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Sorry, I'm late posting this morning, but I was up late and slept in. Party Favorz is delivering volume 2 of Hi-NRG Gay Anthems where I step up the beats and deliver the fun!

I've taken some liberty in the track selection like "Touch Me In the Morning" by Diana Ross was reworked in the early millennium but was originally re-recorded in 1985 by Lydia Steinman. "Your Song" by Elton John (which closes this set out) was never re-recorded (to my knowledge) but re-done by Almighty with Elton re-singing the vocals in the early millennium as well. The same goes with Olivia Newton-John's "I Honestly Love You." Regardless, these tracks fit in nicely with the overall theme and feel of these sets as if they were true to the period.

The intro to this set was the hardest thing I've encountered so far. Using the original version of Divine's "Shoot Your Shot" and mashing with Male 2 Male's "Male Stripper" wasn't working so I had to drop it into another software to get it to pan out. If the beats seem slightly off, it's because the original mixes are not up to par with today's technology. Regardless, I thought it came out well.

In the first post, one of our followers Ivan mentioned that the 90s was his cup of tea. While half of these sets contain 90s classics, they are the originals reworked with a modern-day sensibility. That being said, I want to let him and everyone know that if you are a recent convert to Party Favorz, there is so much under the hood, you'll be surprised at what you find if you dig a little deeper.

With the latest re-design of the site, I've taken great pains to make navigating as easy as possible. For instance, the 1990s dance music scene was vast. While House Music was the predominant staple, there are a variety of genres and subgenres that were popular in that period. If you hover over the primary category Dance Classics from a PC or laptop, you'll find subcategories that narrow your search down. Trash Disco (70s and 80s), 80s Dance, 90s House Classics, 00s House Classics, Eurodance, and Trance (both from the 90s).

If that's still not what you're looking for, try hovering on Top Dance Songs of the Year which goes back to 1996. The dropdown there lists each year so you can focus specifically on where your interests lie. In I'van's case, I'd suggest starting with 1999, which has been the best received and was the year of some of the greatest circuit classics by Thunderpuss, Hex Hector, Peter Rauhofer, Jonathan Peters, etc. for that kind of music. 1998-1996 needs to be updated since my tiny brain cannot remember everything in one sitting — I may get around to those at a later date but they are there for posterity's sake.

You can navigate the site the same way on mobile and tablet by clicking on the accordion in the upper-righthand corner. There, a dropdown of all the categories will appear and an arrow will appear to the right of each one that has sub-categories that can also be easily scrolled.

I guess my point is, try digging just a bit and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at what you...

Happy Friday everybody! Party Favorz is back with a multi-volume set of Hi-NRG gay anthems from the 80s and 90s that have been reinvigorated for today's dance floors.

The original concept was to create a Hi-NRG compilation of dance tracks from the 1980s. After pouring through most of them, I concluded that a lot of these just didn't meet the requirements for today's music delivery methods (i.e., the sound quality was thin). Sure they sounded great on the dancefloor back in the day, but I just wasn't feeling it. Not to mention, the amount of work involved in trying to bring these up to speed was not a task I was up to at the moment.

Fortunately, the much beloved Almighty Records has taken a good chunk of these classics and reworked them for our modern-day listening apparatus. Combine that with 7th Heaven, Soulshaker, Bassmonkeys, and Wideboys amongst many others and this entire set started pulling together nicely.

I did have to extend the track selection to the 1990s as well to make it work but what the hell...why not? It just adds to the overall fun of these sets. Yes, I  could have waited until June to release these but the future of Party Favorz is uncertain, so why wait?

Additionally, there is some crossover from previous efforts but that wasn't preventable if I truly wanted to represent the genre. Besides, there is a slew of gems that have never made it onto any of my previous compilations, so I think it'll be worth it.

So get ready to pump, pump, PUMP IT UP! This series is bound to get you energized! Until the next time...ENJOY!

Album: Hi-NRG Gay Anthems volume 1

Genre: Hi-NRG, Dance, Gay Anthems

Year: 2019

Total Time: 02:30:09

1. Diana Ross - Touch Me In The Morning (Almighty Definitive Mix)

2. Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy (DMC Mix)

3. Katherine Jenkins - Who Wants To Live Forever (Almighty Club Mix)

4. Miquel Brown - So Many Men, So Little Time (Almighty Definitive Mix)

5. Paul Lekakis - Boom Boom (Let's Go Back To My Room) (Hot Tracks Mix)

6. Yazz & The Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up (WIP Remix)

7. Kon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon 2k14 (7th Heaven Retro Funk Club Mix)

8. Claudja Barry - Work Me Over (SanFranDisko Digital Mix)

9. The Dream Girls - When Will I See You Again (Almighty Definitive Mix)

10. The Flirtations - Earthquake (Almighty 12'' Definitive Mix)

11. Kylie Minogue - Your Disco Needs You (Almighty Mix)

12. Judy Cheeks - Reach (7th Heaven Mix)

13. Buzz Junkies feat. Alison Limerick - Where Love Lives (Cahill Club Remix)

14. Shawn Christopher - Just Another Sleepless Night (Soulshaker Club Mix)

15. Yazz & The Plastic Population - Stand Up For Your Love Rights (David Morales Remix)

16. Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation (Midnight Express Club Mix)

17. Hi On Life feat. Joniece - Goodbye (7th Heaven Mirrorball Mix)

18. Juliet Roberts - Slow Down (7th Heaven Club Mix)

19. Eartha Kitt - Where Is My Man 2007 (7th Heaven Remix)

20. Hannah Jones - You Only Have To Say You Love Me (Almighty Anthem Mix)

21. Tony Moran feat. Martha Wash - Keep Your Body Workin' (Soulshaker vs. Bassmonkeys Club Mix)

22. Leann Rimes - How Do I Live (Almighty Anthem Mix)

Well, folks, I did it! I've been running a marathon since November trying to stay on track in whipping out these dance music time capsules. We have reached the end of part 3 of the Year In Dance 2018.

I have to say that at the very least, 2018 has been a good year for Legacy artists. Think about it, Toni Braxton, Barbara Tucker, Crystal Waters, Donna Summer, and even Diana Ross all had number-one dance club hits this year. Diana actually had two. While I couldn't work in Barbara nor Crystal, everyone else made the cut, though I only went with Diana's "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" to close out this set and skipped the "I'm Coming Out/Upside Down" medley. On paper, it may have sounded like a good idea, but the execution was awkward, to say the least.

We had a few breakout artists from last year that continued to have great success (i.e., Dua Lipa, Cardi B, and Camila Cabello) but there weren't really any BIG new names to speak of. Ariana Grande and Demi Lovato had a great year with their offerings but as a collective — the year was just okay if not underwhelming.

More than anything, 2018 was the year of the DJ. Legends like Eric Kupper, MK, StoneBridge, Barry Harris, and Dave Aude continue to generate big hits. In fact, David Guetta (who now falls into the legend category) has been busier than ever with a slew of releases this year — with more hits than misses. Tiesto's music machine continues to churn as well.

However, the up-and-comers are beginning to dominate. No doubt you were dancing to one of the many Jonas Blue tracks this year along with Marshmello and Zedd (who can claim the song of the year with "The Middle"). Of course, the DJ/producer Party Favorz has his eye on Purple Disco Machine. While he can be a little formulaic, we're starting to see him branch out and I fully expect bigger things from him to come. Nevertheless, his star continued to rise in 2018 with releases like "Dished (Male Stripper)" and his reworking of the Fat Boy Slim classic "Praise You." At the very least, he appears to be our only hope for a modern-day disco revival. Time will tell.

"EDM has been sad, slow songs for years now, Doesn’t have anything in common with the music I love to make. 2010-2014 EDM was more house-influenced to me. Anyway now I’m out the bubble and making big records with amazing singers that sound like house music to me."

One of my favorite quotes of the year comes from the very talented and prolific Calvin Harris. In response to a tweet from a fan who asked: "Will you be going back to EDM at some point?" Harris replied "EDM has been sad, slow songs for years now, doesn't have anything in common with the music I love to make. 2010-2014 EDM was more house-influenced to me. Anyway now I’m out of the bubble and making big records with amazing singers that sound like house music to me....

As we count down the days to Christmas, Party Favorz is on a tear remembering the year that was in dance music. The Year In Dance 2018 part 2 keeps that promise by delivering even more of the BIGGEST club hits of the year!

Recently, one of our followers messaged me and asked if I used radio edits in my mixes. My canned response was a bit dismissive when I stated flatly "that I did not." The truth to that lies somewhere in the middle — to borrow a phrase from one of the biggest tracks of 2018; let me explain...

With the rise of streaming services, music is in the process of becoming Spotified — especially dance music. This started back in 2009 when Mariah Carey released her bomb "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel" album. In an effort to save it, Sony commissioned Jump Smokers to remix the entire album, which resulted in a hit-and-miss collection of dance tracks that had no extended versions — basically radio edits. While the album was ultimately shelved, a couple of the tracks made it onto the internet, and much to the dismay of DJs were not mix friendly. Slowly but surely, the release of so-called "dance remixes" was more like edits without the intro and outro.

Fast-forward to 2018 and more than 1/3 of remixes are that way. Why? Because Spotify is nothing more than a glorified radio station on demand, without advertising. It's designed for quick listening and then moving on to the next track. Honestly, nobody wants to sit and listen to 2 minutes of intro and outro in a radio environment — so, in a way this makes sense.

The problem is that this leaves DJs with a dilemma. Either we serve up the music folks want to hear or abandon favorite songs strictly for mixing purposes. To be specific, it's tricky but workable. There are still many dance remixes that clock in longer than the average of 3:30 that can be matched up with the edits. It does kinda suck the joy out of mixing, but you work with what you got.

Granted, this is not always the case and is more common in the commercial dance-club scene than say Peak Hour, Disco House, and Circuit-Tribal music.

The other issue I've noticed is that several labels have turned themselves into automated dance music manufacturing machines that go straight to Spotify or Apple Music. In other words, their business model is not based on selling music but the number of streams they can generate. I stumbled on this during the summer when some folks were streaming by the pool some really great dance tracks that I've never heard. When I asked what they were playing, they said it was a Spotify-curated list of club music. As good as these tracks were, they will never be serviced to DJs for playback in clubs, which is a shame — but I wholeheartedly understand their reasoning.

If I had one complaint, it's that Spotify does not allow dance music podcasts like Party Favorz onto their platform — even though, I provide something they clearly are not delivering. What I do competes with their carefully curated playlists. With new technology for them to be able to identify the artists, titles and music publishers from a non-stop podcast like this one, these folks could get an additional revenue stream and greater exposure while adding more value to Spotify's streaming user base. I personally think it's a win/win for everyone involved — but I digress.

As Party Favorz is about to embark on our 12th year of providing high-quality, carefully curated dance music podcasts, it would be nice to get a little recognition from the leading players in the streaming industry for the work that I do to bring this music to the broadest possible global audience. Especially after approximately 5 million streams or downloads throughout that time.

Welcome to the 2018 Year in Dance featuring the biggest Dance Club hits of the year! For those new around here, the Year in Dance is a collection of the biggest commercial dance hits from across multiple spectrums from the past year.

Party Favorz compiles tracks based on Billboard's Year-End Charts for Dance Club Songs, Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, and remixed tracks from the Hot 100 Songs that never charted on the latter, along with my own personal favorites released during the year. I used to use Beatport charts, but it appears they no longer compile their top dance songs of the year.

To be perfectly honest, 2018 was not the best year for dance music. Look no further than the fact that at least a quarter of the top hits peaked in 2017 and were included in last year's compilation. It's normal for a few tracks to be so huge that they carry over into the next year and end up in the final year tally, but this year is crazy. "Something Just Like This" by The Chainsmokers & Coldplay, "Silence" by Marshmello featuring Khalid, and "It Ain't Me" by Kygo x Selena Gomez are just a few examples that reappear on the year-end charts. There are many more.

This alone tells me that a lot of the newer releases aren't that strong and frankly rely on trends that have become stale. In 2015, it was all about Deep House, which morphed into Future House and big anthems, which are still around but not nearly as popular anymore. Right now, it's all about Moonbatan, which is the slow rolling beats popularized in Latinx music or Tex-Mex that's been around for generations. In fact, Selena was the one that took it mainstream back in the '80s before her untimely death.

Then there's Reggaeton, which is inherently commercialized Reggae, which has been around probably since the '60s before becoming more mainstream in the 70s and 80s.

Finally, there is Trap which as far as I'm concerned has worn out its welcome. It's a combination of all of the above — talk about cultural appropriation. Folks, it's time to move on. I just don't see what's on the horizon, which I predict with great certainty. That does not leave me with a lot of confidence leading into the new year.

While I'm at it, Billboard really needs to do something about its charts. When Drake releases his entire over-indulgent album and has them all charting as individual singles mucking up the whole list, there's a problem. A lot of this has to do with Spotify and other streaming services as they now count towards a song's chart position, and it's being abused. The same goes with the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart which must have had about ten different Chainsmokers tracks on it at one point this year; most of which failed miserably.

While it's still solid in the underground scene, it's time for Disco (NuDisco) and Funk to make a comeback. Given that we live in an uncertain world and the most powerful man's daily non-sensical, self-serving, lying tweets send economies into a death spiral — I can't think of a better time for these genres to make a comeback. We need to feel good, forget our troubles, and have a good time; most importantly, we need to be HAPPY.

In the next post, I'll discuss the Spotifying of dance music, and then in the final one, I'll talk about the DJs/Producers/Remixers, and where we go from here. Right now, sit back and enjoy the best that 2018 had to offer.

Until the next time...ENJOY!

This podcast has been updated to include Maroon 5 feat.

Cher is a woman who requires no introduction. For 60 years, the DIVA has been a multi-talented singer, actress, and businesswoman that has accumulated an accolade of awards from Grammy's, Oscars, Emmy, and Golden Globes and was recently honored by the Kennedy Center. Her contribution to pop culture cannot be understated.

Recently, she gave a sit-down interview to the Washington Post that is worth the read.

The woman is an active Twitter user with her own unique style of tweeting her political points of view and disgust with the current administration.

For us gay men, we love her precisely because of who she is and what she represents. Cher is the epitome of a true DIVA and is the gift that keeps on giving.

With her recent turn in the movie musical "Mama Mia! Here We Go Again," she honored us with her rendition of the classic ABBA tunes "Fernando" and "Super Trouper." Inspired to cover more classic ABBA tracks, she went on to release a full album of classics by the Swedish pop group adored by many (including this writer) from around the world. The album was critically acclaimed with its debut landing at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 as well as #1 on the Top Album Sales Chart (a best for her lengthy career).

Enter Barry Harris and his devotion to the queen. He has magically re-imagined many of these tracks from her new release "Dancing Queen" and Party Favorz has mixed them in with some of Cher's most iconic songs during her decades of music recording, culminating into one giant Cher wet dream for the true believers.

It is with great honor and respect that Party Favorz once again inducts the fabulous Cher into the Diva Hall of Fame. ENJOY!

This post was updated to reflect that Cher has been in the industry for 60 years not 50, as originally stated. The podcast has been updated to include the track "Half Breed" as remixed by DJ Barry Harris. 

Album: Cher 2018 | The Diva Series

Genre: House, Dance, Club

Year: 2018

Total Time: 02:50:23

* A Different kind of Love Song (Lenny B. Remix)

* Believe (Wayne G Sydney Mardi Gras '09 Mix)

* If I Could Turn Back Time (Almighty Definitive Mix)

* Dark Lady (Barry Harris 2018 Refresh Club Mix)

* The Winner Takes It All (Barry Harris Mix)

* Fernando (Barry Harris Club Mix)

* S.O.S. (Barry Harris Mix)

* One By One (Direct Hit Mix)

* Alive Again (Twisted Dee Additive Mix)

* Believe (Almighty Essential Club Mix)

* Song For The Lonely (Barry Harris 2018 Remix)

* Take It Like A Man (7th Heaven Club Mix)

* You Haven't Seen The Last of Me (Almighty Club Mix)

* The Music's No Good Without You (Almighty 12" Mix)

* Love One Another (J Star Club Mix)

* Woman's World (Jodie Harsh Club Mix)

* I Walk Alone (Matt Consola & LFB Anthem Mix)

* All Or Nothing (Danny Tenaglia International Mix)

* We All Sleep Alone (Todd Terry Mix)

* Dov'è L'Amore (Tony Moran's Anthem Mix)

* Strong Enough (Marc Andrews Remix Edit)

* I Found Someone (Dark Lady Mix)

* I Hope You Find It (Funk Generation H3DRush Club Mix)

* Dov'è L'Amore (Almighty 12" Maxi Mix 1)

* Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!

Well, I did it. I just knocked out one of my bucket list items that I've been wanting to do for a very long time. That is, creating a comprehensive collection of some of the finest Classic Disco Songs of all time. Coming in at a whopping 222 tracks and 20h:31m:55s, The Ultimate Collection of Trash Disco is hardly comprehensive, but it comes damn close. Certainly, there are plenty more obscure tracks that DJs would insist on including but I did my best in picking the popular hits along with those tracks that are considered underground classics. I would have had to double the size to be that inclusive.

Take note that the Village People's "Macho Man" did not make the cut — only because there are literally no edits of this song. It's likely licensing issues but I can't be certain.

As previously mentioned, this final set is the one I was dreading most as it includes tracks with a considerably higher BPM count — which are the hardest ones to mix. There is a lot of heavy percussion in many of the songs — which posed a challenge when mixing. Most notably difficult are, Sylvester's "(You Make Me Feel) Mighty Real" and France Joli's "Come To Me." There are multiple versions of Sylvester's energy-infused classic but the one I chose closes with the acapella over an oddly structured percussion. I can't think of any song that would work well with it but Edwin Starr's "H.A.P.P.Y. Radio" came the closest. If it sounds a bit off, it ain't me.

The same can be said for Joli's "Come To Me," which has a heavy percussive drop. It would have mixed well with several songs in this mix, but I had to break somewhere to move in another direction starting with "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)", which takes the mix in a more synthesized direction thereafter. It's difficult to explain. Just know that I did my best and that overall — I am very happy with the set.

That being said, it's time to move on to other things. I've got a special re-induction into the Diva Hall of Fame on tap and may try to work out one last X-Mas Dance Mix — even though I only have one new song (so far). From there, we move on to newer material before closing out the year.

I want to give a HUGE shoutout to Paul B., Patrick Z., and especially Anthony S. for their kind donations. Donations for all the hard work I put into your listening pleasure are ALWAYS welcome and certainly very much appreciated.

Party Favorz will start moving in a new direction this next week. Until then...ENJOY!

Album: Trash Disco | The Ultimate Collection Vol. 7

Artists: Various

Genre: Disco

Length: 02:32:26

1. Amii Stewart - Knock On Wood (Digital Visions Re-Edit)

2. Brainstorm - Lovin' Is Really My Game (Digital Visions Re-Edit)

3. The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men (Digital Visions Re-Edit)

4. Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (12" Ultimix)

5. Edwin Starr - H.A.P.P.Y. Radio (Digital Visions Re-Edit)

6. Arpeggio - Love And Desire (Digital Visions Re-Edit)

7. Musique - In The Bush (Digital Visions Re-Edit)

8. France Joli - Come To Me (Digital Visions Re-Edit)

9. Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand - No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) (Hot Tracks Remix)

10. Patrick Hernandez - Born To Be Alive (Digital Visions Re-Edit)

11. Claudja Barry - Boogie Woogie Dancin' Shoes (Digital Visions Re-Edit)

12. Machine - There But For The Grace Of God Go I (Digital ...

As we near the end of the Trash Disco the Ultimate Collection series, we can only reminisce about better times. In a world where fascism is starting to take hold over our everyday lives, inch by inch which gives way to mile by mile, we become more aware of our rights as a free society which begins to steadily erode. If you have been too busy keeping with what our government has been up to, at some point, it's going to hit you like a hammer. I am seriously not being alarmist, but rather practical in what I see as the government systematically disabling all the freedoms and protections we as free people hold dearly.

Despite never owning nor shooting a gun in my entire life (short of a BB gun), I'm seriously considering taking lessons and purchasing one for Rick and myself. When right-leaning lawmakers start talking about 2nd Amendment remedies if elections don't go their way, I have no other conclusion to draw as to what they're inferring. Take it seriously.

The current climate is far worse than ever imagined during the 1970s because it's hidden under a façade of a growing economy, which most economists are expecting to come crashing down as early as 2019. We have a chance to reverse course but only if cooler heads prevail and rid ourselves of those that would do us harm all in the name of power, money, greed, and special interests. History has a way of repeating itself, but this time on a much grander scale. All the elements of Watergate and the rise of Nazi Germany are right in front of our eyes. People shrugged it off then as well until it was too late.

This collection of Disco classics is designed to allow listeners to escape into another world that's carefree and harkens back to another (hopefully better) time. All I ask is that you source your news wisely and read about what's going on around you at every level of government. For fuck's sake, don't get your news from Facebook, which is replete with false stories designed to inflame your worst instincts. From local to state and at the federal level, you will be shocked at what our leaders are doing, the laws they are passing, and how much of our society is being run by the top 1% of the country that does not have your best interest at heart. We are living in the scariest of times and I'm doing my best to help alleviate as much as possible with my podcasts.

Those that follow Party Favorz regularly already know my positions on social issues and that I tend to preach from time to time. It's my blog and I can do whatever the fuck I want. Take it or leave, that's your choice. For the moment, I'll digress and step down from my soapbox.

In the meantime, please soak up this 6th set of Disco Classics with all the love and enthusiasm that I've put into making them. I should be back sometime next week with the 7th and final installment. I've got a couple of other sets in the works before getting around to this year's Jingle Electric and Holiday Edition. Until then...ENJOY!

Album: Trash Disco | The Ultimate Collection Vol. 6

Artists: Various

Genre: Disco

Length: 03:36:13

1. Yvonne Elliman - Love Pains (Disconet Remix)

2. Kool & The Gang - Celebration (Digital Visions Re-Edit)

3. T-Connection - Do What You Wanna Do (SanFranDisko's 2016 Re-Visit Edit)

4. Stargard - Which Way Is Up (Art Bleek Edit)

5. George Benson - Give Me The Night (Digital Visions 2...

There are many accounts about the rise of Disco bubbling up from as late as the 60s. Frankly, I won't go back that far because it really wasn't on people's radar until around 1973-74. Many soul artists were picking up on the faster rhythmic beats and had massive success with songs like "Armed and Extremely Dangerous" by First Choice, "The Love I Lost" by Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes, "You're The First, the Last, My Everything" by Barry White, "Doctor's Orders" by Carol Douglas, "Get Dancin'" by Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes, "Rock Your Baby" by George McCrae, "Never Can Say Goodbye" by Gloria Gaynor, "Rock the Boat" by The Hues Corporation, and many more.

By 1975-76, the disco sound moved from the underground clubs and minor radio hits to mainstream radio and number-one hits like "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" by Barry White, "The Hustle" by Van McCoy & The Soul City Orchestra, "Love To Love You, Baby" by Donna Summer, "Movin'" by Brass Construction, "Brazil" by The Ritchie Family, "You Sexy Thing" by Hot Chocolate, "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry, and even "Fame" by David Bowie.

By 1977, all bets were off and Disco had made the final leap from the underground to mainstream domination and it only got more popular from there for the rest of the 70s into the early 80s before the backlash began.

The first 12" extended play single goes to "Love To Love You, Baby" by Donna Summer. After Giorgio Moroder had played the single at a party, people began requesting it over and over. He soon came to the notion of creating a much longer version that people could enjoy in the clubs, which gave birth to 15 minutes of orgasmic perfection with Donna's sultry vocals. Technically, there were other earlier long plays but this track is wildly credited for making them more mainstream.

If you lived in New York, Studio 54 was the place to be for anybody that was somebody. All the "A" list stars showed up to see and be seen. Grace Jones, Cher, Debbie Harry, and many more were regular fixtures at the club. For those that couldn't get into 54, Paradise Garage and The Loft were the go-to spots for the anything-goes openly gay experience and played many notable underground tracks that never made it to radio.

This era of the late 70s and early 80s is notable for its excesses. Drugs, open sex, and basically an anything-goes attitude, gave way to the AIDS epidemic of the early 80s. You cannot exactly discount the connection between the two. Nevertheless, it was a time of carefree expression when people wanted to escape the realities of high inflation, high gas prices, and the staggering economy of the post-Nixon-Watergate era.

I've often dreamt about growing up during this period but even I admit to my own personal excesses during the 80s and 90s and would likely be dead today had I grown up during the disco revolution.

Regardless, you just can't escape the amazing music that came out of this period, which is the basis for everything that has succeeded it. Whether it was House Music, NRG, Techno, Trance, and on down the line, Disco, and all its glorious variants are what started it all and the main reason it's so heavily sampled in today's music.

For all its lack of social values and hedonistic tendencies, I adore Disco.

It's getting HOT in here! Based on the internal numbers, the new Trash Disco series is blowing the roof off! I knew there was a hunger for this back in 2016 when I posted the original 8-set series, but this is crazy. For the uninitiated, the Trash Disco Ultimate Collection is quite possibly the most comprehensive compilation of non-stop classic Disco tracks from the 70s and 80s ever put together in one giant collector's box. You've got the majority of the biggest hits that we all know and love (even if you didn't grow up during this period) and a massive swath of hits that charted on Billboard's Disco Chart and many that did not, but are considered classics as today's current crop of crate digging DJ's sample the shit out of the most obscure releases.

Volume 4 slows the tempo down quite a bit and throws in a lot of Funk into the mix. Tracks like "Dazz" by Brick, "Ffun" by Con Funk Shun, and "Flash Light" by Parliament were massive party grooves during this period. It's hard to discern the difference but Funk is just a sub-category of Disco, which later became 80's R&B Dance. Regardless, these fantastic tracks fit in quite nicely within the entire spectrum of the genre.

You'll notice a lot of the same names come up in the tracklist for the creation of these classic edits. Dr. Packer and Dimitri From Paris are some of the more established DJs that are household names (amongst others). That being said, Freddy from Digital Visions Remix makes some of the greatest edits to these gems. Y'all know I don't like to share music. If you're interested in having some of these edits for yourself, just message Freddy on his Facebook page and he'll work out something reasonable for you. I promise you, he doesn't bite and is a super nice guy.

I'm not certain how many sets there are going to be in this final Disco anthology. Each one is well over two hours, and I still have a ton more to create. I may release a couple more and then take a break to post some newer material and then revisit the remaining sets in late December. I'll just play things by ear.

In the meantime, get ready for some booty-shaking good times!...ENJOY!

This set has been expanded to include 5 new songs.

Album: Trash Disco | The Ultimate Collection Vol. 4

Artists: Various

Genre: Disco

Length: 03:11:04

1. Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme (Digital Visions Re-Edit)

2. Bionic Boogie feat. Luther Vandross - Hot Butterfly (Digital Visions Re-Edit)

3. Taana Gardner - Heartbeat (Digital Visions Re-Edit)

4. Yarbrough & Peoples - Don't Stop The Music (Digital Visions 2017 Re-Edit)

5. The Jones Girls - You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else (Buzz Compass Edit)

6. Barry White - It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me (Dr. Packer Remix)

7. The Rolling Stones - Miss You (Digital Visions Re-Edit)

8. Rod Stewart - Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? (Digital Visions Re-Edit)

9. Andrea True Connection - More, More, More (Digital Visions Re-Edit)

10. Silver Convention - Get Up And Boogie (That's Right) (Hot Classics Remix)

11. The Brothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter #23 (Dr. Packer Remix)

12. Grace Jones - Pull Up To the Bumper (Digital Visions Re-Edit)

13. Silver Convention - Fly Robin Fly (Digital Visions Re-Edit)

14. Herb Alpert - Rise (Digital Visions Re-Edit)

15. Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive (Digital Visions Remix)

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