"How Is Love" + "Cry Me A River" (7'' Single) 1977 electronic french space disco 70s
Candy Sylver (Real Name: Évelyne Courtois) is another 70s space disco production from France. Only released x1 two track 7 inch single and quite unknown.
Candy Sylver – How Is Love
Label: Vogue – 45. V. 140272
Format: Vinyl, 7"
Country: France
Released: 1977
Genre: Electronic
Style: Disco
Tracklist
A How Is Love (4.06) 1977
Written-By – Pussy Cat, Sonny Silver
B Cry Me A River (3.31) 1977
Written-By – Arthur Hamilton
Enregistré aux Studios Sidney Bechet Vogue - Villetaneuse
ⓟ 1977 Vogue Records (Made in France)
43rd YEAR ANNIVERSARY since original release 🎉
43e ANNIVERSAIRE depuis la sortie originale 🍾
TRANSFERED AND RESTORED (2020) from ORIGINAL French 7'' by Retro Disco Hi-NRG
TRANSFÉRÉ ET RESTAURÉ (2020) de ORIGINAL French 7 '' par Retro Disco Hi-NRG
South African Hi-NRG act around Paul Crossley and Terry Owen that formed out of the ashes of Shiraz. "Fighting For Our Lives" was first recorded in 1984 with male vocalist Marshall Harmse (as Shiraz) who had a heavy non English accent. Passion records UK wanted a more English sounding vocalist on the tracks Paul & Terry produced.
Female vocalist Cindy Dickinson was recruited and the project became PEOPLE LIKE US.
With the additional vocal talents of Cindy Dickinson and teaming up with top SA producer Hilton Rosenthal, PEOPLE LIKE US, achieved a surprising measure of success around the world in the mid-80's with songs "Deliverance" and "Midnight Lover".
"Fighting For Our Lives" is a song written about having HIV/AIDS during the 80s, with no effective treatments, fighting to survive a new virus, plus widespread fear, heavy stigma, and rejection associated with having AIDS.
The song was written by lead group member and the songs producer, Paul Crossley who was diagnosed with HIV in the early 80s.
The slogan "Fighting For Our Lives" was most often seen on banners at AIDS marches/protests in the mid 80s.
Paul Crossley self produced "Fighting For Our Lives" in 1987, releasing it as People Like Us (feat Cindy Dickinson) on lead vocals.
It was licenced to & released worldwide by Passion Records UK
[note: to the left side on the 12'' cover, in black, is an abstract side image of Paul Crossley, unusual as no pictures of Paul or Terry ever appear on their releases]
After Paul Crossley's death in 1989, Terry Owen briefly teamed up with Robin Hogarth and recruited vocalist Angie Gold but the dance music had evolved into techno/house/rave, and releases failed to repeat the same performance.
People Like Us – Fighting For Our Lives
Label: Passion – PASH 12 78
Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: Hi NRG
Tracklist
A - Fighting For Our Lives 6.28
B - Fighting For Our Lives (Instrumental Mix) 5.52
Producer – Paul Crossley
Written-By – Grant Fisher, Paul Crossley, Terry Owen
RETRO DISCO Hi-NRG 🚀
📖 "FIGHTING FOR OUR LIVES" (Song Lyrics)
Too frightened to touch
but I want you so much
wanna cry out in anger
live without danger
We have fought for so long
We were getting so strong
Now we're fighting,
We're fighting for our Lives
CHORUS
Fighting For Our Lives
Is the order of the day
Fighting For Our Lives
Every step of the way
Fighting For Our Lives
We've got to be strong
Fighting For Our Lives
We've got to go on
We've been through the gates
of Hell and back
so watch out World
We're on the attack
We've moving on out
We've paid our deposit
No more days
Locked up in this closet
CHORUS
Fighting For Our Lives
Is the order of the day
Fighting For Our Lives
Every step of the way
Fighting For Our Lives
We've got to be strong
Fighting For Our Lives
We've got to go on
CHORUS
Fighting For Our Lives
Is the order of the day
Fighting For Our Lives
Every step of the way
Fighting For Our Lives
We've got to be strong
Fighting For Our Lives
We've got to go on...
Stay with me babe stay
Please don't turn away
We'll go on together
Brave stormy weather
We have fought for so long
We were getting so strong
Now we're fighting,
We're fighting for our Lives
CHORUS
Fighting For Our Lives
Is the order of the day
Fighting For Our Lives
Every step of the way
Fighting For Our Lives
Is the order of the day
Fighting For Our Lives
Every step of the way
Fighting For Our Lives
We've got to be strong
Fighting For Our Lives
We've got to go on...
CHORUS
Fighting For Our Lives
Is the order of the day
Fighting For Our Lives
Every step of the way
Fighting For Our Lives
We've got to be strong
Fighting For Our Lives
We've got to go on...
CHORUS
Fighting For Our Lives
Is the order of the day
Fighting For Our Lives
Every step of the way
Fighting For Our Lives
Is the order of the day
Fighting For Our Lives
Every step of the way..
Fighting For Our Lives
We've got to be strong
Fighting For Our Lives
We've got to go on...
[Written-By – Paul Crossley, Terry Owen, Grant Fisher]
Tom Moulton on the first mixtape, remixing and the industry
INTERVIEW / DOCUMENTARY / LECTURE
Legends of the Music Industry Series
Tom Moulton is the producer famed for his mixes of Gloria Gaynor’s “Never Can Say Goodbye,” MFSB’s “Love Is the Message” and hundreds of other disco and soul songs, beginning with B.T. Express’s 1974 hit “Do It (’Til You’re Satisfied).” He’s credited with a remarkable series of innovations, which he says all happened by accident, including the 12" single and the continuous disco mix.
Dubbed “the father of the disco mix,” Tom Moulton has contributed more to the evolution of dance music culture than most other producers. Born in New York in 1940, Moulton worked as a model and behind the scenes in the music industry before turning his hand to studio work. In the late 1960s, he created an “overlapping music tape” for Fire Island bar and restaurant the Sandpiper, and his innovative approach to producing and mixing disco songs first became apparent in 1975, when he turned the first side of Gloria Gaynor’s Never Can Say Goodbye album into a nonstop, 19-minute suite.
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Roberta Kelly; Trouble Maker (Chrissy Murderbot Re-Edit) (Oasis, 1976)
Donna Summer; Our Love (Casablanca, 1980)
Munich Machine; Whiter Shade of Pale (Casablanca, 1978
Giorgio; I Wanna Rock You (Casablanca, 1979)
Giorgio; Utopia Me Giorgio (Casablanca, 1977)
Donna Summer; I Feel Love (Patrick Cowley Mega-Edit) (Casablanca, 1982)
Giorgio Moroder; Valley of the Dolls (Casablanca, 1980)
Donna Summer; Sunset People (Casablanca, 1980)
Amy Holland; She's On Fire (MCA Records, 1983)
Melissa Manchester; Thief of Hearts (Casablanca, 1984)
Madleen Kane; You Can (Chalet, 1981)
Limahl; The Neverending Story (EMI, 1984)
Giorgio; E=MC² (Casablanca, 1979)
Sparks; When I'm With You (Ariola, 1980)
Giorgio Moroder was a key figure in the mid-to-late-1970s Eurodisco scene, and one of real pioneers of using synthesizers in dance music.The early part of his career took place in Munich, where he made his name by discovering Donna Summer (and writing/producing the bulk of her catalogue). In the late 1970s he moved to L.A., and ended up doing a ridiculous amount of film-work. Seriously, if we're talking 80s pop trash and cheesy film soundtracks, Giorgio's name is bound to come up: he scored American Gigolo, Scarface, Midnight Express, Top Gun, Flashdance, The Neverending Story, and some fly-by-night B-movie fare like the horrible colorized recut of Fritz Lang's Metropolis and the Mr. T vehicle D.C. Cab. He wrote/produced "Call Me" by Blondie, "Take My Breath Away" for Berlin, "(Highway to the) Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins, almost anything you can think of by Donna Summer, and that's really just scratching the surface of the tunes he's made that everyone knows (and let's not forget, he has a HUGE catalogue of crazy underground synth disco gems on top of that).
"ExcellentChrissy MurderbotRetro Electro Disco DJ Mix"
Various – Hi Energy - Mixing It Up Vol 1Label: ARS Records – ARS. 3648, ARS Benelux – 3648 Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Maxi-Single, Partially Mixed Country: Belgium Released: 1985 Genre: Electronic Style: Hi NRG, Disco
01. Ronnie Goes To Liverpool - Trust (Fingers) (2:06) Producer – Bobby Orlando
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02. Samantha Gilles - Can You Feel It (0:55) Producer – Fonny De Wulf
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03. Girly - Working Girl (0:39) Producer – Bobby Orlando
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04. Venus - One Shot Lover (1:41) Producer – Frank Sauter
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05. Rofo - I Want You (1:14) Producer – Fonny De Wulf
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06. Earlene Bentley - Caught In The Act (1:05) Producer – Ian Levine and Fiachra Trench
01. INTRO - Battlestar Galactica Vs Buck Rodgers (1978/1979)
02. SUPERNATURE (12'' Disco Mix) - Cerrone (1977) Malligator, FRANCE 03. TEMPS X - Didier Marouani (1979) J.M.B. Records, FRANCE 04. CHINESE REVENGE (Dub Mix) - Koto (1983) Memory Records, ITALY 05. DAS MODEL / THE MODEL (Dub Mix) - Kraftwerk (1978) Kling Klang, GERMANY 06. MACHINES (from Metropolis) - Giorgio Moroder (1984) Columbia, EUROPE 07. VOICES OF JUPITER - Paris France Transit (1982) Vogue Records, FRANCE 08. MAGIC RIDE - Rene Riche & Her Cosmic Band (1978) Gallo, SOUTH AFRICA 09. SAVE YOUR LOVE FOR ME (Special 7'' Mix) - Space (1978) Vogue, FRANCE 10. IT TAKES ME HIGHER - Ganymed (1978) Bacillus Records, GERMANY 11. MAGIC FLY (12'' Remix '85) - Space (1977) Vogue, FRANCE 12. CRY ME A RIVER - Candy Sylver (1977) Vogue, FRANCE 13. MAMMAGAMMA (12'' Mix) - The Alan Parsons Project (1977) Arista, UK 14. CHUNG KUO - Vangelis (1979) Polydor, GREECE
Poussez! – Come On And Do It (Erotic Mix By Ben Liebrand Including Disconet Mix) Label: High Fashion Music – MS 188, Dureco Benelux – MS 188 Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Stereo Country: Netherlands Released: 1985 Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Style: Disco
Tracklist
A. Come On And Do It (1985 Erotic Mix)
(Ben Liebrand Remix) 6:55
B. Come On And Do It (Disconet-Mix 1979)
(Raul Rodriguez Remix) 14:40
Licensed From – Vanguard Recording Society, Inc, USA. Engineer, Producer – Mark Berry Executive-Producer – Danny Weiss Written-By, Producer, Arranged By, Conductor – Alphonse Mouzon
Or. licensed by Vanguard Recording Society Inc.
(P) 1985
Remix - Made in Holland
Original US Version released in 1979 Poussez! (pronounced: "Poo-Say") is French for "PUSH!" (Sounds like she's giving birth.. or doing a "Push Push in the Bush!") 💩 "It's all that fabulous 70s 'Studio 54' 👠 polyester shirts, cocaine ✨ & champagne babes... 🍾"✨✨ GROOVY!! 🎶
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped [K.G.BEN FOR PRESIDENT !!! - etched]): MS188 A 36C1 K.G. BEN FOR PRESIDENT !!!
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped [K.G. - etched): MS188 B 36C1 K.G. Matrix / Runout (Label side A): MS 188A Matrix / Runout (Label side B): MS 188B Rights Society: STEMRA
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"AMERICAN DISCO GROUP, RECORDED IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1979,
THEN RE-MIXED & RE-RELEASED IN THE NETHERLANDS (Europe) IN 1985"
