Mythen in Tüten Die neue Kollektion – No Fun Records – NF 014 Germany 1981 Mäzen Vocals – Angelika Maiworm Written by Maiworm, Winschetti, Wolter, Erlhoff, Klose Debut album by Mythen in Tüten. Full of outstanding, multifaceted and sometimes dance floor qualified New Wave (Neue Deutsche Welle) sound from Hannover, released on the small German…
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Various Maxi-Music (Volume 2) – Tele Music – TM 3080 France 1980 Probably one of the most interesting Library records from this label. Very useful. Especially in a DJ-context. Funk & Soul, Electronic, Disco, Latin & Brazil … great sounds in many different directions. You can listen to all of the tunes on…
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C.A.T. Join The Party – Good Noise – VGNS 2006 Germany 1981 Hi Berlin So groovy and funky as Rock-music can be. Soulful vocals, proper percussion beats, a rolling baseline and on top the flashy keyboard sounds by Rüdiger Arndt. I would call it SOUL! [soliloquy id=”4737″] Join The Party The great and seldom seen…
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Chilly Showbiz – Polydor – 2417 137 Germany 1980 Chilly – I Hear You Knocking (1980) Written by Bernt Möhrle, Brad Howell Showbiz Another record by CHILLY, the spicy German glamour Disco group leaded by producer and songwriter Bernt Möhrle. But aside from the cool and relaxed I HEAR YOU KNOCKING this album…
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Kati És A Kerek Perec Kati És A Kerek Perec – Pepita – SLPX 17605 Hungary 1979 TITANIC Narrator – Bőzsöny Ferenc Another album from Hungary that contains some real dope Disco sounds. For my taste are the tunes in all sometimes a little bit overloaded. But there is mostly a catchy hook line, a…
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Berry Lipman & His Orchestra / Rex Brown Company Season Opening – Selected Sound – ST 113 Germany 1978 Highway Patrol Dangerous thrilling Library sounds. Big Band Funk with some prickly bumblebee synths. Berry Lipman autograph card from www.rocknroll-schallplatten-forum.de Dancing Stars Another very nice one. 106 BPM unheard unhurried, catchy and a little bit kitschy.…
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Supermax Electricity – Ariola – 205 301 Germany 1983 Coconut Reggae The dope COCONUT REGGAE, for me, simply the best tune on this seldom seen SUPERMAX album. Also available as Ariola (600 791-213) 12″ Super Sound Single and often also the much cheaper way to get this great Reggae-pearl on vinyl. Tracklist A1 Loversnight…
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Paolo Casa Soul Tracks – Manhattan Records – MNLP 00021 Italy 1978 Slap It Another essential Italian Library record that contains very funky, useful and DJ-friendly tunes. I would say that my favorite is SLAP IT with relaxed 110BPM but it’s just the one that I mostly like and play … there are so many…
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Alain Leroux, Christer Norden Disco Time – CAM – CML 165 Italy 1977 Discomaniac One of many great tunes on this CAM Library record. Funky, very useful and DJ-friendly sounds. Latin, Disco and some great instrumental Funk & Soul gems. Some comes also with short alternative cuts what reminds of Funk 45’s with a PART…
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Joy Fleming I Only Wanna Get Up And Dance – Atlantic – ATL 50 469 Germany 1978 The Final Thing With the 15:05 minutes THE FINAL THING the German Soul queen from Mannheim finally entered 1978 also the Disco-Train. Superior collaborating with Donna Summer’s producer Pete Bellotte and Silver Convention’s Sylvester Levay. As usual in…
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Atmosfear First / Fourmost – Elite – ATM 33-1 UK 1984 Extract Yes exactly EXTRACT is this days my favorite track on this essential 12″ by the British Disco-Jazz band ATMOSFEAR. But all the four spacey tunes on this 33⅓ RPM Mini-LP are great and very useful. Contains also their most notable tune DANCING…
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Charly Kingson Born In Africa – Fleet – 26 165 XOT Netherlands 1978 Manyaka If you ask me today I would say MANYAKA (118 BPM) is my absolutely favorite tune. Incredible baselines, dope Synthesizer grooves, the decent operation of the „The Munich Strings“ and this catchy female chorus at the refrain. But this LP…
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Charly Kingson Born In Africa (Remix 1982) – Ariola – 600.608 Germany 1982 Born In Africa (Remix 1982) Slightly edited 12″ Maxi-Single version of BORN IN AFRICA remixed by percussionist, Eddie Conard. Tidy and dance floor friendly. With 117 BPM little faster but also shorter than the album version from 1978. [envira-gallery id=”3314″] Charly…
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Arpadys Arpadys – Decca – 6.23492 AO Germany 1978 Funky Bass For many people is MONKEY STAR the noted tune on this great French Cosmic Disco album. But I really must say my absolutely favorite is the, with 95 BPM much slower, FUNKY BASS. Great duby, deep grooving and very relaxed Disco as I love…
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Elektro-Dschungel Kebab und andere Träume – Stadtjugendring Wiesbaden – SJR/BDP 001/300408 Germany 1987 Kebabträume & Liebe Gabi KEBAB TRÄUME is an exotic grooving and very soulful cover version of this New Wave classic. When you compare it with the original, or especially the later and colder 12″ version from 1982 by D.A.F. (Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft), you can feel the contrast. Well…
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