Shoot Me Malcolm and the bad girls

Hiss Records was yet another off-shoot of il Discotto one of the most important Italo Disco labels.

Shoot Me shows a clear influence of the new wave sound that was so prevalent in 1983 when this single was released.

Shoot Me

Interestingly a new version called Love's Bullet (shoot me again) was released in 2017.  Though apparently only 10 copies were pressed and they were numbered.  I don't know anything about new Italo Disco music but apparently it's a thing.

Don't be Afraid Some Bizarre 1983 italo disco magic classic

I'm pretty astonished I haven't already posted this record.  I'm always going on and on about 1983 and it's got all the parts that to me make a great italo disco record.  il Discotto deserves every positive thing ever written about it.

That being said I don't have much to say about it.  Just enjoy it.

SOME BIZARRE ZIP

Lamott Atkins is Paul Sharada Keep that Love Alive

Lamott Atkins is the real name of the italo disco artist who went by the name of Paul Sharada.

Here he looks like a reject from Imagination.

What I don't know is if it's really his voice on these records.  From what I hear it's not a person who was brought up speaking English.  But since I don't really know anything about this artist he could be African and his mother tongue be French for instance.

What I do know is that his first italo disco hit was Florida (Move Your Feet).  This 1984 release was on Fuori di Testa Records Italy.

His next release Dancing All the Night was released later that year on il Discotto.  One of my favorite italo labels.  Right there it makes you wonder who chose that title.  Because in proper English it would be Dancing All Night.

My favorite Paul Sharada record is Keep Your Love Alive from 1985.  To be honest it's the only one I really like.

zipper up Paul

A Paul Sharada Zip

Another Paul Sharada Zip

1986's Boxers was certainly an unusual subject for a record.  He had a couple more after that but I don't know them.

Dario Dell'Aere, Fockewulf 190, Italo Disco Rarities, EAGLES IN THE NIGHT, FRED VENTURA SINGLES

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eagles in the night
AN EAGLES ZIP
EAGLES IN THE NIGHT
HEARTBEAT FRED VENTURA
LEAVE ME ALONE FRED VENTURA
THE YEARS GO BY FRED VENTURA
IMAGINE FRED VENTURA 1987 TIME RECORDS
Body Heat
Fockewulf 190 using the voice of Fred Ventura came out with Eagles in the Night by Dario Dell'Aere in 1985 on Market Records Italy. It is now one of the most coveted Italo Disco 12" in existence and in my opinion one of the very best. It is the epitome of Italo Disco kitsch. The male vocals are completely off and he seems to yell "oh wacky co-co" and then after when she sings "oh I will become an eagle that flies only in the night" and he comes back "Uh ho Uh ho." It is simply classic nonsensical Italo at it's best. Why would someone want to become an eagle that flies only in the night anyway?

I was trying to put my finger on what makes the sound of the music so unusual and then it dawned on me it sounds as if in the background they are playing a children's xylophone. Yet the synth work is top notch.

Frank Tavaglione with the ultra rare 12" Tumidanda is also Fockewulf 190. Aliases in Italo Disco seem more common then they would be in a spy movie! Body Heat was their release from 1984 on Market Records. Ironically they wrote on the sleeve of the 12" that Dario Dell'Aere did the vocals but it was actually Fred Ventura (Federico Di Bonaventura).

The 12" cover art work by Tiziana Dell'Aere for Eagles in the Night is quite interesting too and probably ups the value as quite a few collectors I've come in contact with are quite partial to picture sleeves. Especially those who collect Italo Disco.

My love for Italo Disco came quite late in life. Because at the time going out in Rome in the 80's that's the music I heard in clubs and most nights it didn't seem quite so remarkable to me. But now considering how coveted and rare many of these tracks have become and then reading about how many of them had a strong influence on early house music and were staples on the legendary WBMX of Chicago, I realize that I really was quite fond of them after all. It's just that here in Italy in many cases they were simply Top 40 radio fodder so they seemed quite common.

But in the past decade I've become a rabid collector of Italo mp3's.  I guess because I've already accumulated so many of the disco and morning music ones that I wanted to get. Also due to the fact that for several years Italo disco labels like il discotto, Memory, Time, Market, Baby and others were quite prolific it would be almost impossible to know the majority of the releases. Many fell by the wayside during that period and many others were licensed by ZYX records in Germany and those got promoted heavily even though in many cases they were not the best ones.

I know your Mind Mark Adams

This one off Italo Disco track from 1986 is more then a little influenced by freestyle and electro.  Definitely more then I'm used to hearing.  A little adjusting and this might as well be Noel or TKA.

I KNOW YOUR MIND
MARK ADAMS
Il discotto is one of my favorite italo disco labels.  Interestingly the song came out of a studio in Turin.  A few of my favorites on this seminal italo disco label include Penguin's Invasion by Scotch, You are a Danger by Gary Low, Tequila by Bo Boss and MasterPiece by Gazebo.  I know whenever I'm record shopping and I see that label on the sleeve my heart skips a beat for a moment.

You....See by Hélicon 1983 Crash italo disco treat

Hélicon only had the one italo disco hit, but it sure was a doozy.  Released on Crash records a part of the sublime il discotto group.  It was yet another example of why 1983 was the best year for italo disco.  YOU....SEE a download

The vocals were by Elio Conti.  He had a 1982 italo disco release under the moniker Fancy called Null Null.