#disco delivery

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The second of Sean Lawrence's Discaire columns from the June 1979 issue of Christopher Street. The title of this second installment seems quite apropos even 40 years later, the theme of Kitchen Disco has basically been the name of the game since the beginning of this pandemic. Though I’m not in agreement with all of his picks and pans (Parlet's "Invasion of the Booty Snatchers" is still a jam, IMO), Lawrence's observation about disco and its relationship to nostalgia is spot on. Full transcription on the main blog.

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The recent sudden passing of Mary Wilson prompted me to go into my archives, where I found this interview with the Supremes of ‘75 (Mary Wilson, Cindy Birdsong & Scherrie Payne) from The Advocate’s August 13, 1975 Discos! issue. Hope to post more from that issue. Full transcribed interview on the main blog and some personal thoughts on the late Mary Wilson. 

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D.D. Sound - She’s Not A Disco Lady

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Felt compelled to write a blog post on the late Bob Crewe’s disco opus - a concept album around what he had described as a “trysexual disco-rock ballet.” Not only an ambitious concept for the time, but a bold personal statement from one of the greatest American songwriters and producers of the time. 

Disco Delivery #66: The Bob Crewe Generation - Street Talk (1976, Elektra)

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Wrote a blog post about a nice little 7" find from December - a copy of the original Jamaican pressing of Andrea True's "More, More, More." Note: she's not yet billed as "The Andrea True Connection" and Tom Moulton hadn't (re)mixed it yet. Bit more rough around the edges than the US version that would become the hit, but nice to hear nonetheless.. 

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Continuing to catalogue my liner note projects on the main blog - posted a little bit (ok well, a lot) of background on the liner essay I wrote for the recent Big Break Records reissue of Patrick Adams Presents Phreek (1978, Atlantic). One of my favourite disco records, containing the original version of the Paradise Garage anthem "Weekend." Have to give some love to the great artwork by Todd Schorr, who had done several other album covers for the Atlantic label at the time. 

Also, an earlier blog post on the album - Disco Delivery #38, from 2007.

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Disco Delivery Mix #3: Happy 'Bout The Whole Thing.. just uploaded my latest mix to Mixcloud and to my blog (with download link and tracklist)

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Disco Delivery Mix #1: Disco Pride Mix