece Vacanze Romane by Matia Bazar may very well be the best Italian single ever, it's pure perfection.
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Check for the link in the messages section just below.ExpatMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301804455445529890noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224031190140431994.post-16484568390428178902023-08-05T06:51:00.002-04:002023-08-05T06:51:36.511-04:00Belgian Synth Wonders TelexTelex were a Belgian band formed in 1978. They even participated in EuroVision one year. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsEvSmCsiHbx5hNI1fHG1NkJ2FMD3Sd6b_l-tLdNxzIsnpg5QhKN9swRqgTiUPr4NFQm0twHGA_SK4aGo8LmwbJOmDZcSADshQS_kcr7udBjIsG0jASquNcpa_sa4h7pJmeuf7FlfwXl5Ve5Jw3_2Mko_1fH-eWfWzUpyBTSrpsI_hvRzRw69fOQAI7eaX/s1400/cover.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsEvSmCsiHbx5hNI1fHG1NkJ2FMD3Sd6b_l-tLdNxzIsnpg5QhKN9swRqgTiUPr4NFQm0twHGA_SK4aGo8LmwbJOmDZcSADshQS_kcr7udBjIsG0jASquNcpa_sa4h7pJmeuf7FlfwXl5Ve5Jw3_2Mko_1fH-eWfWzUpyBTSrpsI_hvRzRw69fOQAI7eaX/s600/cover.jpg"/></a></div>
Their single Moscow Discow was a seminal synth disco hit. It was played in all the best clubs like The Paradise Garage and Studio 54.
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Seymour Stein ever the innovator picked it up For Sire records and that for sure was a big break for Telex. A few other cuts managed to get some attention but none as much as Moscow Discow.
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Look for the link in the message section below.ExpatMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301804455445529890noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224031190140431994.post-19543777587092837042023-05-29T16:07:00.004-04:002023-06-03T14:30:09.327-04:00Dedicated to KOTO an essential Italo Disco artist if there ever was oneKoto has left the stage. So I'm going to spoil you with more Koto then you ever thought existed.
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Koto was quite the special Italo Disco artist. In fact his crossover appeal was such that Japanese War Game was even a favorite at the legendary Paradise Garage.
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Koto was very experimental and prolific. He wasn't afraid to dip his hands into many pots. As you can see he even did plenty of covers.
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One thing I do know is that I appreciated him and I'll bet you did too!
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As per usual my download links are going to be in the messages section below. I no longer know how to keep my links live in my posts directly.
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Pretty frivolous and light and very much synonymous with the Hi Nrg sound that was so popular after the disco era. Songs like this got a lot of play at Heaven in London and The Saint in New York City and Trocadero Transfer in San Francisco.
As A.I.D.S. decimated the community this sound pretty much went to the wayside. House became the standard and more Euro Dance was being made which brought that lightweight dance sound into the late 80's and 90's.
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At the time it wasn't my favorite. But as entries in my disco museum they are valid to be aware of and to be embraced by some, why not?
What a Way to Go was the first Maxi Single
Invitation was the second dance hit for Life Force
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What a classic of the genre. Massive!
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The zip even includes a live version from Azzuro in 1986
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I've probably already blogged this gem before. I've been writing this blog so long I'm losing track of what I've written about. Look in the comments section for the link.
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Italo Disco refers to an entire genre of dance music that evolved mysteriously and very quickly during the early 80's in Italy and other parts of Europe. Italo Disco music was and still is considered to be quite futuristic and spacey in regards to the massive effects created with the first generation of true synthesizers, drum machines, and vocoders. Twenty-five years later, Italo Disco music is experiencing a major renaissance in which deejay's all over the world are spinning the original classics in much delight while others are making brand new music that sounds more like it was made in 1982. Compilations also pay tribute to the masterpieces. But what defines masterpieces? Is it musical charts? Is it standing the test of time? Or is it the songs that have become cherished at one point or another in the last 25 years? You decide! There is no true history of italo disco that replicates how it all evolved, however, we are about to tell you italo disco through our eyes and those of many other fans of the genre!
So.. it's 21st century and deejay's, clubbers, and electro fans of all ages are now looking to hear the original stuff that started it all. Forget about disco, synth-pop, and new wave - maybe they were factors in the evolution of modern dance music, but it was the 10,000+ Italo Disco artists who truly fused the arpeggio synth-hooks, electro beats, and chic 12" cover art for the very first time. It's now clear that many Italo Disco songs influenced the Chicago house scene, acid house, techno, and other early forms of dance and trance music. Much of today's most lush electro music is clearly attributed directly to Italo Disco.
The History Of Italo Disco
1975-1977 - Emerging from Val Gardena, Italy, Mr. Giorgio Moroder begins to experiment on a new toy in the music world: an electronic synthesizer. He starts to create loops and synth-hooks using basic equipment from Moog and Korg. "The Chase" and the rest of the score for the 1978 film, Midnight Express made a permanent marking in the ears of young Italians who would later go on to create their own electronic music, eventually to be known as 'Italo Disco'. Just a year or so earlier in 1976, it was the beginning of John Carpenter's illustrious career as a moviemaker and composer of electronic music using excessive use of droids and drum machines. The original motion picture soundtrack to "Assault On Precinct 13" would go on to become a major influence for many Italians who realized the power of a drum machine, as heard in the opening theme of the movie. Around the same time, an Italian music group by the name of Goblin emerges and begins creating electronic-themed soundtracks for all of Dario Argento's Italian horror films, setting up another major influence for early Italo Disco artists. Some of the more memorable and early scores were for the movies "Deep Red" and "Suspiria" (1976 and 1978, respectively). Goblin's scores and Argento's style would cause many other Italian movie directors to use electronic elements in their Giallo and horror-styled films - thus starting a new era for electronic music (the first being disco several years earlier). Eventually the dark sound of these scores would fuse with disco music and we'd reach Italo Disco. But first,
1977-78 - Giorgio Moroder's first full LP was released. "From Here To Eternity", featuring the self-titled first single that became an instant success, was what started everything! This would go down as a pioneer album that would forever change electronic music. Less than a year later, "Chase" was released, becoming Giorgio's biggest hit ever, once again strenghtening his appeal as a leader in the electronic department. Nearly simultaneously, Italian producer, Jean-Marc Cerrone releases a series of albums - the most famous being, "Supernature" and "Love In C Minor". Simply outstanding work using a synthesizer would make Mr. Cerrone, a native of France become another major influence for all Italo Disco music to follow. Soon after Moroder and Cerrone hit the airwaves, the rest was history. Lucrethia & The Azoto 14,008 releases the "Dance Skinsation LP" to help jumpstart the Vedette Records label - leading the way for Italians to produce disco music. In 1978, La Bionda emerges with one of the songs many consider to be Italo Disco's very first song: "One For You, One For Me".
1978-1981 - In late 1978, Black Devil, a very obscure act at the time from France, releases the "Disco Club LP", which is now considered one of the greatest electronic pleasures of the late 70's. Beautiful harmonies working solely with a synthesizer in real-time recording sessions make this album still in deman today! "Disco Fizz" by Azoto (working without the Lucrethia syntax) appeared in 1980, alongside Tantra's "The Hills Of Katmandu" release. Both artists being Italian and leaning further away from the traditional disco beat and more towards a faster drumbeat using a drum machine, would later be known as two more pioneers of what would become Italo Disco! At the same time, on the newly formed Discomagic Records label, Sylvi Foster created "Love Dawn" and "If You Are Master" while Delanua makes a masterpiece called "Flood" - these songs being considered to this day the first true Italo Disco songs. Kano begins his long career with songs such as "I'm Ready" and "Holly Dolly". in 1980, La Bionda would solidify their position as a major influence of Italo Disco music with their big hit entitled, "I Wanna Be Your Lover".
1982 - The Italo Disco scene was well under way by the time 1982 rolled in. Discomagic Records and Il Discotto Productions had both surfaced at this point and had started spawning off many sub-labels, each with their own distinguishable sounds. On Il Discotto, Jo Jo created the masterpiece track entitled, "Mind Games", which fused R&B, electro, and disco all into one song, and Gary Low released his first single, "You Are A Danger" which took a synthesizer and piano and welded them together into one song. On the other end of the spectrum, Discomagic was beginning a long catalogue of records. The first big ones seemed to be "How Many Fill" by Delanua, "The Garden" and "Robot Is Systematic" by 'Lectric Workers, and the club smash, "Hookey" by Sylvi Foster. ll Discotto Productions has a huge hit with "Tequila" by Bo Boss. "I Need Love" by Capricorn is released and considered a major accomplishment in electro dance. "Plastic Doll" by Dharma becomes a cult classic way ahead of its time! On Zanza Records, Klein & M.B.O. release "Dirty Talk", and Pink Project debuts with "Disco Project" a cover version of Pink Floyd's, "Another Brick In The Wall" becoming two of the biggest chart hits in Europe in all of 1982. Also released in '82 on Zanza Records was "Droid" by Mito, a song and artist that has developed quite a following since then. Kato, who would go on to become one of the most famous Italo artists ever, debuts with "Chinese Revenge", a very spacey disco song. Bob Salton's "Starknight" becomes a high energy Italo Disco hit. "Coda" by Amin Peck starts a long list of hits for this man. The Twins debut with "Face To Face - Heart To Heart" and would be back in 1983 with two more big singles (more on them later). The big accomplishment for electro fused to Italo Disco in 1982 would have to be "Bad Passion" by Steel Mind. Using male, female, and robot vocals all in one song, we hear what is more like a prelude to all future dance music. We won't stress it any further, but this is to be considered one of the fundamental songs of Italo Disco! Marzio Dance debuts with some promising hits such as "The Adventure" and the early '83 followup release entitled, "Rap-O-Hush". One of the most respectable songs of 1982 is "Life With You" by Expansives, a project by Franco Rago and Giorgio Farina who also produced "The Man From Colours" by Wanexa, all releases by the aforementioned 'Lectric Workers, and also "Batida" by Cariocas, which hit the market in the end of 1982.
1983 - The best year for Italo Disco music from a true Italo lover's standpoint is without a doubt 1983! So many hits, so many memories. To get the ball rolling, the Mr. Disco Organization (a sub-label of Full Time Records) releases "Spacer Woman" by Charlie and becomes an immediate classic and the biggest song on the entire label. The House Of Music label also makes some waves with several masterpieces. First, B.W.H. releases a double single entitled, "Stop" / "Livin' Up", often considered to be the most well-crafted Italo Disco release ever made! Next release on the label: "A Dog In The Night" by Mr. Master becomes another major hit. However, it was the third release on House Of Music label that set the tone for the perfect song: "Cybernetic Love" by Casco, a vocoder and synthesizer masterpiece. We're just scratching the surface with the big hits on the year! "Take A Chance" by Mr. Flagio features a heavily vocodized male voice and electro beats that are forever engraved in many Italo lovers heads. Il Discotto was the home of Doctor's Cat and their debut song, "Feel The Drive". Also on the same label was the first release by Brand Image entitled, "Are You Loving?" On the Italian Records label, Gaznevada releases "I.C. Love Affair" and N.O.I.A. releases "Stranger In A Strange Land" - two immediate classics. On the Fly Music label, "Shaker Shake" by Time is released, becoming an unforgettable classic with amazing synthesizer work that has since been unparalleled. At Discomagic, it was an absolutely huge year including the infamous song, "I'm Hungry" by Stopp, which displays one very phat bassline. Also, Samoa Park debuts with an Italo Disco version of Mike Oldfield's famous "Tubular Bells" project. Ryan Paris creates the happy piano-esque tune called "Dolce Vita" which topped European charts. Tommy Bow's "Dance Tonight" and Felli's "Diamond In The Night" were two of Discomagic's big songs of 1983. However, one of Discomagic's best releases was "Orient Express" by Wish Key. Gary Low continued to emerge as a leader with his next single, "I Want You", which has been sampled many times over the years, most recently by Miss Kittin. Gazebo makes a string of top hits all over European charts with "Masterpiece", "I Like Chopin", and "Lunatic". Over at American Disco Records, Scotch releases "Penguin's Invasion" and P. Lion releases "Happy Children", two songs which top the European charts and lead to success on this record label. Also on the American Disco label, Finzy Kontini releases "Cha Cha Cha", a tropical melody still retaining the Italo Disco sound. And one more big hit on the label of course: "Hey D.J. (Give Me A Lot Of Music)" by B. Rose. Camaro's Gang release "Fuerza Major" and "Ali Shuffle" while Kano returns to top the charts with a major hit entitled, "Another Life". An amazing and beautiful song off the amateur Danse Records label is "Come ..r" by Pineapples with Douglas Roop, an American vocalist. This is one of the most beloved Italo songs ever made. Memory Records was on fire with releases led by Hipnosis ("Pulstar" and "Oxygene") and Baby's Gang ("Happy Song"). One of their best releases however, was "Don't Stop Lovin'" by J.D. Jaber. "Incantations" by G.A.N.G. is another big Italo hit, coming off the Discomagic label. "Let's Go Out" by Roberto Onofri & Dee Jay Program Band is an extremely obscure song that is now in extreme demand. "Suicidal" and "Anxiety" by Amin Peck become two of the best Italo songs of 1983, showing how much work goes into each song - these 8-10 minute tracks use many instruments and channeled layers, ultimately making Amin Peck still popular today! "Run Away" by International Music System becomes a well known songs as a result of some very deep, dark beats. The year was topped off by a super powerful song called "You ... See" by Helicon - using male/female combo vocals, which is uncommon for an Italo song. The Creatures release "Believe In Yourself" making themselves a permanent staple in the Italo Disco as a result of this song. The same thing goes for The Twins and their 2 big songs: "Ballet Dancer" and "Not The Loving Kind". Righeira released "No Tengo Dinero" and "Vamos A La Playa", two Italian vocal songs that both topped all charts in Europe. Other big hits in 1983 included, "Young Man" by Nite Lite, "Communicate" by Kirlian Camera, "Voice (In The Night)" by Martinelli, "Hypnotic Tango" by My Mine, and "Magical Body" by Los Angeles T.F. In a category of his own, Den Harrow debuts with "To Meet Me" and "A Taste Of Love" two very nice productions with someone else actually lip-synching these songs for the handsome 'Den Harrow' character. Since Den Harrow was a fake name, the question soon became: "Who is Den Harrow?" Was it the same person as Fred Ventura, Joe Yellow, or Albert One? Soon, it was realized that Italo Disco had a whole 'nother element of mystery created by these sort of scenarios. As the year came to an end, Decadance released "On And On (Fears Keep On)", an amazing masterpiece that many deejay's want to have. As 1983 ended, it was obviously clear that Italo Disco was the biggest genre of music in Italian history. Many record labels, big and small, were now releasing hit after hit. Some of the bigger labels began to make waves in Germany, Netherlands, and throughout the rest of Europe (with England as an exception), eventually finding their way to the ZYX label in Germany. This record label was the biggest and baddest label in all of Europe and was known to do a lot of third-party licensing for the German market (which was absolutely huge on disco/dance music!) It was in this year that ZYX had enough songs licensed to their label that one of their producers/deejay's created 2 short megamixes using Italian disco songs. The mix was named, "Italo Boot Mix Volume 1" and it featured artists such as Mr. Flagio, Time, Doctor's Cat, Samoa Park, and Brand Image. The mix of course, was a huge success all over Europe and was the first outreach of pure Italian music in new markets. Soon after the first "Italo Boot Mix" was released, everybody in Europe began referring to disco music from Italy as Italo Disco, which is now what the entire genre is known as. One important note to make: The Italo Boot Mix series, which had a total of 16 volumes, 2 mixes apiece, only featured songs licensed to the ZYX label and is clearly not an indicator of the "best Italo Disco" songs - only the best ones that ZYX got a hold of. Many of the best Italo Disco songs never left Italy and are not as well known.
1984 - Fockewulf 190 paves the way with "Gitano" and "Body Heat", two of the most respected Italo songs ever. The Italian men behind Fockewulf 190 wouldn't stop there - they made one more song using the alius of Frank Tavaglione called "Tumidanda" - one of the most sought after Italo songs ever! The original 12" features both an English and Italian version, which was very uncommon! Using the voice of Fred Ventura and the production values on Market Records, the Fockewulf 190 group took one more shot in the Italo scene with "Eagles In The Night" by Dario Dell'Aere - becoming another majorly sought after release that almost no DJ can claim he or she owns to this day. Simply put, Fockewulf 190's four productions were all on limited release in 1984 and have become harder and harder to locate as the years go by - they sell on eBay for hundreds of dollars each. Speaking of the years going by, Fred Ventura has a huge hit with "The Years (Go By)" and it's featured in an Italo Boot Mix, making it an even bigger hit in Germany. International Music System, release a major party song called "Dancing Therapy". Memory Records big hits of the year are led by Ken Laszlo's,"Hey Hey Guy" and "Tonight" and by Cyber People's "Void Vision" and "Polaris". The Peecker Melody label, a sub-label of Il Discotto provides 3 huge hits in 1984. They are: "Your Fun" by Modem, "Driving" by Sensitive, and "Running Straight" by Amin Peck. "I Wish" by Bolero became a huge hit all over Europe. One of the biggest hits of the year was "Self Control" by the late Laura Branigan. The song was actually written by an Italian artist who released his version (the original) under the alius of RAF (or RAFF in other markets). Both versions topped every single chart in Europe and at one point both songs held the ..1 and ..2 positions simultaneously in the German music charts. As fantastic as the Laura Branigan version is, it lacks the beautiful male vocals and fantastic rap segment near the end of the song. "Queen Of Discoteque" by Sissy on the Eyes Records label is an amazing song. Also on the label is "Future State" by the same-named artist and also "Firelight" by Ghecko (often mistaken as Checko) - these songs helped make Eyes Records a top Italo label in 1984. On Ram Productions, a sub-label of Discomagic, Ram Band releases "Silent Smiles" and then on the same label, Anthony's Games releases the same exact song. Same label, a year later, Visions releases "Everybody" and then soon afterwards, Videovision (on the Ra.Re label) releases "Anybody" and Video (on the Fly Records label) releases "Somebody". The man behind all 3 songs that "coincidently" have similar titles and the same exact synth-hook is Raff Todesco. All this stuff about the same song being released by two or three different artists was quite common in the Italo Disco genre. The most famous would be the song "Souvenir" which was originally released by OMD was then covered by a handful of Italian artists including Nicky & Nicky and Saxophone.
By 1984, Italo Disco was already in its prime with 100's and 100's of new songs arriving each month at the local record shops throughout Italy and Europe, particularly Netherlands and Germany, where the genre became an absolute phenomenon. "Clouds" by Angie is a great female Italo hit. "Magic Carillon" by Rose is another female vocal classic, often considered to be the best Italo song ever. Fake debuts with an extremely sexy vintage disco styled song that keeps many elements of Italo Disco. The song is called "Donna Rouge" and is often considered to be the perfect song! Let's move on to the big hits of 1984. "The Years (Go By" by Fred Ventura becomes a lead track on one of the Italo Boot Mixes and also a top chart hit all over Europe. Il Discotto's big hit was "Hot Stuff" by Image. Discomagic's big hit was "Play Boy" by Venise - another amazing female vocal song with a great electro/drum beat combo. However, the big Italo song of 1984 (from a true fans standpoint) would be "Catch" by Sun-La-Shan. 'Catch Is Sexy' would become the famous vocals to this song that almost any Italo fan is able to sing along to. Scotch released "Disco Band", a major arpeggio hit that became a major hit in Germany, actually becoming one of the biggest chart success Italo songs ever! Miko Mission releases two songs in a row, "The World Is You" and "How Old Are You?" which are immediately entered into the history books of Italo Disco music! Without a doubt, it was the synthesizer work that Miko did with these two songs that made them so memorable. Memory Records is led by Ken Laszlo (e.g. "Hey Hey Guy", "Tonight") and Cyber People (e.g. "Void Vision", "Polaris"),
1985 - Fantasy Life releases "Over And Over", considered to be the rarest Italo Disco vinyl ever. The mp3 is quite easy to locate, but it's the original 12" record that fetches 600-700 dollars regularly on eBay. What a DJ would do to have this one!!! What wouldn't a DJ do??? Brand Image returns to the Italo scene in 1985 with "Love In A Summer Night" helping jumpstart the infamous Time Records label. Magika also has a nice hit on Time Records with "I Know Magika". It should be pointed out that around this time, as Italo Disco became took over the airwaves that suddenly we begin to see a major saturation of the market - 1000's of releases a year, eventually peaking in 1984 and 1985 with 5,000 major releases each year across 100's and 100's of labels. Several things can explain this market saturation: 1) creating an Italo Disco song was very easy, cheap, and trendy, especially for the DJ's of that time. Everybody was taking a stab at the Italo market; 2) many of the biggest producers from the big labels would start sub-labels and let one major artist head the label and produce literally hundreds of songs in a very short period of time. Often times, one producer would make 100's of songs a year, and the same vocalists would appear on songs across many sub-labels, being the secret vocalist. Rose, Ken Laszlo, Fred Ventura, Eddy Huntington, Den Harrow, Joe Yellow, and Albert One would become the major contributors to this rapid movement of new songs being produced. For example, "Spanis Run" by Jaco is actually the voice of Ken Laszlo, famous for his smash hit "Hey Hey Guy". Here we are in 2006 still sorting through productions and trying to figure out who sung and who produced some releases - it's all quite confusing because the genre was very tightknit yet so quickly evolving. Anyways - 1985 brough many, many big hits. "Forever And A Day" by 93rd Superbowl presents some amazing male vocals, Fake returned with a major smash hit called "Brick" and a b-side called "Another Brick" - a very fine production indeed! "Dial My Number" by R. Bais. "Baby On Fire" by Ottomix & P.K. Siegel.
1986 - Italo Disco already past its peak, begins to decline as new genre's are now surfacing. High Energy music in Germany, fueled by Modern Talking, Bad Boys Blue, C.C. Catch, and Silent Circle is a major dance scene that begins to conquer the charts. At the same time, all the traditional Italo/Euro disco beats begin to sound "old fashioned" when compared to the likes of the new speedy drum machine beats on a TR 808 or 909. Basically, this is when Garage House, Acid House, Chicago House, House, Acid, and any form of the true 130BPM would begin to take over the dance scene. It was all in the planning stages since 1982 when Italo Disco surfaced. We knew the beat would speed up and the bassline would become louder. However, Italo Disco was still not dead! This was the year it finally touched the soil of America - 2 songs actually became minor hits in USA, but were simply thrown into the New Wave genre. The two songs that now have cult status for making it to USA are "Boom Boom Boom (Let's Go Back To My Room)" by Paul Lekakis and "Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora, which was released in 1985 but became an American hit in 1986. Just like any other dance genre, 1 big European hit always touches every country at least once. With Eurodance it was "Mr. Vain" by Culture Beat. For Italo Dance, it was "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65. For trance, it's Cascada, for techno, its "Sandstorm", and so forth. The point we are trying to make is that the entire market has just 1 song of many 1000's shoved in their face. You hear this one song over and over and only wish for more songs like it. Little does anybody in USA know that these songs are just a needle in the haystack. And that's what "Tarzan Boy" is to Italo Disco! It was around this time that Radiorama became a major player in the Italo scene. They would get their own label and release a major, major song called "Aliens" in the end of 1986. Alan Barry, Aleph, Alphatown, and many other Italo artists start experimenting with a faster BPM. Slowly, but quickly, the BPM begins to speed up into the 130's, 140's, and so forth. Time Records becomes the leader in the industry at this point, with A Beat C and Asia Records following right behind. The Italo Boot mixes are now in full popularity in Germany and others parts of Europe that weren't able to access all the Italo releases. Italo Boot Mixes were megamixes from the ZYX label, featuring 10-15 songs per mix, usually split into 2 parts each. They usually featured the biggest Italo songs of the time and were quite popular in Germany, where many made the top charts for many weeks.
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1983 new wave magic
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<span style="background-color: #674ea7;">The vocalist for La Vie En Rose was meant to be <b>Teresa Wiater</b>. Produced, arranged and remixed by the mighty <b>Tom Moulton</b> in 1977 it has become one of the definitive disco re-make classics. His muse Grace Jones knowing a good thing when she hears one convinced Tom to give it to her. The rest made history as it crossed over to pop all over Europe and other parts of the world.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #674ea7;">Teresa unfortunately fell into the depths of obscurity. Although she managed to have one minor disco hit in 1979 with <b>Once and For All</b>. Grace on the other hand.....</span><br />
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or how about the Donna Summer version?<br />
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<span style="background-color: magenta; color: #674ea7;">So which version is better?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: magenta; color: #674ea7;">And for those of you curious about the Edith Piaf original from 1945.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: magenta; color: #674ea7;">For fun in the zip I threw in the Nancy Martinez version. She's a chanteuse from Montreal who had a few cute dance hits in the 80's under several different monikers. <a href="http://www.filefactory.com/file/4smmt18y5689/la%20vie.zip">LA VIE EN ZIP</a></span><br />
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A 1989 Swedish import featuring the dynamite single Where Were You Last Night?ExpatMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301804455445529890noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224031190140431994.post-64930743069817681522021-03-15T17:40:00.004-04:002023-06-03T14:34:30.543-04:00CHA CHA CHA FINZY KONTINI<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rMj4iNVCvkc/YE_TWGQsXbI/AAAAAAAAGAA/CzKr_lI1vAwtl46IHt1GULGehG9LmQ7lQCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/folder.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rMj4iNVCvkc/YE_TWGQsXbI/AAAAAAAAGAA/CzKr_lI1vAwtl46IHt1GULGehG9LmQ7lQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/folder.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7jwYJhG0qoA/YE_Teld3NxI/AAAAAAAAGAM/BnM7QmaPl0k1Gpzkdu_MQ_x_dtHFsS-9ACLcBGAsYHQ/s7405/img001.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; 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Japanese pressing of the 1987 Italo Disco gem by Finzy Kontini.
Finzy Kontini are:
Claudia Colombi: Vocal
Fabrizio Baldoni: Keyboards, Electronics, Vocal
Bruno Rosellini: Guitars, Bass, Guitar Synthesizer, Vocal
They had two albums in 1987. This was the first one. It's a treat.
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As you can see I started with the Top 25 on the Hot Soul Singles chart which would later be changed to Hot Black Singles.
Then we can see the arbitron ratings in New York City. Disco was certainly not dead! I thank god that I was suburban enough to grow up listening to that fantastic New York radio.
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How could you not love this ad for Importe 12" records?
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An article about clubs in the dance section.
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How could you not love the disco action section where you could see which disco songs were hot where?
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Not only did I have just about every one of these records on the Disco Top 100, but almost every one was good if not great!
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How about a story on what's going on with disco in Europe?
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They sure loved Bob Marley in Italy, still do.
The hits of the world section was amazing too. I always loved to see how certain American acts were huge in other countries even when they weren't in the states anymore. I mean hell Can't Stop the Music was #1 pop in Australia! That bitch went nowhere in the US. Frank Zappa was #4 in Sweden! He never had a pop hit in America.
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And then the Hot 100 itself. Damn did I ever pore over that thing. I mean after all I was a young teen in Connecticut.
Not much didco in there at this point. I mean lot of great disco was still being made it just wasn't breaking big. Like you can see All Night Thing by Invisible Man's Band peaked at #45 pop. That was a huge dance record in New York. How about that classic by Frank Sinatra, New York, New York only 12 weeks on the chart. That was no huge pop hit. Call Me was on it's way down. It ended up being the #1 record of the year and quite a smart collaboration between Giorgio Moroder and Blondie. This was also the week that Lover's Holiday by Change entered the Top 40 at #40 and that's where it peaked. That was one of the most played records in my bedroom. But when you think of things in terms of pop peaks it was no hit. Again a huge record in New York, huge!
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ExpatMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301804455445529890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224031190140431994.post-25824876680903846782021-01-01T16:02:00.008-05:002023-06-03T14:39:44.604-04:00Mas Mix Quen Nunca Italo Disco Classics from Memory Records<script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9672253206618216"
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One of the best megamix ever made! ...Considering the equipment available in 1986. Mike Platinas and Javier Ussía after leaving Max Music, went to Italy to record an album with Memory Records, using songs of their catalog, all of them italo-disco tracks. This megamix was taken from the Spanish record shops being only available via import. It sold 35.000 copies before it appeared, and without any promo! Today is a hard-to-get album.
You will recognize the following artists in the mixes :
Brian Ice - Talking To The Night
Duke Lake - Dance Tonight
Roy - Destiny Time
Cyber People - Void Vision
Baby's Gang - Challanger
Koto - Visitors
Baby's Gang - Happy Song (Remix)
J.D. Jaber - Don't Stop Lovin'
Alan Ross - Valentino Mon Amour
Duke Lake - Do You
Phil Grant - Hey Girl
Ken Laszlo - Tonight (Remix)
Ken Laszlo - Hey Hey Guy
Mike Cannon - Voices In The Dark
Sky Creackers - You Should Be Dancin'
Ken Laszlo - Tonight
Mike Cannon - Voices In The Dark
Baby's Gang - Happy Song (Remix)
Check out the messages part underneath for the download link
Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!
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