There was a sub-genre of Eurodisco that was artistic, deliberately strange or dysfunctional and often dabbling in Rock music. Most of which was recorded in Paris by groups like FIVE LETTERS and CHI CHI FAVELAS and THE BLACK AND WHITE BAND, singers like PATRICK HERNANDEZ and MAX BERLIN'S. Some of these recordings became wildly popular throughout the planet and groups like FIVE LETTERS continued recording well into the early 1990's.
| DISCO RADIO FIVE LETTERS - HYSTERIES (LP) - CROCOS |
| GOT GOT MONEY (AND I MOO) FIVE LETTERS - GOT GOT MONEY... (LP) - MALLIGATOR |
| BORN TO BE ALIVE PATRICK HERNANDEZ - BORN TO BE ALIVE (LP) - CBS |
| SHANE GOULD is actually an alias of JOCELYNE BEROARD. After recording this Eurodisco hit in 1979 she would continue in the Zouk industry with KASSAV' and a host of other comparable artists and producers: |
| SPIDERMAN SHANE GOULD - 12" - BARET |
| STORIES FIVE LETTERS - HYSTERIES (LP) - CROCOS |
| SPIDERMAN PETER GRIFFIN - 12" - AVALANCHE |
| ROCK SOLID CHI CHI FAVELAS AND THE BLACK AND WHITE BAND - ROCK SOLID (LP) - BARCLAY |
| MAGNIFICO MAMBO FIVE LETTERS - GOT GOT MONEY... (LP) - MALLIGATOR |
| MAY YOU CAN FIVE LETTERS - HYSTERIES (LP) - CROCOS |
| UP AND DOWN FIVE LETTERS - 12" - ATROPA |
| LIKE TO WRITE A SONG TORPEDO - 12" - TELSON |
| COCAINE PART ONE CHI CHI FAVELAS AND THE BLACK AND WHITE BAND - ROCK SOLID (LP) - BARCLAY |
| DISCOAINE CHI CHI FAVELAS AND THE BLACK AND WHITE BAND - ROCK SOLID (LP) - BARCLAY |
| COCAINE PART TWO CHI CHI FAVELAS AND THE BLACK AND WHITE BAND - ROCK SOLID (LP) - BARCLAY |
| DREAM DISCO MAX BERLIN'S - DREAM DISCO (LP) - MALLIGATOR |
| THA KEE THA THA FIVE LETTERS - DISCO ITALIA (EP) - STRUT |
| DANCE FOR ME MAX BERLIN'S - MAX BERLIN'S (LP) - MELODI'S |
| ROCKET IN THE POCKET CERRONE - THE GOLDEN TOUCH (LP) - COTILLION |
| THE MEN MAX BERLIN'S - MAX BERLIN'S (LP) - MELODI'S |
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3:23 PM, May 30th, 2019