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Disco Giants, Vol. 8

Various Artists
2 discs

0. DISC 1:
1. Dancing Tight - (featuring Phil Fearon)
2. Doin' It In A Haunted House - Yvonne Gage
3. Love Game - Pure Energy - (featuring Lisa Stevens)
4. Tell Me (How It Feels) - 52nd Street
5. I Want You (All Tonight) - Curtis Hairston
6. How To Win Your Love - Spencer Jones
7. Never Gonna Let You Go - Chandra Simmons
8. You're Too Late
9. Lovin' You - Status IV
10. Hot Potato - La Toya Jackson
0. DISC 2:
1. Lettin' It Loose - Heatwave
2. Head To Toe - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
3. Jump To It - Aretha Franklin
4. Just Got Paid - Johnny Kemp
5. Give It To Me Baby - Rick James
6. Suferfine (From Behind) - Skool Boyz
7. Dressing Up - The Street Angels
8. Happy
9. Heaven I Need, The - The Three Degrees
10. Baby Talk
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): PTG 34126
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Similar to the preceding seven volumes of the PTG label's Disco Giants series, volume eight is a two-disc package of '80s club-oriented R&B and dance-pop, with major hits, second-tier selections, and a handful of relative obscurities provided in extended 12"-single form (with few exceptions). Among the more popular selections here are Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam's "Head to Toe," Johnny Kemp's "Just Got Paid," Rick James' "Give It to Me Baby," Aretha Franklin's Luther Vandross-produced "Jump to It," and Alisha's "Baby Talk." There are a couple stellar must-own ballads from 1986 in Surface's "Happy" and 52nd Street's "Tell Me (How It Feels)" -- the latter a production from the unsung Nick Martinelli (Fat Larry's Band, Five Star, Loose Ends), provided in its previously hard to find seven-minute mix. Yvonne Gage wins best title with "Doin' It in a Haunted House," a track that owes a whole lot to Michael Jackson's "Thriller." ~ Andy Kellman