VA - Disco Fever: The 154 Greatest Disco Anthems of All Time (Updated Improved Remastered Expanded Super Deluxe Edition) [2024] (14 x CDs)

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VA - Disco Fever: The 154 Greatest Disco Anthems of All Time (Updated Improved Remastered Expanded Super Deluxe Edition) [2024] (14 x CDs)

Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the 1970s from the United States' urban nightlife scene. Its sound is typified by four-on-the-floor beats, syncopated basslines, string sections, brass and horns, electric piano, synthesizers, and electric rhythm guitars.

Since this year (2024) is the 50th anniversary of when disco music really took off in 1974 and started to become mainstream, I decided to revisit my previous compilation and completely rebuild it from scratch and replace many tracks with far superior, better quality, sharper, highly detailed, brighter sounding remasters, with a considerable amount mastered from the original master tapes, plus expanding the collection by over 50 songs.

Yes, there were a few songs released in 1972 and 1973 which were really the precursor to disco as we know it, but it was 1974 where the genre really took off with smash hits such as 'Rock the Boat' by the Hues Corporation, 'Rock Your Baby' by George McCrae, and 'Never Can Say Goodbye' by Gloria Gaynor.

Disco music was initially called discotheque music. Early mainstream disco hits on the American pop charts included "The Love I Lost" by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes (released December 1973), "Rock the Boat" by the Hues Corporation (released February 1974 on their "Freedom for the Stallion" album and released as a single in May 1974), "T.S.O.P." by MFSB and the Three Degrees (on the January 1974 MFSB album "Love is the Message" and released as a single in March 1974), and "Rock Your Baby" by George McCrae (released July 1974). The first #1 song on the American Disco chart upon its debut on November 2, 1974, was "Never Can Say Goodbye" by Gloria Gaynor.

Disco started as a mixture of music from venues popular among African Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans, gay Americans, and Italian Americans in Philadelphia and New York City during the late 1960s to early 1970s. Disco can be seen as a reaction by the 1960s counterculture to both the dominance of rock music and the stigmatization of dance music at the time. Several dance styles were developed during the period of 70s disco's popularity in the United States, including "the Bump", "the Hustle", "the Watergate", and "the Busstop".

In the course of the 1970s, disco music was developed further, mainly by artists from the United States and Europe. Well-known artists included the Bee Gees, ABBA, Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, Giorgio Moroder, Boney M., Earth, Wind & Fire, Chic, KC and the Sunshine Band, Thelma Houston, Sister Sledge, Sylvester, The Trammps, Diana Ross, Kool & the Gang, and the Village People.

Manu Dibango's 'Soul Makossa' was the first disco or discotheque record, in part because it wasn't obviously a disco record yet nevertheless brought the phenomenon into focus.

'Soul Makossa' created a storm when David Mancuso started to play it at The Loft. Other DJs started to play it as well. Then dancers went out looking to buy it. The interest resulted in 'Soul Makossa' being the first record to enter the Billboard Hot 100 thanks to play by party DJs, because the record entered the charts without receiving any play on US radio. In this sense, 'Soul Makossa' is the first discotheque record, or is the first record that was indelibly associated with the discotheque dance floor and the new array of sounds that, when recurring elements were merged together, would go on to be the foundation of disco.

Eddie Kendricks' 'Girl You Need a Change of Mind' a gorgeous song from the album People... Hold On is also often cited as the ground zero of disco. 'Girl You Need a Change of Mind' is the prototype. The elements to it are a gospel influence, the way it's arranged (by Frank Wilson), the use of strings, the breakdown and buildup (which is straight out of the church). There was never anything prior to that that covers so much of what this song does in terms of structure and template.

While performers garnered public attention, record producers working behind the scenes played an important role in developing the genre. By the late 1970s, most major U.S. cities had thriving disco club scenes, and DJs would mix dance records at clubs such as Studio 54 in Manhattan, a venue popular among celebrities. Nightclub-goers often wore expensive, extravagant outfits, consisting predominantly of loose, flowing pants or dresses for ease of movement while dancing. There was also a thriving drug subculture in the disco scene, particularly for drugs that would enhance the experience of dancing to the loud music and the flashing lights, such as cocaine and quaaludes, the latter being so common in disco subculture that they were nicknamed "disco biscuits". Disco clubs were also associated with promiscuity as a reflection of the sexual revolution of this era in popular history. Films such as Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Thank God It's Friday (1978) contributed to disco's mainstream popularity.

The "disco sound" was much more costly to produce than many of the other popular music genres from the 1970s. Unlike the simpler, four-piece-band sound of funk, soul music of the late 1960s or the small jazz organ trios, disco music often included a large band, with several chordal instruments (guitar, keyboards, synthesizer), several drum or percussion instruments (drum kit, Latin percussion, electronic drums), a horn section, a string orchestra, and a variety of "classical" solo instruments (for example, flute, piccolo, and so on).

Disco songs were arranged and composed by experienced arrangers and orchestrators, and record producers added their creative touches to the overall sound using multitrack recording techniques and effects units. Recording complex arrangements with such a large number of instruments and sections required a team that included a conductor, copyists, record producers, and mixing engineers. Mixing engineers had an important role in the disco production process because disco songs used as many as 64 tracks of vocals and instruments. Mixing engineers and record producers, under the direction of arrangers, compiled these tracks into a fluid composition of verses, bridges, and refrains, complete with builds and breaks. Mixing engineers and record producers helped to develop the "disco sound" by creating a distinctive-sounding, sophisticated disco mix.

Thomas Jerome Moulton (born November 29, 1940) is an American record producer. He experimented with remixes in disco music, and this led to its wide adoption as a standard practice in the industry. He also invented the breakdown section, and the twelve-inch single vinyl format in the process.

Early records were the "standard" three-minute version until Tom Moulton came up with a way to make songs longer so that he could take a crowd of dancers at a club to another level and keep them dancing longer. He found that it was impossible to make the 45-RPM vinyl singles of the time longer, as they could usually hold no more than five minutes of good-quality music. With the help of José Rodriguez, his remaster/mastering engineer, he pressed a single on a 10" disc instead of 7". They cut the next single on a 12" disc, the same format as a standard album. Moulton and Rodriguez discovered that these larger records could have much longer songs and remixes. 12" single records, also known as "Maxi singles", quickly became the standard format for all DJs of the disco genre.

The large-format single record was Moulton’s creation. When pressing an acetate (a demo record) of Al Downing’s “I’ll Be Holding On” for Chess Records executives, the engineer ran out of 7-inch blanks. He ended up pressing the single on a 12-inch record instead.

Moulton didn’t like how the record looked, though - there was an ocean of unused space on the edges. So he asked mastering engineer José Rodriguez to boost the volume and dynamics as much as possible to fill more of the 12-inch record. He ended up creating a better-sounding and louder product, which ended up being the standard for nightclub DJs.

“Of course, when I heard it, I almost died,” he told DJhistory.com. “And at that time, there were only about seven- or eight-disc jockeys around, and I used to see them on Fridays, and I would give them acetates.”

After catching on at clubs, the 12-inch format was introduced commercially with the song “Ten Percent” by Double Exposure.

Moulton continued innovating for the rest of his career. He produced three albums for Grace Jones in the late 1970s and put out a couple of records under his own name. He also tackled the expansive Motown catalog, too, proving that he wasn’t limited to thumping disco beats. Moulton once estimated that he’s mixed more than 4,000 separate songs, and various record labels have put together boxed set compilations of his work. In recent years, he’s given extensive interviews about his history and philosophy - simply, he puts the song above all else.

And, in 2004 he was inducted with the first class into the Dance Music Hall of Fame along with superstar producer Giorgio Moroder and the Queen of Disco, Donna Summer.

So, next time you’re grooving along to a sprawling, 12-minute remix of your favorite song, remember you have Tom Moulton to thank.

Why Disco Made Pop Songs Longer

In the early 1970s, a musical sensation took over New York City: disco. Before the genre became synonymous with Saturday Night Fever, the Bee Gees, and celebrity-fueled parties, it was an underground movement powered by the innovations of young DJs challenging themselves and each other to throw the city’s most adventurous dance parties.

By 1973, DJs’ influence as musical tastemakers became apparent when songs they were introducing to the public became pop crossover hits. Tracks like “Love’s Theme” and “Girl You Need a Change of Mind” became defining tracks of the disco era.

These songs were repetitive, hypnotic, and funky. They were also quite long compared to other pop hits. This presented a problem for DJs, who were using 7-inch 45 rpm records. The 7-inch was the standard vinyl format for singles and could fit about three minutes and 30 seconds of good-quality audio - not big enough to hold these new disco singles.

An accidental studio discovery by disco pioneer Tom Moulton provided the solution: a 12-inch single. By stretching one song across 12 inches of vinyl, a format typically reserved for full-length albums, those long dance tracks had room to breathe.

By the 1980s, the 12-inch single dominated pop music. It not only changed the sound of records but allowed music producers to experiment with length and structure.

https://youtu.be/o3epEnJAyu4?si=1n6kmQTZf-K658qK

First Choice - Armed and Extremely Dangerous (1973)

This LP was entirely mixed by Tom Moulton (though not credited). He mixed the whole LP and was very upset because his name was supposed to be on there. Stan Watson originally made a deal for his Philly Groove label to be promoted & distributed by Warner Brothers. Stan soon found out that Warner's soul music division was overshadowed by their pop & rock division and all the soul music took a back seat at the label. Stan Watson had the rights to First Choice and the next move for First Choice was to break their contract with Stan Watson and join Norman Harris, their first producer in his new Gold Mine label - Distributed by Salsoul.

Studio 54

In the late '70s, Studio 54 in Midtown Manhattan was arguably the best-known nightclub in the world. This club played a major formative role in the growth of disco music and nightclub culture in general. It was operated by Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager and was notorious for the hedonism that went on within: the balconies were known for sexual encounters and drug use was rampant. Its dance floor was decorated with an image of the "Man in the Moon" that included an animated cocaine spoon.

Studio 54: Inside the world’s most famous celebrity nightclub

https://www.nydailynews.com/2023/04/25/studio-54-inside-the-worlds-most-famous-celebrity-nightclub/

Studio 54 complimentary drink card signed by Andy Warhol

Disco declined as a major trend in popular music in the United States following the infamous Disco Demolition Night on July 12, 1979, and it continued to sharply decline in popularity in the U.S. during the early 1980s; however, it remained popular in Italy and some European countries throughout the 1980s, and during this time also started becoming trendy in places elsewhere including India and the Middle East, where aspects of disco were blended with regional folk styles such as ghazals and belly dancing. Disco would eventually become a key influence in the development of electronic dance music, house music, hip hop, new wave, dance-punk, and post-disco. The style has had several revivals since the 1990s, and the influence of disco remains strong across American and European pop music. A revival has been underway since the early 2010s, coming to great popularity in the early 2020s. Albums that have contributed to this revival include Confessions on a Dance Floor, Random Access Memories, Future Nostalgia, and Kylie Minogue's album itself titled Disco.

So, after exhaustive and extensive online research, plus my own recollections, memories and records bought at the time, here is my personal compilation of what I consider to be the 154 best and most important tracks from the original disco era of the mid to late 70s into the early 80s.

This new set includes the songs which feature most on the many many lists of the best and greatest disco tracks ever made: critics lists, readers lists, online discussion forums, TV countdowns, etc.

I've included all the original mixes from the 70s and early 80s, 7", 12" and full-length album versions, no later remixes you often see appear on more recent compilations - basically the best and original versions of each song. Many tracks are the original long 12" extended disco mixes, which truly makes for an authentic collection of the records played in the dance clubs at the time such as the legendary Studio 54, The Loft, The Saint, and Paradise Garage.

To my knowledge a compilation of the greatest disco songs, particularly with many of the original 12" extended versions all in one place has never been compiled on this scale. In fact, you'd have to buy over 125 albums to pull together all of the correct versions featured here. So this is a first.

Most official disco compilations out there contain many of the classics, but also feature a lot of junk too. My goal was to include the very very best of the genre, the cream of the crop, and to add a number of tracks you just never see on compilations due to licensing, music rights issues, etc.

A small number of 70s disco classics were originally released only as shorter 7” single versions, and not extended 12” mixes. Supremo master mixers DJDiscoCat and Magnums have taken a few of the best original mixes and cleverly expanded the running times without losing the integrity of the original tracks, and by doing so creating some magnificent longer versions. They have all been issued under the ‘Disco Purrfection Version’ and 'Magnums Extended Mix' monikers and are featured here. All credit goes to DJDiscoCat and Magnums for these superb dancefloor mixes.

As a very SPECIAL BONUS I've included a few mp4 and mkv video files to tie in with this compilation.

The all-time classic 1977 disco movie Saturday Night Fever:

Saturday Night Fever - Director's Cut - 4K Restored High-Definition Digital Transfer - BluRay (1977)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Fever

Disco at the BBC - BBC4 (2012)

Disco classics from the BBC vaults of Top of the Pops, The Old Grey Whistle Test and Later with Jools Holland, including Chic, Labelle, Rose Royce, and the Village People.

Studio 54 - High-Definition Digital Transfer - BluRay (2018)

Studio 54 is a 2018 American documentary film directed by Matt Tyrnauer, examining the meteoric history of the Studio 54 nightclub, an extravagant disco venue infamous for hedonistic excess. Those responsible for the club's wild success reflect on the scene they sparked in 1977. Discotheque co-owner Ian Schrager recounts his role at the center of it all, including the club's fraudulent accounting and legal consequences.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_54_(film)

Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution - BBC2 (2024)

From the sweaty basement bars of 70s New York to the glittering peak of the global charts, how disco conquered the world - its origins, its triumphs, its fall and its legacy.

A truly superb three-part 2024 BBC documentary on disco and its very beginnings to the present day.

https://amp.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/dec/16/disco-soundtrack-of-a-revolution-review-an-absolute-feast-of-a-music-documentary

Now time to get your feet up on the floor and get dancing to almost 18 hours of classic original 70s and 80s disco!

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Movies/Documentaries

1. Saturday Night Fever - Director's Cut - 4K Restored High-Definition Digital Transfer - BluRay (1977)
2. Disco at the BBC - BBC4 (2012)
3. Studio 54 - High-Definition Digital Transfer - BluRay (2018)
4. Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution - BBC2 (2024)

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Track lists

CD01

01 Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme (Disco Purrfection Version) 6:56

02 Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive (Original 1978 12" Extended Version) 8:01

03 Chic - Le Freak (Original 1978 12" Single Version) 5:29

04 Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive (Original 1977 12" Promo Extended Special Disco Version) 6:56

05 Donna Summer - I Feel Love (Original 1977 12" Special Disco Version) 8:15

06 The Trammps - Disco Inferno (Original 1976 Full-Length Album Version) 10:53

07 Village People - Y.M.C.A. (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 3:43

08 Donna Summer - Love to Love You Baby (Original 1975 Full-Length Album Version) 16:53

09 Evelyn "Champagne" King - Shame (Original 1977 12" Extended Version) 6:35

10 The Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited (Original 1982 12" Mix) 5:40

CD02

11 KC and the Sunshine Band - That's the Way (I Like It) (Original 1975 Full-Length Album Version) 5:06

12 Amii Stewart - Knock on Wood (Original 1978 12" Version) 6:52

13 Patrick Hernandez - Born to Be Alive (Original 1978 12" Extended Version) 7:29

14 Bee Gees - Night Fever (Original 1977 12" Promo Extended Special Disco Version) 4:48

15 Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way (Original 1976 Full-Length Album Version) 5:44

16 Tavares - Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel (Original 1976 Full-Length Album Version) 6:34

17 The S.O.S. Band - Take Your Time (Do It Right) (Original 1980 12" Long Version) 7:42

18 Kool & the Gang - Celebration (Original 1980 12" Version) 4:58

19 Diana Ross - Love Hangover (Original 1976 Full-Length Album Version) 7:46

20 Donna Summer - Hot Stuff (Original 1979 12" Extended Mix) 6:41

21 Michael Zager Band - Let's All Chant (Original 1977 12" Disco Version) 6:50

22 A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie (Original 1978 Full-Length Album Version) 5:38

CD03

23 KC and the Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight (Original 1975 Full-Length Album Version) 5:20

24 Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony - The Hustle (Disco Purrfection Version) 7:25

25 Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine (A Tom Moulton Mix) 9:58

26 Kool & the Gang - Ladies' Night (Original 1979 Full-Length Album Version) 6:25

27 Vicki Sue Robinson - Turn the Beat Around (Original 1976 Full-Length Album Version) 5:35

28 Gloria Gaynor - Never Can Say Goodbye (Original 1974 Full-Length Album Version) 6:22

29 Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - The Love I Lost (Original 1973 Full-Length Album Version) 6:25

30 New York City - I'm Doing Fine Now (Tom Moulton Remix) 8:20

31 Barry White - Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe (Original 1974 Full-Length Album Version) 4:31

32 Alicia Bridges - I Love the Nightlife (Disco Round) (Original 1978 Full-Length Album Version) 5:35

33 Sister Sledge - We Are Family (Original 1979 Full-Length Album Version) 8:22

34 Rose Royce - Wishing on a Star (Original 1978 Full-Length Album Version) 4:50

CD04

35 Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Disco Purrfection Version) 7:36

36 Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough (Original 1979 Full-Length Album Version) 6:03

37 Rick James - Give It to Me Baby (Original 1981 12" Extended Mix) 5:42

38 Edwin Starr - Contact (Original 1978 12" Special Mix) 7:16

39 Blondie - Heart of Glass (Original 1979 12" Disco Version) 5:57

40 Donna Summer - Bad Girls (Original 1979 Album Version) 4:55

41 Chic - Good Times (Original 1979 Full-Length Album Version) 8:10

42 Andrea True Connection - More, More, More (Original 1975 Tom Moulton 12" Mix) 6:16

43 The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men (Original 1982 12" Extended Mix) 5:28

44 Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove (Original 1981 Full-Length Album Version) 5:39

45 Sister Sledge - He's the Greatest Dancer (Disco Purrfection Version) 12:28

CD05

46 Barry White - You're the First, the Last, My Everything (Original 1974 Full-Length Album Version) 4:34

47 Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - Bad Luck (A Tom Moulton Mix) 8:01

48 MFSB feat. The Three Degrees - TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) (Original 1974 12" Extended Version) 5:49

49 First Choice - Smarty Pants (Tom Moulton Extended Mix) 5:17

50 ABBA - Dancing Queen (Original 1976 7" Single Version) 3:53

51 Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing (Original 1977 12" Promo Extended Special Disco Version) 4:46

52 Tavares - More Than a Woman (Original 1977 7" Single Version) 3:17

53 Silver Convention - Fly, Robin, Fly (Original 1975 12" Extended DIsco Version) 7:44

54 Anita Ward - Ring My Bell (Original 1979 12" Midnight Mix) 8:09

55 Cheryl Lynn - Got to Be Real (Original 1978 12" Version) 5:08

56 Earth, Wind & Fire feat. The Emotions - Boogie Wonderland (Original 1979 12" Special Disco Version) 8:15

57 KC and the Sunshine Band - (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty (Disco Purrfection Version) 8:13

CD06

58 Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots (Original 1982 12" Special Dance Mix) 7:14

59 Sheila and B. Devotion - Spacer (Original 1980 Full-Length Album Version) 6:13

60 Odyssey - Native New Yorker (Original 1977 12" Disco Mix) 5:33

61 First Choice - The Player (Original 1974 Full-Length Album Version) 7:15

62 Boney M. - Daddy Cool (Original 1976 7" Single Version) 3:28

63 The Hues Corporation - Rock the Boat (Disco Purrfection Version) 8:22

64 The O'Jays - Love Train (A Tom Moulton Mix) 6:16

65 The Trammps - Hold Back the Night (Extended Mix) 8:55

66 Barry White - You See the Trouble with Me (Magnums Extended Mix v2) 6:55

67 The Rolling Stones - Miss You (Original 1978 Bob Clearmountain 12" Special Disco Version) 8:35

68 Grace Jones - Pull Up to the Bumper (Original 1981 12" Long Version) 5:46

CD07

69 ABBA - Lay All Your Love on Me (1981 12" A Raul Dance Mix) 7:47

70 Lipps Inc. - Funkytown (Original 1980 12" Version) 7:49

71 Diana Ross - Upside Down (Original 1980 Album Version) 4:04

72 Stephanie Mills - Never Knew Love Like This Before (Original 1980 12" Mix) 5:26

73 McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now (Original 1979 12" Disco Version) 10:42

74 Yvonne Elliman - If I Can't Have You (Disco Purrfection Version) 9:26

75 Gladys Knight & the Pips - Baby, Don't Change Your Mind (Magnums Extended Mix) 6:25

76 Madonna - Holiday (Original 1983 Full-Length Album Version) 6:07

77 Stacy Lattisaw - Jump to the Beat (Original 1980 12" Version) 5:17

78 Evelyn "Champagne" King - Love Come Down (Original 1982 12" Version) 6:13

79 Karen Young - Hot Shot (Original 1978 12" Vocal Version) 8:36

CD08

80 The Jacksons - Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) (Original 1979 12" John Luongo Disco Mix) 8:38

81 Prince - 1999 (Original 1982 Full-Length Album Version) 6:19

82 Donna Summer - MacArthur Park Suite: MacArthur Park / One of a Kind / Heaven Knows / MacArthur Park Reprise (Original 1978 12" Single Sided Promo Version) 17:35

83 Marvin Gaye - Got to Give It Up (Part 1 & Part 2) (Original 1977 12" Full-Length Promo Single Version) 11:55

84 Eddie Kendricks - Girl You Need a Change of Mind (Original 1972 Full-Length Album Version) 7:32

85 Double Exposure - Ten Percent (Original 1976 Walter Gibbons 12" Disco Mix) 9:43

86 The Spinners - The Rubberband Man (Original 1976 Full-Length Album Version) 7:24

87 Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - Satisfaction Guaranteed (or Take You Love Back) (Morning Star Re-Edit) 7:23

CD09

88 Al Downing - I'll Be Holding On (Original 1974 Tom Moulton 12" Disco Mix) 5:35

89 First Choice - Armed and Extremely Dangerous (A Tom Moulton Mix) 6:35

90 The Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again (A Tom Moulton Mix) 5:53

91 Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free (Mike Maurro 1976 12" Disco Remix) 6:33

92 The Emotions - Best of My Love (Original 1977 7" Single Version) 3:37

93 Shirley & Company - Shame, Shame, Shame (Original 1974 Single/Instrumental Version) 8:37

94 Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation (Original 1980 Tom Moulton 12" Mix) 6:33

95 The Three Degrees - Giving Up, Giving In (Original 1978 12" Disco Single Version) 6:10

96 Viola Wills - Gonna Get Along Without You Now (Original 1979 12" Long Version) 5:26

97 Tamiko Jones - Let It Flow (Original 1976 Tom Moulton 12" Mix) 6:49

98 Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting (Disco Purrfection Version) 6:06

99 George McCrae - Rock Your Baby (Original 1974 Full-Length Album Version) 6:25

CD10

100 Barry White - Never, Never Gonna Give You Up (Original 1973 Full-Length Album Version) 7:52

101 The Detroit Emeralds - Feel the Need (A Tom Moulton Mix) 7:04

102 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (Original 1983 12" Version) 6:23

103 Rick James - Super Freak (Original 1981 12" Disco Mix) 7:05

104 D Train - You're the One for Me (Original 1981 Vocal Version 12" Mix) 6:57

105 Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music (Original 1976 Album Version) 4:58

106 Average White Band - Pick Up the Pieces (Original 1974 Album Version) 3:58

107 Brass Construction - Movin' (Original 1975 Full-Length Album Version) 8:41

108 The Four Seasons - December, '63 (Oh, What a Night) (Disco Purrfection Version) 7:34

109 First Choice - Doctor Love (Tom Moulton Unreleased 12" Mix) 7:44

110 Sister Sledge - Thinking of You (Original 1979 Album Version) 4:28

111 Chic - I Want Your Love (Original 1978 Full-Length Album Version) 6:54

CD11

112 Carol Douglas - Doctor's Orders (1974 Extended Version) 5:28

113 5000 Volts feat. Tina Charles - I'm on Fire (Disco Purrfection Version) 6:58

114 Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing (Original 1975 7" Single Version) 4:02

115 Johnnie Taylor - Disco Lady (Original 1976 Album Version) 4:27

116 The O'Jays - I Love Music (A Tom Moulton Mix) 9:44

117 The Intruders - I'll Always Love My Mama (A Tom Moulton Mix 12" Promo Version) 9:49

118 MFSB feat. The Three Degrees - Love Is the Message (A Tom Moulton Mix) 11:24

119 The Crusaders feat. Randy Crawford - Street Life (Original 1979 12" Full-Length U.S. Disco Mix) 7:48

120 Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa (Original 1972 Non-Edited Single Version) 4:25

121 Roy Ayers feat. Ubiquity - Running Away (Original 1977 12" Long Version] 6:56

122 People's Choice - Do It Anyway You Wanna (A Tom Moulton Mix) 5:37

CD12

123 Rose Royce - Car Wash (Original 1976 Full-Length Album Version) 5:08

124 Jackie Moore - This Time Baby (Original 1979 Special 12" Disco Version) 7:14

125 Dan Hartman - Instant Replay (Original 1978 Tom Moulton Special Disco Version 12" Mix) 8:20

126 Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (Original 1978 12" Disco Version) 6:32

127 Narada Michael Walden - I Shoulda Loved Ya (Original 1979 Full-Length Album Version) 6:38

128 Yarbrough & Peoples - Don't Stop the Music (Original 1980 12" Long Version) 7:50

129 The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight (Original 1979 Sugar Hill Records 12" Long Version) 14:34

130 Blondie - Rapture (Original 1981 12" Special Disco Mix) 9:59

131 Indeep - Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life (Original 1982 12" Version) 5:40

132 Boney M. - Ma Baker (Original 1977 7" Single Version) 4:35

CD13

133 Joe Tex - Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman) (Original 1977 12" Single Version) 6:42

134 Labelle - Lady Marmalade (Disco Purrfection Version) 7:57

135 The Blackbyrds - Walking in Rhythm (Disco Purrfection Version) 7:42

136 Jigsaw - Sky High (Disco Purrfection Version) 8:14

137 Boney M. - Sunny (Disco Purrfection Version) 8:32

138 Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From (Disco Purrfection Version) 7:38

139 Donna Summer - Love's Unkind (Original 1977 7" Single Version) 4:26

140 Chic - Everybody Dance (Original 1978 12" Mix) 8:28

141 Sister Sledge - Lost in Music (Original 1979 Album Version) 4:41

142 Commodores - Brick House (Original 1977 12" Special Length Disco Version) 6:11

143 The Whispers - And the Beat Goes On (Original 1979 12" Long Version) 7:34

CD14

144 George Benson - Give Me the Night (Original 1980 12" Long Version) 4:58

145 Quincy Jones - Ai No Corrida (Disco Purrfection Version) 9:46

146 Gonzalez - Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet (Original 1977 12" Disco Single Version) 7:58

147 Foxy - Get Off (Original 1978 Special 12" Disco Remix) 5:44

148 Musique - In the Bush (Original 1978 12" Special Disco Remix by Francois K) 7:33

149 Lime - Babe, We're Gonna Love Tonite (Original 1982 12" Single Version) 6:53

150 Cerrone - Supernature (Original 1977 Full-Length Album Version) 9:44

151 Rose Royce - Is It Love You're After (Original 1979 12" Extended Version) 5:50

152 Silver Convention - Get Up and Boogie (Original 1976 12" Disco Version) 7:52

153 Heatwave - Boogie Nights (Original 1976 Full-Length Album Version) 5:02

154 Donna Summer - Last Dance (Original 1978 12" Disco Remix Version) 8:10

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