Various Artists – The Greatest Soul/Funk & Disco 12″ Singles of the 70s & 80s – CD

Clamshell Box, Box Set

• First soiree into the compilation market for Robinsongs. • ‘The Greatest Soul / Funk & Disco 12” Inch Singles of The 70s & 80s’ is packed with some of the Greatest 12-inch versions from that era. • A vivid snapshot of that golden era.• With liner notes by journalist Charles Waring against every track in the booklet. Like many crucial inventions, the 12” single was born out of necessity. Although it’s widely seen as an innovation born in the disco era to help DJs keep people dancing by stretching out songs much further than the conventional three-minute mark defined by the 7” single, the very first 12” single appeared in 1970. It was a novelty that didn’t catch on but a few years later in 1974, an innovative New York producer called Tom Moulton resurrected the 12” single format as a vehicle for making extended mixes of dance tracks. It was an innovation that helped stoke the flames of the Disco Inferno and introduced the concept of instrumental breakdowns or “breaks”. Initially, 12” pressings targeted DJs and were only used for promotional purposes but such was their desirability that it wasn’t long before record companies made them commercially available; the first one sold to the public was Double Exposure’s ‘Ten Percent’ in 1976, that is included in this package. Its success opened the floodgates and from that moment, the 12” single became the format that defined Disco’s glory years.

Disc: 1
1 You + Me = Love – Undisputed Truth, The
2 Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now – McFadden & Whitehead
3 Boogie Wonderland (12″ Version) – Earth, Wind & Fire
4 Do What You Wanna Do – T-Connection
5 Do It Any Way You Wanna (A Tom Moulton Mix) – People’s Choice
6 Got My Mind Made Up – Instant Funk
7 Baubles, Bangles And Beads – Gibbs, Georgia
8 And The Beat Goes On (12″ Version) – Whispers, The
9 You Got The Floor – Adams, Arthur
10 Expansions – Smith, Lonnie Liston
11 You’re My Occupation (Extended) – Jankel, Chaz / Jones, Brenda

Disc: 2
1 Movin’ – Brass Construction
2 Call Me – Skyy
3 Flashlight – Parliament
4 More Bounce To The Ounce [Part I And II] – Zapp
5 No Parking On The Dance Floor – Midnight Star
6 Just Be Good To Me – S.O.S. Band, The
7 Space Age – Castor, Jimmy Bunch
8 Fantstic Voyage – Lakeside
9 You’re A Star – Aquarian Dream
10 Twilight (Instrumental) – Maze / Beverly, Frankie

Disc: 3
1 Good Times – Chic
2 He’s The Greatest Dancer – Sister Sledge
3 Disco Nights (Rock Freak) – G.Q.
4 Ten Percent – Double Exposure
5 Love Sensation (Tom Moulton 12″ Mix) – Holloway, Loleatta
6 Jealous – Starr, Edwin
7 I Shoulda Loved You – Walden, Narada Michael
8 From East To West – Voyage
9 Devil’s Gun – Cj & Co
10 Disco Inferno – Trammps, The

Disc: 4
1 Searching – Change
2 Running Away – Ayers, Roy
3 Money’s Too Tight To Mention – Valentine Brothers, The
4 Shame – King, Evelyn “Champagne”
5 Is It Love You’re After – Rose Royce
6 Now That We Found Love (Disco Mix) – Third World / Dunmore, Simon
7 Hi-Tension – Hi-Tension
8 Southern Freeez – Freeez
9 Gotham City Boogie – Ultrafunk
10 Love Games (Full Length Version) – Level 42
11 Dancing In Outer Space – Atmosfear