98.7 Kiss FM New York presents Shep Pettibones Mastermixes

Out here in the vast expanses of the blogosphere, as adults like to call it, you can find remix upon remix upon remix of just about every dance song popular right now. And why not? It's pretty damn easy to make one these days given the availability of the software and how quickly you can propagate your remix. But way back in the early 80's and beyond, there was no such thing as remixes. Until men like Shep Pettibone came along and changed all that. Sure, Hip Hop started the wheels in motion by rapping over popular disco songs throughout the 70's. But Shep Pettibone was one of the first to begin re-mixing songs for disco purposes.

Enter 98.7 Kiss FM New York and Prelude records and you have Shep's remixes on wax. Mastermixes is the record in question and it was copped by Nandy way back in 1982 (I assume). It's a solid 2 record set with a good mix of disco and funk. These are some of the best tracks:


Secret Weapon - Must Be The Music


Unlimited Touch - Searcin' To Find The One


Nick Straker Band - A Little Bit of Jazz


Jeanette "Lady" Day - Come Let Me Love You (NSFW)


Empress - Dyin' To Be Dancin'

(All tracks from 98.7 Kiss FM presents Shep Pettibone's Mastermixes VOL. 1, 1982 Prelude; On 12" Vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Michigan location for $1.00)

Midnight Star - No Parking On The Dancefloor

Vocoder music has made a comeback of sorts lately. T-Pain started the comeback, then Snoop did "Sexual Eruption" and now everyone is in on it. I did no research on that history of modern vocoder-laced music, so feel free to refute that comment in the comments section. Either way, I'm sure everyone in on the vocoder game had a Midnight Star record within reach when they were just a lower-case g. It went double-platinum and continues to kick ass and take names today. Check it out.


No Parking on the Dancefloor


Electricity


Wet My Whistle

From No Parking On The Dancefloor, 1983, Solar; On 12" Vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Curry Ford location for $1.00)


Also, some news: I just got a new computer after 4 months of trying to keep this blog alive without one. The posts I was able to get up were done from a laptop I borrowed from the library. This is why posts were getting a lot less regular and I was not uploading my own pictures etc. But I now have a computer and I am in the process of recovering all the music I lost due to a lightning strike/my backup hard drive being corrupted. I lost all my vinyl rips so everything I'm putting up for the next few months will be brand new rips. That doesn't really effect the programming here, but I just hope it gives everyone an idea of what's going on if I go a long time without posting.

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Change - Miracles

Paradise


On Top


Heaven of My Life


Miracles

See what I did there?

(All tracks from Miracles, 1981 Atlantic/RFC; On 12" Vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Michigan location for $1.00)

The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On 45 RPM

You may know "And The Beat Goes On" as a sample from Will Smith's "Miami" better than you know it as a song by The Whispers. Which is a shame because it's a much better song than "Miami". Also, "Can You Do The Boogie" was co-produced by Carrie Lucas who was featured last month.


"And The Beat Goes On"


"Can You Do The Boogie"

(Both tracks from And The Beat Goes on 45 RPM Single 1979 Soar; On 45RPM vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Curry Ford location for $1.00)

Time Bandits - Live it Up

Ok, so it's time to come clean about the lack of posts lately. I don't really like to talk about personal hardships, but my computer got struck by lightning about 3 weeks ago. I've been trying to post when I can get a hold of a computer so it might be like this for a bit until I can get a hold of a permanent computer. But I do promise to update at least once a week every week so don't be a stranger to the site.

I couldn't get an image for this one or scan it in because this laptop isn't cooperating with my scanner but the cover isn't really what it's all about anyway. Standard Nandy markings throughout: an ND written on a yellow sticker on the cover and a big asterisk on the b-side label. Music-wise it's a little bit of everything that Nandy and I dig: disco, funk and new-wave. Enjoy.


(From Live it Up 12" single, 1982 CBS/Columbia; On 12" vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Michigan location for $1.00)

Carrie Lucas - I Gotta Keep Dancin'

This weeks post is belated but I do have two good reasons for my tardiness:

1: Daily life. I'm wiped out from the grind, friends.
2: I hit the jackpot again

I didn't hit the jackpot as hard as I did when I found the Nandy collection, but I did find about 10 pretty worthy records. Most of them I will eventually feature here so I don't want to disclose what they are as of yet. But I did find two records I definitely won't post because everyone is already aware that they are awesome: Aladdin Sane and Hunky Dory by David Bowie. Hopefully those records and the one I'm posting today will translate into an idea of the quality of records I picked up on Sunday.

But there was a tragedy among all the triumph. When I was flipping through the crate I came upon Kraftwerks' Tour de France 12" single from 1983. Got really excited and put it on the growing stack of records. Then when I picked out all the records I wanted, I did my routine of sitting down with the records and making sure they were all in the sleeves. This is where shit gets real: Not only is the record inside not Tour de France, it's a brutally fucked up copy of one of the many versions of "Planet Rock" (way too pissed to peep which version). So not only did I miss out on Kraftwerk, but I also get fucked on having "Planet Rock" on vinyl because some dumb bastard can't take care of his records. Motherfucker.

But it is intresting that it worked out that way considering the Soulsonic Force samples Kraftwerk in Planet Rock. But I'm sure you all already know that.

Anyway, to matter at hand. Carrie Lucas is the first from the new batch of records to go up here. She scored a hit with this one. Unfortunately, it was one of her few hits. All the way back from 1977, here's "I Gotta Keep Dancin'":


(From Simply Carrie, 1977 Soul Train; On 12" vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Curry Ford location for $1.00)

More Carrie Lucas:

Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio - It's Time To Party Now and Until the Morning Comes

Here's some jams to get your weekend going courtesy of Nandy, Ray Parker Jr, Raydio and myself. Party on, sirs and ma'ams, it's Friday night!


It's Time To Party Now


Until the Morning Comes

(Both tracks from Two Places at the Same Time, 1980 Arista; On 12" vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Michigan location for $1.00)

More Raydio:

ONE WEEK ONLY: Discocross N.2 unabridged

This week Nandy provides Foundvinyl with it's first DJ mix. The record was produced in Italy and mixed by some Italian guys I never heard of (Chisura, Baldelli, Brandi). All of the notes are in Italian and it's on an Italian label, but like all other Italo disco, none of the songs are in Italian. Discocross clocks in at about 40 minutes with each side or lato clocking it at 20 minutes. Lato B is the superior side but the first 2 tracks and the last track on Lato A are incredible.

Because it's a mix I decided to throw the whole record on here uncut. It's only going to be up for a week though because it's a pretty huge file, so get it while you can.


(From Discocross N.2, 1981 F1Team; On 12" vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Michigan location for $1.00)

Tracklist:

Lato A
Frankie Smith - Double Dutch Bus
Skyy - Call Me
Lobo - The Caribbean Disco Show
Candido - Jingo
Gary Criss - Rio de Janeiro
Suzy Q - Get On Up Do It Again

Lato B
Cameron - All That's Good To Me
B. Roy - If You Want Me
Cameron - All That's Good To Me
B. Roy - If You Want Me
Flakes - Sugar Frosted Lover
Mantus - Love Is A Natural Thing
Mantus - Rock It To The Top
Mantus - Love Is A Natural Thing
Mantus - Rock It To The Top
'Lectric Funk - Shangheied

Some Discocross videos:

Bonus: Brothers Johnson - You Make Me Wanna Wiggle

(From Light Up The Night 1980 A&M; On 12" vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Michigan location for $1.00)

The Brothers Johnson - Stomp!

The Brothers Johnson have had a sort of revival since last year when Justice sampled their track "You Make Me Wanna Wiggle" for Justice's debut album. And not too soon either. The Brothers Johnson are one of the great American funk bands. And they don't do too bad with disco either. "Stomp!" is one of their biggest hits, good enough for Nandy to break out the felt pen and circle it on the label. She also circled "Light Up The Night" and "This Had To Be". It's also worth noting the delightfully tacky cover art too. One of the best record covers I've seen.


(From Light Up The Night 1980 A&M; On 12" vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Michigan location for $1.00)

More Brothers Johnson:

Heatwave - Beat Your Booty

(From Too Hot To Handle 1977 CBS/Epic; On 12" vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Michigan Location for $1.00)

More Heatwave: