This week we feature the second of Mrs CC's recent Ballantrae purchases which were the inspiration for this series.
Club Tropicana - Classic Hits from the Eighties is a 3 CD compilation featuring 60 songs.
They are not all Disco - I shall spare you the likes of Toto, Mr Mister and Men at Work.
There are however some classic disco grooves in the mix.
Inside Out from Odyssey reached number 3 in 1982 meaning it was their second biggest hit after their 1980 number 1 Use It Up and Wear it Out.
KC and the Sunshine Band on the other hand kindly provide us with their only number 1 1983's Wear It Out
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, now Baby give it up
More floor fillers next Friday
Odyssey - Inside Out
KC and the Sunshine Band - Give It Up
Na na na na na na na na na na na Nicky Nicky Butt Nicky Butt Nicky Nicky Butt
ReplyDeleteYou wouldn't believe how much of that my phone tried to autocorrect
DeleteInside Out was written by Jesse Rae. Roddy Frame did a beautiful acoustic and harmonica version at Paisley Abbey a few years ago.
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Didn't know that it was written by Jesse Rae Drew
DeleteEveryday's a school day
I can imagine Roddy doing it justice
Is that the Jesse Rae of the single Be Yourself
DeleteLove Odyssey's "Inside Out". I bought the 12'' version. Smooth as silk.
ReplyDeleteAlso worth checking out is the original "Going Back To My Roots" by Lamont Dozier, who wrote the song. (Odyssey did a fabulous cover version which reached #4 in the UK charts in 1981. Richie Havens did an earlier cover in 1980 which was almost pure disco - incredible for a guy who was considered a folk artist)
And you can check out a fine recording of Roddy Frame's acoustic version of "Inside Out" on Soundcloud:
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Here's the Paisley Abbey version, a bit echoey but still brilliant
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Back in my disco days we had a friend who used to dance very literally to the lyrics - We were always very afraid when Inside Out came on!
ReplyDeleteDisco inferno must also have been interesting!
DeleteThere are so many! Honest to goodness he did a handstand to Upside Down by Diana Ross.
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