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I don't usually write a blog immediately after a dance icon dies. But in this case I'm gonna jump on the bandwagon. Colonel Abrams 80's house masterpieces bring back so many memories. I danced the night away to so many of them that I couldn't just not dedicate a blog to him.
Colonel was there on the ground floor. When his first dance single came out in 1984 no one was even using the term House music.
Through the mid 80's he amassed a long string of hits. Some of these even crossed onto the U.S. R&B charts and the U.K. pop charts. For instance Trapped made it all the way to #3 in the U.K. in 1985. But four of them hit #1 on the U.S. dance charts including the aforementioned Trapped, I'm not Gonna let and How Soon we Forget.
Colonel was huge at all the clubs I frequented in those years. By the late 80's the hits dried up. He continued to record but without much impact. His last album was released in 1996.
I’m a Spacer Woman
Don’t you worry 'bout me?
I don’t want to hurt you,
I just want to love you!
We can start it over
Come on be my lover
You will be my danger (?)
Let me be your stranger!
I want to know
I need your love
I can’t go on
I must be sure
I come from Space
I want to know
If I can do
My love is true Charlie is composed of Gino De Stefani andMaurice Cavalieri. Charlie
There is very little I can say about Spacer Woman other then it is one of the absolute best of one of my favorite genre's. It also just happens to be from the 1983 the absolute best year for Italo Disco music. enjoy the rip cause it's very rare
When Germanys ZYX picked up the record in 1984 they changed the title to Space Woman or it's a misprint.
There was also a 2005 bootleg release. So be careful collector's. Don't risk paying alot unless you're absolutely sure.
Refreshed with more music.
Does it really matter that Den Harrow didn't really sing the songs he is attributed to have sung? His image and his dancing were also a part of the magic weren't they? I'm not gonna defend him. This marketing tool has been used in Italy often and in other countries too. So in a way it's not really his fault is it? Fat Den Zip
There is no doubting that he had a long string of hits from 1983 right up to the end of the 80's. In fact there was enough interest in him that in Germany he even had some releases into the 90's and he received the Bravo Golden Otto award in 1987. This signified that he was Germany's favorite male vocalist, even ahead of Michael Jackson!
The first release To Meet Me in 1983 was one of many greatly produced Turatti and Chieregato tracks that propelled Italo Disco so much in the 80's.
In the 2000's he was once again in the public eye in Italy. As a contestant on Isola dei Famosi, a strange mixture of Survivor and Celebrity Big Brother. He often cried on air and definitely had a hard time on the island.
The zip contains most of the hits and even a few of the lesser hits. GET SOME DEN
They are a perfect mirror of the italo disco genre because he had songs representing all of the types of the genre. Some better then others but in any case still a great peek into the sound.
I was so sure that I had already written about Pretty Face. I can't believe it. It was one of those italo disco tracks that I was never able to get out of my head. Even when I wouldn't hear it for years on end.
It was of course Styloo's debut single from 1983. They never were able to come up with a better follow-up though Why from 1986 isn't bad so I included it in your zip.
