Search - Disco Fever :: Disco Fever

Eric K. (SoulfulStuff)
Reviewed on 1/8/2017...

The database indicates this as a Madacy release, but
I have it as a German Sony set. It is correctly a 3-disc
affair, as properly noted in "CD Details" on this page.
They also messed up the track lists, so I'm providing a
list below.

There are a few welcome oddities here,
including Unidisc tracks by Bohannon, Nick Straker, Indeep, Shannon, Musique, and Sharon Redd. Legendary O Records is represented by the Flirts and Divine. Most of the rest of the content is from the Sony Family, with too-familiar stuff from Labelle, Cheryl Lynn, etc., though you do get Billy Paul's seldom-seen 1977 revival of Jerry Butler's "Only the Strong Survive."

There are a few odd-label choices like Evelyn Thomas,
Imagination, Shirley & Co., John Paul Young,
and Timex Social Club. ALL of the above-mentioned are the original versions you heard at the time they were popular.

Then...unfortunately...THERE ARE SOME REMAKES.
The tracks by Gloria Gaynor, Amii Stewart, George McCrae, Scotch, Kano, and Tony Esposito are all re-recordings done in the 1990s.

All songs except three are the "single edit" versions that would have been used for 7" singles releases and radio play. You do get a 5:41 version of Indeep's great "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life." The O records tracks by Divine (6:26) and The Flirts (5:00) are possibly the 12" single tracks?

DISC ONE

PATRICK HERNANDEZ Born to Be Alive
SYLVESTER You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
OTTAWAN D.I.S.C.O.
CARL DOUGLAS Kung Fu Fighting
MICHAEL ZAGER BAND Let's All Chant
ODYSSEY Going Back to My Roots
EARTH WIND & FIRE Boogie Wonderland
DAN HARTMAN Relight My Fire
JACKSONS Can You Feel It
BILLY PAUL Only The Strong Survive
WEATHER GIRLS It's Raining Men
REAL THING You to Me Are Everything
TINA CHARLES I Love to Love
SHAREN REDD Can You Handle It
GLORIA GAYNOR Never Can Say Goodbye (RE)

DISC TWO

LABELLE Lady Marmalade
WILD CHERRY Play That Funky Music
CHERYL LYNN Got to Be Real
EARTH WIND & FIRE Let's Groove
BILLY OCEAN Stay the Night
JACKSONS Blame It on the Boogie
SHIRLEY & CO. Shame, Shame, Shame
BOHANNON Disco Stomp
ANITA WARD Ring My Bell
SHALAMAR Second Time Around
AMII STEWART Knock on Wood (RE)
GEORGE McCRAE Rock My No. 1's Medley (RE)
JOHN PAUL YOUNG Love Is In the Air
NICK STRAKER BAND A Walk in the Park
EARTH & FIRE Weekend

DISC THREE

HOT CHOCOLATE You Sexy Thing
INDEEP Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
MUSIQUE In the Bush
EVELYN THOMAS High Energy
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCH Don't Bring Me Down
FLIRTS Passion
DIVINE Shoot Your Shot
SCOTCH Disco Band (RE)
KANO Another Life (RE)
M Pop Musik
SHANNON Let the Music Play
TIMES SOCIAL CLUB Rumors
TONY ESPOSITO Kalimba de Luna (RE)
IMAGINATION Just an Illusion
THREE DEGREES Dirty Ol' Man