Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. We're on Our Way Home - Brainstorm
2. My Love Supreme - Milton Hamilton
3. Barely Breaking Even - Universal Robot Band
4. Chameleon
5. You're So Right for Me - Eastside Connection
6. Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
7. Flight to Jamaica
8. Que Tal America - Two Man Sound
9. Corazon - LTG Exchange
10. Love Hangover - Touch
11. Let's Make Love
12. Just As Long As I Got You - Love Committee
13. Smile
14. I Got a Thing
15. Shout at the Disco - Little Scotty
16. Work Song - Pat Lundy

Disc 2:

1. You're So Right for Me [Unmixed] - Eastside Connection
2. My Love Supreme [Unmixed] - Milton Hamilton
3. Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now [Unmixed]
4. Corazon [Unmixed] - LTG Exchange
5. Cathedrals [Unmixed] - D.C. Larue
6. Chameleon [Unmixed]
7. Flight to Jamaica [Unmixed]
8. Que Tal America [Unmixed] - Two Man Sound
9. Love Hangover [Unmixed] - Touch

Disc 3:

1. I Got a Thing [Unmixed]
2. Work Song [Unmixed] - Pat Lundy
3. Smile [Unmixed]
4. Beyond the Galaxy [Unmixed] - Jimmy Roma
5. I Don't Wanna Lose It - Tommy Wood
6. Let's Make Love [Unmixed]
7. Just As Long As I Got You [Unmixed] - Love Committee
8. Barely Breaking Even [Unmixed] - Universal Robot Band
9. We're on Our Way Home [Unmixed] - Brainstorm

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #95921 in Music
• Released on: 2000-11-21
• Number of discs: 3

Album Details
House: 3CDs: Fresh from his Adventures at the Playboy Mansion, the Man from Paris Has Put Together a Golden Selection of Some of the Least Known & Hardest to Find Disco Tracks. For Those who Don't Know, Dimitri Has Been DJing for Almost 20 Years. Initially Influenced by Early Hip Hop, He's Gone on to Performing Remix Duties for Brand New Heavies, Bjork, New Order & Even James Brown. His Craftmanship Has Led Him to Composing Soundtracks for Chanel, Karl Lagerfield & Gaultier.

Amazon.com
This triple disc provides plenty of party fuel. The first CD features Dimitri from Paris's solid set, while the other discs contain the DJ's source material in original, unmixed form. Those unmixed discs reveal what was left out of pared-down, hit-radio versions of disco songs: flights of jazz-funk improv and highly danceable sections dominated by Latin percussion. The Latin element is big on Disco Forever; not only is it brimming with sensual samba and tango rhythms, but Spanish vocals grace three of the tracks. One highlight is Touch's no-nonsense instrumental version of Diana Ross's classic "Love Hangover." Skylite's slinky "Smile"; Silver, Platinum and Gold's tense, ecstatic "I Got a Thing"; and Universal Robot Band's supergroovy "Barely Breaking Even" also stand out. The rough and ready "Shout at the Disco" by Little Scotty only appears on the Dimitri-mixed CD. Its three minutes of raw funk rule. --Fred Cisterna

Customer Reviews

respectful to the classics, but missing the fun
Here comes that blatant disco lover Dimitri again, barely waiting for that hovering glitterball to stop twinklin' before cranking out his second mix of the year, the 3-cd set Disco Forever. The prior release A Night at the Playboy Mansion cleverly packaged the spirited fun of the 70's sound while featuring edits of old originals and never-realize-it modern cuts.

Right away you'll notice the lean towards jazz-inclined pieces ("My Love Supreme," "Chameleon") and a respect for underground "classics" that better replicates the sound of days past but comes off quaintly dated. Unfortunately, this set lacks the exuberant party thrills of Playboy Mansion. It's six songs in - the Spanish cover of "Ain't No Stopping Us Now" by Charanga 76 followed with Crashers' "Flight to Jamaica," before the music finally begins to catch hold of your hips. It's largely hit and miss from there.

As for three discs worth of this stuff, at least you get value; two contain the unmixed full-length originals and some respectable exclusives not worked into the mix, a thorough track history lines the cases, and over three hours of music. Disco collectors have plenty here to work with, but Forever lacks the magic to spark an evening. Grade: C

Mammoth Set
This is an ambitious project and an interesting concept: the DJ provides not only one disc of continuously mixed songs, but includes 2 additional discs of his source material, in separate tracks. The experiment is not wholly successful. The mixed disc out of necessity cuts many of the songs short to fit into an hour or so of CD time, and the song selection is sometimes flat. The other two discs contain a variety of late 70's dance tracks. Some are cheesy ("My Love Supreme" vocals, "Chameleon," "Let's Make Love"), and others are fantastic. Nearly all of the tracks are lesser known songs or covers by rarely heard artists. As a source for rareties, this collection excels. It includes some very, very good tracks ("You're So Right For Me," "We're On Our Way Home," "Love Hangover" instrumental) and some incredible finds that work magic on the dance floor. "Flight To Jamaica" approaches Chic in the rhythm guitar department, "I Don't Wanna Lose It" sends out a yearning, bittersweet statement about desire atop a great arrangment, and the Walter Gibbons' rehaul of "Just As Long As I Got You" has to be one of the best dance records of the last 30 years. The bass vocals, hypnotic lyrics, and dramatic instrumentation are stellar.

Tres bien again
I am biased but Dimitire get's it right every time. This box consists out of a mixed cd and two cd's with the uncut/unremixed verions. Basically, you are dealing with pure disco here, a lot of Deja vu. If you hate disco, don't bother to buy it.