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Track Listings
| 1. Let's Start The Dance - Hamilton Bohannon |
| 2. Somebody's Gotta Go (Sho Ain't Me) - Mike & Bill |
| 3. Overnight Sensation - Jerry Knight |
| 4. If My Friends Could See Me Now - Linda Clifford |
| 5. When The Fuel Runs Out - Executive Suite |
| 6. Think Before You Stop - Notations |
| 7. Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart - The Trammps |
| 8. I Caught Your Act - The Hues Corporation |
| 9. Happiness Is Just Around The Bend - The Main Ingredient |
| 10. Every Beat Of My Heart - Crown Heights Affair |
| 11. There'll Come A Time, There'll Come A Day - Basic Black And Pearl |
| 12. Smarty Pants - First Choice |
| 13. This Will Be A Night To Remember - Eddie Holman |
| 14. Down To Love Town - The Originals |
| 15. Mainline - Black Ivory |
| 16. The Bottle - Gil Scott-Heron/ Brian Jackson |
| 17. Ten Percent - Double Exposure |
| 18. (Sending Out An) S.O.S. - Retta Young |
| 19. Remote Control - The Reddings |
| 20. Love Insurance - Front Page |
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Syd
Format:Audio CD
I stumbled upon this recently, now many years after it was originally released, and I am darned happy to have gotten a copy. I only hope this stays in print, because after all this time, there still is no substitute for this amazing collection of songs. The great thing about it is that the party (some guy named Robbins) who put this together knows that people who like funk and soul are going to like disco, too, provided it is the authentic thing. Most everything on here is pre-1976, before it became too machine-like. All the music here maintains the bridges to its funk and soul roots, while still veering off into what became known as `disco.' As far as I'm concerned you can call this disco, but as it says in the liner notes, this is really proto-disco, the authentic thing.
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4.2 out of 5 stars
18 reviews
37 of 42 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointed
31 Aug 2005
By Mr J J Cahill
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
Having very carefully chosen this CD based on my own memory of the tunes, the music sampler available and, most importantly, comments from other reviewers, it transpires that only 3/20 tracks are more than 4 minutes long. Majority of the tracks are between 3-4 minutes long. Not what I would term as 'Super Rare Disco' at all. Rare Disco is surely the full length 12 inch mixes that would have been played in the clubs, as opposed to radio edits!!! Yes, I realised there were 20 tracks in total on this CD...but not one of the previous reviwers stated all 20 tracks were on just ONE CD, nor the fact that majority of the tracks were radio edits. Shame, as majority of the tracks themselves are very good. Disappointed.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Super CD for True Disco Lovers
23 Nov 1999
By TopDog1
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
With so many compilations on the market and most just repeating the same tracks by Donna Summer, Village People and Gloria Gaynor, this CD is long overdue. For those of us old enough to remember those hot disco nights, these were the songs that the dj's were playing between the AM radio hit - and they set the pace in a club. Want to learn how to mix '70s disco? Try this. If you can you're a master. With most tracks recorded in the days before beat boxes, Roland drum machines, click tracks and all the electronic stuff used today, this was just great music, flaws and all. This and Volume 2 are winners. Let's hope the label finds enough material for a couple of more volumes.
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great "Obscure" Disco
16 Dec 2003
By DJ Mr. Spock
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
I am very happy with this compilation. To me this is better than the commercial compilations that have the overplayed (but still great) classic disco songs. I'm always looking for something that would take me back to the songs that were a hit at the time, but somehow fade slightly from the mainstream as time goes on.
"Mainline" comes to mind. You won't find that on every classic disco compilation. That's what makes it great.
"Ten Percent" - the first commercial 12" record. GREAT!
I am a DJ, but purchased this CD more for listening. But it is great to take to the club and spin a few times for the party goers.
I also appreciate the fact that there are 20 songs on this CD. Making for a large compilation compared to some other CD's that offer only 12 or 13 tracks.
If you are a disco fan, I recommend this CD to you.
"Mainline" comes to mind. You won't find that on every classic disco compilation. That's what makes it great.
"Ten Percent" - the first commercial 12" record. GREAT!
I am a DJ, but purchased this CD more for listening. But it is great to take to the club and spin a few times for the party goers.
I also appreciate the fact that there are 20 songs on this CD. Making for a large compilation compared to some other CD's that offer only 12 or 13 tracks.
If you are a disco fan, I recommend this CD to you.
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