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Syndication

“You Can Have Her” – Tompall Glaser
“Trust Me” – Bill Anderson
“Ain’t No Love Lost” – Patti Jo
Manha De Carnival” – Le Pamplemousse
“China Boy” – Dschinghis Khan
“Doin’ That Crazy Thing” – Jeff Lynne
“Married Men” – Bette Midler
“Come a Little Bit Closer” – Soirée
“Po’ Folks Disco” – Meadowlark Lemon
“Manhattan Love Song” – King Errisson
“Back to Music” – Theo Vaness
“Trash” – Robin Gibb

 

Direct download: The_Big_Bandwagon.mp3
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Money’s Too Tight (To Mention)  – The Valentine Brothers
Tiger, Tiger – Bionic Boogie
Georgie Porgie – Charme
Hot Butterfly – Bionic Boogie
A Funky Space Reincarnation (12″ disco mix instrumental) – Marvin Gaye
Thousand Finger Man – Candido
I Wanna Do the Do – Bobby Rush
I Get Off On It – Tony Joe White
Soul Man – Philly Cream
Why Leave Us Alone? – Five Special
You’re the One – Little Sister

Direct download: Dancing_While_the_Ship_Goes_Down.mp3
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Here's another blast o' disco that grew out of my research for the EMP disco talk. 

Erucu – Jermaine Jackson (1975)
Wild Safari – Barrabas (1972)
Rain 2000 – Titanic (1972)
Rain – Dorothy Morrison (1970)
I Can’t Stop Talking – Genie Brown (1973)
When the Fuel Runs Out – Executive Suite (1976)
I Am Love – Jackson Five (1975)
Moonboots – ORS (1977)
Sentimentally, It’s You – Theo Vaness (1979)
The Beast Day – Marcia Hunt’s 22 (1971)
Use It Up, Wear It Out – Odyssey (1978)
Mandolay – La Flavour (1980)
Doing the Best That I Can – Bettye LaVette (1976)
A Taste of Honey – Morgana King (1964)

N.B.:  Yes, David Mancuso used to play the Morgana King track during the early days of the Loft

Direct download: 01_-_Disco_Babble_On.mp3
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This is the soundtrack that accompanies my April 12, 2008 EMP Pop Conference presentation "Dance Dance Revolution:  Disco as Clarion Call to Aspiration." 

The tracks are:
"Stone Fox Chase" -- Area Code 615 (1970)
"Jungle Fever" -- the Chakachas (1971)
"Sultana" -- Titanic (1972)
"Jin-Go-Lo-Ba (Drums of Passion)" -- Olatunji (1959)
"I Like What I Like" -- Everyday People (1972)
"Life and Death in G & A" -- Abaco Dream (1969)
"Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys" -- the Equals (1970)
"Move On Up" -- Curtis Mayfield (1970)
"Getting Together" -- Brothers Guiding Light (1973)
"Every Man" -- Double Exposure (1976)
"Money Medley" -- Dalida (1978)
"High Society" -- Norma Jean Wright (1979)
"Saturday" -- Norma Jean Wright (1978)
"Fashion Pack" -- Amanda Lear (1979)
"Charge Plates and Credit Cards" -- Sheila and B. Devotion (1979)
"Bourgie, Bourgie" -- John Davis and the Monster Orchestra featuring Ashford & Simpson
"Contort Yourself (August Darnell remix)" -- James White and the Blacks (1978)

Direct download: Dance_Dance_Revolution.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 2:14 PM
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