Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Love to Love You Baby [Come on Over to My Place Version] - Donna Summer
2. Everybody Dance [12" Mix] - Chic
3. Love Hangover - Diana Ross
4. Boogie Nights - Heatwave
5. Boogie Ooogie Ooogie - A Taste of Honey
6. Contact - Edwin Starr
7. Got to Be Real - Cheryl Lynn
8. Now That We've Found Love - Third World
9. Ring My Bell - Anita Ward

Disc 2:

1. Vertigo/Relight My Fire - Dan Hartman, Loleatta Hathaway
2. Is It All Over My Face - Loose Joints
3. Supernature [Original 12" Mix] - Cerrone
4. Take That to the Bank - Shalamar
5. Dancer [LP Version] - Gino Soccio
6. T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia) - MFSB, The Three Degrees
7. More, More, More - The Andrea True Connection
8. Let's Start the Dance - Hamilton Bohannon
9. Rapper's Delight - The Sugarhill Gang

Disc 3:

1. Beat the Clock [Long Version] - Sparks
2. Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick [Disco Version] - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
3. Pop Muzik [Long Version]
4. Heart of Glass - Blondie
5. Vie en Rose [Extended Mix - Tom Moulton] - Grace Jones
6. Are Friends Electric? - Tubeeway Army
7. Lucky Number [Slavic Dance Version] - Lene Lovich
8. Warm Leatherette - The Normal
9. Money - The Flying Lizards
10. Airport - Motors
11. Death Disco - Public Image Ltd.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #273410 in Music
• Released on: 2006-05-23
• Number of discs: 3
• Format: Import

Album Description
From the creators of the successful and hugely popular "12"/80s" series, comes its prequel - "Extended Seventies" - a collection of Pop, Disco, Dance and New Wave . Features tracks that are classic and musically historical tracks from the era when the 12" single (and hence the extended mix!) was created and when dance music reigned supreme. * From a period when the 12" single evolved into the format of choice initially for DJs and rapidly crossed over commercially into the public at larges' domain, where the extended or longer version dance mix of your record of choice could be found and the disco dance-floor of your favourite club was re-created in your own home - the DJ and dancer alike sharing the era defining concept of the 12" single extended mix. * Seventies Dance and Disco music is now very much back in profile.This is the first all-encompassing, from Dance to New Wave, seventies extended mix compilation of its kind. Compiled onto 3 CDs with over 30 tracks and 200 minutes of musical pleasure. * Littered with classic artists and vintage songs , it's a triple-disc melting point sure to save you from online bidding wars or traipsing round dusty old record stores. Contains many extended mixes appearing for the first time on CD . Includes many rare and sought after versions only previously available after much searching on ebay! * Features tracks from Donna Summer - Love to Love You Baby, Sugarhill Gang - Rappers Delight ,Diana Ross - Love Hangover, Eddy Grant - Living on the Frontline, Double Exposure - Ten Percent , M - Pop Muzic, Sparks - Beat the Clock, Blondie - Heart of Glass, Three Degrees- TSOP, IAn Dury- Hit me WIth your Rhythm Stick , Flying Lizards-Money, LAmont Dozier - Goin Back to My Roots, Public Image - Death Disco , Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric & many more !!!

Customer Reviews

They've got to dig deeper for more rareties...
3 discs of extended versions seems like a great idea...unfortunately, dedicated collectors have most likely found MOST of these mixes on numerous other compilations or full length CDs by the original artists. There are still SO many 70s 12" rareties that have never made their way to CD yet, so this is just a rehash, and more likely to appeal to those who are just beginning their collection of long versions on CD. On the plus side, the collection doesn't shy away from the LONGEST versions--for instance, the full near 17 minute version of Donna Summer, and it also gives a good mix of disco, funk, r&b and early new wave dance tracks. Track times and some individual notes:

CD1

1. love to love you baby...donna summer (16:46)
2. everybody dance...chic (8:25)
3. love hangover...Diana ross (7:46)
4. boogie nights...heatwave (4:35)
5. boogie oogie oogie...taste of honey (5:36)
6. contact...Edwin starr (7:16)
7. got to be real...Cheryl lynn (5:07)
8. now that we've found love...third world (7:36) (this version does not have the acapella intro as does the version on compilation "Grand 12 inches 3")
9, ring my bell...anita ward (8:09)

CD2

1. vertigo/relight my fire...dan Hartman (9:34)
2. is it all over my face...loose joints (11:33)
3. supernature...cerrone (9:40)
4. take that to the bank...shalamar (6:06)
5. dancer...gino soccio (8:25)
6. tsop...mfsb (5:41)
7. more more more...andrea true connection (6:15)
8. let's start the dance...bohannon (7:58) (this is a REMIX from a 1980s "reissue" single)
9. rapper's delight...sugarhill gang (14:32)

CD3

1. beat the clock...sparks (6:42) (this is Sparks dance collaboration with GIORGIO MORODER)
2. hit me with your rhythm stick...ian dury (5:25) (original extended version)
3. pop muzik...M (4:53) (the 12" version ends cold, so you actually don't get a lot of the ad lib vocal at the end of the original faded version)
4. heart of glass...blondie (5:46)
5. la vie en rose...grace jones (7:26)
6. are friends electric...tubeway army (5:20) (this is actually Gary Numan, it's just that he recorded this song under that "band" name)
7. lucky number...lene lovich (4:29) (this is a hot rarety! Never came across this extended remix on CD before! Very new wave dance sounding)
8. warm leatherette...normal (3:20)
9. money...flying lizards (5:43)
10. airport...motors (4:30)
11. death disco...public image ltd (6:41) (BIG treat. Wasn't even aware there was a long version of this track!)

breaking down borders
This compilation offers a few unique features that make it a rare find: unlike many compilations that seperate the genre, the compilers realize that New Wave and Disco were about breaking down borders, not setting them up. So we have three discs here in one box: chart hits of the time; more dance-oriented club classics (some of them fairly obscure); and the New Wave music of the time that was also played in the clubs.

I won't list all the tracks, but here are the special finds I don't have on other CDs, or would need to buy artist box sets to get: Diana Ross's 7:46 version of "Love Hangover," Shalamar's 6:06 "Take that to the Bank," and all 14:32 of the Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight."

The New Wave disc offers an unlikely treasure trove mix of artists such as Flying Lizards (very few offerings on CD), Lene Lovich (all but forgotten genius), Sparks (criminally under-appreciated West Coasters), and then the obvious but never boring choice of Blondie's "Heart of Glass."

If you're the sort of fan who bought the DgX versions of Diana Ross: Diana and Donna Summer: Bad Girls (to get the extra discs of remixes and alternative edits on the supplementary discs), then you are a serious dance fan and this set is right up your discoteque!

It reminds me of the Machine Soul compilation, which encompassed the 80s and 90s; in fact much of the music on this set, though not called "electronica" at the time, functions like a presage to that later style.

They've gotta dig deeper for the rareties...
3 discs of extended versions seems like a great idea...unfortunately, dedicated collectors have most likely found MOST of these mixes on numerous other compilations or full length CDs by the original artists. There are still SO many 70s 12" rareties that have never made their way to CD yet, so this is just a rehash, and more likely to appeal to those who are just beginning their collection of long versions on CD. On the plus side, the collection doesn't shy away from the LONGEST versions--for instance, the full near 17 minute version of Donna Summer, and it also gives a good mix of disco, funk, r&b and early new wave dance tracks. Track times and some individual notes:

CD1

1. love to love you baby...donna summer (16:46)
2. everybody dance...chic (8:25)
3. love hangover...Diana ross (7:46)
4. boogie nights...heatwave (4:35)
5. boogie oogie oogie...taste of honey (5:36)
6. contact...Edwin starr (7:16)
7. got to be real...Cheryl lynn (5:07)
8. now that we've found love...third world (7:36) (this version does not have the acapella intro as does the version on compilation "Grand 12 inches 3")
9, ring my bell...anita ward (8:09)

CD2

1. vertigo/relight my fire...dan Hartman (9:34)
2. is it all over my face...loose joints (11:33)
3. supernature...cerrone (9:40)
4. take that to the bank...shalamar (6:06)
5. dancer...gino soccio (8:25)
6. tsop...mfsb (5:41)
7. more more more...andrea true connection (6:15)
8. let's start the dance...bohannon (7:58) (this is a REMIX from a 1980s "reissue" single)
9. rapper's delight...sugarhill gang (14:32)

CD3

1. beat the clock...sparks (6:42) (this is Sparks dance collaboration with GIORGIO MORODER)
2. hit me with your rhythm stick...ian dury (5:25) (original extended version)
3. pop muzik...M (4:53) (the 12" version ends cold, so you actually don't get a lot of the ad lib vocal at the end of the original faded version)
4. heart of glass...blondie (5:46)
5. la vie en rose...grace jones (7:26)
6. are friends electric...tubeway army (5:20) (this is actually Gary Numan, it's just that he recorded this song under that "band" name)
7. lucky number...lene lovich (4:29) (this is a hot rarety! Never came across this extended remix on CD before! Very new wave dance sounding)
8. warm leatherette...normal (3:20)
9. money...flying lizards (5:43)
10. airport...motors (4:30)
11. death disco...public image ltd (6:41) (BIG treat. Wasn't even aware there was a long version of this track!)