Now it's time to give these weird sounds the credit they deserved.
It's amazing; just LOOK WHAT I HAVE FOUND in thrift stores, second hand markets and sometimes even IN THE TRASH CAN.
Thanks to CD I was able to save these unusual tunes on 45 rpm 7" records. It's obvious that these 45s have been played a lot, so surface noice is almost obligatory. No hi-tek cd quality, but just back to the times where no one had ever heard of digital recording studios.
All the songs on these compilations are from the original 45 rpm records released prior to 1980 when CD took over the world of warm vinyl sounds. I've tried to exclude any song that's been compiled before, but as I don't own each and every compilation album ever made, there might be some songs that you already own on another compilation album. Look, listen and enjoy...
LABEL: In The Trash Can Records
CAT # : GARBAGE27
Subtitle: Do The Discotheque - 16 uncommon dancefloor killers from the 70s
I must confess; most of these tunes haven't ever made it to the discotheque, but yet they should have. But beware, deejays have been killed on the dancefloor for even less than these bad bad songs. I'd kill to be able to dance to these tunes once in a while...
(RCA Victor XB02089 from 1976)
Heavy pounding drums, an inviting flute and an irresistible beat to fil the discotheque dancefloor. This instrumental was a hit in the underground discotheques in Belgium in the late 70s, but nobody seems to remember this hot tune.
2. hot jungle - gun morgan
(Discodis 80.007 from 1974)
Also hot is �Hot jungle� which takes off with steel drums and a Swahili voodoo chant in the middle of the jungle. Surprise your soul/disco audience with this tune. The steady beat and the organ at the end give an extra dimension to this wild dancefloor killer.
3. koke pt1 - tribe
(ABC ABC-11366 from 1973)
Tribe released several 45s, but I don�t think that Koke has been reissued yet on a compilation. It should have been used for a soundtrack about a Tutsi tribe discovering the first discotheque of Central Africa.
4. bump the bump - black buster
(Machine Music 61.003 from 1975)
A French release with a moog synth interfering the girls chanting the song title
5. baby shake your whoop-whoop - the st. james group
(Epic EPC S-7719 from 1971)
Wow! A great uptempo soul stomper I�ve never seen being compiled before. �Listen to the rhythm��
6. somebody's been sleeping - 100 proof aged in soul
(Hot Wax HS-7004 from 1970?)
Groovy soul from a super duper band on a super duper label. A paranoid tale about strangers in your house. If this ain�t a dancefloor filler,�
7. boogie down usa - people's choice
(Philadelphia International PIR4087 from 1976)
Boom boom boom and then a groovy organ follows the hypnotic drum beat. It�s not fast, but it�s the repetition that keeps you on the dancefloor. And after 90 seconds the intro is over and the band starts singing �boogie all over the world, boogie, boogie� all over again.
8. good news - the 5th dimension
(Liberty LBF 15143 from 1968)
It starts as a great breakbeat soul tune and then it sounds like a bubblegum singalong tune and switches to Motown and back to bubblegum pop. It�s one of my favourite recordings by The 5th Dimension. This is not from the 70s, but hey, who cares
9. up in a puff of smoke - polly brown
(GTO 2099 102 from 1974)
And again a heavy pounding drum beat to start this soul disco dancefloor filler by a girl with a great voice. Why do all songs have to be complicated? Keep it simple and have fun fun fun! And dance dance dance into the smoke on the dancefloor.
10. bongolia � the incredible bongo band
(MGM 2006 161 from 1973)
Bongo drums call for attention: the best instrumental bongo soul combo you can imagine from the 70s. This song was the inspiration for The Bongolian, the solo project of the man behind Big Boss Man.
11. viva dracula - bob babylone et les salopettes
(DiscAZ SG699 from 1979)
Super kitschy French disco about Dracula: another Halloween surprise song. Who knows this one? Nobody!
12. here come da judge - the buena vistas
(Marquee MQ-443 from 1968)
Shorty Long had a big hit with his �Here comes the judge�, but better though is this instrumental version by The Buena Vistas from 1968.
13. sweet blindess - the 5th dimension
(Liberty LBF 15143 from 1968)
This flipside of �Good news� is a strange choice for this volume, but still it�s too good to be thrown away or forgotten.
14. shackin' up - johnnie taylor
(Stax STA-0114 from 1971)
I assume that most of the Stax/Volt singles have been compiled on their numerous comps but I haven�t seen this song. I could be wrong (I probably will be) about this one. You must admit it�s a fantastic soul tune by The Soul Philosopher and not very well known.
15. star trek - the charles randolph grean sounde
(Ranwood R-1044 from 1975)
A disco version of the Theme From Star Trek in a Love Boat special edition. Again a perfect example of bad bad taste, so bad that it�s super good.
16. supergirl - graham bonney
(Columbia C23 234 from 1966)
This is definitely not 70s, and certainly not 70s sounding. It�s an excellent soul 45 from 1966. But I thought: Star Trek is from 1966 and it�s also about comics and so is Supergirl. And this is the end of another crazy volume of goooooooooooooooood taste.
