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Saturday, September 16, 2017

starship trooper

this really is my favourite amanda song.

its brilliance is beyond disco.

Labels: 70s, amanda lear, disco

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

yes yes yes

a bit of soft disco for you. i'm all about the uncoordinated choreography on display!

Labels: 70s, disco

Thursday, August 27, 2015

a lady of spain

listen as jeanette goes all sexy-disco on us...

Labels: disco, jeanette, spanish

Sunday, February 23, 2014

fantasy dolls

q: is is wrong to be enjoying this? a: no

Labels: 80s, baccara, disco, italo disco

Thursday, April 18, 2013

dance and sing, get up and do your thing

DANCETERIA DOLLS - A MORDI MIXTAPE (zip)

think post-disco, post-hi-nrg, more pop train than soul train and more usa than italo disco!

this mixtape is full of the early 80s new york disco madonna sound, everything from the 80's to now.

try it - you will love it!

includes - jellybean, annie, ronika, sally, cloetta, regina, shana, parralox, clio, tommy february6, the wonder girls, tom tom club, elisa and some amazing madonna demos

Labels: 80s, disco, italo disco, madonna, mixtape

Monday, August 27, 2012

spacer, star chaser

DEE D. JACKSON - RED FLIGHT
i've been painting the kitchen today - a totally boring activity that's been made bearable by listening the space age disco queen dee d. she recorded a handful of songs that are like a mini space disco opera - genuis! if you like this - check out automatic lover, meteor man, venus, goddess of love, cosmic curves and s.o.s.

Labels: 70s, dee d jackson, disco

Sunday, May 20, 2012

mordis book club

i am in the mid way through reading amanda lears story of her time with salvador dali in 'my life with dali'. she writes brilliantly - her life sounds so exciting yet she is filled with melancholy. she even subtly addresses the transsexual issue by saying that dali gave male nicknames to all his female friends that the rumour started that his court consisted of transvestites. he then told everyone amanda was moses and a masculine angelic being! so then a newspaper ran the story that amanda was infact a boy. When she spoke to dali about this he exclaimed "but it is true! ive always said you were neither a boy nor girl".

hmmmm what do you think?!
if you are lucky enough to find a copy of this book, i highly recommend it.

AMANDA LEAR - HO FATTO L'AMORE CON ME

Labels: amanda lear, book, disco

Sunday, August 30, 2009

sheila week - bonus

SHEILA - SPACER
as bonus i thought i'd leave you with possibly the best disco song ever which was sung by sheila in 1979. i originally posted this in the very first month of blowupdoll and i still love it. written and produced by 'chic' it wipes the floor with anything else they did.

Labels: disco, french 70s, sheila

Friday, October 17, 2008

twiggy week - friday

TWIGGY - MY BABY DON'T CALL ME BABY
you can hear the donna summer sound on this amazing disco track. i love her oooohs and the way she deepens her voice near the end. this song has practically been on loop since i bought it. dance dance dance!

Labels: 70s, disco, twiggy

Friday, August 01, 2008

disco dolls - friday

TWIGGY - HEAVEN IN MY EYES
yes! discotwiggs! this 1979 album had been shelved until a few months ago. written and produced by donna summers team - this is pure disco and i love it.
(does anyone have a better quality version they could email me?)