Release Date: 24 March 2023
Label: Robinsongs / Cherry Red
Packaging Type: Clamshell
No of Units: 4
Barcode: 5013929956322
Description
• 'The Greatest Soul / Funk & Disco 12” Inch Singles of The 70s & 80s' is packed with some of the Greatest 12-inch versions from that era.
• A vivid snapshot of that golden age.
• With liner notes by journalist Charles Waring against every track in the booklet.
Like many crucial inventions, the 12” single was born out of necessity. Although it's widely seen as an innovation born in the disco era to help DJs keep people dancing by stretching out songs much further than the conventional three-minute mark defined by the 7” single, the very first 12” single appeared in 1970. It was a novelty that didn't catch on but a few years later in 1974, an innovative New York producer called Tom Moulton resurrected the 12” single format as a vehicle for making extended mixes of dance tracks.
It was an innovation that helped stoke the flames of the Disco Inferno and introduced the concept of instrumental breakdowns or “breaks”.
Initially, 12” pressings targeted DJs and were only used for promotional purposes but such was their desirability that it wasn't long before record companies made them commercially available; the first one sold to the public was Double Exposure's 'Ten Percent' in 1976, that is included in this package. Its success opened the floodgates and from that moment, the 12” single became the format that defined Disco's glory years.
Tracklisting
DISC ONE1. The Undisputed Truth - You + Me = Love2 McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now3 Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions - Boogie Wonderland – Special Disco Version4 T-Connection – Do What You Wanna Do5 People's Choice - Do It Any Way You Wanna - A Tom Moulton Mix6 Instant Funk – Got My Mind Made Up7 Crown Heights Affair – You Gave Me Love8 Whispers – And The Beat Goes On9 Arthur Adams – You Got The Floor10 Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes – Expansions11 Chaz Jankel Feat Brenda Jones – You’re My Occupation (Extended)
DISC TWO1 Brass Construction – Movin’2 Skyy – Call Me3 Parliament – Flashlight4 Zapp - More Bounce to the Ounce (Pts. I and II)5 Midnight Star – No Parking On The Dance Floor6 S.O.S. Band – Just Be Good To Me7 The Jimmy Castor Bunch - Space Age8 Lakeside – Fantastic Voyage9 Aquarian Dream – You’re A Star10 Maze/Frankie Beverly - Twilight (Instrumental)
DISC THREE1 Chic - Good Times2 Sister Sledge - He's the Greatest Dancer3 G.Q. - Disco Nights (Rock Freak)4 Double Exposure – Ten Percent5 Loleatta Holloway – Love Sensation6 Edwin Starr – Contact7 Narada Michael Walden – I Should’ve Loved Ya8 Voyage – From East To West9 C.J. & Co - Devil's Gun10 The Trammps - Disco Inferno
DISC FOUR1 Change – Searching2 Roy Ayers – Running Away3 Valentine Brothers - Money’s Too Tight (To Mention)4 Evelyn "Champagne" King - Shame5 Rose Royce - Is It Love You're After6 Third World – Now That We Found Love (Disco Mix)7 Hi-Tension – Hi-Tension8 Freeez – Southern Freeez9 Ultrafunk - Gotham City Boogie10 Level 42 – Love Games11 Atmosfear - Dancing In Outer Space,
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