Saturday 20 November 2021

VIVA - Don't Turn Your Love Away (12'' Maxi- x4 Mixes) 1985 WAV HQ Format Hi-NRG Italo Disco Eurobeat 12'' 7'' White Label Dance 80s "Out-Of-Print" RARE

VIVA - Don't Turn Your Love Away

(12'' Maxi- x4 Mixes) 1985

WAV HQ Format

Hi-NRG Italo Disco Eurobeat

VIVA 🔥 "DON'T TURN YOUR LOVE AWAY" (x4 Re-Mixes) 1985

Hi-NRG Italo Disco Eurobeat 12''/7'' Dance 80s

01 Viva - Don't Turn Your Love Away (Extended 12'' Maxi-Mix) (5.03) ℗ 1985

02 Viva - Don't Turn Your Love Away (Italo Disco Sleaze Extended Mix) (7.19) ℗ 1985

03 Viva - Don't Turn Your Love Away (Single 7'' Mix) (3.42) ℗ 1985

04 Viva - Don't Turn Your Love Away (Durbs Re-Mix) (3.48) ℗ 1985

"Hi NRG Italo Disco Eurobeat inspired synthpop from Durban's own Mike Durandt, it follows the tried and tested formula of potent synths and sultry, effeminate vocals over uptempo rhythms that conjure images of sweaty aerobics studios and suburban discos. It's either generic or timeless, depending on your memories of the era. This is the original South African 12'' Maxi release, with the Italo Disco sleaze bootleg 12'' mix, + both mixes (sides A & B) from the original S.A. 7'' single release. Later also released in Canada on Power Records."

Produced by Kevin Mason at Coastal Recording - Durban, South Africa

Arranged by Mike Durandt and Kevin Mason

Publisher: Silversongs

℗ 1985 Jive Wire Records

Marketed By – Trutone Music

Distributed By – Trutone Music

Printed By – Artone Press

Published By – Silversongs

Produced At – Coastal Recording Studios, Durban

Viva – Don't Turn Your Love Away

Label: Jive Wire – SV 0114 (12'') & Jive Wire – Wire 22 (7'')

Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Maxi-Single & Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM

Country: South Africa

Released: 1985

Genre: Electronic

Style: Hi NRG, Italo-Disco, Eurobeat

📚 SONG LYRICS: "Don't Turn Your Love Away" 🔥 (performed by VIVA)

Don't Don't Turn Your Love Away From Me..eeeee

Dont Dont Turn Your Love Away From Me..eeeee ee hee hee hee ee eee eee

Baby, Our Loves On The Line

So Don't Say, The Words Out Of Time

For The Love You Knew

Was The Love I Knew

When When Our Hearts Were High

And We Could Touch The Sky

CHORUS

Don't Don't Turn Your Love Away From Me..eeeee

Dont Dont Turn Your Love Away From Me..eeeee ee hee hee hee ee eee eee

Baby, The Sun's On The Rise

There's A New Hope, Shining In My Eyes

What's Been Has Been

We're On The Scene

And We Can Play The Part

From The Very Start, And Fly

Don't Don't Turn Your Love Away From Me..eeeee

Don't Don't Turn Your Love Away From Me..eeeee ee hee hee hee ee eee eee

For The Love You Knew,

Was The Love I Knew

And We Can Play The Part

From The Very Start, We Can Fly

CHORUS x3

Baby, Our Loves On The Line...

So Don't Say The Words Out Of Time

For The Love You Knew,

Was The Love I Knew

When Our Hearts Were High

We Could Touch The Sky

CHORUS x3

[Composed by Mike Durandt]

Publisher: Silversongs

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Monday 4 October 2021

PATRICK COWLEY🔺👁⃤ 'COLLABORATIONS' (1977-1982) 40th Anniversary - Various Artists Electronic Disco Hi-NRG Funk 70s 80s

"Patrick Cowley's 🔺👁⃤ "Collaborations" is a collection of works Patrick contributed to/remixed/wrote/played on and/or produced for/with other artists"

00:00 01. Carl Carlton - Baby I Need Your Loving (12'') 5.52 (1982) 05:51 02. Jeannie Tracy - Time Bomb (Extended) 6.09 (1982) 11:59 03. L.T.D. - Back In Love Again, Again (Version 1) 4.42 (1977) 16:41 04. Lipps Inc. - Funkytown Revival 7.53 (1979) 24:35 05. Loverdé - Die Hard Lover (12'') 7.07 (1982) 31:43 06. Michele - Disco Dance (Remix) 13.47 (1977) 45:28 07. Tantra - The Hills Of Katmandu (Megamix 12'') 16.21 (1979) 1:01:49 08. Two Tons Of Fun - I Got The Feeling (Remix 12'') 7.13 (1980) 1:08:59 09. Tantra - Hills Of Katmandu (12'' Remix) 6.25 (1979) 1:15:26 10. Hot Posse - An American Dream (Medley) 6.22 (1981) 1:21:45 11. L.T.D. - Back In Love Again, Again (Version 2) 4.37 (1977) 1:26:22 12. Passengers - Hot Leather (Moby Dick 12'' Remix) 11.54 (1981) 1:38:16 13. Paul Parker - Pushin' Too Hard (Blecman & Kessie Remix) 5.54 (1982) 1:44:10 14. Sarah Dash - Low Down Dirty Rhythm (12'' Mix) 6.42 (1983) 1:50:52 15. Sarah Dash - Lucky Tonight (12'' Extended Version) 5.57 (1983) 1:56:48 16. Sylvester - Don't Stop (12'' Extended Mix) 6.49 (1982) 2:03:39 17. Fever - Standing In The Shadows Of Love (12'' Mix) 7.06 (1978) Patrick Joseph Cowley (October 19, 1950 – November 12, 1982) was an American disco and Hi-NRG dance music composer and recording artist. Along with Giorgio Moroder, he often is credited as a pioneer of electronic dance music. During his teenage years, Cowley became a successful drummer with local amateur bands before attending Niagara University and later the University at Buffalo to study English. In 1971, at the age of 21, Cowley moved to San Francisco to attend the City College of San Francisco (CCSF) where he studied music, specifically the use of synthesizers. Cowley met San Francisco-based musician Sylvester in 1978. Sylvester had asked Cowley to join his studio band after hearing some of his early synthesizer recordings. He played synthesizer on Sylvester's 1978 album Step II which included the hits "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" and "Dance (Disco Heat)". In addition, he wrote "Stars" and "I Need Somebody to Love Tonight" from his 1979 album Stars. Cowley also joined Sylvester's live band and joined him on several world tours. Cowley's own hits included "Menergy" in 1981, a frank celebration of the gay club scene, and "Megatron Man", which hit #1 and #2 respectively on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1981. That same year, Patrick Cowley was celebrated at the Menergy parties at The EndUp in San Francisco. He also wrote and produced the dance single "Right on Target" for San Francisco artist Paul Parker, which reached #1 on the Billboard dance chart in 1982. "Do Ya Wanna Funk", a collaboration with Sylvester, made #4 on the Billboard dance chart that same year. Cowley also did a 15'45" long remix of Donna Summer's "I Feel Love", which is now a collector's item. Mind Warp, his final album, was composed as he felt the increasing effects of HIV infection, and its songs reflect his increasing detachment from conventional reality as the disease progressed. During a world tour with Sylvester in late 1981, Cowley complained of feeling increasingly unwell. Upon returning to the United States, he visited a doctor who diagnosed food poisoning. Weeks later, with his condition only worsening, doctors again failed to identify what was wrong with him. At this early stage in the history of the HIV and AIDS, misdiagnosis was common and so Cowley, who was gay, was discharged from the hospital (in 1982) after doctors could do nothing more for him. Cowley died at his home in the Castro District neighbourhood in San Francisco on November 12, 1982. He was 32 years old, an early victim of AIDS. A couple of tracks were completed for a planned Sarah Dash album that year, which was cut short by Cowley's death. Despite never fully achieving mainstream commercial success, Cowley is nevertheless regarded as a pioneer of early electronic music and the creator of Hi-NRG, an uptempo strain of disco. Various 1980s artists such as Pet Shop Boys and New Order have cited his influence as a producer. Cowley has been described as "a musical pioneer whose achievements rippled throughout queer culture and beyond into the disco mainstream". Since the 2010s, Cowley's profile has risen as "listeners and scholars excavate disco's intersection with gay liberation." Amid the accompanying emergence of nu-disco in the late 2000s and early 2010s, profiles of Cowley across social media and other high-profile outlets have contributed to a resurgence of interest in his work.

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Wednesday 5 May 2021

ITALO DISCO EROTIK 🔥📼 LOST XXX VIDEO SOUNDTRACKS 1979-1984 electronic underground Instrumental / Dubs 70s 80s CULT

🅸🆃🅰🅻🅾 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 🅴🆁🅾🆃🅸🅺

The Lost Video Soundtracks 1979-1984 💋

01. S.P Clan - Get Down (On Love) (Instrumental Mix) (Did Records, 1983)

02. The Droids – (Do You Have) The Force 1 (Barclay Disques, 1977)

03. Bob Salton – Starknight (Instrumental Mix) (Blood Record, 1982)

04. Adal Scandy Super Band - Pirana (Instrumental Mix) (F1 Team, 1979)

05. Gazebo - Masterpiece (Instrumental Mix) (Best Record, 1982)

06. Jean-Michel Jarre - Orient Express (Extended) (Disques Dreyfus, 1982)

07. Dharma - Plastic Doll (Instrumental Mix) (System Music, 1982)

08. Amin Peck - Suicidal (Instrumental Mix) (Best Record, 1983)

09. R.E.M. - Computer Communication (Xanadu Records, 1983)

10. Jean-Michel Jarre - Magnetic Fields, Part 2 (Disques Dreyfus, 1981)

11. Sunbelt - Spin It (12'' Version) (Importe/12 USA, 1981)

12. Oliver Onions - It's Only Love (Vocal Version) (Cabum Musica, 1983)

13. G.F. Lunghi - Acapulco Nights (Instrumental Version) (Memory Records, 1984)

14. Ego - Theme From E.T. (Extra-Terrestrial Dance Version) (Zanza Records, 1982)

15. S.P Clan - Get Down (On Love) (Vocal Version) (Did Records, 1983)

The Real Background Story:

ITALO DISCO "SLEAZE":

Background Soundtrack Music in 80s XXX Adult Videos 📼

(How Italo Disco sometimes ended up, in American hardcore 80s porn video soundtracks)

Hardly ever discussed, but Italo Disco Instrumental / Dub mixes were featured pretty often in USA/Canadian 80s adult video films.

Home Video (Betamax / VHS) was introduced in North America in the late 70s. This new home technology quickly created a HUGE market for home adult films sold on video cassettes.

The quickest, cheapest and most profitable practice was for XXX film studios to use existing 70s "loops" 🎞️ cinema porn films and make them available on home video for sale. 📼

Most of the 70s "loops" porn films had no sound. Film producers needed many hundreds of hours of background instrumentals for the adult home video releases.

Nightclub DJs were already playing slowed down ITALO SLEAZE instrumental sets, mostly early morning sets, played for a few hours, before closing time.

Porn Studios would commission DJs to make reel to reel mixes, with many hours of original "unknown" instrumental dub tunes. Electronic sounding Italo Disco instrumentals worked well, as made the old 70s "loops" adult films seem much more modern. 📼

Between 1980 to 1984 this practice was extremely common. Hi-NRG disco instrumental dub mixes were used too, but the sleazy sounding (and mostly unknown) Italo instrumentals were most popular.

These American and Canadian XXX Video productions 📼 would travel around the world, via sales and piracy.

Sometimes, for music lovers, more legendary for having a cool killer "unknown italo dub mix" soundtrack than for the onscreen action!

📼

Italo Disco's DIRTY LITTLE SECRET! ;-) 🎼 🎵 🎶

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Tuesday 13 April 2021

FANTASY ✨ Fantasy (Album) 1979 Disco Rock Synth Funk Synth Pop Electronic RARE "Out-Of-Print" 70s 80s HQ WAV

FANTASY ✨

Fantasy (Album) 1979

Disco Rock Synth Funk Synth Pop Electronic RARE "Out-Of-Print" 70s 80s

PCM Uncompressed / WAV HQ / 44100 Hz / 24 Bit rip from Greek Pressing Vinyl LP

FANTASY ✨ Fantasy (Album) 1979 Disco Rock Synth Funk Pop RARE 70s 80s

00:00 A1. Baby I'm In Love

05:43 A2. I Found Love

10:53 A3. Terri

14:05 A4. I Want You

19:31 B1. Night Ride

25:39 B2. What's The Verdict

29:59 B3. I Thought That I Knew You Well

34:24 B4. Don't Break The Spell

End-of-1970s disco band from South Africa, who had two South African Greek members.

The band had a radio hit singles with "I Found Love", "Baby I'm In Love" and "What's The Verdict".

Their 1979 CBS Records full album "Fantasy" was released on LP and Cassette first in South Africa, then in Greece.

The band undertook a tour of Greece for many months to do gigs and promote the album.

Members are:

Lolly Peterson (Lead Vocals), Ashley Brokensha (Lead Guitar, Vocals), Chris Ghelakis (Bass, Vocals), Costa Anadiotis (Keyboards, Vocals), Derek De Beer (Drums, Percusion, Vocals)

In the 80s, Costa Anadiotis (Keyboards, Vocals) went on to have success with dance group Café Society.

Derek De Beer (Drums, Percusion, Vocals) had success with Johnny Clegg's "Savuka", earning 11 Gold LPs in nine countries.

Chris Ghelakis (Bass, Vocals) had success founding C.S.R. Records and Studios in the 80s.

Lolly Peterson (Lead Vocals) had success as a solo singer, and with group Café Society.

Ashley Brokensha (Lead Guitar, Vocals) had further success as a member of bands Ballyhoo and Zia.

Backing Vocals – Malie Kelly

Bass Guitar, Vocals – Chris Ghelakis

Drums, Percussion, Vocals – Derek De Beer

Keyboards, Vocals – Costa Anadiotis

Lead Guitar, Vocals – Ashley Brokensha

Lead Vocals – Lolly Peterson

Producer – Fantasy & Hilton Rosenthal

Fantasy – Fantasy

Label: CBS ‎– 84664

Format: Vinyl, LP

Country: Greece

Released: 1979

Genre: Funk / Soul

Style: Disco

℗ 1979 CBS Records / 2021 digital vinyl transfer Retro Disco Hi-NRG

PCM Uncompressed / WAV HQ / 44100 Hz / 24 Bit rip from Greek Pressing LP

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Saturday 16 January 2021

DIVINE 👠✨1985 FULL INTERVIEW with Bill Grainger (Radio Clyde UK) 37mins Hi-NRG Disco Drag Queen 80s

DIVINE 👠✨

1985 FULL INTERVIEW with Bill Grainger (Radio Clyde UK)
37mins Hi-NRG Disco Drag Queen 80s

00:00 "Welcome Divine" - Intro 00:37 Divine the Man Vs Divine the Character 01:05 Divine's Stage Frocks (costumes) 02:09 What was Divine doing before starting in the entertainment business? 03:00 Divine Trash (Divine x2 clothing stores) Baltimore & Provincetown USA 03:30 Moved to West Coast (San Francisco/Los Angeles/Santa Monica) 6 years 03:57 Moved to East Coast (New York/Theatre plays) 6½ years 04:24 Moved to Key West (2 years) with lots of travelling on the road 04:54 Native Love (Step By Step) 🎶 [Bobby Orlando] 1982 09:08 Bobby Orlando period 1981-1984 ("O" Records, New York, USA) 10:10 Barry Evangeli Proto Records period 1984-1986 (Proto Records, London, UK) 11:40 Love Reaction (Blue Monday ripped off) New Order ☏ phoned & thanked Divine! 12:46 Love Reaction (Remix) 🎶 [Bobby Orlando] 1983/1984 18:12 You Think You're A Man (The Making Of @ Proto, London, UK) [Stock Aitken Waterman] 1984 19:34 Divine on TOP OF THE POPS (UK TV BBC Music Chart Show) 1984 20:29 Divine BANNED from TOP OF THE POPS (x2000 TV Viewer Complaints) 1984 24:25 I'm So Beautiful 🎶 [Proto Records, UK - Stock Aitken Waterman] 1984 26:44 Divine "The Big Movie Star!" 29:59 "Divine is not a Transvestite..." 30:57 "Thank You Divine...." 31:53 Walk Like A Man (Live Performance) 12'' Remix) 🎶 [Proto Records, UK - Barry Evangeli/Pete Ware] 1985

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📷 Divine 'iconic' photography by Greg Gorman www.gormanphotography.com

RETRO DISCO Hi-NRG 🚀 http://retrodisco-hi-nrg.blogspot.com 🖭 https://www.mixcloud.com/retro-nrg/ Remembering Bill Grainger: ✨ (R.I.P)

🔺 Bill Grainger is known for bringing HI NRG music to Scotland through his legendary Fire Island Club in Edinburgh in the 1980’s and his long running HI NRG show on Radio Clyde (Glasgow & Central Scotland) during the same period. He has worked with Simon Cowell, Eartha Kitt, Evelyn Thomas, Village People, Hazell Dean, Sinitta and many more. he also worked with Record Shack Records and managed Seventh Avenue who later became Big Fun (best remembered for their hit single Blame It On The Boogie). He also toured with The Hitman & Her show with Pete Waterman, Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan. He then went on to launch CLUBSCENE RECORDS and ACADEMY STREET RECORDS.

🔺 Divine (performer) 👠 Artist info: ✨ (R.I.P)

Harris Glenn Milstead (October 19, 1945 – March 7, 1988), better known by his stage name Divine, was an American actor, singer, and drag queen. Closely associated with the independent filmmaker John Waters, Divine was a character actor, usually performing female roles in cinematic and theatrical productions, and adopted a female drag persona for his music career. After starring as the lead role in Waters' next film, Female Trouble (1974), Divine moved on to theatre, appearing in several avant-garde performances alongside San Francisco drag collective, The Cockettes. He followed this with a performance in Tom Eyen's play Women Behind Bars and its sequel, The Neon Woman. Continuing his cinematic work, he starred in two more of Waters' films, Polyester (1981) and Hairspray (1988), the latter of which represented his breakthrough into mainstream cinema and for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male. Independent of Waters, he also appeared in a number of other films, such as Lust in the Dust (1985) and Trouble in Mind (1985), seeking to diversify his repertoire by playing male roles. In 1981, Divine embarked on a career in the disco industry by producing a number of Hi-NRG tracks, most of which were written by Bobby Orlando. He achieved international chart success with hits like "You Think You're a Man", "I'm So Beautiful", and "Walk Like a Man", all of which were performed in drag. Having struggled with obesity throughout his life, he died from cardiomegaly, shortly after the release of Hairspray. Described by People magazine as the "Drag Queen of the Century", Divine has remained a cult figure, particularly within the LGBT community, and has provided the inspiration for fictional characters, artworks, and songs. Various books and documentary films devoted to his life have also been produced, including Divine Trash (1998) and I Am Divine (2013).