Richie WEEKS - The Love Magician Archives: Disco New York City 1978-79 Vol 1 [CD]

Past Due

£13.50

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: PASTDUE3LP017CD
Release Date: 16 Nov 2022
Genre: Disco/Nu-Disco

In the early 1980s, Richie Weeks was one of disco and boogie's most prolific producers, scoring dancefloor hits aplenty with his groups Weeks & Co and the Jammers. This incredible collection is the result of three years of work from Past Due chief Jerome Derradji and is entirely made up of previously unreleased productions which Weeks and his collaborators laid to tape in 1978 and '79. Often blurring the boundaries between disco, funk and soul, the collected cuts are genuine gems that should be essential listening for any disco enthusiast. Our picks of a very strong bunch include the wickedly percussive and infectious 'Find That Disco Rhythm (version 2)', the proto-boogie disco-funk squelch of 'Just Cause I Don't Dance (vocal mix)' (check the killer male-female spoken word vocals) and 'Who Cares?', featuring a very young Leroy Burgess.

1. "I'll Keep You Up"
2. "I’ve Been There Before" (version 2)
3. "Find That Disco Rhythm" (version 2)
4. "At The Disco" (feat Tanyayette Willoughby)
5. "Love Magician" (version 2)
6. "Just Cause I Don't Dance" (vocal mix)
7. "Who Cares?" (feat Leroy Burgess - version 4)
8. "How Many Times?" (feat Tanyayette Willoughby - version 4)
9. "Everyone Knows" (version 3)
10. "Just Cause I Don't Dance" (version 2)