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Nice one Danny.

Diggin your's too Cody.

Around this time both disco kids and hip hoppers adored this one

A uniter, not a divider on the dance floor

what a great tune, cody, these old school jams are always enjoyable. the picture is priceless too. i am giving violins a rest this week.

hey, nick. funkin good day to you, man.

You leaving me alone, to fly the disco flag high...OK. I'll wait til the sun goes down though..

waydutch- thanks for the clip... you werent wrong at all, that story inspired my new avatar

cody- i wasnt familiar with the fonda rae tune either...good one. discos back then were fun.

music that was played on discos between 1975 and 1984…. i leave the violins to you this week, heh.

1983 classic here

Wow... these posts get crowded faster than a free beer parlour...

I never heard of Willie... lovely!

hey,micki. ive been in an old school mood lately... some of those tunes sound really good. have you been to a rolling skating jam? not me, i messed on the dancefloor with my roller blades once but that doesnt count.

No, I don't remember one. I did have a succession of roller skates (not blades!) in the late 70's and early 80's... but I was too young for a real "Roller Disco"... I did a lot of ice skating back then, and there was always "hot" music playing in the skating rink. I skated well into my teens... there was also a lot of alcohol involved (hot spiced wine), and lots of falls and bruises :p

A Rap Roller Skate anthem is too much for me though... it's kinda desperate... like someone in the record company said "Hey dude, you wanna cut a record? Then jump onto the roller skate bandwagon"...

Spoonie Gee on the other hand is fantastic... I LOVE old school!!! Say... you HAPPEN to have the Futura 2000/Clash jam? I only have it on vinyl... wanted to post the tune lots of times... but the closest I ever got was uploading a photo ;)

_to the hip hop the hip beat the hop the hop beedeebeedeebee depdop to the hip hop *you don't stop!_

Danny, you're the man :)

i dont know that one, but i will make my best to find it... great picture, i dont recall seeing that cover before. i sort of have a thing for roller discos, i know its weird but i kind of dig it... the concept is totally bonkers. same as you i never had the chance to join any roller disco because of my age... not sure they were popular in spain back in the day.

andréa- cool you enjoyed it... old school is great. dee-bee-de -da de-bop

ya whatever, those dee's and bee's messed up my brain ;-)

heh i have been practising some james brown steps this week... the robot is my fave. thanks again cody.

Holy crap! It's like a Bronx street party in here! And the bass line on that Willie Wood thing?!? Yow!

Word. To the beat ya'll. Freakin' at the top of the post and freakin' down at the bottom too. I'm the baddest commenter in all this land. Straight up yo!

That sure is purty mickimick..

That Clash/Futura 2000 was part of the legendary Celluloid 12''s..

I think this one here started to take things to the next level

essential tunes, cody! they sure sound good after tonight's dj.. talking about boring music. this was what i needed.

mike- old school battle tonight.

i suck at leaving comments too, sam... for the most i always think stuff like.. cool or good. i dont comment when i think.-. crap or wtf was that.

Except if it's a love song not from the sixties:)

not heard this before seriously cooooool really enjoyed this post and had a good laugh thanks Soul x

cody, introducing to you charo. a spanish chick that made it big in the 70s in the usa... god knows she is totally untalented, but she shows other qualities. the salsoul orchestra backing her. atrocious use of the english language here.

bnf- i had quite a laugh tonight too, mate.

D, you are the man. this is so freakin' cool.

Cody is also the man for: A uniter, not a divider on the dance floor.

cool vid from waydutch, cool pic from micki, this post rules.

may i also confess that i can't rollerskate for dear life. looks awful fun tho.

I missed the disco train again. Never mind, there's a roller disco club in King's Cross. I think I'll check it out one of these days.

Muchas gracias for the infectious grooves, SoulR. Keep on rolling, bro'

poe- somehow the dancefloor unites people from different backgrounds, i saw that happening here in the 90s with dance music and it felt great. the people under the same groove. rollerskating is fun, i used to be really into it 3 years ago.

b- dont forget to dress in a 80s roller-disco style for the occassion. de nada, man.

have a great weekend yourself, guys.

oh, Charo...I had a thing for her when I was a young man..I still remember the time she guested on Chico and The Man..hottt!

i watched a skit with carole burnett on youtube and it was hilarious... i will try to look for the chico and the man show. i knew she achieved certain success back then, but i never suspected she was that famous.

Ok, not sure how we got here but my real faves from back in the day were Iris Chacon

and Olga Breeskin (i'm not the only one who loves Olga. check the testimonials..)

On another topic..the old school of hip only lasted 6 or 7 years and then came Eric B.+ Rakim. To me Rakim really changed the game and pushed us toward where were at today..The music advanced pretty damn quick..It also happens to be the 20th anniversary of Paid In Full..and 'cause your the schizz Danny I've added one of the sample cuts from Paid In Full as well..Ashleys Roachclip from the Soul Searchers (wait for the break at 3:30)..yup,I have a one track mind..Peace

great tune it has got a touch of rappers delight in it again you never fail to please cheers

cody- those videos are beyond hilarious, thanks for the laughs man. they go to my youtube favorites list. i had no idea it was the anniversary of "paid in full". thanks again for the original tune. it really was eric b who changed everything... and it was a blow of fresh air, lyrically and musicaly speaking. back at when i djed some old school rap i played the 7 minutes of madness remix of paid in full, classic coldcut remix. you must know that one by large so i dont bring it here. peace out.

oceanrain- yeah, it definitely sounds a lot like rappers delight. thanks and take care, man.

Nice Danny.

Wowee, that bass is hot...and I thought fretless was mainly for melodic playing!

Still contagious - old school rules; great track and fantastic contributions everyone! Cheers. A roller disco fetish aye soul...cool. :-)

Remember the Vaughan Mason & Crew disco/funk classic 'Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll'? It's the perfect roller disco anthem...tried to post part 1 for you, but MOG refuses to cooperate. Also am inexplicably thinking about that fabulously quirky Melanie Safka track titled 'Brand New Key'.

thanks, annie.

i concur, sauce. the basslines are dope.

cynthia... shame you couldnt upload the vaugham mason track, mog acts very retarded again. i need to find the melanie safka tune, i dont think i had heard that one before. take care.

Cheers!

Classic '79 disco/funk..thick, slow and with a devastating synth bass!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_New_Key

hey, cynthia. you have made this roller skater very happy. both tracks are wicked. so melanie safka is melanie... good to know. you should join the disco posts tomorrow... 1975-1984 period.

Wow, somehow I missed one of the great MOG parties of all time. What an insanely good collection of tunes. And to top it all off, Iris Chacon! One of my favorite memories of New York in the early Eighties was her show on Sunday evening. Mrs. Ivylander and I dug it to distraction. I still remember the theme music....

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