Description
Product Description
Welcome to Teutonic boogie wonderland, fellow disco citizens. Presenting 18 sparkling disco, funk & Philly anthems from Germany -- recorded between nineteen seventy five and nineteen eighty . While never appreciated by rock critics, disco is actually one of the few musical genres where German productions had a huge international impact and heavily influenced American and British recordings. It's finally time to get this documented and appreciated. Shying away from the obvious hits, Disco Deutschland Disco digs a bit deeper - with many tracks appearing on CD for the first time. Su Kramer kickstarts our party of German glitterball grooves with the anthemic "You've Got The Power" from nineteen seventy six, previously only available on 7". There's Marianne Rosenberg's superb Philly-infused "Wieder Zusammen," which is pure mirrorball magic. Alfie Khan Sound Orchestra presents "Illegal Toys," featuring a proto-house riff ripe for sampling. Munich Machine was Giorgio Moroder's studio band that played on countless German disco recordings, and "Get On The Funk Train" is Moroder in excelsis -- featuring all the trademarks of his groundbreaking productions that still sound contemporary today. Germany's most successful disco-venture was Silver Convention, who hit the no. 1 spot in the U.S. charts with "Fly Robin Fly." Their high-octane "Love In A Sleeper" is a long-lost nugget from nineteen seventy eight. Next comes Supermax and Amanda Lear, who both perfectly capture the hedonism and glitz of coke-fueled disco nightlife. Bandleader Ambros Seelos delivers the white-hot, metallic "Gimmi More," featuring early traces of German electro. Soundtrack legend Peter Thomas smokes his way through super-funky "Opium," an irresistible disco monster from start to finish, while James Last scores with "Can't Move No Mountains," a great slice of jazzy disco. And even easy-listening god Berry Lipman went disco once: his steamy "S*e*x World" is the rare title theme of an X-rated p*orn flick. The most obscure entry on this compilation is by Schlager-star Christian Anders -- though best known for schmaltzy ballads, he also composed the score to martial arts B-movie Roots Of Evil. His "Running Away" is a killer funk workout with a bad-ass guitar part and a dead-on groove. Disco Deutschland Disco was compiled and annotated by Stefan Kassel who also compiled -- among other things -- the successful The In-Kraut compilations. So put on your platform shoes and boogie down to 100% fat-free dancefloor euphoria from Germany!
Review
It's nothing short of brilliant. -- XLR8R, August 2007
With the most detailed sleevenotes we have ever encountered, DDD is like disco itself: immediate and great, great fun! -- RECORD COLLECTOR, August 2007
Track Listings
1.Su Kramer: You've Got The Power Pt.1 2.Supermax: Lovemachine 3.Amanda Lear: Fashion Pack (Studio 54) 4.Marianne Rosenberg: Wieder Zusammen 5Alfie Khan Sound Orchestra: Illegal Toys 6.Veronika Fischer & Band: Philodendron 7.Berry Lipman: Sex World 8.Munich Machine: Get On The Funk Train Pt.1 9.Ambros Seelos: Gimmi More 10.Ganymed: Dancing In A Disco 11.James Last: I Can't Move No Mountains 12.Silver Convention: Love In A Sleeper 13.Christian Anders: Running Away 14.Jackie Carter: Treat Me Like A Woman 15.Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra: Opium16Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass: Feedback Brother17Carsten Bohn's Bandstand: Disco Cisco18Su Kramer: You've Got The Power Pt.2
