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Coke Escovedo - I wouldn’t change a thing (unique)
The Controllers - The people want music (juana) 1976
Personal Touch - It ain’t no big thing (p&p)
Zulema - Telling the world good-bye (sussex) 1973
Prince Phillip Mitchell - I’m so happy (atlantic)
Gwen McCrae - Cradle of love (cat) 1976
Alfie Davison - Love is a serious business (boot)
Jean Shy - We’ve got a good thing going (fox car)
Alton Ellis & Phyllis Dillon - Why did you leave me to cry (trojan)
Bobby Sax - Caribbean disco part 1 (abet) 1976
Aquarian Dream - Phoenix (buddah) 1976
Webster Lewis - Do it with style (epic) 1976
Bunny Sigler - Let me prove that i love you (philadelphia international)
Townsend, Townsend, Townsend & Rogers - It’s you (chocolate city) 1979

 

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The Trammps, based in Philadelphia are remembered as a disco band. Often seen as part of the disco overground, most likely a result of ‘Disco Inferno’ being included on the massively popular Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in 1977.

In the same year the Trammps released the song ‘The Night the Lights Went Out’ to commemorate the electrical blackout that affected New York on 13 July 1977. This song was housed-up by the Black Science Orchestra, as the basis for their debut single ‘Where Were You’ released on Junior Boy’s Own.

Prior to their disco fame the Trammps released Rubber Band as a single in 1973 on Buddah a real soul gem that has featured on more than one occassion in modern hip-hop.

It was sampled as the basis for the Game’s release ‘Hate It Or Love It’ getting re-worked & chopped-up by the legendary production team of Cool & Dr.Dre. J Dilla (rip) used it for ‘Dilla Says Go’ from Donuts.

Yet another re-working here we have the editions disco edit of rubber band. a real fave at love unlimited towers.

 

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Hugh Brooker’s Night Trains were signed to Acid Jazz & BGP Beat Goes Public.

Many of their releases had hip-hop leanings featuring cartoon cut-ups, breaks, cinema samples & scratching.

Here is Miles Away taken from the Checkmate LP released on BGP - a track constructed from a trumpet solo (Miles) and some programming - simple & effective.

 

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What with all the Biblical rain this month there is always the temptation to post Date with the Rain, but instead here we have the slow groover Never Get Out the Boat by the Aloof released in 1991.

So many samples on this including snippets from Apocolypse Now, Tribal chants, Dylan the Rabbitt from the Magic Roundabout & Eric Thompson, but don’t let this put you off.

Is it balearic?

 

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Ruby Andrews - Casanova (Your Playing Days Are Over) on the zodiac record label from 1967,later turned into disco heaven by the group Coffee.

Keep the faith

 

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