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Archive for the 'disco' Category
20th July, 2009 | 47 views
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A secret weapon of the DJs’ DJ, Mark Seven, as used in his Stop Don’t Stop mix which is still available for download from the coolinthepool.com website. Mark likes to keep his diggin’ discoveries close to his chest and this track was only id’ed after it had stumped the spotters in the DJHistory forums by a friend of mine who, with a little persuasion, divulged it to me and I was able to procure a copy. Two years has passed and it’s safe to assume that Mark has found plenty of other undiscovered gems lurking in the crates in addition to what he already has lurking in his superb collection. This appears to be a lesser known instrumental version of Mike Mareen’s Dancing In The Dark, complete with lots of strange squeaky noises; as if someone in the studio decided to incorporate the sound of kids playing with noise producing toys, into the mix.
15th June, 2009 | 59 views
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Time for a slow soul number to kick off a new week; take it easy out there, kick back, don’t rush, be late for work, it will still be there when you get in. Got a lot of respect for Mtume, the band had quite a few high profile hits in the 1980s, Juicy Fruit (sampled in a plethora of hip hop tracks) and Prime Time, to name a couple but the message across a lot of their output railed against the crass commercialism of Reagan-era America. What could have been a standard slow R&B number on clichéd themes is a three part rumination on monogamy versus polygamy in relationships. It seems confusing, they sound confused and as far as relationships go, not a great deal has changed since then – hey, most of us are confused!
13th June, 2009 | 162 views
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I bet this track was cained at the Caister Soul Weekenders and must have been central to the East London and Essex soul scene in the early eighties. Pure sunshine radiates from this positive groove, befitting the current weather here in London – play it loud and revel in it’s cheerfulness.
I’m so glad that love has come around
9th May, 2009 | 97 views
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If you grew up in the Eighties, this probably got played at the end of your school disco forming the soundtrack to the ritual of The Slow Dance. A ceremonial teenage rite, the scourge of the socially inept and those lacking in enough confidence to approach members of the opposite sex. Apart from that, it’s a fine example of the polished production talents of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, who were the duo behind some of their biggest hits. Call me an old romantic, but hey, I think going to the cinema on a first date like the guy on this track suggests, is a little lame unless purely to cop a feel in the back row. In that case this single would probably be called something quite different.
24th April, 2009 | 12 views
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Consecutive days of sunny weather make one susceptible to the care-free tunes both in the present and from the past. This comment on discogs by the-jaguar gauges the vibe:
A gem that symbolises the time very well. The cyclical groove works brilliantly, and can dig deep if you’re in the right mood. Evokes images of sun-soaked global scenes from 1985, enhanced by the entertaining voice-over. Would also be a good track to go swimming training to, on a sunny morning on the outskirts of LA. The pool would be of Olympic standard, with only a few people in it. The motion of the track bodes well with that of front-crawl stamina training.
