Various Artists - Disco 75 / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The pianist Maria Kihlgren studied at Göteborgs Musikhögskola and at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna gaining her diploma in 1979. She has performed in Sweden and several European countries, the USA and South America. In recent years she has also devoted herself to recordings. Her albums, with solo music for piano on the Sterling tag, have been internationally acclaimed. All of them have a specific theme, with cover pictures by her father, the painter Carl Speglitz. The present includes works by Scarlatti, Chopin, Liszt, Schumann, Reger, Debussy, de Falla, and more.

It's a welcome reissue on 2CD for this lovingly curated collection of full length and 12Inch 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 longest-lived iteration of Disco came from the Blues-originated 'Boogie' genre. Boogie was a flame that both provided the very basis of the Disco groove and outlasted the genre's staggering late '70s mainstream global takeover. With it's blend of Soul, Jazz, Funk and R&B, and with it's name descending from street slang for (ahem) sweaty lovemaking, Boogie lasted well into the 1980s and beyond. It was Disco in the raw Boogie was fundamental. Gathering together 20 exemplars of the sound, 'Disco Discharge Disco Boogie' provides a one stop 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 & The Blue Notes, Teena Marie and Wilton Felder, as well as diverse one offs from A.O.R.'s Toto (featuring Cheryl Lynn), the UK's experimental new wavers The Quick, and Brazilian multi-instrumentalist and composer, Eumir Deodat. 'Disco Discharge Disco Boogie' is also released as a 12 track double LP on 140 gram blue vinyl. Both formats come fully annotated with sleeve notes by Alan Jones, coauthor of 'Saturday Night Forever The Story Of Disco'.

It's a welcome reissue on 2CD for this lovingly curated collection of 21 full length and 12Inch versions of Disco classics, originally released as part of the 'Disco Discharge ' series in 2009. Disco was the original equal opportunities genre. It's true that a Disco classic could come from anywhere, from anybody. Rock bands such as The Rolling Stones, Kiss and Toto piled in on the Disco craze, Broadway stars, Country & Western stars, New Waves acts (Hello, Blondie!), established Jazz and Blues stalwarts, European TV stars, Hollywood actors... they all got on board the Disco train at one point or another. But the genre's true continuity came from it's divas who, between them, delivered Disco's brightest stars (Donna Summer, Grace Jones, Gloria Gaynor) and the largest proportion of it's best loved classics. 'Disco Discharge Disco Ladies' celebrates those women whose voices elevated the genre and continue to soundtrack many a throwback party, club dancefloor, family wedding and housewarming shindig to this day. Collected here are some true landmarks of the Disco Ladies' contribution from Andrea True Connection' s 'More, More, More' to Silver Convention's 'Get Up And Boogie (That's Right)' in all their full length glory, as well as buried treasures you NEED in your life from the likes of Amanda Lear, Suzi Lane, Vicky D and Poussez.