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[Ride the Lion to Zion]

I loved when Amii did Knock On Wood but always thought this was an even better song and didn't get the recognition it deserved.

Disco City, what a blast from the past. still have quite a bit of vinyl that i bought from there, especially 12 inch singles.

I bought the 12-inch of Knock on Wood by Amii Stewart on beautifully pristine clear vinyl.

Wasn't familiar with the Eddie Floyd original, hence didn't realize it was a cover. Ditto the Doors and Light My Fire.

The 12-inch of Michael Jackson's Rock With You was a huge disappointment. Exactly the same running time as the 7-inch. Damn thing kept skipping due to the distance between the grooves.

 

[Det.Wojciehowicz]

A lot of the 12-inch versions were just an excuse to try and squeeze out more profits. There were notable exceptions though. UB40 put out some outstanding 12-inch versions. I particularly liked Maybe Tomorrow and Sing Our Own Song.

 

[Generalzod]

 

[horrie hastings]

I used to catch the train in to Town Hall so my first stop was always Ava and Susans. I remember the day I scored the LP for Tuff Turf. I was so stoked because it was very hard to find. I've got stacks of other classics I got from there.

The Earthquake soundtrack with the very faded Ava and Susan's sticker on it. Used to love going in for a browse through the movie soundtracks and memorabilia they had . Also remember at the entrance to the Town Hall arcade there was a shop that sold refreshments and the place had all these drink cooler things filled with what was a cross between cordial, fruit juice and fruit pulp, they were so refreshing on a hot day and he had about 5-6 flavours, they were all good. Before or after Ava and Susan's used to love browsing through Ashwoods and the other second hand record and book shops on Castlereagh st. Miss doing thing like that now.

 

[Det.Wojciehowicz]

I remember those drinks. They were indeed very refreshing. My routine was going to Ava and Susans and then heading down to Land Beyond Beyond to see Terry and pick up my comics. After that I used to try and catch a novie before jumping on the train and heading home.

 

[horrie hastings]

A lot of the 12-inch versions were just an excuse to try and squeeze out more profits. There were notable exceptions though. UB40 put out some outstanding 12-inch versions. I particularly liked Maybe Tomorrow and Sing Our Own Song.

ABBA's Lay All Your Love On Me was released here as a 12 inch single but it was only the original song so a real gimmick. A lot of the disco songs especially from the 70 s were just the original single then padded in the middle with a bit of extended music and then usually ending with the last verse out of the song but then some were absolute masterpieces and gave the song a new perspective, i still treasure my 12 inch versions of I Like You by Phyllis Nelson, In The Evening by Sheryl Lee Ralph and I Wont Let You Go by Agnetha Faltskog.

 

[horrie hastings]

I remember those drinks. They were indeed very refreshing. My routine was going to Ava and Susans and then heading down to Land Beyond Beyond to see Terry and pick up my comics. After that I used to try and catch a novie before jumping on the train and heading home.

Was such a different time back then.

 

[horrie hastings]

I bought the 12-inch of Knock on Wood by Amii Stewart on beautifully pristine clear vinyl.

Wasn't familiar with the Eddie Floyd original, hence didn't realize it was a cover. Ditto the Doors and Light My Fire.

The 12-inch of Michael Jackson's Rock With You was a huge disappointment. Exactly the same running time as the 7-inch. Damn thing kept skipping due to the distance between the grooves.

Yes ABBA's Lay All Your Love On Me 12 inch release here was the same, the same as your exprience with Michael Jackson Rock With You.

Funny that you mention The Doors Light My Fire being a cover when talking about Knock On Wood as Amii Stewart also released Light My Fire as a single.

 

[horrie hastings]

I used to catch the train in to Town Hall so my first stop was always Ava and Susans. I remember the day I scored the LP for Tuff Turf. I was so stoked because it was very hard to find. I've got stacks of other classics I got from there.

Ava and Susan's had a lot of stuff you could find anywhere else, it was a treasure trove, i remember the guys ordered in Miss Bette Davis Sings for me as it was out of print but they found somewhere that still had stock of it, it was a special present for a very dear friend at the time and they were stoked when i gave it to them.

 

[horrie hastings]

I remember those drinks. They were indeed very refreshing. My routine was going to Ava and Susans and then heading down to Land Beyond Beyond to see Terry and pick up my comics. After that I used to try and catch a novie before jumping on the train and heading home.

Such a different time, you had a reason to go into town and browse through all the speciality shops and even catch a movie, it was a destination and you would easily spend at least half a day there but now with all the suburban malls and most shops being the same everywhere you go and the lack of any speciality shops that offer a point of difference the CBD isnt a destination anymore.

 

[Det.Wojciehowicz]

Ava and Susan's had a lot of stuff you could find anywhere else, it was a treasure trove, i remember the guys ordered in Miss Bette Davis Sings for me as it was out of print but they found somewhere that still had stock of it, it was a special present for a very dear friend at the time and they were stoked when i gave it to them.

I've got quite a few LPs from there that I couldn't find anywhere else. This was pre internet so if you couldn't find it in the record stores near where you lived then you just had to hope that one day you would come across it. I searched for the Tuff Turf soundtrack for a couple of years before finally getting it at Ava and Susans. The guy working there told me I was lucky because he had only just put it out and the previous copies they had all got snapped up pretty quickly.

 

[horrie hastings]

I don't really remember going to Disco City.

The thing i liked about Disco City is you would quite often see the DJ's that were playing in the clubs and pubs that you went to buying their vinyl to spin.

Not sure whether i still have it now on vinyl but i bought the 12 inch version of Male Stripper by Man To Man there, i cringe at the thought now, i will have to go through the storage to see whether i still have it. I was happy to find a copy of Julie Browns I Like Them Big and Stupid there as it was very hard to get, i didn't really want it for the A side but wanted it for the B side for a song which was called The Home Coming Queens Got A Gun, a send up of high school prom before the prom queen starts shooting everyone, at the time the film clip was a scream but in today's environment it doesn't sit so well with the gun related violence and shootings in the States, i still watch it every now and then and can differentiate when the clip was done to what is happening in the real world today.

Another gem from there that i treasure is a 7 inch picture single of One Of Us from ABBA which had a little known song on the B side called Should I Laugh Or Cry.

 

[Det.Wojciehowicz]

I admire the fact you can admit to buying something called Male Stripper by Man To Man. I have absolutely no recollection of that but I'm guessing it was something from the Euro clubs.

 

[horrie hastings]

I admire the fact you can admit to buying something called Male Stripper by Man To Man. I have absolutely no recollection of that but I'm guessing it was something from the Euro clubs.

It was very Euro and really a bit of a novelty song but did get played at a lot of the clubs here and i think it also got a bit of radio play too. Actually just checked and it made no 4 in the UK and no 3 here.

 

[Det.Wojciehowicz]

Thought so. Sounds very Italian to me.

 

[horrie hastings]

Thought so. Sounds very Italian to me.

The guys were from New York but it had that Euro high energy feeling to it. Have to admit as much as i love my songs from the 70 s / 80 s this one doesn't feature in my play list anymore, although i may do a high energy/ Euro style stick to play in the car and will chuck this on and a few other forgotten classics.

You know where some long forgotten songs you suddenly hear again years later and think wow, that was a good song., this one doesn't have that effect on me lol.

 

[Ride the Lion to Zion]

Yes ABBA's Lay All Your Love On Me 12 inch release here was the same, the same as your exprience with Michael Jackson Rock With You.

Funny that you mention The Doors Light My Fire being a cover when talking about Knock On Wood as Amii Stewart also released Light My Fire as a single.

Just to clarify, I heard Amii Stewart's covers of Knock on Wood and Light My Fire before the originals by Eddie Floyd and the Doors respectively.

Other way round brings a challenge i.e. does familiarity with an original preclude objectivity regarding subsequent covers? I knew a Northern Soul boy for whom a Hi-NRG rendering of Knock on Wood was sacrilege. Likewise other disco versions of 60s soul classics.

Mentioned earlier in this thread that the cover by Blancmange of The Day Before You Came was my first encounter with the song. It's okay, but the original is more poignant and compelling. Completed Agnetha's journey from glam pop star to Ingmar Bergman heroine.

 

[Ride the Lion to Zion]

The first commercially available 12-inch single was "Ten Percent" by Double Exposure. Released in 1976 on the great Salsoul label. Previous 12-inch mixes were cut exclusively for club DJs.

Disco aficionados cite the album version of "Girl You Need a Change of Mind" by Eddie Kendricks in 1972 as the earliest example of an extended mix aimed squarely at the dancefloor.

 

[horrie hastings]

Just to clarify, I heard Amii Stewart's covers of Knock on Wood and Light My Fire before the originals by Eddie Floyd and the Doors respectively.

Other way round brings a challenge i.e. does familiarity with an original preclude objectivity regarding subsequent covers? I knew a Northern Soul boy for whom a Hi-NRG rendering of Knock on Wood was sacrilege. Likewise other disco versions of 60s soul classics.

Mentioned earlier in this thread that the cover by Blancmange of The Day Before You Came was my first encounter with the song. It's okay, but the original is more poignant and compelling. Completed Agnetha's journey from glam pop star to Ingmar Bergman heroine.

My bad there, i thought you were talking about the Doors version of Light My Fire being a cover..

I know what you mean about The Day Before You Came, Blancmange's version is more than passable but Agnetha's version just draws you in , at the time of its release it was criticised for being maudlin and the end of ABBA but those in the know knew what a masterpiece it was and would stand the test of time.

 

[Captain Apollo]