Photograph of the CHEETAH CLUB in NEW YORK CITY in 1967.
Most of the material in this show is from the early 1970's.
We are featuring a recording of TINA CHARLES appearing and thriving before her success with "I Love To Love".
Enjoy!
| The DELLA REESE song "It Was A Very Good Year" was originally released in 1966. |
| IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR DELLA REESE - DISCO PAK (LP) - ELK'S |
| The DEE FELICE TRIO song "There Was A Time" was originally released in 1969. |
| THERE WAS A TIME DEE FELICE TRIO - JAMES BROWN'S FAMILY (LP) - BLACK NOTE |
| WHATCHA NEED LEON MITCHISON and the EASTEX FRWY. BAND - SISTER FUNK2 - THE SOUND OF THE UNKNOWN SOUL SISTERS (2LP) - JAZZMAN |
| THE JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH song "Troglodyte" was originally released in 1972. |
| TROGLODYTE THE JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH - 7" - RCA |
| The AMON Düül II song "Da Guadeloop" was released on the HIJACK LP in 1974. |
| DA GUADELOOP AMON Düül II - HIJACK (LP) - NOVA |
| The TEE FLETCHER song "All Because Of You" was originally released in 1968. |
| ALL BECAUSE OF YOU TEE FLETCHER - 7" - TRAGAR |
| JOHNNY BRISTOL'S "notorious smash" hit "Hang On In There Baby" was originally released in 1974. |
| HANG ON IN THERE BABY JOHNNY BRISTOL - DISCOMANIA (LP) - JUKE BOX INTERNATIONAL |
| EVERYBODY'S TALKIN' HAROLD MELVIN AND THE BLUE NOTES - LET'S CLEAN UP THE GHETTO (LP) - PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL |
| The DEE FELICE TRIO composition "The Crickets Sing" was first released in 1969. |
| THE CRICKETS SING DEE FELICE TRIO - JAMES BROWN'S FAMILY (LP) - BLACK NOTE |
| TONY JACKSON's "Syonara" was originally released in 1976. |
| SYONARA TONY JACKSON - GOLDEN HOUR OF DISCO SOUL (LP) - GOLDEN HOUR |
| MARIA MORGAN's "Tell The World" originally came out in 1975. |
| TELL THE WORLD MARIA MORGAN - DISCOBUMPERS (LP) - MUSIC FOR PLEASURE |
| "Daddy Grandpa" by LIMOUSINE was originally released in 1975. |
| DADDY GRANDPA LIMOUSINE - SPECIAL DISCOTHEQUE (VOL.3) 2LP - EURODISC |
| TONY CAMILLO'S BAZUKA released their "Dynomite" in 1975. |
| DYNOMITE PART 1 TONY CAMILLO'S BAZUKA - 7" - A&M |
| MIAMI's "Party Freaks" was originally released in 1975. |
| PARTY FREAKS MIAMI - DISCOBUMPERS (LP) - MUSIC FOR PLEASURE |
| PARTY FREAKS (PART 2) MIAMI - PARTY FREAKS (LP) - DRIVE |
| BARRABAS originally released "Family Size" in 1976. Some British and Italian deejays reportedly had test pressings in 1975. |
| FAMILY SIZE BARRABAS - SPECIAL DISCOTHEQUE (VOL.3) 2LP - EURODISC |
| The GARY TOMS EMPIRE song "7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Blow Your Whistle" was originally released in 1975. |
| 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (BLOW YOUR WHISTLE) GARY TOMS EMPIRE - 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 BLOW YOUR WHISTLE (LP) - QUALITY |
| The LINDA LEWIS song "It's In Hiss Kiss" was first released in 1975. |
| IT'S IN HIS KISS LINDA LEWIS - 7" - ARISTA |
| The DOOLEY SILVERSPOON song "Bump Me Baby: was originally released in 1975. |
| BUMP ME BABY DOOLEY SILVERSPOON - DISCOBUMPERS (LP) - MUSIC FOR PLEASURE |
| The JOHNNY WAKELIN song "In Zaire" was originally released in 1975. |
| IN ZAIRE JOHNNY WAKELIN - 7" - PYE |
| The BLACK ROCK song "New York City Bump" was originally released in 1975. |
| NEW YORK CITY BUMP BLACK ROCK - DISCOBUMPERS (LP) - MUSIC FOR PLEASURE |
| The JEANNIE REYNOLDS song "The Fruit Song" was originally released in 1976, |
| THE FRUIT SONG JEANNIE REYNOLDS - GET UP AND BOOGIE (LP) - CASABLANCA |
| The song from 1975, "Getting Off" is recorded by the same HOT BUTTER group that released "Popcorn" in the 1972. In fact we are featuring a disco cover-version later in the show. |
| GETTING OFF HOT BUTTER - COSMIC DISCOTHEQUE VOL.3 (LP) - NAUGHTY RHYTHM |
| The POP STARS track "Musique Suspense" was originally released in 1974. |
| MUSIQUE SUSPENSE POP STARS - COSMIC DISCOTHEQUE VOL.3 (LP) - NAUGHTY RHYTHM |
| The FAMILY AFFAIR track "Love Hustle" was originally released in 1976. |
| LOVE HUSTLE FAMILY AFFAIR - GOLDEN HOUR OF DISCO SOUL (LP) - GOLDEN HOUR |
| The ARETHA FRANKLIN classic "Spanish Harlem" was originally released in 1971. |
| SPANISH HARLEM ARETHA FRANKLIN - 7" - ATLANTIC |
| THE HOT CATS are often referred to as a precursor to Eurodisco acts WEYMAN AVENUE, the WEYMAN CORPORATION, and the wildly popular BELLE EPOQUE. THE HOT CATS did involve Albert Weyman, who was integral to the success of all of those acts.
The first HOT CATS record we play is a discofied cover-version of the HOT BUTTER hit "Pop Corn". The HOT CATS version was released in Italy in 1972. "Le Chat" was evidently released in 1976. Some French deejays claim they had 7" single 'white label' copies of "Le Chat" as early as late 1974. They adamantly insist they used to mix it with comparable BIMBO JET and CHOCOLATS records at the time. |
| POP CORN THE HOT CATS - 7" - COMBO |
| LE CHAT THE HOT CATS - SPECIAL DISCOTHEQUE (VOL.3) 2LP - EURODISC |
| ERIC CLAPTON's "After Midnight" was originally released in 1970 and is often referred to as 'classic rock' and not disco at all. It was programmed in discos throughout Europe all the same. A bogus rumor that a special remix was available raged on for much of the 1970's. |
| AFTER MIDNIGHT ERIC CLAPTON - ERIC CLAPTON (LP) - POLYDOR |
| The FRANKIE VALLI song "Swearin' To God" was originally released in 1975. |
| SWEARIN' TO GOD FRANKIE VALLI - CLOSEUP (LP) - PRIVATE STOCK |
| The ANDREA TRUE CONNECTION song "More, More, More" was originally released in 1975. |
| MORE, MORE, MORE THE ANDREA TRUE CONNECTION - MORE, MORE, MORE (LP) - BUDDAH |
| Up until her departure in 1976 to work with SU BIDDU full time, TINA CHARLES was the powerful vocalist for 5000 VOLTS. Their massive hit "I'm On Fire" was originally released in 1975. |
| I'M ON FIRE 5000 VOLTS - 7" - PHILIPS |
| A GIGANTIC THANK YOU TO TREVOR WALKER FOR DOING SUCH AN AMAZING JOB MIXING THIS SHOW. EVEN FOR SUCH AN INCREDIBLY TALENTED DEEJAY LIKE TREVOR, MIXING THIS EXTREMELY EARLY MATERIAL WAS QUITE THE CHALLENGE! |
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I am looking forward to this retrospective.
2:51 PM, October 2nd, 2021