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Saturday, April 22, 2017

i miss you, someone

i was so excited to discover this.

i LOVE cloetta paris and miss her terribly. i LOVE sally shapiro and miss her already too. so it's amazing to find this original(?) demo(?) version of an early sally song.

Labels: cloetta paris, italo disco, nu disco, sally shapiro

Sunday, February 23, 2014

fantasy dolls

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

Labels: 80s, baccara, disco, italo disco

Sunday, October 27, 2013

italo disco doll

who knew this clip existed? not me! such a classic italo disco track, but i just thought elena ferretti was just the voice behind rose - but here she is as the body too - well, i'm presuming it's her - it's a body at least! (in the days when a black leotard was considered a good enough stage costume!)

Labels: italo disco, rose

Friday, August 02, 2013

new skool old school italo disco

SANDRA - INFINITE KISS - 80's retro mix

if you've worn out your copy of sally shapiros latest, or am missing cloetta paris too much - how about a bit of sandra to fill the gap? yes, 80's italo sounding/euro pop singer is back with a new album and she has retained her original sound - it's a pure celebration of italo marvellousness.

Labels: italo disco, sandra

Monday, May 06, 2013

high flying bird

this is one of my most favourite 80s europop/italodisco songs. and the backing dancers here are manic! brillaint!

Labels: 80s, italo disco, vivien vee

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

Sunday, January 06, 2013

see...even serge likes italo disco!

i thought i posted this a month or so - but it seems that i forgot!

Labels: 80s, alba, italo disco, serge gainsbourg, video

Monday, December 03, 2012

you and me by the stereo

ROSE - MEMORIES
oh my god i love this too! (i have have a feeling this may become one of my all time faves!) what always especially hooks me into songs like this is the electro instrumental tune - here heard at 0.43mins onwards. another italian great from 88.

Labels: 80s, italo disco, rose

Sunday, December 02, 2012

my guilty pleasure

ROSE - FAIRY-TALE
if you know me by now, then you'll know i also love 80s europop - especially frenchpop and italo disco. i've just discovered this italian gem from 1985 this weekend and i can't stop playing it. it's up there with katy grey, vivien vee and valerie dore. go italy!

Labels: 80s, italo disco, rose

Saturday, March 24, 2012

disco romance

CLOETTA PARIS - BROKEN HEART TANGO
i can't believe i have only just discovered her! i was familiar with her song 'i miss you,someone' from a johan agebjorn mixtape (i think) but i had no idea about her wonderful album 'secret eyes' so massive thanks to scandipop for properly introducing her to me.
if you love sally shapiro, johan agebjorn, valerie dore and italo disco then you will absolutely love this. i can't recommend the album enough - check it out

Labels: cloetta paris, italo disco, scandi

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

mordis guilty pleasure of 2010

what would have happened if amanda lear met the pet shop boys? surely it could only have sounded like fancy!

i have to confess that this year i fell under the spell of euro pop king (queen?) fancy. hailing from germany in the mid to late 80's, he is euro disco cheese mixed with italo disco.

sally shapiro really needs to hear this!

FANCY - FLAMES OF LOVE

Labels: fancy, italo disco

Saturday, April 17, 2010

doll remixed

SALLY SHAPIRO - GUILTY PLEASURES MEGAMIX
to celebrate the release of disco doll sallys guilty pleasures remix album johan agebjorn has created this ace megamix - enjoy! (thanks to popjustice)

Labels: italo disco, sally shapiro, scandi

Friday, July 10, 2009

sally shapiro vid

more brilliance from sally shapiro - love in july

Labels: italo disco, sally shapiro, scandi, video

Monday, September 01, 2008

italo disco dolls - monday

KATY GRAY - HOLD ME TIGHT
katy, why did you never release another song? this is so ace- it's no wonder sally shapiro names her as an huge influence.

Labels: italo disco, katy gray

Sunday, August 31, 2008

italo disco dolls - sunday

VIVIEN VEE - HIGHER
her voice is billiant! if you like vivien, it's worth checking out her other songs - she's vonderful!

Labels: italo disco, vivien vee

Sunday, January 21, 2007

annie, get your gun

SALLY SHAPIRO - I KNOW
if annie got her act together would she be releasing some swedish electro disco pop as good as this?