DJ Destruction [2021] - Ghetto Disco & Other Galactic Funk 1974-1979 (Vinyl Mix)

This 40 minute live mix by DJ Destruction (posted on 19 Feb 2021) 'crept' onto my YT playlist and what a joy it was watching a maestro at work. DJ Destruction is Ross Emmins who is a UK DJ/producer who was a UK finalist in DMC (Disco Mix Club) championships 30 years ago in 1991 aged only18. 

Let's face it, almost anybody can mix digitally on a laptop or with CDJ's but the ability to live mix with vinyl, especially short 7" 45s, is an art. All the tunes are from between 1974-79. 

In 40 minutes he mixed 33 tracks and many of these he 'double-mixed' (i.e. mixed them with themselves, so I reckon there were another 10 mixes if you include these, each mix is probably less than a minute long).  He was mixing these tracks almost quicker than I could type out the titles!  As the Yanks would say 'Good Job!'.

Disco got a bad name, mainly from mainstream record labels jumping on the bandwagon of the success of The Bee Gees and the movie 'Saturday Night Fever' releasing crass material by mainly white pop artists, but in it's original form there was some great music produced.

OK, there are a few 'dodgy' tracks included, but marvel at his skill in mixing them.

Tracklist:

1977 - Belle Epoque - Miss Broadway

1977 - Silver Convention - Fly Robin Fly

1975 - K.C. & The Sunshine Band - That's The Way I Like It

1974 - Commodores - Machine Gun

1975 - Peoples Choice - Do It Anyway You Wanna

1976 - Walter Murphy - A Fifth Of Beethoven

1977 - T-Connection - Do What You Wanna Do (scratched with itself!)

1977 - Peter Brown - Dance With Me (mixed with itself)

1979 - Gaz - Sing Sing

1979 - Positive Force - We Got The Funk

1978 - Hamilton Bohannon - Let's Start The Dance

1975 - B.T. Express - Peace Pipe

1977 - Crown Heights Affair - Dreaming A Dream

1978 - East Coast Connection - You're So Right For Me

1974 - Crystal Grass - Crystal World

1977 - C.J. & Co - Devil's Gun

1977 - Vickie Sue Anderson - Hold Tight

1977 - Al Hudson & The Soul Partners - If You Feel Like Dancin'

1977 - King Errison - Well, Have A Nice Day

1975 - Fatback Band - (Do The) Spanish Hustle (mixed with itself)

1979 - La Pregunta - Chameleon (overlayed with G.Q. Disco Nights (Rock Freak))

1978 - G.Q. Disco Nights (Rock Freak) (mixed with itself)

1977 - Chic - Everybody Dance

1978 - Roy Ayers - Get On Up, Get On Down

1978 - Musique - In The Bush

1979 - Players Association - Turn The Music Up (mixed with itself)

1979 - Atmosfear - Dancing In Outer Space

1977 - Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up

1979 - Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough (mixed with itself)

1979 - McFadden & Whithead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now (mixed with itself)

1979 - Sister Sledge - He's The Greatest Dancer (mixed with itself)

1977 - Meco - Cantina Band

1979 - Yellow Magic Orchestra - Firecrackers (mixed with itself)

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