Disco 75 / Various Disco 75 / Various CD

Three CDs. Disco 75 features huge hits along with dancefloor essentials that changed the face of dance music mid-decade; including massive radio-friendly tunes from Shirley (And Company), Jackson Five, KC And The Sunshine Band, Archie Bell And The Drells, The O'Jays, Whispers, The Average White Band, Harold Melvin And The Bluenotes, Disco Tex And The Sexolettes and more. With the UK dance venues split between R&B (in the classic sense), uptempo Motown which would eventually be known as Northern Soul and the Mod-orientated clubs where jazz was also played, a new generation of Disco DJs emerged including Chris Hill at The Goldmine at Canvey Island, Greg Edwards on London's Capital Radio, Robbie Vincent on Radio London and Mike Shaft in Manchester. By late '74, Billboard and Record World in the States had introduced charts focussing on club DJ returns and by October Billboard launched the Disco Action chart which featured top plays compiled from audience response in the New York clubs; while in the UK Blues & Soul magazine with their Disco Dozen chart featured 12 floor fillers described as "an independent survey of the most played and most requested current releases around Britain's Discotheques". Over three CDs and 55 tracks, Robinsongs has collected the most in demand records that sparked that initial interest in Disco around the world. Designed by Michael Robson and mastered by Simon Murphy this is the definitive collection of the dancefloor sounds of 1975. The best of 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979 will follow.

1. Shirley (And Company) - Shame, Shame, Shame 2. Moses Dillard ; the Lovejoy Orchestra - Theme from Lovejoy 3. Herbie Mann - Hi-Jack 4. Doris Duke - a Little Bit of Lovin' 5. Black Stash - Mighty Love Man PT 1 6. Genya Ravan - Feel the Need in Me 7. The Kay-Gees - Get Down 8. Armada Orchestra - Cochise 9. Average White Band - Pick Up the Pieces 10. Harold Melvin ; Bluenotes - Bad Luck 11. Gene Page - Satin Soul 12. Jesus Alvarez - Queen Bee 13. Seldon Powell and Co - More Shame PT 1 14. Major Lance - Don't You Know I Love You 15. Frankie Valli - Swearin' to God 16. Dionne Warwicke - Take It from Me 17. Rhythm Makers - Zone 18. Seeds of the Earth - Planting Seeds 19. De-Lite-Ful - Forget That Girl 20. Chuck Jackson - Love Lights 21. Calendar - Hypertension 22. Retta Young - (Sending Out An) S.O.S 23. Bataan - the Bottle (La Botella) 24. Derek Martin - Beautiful Woman 25. Sylvia - Pussy Cat 26. The Jackson Five - Forever Came Today 27. Crown Heights Affair -Dreaming a Dream 28. Brother to Brother - Let Your Mind Be Free (Vocal) 29. Brother to Brother - Let Your Mind Be Free (Inst) 30. The Reflections - Three Steps from True Love 31. The Rimshots -7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (Blow Your Whistle) 32. Moments and Whatnauts - Girls (French Version) 33. Pat Lundi - Party Music 34. MFSB - Sexy 35. Peoples Choice - Do It Any Way You Wanna 36. Esther Phillips - What a Difference a Day Makes 37. Banzai - Chinese Kung Fu 38. The Glitter Band - Makes You Blind 39. Al Matthews - Fool 40. Universal Mind -Reach Out for Me 41. Ultrafunk - Sting Your Jaws - Part 1 42. KC ; the Sunshine Band - That's the Way I Like It 43. Armada Orchestra - Feel the Need in Me 44. Johnny Otis - Jaws 45. Disco Tex ; the Sexolettes - Get Dancin' 46. Oscar Toney Jar - Chicken Heads 47. The O'Jays - I Love Music 48. The Soul Train Gang - Soul Train "75" 49. Jimmy James ; the Vagabonds - I Am Somebody 50. The Whispers - in Love Forever 51. Benny Troy - I Wanna Give You Tomorrow 52. The Salsoul Orchestra - Chicago Bus Stop 53. Juggy Murray Jones - Inside America 54. Archie Bell ; the Drells - Let's Groove 55. Dooley Silverspoon - Let Me Be the Number 1(Love of Your Life)