Art & Thieves & Liars & Disco

How Long Has It Been Since You Really Tasted Good (full picture here)

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An On-U Sound mood came over me at Work and Gary Clail's Two Thieves & A Liar is what I thought of - still sounds magnificent after 26 (!) years and, yes, it's still relevant, isn't it? Where's Gary now? Love the discernible West Country accent, keeping it real. Back then On-U occupied a lot of our time, a funny kind of 'revolution' in bass with Sherwood at the controls, crusty crunching sound systems...anarchic dancehall style...

...dunno why but I went to Candi Staton's Young Hearts Run Free next...I've written about it before so I won't say much here other than it's a key record in my musical autobiography mainly because it always reminds me, precisely, of standing at an open air disco in 1976 with a girl I would later date...written by a man, David Crawford, funnily enough...

...then this, a mighty tune...yes, Sylvester's You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)...wow, hadn't listened to it in ages...Patrick Cowley's production...proto-Techno - yes, but the feel...play it loud! Play it from the rooftops! I noticed for the first time the gospel-syle vocals towards the end; no surprise as I found out it was originally intended as a mid-tempo gospel tune until Cowley worked his magic...love that funky little organ lick mixed back in here and, of course, the shimmering synth like shivers up and down your spine and the rush moments...yes! To anyone who says they don't like Disco, I say shut the fuck up...