RETRO DISCO HI-NRG

Friday, 6 August 2010

Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero (12'' Maxi) 1984 Hi-NRG Disco Rock "FOOTLOOSE" 80's movie soundtrack classic (x6 remixes)

"Holding Out for a Hero" is a song written by Jim Steinman and Dean Pitchford, it became a massive hit for Bonnie Tyler.

(see music video!)

"Holding Out for a Hero" was released in 1984 on the soundtrack to the film Footloose. It later appeared on Tyler's Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire album. It hit #96 for the first time in UK in 1984,#2 in 1985, #69 in 1991.

Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero (12'' Maxi) 1984

tracklisting:

(x6 tracks from all original format releases)

01 - Holding Out For A Hero (Special Extended Remix) 6.20

02 - Holding Out For A Hero (Instrumental Remix) 5.16

03 - Faster Than The Speed Of Night (B Side track) 4.39

04 - Holding Out For A Hero (Radio Edit) 4.22

05 - Holding Out For A Hero (Jellybean Remix) 6.20

06 - Holding Out For A Hero (Disconet Remix) 6.32

Thursday, 5 August 2010

Boom Boom Room - Stretch (Album) 1987 electro pop 80's "Here Comes The Man" RARE ALBUM

In late 1985, the trio called Boom Boom Room (named after an obscure American comic strip) arranged a showcase which so impressed Martin Hooker (of heavy metal label Music For Nations) that he set a new pop label (Fun after All) in their honour to release their first single Here Comes the Man.

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With their original sound, and Andy’s striking image, the pop magazines went bananas over the band, and the single soon became A listed on Radio 1. TV appearances followed, (their video currently showing on YouTube), and soon the major labels became interested. CBS signed the band, re-released the single, and airplay continued at such a rate, it seemed that chart success was assured. Major labels however are a fickle bunch, and after an A & R shake up they soon lost interest in the band. Follow up singles Take Your Time (featuring the legendary PP Arnold) and Love Your Face were released, but sunk without trace, as did their album Stretch. Andy and Lushi continued as Something Blue for a while after Skid left to pursue his film and TV work. -
Here Comes the Man however proved to be a huge hit in South Africa, the song was used in an 80's TV Commercial for Storm deodorant and was covered by The Parlotones in 2005 getting to no2 in the charts.

Boom Boom Room

Stretch

(Rare Album)

1987

Wednesday, 4 August 2010

Tee Cee's - Disco Love Bite (Album) 1978 [trevor rabin] disco rock 70's

THE TEE CEE'S was a studio disco group, created by South African music legend TREVOR RABIN (from rock group "YES") in 1978

Trevor also worked on popular disco rock LP's, namely HOT RS and DISCO ROCK MACHINE (check out these rare albums which are also available on this site)
THE TEE CEE album was licenced by ZOMBA RECORDS (which was co-founded by Clive Calder, a South African-born and UK based record executive and businessman primarily known for co-founding the Zomba Group and its subsidiary Jive Records.

These experimental disco LP's are early releases that these two music legends would produce.

Trevor Rabin would go on to have huge success with the Rock Group YES

Calder would go on to become the wealthiest music billionaire in Britain, worth an estimated £1.3bn fortune.

Tracklist

A1
Disco Love Bite 8:08

A2
The Machine 6:44
B1
Solid And Cool 7:43
B2
Ecstasy 7:53

Credits
Artwork By [Sleeve Design] - Geoff Halpin Photography - Barnaby Hall Producer, Arranged By, Written-By - Trevor Rabin

Tee Cee's - Disco Love Bite (Album) 1978

Tuesday, 3 August 2010

Timerider - Сocoon (Album) 1988 [fancy] italo space disco synth "COCOON" pwl 80's 90's

TIMERIDER is an instrumental synth dance studio artist/group, created and produced by the very successful German italo disco artist "FANCY" (also known as "TESS")

The track "COCOON" became a chart hit in the UK, after PWL Producer PETE WATERMAN (from Stock Aitken & Waterman) used it as the theme tune to his TV Show "THE HITMAN & HER" in the early 90's.

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Here is the "hard-to-find" full length album by TIMERIDER, originally released in 1988 by ZYX Germany.

(This Album is a collection on instrumental space synth dance tracks, many of which are the instrumental versions of HIT records released by FANCY during the mid 80's)

Timerider - Сocoon (Album) 1988

Monday, 2 August 2010

Eastbound Expressway - Best Of (Album) hi-nrg disco soul 70's 80's

Biography
Eastbound Expressway first appeared on the 1976 single "Danger Zone", a production by British DJ and producer Ian Levine. Levine had originally intended the name to be Ian Levine and the Sounds of Summer but then changed it into Eastbound Expressway. Eastbound Expressway was then revived in 1978 when Levine was signing James Wells to AVI Records. One of the songs, "Never Let Go" was a repetitive funky dance groove. AVI loved ...
Eastbound Expressway first appeared on the 1976 single "Danger Zone", a production by British DJ and producer Ian Levine. Levine had originally intended the name to be Ian Levine and the Sounds of Summer but then changed it into Eastbound Expressway. Eastbound Expressway was then revived in 1978 when Levine was signing James Wells to AVI Records. One of the songs, "Never Let Go" was a repetitive funky dance groove. AVI loved the song but loathed Wells' wailing on top of it and asked Levine to take off his voice. "Never Let Go" was then released as an Eastbound Expressway 12" single which became a club hit early 1979, and AVI asked Levine to produce an album for it. AVI liked the resulting album Levine delivered but they just didn't think it was as funky as "Never Let Go" so the album released under another moniker, credited to Croisette. Levine rushed back into the studio to record another album with a more groove-based sound which was released, credited to Eastbound Expressway, in the summer of 1979. As with many 70s studio projects, no line-up appeared on the cover. The vocals had been sung by Levine's usual crew of session singers in the London Trident Studios. When Levine began producing Hi-NRG records for Record Shack Records in 1983, he revived the Eastbound Expressway name for the 12"s "Primitive Desire" (1983) - running 13½ minutes - and "Frantic Love" (1984), once again with a faceless group. Both singles were big hits on the Hi-NRG scene, the vocals being provided by three session singers, Norma, Shirley & Dee Lewis and one of Levine's other artists Laura Pallas. Levine left Record Shack early 1986 and signed with UK label Passion Records where he assembled an actual line-up for Eastbound Expressway, consisting of Karen Freeman, Joycelyn Phillips, and Bonnie Anderson. The trio appeared on three successful 12 inches for the label, most successfully "You're a Beat" (a pun on Eurobeat which the Hi-NRG sound was now being labelled) and also submitted the track "Whiplash" for Levine's own label Nightmare Records, early 1989. A compilation CD The Best of Eastbound Expressway, comprising all the recordings Levine did under that name, was released by Miami-based Hot Productions in 1995.

Eastbound Expressway - Best Of (Album)

Sunday, 1 August 2010

Eartha Kitt - Where Is My Man (The Best Of Eartha Kitt) Hi-NRG Disco Classics

Eartha Kitt was an American actress, singer, and cabaret star.

She was perhaps best known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 hit Christmas song "Santa Baby"

In 1984, she returned to the music charts with a disco Hi-HRG song, "Where Is My Man", the first certified gold record of her career. "Where Is My Man" reached the Top 40 on the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at #36; The song also made the Top 10 on the US Billboard dance chart, where it reached #7. The single was followed by the album I Love Men on the Record Shack label. Kitt found new audiences in nightclubs across the UK and the US, including a whole new generation of gay male fans, and she responded by frequently giving benefit performances in support of HIV/AIDS organizations. Her 1989 follow-up hit "Cha-Cha Heels" (featuring Bronski Beat), which was originally intended to be recorded by Divine, received a positive response from UK dance clubs and reached #32 in the charts in that country.

The Legendary Eartha Kitt died from cancer on Christmas Day, 2008 at her Weston, Connecticut, home.

Eartha Kitt - Where Is My Man

(The Best Of Eartha Kitt)

Saturday, 31 July 2010

Men Without Hats - Collection [Greatest-Hits Album] 80's new wave electro pop classic

Men Without Hats

Collection [Greatest Hits Album]

Sex 'n' Pop (TV Documentary) Boy George, Divine, Jake Shears, Amanda Lear, Bronski Beat, Marilyn, Dead Or Alive, Grace Jones, Prince Gay Disco 80's

Part of the documentary "Sex 'n' Pop" ...

A look at the 80s music scene covering gay artists and artists with expression from Boy George, Divine, Amanda Lear, Pete Burns, Duran Duran, Bronski Beat and more! ...