Disco Gold [Original recording remastered]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 14, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Hip-O Records
• ASIN: B0009NZ3Z0
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,750 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #62 in Music > Dance & DJ > Disco
  • #77 in Music > Pop > By Decade > 1970s

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good overview, April 20, 2006

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Constantin Declercq "Constantin Declercq" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Disco Gold (Audio CD)

This is maybe one of the best disco anthologies but the world of disco anthologies is far from perfect. The track selection is good but as usual we've got an irritating mix of 7" versions, 12" versions and album versions. So, the gems are some Motown 12"s ("Don't leave me this way", "Love machine", "Heaven must have sent you", "Down to love town", "Upside down") and other extended tracks ("Heaven must be missing an angel", "Got to have loving", "H.A.P.P.Y. radio", "I love the nightlife", "Stomp", "Turn the beat around"). The bonus here is an unreleased mix by Tom Moulton: Jimmy Ruffin's "Tell me what you want". About "If I can't have you", I'm not sure but it seems that the 4 minute version on the cd is the original promo extended (on the soundtrack the song is 2:50). The really down side is "I will survive" clocking at 6:30 (the 8 minute lp version with an early fading !!). The liner notes by Brian Chin are superficial but the informations about the songs are interesting and the photos are not always the photos we see everywhere else (e.g. the hot photos of Donna Summer and Bonnie Pointer, or the superb "Heaven must have sent you" 12" blue sleeve with its original typing error on the timing). So this is an anthology sometimes good and sometimes not but it's not a bad start for a house party.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mixed Bag, August 18, 2005

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Paul (Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Disco Gold (Audio CD)

There are a few minor problems with this CD. First, the track listing is incorrect. "Best of My Love" by the Emotions does not appear on this CD. Instead, you will find "Got to be Real" by Cheryl Lynn in its place. Second, there is a laughable edit in the track "If I Can't Have You" that was made in an effort to 'extend' the song. Not sure why the record company thought that was necessary, but if you are familiar with the original recording, it is very distracting. And last, while the liner notes are great (Brian Chin), the accompanying photos are horrid.

Those minor problems aside, you will find the remastered, extended versions of "I Will Survive", "Don't Leave Me This Way," "Last Dance" and "Heaven Must Have Sent You", as well as an eight minute!! version of Don Ray's "Got to Have Lovin'" (a little too much of a good thing). Not all of the songs are the extended versions, but there are enough rarities here to interest discophiles. The sound on most tracks is quite good. If you can get this on sale, and you want the remastered versions of these dance hits, go for it!

14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love That Disco, May 5, 2006

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Glenn R. Chappell (Portsmouth, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Disco Gold (Audio CD)

You really get your money's worth. Track Lenght
1) Don't Leave Me This Way 5:42
2) Heaven Must Be Missing An angel 6:34
3) T.S.O.P. 3:37
4) Turn The Beat Around 5:32
5) Brizal 5:11
6) Disco Inferno (Radio edit 3:36)
7) Got To Have Loving 8:18
8) Best of my love 3:43
9) We Are Family (Radio edit 3:37)
10) If I Can't Have you 4:02 (They Should have used the shorter version on this very bad edit)
11) Tell me what you want 7:24
12) Love Machine 6:56
13) Heaven Must have Sent You 7:15
14) Down To Love Town 5:54
Disc Two 1) I Will Survive 6:28 (Edit of 12inch or Lp version, Well done)
2) Car Wash 3:19 (Radio edit)
3) YMCA 3:47 (Radio edit)
4) I Need a Man 4:54 (edit of 12 inch)
5) I Feel Love 5:53
6) Funkytown (Radio edit 3:58)
7) Stomp! 6:25
8) I Love The Nightlife 5:38
9) More More More 3:03
10) Ladies Night 6:24
11) Upside Down 4:05
12) Which Way Is Up 3:11
13 Got To Give it Up (Radio edit 4:10)
14) Shake Your Groove Thing 5:31
15 HAPPY Radio 6:40
16) Last Dance 4:56