fania all-stars - what a big thing

Having a heatwave? Do a quick mambo to this. Produced&arranged by Vincent Montana Jr  in 1978.

Here’s a quick selection of a few 80s funky tracks you MUST play when you invite me :D A common feature is the use of a massive groovy bassline… and sometimes quite a catchy vocal loop.

• ABC - The Look Of Love (1982)
• Advance - Take Me To The Top (1982)
• Alisha - Baby Talk (1985)
• Angela Bofill - Is This A Dream (1983)
• Bohannon - Let’s Start II Dance Again (1981)
• Canute - Amazing Mind (1983)
• Carmen - Time To Move (1983)
• Cashmere - Do It Anyway You Wanna (1982)
• Change - Change Of Heart (1984)
• Change - Paradise (1981)
• Change - This Is Your Time (1983)
• Charades - Gimme The Funk (1982)
• Chemise - She Can’t Love You (1982)
• Cheri - Murphy’s Law (1982)
• Columbus Circle - If You Read My Mind (1982)
• Con Funk Shun - If I’m Your Lover (1983)
• D-Train - Walk On By (1983)
• David Joseph - You Can’t Hide (Your Love From Me) (1983)
• Delegation - Heartache No. 9 (1980)
• Deniece Williams - Let’s Hear It For The Boy (1984)
• Diana Ross - I’m Coming Out (1980)
• Distinction - That’s The Way I Like It (???)
• Ellie Hope - Lucky (1983)
• Evelyn “Champagne” King - If You Want My Lovin’ (1981)
• Freda Payne - In Motion (1982)
• Haywoode - I Can’t Let You Go (1984)
• High Fashion - Feelin’ Lucky Lately (1982)
• Imagination - Just An Illusion (1982)
• Inner Life - I Like It Like That (Instrumental) (1983)
• Jazzy Dee - Get On Up (1983)
• Jermaine Stewart - We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off (1985)
• Jessie Rogers - One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show (1983)
• Jimmy Ross - First True Love Affair (1981)
• Kano - Can’t Hold Back (Your Loving) (1981)
• Leon Haywood - Don’t Push It, Don’t Force It (1980)
• Luther Vandross - Never Too Much (1981)
• Mel Brooks - The Hitler Rap (To Be Or Not To Be) (1983)
• Melba Moore - Love’s Comin’ At Ya (1983)
• Midnight Star - Operator (1984)

Plastic Bertrand - Tout Petit La Planète (Okay Edit) (2009) (full length, right-click to save)
Plastic Bertrand - Tout Petit La Planète (1978)

Yet another Dan Lacksman’s pre-Telex work.

Аndrei Rodionov & Boris Tikhomirov - I’m A Board Computer (1987)

This is the first track on this weird album. And it rocks.

Angela Werner - Won’t You Be My Lover (1981)

1gnition - Secret Sunday Lover (Greg Wilson Edit)

This one’s a classic hit single but the different mixes are soOo efficient to me that I can’t resist to share the groove!

1st release in 2007 produced by Ignition a UK  based band formed by Ali Love & Marcus J Knight with Eon including Greg Wilson’s epic mix.

Ali Love - Secret Sunday Lover

2nd version appears on Ali Love’s album and single in a dirty style and another juicy mix by Sébastien Léger turning to acid.

Ali Love - Secret Sunday Lover (Sebastien Ledger Remix)

peter richard - strange desires

Fulltime label, Italy 1981

v.i.s.a - i’m a dancer

A Celso Valli production, Italy, 1980

synthi & gert - sister susie’s synthesizer

A children’s song-like track apparently popular in Germany during the late 70’s.  Cheap, horrible and embarrassing - OR IS IT?

diane dufresne - strip tease

An elegantly sleazy 1979 discolounge track by a Canadian chanteuse

John Fiddy & Sammy Burdson - Sources Of Power (1977?,1981?)

This track comes from a library music compilation dedicated to business and industries (!), titled Corporate Classics, and published by Sonoton.