EU Import
Over 5 hours of music across 4 discs.
When I think of 12" singles, I usually associate them with the decade of the '80s, but this beautiful, sexy, dance-tastic 4 CD set of extended disco mixes recently arrived in my mailbox with an implied message: "You can stick that revisionist history where the sun don't shine. Educate yourself, son! They've been around since '74!" Includes two of my all-time favorite disco tunes, Don't Leave Me This Way and If I Can't Have You, closely followed by Love Hangover and whatever cuts Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards were involved with.
Click on the thumbnail below for a brief history of the legendary Tom Moulton inventing both the disco mix and the 12" single, excerpted from the highly recommended book by Will Hermes, Love Goes To Buildings On Fire, heavily citing Love Saves The Day by Tim Lawrence.
Tracks: The first two discs are quite good, but things really get cookin' on discs 3 & 4.
| CD 1 (76:41) | ||||
| Artist | Song | Year | Time | Dance |
| Elton John | Are You Ready For Love (Extended Version) | 1979 | 8:31 | - |
| Wings | Goodnight Tonight (Long Version) | 1979 | 7:16 | - |
| Cliff Richard | We Don't Talk Anymore (12" Mix) | 1979 | 6:58 | - |
| Blondie | Heart Of Glass (12" Version) | 1979 | 5:48 | 58 |
| Roxy Music | Angel Eyes (Extended Remix) | 1979 | 6:37 | - |
| Japan | Life In Tokyo (12" Extended Version) | 1979 | 7:05 | - |
| M | Pop Muzik (Nik Launay '79 12") | 1979 | 4:54 | 4 |
| The Flying Lizards | Money (12" Version) | 1979 | 6:05 | 22 |
| Lene Lovich | Lucky Number (Slavic Dance Version) | 1979 | 4:32 | - |
| Public Image Limited | Death Disco (12" Remix) | 1979 | 6:42 | - |
| Ian Dury & The Blockheads | Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick (12" Version) | 1978 | 5:22 | 79 |
| The B-52's | Rock Lobster (Album Version) | 1978 | 6:49 | 24 |
| CD 2 (76:11) | ||||
| Artist | Song | Year | Time | Dance |
| Sparks | Beat The Clock (Long Version) | 1979 | 6:41 | - |
| Cerrone | Supernature (Extended) | 1977 | 9:44 | 1 |
| Voyage | From East To West (Extended Version) | 1978 | 5:54 | 1 |
| Sheila & B Devotion | Spacer (A Tom Moulton Mix) | 1980 | 9:55 | 44 |
| The Three Degrees | The Runner (Long Version) | 1979 | 8:15 | 56 |
| Leif Garrett | I Was Made For Dancin' (12" Version) | 1978 | 6:53 | - |
| Boney M. | Rivers Of Babylon (12" Version) | 1978 | 7:24 | - |
| Eruption | I Can't Stand The Rain (Extended Version) | 1978 | 6:26 | 6 |
| Dee D. Jackson | Automatic Lover (Extended Version) | 1978 | 7:19 | - |
| Meco | Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band (DJ Promo-Only Version) | 1977 | 7:34 | 6 |
| CD 3 (75:47) | ||||
| Artist | Song | Year | Time | Dance |
| Earth, Wind & Fire With The Emotions | Boogie Wonderland (12" Version) | 1979 | 8:17 | 14 |
| McFadden & Whitehead | Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now (12" Version) | 1979 | 10:39 | 10 |
| Heatwave | Boogie Nights (Special Disco Version) | 1977 | 5:02 | 36 |
| Odyssey | Native New Yorker (12" Disco Mix) | 1977 | 5:33 | 3 |
| Yvonne Elliman | If I Can't Have You (Extended Version) | 1977 | 4:00 | - |
| A Taste Of Honey | Boogie Oogie Oogie (Album Version) | 1978 | 5:31 | 1 |
| Dan Hartman | Relight My Fire (12" Disco Remix) | 1979 | 6:46 | 1 |
| Grace Jones | I Need A Man (12" Version) | 1977 | 7:35 | 1 |
| Dennis Parker | Like An Eagle (12" Version) | 1979 | 8:35 | 47 |
| Andrea True Connection | More, More, More (12" Version) | 1976 | 6:15 | 2 |
| Cher | Take Me Home (12" Version) | 1979 | 7:30 | 2 |
| CD 4 (78:14) | ||||
| Artist | Song | Year | Time | Dance |
| Donna Summer | MacArthur Park Suite (DJ Promo 12" Version) | 1978 | 17:36 | 1 |
| The Trammps | Disco Inferno (Extended Version) | 1976 | 10:54 | 1 |
| Chic | Everybody Dance (12" Mix) | 1978 | 8:27 | 1 |
| Amii Stewart | Light My Fire/137 Disco Heaven (Long Version) | 1979 | 8:23 | - |
| Frantique | Strut Your Funky Stuff (12" Version) | 1979 | 5:44 | - |
| Vicki Sue Robinson | Turn The Beat Around (Extended Version) | 1976 | 5:34 | 1 |
| Diana Ross | Love Hangover (12" Version) | 1976 | 7:49 | 1 |
| Gloria Gaynor | I Will Survive (Original 12" Version) | 1978 | 8:02 | 1 |
| Thelma Houston | Don't Leave Me This Way (12" Version) | 1976 | 5:42 | 1 |
Personal Memory Associated with this CD: Lots of polyester-infused disco dancing memories from my junior high days. You think your humble blogger at age 13 wasn't a disco dancin' fool?!? Fuhgeddaboudit. Step aside, Tony Manero. The only song I remember from the 8th grade dance at which the below photo was taken is Last Dance by Donna Summer, which was, of course, the last song played that evening.
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| May 16, 1980 |
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