Hot Chocolate - 20 Hottest Hits - RAK - Disco
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Track ListingA1 So You Win AgainA2 You Sexy Thing A3 Put Your Love In Me A4 Love Is Life A5 You'll Always Be A Friend A6 Rumours A7 I Believe (In Love) A8 A Child's Prayer A9 Don't Stop It Now A10 I'll Put You Together Again B1 Emma B2 Brother Louie B3 Man To Man B4 Cheri Babe B5 Mindless Boogie B6 You Could've Been A Lady B7 Going Through The Motions B8 Heaven Is In The Back Seat Of My Cadillac B9 Disco Queen B10 Every 1's A Winner Media Condition » Near Mint (NM or M-) Sleeve Condition » Very Good Plus (VG+) |
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Artist | Hot Chocolate | ||
Title | 20 Hottest Hits | ||
Label | RAK | ||
Catalogue | EMTV 22 | ||
Format | Vinyl Album | ||
Released | 1979 | ||
Genre | Disco |
Other Titles by Hot Chocolate
• Girl Crazy • So You Win Again • 20 Hottest Hits • A Child's Prayer • I Gave You My Heart (Didn't I) • I'll Put You Together Again (From Dear Anyone) • It Started With A Kiss • Man To Man • No Doubt About It - (Generic Sleeve) • Put Your Love In Me • So You Win Again • The Very Best Of Hot Chocolate • What Kinda Boy You're Lookin' For (Girl) • You Sexy Thing (Extended Replay Mix) • You Sexy Thing (Remix) •
Some Other Artists in the Disco Genre• Donna Summer • Diana Ross • Rose Royce • Dan Hartman • Pointer Sisters • D-Train • Kelly Marie • Evelyn Thomas • Village People • Amii Stewart • Sister Sledge • Hazell Dean • Bee Gees • Gloria Gaynor • Heatwave • Imagination • Shalamar • Kool & The Gang • Phil Fearon & Galaxy • Boney M. • Linx • Anita Ward • Unknown Artist • Cameo • The Salsoul Orchestra • Commodores • Three Degrees, The • Edwin Starr • Divine • Shakatak • Princess • Miquel Brown • Gibson Brothers • Sylvester • Loleatta Holloway • Damian • Tavares • Chaka Khan • Carol Jiani • Jaki Graham • |
Some Other Artists on the RAK Label• Smokie • Mud • Exile • Kim Wilde • Kandidate • Adrian Gurvitz • Cozy Powell • Rudy Grant • Kenny • Donovan • Suzi Quatro • Jamaica • New World • Johnny Hates Jazz • Jeff Beck • |
Information on the Disco Genre
The disco sound, style and ethos has its roots in the late 1960s. New York City blacks, gays, heterosexuals, women and Hispanics adopted several traits from the hippies and psychedelia. They included overwhelming sound, free form dancing, "trippy" lighting, colorful costumes, and hallucinogens. Psychedelic soul groups like the Chambers Brothers and especially Sly and The Family Stone influenced proto-disco acts such as Isaac Hayes, Willie Hutch and the Philadelphia Sound discussed in the next paragraph. In addition the positivity, lack of irony and earnestness of the hippies informed proto-disco music like M.F.S.B.'s "Love Is the Message.Philly and New York soul were evolutions of the Motown sound. The Philly Sound is typified by lavish percussion, which became a prominent part of mid-1970s disco songs. Early songs with disco elements include "Only the Strong Survive" (Jerry Butler, 1968), "Message to Love" (The Jimi Hendrix Experience, 1969), "Soul Makossa" (Manu Dibango, 1972) and "The Love I Lost" (Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, 1973).
The early disco sound was largely an urban American phenomenon with producers and labels such as SalSoul Records (Ken, Joe and Stanley Cayre), Westend Records (Mel Cheren), Casablanca (Neil Bogart), and Prelude (Marvin Schlachter) to name a few. They inspired and influenced such prolific European dance-track producers as Giorgio Moroder and Jean-Marc Cerrone. Moroder was the Italian producer, keyboardist, and composer who produced many songs of the singer Donna Summer. These included the 1975 hit "Love to Love You Baby", a 17-minute-long song with "shimmering sound and sensual attitude". Allmusic.com calls Moroder "one of the principal architects of the disco sound".
The disco sound was also shaped by Tom Moulton who wanted to extend the enjoyment of the music — thus single-handedly creating the "Remix" which has influenced many other latter genres such as techno, and pop. DJs and remixers would often remix (i.e., re-edit) existing songs using reel-to-reel tape machines. Their remixed versions would add in percussion breaks, new sections, and new sounds. Influential DJs and remixers who helped to establish what became known as the "disco sound" included David Mancuso, Tom Moulton, Nicky Siano, Shep Pettibone, the legendary and much-sought-after Larry Levan, Walter Gibbons, and later, New York–born Chicago "Godfather of House" Frankie Knuckles.
Disco was also shaped by nightclub DJs such as Francis Grasso, who used multiple record players to seamlessly mix tracks from genres such as soul, funk and pop music at discothèques, and was the forerunner to later styles such as house. Women also played important roles at the turntable. Karen Cook, the first female disco DJ in the United States, spun the vinyl hits from 1974 – 1977 at 'Elan, Houston, TX, and also programmed music for clubs throughout the US that were owned by McFaddin Ventures.
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