Greatest Disco Hits/Music For Non-Stop Dancing

Greatest Disco Hits: Music for Non-Stop Dancing
Studio album by The Salsoul Orchestra
Released 1978
Recorded Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia
Label Salsoul Records
Producer Vincent Montana Jr.

Greatest Disco Hits: Music for Non-Stop Dancing is an album released by the Salsoul Orchestra in 1978 on Salsoul Records (LP record SA 8508).[1] It is noted for its pioneering use of slip-cueing,[2] known at the time as “disco blending,” a phrase coined by Walter Gibbons.

Reception

Prior to landing on the charts, the album had been reviewed as a “perfect party record” by Billboard magazine.[3] Greatest Disco Hits entered the Billboard 200 album charts on September 9, 1978, and remained there for 13 weeks; it peaked at #97 and was the group's last album to break the top 100.[1]

Track listing

All tracks written by Vincent Montana Jr. except where noted.

  1. "Salsoul: 3001 [Introduction]" (adapted by Montana from Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss)
  2. "Nice ‘n' Naasty"
  3. "Getaway" (Peter Cor, Beloyd Taylor)
  4. "You're Just the Right Size"
  5. "Chicago Bus Stop (Ooh, I Love It)"
  6. "Tangerine" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger)
  7. "Salsoul Hustle"
  8. "Magic Bird of Fire"
  9. "It's Good for the Soul"
  10. "Salsoul Rainbow"
  11. "Don’t Beat Around the Bush"
  12. "Salsoul: 3001" (adapted by Montana from Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss)

References

  1. 1 2 The Billboard Albums, 6th ed. Joel Whitburn. 2006. Record Research Inc. p. 914. ISBN 0-89820-166-7
  2. ↑ Lysloff, René T. A. (2003). Music and technoculture. Wesleyan University Press. p. 311. ISBN 9780819565143. Retrieved October 9, 2011.
  3. ↑ Billboard Top Album Picks August 12, 1978, page 80.
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