- Audio CD (20 Nov 2000)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Strut
- ASIN: B00004Y33E
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 287,987 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Walking On Thin Ice - Yoko Ono |
| 2. Cavern - Liquid Liquid |
| 3. Tell You Today - Loose Joints |
| 4. Spatisticus Autisticus - Ian Dury |
| 5. Over And Over - Material |
| 6. Wheel Me Out - Was (Not Was) |
| 7. Kiss Me Again - Dinosaur |
| 8. I Walk - Don Cherry |
| 9. Voices Inside My Head - Common Sense |
| 10. School Bell/Tree House - Indian Ocean |
| 11. Macho City - Steve Miller Band |
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Fittingly, clubs like New York's Paradise Garage form the inspiration for Disco (Not Disco), a line-up of bizarre crossover dance records from the city's halcyon past. Back in the late 1970s, the Garage's much-loved DJ, Larry Levan, was notoriously open in his tastes, thinking nothing of mixing rock, reggae and disco into one blistering soundscape. Here, the spirit of that eclecticism lives on, uniting leftfield funk cuts with a number of unholy period pieces. When you consider that Yoko Ono's "Walking On Thin Ice" opens this collection, be prepared to digest all manner of discofied esoterica; from the unlikely Sly & Robbie-produced "Spasticus/Autisticus" by Ian Dury through to Steve Miller Band's (yep, you read it right) "Macho City". Post-punk of course, everyone wanted a bite of the dance-floor cherry and there are some choice examples here from a period when the unlikeliest acts got busy with the hi-hats and turned up the bass.--Paul Tierney
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Vinyl
disco not disco contains some of the true New York underground disco classics. The record is put together by joey negro and sean p. Straight away on the first track we have no other then Yoko Ono, making almost beautiful noise along side with some pretty funky beats. The record contains a number of truly wicked tunes includings loose joints - tell you (today), and ian dury - Spasticus autisticus. Within the hour you will be truly converted to DISCO, but with not a mention of abba. Also worth checking out are the sleeve notes, an intresting piece of underground disco history. This is record must be heard 6 disco stars....
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Older Skool Dance Music Extravaganza
11 July 2002
Format:Audio CD
If you're down with the history of popular dance music, this is a pretty seminal collection of some of the oddities and classics that made their way into deejay record crates back in the day; it's almost worth the price alone to hear Liquid Liquid's "Cavern" again - the bassline launched a million feet at Danceteria and the Peppermint Lounge (this is post-Studio 54 and pre-Area, kids), and spawned imitators aplenty. And who would've imagined that Steve Miller would've set bodies movin'?! Put this one on at your next party and freak some heads with your all-knowing koolness!
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