Rory Block - You're The One

Surprise! I'm still alive. Also, surprise! More disco. Found Vinyl is your one trick pony of music blogging. I hope it's a good trick.



BTW: I just noticed I left the recording going after the song ended so there is some tail to the track. I would usually fix this, but, fuck it. This blog requires more work than my actual job sometimes so I'm sure you understand.

Pink Lady - Kiss In The Dark + Walk Away Renee

Here's some late 70's disco from the Japanese duo Pink Lady. A-Side: Kiss In The Dark, B-Side: Walk Away Renee. Enjoy.


Kiss In The Dark


Walk Away Renee

(From Kiss In The Dark 12" Single, Elektra 1979; On 12" Vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando E. Colonial location for $1.00)

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)

Total Coelo - I Eat Cannibals

(From the I Eat Cannibals single, 1983 Chrysalis; On 12" vinyl; Found at Christian Sharing Center on 17-92 in Longwood, Florida for .50 cents)

Meco - Star Wars and Other Galatic Funk

In anticipation for the new Star Wars film that will most likely suck, we take a trip back to 1977 when Star Wars was awesome and people made 15 minute long disco songs based on it. This is a rip of the entire first side, the track list is below.

Everything about this record is a trip. Obviously the music is awesome but the cover does wonders too. You gotta love the two pretty run-of-the-mill 70's astronauts bumping asses, presumably on the roof of some anonymous utopian metropolis. The liner notes are pretty funny too. It lists all the musicians from the "CorMar Galaxy" including the "Clomatron" player. The thank you messege from Meco is pretty tongue-in-cheek as well.

The logistics of teleporting all the musicians from their home planets, the Translating Computers, the Laser Engergisers and the Photron System courtesy of TELE-CON Ptz 88.4 (Earth Rep: Tony Blancca). I wish to acknoledge the unfailing cooperation of the Galatic Council, in particular: Neil Bogart, Irv Biegel and Jimmy Lenner
-Meco

The record is from another mystery donater akin to Nandy. Her name, Christy Block, is written on the front cover in pen.

Tracklist:

Title Theme
Imperial Attack
The Desert and The Robot Auction
The Princess Appears
The Land of the Sand People
Princess Leia's Theme
Cantina Band
The Last Battle
The Throne Room and End Title


(From Star Wars and Other Galatic Funk, 1977 Millennium/Casablanca; On 12" Vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Michigan location for $1.00)

People's Choice - You Ought To Be Dancin'

Another disco track (surprise!) from Nandy and the greatest disco record company ever, Casablanca Records.


(From People's Choice, 1979 Casablanca/Tom and Jerry; On 12" Vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Michigan location for $1.00)

Change - Lover's Holiday (Jim Burgess mix)

This whole album is good really. I wish I could post the whole thing, which I might do, I dunno. But for now, here is the track that Nandy highlighted in pink on the back sleeve. Every track has a star next to it on the label.


(From The Glow of Love, 1980 Warner Bros./RFC; On 12" Vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Michigan 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)

Shalamar - Inky Dinky Wang Dang Doo

Sorry again for the delayed posts. Hard times here at Found Vinyl. Know what can cheer us all up though? Some disco from the height of disco ketch, "Inky Dinky Wang Dang Doo" by Shalamar. Again, from Soul Train records. Those guys can do no wrong.


(From Uptown Festival, 1977 Soul Train; On 12" vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Curry Ford 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:

Samantha Sang - Emotion

Here's an excellent late 70's one-hit wonder produced by the Gibb brothers. It's a good one to wind down your weekend with. Cheers.


(From Emotion, 1978 Private Stock; On 12" vinyl; Found at Christian Sharing Center on 17-92 in Longwood, Florida for .50 cents)

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:

Cerrone - Look For Love

What can I say about this record? Nothing really, except that it's the shit. I may or may not have actually jumped up and down when I came across it this week. And let's not talk about the post freak out, nervous anticipation of checking the sleeve to make sure the right record was in there. Nothing hurts your ego more than freaking out about an awesome record only to check the sleeve to find a Barbara Streisand record within. By the way, if I had a dollar for every Barbara Streisand record I came across in the thrift store, I'd be a millionaire. Even the suckers who bought those fucking records got rid of them, all of them. But I digress.

Cerrone is the greatest disco producer of all time next to Giorgio Moroder and this record is no disappointment. Clocking in at just over 10 minutes, "Look For Love" is the most epic of the 4 songs that could be crammed in on one disc. I didn't make a short version this time because all 10 minutes of it are well worth it and it never feels like it drags.

By the way, I found this at the brand new Goodwill on Curry Ford. It's really nice and doesn't smell like old people yet so if you've got the time check it out.


(From Cerrone IV:The Golden Touch, 1978 Cortillion/Atlantic; On 12" vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Curry Ford location for $1.00)

More Cerrone:

Santa Esmeralda - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

In an effort to post more often, I'm making Friday "Nandy Day". Which means every Friday comes with more Nandy love. And love comes in no short amount this Friday; or lust for that matter. This week, a Quentin Tarantino favorite, Santa Esmeralda's "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood". A Latin/Disco, cover of a cover, and an epic one at that. This one clocks in at about 15 minutes, basically the entire first side of the record, so I edited it down to a shorter version. But I left the long one for your extended listening pleasure.

Nandy circled the entire first side and and "You're My Everything" on the second. This one has seen it's better days as the ends of the sleeve are frayed, leaving part of the record exposed.


(short version)


(long version)

(From Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, 1977 Casablanca; On 12" vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Michigan location for $1.00)

For more Nandy, click on the Nandy tag at the bottom.

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:

Lime - Take the Love

(From Take the Love 1987 Critique/Atlantic; On 12" Vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Michigan location for $1.00)

More Lime: