Saturday, 12 September 2009

TASTY TIM - Electro Club Mix (various artists 80 mins DJ mix) COCK LONDON Gay Disco RARE!! FULL DJ PROMO MIX




The glamorous club doyenne, original gender-bender and perennial club ornament is also an in demand DJ and producer. His spinning talents go back as far as those heady days of the '80s playing '70s disco in drag at notorious London hangouts "Cha Cha" and the "Mud Club".

Throughout the '80s his career continued in London’s underground club scene with a long standing residency at Europe’s best known gay venue "Heaven". After snapping up magazine coverage wherever he went, he was also in great demand as a club hostess and promoter, which culminated with his position as the infamous door selector at the most innovative drag club of its time, the legendary "Kinky Gerlinky".

After working for a year in New York Tasty returned to London to resume his "Heaven" residency with a tough house set inspired by his time in the States. This new musical direction quickly earned him gigs all over London and the UK as well as Italy, Germany, New York, Australia, South Africa Japan and Russia.

Tasty is also one half of Tribal production duo T-TOTAL, whose remixing credits Include: "The Pet Shop Boys","Danny Tenaglia" and"Cevin Fisher". Their own releases have appeared on mix cds for the Ministry of Sound, TomStephan and “TRADE” A recent collaboration with Mark Moore (S-Express) stormed the dance floors of the world with their Novamute release "NEEDLEDUST" eventually being signed to a Carl Cox mix c.d. In yet another musical guise Tasty Tim also produces under the name "STYLOFLEX"...

His musical taste, always a step ahead, helped start up the fab London electro club: THE COCK, voted best club of the year by Attitude magazine.
New residencies include Retrosexual, Disco 3000, The Egg and Trannyshack..Dragging out the best of London.

Tasty Tim uniquely combines glamour, gorgeousness and grooves. All with a credible musical soundtrack guaranteed a hit with the clubberati.

"Fabulous ORIGINAL GHETTO CLUB mix by TASTY TIM"



RETRO DISCO Hi-NRG

Sunday, 30 August 2009

FILMTRACKS - The Best of British Film Music (2CD Set) rare out-of-print classic soundtracks


A very rare, out of print compilation of the British Film Music, released in 1985.
This 2CD Set, when available, sells for a hundreds of dollars on internet auction sites.
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Sunday, 26 July 2009

RODRIGUEZ - COLD FACT (Cult Classic Chillout Album) 1970


Underground classic psychedelic folk album from 1969! (this is not a disco record - this guy is a genius!)
MULTI-PLATINUM SELLING ALBUM IN SOUTH AFRICA! :)
RODRIGUEZ - COLD FACT is one of the lost classics of the '60s, a psychedelic masterpiece drenched in colour and inspired by life, love, poverty, rebellion. The album is Cold Fact, and what's more intriguing is that its maker - a shadowy figure known as Rodriguez - was, for many years, lost too. A decade ago, he was rediscovered working as a menial day laborer in Detroit, Michigan. He was unaware that his defining album had become not only a cult classic, but for the people of South Africa, a beacon of revolution. Rodriguez recorded Cold Fact - his debut album - in 1969, and released it in March 1970. It's crushingly good stuff, filled with tales of bad drugs, lost love, and itchy-footed songs about life in late '60s inner-city America. "Gun sales are soaring/Housewives find life boring/Divorce the only answer/Smoking causes cancer," says the Dylan-esque Establishment Blues. But the album sank without trace, thanks, in part, to some of Rodriguez's more idiosyncratic behavior, like performing at an industry showcase with his back to the audience throughout. When the follow-up, 1972's Coming From Reality, also sold poorly, Rodriguez called an end to his recording career. He'd never even played a proper gig. And he got on with life. Over the years, he turned his hand to local politics, gaining a degree in philosophy, factory work and eventually, hard labour. As his music career became a memory, Rodriguez's legend was growing - on the other side of the world. In South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, Cold Fact had become a major word of mouth success, particularly among young people in the South African armed forces, who identified with its counter-cultural bent. But Rodriguez was an enigma - not even the label knew where to find him - and his demise became the subject of debate and conjecture. Some rumours said he'd died of a drug overdose or burned to death on stage. Others said he was in a mental institution, or in prison for murdering his girlfriend. Barring a couple of sold out Australian tours in 1979 and 1981, nothing had been heard of him for almost 30 years. But the tide began to turn in 1996, when journalist Craig Bartholemew set out to get to the bottom of the mystery. After many dead ends, he found Rodriguez alive, well, free and perfectly sane in Detroit, ending years of speculation. Rodriguez himself had no idea about his fame in South Africa (the album had gone multi-platinum, Rodriguez has received not so much as a Rand in royalties), and embarked on a triumphant South African tour followed, filling 5,000 capacity venues across the country. A documentary named Dead Men Don't Tour: Rodriguez in South Africa 1998 was screened on national TV.

Saturday, 18 July 2009

Boys Town Gang - Cruising The Streets & Disc Charge (2on1 CD) gay disco classics ("UNCUT" / Uncensored Versions)







The Boys Town Gang were a San Francisco based disco and hi-NRG band. Their popularity peaked in the 1980s, when the group reached number 5 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart with the single "Cruisin' the Streets", and number 4 in the UK Singles chart[1] and number 1 in the Netherlands with their disco version of "Can't Take My Eyes Off You".

In 1980 DJ Bill Motley saw an opportunity to form a group that catered to San Francisco's large gay clientele. In his search to form a group he auditioned hundreds of vocalists, both male and female. Local cabaret singer Cynthia Manley captured the lead spot.

The idea was originally for one 12" single with two tracks of high energy music. Motley, a Diana Ross fan, picked two Ashford & Simpson songs to form a medley for the A-side. For the B-side he wrote a disco drama in four acts. A record label was founded to release the two songs.

When "Remember Me" / "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" was released the song took off, with Manley's vocals propelling the song into the top of the club charts. The four-act explicit "Cruisin' The Streets" was a snapshot of Castro and Market Streets at sundown.

Get It Here: http://www.mediafire.com/?mnemwyzzhjb

Saturday, 27 June 2009

Saturday, 30 May 2009

Hazell Dean - They Say It's Gonna Rain (7'' Single) 1986 RARE VERSION

Yes, this is the original 7'' Single Radio Hit version that came out in late 1985. It actually only became a hit in South Africa in early 1986. It went to No.1 on the singles sales chart Top 30, charted for over 20 weeks in total! It is still very popular as well as songs like Searchin' and Who's leaving who which both were Top 20 hits over here and the top selling Always album from 1988. Good old days! They just don't make tunes like this anymore.

Original 7'' Single Radio Hit Version: (RARE!)
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"They Say It's Gonna Rain" Original Remastered Music Video was released officially in 2009 on AWESEOME 80's - VOL.2 DVD in South Africa and available to purchase online here: http://www.kalahari.net/music/Awesome-80s-Music-Video-Collection-Vol-2/19738/33202983.aspx
See the Original "They Say It's Gonna Rain" music video on YouTube: