High Energy Double Dance - Volume.3 (2LP Set) 1984 80 Minutes Non-Stop mix

 

Not Bad - more High Energy than Italo really. I'd rate Vol 2 better but this is still a good one.

Fancy is back with the brill Chinese Eyes and Come Inside And a remix of Slice Me Nice. Nice tracks from Hazell Dean, Cafe Society Fun Fun.

Also the big dance version of One Night in Bankok by Robey. Oh and guess what's back again - Evelyn Thomas with "High Energy".

 Not much more really stands out in memory other than Divines' "I'm So Beautiful" (yip! Stock And Aitken on the credits) which I still think is great even thought its very camp - see the pictures page if you want to see what Divine really looked like (without the fright-wig that is).

Another cool cover - oddly enough 1, 2 & 3 all look similar but are done by totally different people. Once again Paul Parkers' name is up in lights but nowhere to be found, as with Nicci Galble's. Interesting to note that they have kept the original High - Energy font almost throughout the whole series, the "Double Dance" font was only kept from this volume on.

Side One
High Energy (Re-Remix) - Evelyn Thomas. Chinese Eyes - Fancy. I'm So Beautiful - Divine. It Its Love That Your After - Jackson Moore. Back In My Arms (Once Again) - Hazell Dean

Side Two
One Night In Bangkok - Robey. Come Inside - Fancy. Slice Me Nice (Slice-Mixx) - Fancy. Relight My Fire - Cafe Society. Stargazing - Earlene Bentley. Living In Japan - Fun Fun.

Side Three
Fighting For Our Lives - Shiraz. Doctor's Orders - Maegan. You Turned My Bitter Into Sweet (Ian Levine mix '84)  - Linda Lewis. Reach Out - Jimmy James. Nothing's Worse Than Being Alone - Velvette.

Side Four
I Hear Thunder - Seventh Avenue. Frantic Love - Eastbound Expressway. Life Is The Reason - Norma Lewis. Power Of Love - Astaire. Young Hearts (Be Free Tonight) - Jimmy Ruffin.

Label: Principal Records
Catalog#: HEDD 3
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Mixed
Country: South Africa
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Hi NRG, Euro House, Disco
Credits: Artwork By [Back] - Hans Van Der Vegte Artwork By [Front] - Ester Boshoff

DJ Mix - Gary V.R.* Executive Producer - Peter Cooke
Notes: The Galactic Mixx by Gary V.R. (Zipps), engineered at RPM Studios.

Running Time: 80 Minutes.

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High Energy Double Dance - Volume.4 (2LP Set) 1985 80 Minutes Non-Stop mix

High Energy Double Dance

Volume.4
(2LP Set)
c 1985

80 Minutes Non-Stop mix

In case you wanted to know where it started, this is it.

Modern Talking make a double appearance "You're My Heart You're My Soul" AND "You Can Win If You Want" .
HE4 was oddly titled "Let Your Feet Do The Talking" , but everyone knew what it was.

DJ Gary"Zipps" (the mixer) nowhere to be found on this one - probably about to defect to Eurobeat here! Same combination of good stuff and odd funk (Barbera Pennington, DC Allstars). Still some good numbers - Fancy make a double appearance again. Divine's Walk Like A Man is also on!

The South African (Cafe Society) version of Woodpecker From Space is on too (the original Video Kids one was never released in SA). Still I grew up on it and it was a big hit - does sound quite different from the original so its not like its a rip-off. Paul Harcastle's 19 is in there which was a big track at the time.

Volume 4 was credited as being "An LA City Jay Mix" - mixed by a black American DJ from Los Angeles called "Jayjay" actually - he was the resident DJ at a Jo'burg club called Q's at the time. Jayjay had just won SA's first ever "Battle of The DJ's" competition that year, but he went back to the States after that. Don't know who did the cover but it looks like Lee Selsicks work (see next volume). Not a bad one, but the best is still to come ...

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A big thank you to High-Energy Double Dance DJ legend Andrew Wood for confirming that is was American DJ "Jayjay" (not SA Radio DJ "Alex J") who mixed Volume 4 :)
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Side One
You're My Heart You're My Soul - Modern Talking
Tekno Talk - Tekno Talk
Lady O - Fancy
The Easy Way Out - Miquel Brown
Surrender - Axodry

Side Two
Kalimba De Luna - Tony Esposito
Take Me - Penny Lane
You Can Win If You Want - Modern Talking
Woodpecker From Space - Cafe Society
Send Her A Dream - Kirk Novac

Side Three
On A Crowded Street - Barbera Pennington
Bustin' Loose - D.C. Allstars
Shining Star - Precinct
Lucky Guy - Ryan Simmons
19 - Paul Hardcastle

Side Four
I'm On The Loose - Cafe Society
I'm In Shock - Fancy
Shout It Out - Astaire
Monovision - Howard Grace
Walk Like A Man - Divine


Label: Principal Records
Catalog#: HEDD 4
Format: x2 LP Set, Compilation, Mixed
Country: South Africa
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Italo-Disco, Hi NRG, Euro House, Disco
Credits: DJ Mix - LA City Jay* Engineer - Ian Osrin Executive Producer - Peter Cooke , Robin Mann
Notes:
An LA City Jay Mix; recorded at RPM Studios. Licensed to and marketed by Record Distributors. LP & Cassette manufactured by Trutone Industries. Total running time approximately 82 minutes

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EARTHA KITT - WHERE IS MY MAN (7th Heaven Remix) 2007

The legendary EARTHA KITT died today (December 25th 2008). She was the last of the original singing divas. I actually met Eartha (and her daughter kitt) last year in her dressing room after seeing her perform. I'm pleased i got to meet her as i've been a fan for decades :)

Eartha would want the show to go on.... so in memory of Eartha, here is the AMAZING New 2007 PROMOTIONAL DANCE REMIX of her #1 Smash Hit "WHERE IS MY MAN"!

"PURRRRRRRRRRRRRR!"

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"WHERE IS MY MAN (2007 DANCE REMIX)

 

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