EU Import
Tomorrow, I'm headed back to the town I lived in from 1966-1978; given that time frame, I thought some disco might be in order. I recently picked up this 2 CD compilation in the used clearance bin for a few bucks even though it had never been opened. Score!
12th in an ongoing, poorly named series. Originally on the now-defunct Harmless label, it appears the newer releases are on another Demon Music Group label, Crimson. According to the promo sticker:
Happily married for 29 years, there's no need for me to cruise and I'm fairly certain the British disco experience was quite different from what we had going on in the US, but let's dive in anyway. I don't recognize any of the tracks except for the Dan Hartman joint. I usually comment on the liner notes here but they're just too small for my old eyes to read and I don't feel like fooling with my magnifying glass and you kids get off my lawn.
Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: Did not chart
Tracks with Billboard US Disco chart peaks:
| CD 1 | |||
| Song | Artist | Year | Disco |
| Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Original 12" Mix) | Boys Town Gang | 1982 | 15 |
| Vertigo/Relight My Fire (Original 12" Mix) | Dan Hartman | 1979 | 1 |
| Golden Eldorado (Original Album Version) | Voyage | 1978 | 1 |
| Palace Palace (Original 12" Mix) | Who's Who | 1979 | |
| Dance (Original 12" Mix) | Night Force | 1981 | 28 |
| Dancing Is Dangerous (Original 12" Mix) | Noel | 1979 | 91 |
| What A Way To Go (Original 12" Mix) | Lifeforce | 1984 | |
| Maybe This Time (Original 12" Mix) | Norma Lewis | 1983 | |
| Sound Of My Heart (Slightly Baroque) (Original 12" Mix) | Sleeping Lions | 1983 | |
| The Two Of Us (Disconet Extended Remix) | Claudja Barry & Ronnie Jones | 1981 | 39 |
| CD 2 | |||
| Song | Artist | Year | Disco |
| Anything Like You (Original 12" Euro Mix) | Janet D'Eon | 1988 | |
| Satellites (Original 12" Mix) | Ellie Warren | 1985 | |
| I Believe In Dreams (Original 12" Mix) | Jackie Rawe | 1985 | |
| This Girl's Back In Town (Original 12" Mix) | Raquel Welch | 1987 | 29 |
| Take A Chance (On Me) (Original 12" Mix) | Waterfront Home | 1983 | 14 |
| Midnight Lover (Original 12" Mix) | People Like Us | 1986 | |
| Suspicious Minds (Original 12" Mix) | Bobby O | 1988 | |
| Mama Told Me (Original 12" Mix) | Fantastique | 1981 | |
| Manhattan Shuffle (Original 12" Mix) | Area Code (212) | 1980 | 41 |
| Can't We Try Again (Original 12" Mix) | Technique | 1983 | 39 |
| The "Gay Paris"/French Pillow Talk (Original Album Medley) | Patrick Juvet | 1979 |
A highly enjoyable, if poorly sequenced, compilation of disco beats with more than a smattering of '80s synthpop (read: CD1 > CD2). Some cuts are so derivative you think you're listening to other tunes (What A Way To Go is just an updated Shake Your Groove Thing, for example), but no matter - it's all in the name of dance (and glitter. and sex. and cocaine. etc.). If you put these tunes in a mix with more familiar disco tunes, you'd have a great party shuffle. Reminds me of the Super Rare Disco CDs. Skippable tunes are Dancing Is Dangerous and Anything Like You. Overall, not a bad pickup.
Personal Memory Associated with this CD: None
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