Are You Still Ready For The 70's Explosion?

Side 2 of a mixtape, originally compiled 16th September 1990. 

 

This selection comes with a health warning: whilst again raiding my parents' K-Tel & Ronco vinyl collection, as I did for Side 1, this side has D.I.S.C.O. (as opposed to D.I.S.C.O.) writ large. There are high doses of Saturday Night Fever and listeners may get a bad case of the Hee Bee Gee Bees. Again, some classics, some cheese and still no apologies.

 

Whilst I'm throwing in some completely unrelated YouTube links, it's probably worth looking up all of these songs for a visual, but I'm going to single out Jean-Michel Jarre's Equinox, as he seems quite keen to show off his luscious, flowing locks.

 

1) Stayin' Alive (Full Length Album Version): Bee Gees (1977)

2) You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (Single Version): Sylvester (1978)

3) I'm A Man (Khayem's So Macho Outrovert Re-Edit): Macho (1978)

4) If I Can't Have You: Yvonne Elliman (1977)

5) Boogie Shoes (Album Version): KC & The Sunshine Band (1975)

6) The Crunch (Part 1) (Album Version): RAH Band (1977)

7) Jive Talkin' (Album Version): Bee Gees (1975)

8) Rock The Boat: Hues Corporation (1973)

9) Never Can Say Goodbye (Single Version) (Cover of The Jackson 5): Gloria Gaynor (1974)

10) Boogie Oogie Oogie (Full Length Version): A Taste Of Honey (1978)

11) Rasputin (Album Version): Boney M. (1978)

12) Equinoxe Part 5 (Album Version): Jean-Michel Jarre (1978)

13) Dancing In The City (Album Version): Marshall Hain (1978)

14) Summer In The City (Special Disco Version) (Cover of The Lovin' Spoonful): Evolution (1978)

Side Two (54:43)

Side One here

Discollision!

Inspired by JC's disco diversion over at The Vinyl Villain yesterday, this is a You Tube recreation of a CD-R, compiled for my friend Kate in February 2006. Genuinely contains some of my favourite and most played songs.

1) Pop Muzik: M (1979)

2) Funky Town: Lipps Inc. (1979)

3) Relight My Fire: Dan Hartman ft. Loleatta Holloway (1978)

4) Stayin' Alive: Bee Gees (1977)

5) Love Hangover: Diana Ross (1976)

6) Moskow Diskow: Telex (1979)

7) Supernature: Cerrone (1977)

8) Everybody Dance: Chic (1978)

9) I'm A Man (Cover of The Spencer Davis Group): Macho (1978)

10) More More More: Andrea True Connection (1976)

11) Heart Of Glass: Blondie (1978)

12) Disco Inferno: Trammps (1976)

I should note that Loleatta Holloway was uncredited for her (epic) vocal performance on Relight For Fire. Similarly, Lene Lovich wasn't credited for writing the lyrics for Cerrone's Supernature but did her own version in 1987 for the Animal Liberation compilation.