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1	Saturday Night Fever [Remastered] (2007) more music like this by The Bee Gees Every so often, a piece of music comes along that defines a moment in popular culture history: Johann Strauss' operetta Die Fledermaus did this in Vienna in the 1870s; Jerome Kern's Show Boat did it for Broadway musicals of the 1920s; and the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album served this purpose for the era of psychedelic music ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.62!
2	Saturday Night Fever (1977) more music like this by Original Soundtrack Every so often, a piece of music comes along that defines a moment in popular culture history: Johann Strauss' operetta Die Fledermaus did this in Vienna in the 1870s; Jerome Kern's Show Boat did it for Broadway musicals of the 1920s; and the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album served this purpose for the era of psychedelic music ... see all copies from $19.96!
3	Disco Box (1999) more music like this by Various Artists Rhino's four-CD Disco Box is the most impressive disco retrospective yet assembled, featuring 80 tracks and exhaustive liner notes which chronicle the music's history, artists, innovations, and subsequent influence. Like many of the best Rhino anthologies of this sort, The Disco Box is a mixture of acknowledged classics and neglected yet ... see all copies from $8.49! new only from $51.67!
4	A Fifth of Beethoven (1976) more music like this by Walter Murphy Walter Murphy's "A Fifth of Beethoven" put classical disco on the map. It helped that Beethoven's symphony had a heavy percussion feel which Murphy cranked up a couple of notches with his amazing ingenuity. Other selections, while creatively different, are as good, but didn't burn a hole in the charts like "Fifth." "Suit Love Symphony," "Flight 76 ... see all copies from $1.99!
5	Ultimate Disco: 30th Anniversary Collection (2003) more music like this by Various Artists Madacy's Ultimate Disco: 30th Anniversary Collection sticks to familiar singles, most of which went gold or platinum shortly after release. It would by hard to come by a much better introduction to the style -- especially considering the breadth (fittingly enough, there are 30 tracks) -- but one significant stumbling block is that the selections ... see all copies from $15.07! new only from $15.07!
6	Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion [Box Set] (2004) more music like this by Various Artists The three-disc box set Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion was released just after PBS premiered the program of the same name, which featured new performances -- from Anita Ward, Thelma Houston, A Taste of Honey, KC & the Sunshine Band, and several others -- with archival footage from the disco era. Content-wise, the box doesn't do much to ... see all copies from $42.60! new only from $42.60!
7	Number 1 Hits of the 70's, Vol. 1 (1999) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from $5.79! new only from $11.75!
8	Disco Classics [Varese] (2003) more music like this by Various Artists 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 ... see all copies from $16.21! new only from $16.21!
9	Discomania [K-Tel 1993] (1993) more music like this by Various Artists As critical revisionism continues, more and more favorable views about the disco revolution are issued, many from people who denounced it when the music was at its peak. Nevertheless, compilations like this ten-track set are becoming more popular, as those who missed it the first time around are trying to find out what it was like. These are huge ... see all copies from $3.66!
10	Funk Hits [Double Play] (2001) more music like this by Various Artists Judging from the no-nonsense, low-effort packaging, Funk Hits has all the looks of a middling compilation, but it's not half-bad, throwing 20 cuts together that range greatly in year-of-release terms, from the '60s to the early '80s. This is quite random, with little thought put into sequencing or continuity; however, most of the selections are ... see all copies from $6.79! new only from $6.79!
11	Take Over (1997) more music like this by Transmutator Take Over might be noted for having electronica versions of both "Macho Man" and Beethoven's Fifth (or more precisely Walter Murphy's arrangement -- "A Fifth of Beethoven"); however, these are the two weakest cuts on an otherwise strong release. Transmutator has created numerous danceable and well-done electronic jams with some inventive twists. ... see all copies from $2.20! new only from $2.20!
12 view cover	A Year in Your Life: 1970's, Vol. 1 (2001) more music like this by Various Artists While Definitive Records' Year in Your Life series does a fine job with the collections that they have issued which span single years, their decade spanning collections issued as part of the same series seem a bit scattershot. The songs are almost always recognizable, but not consistently iconic, and while the series plants itself pretty firmly in ... see all copies from $1.99!
13 view cover	Double Feature: Saturday Night Fever/Grease (1997) more music like this by The Countdown Singers see all copies from $11.00!
14 view cover	The Spirit of '76 (1991) more music like this by Original Soundtrack see all copies from $4.76!
15 view cover	DJ Disco Mix (1997) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from $12.90! new only from $12.90!
16 view cover	Disco Mania, Vol. 2 [Platinum 1999] (1999) more music like this by Various Artists Disco is a genre that many people consider a guilty pleasure. Fans who want to indulge their disco jones are best served by compilations, and 1995's budget collection Disco Mania, Vol. 2 on CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol) is a great one for the money. Ten songs are included, and three are disco classics presented in their full-length ... see all copies from $1.99!
17	Instrumental Gold (2000) more music like this by The Countdown Singers see all copies from $3.99!
18 view cover	Ultimate Hits: More Ultimate Disco (2005) more music like this by Various Artists Like the other installments in the Ultimate Hits series, More Ultimate Disco isn't bad for a budget release. There's no outright filler, and though many of its selections are getting pretty tired in 2005, it's still an enjoyable cross-section of disco hits. There are some great diva tracks, like "If I Can't Have You" from Alicia Bridges and Thelma ... see all copies from $7.55! new only from $7.55!
19 view cover	The Best of Walter Murphy: A Fifth of Beethoven (1996) more music like this by Walter Murphy You have to give credit to Walter Murphy for being enterprising enough to put the type of classical spin on disco that he did with "A Fifth of Beethoven," but unfortunately the trick was carried just a little too far. It's people like Murphy and records like "Disco Duck" that give disco a bad name and provide ammo for the haters of the often ... see all copies from $14.46! new only from $14.46!
20 view cover	Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 3: The Seventies (1994) more music like this by Various Artists Rhino's third rock instrumentals volume covers the '70s, a period that found disco, funk, and fusion joining the formula alongside one-shot concept works and the usual novelty numbers. The 18 cuts include stomping club/funk from B.T. Express and Brass Construction, King Curtis' updated honking sax cover of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love," very ... see all copies from $11.11! new only from $11.11!

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