Disco Classics [Varese] (2003)

About this title: Disco Classics might not be the first port of purchase for many disco fans. Those wanting more than the 20 tracks here will want to plumb for Rhino's Disco Box, or the multi-volume Disco Years series, while those who want just one compilation might be disappointed by the absence of any major '70s disco hits by the Bee Gees, Gloria Gaynor, Donna Summer, K.C. & the Sunshine Band, and Van McCoy. It's nevertheless a wide-ranging offering of huge, medium, and moderate disco hits from 1973-84, some of them not over-anthologized. There are, should you be wary of scaring your party guests by playing ... read more

Tracks:

1. Knock on Wood [Floyd/Cropper]
2. A Fifth of Beethoven [Murphy]
3. Ring My Bell [Knight]
4. Love in C Minor, Pt. 1 [Cerrone/Kouyoumdiji]
5. Get Up and Boogie (That's Right) [Levay/Prager]
6. I'm on Fire [Eyers]
7. You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) [James/Wittick]
8. Armed & Extremely Dangerous [Felder/Harris]
9. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood [Benjamin/Marcus/Cal]
10. Doctor's Orders [Stephens/Greenaway/]
11. Flashdance...What a Feeling [Cara/Forsey/Moroder]
12. In the Bush [Adams/Cooper]
13. Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life [Cleveland]
14. Up in a Puff of Smoke [Shury/Swern]
15. I Got the Feeling [Loverde/Wirrick/Mil]
16. Come to Me [Green]
17. Heartbeat [Nix]
18. Think It Over [Fields/Zager/Housto]
19. Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) [Nichols]
20. Let's All Chant [Fields/Zager]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.