Panther Rex German Made italo disco

THE PANTHER ZIP

Stephan Slowik had two Italo disco hits using the moniker Panther Rex.  Both of them are classic examples of that Euro Synth Pop sound I love to go on about.

His debut single High or Low came out in 1985 while the follow-up Goodbye My Love was released in 1986.  1986 was the year that Italo Disco releases became few and far between.  The golden age of Italo was on it's way out though not completely gone yet.

Stephan is presently a composer and producer based out of Berlin.

TAKE ME TO THE TOP ADVANCE

Some italo disco is actually italo boogie.  A very hot trend in Italo that paved the way for some real soulful music that was not robotic.  Dario Raimondi and Alvaro Ugolini made one of the definitive italo boogie releases with Take Me To The Top.  One of the most memorable releases of it's kind in 1982. AN ADVANCE DOWNLOAD

Their later project Fun Fun was much more on the Hi NRG tip.  In it's earliest inception Ivana Spagna was even involved.

YOU GOT THE STUFF & LOVELY DAY bill withers classics

Bill Withers had phenomenal success in the seventies.  With huge hits like Use Me, Lean on Me and Lovely Day he was known throughout the world.  But what many people don't know is that he had a very solid jump on the disco bandwagon release.  LOVELY DAY  original version of lovely day

A LOVELY DAY ZIP  THE BEN LIEBRAND 1988 SUNSHINE REMIX

The incredibly funky, sexy and downtempo You Got the Stuff was released in in 1978 and is known considered a disco classic.  It's quite collectible and fetches a pretty penny on websites like discogs and ebay.  I have stores on both sites so feel free to cruise my wares.  Perhaps you could do so while enjoying these hot downloads.  THE INSTRUMENTAL and THE EXTENDED VERSION and the rarest of them all BLACK COCK EDIT

Computer (in my mind) AGO

Ago had a string of italo disco releases.  Computer from 1986 was one of the later ones.  

I personally would have called this song If you really wanna see the show or Come to the future.

The first Agostino Presta release from 1982 is still the best.  I love the whole album.

I won't forget this record because I sold it back when I was first starting on Ebay.  I wanted to get a lot for it and I knew I would so I put it's starting price at $24.99 just in case it did poorly but like a distracted numskull I wrote it in the buy it now column.  Wouldn't you know that record wasn't even up for 5 minutes!

What a laugh, Ago re-did Fancy's Chinese Eyes but look what a mess they did with the record cover!

Speaking of Fancy's Chinese Eyes how much did I love that song?  Almost as much as Come Inside.  Weren't they a double A side?  At least on the U.S. pressing, they were actually a German act.  In any case, it was a song that really didn't need a re-make particularly one so totally similar.

listen to Computer