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In the mid-seventies, discotheques were booming in Tokyo and all over Japan. When the Fatback Band topped the 1975 US charts with their infectious InchDo The Bus StopInch hit, Japanese tag Victor put out the following year the first Japan made Disco tune with InchSexy Bus StopInch, released under the mysterious name Dr. Dragon & Oriental Express, a pseudonym for successful Japanese pop composer Kyohei Tsutsumi. InchSexy Bus StopInch became an instant hit in the country and, taking this opportunity, various Japanese record companies started releasing Disco music. From 1976 until the early 1980s the music was often recorded by skilled studio musicians, rather than by computer input, providing a really solid sound to the dancefloor. Disco music was also spreading into TV series, commercials and anime. From Godiego's monster hit InchThe Birth Of The Odyssey - Monkey MagicInch to Pink Parachute's obscure (and excellent!) InchDisco Great TokyoInch tune, this selection explores some of the finest Disco and Boogie music released on the legendary Nippon Columbia tag in the late seventies and early eighties. Are you ready? Put your dance shoes on, and enjoy! Album Tracks 1. Godiego - the Birth of the Odyssey - Monkey Magic 2. Ikue Sakakibara - This Is Hot 3. Soul Media - I Will Give You Samba 4. Hatsumi Shibata - Purple Shadow 5. Yumi Murata - Krishna 6. Yoshito Machida·Godiego - Ame Wa Knife No Yo Sa 7. Pink Parachute - Disco Great Tokyo 8. Hatsumi Shibata - Hazumi de Daite (A Woman in a Man's World)
