Various Artists - 12 Inch Disco Originals Vol. 1 (2009)

This CD is a blast. Extended versions of disco music from the golden era of disco (plus 1983 for some reason). Listen, dance, exercise, clean house, fix dinner, bother the neighbors, whatever. I bought the disc for the extended version of Giorgio Moroder's Chase, but there's not a track here that isn't welcome in this house.

Note: evidently the Jabara track listed below is not the 12" version so if I had bought the CD looking for that 10:44 track, I would be in a totally different headspace.

Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: Did not chart

Tracks including peak on Billboard magazine's dance chart:

Title	Artist	Time	Year	Dance
Funkytown	Lipps, Inc.	7:49	1980	1
Love Machine	The Miracles	6:55	1975	20
Chase	Giorgio Moroder	8:23	1979	31
Pleasure Island	Paul Jabara	4:32	1978	12
Maniac	Michael Sembello	5:54	1983	6
Put Your Feet To The Beat	The Ritchie Family	6:58	1979	14
Anybody Wanna Party?	Gloria Gaynor	7:41	1979	30
After Dark	Pattie Brooks	7:49	1978	1
Like An Eagle	Dennis Parker	8:35	1979	47

Personal Memory Associated with this CD: In the summer of 1980, I was spinning 45s with a friend Michael. He had a copy of Chase and put it on. About 30 seconds in, using his deepest announcer voice, he belts out "Tonight! Our game live! from The Spectrum in Philadelphia!" and it fit perfectly.

Speaking of 1980 and disco, here's a photo from around that time of Deney Terrio your humble blogger (aka "Disco-Dancin' Fool") dressed in my finest Saturday Night Fever wannabe attire. I sometimes include it in select disco CD posts:

"Hello there. What's your sign?"