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Circus Disco 25th Anniversary

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This CD is a disapointment. None of the songs are the !2" versions that were played in the clubs. These shortened versions are poor subtitutes that barely get you going before they end. These three to four minute versions are pointless. As well, if you want to reproduce the club experience wouldn't you mix these songs together in one long run as would have been done at any disco worth its salt?

Forget this. Go and get Larry Levan Live at the Paradise Garage or West end Records 25th Anniversary Master Mix. That is unless you want a poor K-Tel Substitute.

The song selection is excellent! Every song is meant to be played in a party!I got it when I was 17, and now I'm 21, but I love it. My sister owned the original single records which are now too scratched to be played, so i was very happy to see all these songs on one cd. The downside is that the songs are cut from 5 seconds to 3 minutes. In order to fit all these songs, this was done, which makes it sound cheap. For example, Two Man Sound's "Capital tropical" is cut to 5 minutes from the original version which is around 8 minutes long. The cd liner notes are unnecessary, as I don't know what Circus Disco was and there are many spelling mistakes. All in all, a good release by Thump Records. (Try to get the 12" vinyl record)

I thoroughly agree with the others who have complained about the compilation's producers' choosing to include the 7"single versions of these classic 1980s dance tracks here--had they used the original 12" versions and put out a 2-CD set this would surely have been a much better collection. Nonetheless, these tracks are all club anthems of the '80s and it's good to have them all on one CD--and with good sound quality. During the 1980s, L.A.'s Circus Disco nightclub was the West Coast's equivalent of NYC's Studio 54--and it still exists today.

Well here I am, 20+ years have gone by and I still reminisce on those days. I remember my 1st time at Circus Disco, Labor Day weekend 1980... the line was almost to the corner. When I walked in and heard the music, I said "this is my place for now on". I went every Wednesday & Sunday night. I was there dancing disco, with everyone that knew how. I remember the way some of the people would dress up and all the fun I'd have... too many things to write down but yeah, those little bottles! ha ha ha! The halloween parties, marti gras parties, Christmas and all the parties Gene & Ed (rest his soul) would throw. It was like heaven but better cause we had some of the best music playing from back then.

I have already purchased 3 cd's. Every time my friends are in my car we are reminiscing about the times we used to go to the Circus Disco. These songs are great and takes you right back in time. I love it!

This CD is Great! It has all the songs I listened to in High School. I love it!!! It's a great work out CD.

well im 37 now and in the early 80s we always went to circus on wed/fri after getting drunk at griffith park me,willie ernie erik,remember 3626,genos,woodys parking lot,peanuts ?wow how time flies,now im in woodland hills,10yrs with my boyfriend and always thinking of the party days,get this cd its awsome,

When I first got this, I was so shocked to find a lot of the old disco music, the real dance music and not the typical radio, same-o, same-o stuff, but rather only in the nightclub scene and of course if you were hip enuf for the Circus and wild enuf for Ginos or Kittys. Where you can dance alone or in a crowd and it was happening. The days of Moon Over Moscow, Romeo and Juliet and Boogie Motion,Sylvester, Cocomotion and alot of others, Lets All Chant! Hello to Alex and Wife, I tip my hat to this one, Lisa R.

The CD was a run about of the early 80's disco scene at the ever so eminent & celebrated Circus Disco. Do you recall the barrel of peanuts, your circus card for $3.00, Danny the door man, the entrance on Lexington, the Melon Balls, Oh & of course that lethal small glass brown bottle of well you know. I was 17 and entering the disco was like simply walking into a playground. What ever happened to the New Wave room in the back, Roy, Ceasar, Jeanie R., Bianca Jagger, Eva, Martha B. Judy B. and Patty C. The life & times of Circus Disco do still linger in my mind at times.