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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I'm trying very, very hard to forgive the choice of artwork which
adorns this interesting compilation of "rare" disco numbers from
the 1970's but it isn't easy! Get past the unnecessarily smutty
presentation however and there are some truly tasty treats in store.
Take 'Why In The World Do They Keep On (Funk'in With Me)' by Executive
Suite for example, with its rattling clavinet, crisp percussion and
bouncy rubber-band bass line; it matters not that the song comprises
the title repeated suggestively over and over and over again; it's the
mood that matters and it only takes a small jump to imagine oneself
transported back to a world of mirrorballs and chequerboard dancefloors!
So too Crosstown Traffic's 'Party People' with its hilarious introductory
quasi-Clanger-in-a-lather peeps! Ike Noble's 'Dance, Dance, Dance To The
Music Y'All' sports some great grumbling slap-bass and wonderfully fruity
brass as well as an over-the-top vocal performance to rank with some of James
Brown's finest rants. Alice Street Gang's 'Bahia (Also Sprach Zarathustra)'
would have had Friedrich Nietzche grooving in his grave had he heard it
and the marvelously moody 'Love Is All Around' by Sizzle (featuring one
La Rom Baker in fine voice) beguiles with its startlingly complex arrangement.
'Get Ready' by Allan Harris and Perpetual Motion, however, gets my vote for
the track which most conjures up the irrepressible spirit of the period.
Thanks are due to Al Kent for his powers of selection (there are 45 tracks
to contend with!) but label Bbe would have done well to hire another designer!
Coming to a 70's retro party in your neighbourhood soon.
Recommended.
adorns this interesting compilation of "rare" disco numbers from
the 1970's but it isn't easy! Get past the unnecessarily smutty
presentation however and there are some truly tasty treats in store.
Take 'Why In The World Do They Keep On (Funk'in With Me)' by Executive
Suite for example, with its rattling clavinet, crisp percussion and
bouncy rubber-band bass line; it matters not that the song comprises
the title repeated suggestively over and over and over again; it's the
mood that matters and it only takes a small jump to imagine oneself
transported back to a world of mirrorballs and chequerboard dancefloors!
So too Crosstown Traffic's 'Party People' with its hilarious introductory
quasi-Clanger-in-a-lather peeps! Ike Noble's 'Dance, Dance, Dance To The
Music Y'All' sports some great grumbling slap-bass and wonderfully fruity
brass as well as an over-the-top vocal performance to rank with some of James
Brown's finest rants. Alice Street Gang's 'Bahia (Also Sprach Zarathustra)'
would have had Friedrich Nietzche grooving in his grave had he heard it
and the marvelously moody 'Love Is All Around' by Sizzle (featuring one
La Rom Baker in fine voice) beguiles with its startlingly complex arrangement.
'Get Ready' by Allan Harris and Perpetual Motion, however, gets my vote for
the track which most conjures up the irrepressible spirit of the period.
Thanks are due to Al Kent for his powers of selection (there are 45 tracks
to contend with!) but label Bbe would have done well to hire another designer!
Coming to a 70's retro party in your neighbourhood soon.
Recommended.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I have bought this because i love disco, i also love the cover picture, lets face it this is very cheeky, reminds me of the 70s top of the pops albums, but top marks i think i will be playing this a lot, only downside i thought the price was a little high...
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Disco "fans" who don't like this collection should just scurry back to their glitterball boltholes - this is the scuzzy, dirty, generic, uncommercial flipside of Disco's Greatest Hits. Personally, I think it's great. Well, most of it, but all of it is danceable and definitely listenable.
It's been nicely compiled and mastered, too, and the multitude of edits magnify the funkiness without losing the very 70s feel of this dustbin disco. Recommended, esp. at this price!
It's been nicely compiled and mastered, too, and the multitude of edits magnify the funkiness without losing the very 70s feel of this dustbin disco. Recommended, esp. at this price!
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Great "disco" gems...
I didn't knew before listening the tracks included in the 5 discs box, but when I played I really appreciate, this is the sound I like, the true "Disco" sound of some unknown... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Luca
Horrible cover
There is no excuse for this exploitative cover shot.The music may be from the 1970s, but the photograph doesn't have to date from the same era - and there are plenty of other... Read more
Published 2 months ago by S. Graham
one of the best releases of this year so far
Briefly: the music is fantastic, the edits are perfect, the selection works beautifully, a wonderful release. Thanks to BBE and to Mr. Kent.
Published 3 months ago by minerva estassi
The best of disco demands
Absolute rubbish only a handful of reasonably good tracks across the five cd'.I would have given no stars if i had that option.
Published 3 months ago by soulman
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