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ESP 017CD
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Espacial Discos present the first ever reissue of The New York Disco Orchestra's Reverie, originally released in 1978. Sought-after disco/funk/boogie album from the US. Professional-sounding recording with top level musicianship and perfect sound quality, comparable to any other major album of the time (think Love Unlimited Orchestra). Mixed by Disco legend Joaquin J. Lopes and featuring brothers John & Rocco Giamundo. Mostly instrumental with superb arrangements (string, keys, and even the Vako Ochestron on one track) and surprising occasional fuzz/effects electric guitar. Originally released as a promo album in blank sleeve (now impossible to find) on the band's own Artemis label, it was subsequently issued in Belgium (under the Reverie - Get Up And Dance title) and Japan, both housed in picture sleeves. Including club/rare-groove classics like "It's True" -- compiled on Under The Influence Volume 2 by Paul Phillips (ZEDD 027CD) -- "Get It On And Dance", "The Way We Were" (a disco-symphonic version of the Barbra Streisand movie hit) and more... Features new artwork (based on the band's original idea for the intended but never finished US cover).
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LP version. Hard cardboard sleeve; obi. Espacial Discos present the first ever reissue of The New York Disco Orchestra's Reverie, originally released in 1978. Sought-after disco/funk/boogie album from the US. Professional-sounding recording with top level musicianship and perfect sound quality, comparable to any other major album of the time (think Love Unlimited Orchestra). Mixed by Disco legend Joaquin J. Lopes and featuring brothers John & Rocco Giamundo. Mostly instrumental with superb arrangements (string, keys, and even the Vako Ochestron on one track) and surprising occasional fuzz/effects electric guitar. Originally released as a promo album in blank sleeve (now impossible to find) on the band's own Artemis label, it was subsequently issued in Belgium (under the Reverie - Get Up And Dance title) and Japan, both housed in picture sleeves. Including club/rare-groove classics like "It's True" -- compiled on Under The Influence Volume 2 by Paul Phillips (ZEDD 027CD) -- "Get It On And Dance", "The Way We Were" (a disco-symphonic version of the Barbra Streisand movie hit) and more... Features new artwork (based on the band's original idea for the intended but never finished US cover).
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ESP 016EP
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Killer disco-boogie-funk from 1982. Featuring Italo-disco legend Sangy (Firefly) and co-produced by Tony Valor. Originally released in the US on the Chaz Ro label with generic sleeve, here's the first ever vinyl reissue with new artwork.
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ESP 015LP
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Espacial Discos present a reissue of Kenny Claiborne And The Armed Gang's The Armed Gang, originally released in 1983. An Italo/boogie/funk/synth holy grail. Armed Gang was a project created in Vicenza by famous Italo-disco producer/musician Maurizio Sangineto "Sangy" (Firefly, Creatures, etc), featuring keyboard wizard Flavio Botta plus three black American vocalists: Kenny Claiborne, Joe Beach, and James Otis White Jr, who were army soldiers destined in Italy at the time (hence the "Armed Gang" name). Their sole album was released in 1983 in Italy and Brazil on Sangy's own label, Musix, and is now heavily sought-after by collectors and DJs. Master tape sound; Original Italian artwork; Includes insert with photos and liner notes by Gonzalo Oya.
"Offering an overdose of street funk -- catchy and foxy -- Armed Gang were going against the current trends that dominated the Italian disco scene at that time. Moving away from the crescent influence of British synth-pop as well as from the ubiquitous shadow of the Nile Rodgers sound -- both essential to Italo disco -- they opted for a sound closer to boogie, a genre that was getting bigger & bigger in the USA. This formula crystallized in several unique gems that will always be part of the history of European black music, like 'Funky Fever' (a P-Funk ode to cannabis) and delicious disco anthems ('Are You Ready' or 'You'), that, without any doubt, should have deserved more recognition from radio stations and European audiences at the time." --Gonzalo Oya
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ESP 009EP
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Two slices of prime cut disco-boogie-funk from 1979 by this US band formed by siblings Rebecca Dru and Ian Wilson. Featuring Tower Of Power horn section. First ever vinyl reissue.
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ESP 013CD
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Espacial Discos presents a first-ever reissue of Minx/Zimmerman's self-titled album from 1985. This fabulous Dutch minimal synth/wave duo were comprised of Don Minx (Marq van Broekhoven, now a well-known comic artist) and Aldomir Zimmerman (Tonnie Eiting), two friends from the city of Eindhoven, who were into comics, avant-garde music and homemade cassette recordings. Influenced by diverse bands and artists such as John Foxx, Brian Eno, Fad Gadget, Sparks, or Devo (among many others), they decided to release an album. Minx/Zimermman was the result, self-released on their Freudian Backroom label, now very sought-after by minimal wave collectors. Insert with liners, lyrics and rare photos. RIYL: Ceramic Hello, Iron Curtain, Geoffrey Landers, Fad Gadget.
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Reduced price, last copies... LP version. Includes insert with liner notes, lyrics, and rare photos; Includes download card. Espacial Discos presents a first-ever reissue of Minx/Zimmerman's self-titled album from 1985. This fabulous Dutch minimal synth/wave duo were comprised of Don Minx (Marq van Broekhoven, now a well-known comic artist) and Aldomir Zimmerman (Tonnie Eiting), two friends from the city of Eindhoven, who were into comics, avant-garde music and homemade cassette recordings. Influenced by diverse bands and artists such as John Foxx, Brian Eno, Fad Gadget, Sparks, or Devo (among many others), they decided to release an album. Minx/Zimermman was the result, self-released on their Freudian Backroom label, now very sought-after by minimal wave collectors. Insert with liners, lyrics and rare photos. RIYL: Ceramic Hello, Iron Curtain, Geoffrey Landers, Fad Gadget.
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ESP 011EP
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Last copies, reduced pricing. Hot For Your Love/Jealousy is amazing island disco-funk by Trinidad soul diva Nadie La Fond. Produced by Richard 'Nappy' Mayers.
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ESP 012EP
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Last copies, reduced pricing. Three Way Situation is classic Caribbean disco-funk/modern soul from 1979 by Trinidad's soul diva Nadie La Fond. Produced by Richard 'Nappy' Mayers. First-ever vinyl reissue of this sought-after 12".
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ESP 010EP
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Last copies, reduced pricing. Let Yourself Go is a Caribbean disco-funk dance floor bomb by the great Richard 'Nappy' Mayers, the man behind some of the best Soca, Disco and Funk sounds ever produced in Trinidad.
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ESP 008LP
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Espacial Discos present a reissue of Aviador Dro's second album, Tesis, originally released in 1983. In 1983, Aviador Dro, the legendary Spanish synth-pop band, are at the height of their powers: their own DRO record label is working full time, they share management with famous Spanish new wave bands like Alaska y Los Pegamoides, Los Nikis, their songs are heavily played on the radio and they play numerous gigs all across Spain. 1983 was also when the band decide to create their most ambitious project to date: a deluxe box set, Síntesis: La Producción al Poder, which will include two LPs, a 7" and a booklet. It was as a part of that set where Tesis, which would become their second album, originally appears, along with another album, aptly titled Antítesis, showing the more experimental side of the band. A few months after the release of Síntesis: La Producción al Poder, Tesis was released separately with a slight change to the track list. This is the edition presently being reissued. Subtitled "Eight Great Stories Of Science And Future", Tesis featured "the most recommended songs for the industrial dance". This is, simply put, another minimal wave/synth-pop classic, including anthems like "Baila la guerra", "Vortex", and "Nestor el cyborg". Remastered edition with original artwork and eight-page LP sized insert.
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ESP 005EP
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First legit ever vinyl reissue of this Italo-disco/funk anthem from 1983 produced by Tony Carrasco and originally released on Proto Records. File next to Klein & MBO. Master tape sound and original artwork.
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ESP 006CD
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Espacial Discos present the first ever, legit vinyl reissue of Hot Pepper's Spanglish Movement, originally released in 1978. This obscure cosmic disco/Balearic/Afro gem from Mexico, originally released as a private pressing in 1978. Hot Pepper was a studio project created by Mexican drummer/producer/arranger Jesús Muñoz "Tilico" who decided to record an album in a disco-funk vein, helped by some of his friends who were top session musicians. Spanglish Movement was the result, written and produced by "Tilico", released in 1978 as a tiny private edition housed in a fabulous Afro cover. Being "Tilico," a giant drummer who appeared on countless recordings and accompanied famous figures like Paul Mauriat and Carl Tjader among many others, you can expect here lots of heavy drums, congas, and percussion, surrounded by crazy space synths, male-female vocals, Latin horns, Afro touches, and occasional fuzz guitar. Four superb long tracks including the cosmic underground club classic, "Ritual Song". Includes insert with liner notes and rare photos.
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Last copies, reduced price; LP version. Espacial Discos present the first ever, legit vinyl reissue of Hot Pepper's Spanglish Movement, originally released in 1978. This obscure cosmic disco/Balearic/Afro gem from Mexico, originally released as a private pressing in 1978. Hot Pepper was a studio project created by Mexican drummer/producer/arranger Jesús Muñoz "Tilico" who decided to record an album in a disco-funk vein, helped by some of his friends who were top session musicians. Spanglish Movement was the result, written and produced by "Tilico", released in 1978 as a tiny private edition housed in a fabulous Afro cover. Being "Tilico," a giant drummer who appeared on countless recordings and accompanied famous figures like Paul Mauriat and Carl Tjader among many others, you can expect here lots of heavy drums, congas, and percussion, surrounded by crazy space synths, male-female vocals, Latin horns, Afro touches, and occasional fuzz guitar. Four superb long tracks including the cosmic underground club classic, "Ritual Song". Includes insert with liner notes and rare photos.
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ESP 004EP
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First ever vinyl reissue of this rare and sought-after private 12" from Germany, 1979, recorded at the legendary Conny's Studio. Smooth and laid-back disco-funk-Balearic sounds, including the underground club classic "House At The Sea". Goya was a German band featuring drummer Charles M. Heuer, also a collaborator of Günter Schickert. RIYL: Stephen Encinas, Psychemagik, Gino Soccio, Dexter Wansel.
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Espacial Discos present the first ever vinyl reissue of RAH Band's Going Up, originally released in 1983. First ever vinyl reissue of this sought-after synth-pop/cosmic disco/funk/boogie album from 1983. Lots of vocoder, analog synths and keyboards, heavy drum machines, spacy vocals, bossa/Brazilian touches, and cosmic effects. The RAH Band was the brainchild of legendary English producer and arranger Richard Hewson. They debuted in 1977 with the cosmic glam hit "The Crunch", on which Richard, an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, played all the instruments himself. In 1983, he released Going Up the second RAH Band album, where he also played most of the instruments himself, helped by several drummers, a brass section, and the sweet vocals of his wife Liz Hewson. Includes massive club classics like "Messages From The Stars", "Perfumed Garden", and more. A 1980s classic which has influenced everyone in the dance scene from Daft Punk and Goldfrapp to Richard X, Dam Funk, or Cornelius. Newly remastered sound.
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ESP 001CD
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Susana Estrada was one of the muses and main figures from the period known as "Transition" in Spain. No other woman represented better than her the freedom and sexual revolution which the country experienced in the '70s after the end of the dictatorship. A truly erotic Goddess, Susana was a model, singer, and actress and one of the first women to perform fully-naked plays in Spain. She appeared in numerous erotic magazines and movies and her famous sexual counselling column for Play-Lady magazine caused a big commotion at the time. She reached fame with her erotic musical plays like Historias Del Strip-Tease, Muñecas (where she simulated having sex with a robot), and Machos. As a singer, in 1980, Susana released her first 45 for the Belter label from Barcelona: Acaríciame/Machos. Produced by Josep Llobell Oliver and Manuel Gas, it contained two sexy disco tracks which paved the way for her first LP, Amor Y Libertad ("Love And Freedom"), released on the Belter sub-label Sauce in 1981. Produced by cosmic disco pioneer Josep Llobell (Oliver's Planet), this is a real fest of '80s Italo disco, Munich sound, boogie, funk, and modern soul. The fabulous, minimal production of Llobell collides with the sensual vocals and moanings of Susana, singing about sexual liberation and freedom. Criminally underrated for many years, Amor Y Libertad has now become a cult item in the international cosmic disco scene. But in 1980, a strange cassette by Susana called Machos was also released on the Belter label. It featured music and songs from the play of the same name. There, we can find "Espacial" (seven minutes of robotic funk and space cosmic disco) and "Hagamos El Amor" ("Let's make love"), another sexadelic funk track much in the vein of the ones included on Amor Y Libertad. On this compilation, you'll find the entire Amor Y Libertad album except the two tracks which were not in a disco/funk vein ("Ven" and "Arena Y Mar"), plus "Machos" (a Celi Bee & The Buzzy Bunch cover), "Acaríciame" from the first Belter 45, and two tracks from the Machos cassette: "Espacial" and "Hagamos El Amor". Espacial Discos also included a previously unreleased track courtesy of Susana: "Tócame", recorded in 2007, in a High Energy Euro Disco vein. Master tape sound; Insert with liner notes and rare photos (some of them only recommended to adults).
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