Disco Discharge: Disco Boogie 2CD CD

Its a welcome reissue on 2CD for this lovingly curated collection of fulllength and 12 versions of Disco classics, originally released as part of the Disco Discharge series in 2010.Disco was always a broad church. As a genre it brought in elements from Motown and Philly, Pop, Latin, African, Musicals, Classical and even Rock. Even so, arguably the longestlived iteration of Disco came from the Bluesoriginated Boogie genre. Boogie was a flame that both provided the very basis of the Disco groove and outlasted the genres staggering late70s mainstream global takeover. With its blend of Soul, Jazz, Funk and RampB and with its name descending from street slang for ahem sweaty lovemaking, Boogie lasted well into the 1980s and beyond. It was was Disco in the raw Boogie was fundamental.Gathering together 20 exemplars of the sound, Disco Discharge Disco Boogie provides a onestop shop to Boogie heaven, and it features some of the biggest names of the genre, alongside some heinously forgotten classics. Among the eclectic array of artists bringing their Boogie to the party are legends like Average White Band, Harold Melvin amp The Blue Notes, Teena Marie and Wilton Felder, as well as diverse oneoffs from A.O.R.s Toto featuring Cheryl Lynn, the UKs experimental newwavers The Quick and Brazilian multiinstrumentalist and composer, Eumir Deodato.Disco Discharge, Disco Boogie is also released as a 12track 2LP redux on 140g blue vinyl. Both formats come fully annotated with sleeve notes by Alan Jones, co author of Saturday Night Forever The Story Of Disco