alain finkielkrautrock (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
The followings tracks are really hard to find, especially Karin Jones. So, Enjoy ! Karin Jones - Under The Influence Of Love - 1982 - Handshake Records Vaughan Manson And Butch Dayo - Rollalong Songs - 1983 - Salsoul Records (From "Feel My Love" album)
Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | 04/19/2008
MFSB's 1975 record, Love Is The Message , probably the most beloved and enduring classic of the Harlem ballroom scene , is the track that Madonna logically went to for samples when she coopted the vogueing phenomenon in 1990. Even today, 33 years after its release, when you hear Love Is The Message in a NYC club, you'd better stand back, lest you get run over when the strutting starts. MFSB (which...
Line Out (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
With the current interest or exhaustion of the current presidential campaign, I thought that this 1977 latin flavored disco track " Hail To The Teeth " by District of Columbia for some reason felt appropriate. I recently came across this Salsoul Records release, and it's quickly becoming one of my favorite disco cuts. Enjoy the campaign. District of Columbia - Hail to the Teeth
Discobelle.net (Free subscription) | 02/19/2008
The good people over at Fabric gave us this mix from turntablist extraordinaire Craze. Stream only but you know that it's pure quality. Check out his Fabriclive CD for more good stuff. TRACKLIST: 01. Beanie Sigel - You Ain't Ready For Me - Rocafella 02. Swizz Beats - Money In The Bank - Full Surface 03. Khaled - Holla [...]
AM, Then FM (Free subscription) | 01/18/2008
That extra album we picked up last week at the used record store is tonight's feature over at our other blog, The Midnight Tracker. Head over there for Side 1 of “Disco Boogie, Vol. 2,” a 1978 compilation on Salsoul Records. Not as bad as you think. Really.
Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | 12/21/2007
Reposted from last year.... No holiday has been more discofied than Xmas. Disco Jingle Bells. Disco Rudolph. Disco Shitty Gift Card From A Store I'd Never Shop In. Here's a few of my favorites. Weather Girls - Dear Santa, Bring Me A Man This Christmas (Columbia Records, 1986) - I'd listen to Martha and (the sadly late) Izora sing the phone book, but actually this song is a pretty great take on
Line Out (Free subscription) | 10/27/2007
Does making love keep you thin? Well, disco diva Brenda Harris obviously thinks so. In 1978, Harris released her debut single Making Love Will Keep You Fit . The original eleven plus minute disco classic got a reworking the following year by legendary producer/engineer Bob Blank , who successfully mixed the song down to a solid seven minutes of high energy disco. This version of the song, which was...
Line Out (Free subscription) | 09/26/2007
An Album that I don't think get's enough praise, is Double Exposure 's 1978 Salsoul Records release Fourplay . Having dealt with management issues, Double Exposure, lost a lot of it's momentum that it gained from their classic 1976 debut, Ten percent , leaving their second LP Fourplay a bit out to dry. However, with classic cuts like " I Declare War ", " Handy Man ", " Falling In Love ", and " There...
Line Out (Free subscription) | 08/29/2007
Last year Suss'd Records released, Salsoul Presents: Disco Trance & Cosmic Flavas , a compilation of Salsoul Records' more left-field releases that successfully blended together early electronica and cosmic disco. Some of the standout tracks on this compilation are Orlando Riva Sound 's 1977 classic " Moonboots ", Judy Cheeks ' 1978 club cut, " Mellow Lovin' ", and Greg wilson 's re-edit of Kebekelektrik...
Line Out (Free subscription) | 08/18/2007
The Salsoul Orchestra definately made it's mark on the disco scene in the 1970's. With classic cuts like " Runaway ", " 212 North 12th ", " Salsoul Rainbow ", " Tangerine ", this 50 member orchestra became a huge influence on both disco and the upcoming "house music" scene. I think this group hit their peak with the 1978 released disco classic, " How High ". The original song was released, like many...
UPTOWNflavor (Free subscription) | 07/24/2007
Denise Wilkinson, Dolores Milligan and Benita Williams, are the women that comprise the 80s R&B group known as SKYY. You may remember their biggest hit single, “Call Me.” which was certified gold. Released in 1982 on the Salsoul Records label, “Call Me” appeared on SKYY's all time number one hit album “SKYYLINE.” The Dunning sisters [...]
Zero G Sound (Free subscription) | 06/16/2007
. The music world's prime disco big band during the late '70s, the Salsoul Orchestra recorded several of the tightest, chunkiest disco themes of the 1970s, both on its own productions and as the backing group for several prime vocalists. Organized by Vincent Montana, Jr. in 1974, the band was an experiment in fusing funk, Philly soul, and Latin music together in a highly danceable discofied style...
Zero G Sound (Free subscription) | 06/14/2007
. Loleatta Holloway was born in Chicago, Illinois in November 1946, and began her career singing gospel music with the Queen of Gospel, Albertina Walker and the Caravans. In 1976 she began singing on disco productions (mainly on Salsoul Records), and was responsible for some classics like "Love Sensation" or "Relight My Fire" by Dan Hartman. In 1984, Holloway left Salsoul Records and began to work...
