The Seventies

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Due to the rise of the discotheque and the technical innovation of the twelve inch recording, a new genre of music that was explicitly made with the dancefloor in mind, was born . This music was coined disco, of which there are two flavors and time periods: disco 1.0, which is firmly connected to soul and funk in the first half of the seventies and disco 2.0 in the second half of the seventies, as the incarnation of gay hedonistic club culture. This movement was fueled by the DJ, who came into prominence during the seventies, more info on the DJs here.

Lee Perry's Black Ark era (1976 - 1979)
During this time, Jamaica's most magnificent and memorable music was being made, and Scratch was responsible for much of it. The trademark "hissing / falling rain / chains in the dungeon" sound that the Black Ark is famous for finally emerges. Now at the height of his craft, Scratch ensures that the Black Ark was the cornerstone of the deadliest music in reggae.

1970

One of the first DJs-as-artists, Francis Grasso, invents slip-cueing (holding one record on a slip-mat then cutting across at the right point). ‘Underground’ clubs with the DJ as the focal point appear. David Mancuso opens The Loft, one of the most influential. Nicky Siano’s Gallery is another. Frankie Knuckles and Larry Levan hang out together at both places.

1973

The resident DJ at the Continental Baths walks out and the owner tells light-man Larry Levan that he’s got six hours to find a record collection. Levan becomes resident. The nightclub soundtrack of Motown and Soul gives way to Gamble and the Huff’s Philly sound. MFSB release, ‘Love Is The Message’ typifies gay clubbing in NYC.

1974

Larry Levan outgrows the Continental Baths and Richard Long employs him at The Soho Place. He soon packs it out.

1975

Dave Mancuso starts the first ever record pool (a means for record companies to distribute promos to DJs). Promo 12 Inches appear with Calhoun’s ‘Dance Dance Dance’ rumored the first.

1976

Salsoul release the first commercially-available 12 inch. Walter gibbons takes double Exposure’s Ten Percent’ and works it into an 11 minute disco extravaganza. Repetitive beats and club music as we know it are born. Francois Kevorkian arrives in New York from France. He is hired as Gibbons’ percussionist at Galaxy 21.

1977

In January, Levan, Michael Brody and Mel Cheren, the co-owner of West End Records, open the Paradise Garage. It’s a disaster. The sound system gets stuck in a blizzard and people wait outside in the freezing cold.

1978

Everyone and their mother has made a disco record. Levan performs his first remix. It’s a disco-novelty record by Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster called ‘C Is For Cookie’.

1979

The 'disco sucks' campaign marks the definitive end of disco

Larry Levan and DJ Kool Herc were the most prominent DJs of the seventies.

I'll Bake Me a Man - Barbara Acklin (Brunswick, 1973)
If You Love Me Like You Say You Love Me - Betty Wright (Alston, 1972)
Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys - Equals (Shout, 1972)
Rain - Dorothy Morrison (Elektra, 1971)
Fencewalk - Mandrill (Polydor, 1973)
Street Dance/Njia (Nija) Walk (Street walk) - The Fatback Band (Perception, 1973)
Sultana/Rain 2000 - Titanic (Epic, 1972/1973)
Dust Yourself Off and Try It Again - Beautiful Zion Choir (Myrrh, 1973)
You're the One - Little Sister (Stone Flower, 1970)
Music For Gong Gong - Osibisa (Decca, 1971)
I Got It - Gloria Spencer (Jay Walking, 1971)
Girl You Need a Change of Mind - Eddie Kendricks (Tamla, 1972)
You Sure Know How To Love Your Man - Willie Hutch (Motown, 1974)
Think (About It) - Lyn Collins (People, 1972)
I Like What I Like - Everyday People (Paramount, 1972)
Twenty-Five Miles/Running Back and Forth - Edwin Starr (Gordy, 1969)
Feel the Need in Me - Detroit Emeralds (Westbound, 1972)
Giving Up - Zulema (Sussex, 1973)
Doing it to Death - Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s (People, 1973)
Melting Pot - Boris Gardiner Happening (Dynamic, 1973)
Beggin' - Timebox (Deram, 1968)
Woman/Wild Safari - Barrabas (RCA, 1973)
The Bottle - Gil Scott-Heron (Strata-East, 1974)/Brother to Brother (Turbo, 1974)
I Can Understand It - The New Birth (RCA, 1973)/Valentinos (Atlantic, 1973)/Kokomo (Columbia, 1975)
Pursuit of the PimpMobile - Isaac Hayes (Enterprise, 1974)
Take Off Your Make-up - Lamont Dozier (ABC, 1973)
Love and Happiness - Al Green (Hi, 1972)
Main Line - Ashford & Simpson (Warner Bros., 1974)
Armed and Extremely Dangerous - First Choice (Philly Groove, 1973)
Zing Went the Strings of My Heart - The Trammps (Buddah, 1972)
Who is He And What is He to You - Creative Source (Sussex, 1974)
Life and Death in G & A - Abaco Dream (A&M, 1969)
Half a Cup - Reggie Gardner (ABC, 1974)
We the People - Soul Searchers (Sussex, 1972)
Crazy 'Bout My Baby - Bonnie Bramlett (Columbia, 1973)
Getting Together - Brothers Guiding Light Featuring David (Mercury, 1973)
Sweet Charlie Babe/Time - Jackie Moore (Atlantic, 1973)
What Goes Around (Comes Around) - Black Ivory (Kwanza, 1974)
Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango (Atlantic, 1973)
Good Things Don't Last Forever - Ecstasy, Passion & Pain (Roulette, 1974)
Koke - Tribe (ABC, 1973)
Pull Yourself Together - Buddy Miles (Columbia, 1974)
Papa Was a Rollin' Stone - The Temptations (Gordy, 1972)
Under the Influence of Love - Love Unlimited (20th Century, 1973)
Little Bit of Love - Brenda & The Tabulations (Epic, 1972)
And You Call That Love - Vernon Burch (75)
Ask Me - Ecstacy, Passion & Pain (74)
Brazil - Ritchie Family (75)
Breaking Out All Over - Lamont Dozier (73)
Brother's Gonna Work It Out - Willie Hutch (73)
Call Me Your Anything Man - Bobby Moore (75)
Casanova Brown - Gloria Gaynor (75)
Change With The Times - Van McCoy (75)
Checkmate - Barrabas (75)
City Country City - War (72)
Crystal World - Crystal Grass (75)
Dance And Hum Along - Jackson 5 (73)
Do It Anyway You Wanna - People's Choice (75)
Do The Bus Stop - Fatback Band (75)
Eleanor Rigby - Wing & A Prayer (75)
Erucu - Jermaine Jackson (Instr.) (75)
Expansions - Lonnie Liston Smith (75)
Face The Music - Dynamic Superiors (75)
Foot Stompin' Music - Bohannon (75)
Free Man - South Shore Commission (75)
Give It Up Or Turn It Loose - James Brown (69)
Give Me Your Love - Sisters Love (73)
Got To Get A Knutt - New Birth (73)
Helplessly - Moment Of Truth (75)
Hi-Jack - Herbie Mann (75)
I Can Understand It - Bobby Womack (72)
I'll Do Anything For You - Barry White (75)
I'm In Heaven - Touch Of Class (75)
It Only Takes A Minute - Tavares (75)
It's Just Begun - Jimmy Castor Bunch (72)
Law Of The Land - Undisputed Truth (73)
Look Me Up - Blue Magic (73)
Love & Happiness - First Choice (73)
Love Don't You Go Through No Changes On Me - Sister Sledge (74)
Love Is The Message - MFSB (74)
Make Me Believe In You - Patti Jo (75)
Mellow Blow - Barrabas (75)
Melting Pot - Booker T. & MGs (71)
Messin' With My Mind - Labelle (75)
Mirrors Of My Mind - Jackson 5 (74)
Mister Magic - Grover Washington, Jr. (75)
Move Me No Mountain - Love Unlimited (74)
Peace Pipe - B.T. Express (75)
Peanut Vendor - Ritchie Family (75)
Put The Music Where Your Mouth Is - Olympic Runners (74)
Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin (71)
Salsoul Rainbow - Salsoul Orchestra (75)
Save Me - Silver Convention (75)
Somebody's Gotta Go - Mike & Bill (75)
Sugar Pie Guy - Joneses (74)
The Family Tree - Family Tree (75)
The Player - First Choice (74)
Walk On By - Gloria Gaynor (75)
Waterbed - LTG Exchange (74)
Corazon - LTG Exchange (7x)
What Can I Do For You - Labelle (75)
Where Do I Go From Here - Supremes (75)
Cymande - Bra
Double Exposure 'Ten Percent' Walter Gibbons
Funkanova Wood Brass and Steel
Aquarian Dream - Phoenix
Loleatta Holloway - Dreamin'
Bumble Bee Unlimited - Love Bug
Juggy Jones - Inside America
Nature Zone - Porcupine
Atmosphere - Atmosphere Strutt
Disco Dub Band - For the Love of Money
The Universal Robot Band "Dance and Shake Your Tambourine".
Dexter Wansel "Life On Mars"
Side Effect - Always There
Blackbyrds - Happy Music | Donald Byrd
Brass Construction - Changin' -->Randy Muller
Ecstacy, Passion & Pain - Touch And Go
Roy Ayers - Running Away
Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express
Francine McGee - Delirium (RCA)
Alfredo De La Fe - Hot To Trot
First Choice - Doctor Love
Loleatta Holloway - Hit & Run
Aquarian Dream - Phoenix
Salsoul Orchestra - Magic Bird Of Fire
Universal Robot Band - Dance & Shake Your Tambourine
Stevie Wonder - As
Norman Connors - Once I've Been There
Minnie Riperton - Stick Together (Ext. Mix)
Moment Of Truth - Chained To Your Love
Silvetti - Spring Rain
Salsoul Orchestra - Run Away
Teddy Pendergrass - You Can't Hide From Yourself
Teddy Pendergrass - The More I Get, The More I Want
Thelma Houston - I'm Here Again
Double Exposure - My Love Is Free
War - Galaxy
Musique - Keep On Jumpin' 1978
Phreek - Weekend
Third World - Now That We Found Love
Carl Bean - I Was Born This Way
Don Ray - Standing In The Rain
Dinosaur - Kiss Me Again
Goody Goody - It Looks Like Love
First Choice - Love Thang
Kraftwerk - The Robots
Loleatta Holloway - Catch Me On The Rebound
Martin Circus - Disco Circus
Kebekelektrik - War Dance
Bohannon - Let's Start The Dance
Loleatta Holloway - I May Not Be There When You Want Me
Freda Payne - I'll Do Anything For You
Grace Jones - My Jamaican Guy
Lenny Williams - You Got Me Running
Linda Clifford - Runaway Love
Lorraine Johnson - Feed The Flame
Tasha Thomas - Shoot Me (With Your Love)
Dan Hartman - Relight My Fire
Cory Daye - Pow Wow
Eddy Grant - Living On The Frontline
Ripple - The Beat Goes On
Kleeer - Keep Your Body Workin'
Black Ivory - Mainline (12")
Chicago - Street Player (12" Mix)
Risco Connection - Ain't no Stoppin' Us Now
Machine - There but for the Grace of God
Dee Dee Bridgewater - Bad For Me (Ext. 12" Mix)
First Choice - Double Cross (Levan Remix)
Taana Gardner - When You Touch Me (Levan Mix)
Jean Carn - Was That All It Was (Ext. 12" Mix)
Giorgio Moroder - I Wanna Rock You
Harvey Mason - Groovin' You
Candido - Thousand Fingerman
Inner Life - I'm Caught Up
Tamiko Jones - Can't Live Without Your Love
Patti Labelle - Music Is My Way Of Life
Candido - Dancin' & Prancin'
Sister Sledge - Lost In Music
Sergio Mendes - I'll Tell You (Ext. 12" Mix)
Eddy Grant - Walking On Sunshine (Ext. 12" Mix)
Chantal Curtis - Get Another Love
Positive Force - We Got The Funk
Donna McGhee - It Ain't No Big Thing
Salsoul Orchestra - How High (Levan Remix)
Roy Ayers - Don't Stop The Feeling
Candido - Jingo
George Duke - I Want You For Myself
Instant Funk - I Got My Mind Made Up (Levan Remix)
Skyy - First Time Around (Levan Remix)
Loleatta Holloway - Greatest Performance Of My Life (Levan Remix)
Billy Nichols - Give Your Body Up To The Music
Five Special - Why Leave Us Alone
Bruce Johnson - Pipeline
Jackie Moore - How's Your Love Life Baby
Giorgio - I Wanna Rock You
Double Exposure - I Got The Hots For You
Alfredo de la Fe - Hot to Trot
Loose Joints - Is It All Over My Face
Ramona Brooks - I Don't Want You Back
Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation
Taana Gardner - Work That Body (Levan Remix)
Sylvester - I Need You
Eddy Grant - Nobody's Got Time
Sylvia Striplin - Give Me Your Love
First Choice - Breakaway
Gayle Adams - Stretchin' Out
Geraldine Hunt - Can't Fake The Feeling
Trussel - Love Injection
Invisible Man's Band - All Night Thing
Exodus - Together Forever
Raw Silk - Do It To The Music
Gwen McCrae - Funky Sensation
Logg - I Know You Will (Levan 12" Remix)
Inner Life - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Chemise - She Can't Love You
Class Action - Weekend
Taana Gardner - Heartbeat (12" Levan Mix)
Secret Weapon - Must Be The Music [Prelude records]
ESG - Moody
Stone - Time
Esther Williams - I'll Be Your Pleasure (Levan Remix 12" or LP)
Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper
Hi-Gloss - You'll Never Know
Patti Labelle - The Spirit's In It
D Train - You're The One For Me
Nick Straker Band - A Little Bit Of Jazz
Jamaica Girls - Need Somebody New (12" Levan Remix)
Empress - Dyin' To Be Dancin'
Strikers - Body Music (12" Levan Remix)
Unlimited Touch - Searching To Find The One
Donald Byrd - Love Has Come Around
Jimmy Ross - First True Love Affair (Levan 12" Mix)
Tom Tom Club - Le Elephant
Powerline - Journey
Inner LIfe - Make It Last Forever (Levan Remix)
Syreeta - Can't Shake Your Love (Levan Remix)
MFSB - Love Is The Message (14 min. Tom Moulton Remix Vers.)
Ednah Holt - Serious, Serious Space Party (Levan 12" Mix)
Mona Rae - Do Me
80's Ladies - Turned On To You
Logg - You've Got That Something
Frontline Orchestra - Don't Turn Your Back On Me
North End - Happy Days
Conversion - Let's Do It
Salsoul Orchestra - 212 North Street
Rainbow Brown - Til You Surrender
Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock [Arthur Baker]
Michelle Wallace 'Jazzy Rhythm' Tee Scott
Peech Boys - Don't Make Me Wait
Dinosaur L - Go Bang [Arthur Russell]
Klein & MBO - Dirty Talk [Italy]
Debbie Trusty - Searchin' for Some Lovin' [Nick Martinelli]
Chemise / She Can't Love You
Raw Silk 'Do It To The Music' [Nick Martinelli]
Montana Sextet Heavy Vibes [Montana]
Fonda Rae 'Over Like A Fat Rat' [Fonda Rae]
Indeep - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life
Bo Kool - Love Money [Jazz-Funk]
Carly Simon - Why Atlantic WEA [ Niles and Rogers ]
Denroy Morgan - Happy Feeling
Funk Fusion Band - Can You Feel It [Nick Martinelli]
Rockers Revenge - Walking On Sunshine
Fat Larry's Band - Act Like You Know + Whatnauts [Philadelphia]
Salsoul Orchestra - 'Nice 'n' Nasty'

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