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01. The Grand Jury - Music Is Fun To Me (Inst)
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02. The Grand Jury - Music Is Fun To Me (Voc)
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03. South Side Coalition - (Don't You Wanna) Get Down
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04. Chocolate Syrup - We've Got To Get Together
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05. Three Ounces of Love - Disco Man Part 1 & 2
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06. Crystal Image - Gonna Have A Good Time (inst)
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07. Crystal Image - Gonna Have A Good Time (Voc)
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08. Lenny Welch - A Hundred Pounds of Pain
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09. Prophecy - What Ever's Your Sign Pt 1
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10. Prophecy - What Ever's Your Sign Pt 2
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11. The Dramatics - No Rebate On Love
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12. The Electric Ladies - Nothing Between Us
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ARTIST
VA
TITLE
Mainstream Disco Funk
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
WEWANTSOUNDS
CATALOG #
WWSLP 066LP
WWSLP 066LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
3/3/2023
Funk and soul in the early '70s were mutating to a new sound spearheaded by such labels as Philadelphia International Records (PIR), Scepter, and Salsoul: Early disco was taking off and Its sound was earthier and more urban, mixing the nascent disco beat with strong funk and soul elements. New York was at the epicenter of the phenomenon, thanks to its thriving club scene and also to a new wave of DJs from the Bronx who started playing the music at block parties along with
James Brown
and
Mandrill
. bubbling under was a cohort of small independent labels that released some great music on 7" singles to meet the growing demand. Industry veteran
Bob Shad
and his label Mainstream Records started investigating this new scene and asked his circle of independent producers to bring him their latest production for release. For the occasion, he set up two sub labels, IX Chains and Brown Dog. Among the producers who'd heard Shad's call were Tommy Stewart who came up with
The South Side Coalition
's funky "(Don't You Wanna) Get Down Get Down" in 1975 and
Prophecy
's "What Ever's Your Sign" a year later. Seasoned arranger/producer
Bert DeCoteaux
(
Patti Austin
,
Maxine Brown
,
The Main Ingredient
) brought
Lenny Welch
's soulful "A Hundred Pounds of Pain' and the superb mid-tempo instrumental "Nothing Between Us" by
The Electric Ladies
. Arranger
Jimmy Roach
came with his latest single with
The Dramatics
("No Rebate on Love") whom he'd worked with at Volt and with
Three Ounces of Love
on their aptly titled single "Disco Man," whose unissued long version merging Side 1 and 2 is released here on vinyl for the first time. The sister group would go on to sign with Motown in 1978 and release their sole album self-titled
Three Ounces of Love
. Other highlights on
Mainstream Disco Funk
include
The Grand Jury
's "Music Is Fun To Me" with its languid funky rhythm arranged by
Ted Bodnar
, a producer and studio engineer who'd work with
Sir Joe Quarterman
,
Blair
and
Al Johnson
. Also featured on the set is
Crystal Image
's superb "Gonna Have a Good Time (part 1 & 2)" which typifies the blend of urban funk, glitzy strings and metronomic beat that were signature elements of early disco. Also features
Chocolate Syrup
. Remastered by Colorsound Studio in Paris, with liner notes by
Charles Waring
.
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