The Loft, Vol. 2

David Mancuso

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 17, 2000)
• Original Release Date: October 12, 2000
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Nuphonic [Studio]
• ASIN: B00004YRZA
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #286,038 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. House Party [Full Length Version] - Fred Wesley

2. Can't Fake the Feeling [Original 12" Mix] - Geraldine Hunt

3. L.O.V.E. Got a Hold on Me - Demis Roussos

4. Keep On [Vocal Version] - D Train

5. How Much Are They? - Holger Czukay, Jaki Liebezeit, Jah Wobble

6. Woman - Barrabas

7. Notice Me - Sandeé

8. Conquistadores Chocolates - Johnny Hammond

9. Can't Live Without Your Love [Full Length Version] - Tamiko Jones

10. Girl You Need a Change of Mind - Eddie Kendricks

Disc: 2

1. Nervous Track [Ballsy Mix]

2. Harmonica Track [Generation Mix]

3. 212 North 12th - David Mancuso

4. Set Fire to Me [Latin Jazzbo Version] - The Salsoul Orchestra

5. #5 (Go Bang!) - Dinosaur L

6. Chapter Three - Joe Gibbs

7. Walk on Air [Sun and Moon Mix] - Holy Ghost

8. Macho City - Steve Miller Band

9. Little Fluffy Clouds - The Orb

10. Rain - Dorothy Morrison

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This expansive double CD features choice sides that DJs have spun at this legendary New York club. The sprawling comp is light years away from the contemporary music world of micromarkets and niches within niches. Here, anything goes as long as it's got a good groove. Where else would you find tracks by an avant-garde composer (Dinosaur L), a salsero (Willie Colon), and a reggae artist (Joe Gibbs) jammed up against each other? Generally speaking, the newer tracks are cooler than cool, while many of the old school jams are both funny and funky. Just about everything sounds good, and both discs end on a strong note. The first disc closes with Eddie Kendrick's "Girl You Need A Change of Mind," a big, elegant soul production. Dorothy Morrison's "Rain," a rousing gospel song from 1970, wraps up second disc. Emphasizing the connection between the church and the dance club, those twin homes of spiritual uplift, it's a great choice for a closer. --Fred Cisterna

Product Description

The origins of disco (and clubland in general) lie in the early '70s and David Mancuso's Greenwich Village apartment, where he sponsored weekly after-hours parties for many of the city's gay men. This double CD features more of the highly influential tracks that made the parties, a diverse selection of disco, jazz, soul and leftfield music. Includes a 20 page booklet focusing on the foundations of the Loft, it's unique sound system and it's effect on the current dance climate. 20 tracks including, 'Keep On' (Vocal)-D-Train, 'How Much Are They?'-Jah Wobble & Jaki Liebezeit &Holger Czukay, 'Notice Me'-Sandee, 'Girl You Need A Change Of Mind'-Eddie Kendricks, 'The Nervous Track' (Ballsy Mix)-Nu Yorican Soul, '212 North 12th'-Salsoul Orchestra, 'Set Fire To Me' (Latin Jazzbo Version)-Willie Colon and 'Macho City'-Steve Miller Band. 2000 release. Slimline double jewel case housed in a slipcase.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Gourmet Dance Music by A Conniseur, November 11, 2000

By	ROBERT H. (HOUSTON, TEXAS USA) - See all my reviews

David Mancuso brings us more tracks from his long career of hosting The Loft dance parties. This two CD set ranges from 70s music like Fred Wesley's "House Party", Gerladine Hunt's "Can't Fake the Feeling" and Tamiko Jone's "Can't Live Without Your Love" to music from the 80s and 90s like Dinosaur L's "Go Bang", The Orb's "Little Fluffy Clouds" and "The Nervous Track" by Nuyorican Soul. The clarity of the recording seems to match Mancuso's efforts at The Loft to provide sound that enhanced the music without being over loud. I've enjoyed this set even more than his first one. Some stuff you don't find in most other collections like the "ballroom punk/industrial" music of "How Much Are They" by Jah Wobble, Jaki Liebezeit and Holger Czukay and the Santanaesque Latin-rock of Barabbas's "Women". If you have open, wide-ranging tastes in dance music or an interest in it's recent history, get this.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good to get a party started, August 19, 2001

By	Jens Christian (Copenhagen) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Loft, Vol. 2 (Vinyl)

This is a compilation of two cd's, one for early in the evening the other for late hours. The material contains mixed 70's Disco tracks from the famous nightclub The Loft in New York. Cd 1 sets of with a funk track called "House Party" slowly building up the entire party. Cd 1 just keep on bulding up the party atmosphere offering groovy harmonic dance tracks. Cd 2 (late)is not so much 70's Disco tracks as the first cd. It offers more deeper House tracks with a dash of groovy sexy vibes in them hopefully making the female guest at the party to let themselves a bit more loose on the dancefloor and in their conversations with the male guests. I recommend this one because it is nice to have something that almost everyone like in your House collection.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Different dance music, April 11, 2002

By	"sambody" (Helsinki Finland) - See all my reviews

This cd contains dance music that differs from the mainstream. Vey dancable and addictive grooves and baselines on the first cd especially. If the song "You can't fake the feeling" doesn't make you move, what does? As a curiosity there is the only disco song of Demis Roussos, the over 10 minute long L.O.V.E. It was almost a religous experience to hear this sentimental greek singer do it. And many others. Not only for dancefloors and parties, but suitable for listening too.