As a teenager growing up in suburban Ottawa I found myself drawn to disco in 1975. Many simple disco songs would be played on commercial radio. My friends and I feverishly collected LP's and little 7" singles that contributed to our personal soundtracks; emotional strength we drew from in our days of tense relations at high school with the majority rockers. The songs we grew to love were basic tracks that were generally untouched by the influences of Cerrone's "Love In C Minor" and the invasion of electronic music. What are included in this show are some tracks that were identified as "disco bonbon". Not all of the songs played on this show were to be heard on commercial radio back in the 1970's; they spread to us then through the discotheques.
| LOVE'S THEME THE LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA - RHAPSODY IN WHITE (LP) - 20TH CENTURY |
| LOVE'S THEME THE LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA - 7" - 20TH CENTURY |
| EBB TIDE LOVE SOUNDS - 7" - PYE |
| THE HUSTLE VAN MCCOY & THE SOUL CITY SYMPHONY - DISCO BABY (LP) - AVCO |
| SOUL DRACULA HOT BLOOD - DRACULA AND CO. (LP) - CARRERE |
| LOVE BUG BUMBLE BEE UNLIMITED - 12" - UNIDISC |
| FLY ROBIN FLY SILVER CONVENTION - SILVER CONVENTION (LP) - JUPITER |
| MORE MORE MORE ANDREA TRUE CONNECTION - MORE MORE MORE (LP) - BUDDAH |
| GET UP AND BOOGIE SILVER CONVENTION - GET UP AND BOOGIE (LP) - JUPITER |
| MONDO DISCO EL COCO - 12" - AVI |
| I'M CRYING MIKE HARPER - 7" - RCA |
| YOU SET MY HEART ON FIRE TINA CHARLES - I LOVE TO LOVE (LP) - COLUMBIA |
| YOU SEXY THING HOT CHOCOLATE - 7" - BIG TREE |
| WALKING IN RHYTHM THE BLACKBYRDS - FAST, FUNKY AND FANTASTIC - 70'S SOUL FROM FANTASY (LP) - KENT |
| SOUL SISTER RONNIE JONES - 7" - PHILIPS |
| I LOVE TO LOVE TINA CHARLES - I LOVE TO LOVE (LP) - COLUMBIA |
| I LOVE TO LOVE NAPOLEON JONES featuring DAVID CHRISTIE - SUA PAZ MUNDIAL VOLUME 5 (LP) - SOM LIVRE |
| DANCE LITTLE LADY DANCE TINA CHARLES - DANCE LITTLE LADY (LP) - COLUMBIA |
| MUSIC MONTREAL SOUND - 12" - TK DISCO 
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| BRAZIL THE RITCHIE FAMILY - BRAZIL (LP) - ABLE |
| TANGERINE THE SALSOUL ORCHESTRA - SALSOUL ORCHESTRA (LP) - SALSOUL |
| HELPLESSLY MOMENT OF TRUTH - 7" - ROULETTE |
| YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE CANDI STATON - 12" - WARNER BROS. |
| AIN'T GONNA BUMP NO MORE (WITH NO BIG FAT WOMAN) JOE TEX - 7" - MEMORY LANE |
| NICE AND SLOW JESSE GREEN - 12" - RED BUS TEMPO |
| ROCK YOUR BABY GEORGE MC CRAE - ROCK YOUR BABY (LP) - RCA |
| LET'S TRY ONCE AGAIN BLACK LIGHT ORCHESTRA featuring PATRICK NORMAN - 12" - RCA
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| I REMEMBER YOU PATRICK NORMAN - 7" - RCA
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| A CHACUN SON ENFANCE RECREATION - 7" - UNISON |
| DOCTOR'S ORDERS CAROL DOUGLAS - 12" - UNIDISC |
| DON'T STOP THE MUSIC BAY CITY ROLLERS - 12" - ARISTA |
| LOVE TRAIN O'JAYS - 7" - PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL |
| TURN THE BEAT AROUND VICKY SUE ROBINSION - 12" - UNDISC |
| DISCO LADY JOHNNIE TAYLOR - 12" - COLUMBIA |
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1:10 PM, October 6th, 2012