Category Archives: Euro Disco
THE SALSOUL ORCHESTRA-STREET SENSE.
THE SALSOUL ORCHESTRA-STREET SENSE. Recently, I’ve been documenting the Salsoul Records rise to becoming disco’s premier label and the changes the label went through after 1978. Indeed, 1978 was a landmark year for Salsoul.Vince Montana Jr, the man who created, conducted, arranged and produced many of The Salsoul Orchestra albums between their 1975 debut The …
FIRST CHOICE-HOLD YOUR HORSES.
FIRST CHOICE-HOLD YOUR HORSES. By the time First Choice signed to Gold Mind Records in 1976, they’d already released three albums since forming in Philadelphia 1972. First Choice would go on to release three albums for Gold Mind Records, a subsidiary of Salsoul Records. Their first release was 1977s Delusions, which contained two tracks that …
JOHNICK-YOU KNOW HOW WE DEW.
JOHNICK-YOU KNOW HOW WE DEW. Earlier this year, BBE Music released Johnny D Presents Disco Jamms Volume 1, compiled by legendary ‘Brooklyn’ DJ Johnny De Mairo. Johnny D Presents Disco Jamms Volume 1 featured some of the best edits I’ve heard this year. Along with Al Kent’s edits on The Best of Disco Demands, nothing …
DISCO RECHARGE: VOYAGE-VOYAGE.
DISCO RECHARGE: VOYAGE-VOYAGE. When Harmless Records launched their new label Disco Recharge back in June 2012, the new label’s first release was Voyage’s eponymous debut album Voyage. Released in 1978, this sees Voyage embark upon a worldwide whistle-top tour, where they pay homage to various styles of music. Their whistle-top tour ends in America, the …
DISCO RECHARGE: VOYAGE-LET’S FLY AWAY.
DISCO RECHARGE: VOYAGE-LET’S FLY AWAY. Back in June 2012, when Harmless Records launched their new label Disco Recharge, the new label’s first release was Voyage’s eponymous debut album Voyage. This saw Voyage embark upon a worldwide whistle-top tour, during which they paid homage to various styles of music. Their final destination was America, not just …
DISCO DISCHARGE-MIDNIGHT SHIFT.
DISCO DISCHARGE-MIDNIGHT SHIFT. Harmless Records say farewell to their Disco Discharge series with Disco Discharge-Midnight Shift, their fourth and final compilation of 2012. It’ll be 2013 before compiler Mr. Pinks makes his next appearance. This is the sixteenth compilation since the series started back in 2009. Since then, Mr. Pinks has treated us to everything …
DISCO DISCHARGE-EUROPA.
DISCO DISCHARGE-EUROPA. Disco Discharge-Europa released on 23rd April 2012, sees Harmless Records’ Disco Discharge compilation series celebrate its fifteenth birthday. This is the fifteenth Disco Discharge compilation since the series started in 2009, and following in the footsteps of Disco Discharge-American Hot and Disco Discharge-Disco Exotica, is the third compilation of 2012. It’s also the …
DISCO DISCHARGE-DISCO EXOTICA.
DISCO DISCHARGE-DISCO EXOTICA. Disco Discharge-Disco Exotica is the second installment of Harmless Records’ Disco Discharge compilation series of 2012. This is the fourth year of the highly successful and critically acclaimed compilation series, that first hit the shops back in 2009. After four compilations in 2009, another four followed in 2010, and then 2011. So, …
THE DEFINITIVE SALSOUL MIXES.
THE DEFINITIVE SALSOUL MIXES. For some time, I’ve been meaning to write about one of my favorite, and without doubt, one of the greatest labels of the disco era, Salsoul Records. They were one of the most influential and innovative disco labels, releasing over three-hundred tracks between 1974 and 1985. Along with Casablanca, SAM, Prelude, …
CERRONE-LOVE IN C MINOR.
CERRONE-LOVE IN C MINOR. Recently, I wrote about Cerrone’s second album Cerrone’s Paradise, released in 1977. The album that inadvertently started Marc Cerrone’s solo career was Love In C Minor, released the year before, in 1976. After this, Marc Cerrone would go on to become one of the biggest selling artists of the disco era, …
CERRONE-CERRONE’S PARADISE.
CERRONE-CERRONE’S PARADISE. During the disco era, it wasn’t just American labels like Salsoul, Casablanca, SAM and TK that were producing some of the greatest disco music. Over in Europe, producers like Giorgio Moroder, Frank Farian, Claude Francois, Don Ray and Cerrone were releasing some of the most cutting-edge, contemporary dance music. One of these producers, …
JOHNNY D PRESENTS DISCO JAMMS VOLUME 1.
JOHNNY D PRESENTS DISCO JAMMS VOLUME 1. Nowadays, for anyone wanting to try to become a DJ, the equipment is very different to the equipment Johnny “D” DeMairo learnt his trade on. For the wannabe DJ, they can choose from CD decks, USB controllers with software like Traktor or if they’re traditional or old school …
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