Look Me Up

Here is beautiful stunning disco classic by Blue Magic to get you through the Monday blues. The break is pure bliss thanks to the genius of Tom Moulton. Enjoy!

You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine

Here is a brilliant remix by Godfather of House Frankie Knuckles of Lou Rawls' "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine".  It has been extracted from a live mix he did at the Boiler Room  last year.  It's nothing short of a brilliant treatment he did to this disco classic.  This remix has been circulating heavily on the internet and whether it will have a proper release I'm not certain. One thing for sure is that this remix it's a testament of Mr. Knuckles longevity and brilliance as a DJ/Producer. Enjoy!

You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine (Frankie Knuckles live at the Boiler Room, 2013) - Lou Rawls



and here is the 60 minutes live mix as well:





....and here is Tom Moulton amazing treatment of it for your listening pleasure:

Free Man

 

Oh Yes!  Enjoy this beautiful Sunday with this amazing disco classic. The unreleased Tom Moulton acetate 12" version by South Shore Commission.  The break of this song in stunning. Now I got to go and be one with nature! Enjoy

Free Man - South Shore Commission

Ma-Mo-Ah

Here is a song by one of my other favorite of the Disco orchestras. "Ma-Mo-Ah" was the first song put under the Tony Valor Sounds Orchestra. Tony Valor was born in Sicily, but at the age of one his family moved to Brooklyn, NY where his father who was a record shop owner and dancer instilled music to the younger Valor and encouraged him to sing as well as learn to play the piano, guitar and drums. By the time he reached his teens Valor was singing on street corners in Brooklyn and the rest is disco history. Valor sang vocals with other groups such as The Impalas and the Classics but it wasn't until the '70s when he was doing what was to become early Disco music. "Ma-Mo-Ah" was inspired after hearing music by Mongo Santamaria. and it was first released as a 7 inch single and later as a Brunswick 12 inch single in 1977 as "Ma-Mo-Ah (Take II)." The Take II stems from the fact that it was actually a remix by Tom Moulton with added percussion. "Ma-Mo-Ah" was a worldwide smash in 1977 and has been released a few times since then. Valor said'; "It gets sampled a lot and how I can tell is there was something I did in that record that has not been done before since. I encoded certain things in DBX....so it had this particular sound. No one knows how I did it and if they take the sample they can't change that." Indeed, nothing can change the fabulous disco sound of Tony Valor Sounds Orchestra! Enjoy

Ma-Mo-Ah - Tony Valor Orchestra

 

Take Some Time Out For Love

Here is a song by the one and only The Salsoul Orchestra. They were the backing band for acts on Salsoul Records. It was formed in New York in 1974 and disbanded in 1982. Their music featured elements of Philly Soul, Funk, Latin Music and disco. The Salsoul Orchestra included 50 members with instrumental section, arrangers and conductors. It was conducted by Vincent Montana Jr. (1975-1978). Production duties came, from 1978 to 1983 to Tom Moulton, Stan Lucas, Patrick Adams and Bunny Sigler. The personnel of the Salsoul Orchestra and MFSB overlapped substantially. "Take Some Time Out For Love" is from their last full length LP Heat It Up and it features the amazing Jocelyn Brown on vocals. I'm loving the breaks and more electronic feel of this one. The message couldn't be more clearly around this hectic times. So ....let's take a little time out for love....Need I say more? Enjoy

Take Some Time Out For Love - The Salsoul Orchestra