Someone close kept having that gnawing preoccupation with the plight of a million or so Syrian people suddenly struggling with no power or running water along with regular bombings. More refugees roam around the world searching for hope than there were following the last world war. If this crowded little planet was a cesspool of human suffering and despair before; then even with all our technology, communication and information access, it seems to be getting worse!
We offer a collection of standard Disco songs from the 1970's and 1980's about various places around the world. Except for the Murray Head hit from 1984, they were part of the personal soundtracks of young and somewhat idealistic people who enjoyed the music's multicultural optimism, quietly hoping comparable young people everywhere else were enjoying good safe lives also.
The MURRAY HEAD song "ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK" is a brilliant look at the seedier side of the Thai capital: one of the world's major hot spots of the international sex trade. The human garbage that traffic people and force women and children into prostitution are a horrible plague spreading all over the world.
| We begin with the peaceful walkways in "LE JARDIN DU LUXEMBOURG" in Paris. JOE DASSIN'S epic is presented in it's entirety: |
| LE JARDIN DU LUXEMBOURG JOE DASSIN - LE JARDIN DU LUXEMBOURG (LP) - EPIC |
| BAHIA EL COCO - BRAZIL (LP) - AVI |
| COPACABANA BARRY MANILOW - youtube |
| NATIVE NEW YORKER (DISCO VERSION) ODYSSEY - 12" - RCA |
| BRAZIL EL COCO - BRAZIL (LP) - AVI |
| SAN FRANSISCO (YOU'VE GOT ME) VILLAGE PEOPLE - VILLAGE PEOPLE (LP) - CASABLANCA |
| IN HOLLYWOOD (EVERYBODY IS A STAR) VILLAGE PEOPLE - VILLAGE PEOPLE (LP) - CASABLANCA |
| BARCELONA AMERICAN EAGLES - KOKKA (LP) - CARRERE |
| FIRE ISLAND VILLAGE PEOPLE - VILLAGE PEOPLE (LP) - CASABLANCA |
| MAX BERLINS' WORLDWIDE PARTLY was a wildly popular concept album that was celebrated as "a continuous party roaming around the world". Many disco purists panned it although. We offer the complete album: |
| FRENCH GIMMICK MAX BERLINS - WORLDWIDE PARTY (LP) - MELODI'S |
| LE GREEK MAX BERLINS - WORLDWIDE PARTY (LP) - MELODI'S |
| GERMAN STOMP MAX BERLINS - WORLDWIDE PARTY (LP) - MELODI'S |
| BELLY DANCE MAX BERLINS - WORLDWIDE PARTY (LP) - MELODI'S |
| FLAMENCO GROOVE MAX BERLINS - WORLDWIDE PARTY (LP) - MELODI'S |
| MUSIC IS A LANGUAGE MAX BERLINS - WORLDWIDE PARTY (LP) - MELODI'S |
| BOOGIE IN THE BUSH MAX BERLINS - WORLDWIDE PARTY (LP) - MELODI'S |
| LET'S REGGAE MAX BERLINS - WORLDWIDE PARTY (LP) - MELODI'S |
| YA, YA, YA MAX BERLINS - WORLDWIDE PARTY (LP) - MELODI'S |
| I LOVE DANCIN' MAX BERLINS - WORLDWIDE PARTY (LP) - MELODI'S |
| ALL OVER THE USA MAX BERLINS - WORLDWIDE PARTY (LP) - MELODI'S |
| Some of the other Eurodisco acts that offered songs about different places include VOYAGE from France, and LA BIONDA, AZOTO and TANTRA from Italy: |
| TAHITI, TAHITI... VOYAGE - FLY AWAY (LP) - RCA |
| SAN SALVADOR AZOTO - DISCO FIZZ (LP) - VEDETTE |
| SANDSTORM LA BIONDA - LA BIONDA (LP) - BABY |
| HILLS OF KATMANDU TANTRA - HILLS OF KATMANDU (LP) - PHILIPS |
| BRAZIL THE RITCHIE FAMILY - youtube |
| NIGHTS OVER EGYPT THE JONES GIRLS - 12" - PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL |
| ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK MURRAY HEAD - 12" - CHESS |
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Awesome playlist and in for the musical ride for an early Saturday Afternoon
1:02 PM, October 8th, 2016