As you read this, I am over in New York attending Billboard’s Disco Forum – mixing (physically!) with all the jocks, producers, pluggers, manufacturers and other members of the world-wide disco industry who have similarly converged for four days on New York’s Hilton Hotel for what promises to be the best Billboard bash yet. If you remember, I made it over to their first forum three years ago, but have not had time to attend any subsequent shows. Next week you can read all the relevant news on this page in RM.
Disco News
Instant Funk’s UK LP, due now, contains the full US 12in version of ‘I Got My Mind Made Up’ . . . Herbie Mann ‘Superman’ is now on UK 5:53 12in (Atlantic LV 18), while Crackin’ ‘Double Love’ 12in is due in a month . . . Joe Simon and Don Ray are now not due in shops on Polydor 12in until March 16, when Arpeggio ‘Love And Desire’ is also scheduled . . . Tilly Rutherford helms the new Magnet disco dept, with Joanna Kochen still the DJ’s contact, while Lettice has left Arista and Dave McAleer returns from RCA to Pye in next to no time . . . Bob Jones has convinced Chelmsford Dee-Jays to let himself and Paul Gratue funk the joint every Wednesday with imports only, while the Bob ‘n Paul funk team also now do Seven Kings Cauliflower every Tuesday (Hornchurch Kingswood having lost licence) and have a Kingswood Revival Night at Rayleigh Crocs on Thursday next (8) . . . Thames Valley DJA’s new secretary is funky Frank Smith of the Moving Sound roadshow, on Ashford (Middlesex) 42587 days / 52659 nights . . . South Wales DJA’s secretary is Paul Baccara, recently moved to 12/14 Stuart Terrace, Pontyclun CF7 8AF (Llantrisant 224217) . . . David Emery, ex-Newcastle Scamps, will jazz-funk anywhere with his Discotrax outfit, on (0632) 813797 . . . Ilford’s famous Room At The Top is the latest venue to appeal for their late-night licence to be renewed, and Terry Hooper badly needs favourable support for the club from responsible citizens.
New Spins
GIBSON BROTHERS: ‘Cuba’ (Island 12WIP 6483) (BNDA debut 4/7/79)
Dynamite – the most exciting record of the moment is a madly happy catchily chanted jumping salsa skipper of 7:42 12in with a cleanly zapping 122bpm backbeat and a backing behind the Latin rhythm that’s just like Karen Young’s ‘Hot Shot’! Instrumental flip’s useful for mixing, but try running Lonnie Liston Smith’s Latin break over this and then into Gonzalez!
GREY & HANKS: ‘Dancin’’ (RCA PC 1458) (BNDA debut 1/20/79)
Simple but powerfully effective creamily clomping 122bpm hustler on 6:54 12in, now maybe overshadowed by Gary’s Gang and GQ but still almost in that compulsive class, reaches a frantic “dance dance dancin’” climax.
FLB: ‘Boogie Town’ (Fantasy 12FTC 168)
Fat Larry’s Band as well, with an exciting hot import galloper on 7:41 12in with skippable 116bpm intro before the vocoder and brass whip things up at 126bpm.
MANTUS: ‘(Dance It) Freestyle Rhythm’ (Atlantic LV 19) (BNDA debut 2/17/79)
A solid mess ‘o rhythms, the 133bpm pounder goes through many funky changes and breaks without losing its full-tilt forward thrust, on 9:33 LV 12in with less well-structured 11:00 version as flip.
PEGGY SCOTT: ‘You’ve Got It All’ (Pinnacle PIN 73-12)
Powerhouse hollering 130bpm soul charger in the old style but on clear vinyl 4:33 12in, pushed along by clanging piano, booting sax and remorselessly stomping rhythm.
VOYAGE: ‘Let’s Fly Away’ / ‘Kechak Fantasy’ (GTO GT 245) (BNDA debut 12/2/78)
Catchy lightweight 129bpm pop hustler with twee vocals and interesting electronic effect, while the more exciting dramatically-introed flip is also 129bpm.
GIORGIO MORODER: ‘Chase’ (Casablanca CAN 144) (BNDA debut 1/20/79)
Excellent melodic 127bpm synthesizer instrumental, first reviewed here on the ‘Midnight Express’ soundtrack LP and now finally poised to go pop.
TAVARES: ‘Never Had A Love Like This Before’ (Capitol 12CL 16032)
Pleasant 47/95bpm slowie sounds so much more soulful stretched out to 5:53 on 12in, but it’s the more positively-mixed pretty chorus-accompanied guitar-doodling B-side extension that’s the hotter version for many.
MACHINE: ‘There But For The Grace Of God Go I’ (RCA PC 1456) (BNDA debut 1/27/79)
Causing much controversy in America, this fast pounding 135bpm disco protest song features a shrilly singing chick rebelling against her White Anglo-Saxon Protestant upbringing – it’s got that “no blacks, no Jews, no gays” line – on noisily exciting 5:18 12in, which may not work so well here.
SARAH DASH: ‘Sinner Man’ (Kirshner KIR 12-6973) (BNDA debut 11/11/78)
Wailing intensely building but relatively simple 123bpm jumper on 12in after months of import action.
GEORGE DUKE: ‘Party Down’ (Epic EPC 12-7149)
Throatily growled wailing funk jiggler jitters at 127bpm on 12in with his old classic heavy slow 90bpm P-funky ‘Reach For It’ as flip.
CHAKA KHAN: ‘Life Is A Dance’ (Warner Bros. K 17820)
Heavy slow but bouncy 103bpm wailing funker.
KANDIDATE: ‘I Don’t Wanna Lose You’ (Rak 289)
Limp pretty-pretty 42bpm smoocher, all soft centre and no bite.
GERARD KENNY: ‘D-D-D-Dancin’’ (RCA PB 5136)
Elton John-type derivative fast 136bpm pop rollicker, causing excitement for MoR jocks.
DANNY KAYE: ‘Woody Woodpecker’ (from EP ‘Children’s Favourites 2’, MCA MCEP 7)
Vintage silliness for adventurous MoR jocks.
SUGAR CANE: ‘Valhevala’ (Ariola Hansa AHA 585)
Strictly pop revival of the reggae-slanted Loggins & Messina oldie.
Imports
BREAKWATER: ‘Work It Out’ (from LP ‘Breakwater’, US Arista AB 4208)
Last week’s review jumbled up the fact that this slow-starting Latin-flavoured 95bpm jitterer is the hot import LP’s biggest title so far, and mixes nicely for Chris Hill between George Duke ‘Straight From The Heart’ (US Epic LP) and Dells ‘Face To Face’ (US ABC LP).
WARDELL PIPER: ‘Captain Boogie’ (US Midsong MD 501) (BNDA debut 4/14/79)
Also garbled last week, there’s a long thudding intro to this almost Cleveland Eaton-cum-Karen Young type of wailing chix-sung 131bpm backbeat lurcher, on 8:15 12in, currently exploding after an initial breakout in Manchester.
LEMON: ‘A-Freak-A’ / ‘Chance To Dance’ (US Prelude PRL D 157) (BNDA debut 1/6/79)
Dynamite 12in remixes on the LP’s two best cuts stretches them out to 7:30 and 7:42, upping the tempo to 124bpm and 120bpm respectively, while also adding to ‘A-Freak-A’ some superb isolated synthetic “flip flop” noises as an intro. The only downer is that the beautiful guitar sound has been subdued.
KLEEER: ‘Keep Your Body Workin’’ (US Atlantic DSKO 148) (BNDA debut 4/7/79)
Repetetively growled monotonous but exciting fast churning 128bpm funky roller in the Brass Construction bag, on 5:10 12in with a possibly beefier flipside version that’s billed as “instrumental” without noticeably being so, due here imminently as LV 21.
BEACH BOYS: ‘Here Comes The Night’ (US Caribou 2Z8 9028) (BNDA debut 4/7/79)
Bruce Johnston follows his ‘Pipeline’ disco venture with the full group doing a dynamite pure disco – but PURE disco – 10:36 12in that zaps through the changes at 132bpm! Culled from their up-coming ‘The Beach Boys L.A. (Light Album)’, the cut was first serviced in acetate form by Bruce himself to Capital Radio’s Roger Scott, but the 12in is now out.
HAMILTON BOHANNON: ‘Cut Loose’ LP (US Mercury SRM-1-3762)
Typical jittery 114bpm title-track pulsator, this 7:44 cut is actually due on UK 12in this week too, while the whole LP is being shipped in for release here soon in import form. The faster ‘Let’s Start The Dance’-like 126bpm ‘Mighty Groovy’ is the other hot shot, but neither are natural gases.
THE GLASS FAMILY: ‘Crazy’ (US JDC 12-1) (BNDA debut 2/10/79)
Village People-type hollering 140bpm messy mixture, prettily packaged on 7:40 red vinyl 12in, is far too fast to make proper contact but should be slowed down before UK release on Miracle soon.
KEANE BROTHERS: ‘Dancin’ In The Moonlight’ (US ABC DM 23)
Boffalongo’s classic 1970 original of this later King Harvest hit remains one of my all-time favourites, so this less subtle backbeat-adding Lamont Dozier-produced teenybopper version (not without some slight soul) excites me less than it does others.
Hot Vinyl
Greg Wilson (New Brighton Golden Guinea) raises the point that there is never enough mention of the jazz-funk jocks in the Midlands and North . . . and I can only repeat that I can’t mention them if I don’t hear from them. At least a few are sending in charts now, and I am delighted to give this week’s space to Keith Jones, who spins imports in the Placemate 3 funk room within Manchester’s Placemate 7 disco complex on Whitworth Street. Keith’s import tips include:
WARDELL PIPER: ‘Captain Boogie’ (US Midsong 12”) (BNDA debut 4/14/79)
MONGO SANTAMARIA: ‘Watermelon Man’ (US Tappan Zee 12”)
ALTON MCCLAIN & DESTINY: ‘It Must Be Love’ (US Polydor LP) (BNDA debut 3/24/79)
SWEET TALK: ‘Do The Beat’ (US Mercury LP)
RUFUS: ‘Red Hot Poker’ (ABC LP)
EDWIN BIRDSONG: ‘Goldmine’ (US Philadelphia Int’l 12”)
HAMILTON BOHANNON: ‘Cut Loose’ (US Mercury LP)
Plus the revived METROPOLIS: ‘Go Get It’ (US Salsoul LP), and UK-issued LE PAMPLEMOUSSE: ‘Do You Have Any’ (AVI LP) . . . all alongside other hot current goodies.
UK Disco Top 90 – March 3, 1979
01 01 Edwin Starr – Contact – 20th Century 12″
02 07 Gary’s Gang – Keep On Dancin’ / Do It At The Disco – CBS 12″
03 03 Gene Chandler – Get Down – 20th Century 12″
04 04 Instant Funk – I Got My Mind Made Up – Salsoul 7″/12″/US 12″ remix
05 05 Earth, Wind & Fire – September – CBS 7″
06 12 Herbie Hancock – You Bet Your Love – CBS 12″
07 13 Real Thing – Can You Feel The Force – Pye 12″
08 02 Village People – YMCA – Mercury 7″/12″/US Casablanca 12″ remix
09 08 Blondie – Heart Of Glass – Chrysalis 7″/12″
10 14 Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive – Polydor 7″/12″
11 06 Chic – Le Freak – Atlantic 7″/12″
12 11 Peaches & Herb – Shake Your Groove Thing – Polydor 12″
13 19 GQ – Disco Nights (Rock Freak) / Boogie Oogie Oogie – Arista 12″
14 18 Players Association – Turn The Music Up (all cuts) – Vanguard LP
15 09 Funkadelic – One Nation Under A Groove – Warner Bros. 7″/12″/LP
16 10 Dan Hartman – Countdown / This Is It – Blue Sky 7″/12″/LP/US 12″
17 26 Bee Gees – Tragedy – RSO 7″
18 27 Gaz – Sing Sing – Salsoul 12″
19 39 Inner Circle – Everything Is Great – Island 12″
20 34 Cheryl Lynn – Got To Be Real – CBS 12″
21 23 Two Man Sound – Que Tal America – Miracle 12″
22 31 Mick Jackson – Weekend – Atlantic 7″/US 12″ promo
23 17 Olympic Runners – Sir Dancealot – Polydor 12″
24 22 Leif Garrett – I Was Made For Dancin’ – Scotti Bros. 7″/US 12″
25 28 FLB – Boogie Town – US Fantasy/WMOT 12″
26 70 Chic – I Want Your Love / Chic Cheer – Atlantic 12″/LP
27 35 Sister Sledge – He’s The Greatest Dancer – US Cotillion 12″
28 43 T-Connection – At Midnight – TK 12″
29 42 Bill Summers – Straight To The Bank – Prestige 12″
30 25 Three Degrees – Woman In Love – Ariola 7″/12″ promo
31 15 Shalamar – Take That To The Bank – RCA 12″
32 20 Ian Dury – Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick – Stiff 7″/12″
33 30 Lonnie Liston Smith – Space Princess – US Columbia 12″
34 21 Chanson – Don’t Hold Back – Ariola 7″/12″
35 46 Fantastic Four – BYOF / Sexy Lady – Atlantic 12″
36 29 Grey & Hanks – Dancin’ / You Fooled Me – RCA 12″
37 37 Sea Level – Fifty Four – Capricorn 12″
38 38 Herbie Hancock – Tell Everybody / Ready Or Not / Trust Me – CBS LP
39 32 Donald Byrd – Thank You For Funking Up My Life / Loving You – Elektra 12″/LP
40 59 Carolyn Crawford – Coming On Strong / A Nice Feeling – Mercury 12″
41 16 Chaka Khan – I’m Every Woman – Warner Bros. 7″/12″
42 51 Paradise Express – Dance / Poinciana – Fantasy 12″
43 82 Donna Summer – Heaven Knows – Casablanca 7″
44 47 Damon Harris – It’s Music – Fantasy 12″
45 52 Bonnie Pointer – Heaven Must Have Sent You – Motown 12″
46 24 Roy Ayers & Wayne Henderson – Heat Of The Beat – Polydor 12″
47 36 Keith Barrow – Turn Me Up – US Columbia LP/12″ remix
48 48 Thelma Houston – Saturday Night, Sunday Morning – Motown 7″/12″ promo
49 50 Mike Mandel – Just The Way You Are / Peg / Jupiter Finger – Vanguard 12″/LP
50 55 Third World – Cool Meditation – Island 7″/12″
51 86 Narada Michael Walden – I Don’t Want Nobody Else – US Atlantic 12″ promo
52 72 Bell & James – Livin’ It Up (Friday Night) – A&M 12″
53 79 Bombers – (Everybody) Get Dancin’ – US West End 12″
54 40 Village People – I’m A Cruiser / My Roommate / Hot Cop / Ups And Downs – Mercury LP
55 58 Dobie Gray – You Can Do It – Infinity 12″
56 49 Mantus – (Dance It) Freestyle Rhythm – US SMI 12″
57 45 Herbie Mann – Superman / Etagui – Atlantic 12″
58 60 David Simmons – Will They Miss Me – Fantasy 12″
59 33 Bionic Boogie – Cream – Polydor 12″
60 63 Rick James – High On Your Love / Bustin’ Out / Fool On The Street – Motown LP/US 12″ promo
61 NE Breakwater – Work It Out / Feel Your Way / No Limit / Do It Till The Fluid Gets Hot – US Arista LP
62 56 Switch – We Like To Party . . . Come On / There’ll Never Be / I Wanna Be Closer – Motown 12″
63 RE Dennis Brown – Money In My Pocket – Lightning 12″
64 89 Arpeggio – Love And Desire / Let The Music Play / Runaway – US Polydor LP
65 81 Ritchie Family – American Generation – Mercury 7″
66 57 Sylvester – Dance (Disco Heat) – Fantasy 7″/12″
67 64 Eddie Horan – Turn My World Back Around – London 12″
68 74 James Brown – For Goodness Sakes Look At Those Cakes / Sex Machine – Polydor 12″
69 NE Rod Stewart – Ain’t Love A Bitch – Riva 7″
70 RE Phreek – Weekend – Atlantic 12″
71 67 Lonnie Smith – Do It / Sweet Honey Wine / My Latin Sky – US LRC LP
72 78 T-Connection – Saturday Night / Funkannection / Funky Lady / Midnight Train – TK LP
73 88 Jimmy Lindsay – Ain’t No Sunshine – GEM 12″
74 NE Mongo Santamaria – Watermelon Man – US Tappan Zee 12″
75 75 Wilton Felder – Let’s Dance Together – ABC 12″/LP
76 44 John Davis & The Monster Orch. – Ain’t That Enough For You – Miracle 12″
77 61 Ronnie Jones – Groovin’ / Me And Myself – Lollipop 12″
78 NE Gibson Brothers – Cuba – Island 12″
79 54 Dolly Parton – Baby I’m Burnin’ – RCA 12″
80 NE Hamilton Bohannon – Cut Loose – US Mercury LP
81 77 Deborah Washington – Standing In The Shadows Of Love – Ariola 7″/12″ promo
82 65 Tasha Thomas – Shoot Me With Your Love – Atlantic 12″
83 NE Diana Ross – What You Gave Me – Motown 12″
84 71 The Jacksons – Blame It On The Boogie / Destiny – Epic 12″ remix
85 RE Aquarian Dream – You’re A Star – Elektra 12″
86 80 Isaac Hayes – Zeke The Freak – Polydor 12″
87 RE Howard Kenney – Save Some For The Children – Warner Bros. 7″
88 41 Musique – In The Bush / (remix) – CBS 7″/12″
89 NE Wardell Piper – Captain Boogie – US Midsong 12″
90 NE Originals – Blue Moon – US Fantasy 12″
NE = new entry; RE = re-entry
Appeared in Billboard:
#1 (BNDA debut 11/18/78) / #2 (BNDA debut 1/6/79) / #3 (BNDA debut 11/18/78)
#4 (BNDA debut 1/27/79) / #8 (BNDA debut 10/21/78) / #9 (BNDA debut 4/14/79)
#10 (BNDA debut 11/11/78) / #11 (BNDA debut 10/21/78) / #12 (BNDA debut 10/28/78)
#13 (BNDA debut 2/24/79) / #14 (BNDA debut 4/7/79) / #15 (BNDA debut 11/11/78)
#17 (BNDA debut 3/17/79) / #20 (BNDA debut 11/25/78) / #21 (BNDA debut 9/22/79)
#26 (BNDA debut 12/16/78) / #27 (BNDA debut 2/10/79) / #28 (BNDA debut 1/6/79)
#29 (BNDA debut 2/10/79) / #32 (BNDA debut 10/20/79) / #34 (BNDA debut 10/14/78)
#36 (BNDA debut 1/20/79) / #38 (BNDA debut 7/14/79) / #41 (BNDA debut 12/2/78)
#42 (BNDA debut 12/9/78) / #45 (BNDA debut 5/5/79) / #48 (BNDA debut 2/24/79)
#51 (BNDA debut 4/14/79) / #53 (BNDA debut 2/10/79) / #56 (BNDA debut 2/17/79)
#59 (BNDA debut 11/11/78) / #64 (BNDA debut 12/16/78) / #65 (BNDA debut 7/22/78)
#66 (BNDA debut 7/8/78) / #76 (BNDA debut 9/2/78) / #78 (BNDA debut 4/7/79)
#79 (BNDA debut 12/16/78) / #81 (BNDA debut 9/23/78) / #82 (BNDA debut 11/4/78)
#83 (BNDA debut 12/23/78) / #84 (BNDA debut 1/6/79) / #88 (BNDA debut 7/29/78)
#89 (BNDA debut 4/14/79)
Bubbling Under the Top 90 (Domestic):
JOE SAMPLE: ‘Sunrise’ / ‘Carmel’ / ‘Cannery Row’ (ABC LP)
TAVARES: ‘Never Had A Love Like This Before’ (US Capitol 12”)
WILLIE HUTCH: ‘Come On And Dance With Me’ (Whitfield 12”)
BOBBY CALDWELL: ‘Down For The Third Time’ (TK 7”)
MARVIN GAYE: ‘A Funky Space Reincarnation’ (Motown 12”)
FIRST CHOICE: ‘Hold Your Horses’ (Salsoul 7”) (BNDA debut 11/18/78)
MACHINE: ‘There But For The Grace Of God Go I’ (RCA 12”) (BNDA debut 1/27/79)
BONEY M: ‘Painter Man’ (Atlantic 7”)
BETTYE LAVETTE: ‘Doin’ The Best That I Can’ (Atlantic 12”) (BNDA debut 8/12/78)
EDDIE HENDERSON: ‘Cyclops’ (Capitol 12”)
DENNIS COFFEY: ‘Gimme That Funk’ (Atlantic 12”)
EVELYN “CHAMPAGNE” KING: ‘I Don’t Know If It’s Right’ (RCA 12”) (BNDA debut 2/3/79)
GONZALEZ: ‘Haven’t Stopped Dancing Yet’ (Sidewalk 12”) (BNDA debut 12/12/78)
DIANA ROSS, MARVIN GAYE, SMOKEY ROBINSON & STEVIE WONDER: ‘Pops We Love You’ (Motown 7”)
LIGHT OF THE WORLD: ‘Swingin’’ (Ensign 12” promo)
VILLAGE PEOPLE: ‘Just A Gigolo’ (DJM 7”) (BNDA debut 3/18/78)
BIONIC BOOGIE: ‘Hot Butterfly’ / ‘Rocket Pocket’ (Polydor LP) (BNDA debut 11/11/78)
WINNERS: ‘Get Ready For The Future’ (Ariola 12” promo)
GEORGE DUKE: ‘I Am For Real’ / ‘Straight From The Heart’ / ‘Party Down’ (Epic LP)
BOB MCGILPIN: ‘Superstar’ (Ember 12”) (BNDA debut 8/26/78)
GANYMED: ‘It Takes Me Higher’ (Creole 12”)
CLAUDJA BARRY: ‘Boogie Woogie Dancin’ Shoes’ (Lollipop 12” promo) (BNDA debut 4/14/79)
LE PAMPLEMOUSSE: ‘Do You Have Any’ / ‘Sweet Magic’ (AVI LP)
GENERAL JOHNSON: ‘Can’t Nobody Love Me Like You Do’ (Arista 12”)
HI-TENSION: ‘Unspoken’ (Island 12” promo)
RUFUS: ‘Red Hot Poker’ (ABC LP)
WILD FANTASY: ‘Jungle Drums’ (Magnet 12” promo)
BROTHERS JOHNSON: ‘Mista Cool’ (A&M 12”)
HERBIE MANN: ‘Stomp Your Feet’ / ‘Rock Freak’ (Atlantic LP)
PHREEK: ‘Weekend’ / ‘Have A Good Day’ (Atlantic 12”)
GALAXY: ‘Book Of Rules’ (Sidewalk 12”)
MILLIE JACKSON: ‘My Man Is A Sweet Man’ (Spring 12”)
CLASSICAL MECHANICS: ‘Woman Of Ice’ (Panache Music 12” promo)
SLAVE: ‘Stellar Fungk’ (Cotillion 12”)
KAREN YOUNG: ‘Hot Shot’ (Atlantic 12”) (BNDA debut 6/17/78)
CLEVELAND EATON: ‘West Coast Disco’ (Miracle LP)
Bubbling Under the Top 90 (Imports):
SIDE EFFECT: ‘Disco Junction’ (US Fantasy LP)
MARILYN MCCOO & BILLY DAVIS JR: ‘Shine On Silver Moon’ (US Columbia 12”) (BNDA debut 1/27/79)
DELLS: ‘Face To Face’ (US ABC LP)
FATBACK: ‘Boogie Woogie’ / ‘Freak The Freak The Funk’ (US Spring LP)
7TH WONDER: ‘My Love Ain’t Never Been This Strong’ (US Parachute 12”)
KLEEER: ‘Keep Your Body Workin’’ (US Atlantic 12”) (BNDA debut 4/7/79)
ALTON MCCLAIN & DESTINY: ‘It Must Be Love’ (US Polydor LP) (BNDA debut 3/24/79)
PETER JACQUES BAND: ‘Walking On Music’ / ‘Fire Night Dance’ (US Prelude LP) (BNDA debut 2/10/79)
CROWN HEIGHTS AFFAIR: ‘Dance Lady Dance’ (US De-Lite 7”)
MOTOWN SOUNDS: ‘Bad Mouthin’’ / ‘Groove Time’ (US Motown LP)
RAINBOW: ‘I Like It’ (US Inner City LP)
GARCIA’S SUPER FUNK: ‘I Didn’t Know That You Could Dance’ (US TK 12”)
CRACKIN’: ‘Double Love’ (US Warner Bros. 12” promo)
MOTHER’S FINEST: ‘Love Changes’ (US Epic 7”)
TRAMMPS: ‘Soul Bones’ (US Atlantic 12”) (BNDA debut 1/13/79)
BLACK SUN: ‘Black Sun’ (US Buddah LP)
BLUE NOTES: ‘Disco Explosion’ (US Fantasy 12”)
REFLECTIONS: ‘Boogie City’ (US RCA 12”)
GB EXPERIENCE: ‘Disco Extravaganza’ (US Atlantic 12”)
EDWIN BIRDSONG: ‘Phiss-Phizz’ (US Philadelphia Int’l 12”)
HILARY: ‘Do It’ (US Columbia 12”)
INSTANT FUNK: ‘Dark Vader’ / ‘Crying’ (US Salsoul LP)
CORNELL DUPREE: ‘Shadow Dancing’ (US Versatile LP)
DADDY DEWDROP: ‘Nanu Nanu’ (US Inphasion 12”)
TONY VALOR: ‘Love Has Come My Way’ (US Paula 12”)
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