Larry Levan - Larry Levan Live At The Paradise Garage - 3 × Vinyl - Flac - 16-48 - Electronic, Funk / Soul, that Larry played at the Paradise Garage - only full versions - no live - no mixes - STRUTLP 006 - 2000

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Tracklist

Tracklist

A1 - Ashford & Simpson - Bourgie Bourgie 6:09 - 1977

Arranged By – Paul Riser

Producer, Composed By – Ashford & Simpson

A2 - T-Connection - At Midnight 9:43 - 1978

Arranged By – T-Connection

Arranged By, Producer – Cory Wade

Composed By – David Mackey, Theophilus Coakley

Producer – Cory Wade

B1 - Stephanie Mills - Put Your Body In It 6:02 - 1979

Composed By – Edward Moore, Howard King

Producer – James Mtume, Reggie Lucas

B2 - Shalamar - Right In The Socket 6:45 - 1979

Composed By – Dick Griffey, Kevin Spencer, Leon Sylvers

Producer – Leon Sylvers

C1 - Crown Heights Affair - Dreaming A Dream 7:06 - 1975

Composed By, Producer – Britt Britton, Freida Nerangis

C2 - People's Choice - Here We Go Again 4:56 - 1976

Composed By, Arranged By – Leon Huff

Engineer – Joe Tarsia

Producer – Gamble & Huff

D1 - Motown Sounds - Bad Mouthin' 6:08 - 1979

Composed By, Arranged By, Producer – Michael L. Smith

D2 - Jakki - Sun...Sun...Sun… 9:16 - 1976

Composed By, Producer – Johnny Melfi

Engineer – Edison Youngblood

E1 - Change - Angel In My Pocket 6:11 - 1980

Arranged By, Conductor – Davide Romani, Paolo Gianolio

Composed By – Davide Romani, Tanyayette Willoughby

Featuring – Goody Music Orchestra

Producer – Jacques Fred Petrus

E2 - Janice McClain - Smack Dab In The Middle 6:47 - 1979

Composed By – Milt Tennant, Thom Page, Thom Smith

Producer – Milt Tennant, Thom Page

Producer [Additional], Remix – Larry Levan

F1 - The Supremes - Let Yourself Go 4:34 - 1977

Composed By – Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr., Harold Beatty

F2 - The Chi-Lites - My First Mistake 5:44 - 1977

Composed By – Phil Hurtt, Richie Rome

Producer – Richie Rome

F3 - Jermaine Jackson - Erucu 3:24 - 1980

Arranged By – Gil Askey

Composed By – Don Daniels, Jermaine Jackson

Producer – Jermaine Jackson

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This priceless jewel, consisting of 3 LPs, 13 songs, about 84 minutes, is the best compilation of Funk / Soul / Disco never appeared.
Discogs mistakenly places it in the category DJ Mixes, perfect for the double CD version of this masterpiece which instead includes 20 tracks and it was mixed (I have big doubts that the mix are of Larry Levan ...), instead these are full versions, without mixes, no live, drawn from 45 or 33 of the artists. It 's a Various Artists in effect and the songs included are a perfect tribute to this musical category that I love as "my" psych/garage eighties!
I think the best song of the lot is undoubtedly Bourgie Bourgie by Ashford & Simpson, one of the magical Larry warhorses, a song then forgotten by all the great Italian DJ, which in this kind of music are the best in the world, only DJ Rubens he has celebrated the greatness at Summer Goodbye 2010 (an event which takes place every year, the first days of September at the Imperial Bay in Gabicce Mare - Romagna - Italy) - [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baia_Imperiale] - in Italian but with the translator of google ...
Curiously it is entirely instrumental, produced by a duo that made voices his strong point.
Another curiosity (a tip of my friend Fausto), the closing piece originally lasted only 1'23 "in 1974, included in The Original Soundtrack Of Mahogany, but its extraordinary beauty has made that come out of the versions longer, built by mixing the very short initial track.

13 fantastic songs that hold the comparison with any masterpiece of any musical genre.

The "disco" of high class is the music suitable for all moments, all places and all generations (this album also like my mother who is 86 years!)

I had lived the disco period as a teenager in the seventies, early eighties, but then I had left out but, since I heard this triple LP in 2000, my musical life has changed, for 10 years I fed funky / soul / disco! Word of dog!!!

Dedicated to Larry. I love you!

Thanks Fausto for letting me know and love lots of disco music!

rawkin' dog