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Super Disco? None of the songs here will look remotely familiar to people who think only of Donna Summer, the Bee Gees, and Gloria Gaynor when the subject of favorite disco artists is brought up. The group names listed on the back cover of the packaging -- Cloud One, Ahzz, Shift, Johnson Products, Paper Doll -- hardly had any hope of attaining mainstream popularity during disco's late-'70s heyday. These groups aren't just tied together by obscurity; they were also overseen and released by Patrick Adams and Peter Brown, two producers, arrangers, songwriters, and label owners from Harlem. Through the duo's several labels, a number of spectacular disco singles were released that continue to be featured in house DJ sets and influence producers of dance music. This double-disc set, released by Landspeed in late 2002, simply combines the two volumes of Counterpoint's Disco Juice compilations, released earlier in the U.K.; the first volume of Disco Juice was issued in 1997, while the second followed in 2002, just a couple months before this pairing. Though Super Disco makes it convenient for those in the States to obtain the music, the Disco Juice discs hold an advantage with much better packaging. The majority of the contents are spectacular and prove to naysayers and latecomers that disco had an underground that was just as fertile and revolutionary as its underground rock counterpart of the same period. This only covers a small portion of that underground, but it's just as potent as any other compilation, despite the narrow focus.
Condition: NEW: SLASHED CASE
Track Listings
Disc: 1
1. Johnson Jumpin' - Johnson Products
2. African Rock - Licky
3. Dance Freak - Chain Reaction
4. Got To Have Your Love - Clyde Alexander
5. Ain't It Time - Queen Yahna
6. Hooked On Your Line - L.J. Waiters
7. Feel The Spirit - Foster Jackson
8. N.Y. Applejack - Scott Davis
9. Out Of Work - Jessie Gould
10. Get Down Boy - Paper Doll
11. Disco Juice (Re-Edit) - Cloud One
12. Flying High - Cloud One
13. Patti Duke - Cloud One
Disc: 2
1. Magic Carpet - High Fidelity
2. The Groove I'm In - Florence Miller
3. 25 Hours - Lanier
4. New York Moving - Ahzz
5. Superstition - Dennis Mobley & Fresh Taste
6. Roller Rink Funk - Shift
7. Got To Get Your Love (Special Kenny 'Dope' Gonzales Edit) - Clyde Alexander & Sanction
8. Super - Jay Love Theme - Super - Jay
9. I Did It Again - Jessie Henderson
10. The Guardian Angel Is Watching Us - Golden Flamingo Orchestra
11. Game Of Life - Lavaba & E. Mallison
12. Dust To Dust - Cloud One
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