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1970s disco

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July 12, 1979, disco sucks

Timeline

  • 1970 Funkadelic (1970) - Funkadelic
  • 1971 There's a Riot Goin' On - Sly & The Family Stone
  • 1972 Soul Makossa (1972) - Manu Dibango
  • 1973 Space is the Place (1973) - Sun Ra
  • 1974 Autobahn (1974) - Kraftwerk
  • 1975 The Mothership Connection (1975) - Parliament
  • 1976 Super Ape (1976) - Lee Perry
  • 1977 Never Mind The Bollocks ... (1977) - Sex Pistols
  • 1978 Ambient 1: Music for Airports (1978) - Brian Eno
  • 1979 London Calling (1979) - The Clash

    Disco [...]

    Disco music is an up-tempo style of dance music that originated in the early 1970s, mainly from funk and soul music, popular originally with gay and black audiences in large U.S. cities, and derives its name from the French word discothèque (meaning nightclub), coined from disc + bibliotèque (library) by La Discothèque in Rue Huchette. --adapted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco [Sept 2004]

    Underground Music

    What was underground music like in 1970?

    Basically R and B, what they called R and B. Anything that was danceable, it's hard to categorize individually. The crossover music was there. Also there was the influence of stuff like the Stones, Zeppelin, Brian Auger, groups like that, there was a good amount of crossover music, it certainly wasn't looked at as disco. [Then] disco happened. I think part of what happened was the twelve inch came in. Deejays would take a record like Scorpio which has a nice little drum thing in the middle, and take two forty fives and they would keep going back and forth and they would expand the time on the thing. And that became the twelve inch. -- David Mancuso via Richard Nixon, Underground News - issue #19 via http://www.attitude-nocturne.ch/retro/artist_house_david_mancuso.htm [Oct 2004]

    Rap [...]

    Rap originated in the mid-1970s in the South Bronx area of New York City. The rise of rap in many ways parallels the birth of rock'n roll in the 1950s. Both originated within the African American community and both were initially recorded by small, independent record labels and marketed almost exclusively to a black audience. In both cases, the new style gradually attracted white musicans, a few of whom began performing it. For rock'n roll it was a white American from Mississippi, Elvis Presley, who broke into the billboard magazine popular music charts. For rap it was a white group from New York, the Beastie Boys. The release of their albums was one of the first two rap records to reach the billboard top-ten list of popular hits. The other significant early rap recording to reach the top-ten, "Walk This Way" (1986), was a collaboration of the black rap group Run-DMC and the white hard-rock band Aerosmith. Soon after 1986, the use of the samples and declaimed vocal styles became widespread in popular music of both black and white performers, significantly altering previous notions of what constitutes a legitimate song, composition or musical instrument. -- Unknown Author

    DJs

    DJs

    "In the seventies, when clubs only needed one DJ, that DJ was in a position to make waves. And in cities where the clubs were usually soundtracked by jukeboxes, those waves could become a storm." [...]

    Philly soul [...]

    The Philly Sound was the era's touchstone. It divided rock from soul, and the '70s from the '60s. It carried the banner for black music in the popular imagination and received most of the flak. Like all innovatory styles its true importance was only apparent much later. -- Maurice Bottomley

    Salsoul [...]

    Nice and Nasty New York's Salsoul Records was created and financed by three brothers who had already independently established their mark in the business via their expertise in the Latin-American music market. Joe, Ken and Stan Cayre have a world-wide reputation for running a tight ship, so it seemed inconceivable that they would gamble on traditional music business areas like artist development, national distribution, promotion etc. etc. In all, we're talking too expensive, too risky and a probable loser IN THEORY. But somewhere along the line legendary Afro-Filipino musician Joe Bataan must've zapped the Cayre brothers with his sizzling version of Gil Scott-Heron's dancefloor anthem "The Bottle". Plus, being a red hot muso, he was probably bubbling over with enthusiasm over his description of a new sound - a natural fusion of South America's historic rythms, infectious feel and hot temper - Salsa, together with North Amerca's most unique legacy and consistent export - Soul. Salsa and Soul - Salsoul. Geddit! Anyway "The Bottle" hit big, Salsoul was born and the rest is dance music history. -- Ian Dewhirst

    Electronic Dance Music [...]

    The idea of electronic dance music was in the air from 1977 on. Released as disco 12" records in the U.S., cuts like "Trans-Europe Express" and "The Robots" coincided with Giorgio Moroder's electronic productions for Donna Summer, especially "I Feel Love." This in turn had a huge influence on Patrick Cowley's late '70s productions for Sylvester: synth cuts like "You Make Me Feel Mighty Real" and "Stars" were the start of gay disco. Before he died in 1982, Cowley made his own synthetic disco record, the dystopian "Mind Warp." --Jon Savage

    Funk [...]

    Funk is a vigorous African American style of music developed mainly by James Brown and his band members (especially Maceo and Melvin Parker) on the one hand and groups like The Meters on the other hand. In the 1970s, George Clinton developed a new kind of funk he termed P Funk. Other prominent representatives of the genre in the 1970s: Bootsy Collins, Larry Graham, Ohio Players, The Commodores, War, Earth, Wind and Fire, Mass Production, Slave, Lakeside, and many more. In the 1980s, funk lost some of its audience as bands became more commercial and music more electronic. Today, hip hop artists regularly sample old funk tunes, sometimes for the purpose of waking them up to new recognition.

    Funk can be best recognized by syncopated rhythm, thick bass line (often based on "on one" beat), razor-sharp rhythm guitars, yowlish vocals (as that of Cameo or Bar-Kays), strong rhythm-oriented brass section, percussion instruments, happiness in style, African tones, dance floor audience, and strong jazzy influences (e.g. as in Herbie Hancock, George Duke, Eddie Harries, and others).

    Disco music owes a great deal to funk. --http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk

    Jazz Funk [...]

    Whenever a jazz artist turns to rock, R&B or pop, jazz's hardcore purists are bound to cry "sellout." In the 1970s, a number of talented jazz improvisers increased their sales considerably by embracing R&B, including Roy Ayers. Those artists experienced scathing attacks by jazz critics when, in the mid-1970s, they moved to jazz-funk, which was basically soul, funk and disco with jazz overtones. 'Running Away', 'Sweet Tears' and 'Can't You See Me made him immensely popular on the UK jazz-dance scene

    Singles

    1. I'll Bake Me a Man - Barbara Acklin (Brunswick, 1973)
    2. If You Love Me Like You Say You Love Me - Betty Wright (Alston, 1972)
    3. Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys - Equals (Shout, 1972)
    4. Rain - Dorothy Morrison (Elektra, 1971)
    5. Fencewalk - Mandrill (Polydor, 1973)
    6. Street Dance/Njia (Nija) Walk (Street walk) - The Fatback Band (Perception, 1973)
    7. Sultana/Rain 2000 - Titanic (Epic, 1972/1973)
    8. Dust Yourself Off and Try It Again - Beautiful Zion Choir (Myrrh, 1973)
    9. You're the One - Little Sister (Stone Flower, 1970)
    10. Music For Gong Gong - Osibisa (Decca, 1971)
    11. I Got It - Gloria Spencer (Jay Walking, 1971)
    12. Girl You Need a Change of Mind - Eddie Kendricks (Tamla, 1972)
    13. You Sure Know How To Love Your Man - Willie Hutch (Motown, 1974)
    14. Think (About It) - Lyn Collins (People, 1972)
    15. I Like What I Like - Everyday People (Paramount, 1972)
    16. Twenty-Five Miles/Running Back and Forth - Edwin Starr (Gordy, 1969)
    17. Feel the Need in Me - Detroit Emeralds (Westbound, 1972)
    18. Giving Up - Zulema (Sussex, 1973)
    19. Doing it to Death - Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s (People, 1973)
    20. Melting Pot - Boris Gardiner Happening (Dynamic, 1973)
    21. Beggin' - Timebox (Deram, 1968)
    22. Woman/Wild Safari - Barrabas (RCA, 1973)
    23. The Bottle - Gil Scott-Heron (Strata-East, 1974)/Brother to Brother (Turbo, 1974)
    24. I Can Understand It - The New Birth (RCA, 1973)/Valentinos (Atlantic, 1973)/Kokomo (Columbia, 1975)
    25. Pursuit of the PimpMobile - Isaac Hayes (Enterprise, 1974)
    26. Take Off Your Make-up - Lamont Dozier (ABC, 1973)
    27. Love and Happiness - Al Green (Hi, 1972)
    28. Main Line - Ashford & Simpson (Warner Bros., 1974)
    29. Armed and Extremely Dangerous - First Choice (Philly Groove, 1973)
    30. Zing Went the Strings of My Heart - The Trammps (Buddah, 1972)
    31. Who is He And What is He to You - Creative Source (Sussex, 1974)
    32. Life and Death in G & A - Abaco Dream (A&M, 1969)
    33. Half a Cup - Reggie Gardner (ABC, 1974)
    34. We the People - Soul Searchers (Sussex, 1972)
    35. Crazy 'Bout My Baby - Bonnie Bramlett (Columbia, 1973)
    36. Getting Together - Brothers Guiding Light Featuring David (Mercury, 1973)
    37. Sweet Charlie Babe/Time - Jackie Moore (Atlantic, 1973)
    38. What Goes Around (Comes Around) - Black Ivory (Kwanza, 1974)
    39. Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango (Atlantic, 1973)
    40. Good Things Don't Last Forever - Ecstasy, Passion & Pain (Roulette, 1974)
    41. Koke - Tribe (ABC, 1973)
    42. Pull Yourself Together - Buddy Miles (Columbia, 1974)
    43. Papa Was a Rollin' Stone - The Temptations (Gordy, 1972)
    44. Under the Influence of Love - Love Unlimited (20th Century, 1973)
    45. Little Bit of Love - Brenda & The Tabulations (Epic, 1972)
    46. And You Call That Love - Vernon Burch (75)
    47. Ask Me - Ecstacy, Passion & Pain (74)
    48. Brazil - Ritchie Family (75)
    49. Breaking Out All Over - Lamont Dozier (73)
    50. Brother's Gonna Work It Out - Willie Hutch (73)
    51. Call Me Your Anything Man - Bobby Moore (75)
    52. Casanova Brown - Gloria Gaynor (75)
    53. Change With The Times - Van McCoy (75)
    54. Checkmate - Barrabas (75)
    55. City Country City - War (72)
    56. Crystal World - Crystal Grass (75)
    57. Dance And Hum Along - Jackson 5 (73)
    58. Do It Anyway You Wanna - People's Choice (75)
    59. Do The Bus Stop - Fatback Band (75)
    60. Eleanor Rigby - Wing & A Prayer (75)
    61. Erucu - Jermaine Jackson (Instr.) (75)
    62. Expansions - Lonnie Liston Smith (75)
    63. Face The Music - Dynamic Superiors (75)
    64. Foot Stompin' Music - Bohannon (75)
    65. Free Man - South Shore Commission (75)
    66. Give It Up Or Turn It Loose - James Brown (69)
    67. Give Me Your Love - Sisters Love (73)
    68. Got To Get A Knutt - New Birth (73)
    69. Helplessly - Moment Of Truth (75)
    70. Hi-Jack - Herbie Mann (75)
    71. I Can Understand It - Bobby Womack (72)
    72. I'll Do Anything For You - Barry White (75)
    73. I'm In Heaven - Touch Of Class (75)
    74. It Only Takes A Minute - Tavares (75)
    75. It's Just Begun - Jimmy Castor Bunch (72)
    76. Law Of The Land - Undisputed Truth (73)
    77. Look Me Up - Blue Magic (73)
    78. Love & Happiness - First Choice (73)
    79. Love Don't You Go Through No Changes On Me - Sister Sledge (74)
    80. Love Is The Message - MFSB (74)
    81. Make Me Believe In You - Patti Jo (75)
    82. Mellow Blow - Barrabas (75)
    83. Melting Pot - Booker T. & MGs (71)
    84. Messin' With My Mind - Labelle (75)
    85. Mirrors Of My Mind - Jackson 5 (74)
    86. Mister Magic - Grover Washington, Jr. (75)
    87. Move Me No Mountain - Love Unlimited (74)
    88. Peace Pipe - B.T. Express (75)
    89. Peanut Vendor - Ritchie Family (75)
    90. Put The Music Where Your Mouth Is - Olympic Runners (74)
    91. Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin (71)
    92. Salsoul Rainbow - Salsoul Orchestra (75)
    93. Save Me - Silver Convention (75)
    94. Somebody's Gotta Go - Mike & Bill (75)
    95. Sugar Pie Guy - Joneses (74)
    96. The Family Tree - Family Tree (75)
    97. The Player - First Choice (74)
    98. Walk On By - Gloria Gaynor (75)
    99. Waterbed - LTG Exchange (74)
    100. Corazon - LTG Exchange (7x)
    101. What Can I Do For You - Labelle (75)
    102. Where Do I Go From Here - Supremes (75)
    103. Cymande - Bra
    104. Double Exposure 'Ten Percent' Walter Gibbons
    105. Funkanova Wood Brass and Steel Nice and Nasty
    106. Aquarian Dream - Phoenix
    107. Loleatta Holloway - Dreamin'
    108. Bumble Bee Unlimited - Love Bug
    109. Juggy Jones - Inside America
    110. Nature Zone - Porcupine
    111. Atmosphere - Atmosphere Strutt
    112. Disco Dub Band - For the Love of Money
    113. The Universal Robot Band "Dance and Shake Your Tambourine".
    114. Dexter Wansel "Life On Mars"
    115. Side Effect - Always There
    116. Blackbyrds - Happy Music | Donald Byrd
    117. Brass Construction - Changin' -->Randy Muller
    118. Ecstacy, Passion & Pain - Touch And Go

    119. Roy Ayers - Running Away

    120. Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express

    121. Francine McGee - Delirium (RCA)

    122. Alfredo De La Fe - Hot To Trot

    123. First Choice - Doctor Love Loleatta

    124. Loleatta Holloway - Hit & Run

    125. Aquarian Dream - Phoenix

    126. Salsoul Orchestra - Magic Bird Of Fire

    127. Universal Robot Band - Dance & Shake Your Tambourine

    128. Stevie Wonder - As

    129. Norman Connors - Once I've Been There

    130. Minnie Riperton - Stick Together (Ext. Mix)

    131. Moment Of Truth - Chained To Your Love

    132. Silvetti - Spring Rain

    133. Salsoul Orchestra - Run Away

    134. Teddy Pendergrass - You Can't Hide From Yourself

    135. Teddy Pendergrass - The More I Get, The More I Want

    136. Thelma Houston - I'm Here Again

    137. Double Exposure - My Love Is Free

    138. War - Galaxy

    139. Musique - Keep On Jumpin' 1978

    140. Phreek - Weekend

    141. Third World - Now That We Found Love

    142. Carl Bean - I Was Born This Way

    143. Don Ray - Standing In The Rain

    144. Dinosaur - Kiss Me Again

    145. Goody Goody - It Looks Like Love

    146. First Choice - Love Thang

    147. Kraftwerk - The Robots

    148. Loleatta Holloway - Catch Me On The Rebound

    149. Martin Circus - Disco Circus

    150. Kebekelektrik - War Dance

    151. Bohannon - Let's Start The Dance

    152. Loleatta Holloway - I May Not Be There When You Want Me

    153. Freda Payne - I'll Do Anything For You

    154. Grace Jones - My Jamaican Guy

    155. Lenny Williams - You Got Me Running

    156. Linda Clifford - Runaway Love

    157. Lorraine Johnson - Feed The Flame

    158. Tasha Thomas - Shoot Me (With Your Love)

    159. Dan Hartman - Relight My Fire

    160. Cory Daye - Pow Wow

    161. Eddy Grant - Living On The Frontline

    162. Ripple - The Beat Goes On

    163. Kleeer - Keep Your Body Workin'

    164. Black Ivory - Mainline (12")

    165. Chicago - Street Player (12" Mix)

    166. Risco Connection - Ain't no Stoppin' Us Now

    167. Machine - There but for the Grace of God

    168. Dee Dee Bridgewater - Bad For Me (Ext. 12" Mix)

    169. First Choice - Double Cross (Levan Remix)

    170. Taana Gardner - When You Touch Me (Levan Mix)

    171. Jean Carn - Was That All It Was (Ext. 12" Mix)

    172. Giorgio Moroder - I Wanna Rock You

    173. Harvey Mason - Groovin' You

    174. Candido - Thousand Fingerman

    175. Inner Life - I'm Caught Up

    176. Tamiko Jones - Can't Live Without Your Love

    177. Patti Labelle - Music Is My Way Of Life

    178. Candido - Dancin' & Prancin'

    179. Sister Sledge - Lost In Music

    180. Sergio Mendes - I'll Tell You (Ext. 12" Mix)

    181. Eddy Grant - Walking On Sunshine (Ext. 12" Mix)

    182. Chantal Curtis - Get Another Love

    183. Positive Force - We Got The Funk

    184. Donna McGhee - It Ain't No Big Thing

    185. Salsoul Orchestra - How High (Levan Remix)

    186. Roy Ayers - Don't Stop The Feeling

    187. Candido - Jingo

    188. George Duke - I Want You For Myself

    189. Instant Funk - I Got My Mind Made Up (Levan Remix)

    190. Skyy - First Time Around (Levan Remix)

    191. Loleatta Holloway - Greatest Performance Of My Life (Levan Remix)

    192. Billy Nichols - Give Your Body Up To The Music

    193. Five Special - Why Leave Us Alone

    194. Bruce Johnson - Pipeline

    195. Jackie Moore - How's Your Love Life Baby

    196. Giorgio - I Wanna Rock You

    197. Double Exposure - I Got The Hots For You

    198. Alfredo de la Fe - Hot to Trot

    199. Loose Joints - Is It All Over My Face

    200. Ramona Brooks - I Don't Want You Back

    201. Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation

    202. Taana Gardner - Work That Body (Levan Remix)

    203. Sylvester - I Need You

    204. Eddy Grant - Nobody's Got Time

    205. Sylvia Striplin - Give Me Your Love

    206. First Choice - Breakaway

    207. Gayle Adams - Stretchin' Out

    208. Geraldine Hunt - Can't Fake The Feeling

    209. Trussel - Love Injection

    210. Invisible Man's Band - All Night Thing

    211. Exodus - Together Forever

    212. Raw Silk - Do It To The Music

    213. Gwen McCrae - Funky Sensation

    214. Logg - I Know You Will (Levan 12" Remix)

    215. Inner Life - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

    216. Chemise - She Can't Love You

    217. Class Action - Weekend

    218. Taana Gardner - Heartbeat (12" Levan Mix)

    219. Secret Weapon - Must Be The Music [Prelude records]

    220. ESG - Moody

    221. Stone - Time

    222. Esther Williams - I'll Be Your Pleasure (Levan Remix 12" or LP)

    223. Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper

    224. Hi-Gloss - You'll Never Know

    225. Patti Labelle - The Spirit's In It

    226. D Train - You're The One For Me

    227. Nick Straker Band - A Little Bit Of Jazz

    228. Jamaica Girls - Need Somebody New (12" Levan Remix)

    229. Empress - Dyin' To Be Dancin'

    230. Strikers - Body Music (12" Levan Remix)

    231. Unlimited Touch - Searching To Find The One

    232. Donald Byrd - Love Has Come Around

    233. Jimmy Ross - First True Love Affair (Levan 12" Mix)

    234. Tom Tom Club - Le Elephant

    235. Powerline - Journey

    236. Inner LIfe - Make It Last Forever (Levan Remix)

    237. Syreeta - Can't Shake Your Love (Levan Remix)

    238. MFSB - Love Is The Message (14 min. Tom Moulton Remix Vers.)

    239. Ednah Holt - Serious, Serious Space Party (Levan 12" Mix)

    240. Mona Rae - Do Me

    241. 80's Ladies - Turned On To You

    242. Logg - You've Got That Something

    243. Frontline Orchestra - Don't Turn Your Back On Me

    244. North End - Happy Days

    245. Conversion - Let's Do It

    246. Salsoul Orchestra - 212 North Street

    247. Rainbow Brown - Til You Surrender

    248. Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock [Arthur Baker]
    249. Michelle Wallace 'Jazzy Rhythm' Tee Scott
    250. Peech Boys - Don't Make Me Wait
    251. Dinosaur L - Go Bang [Arthur Russell]
    252. Klein & MBO - Dirty Talk [Italy]
    253. Debbie Trusty - Searchin' for Some Lovin' [Nick Martinelli]
    254. Chemise / She Can't Love You
    255. Raw Silk 'Do It To The Music' [Nick Martinelli]
    256. Montana Sextet Heavy Vibes [Montana]
    257. Fonda Rae 'Over Like A Fat Rat' [Fonda Rae]
    258. Indeep - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life
    259. Bo Kool - Love Money [Jazz-Funk]
    260. Carly Simon - Why Atlantic WEA [ Niles and Rogers ]
    261. Denroy Morgan - Happy Feeling
    262. Funk Fusion Band - Can You Feel It [Nick Martinelli]
    263. Rockers Revenge - Walking On Sunshine
    264. Fat Larry's Band - Act Like You Know + Whatnauts [Philadelphia]
    265. Salsoul Orchestra - 'Nice 'n' Nasty'

    Seventies dance compilations

    1. Give Your Body Up: Club Classics & House Foundations, Vol. 1[1CD, Amazon US]
      If you want to find out about the roots of modern American club culture, this is the series to start.
      Tracklisting: Funky Sensation -- Gwen McCrae Over Like A Fat Rat -- Fonda Rae Can't Play Around -- Lace --> Larry Levan mix What Can I Do For You? -- LaBelle Always There -- Side Effect Why Leave Us Alone -- Five Special Is It All Over My Face (Female Vocal) -- Loose Joints Free Man (Disco Version) -- South Shore Commission Bad For Me -- Dee Dee Bridgewater I Love Music -- The O'Jays

    2. Give Your Body Up: Club Classics & House Foundations , vol. 2 [Amazon US]
      If you want to find out about the roots of modern American club culture, this is the series to start. [...]
      1. Just Us - Two Tons O' Fun 2. Baby I'm Scared Of You - Womack & Womack 3. Somebody Else's Guy - Jocelyn Brown 4. Touch And Go - Ecstasy, Passion & Pain 5. Love Is The Message - MFSB 6. Running Away - Roy Ayers Ubiquity 7. Now That We Found Love - Thirld World 8. Bra - Cymande 9. Down To Love Town - The Originals 10. Over And Over - Sylvester

    3. Give Your Body Up: Club Classics & House Foundations vol. 3 [Amazon US]
      If you want to find out about the roots of modern American club culture, this is the series to start.
      1. Give Your Body up to the Music - Billy Nichols 2. Weekend - Phreek 3. You Got Me Running - Lenny Williams 4. I'll Do Anything for You - Denroy Morgan 5. Runaway Love - Linda Clifford 6. Girl You Need a Change of Mind - Eddie Kendricks 7. I Want to Thank You - Alicia Myers 8. Clouds - Chaka Khan 9. Vertigo/Relight My Fire - Dan Hartman 10. Music Got Me - Visual

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