Disco Discharge: Disco Boogie

First time on vinyl for this lovingly curated collection of full-length and 12” versions of Disco classics, originally released as part of the ‘Disco Discharge’ CD series in 2010. Disco was always a broad church. As a genre it brought in elements from Motown and Philly, Pop, Latin, African, Musicals, Classical and even Rock. Even so, arguably the longest-lived iteration of Disco came from the Blues-originated ‘Boogie’ genre. Boogie was a flame that both provided the very basis of the Disco groove and outlasted the genre’s staggering late-’70s mainstream global takeover. With its blend of Soul, Jazz, Funk and R&B and with its name descending from street slang for – ahem – sweaty lovemaking, Boogie lasted well into the 1980s and beyond. It was was Disco in the raw: Boogie was fundamental.

Gathering together 20 exemplars of the sound, Disco Discharge: Disco Boogie provides a one-stop shop to Boogie heaven, and it features some of the biggest names of the genre, alongside some heinously forgotten classics.

Disco Discharge, Disco Boogie is also released as a 21-track 2CD in Deluxe Gatefold
Packaging. Both formats come fully annotated with sleeve notes by Alan Jones, co - author of ‘Saturday Night Forever: The Story Of Disco’.

Released: September 2024
Cat: DEMREC1225
Label: Demon Records/ Edsel Deluxe

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Tracklist

2LP:
SIDE A
1. Let's Go Round Again (Original 12" Mix) - Average White Band
2. Inner Feelings (Original Album Version) - Cashmere
3. Zulu (12" Mix) - The Quick

SIDE B
1. Inherit The Wind (Original Album Version) - Wilton Felder
2. Hard Times (Original 12" Mix) - Al McCall
3. Switch (Original 12" Instrumental Mix) - Benelux And Nancy Dee

SIDE C
1. Georgy Porgy (Special Disco Mix) - Toto ft. Cheryl Lynn
2. Tonight’s The Night (Full Length Version) - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes ft. Sharon Paige
3. Night Cruiser (Original 12" Mix) - Deodato

SIDE D
1. Baby Talk (Special 12" Remix By Shep Pettibone) - Alisha
2. Call Me (Original 12" Mix) - Skyy
3. It Must Be Magic (Full Length Album Version) - Teena Marie

2CD:
CD1:
1. Let's Go Round Again (Original 12" Mix) - Average White Band
2. Rescue Me (Original 12" Mix) - Sybil Thomas
3. Inner Feelings (Original Album Version) - Cashmere
4. Don’t You Want To Feel It (For Yourself) (Original Album Version) - Stacey Lattisaw
5. Hard Times (Original 12" Mix) - Al McCall
6. Zulu (12” Version) - The Quick
7. Do You Like It Like That (Original 12" Mix) - Carte Blanche
8. Switch (Original 12" Instrumental Mix) / Benelux And Nancy Dee
9. Do As I Do (Original 12" Mix) - Donna McGhee
10. Inherit The Wind (Full Length Album Version) - Wilton Felder

CD2
1. Georgy Porgy (Special Disco Mix) -Toto ft. Cheryl Lynn
2. Tonight’s The Night (Full Length Version) - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes ft. Sharon Paige
3. Autumn Leaves (Original 12" Mix) - Illusion Orchestra
4. You Make It Heaven (Original 12" Mix) - Terri Wells
5. Shine On Me (12" Version) - One Way
6. Baby Talk (Special 12" Remix By Shep Pettibone) - Alisha
7. Night Cruiser (Original 12" Mix) - Deodato
8. It Must Be Magic (Full Length Album Version) - Teena Marie
9. Call Me (Original 12" Mix) - Skyy
10. Meet Me Halfway There - Glenn Jones