Disco

[Leonard Hatred]

Talk to me 

[aldgate]

Froggy's Monster Sound System. Proper old school wall of speakers

[Hermit Road]

I bloody love disco me

[Briano]

Lyceum in the Strand ‘best disco in town’

 

[Gary Strodders shank]

Royalty Southgate.

All the hot girls went to discos. The wedge haircut came from Disco Boys. There was a slight overlap with the New Romantics and Jazz Funk. 

Steven Howlett  (Froggy) was another big name at the Royalty 

I was too young to get in at the time unfortunately but was big into the jazz funk scene 

Robbie (if it moves funk it ) Vincent had a Saturday morning show on radio London where he played all the latest releases from both sides of the pond.

A few years later I saw him do his stuff live with the likes of Froggy and Steve Walsh at places like the Lyceum Flicks and Bogarts.

Happy days.




 

[Swiss.]

Royalty Southgate.

All the hot girls went to discos. The wedge haircut came from Disco Boys. There was a slight overlap with the New Romantics and Jazz Funk. 

 

[claypole]

...Inferno!
Burn baby burn
Burn that mother down

Another child orphaned 

[aldgate]

Heard the news about Chris Hill yesterday. Very sad. Had some great nights at Kings in Seven Kings and weekends at Caister.

[Gary Strodders shank]

RIP Chris Hill 

An iconic Brit funk DJ of the eighties

The Canary Goldmine 

Lacey Lady 

He also discovered Sinead O Connor

Canvey Goldmine

[Gary Strodders shank]

RIP Chris Hill 

An iconic Brit funk DJ of the eighties

The Canary Goldmine 

Lacey Lady 

He also discovered Sinead O Connor

[yngwies Cat]

Dale

[Sydney_Iron]

Duck?

[Gary Strodders shank]

Top of a double decker bus open top , part of a video for Just An Illusion , Imagination I think . Near Chertsey or Shepperton . I may have this wrong . I was very very drunk .

Cheers mate, hunting through boxes now - trying to find my vinyl copy of this. Weekends ruined. 

I love disco 

 

Im sure i had a white label 12" of Just an illusion 
God knows where it is noe 

[honky cat]

Top of a double decker bus open top , part of a video for Just An Illusion , Imagination I think . Near Chertsey or Shepperton . I may have this wrong . I was very very drunk .

Cheers mate, hunting through boxes now - trying to find my vinyl copy of this. Weekends ruined. 

I love disco 

[Trilby55]

Top of a double decker bus open top , part of a video for Just An Illusion , Imagination I think . Near Chertsey or Shepperton . I may have this wrong . I was very very drunk .

[wils]

Didn't know they were still available!

[Briano]

Room at the top was the place to go

 

[mallard]

Superb Thread Icon 

[Central Park Man]

Before he died Maurice Gibb decided that he wanted to be buried next to his brother,

The coroner asked him how deep is your bruv?

[Central Park Man]

I went to MC Hammer's house, he wouldn't let me touch anything.

Lame

[BRANDED]

Went to my first disco in 1977. Disco outlived punk by decades. 

[Bungo]

Saw Nile Rodgers and Chic a few weeks back in Crystal Palace. With various support DJs it was a VERY disco-tastic evening. 

Crowd was a bit different from those that are more familiar to me. Not a sign of a mosh pit breaking out at any point. 

For me it's apparent that everything is so upbeat both musically and lyrically. Would be interesting to hear a disco style song musically with Morrisey or Radiohead style lyrics... 

[Far Cough UKunt]

I went to MC Hammer's house, he wouldn't let me touch anything.

[Gary Strodders shank]

I was only a kid at the time but started getting into the music and buying the records.

Van McCoy - The hustle 
Heatwave- Boogie nights 
The Hues corporation - Rock the boat 
Earth Wind and Fire -Boogie wonderland
Chic Le Freak 
The O jays -Love train 
Edwin Star Contact 

Then along came through Bee gees and Saturday night fever before jazz funk came into being along with some great soul and dance artists.

I used to spend fortunes on records in them days and then started going to some of the clubs regularly 

Later than that it was house which wasn't really my thing but i had mates who used to do the odd DJ set so I would tag along and we would knock about with the likes of  Brandon Block which was an experience.












 

[Tomshardware]

[zebthecat]

...Inferno!
Burn baby burn
Burn that mother down