Dancing For Mental Health

 
Style: Praunheim's Weird World

Format: LP
Label: Good Noise

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/VG+  

The soundtrack to Rosa von Praunheim's weird Stadt der verlorenen Seelen. A gay movie about american drag queens, strippers and rock singers living in cold war Berlin. Highly interesting for the fans of obscure disco: Joaquin La Habana's I Love Berlin

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Style: Cosmic Waves

Format: LP
Label: Scalp

Year: 1981

Condition: NM/VG+ woc

The title track African Queen is a stone cold cosmic classic.

And there is no excuse!

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Style: <HEAVEN>

Format: 12"
Label: Ariola

Year: 1980

Condition: NM/VG+ cut

They've really spend an effort to make the instrumental version a timeless beauty. Romance on the dancefloor!

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Style: Concrete Worbles in Harmony

Format: LP
Label: Phon und Ton

Year: 198?

Condition: NM/VG+

As abstract as my right hand! The title is catchy but bullshit. The tunes are not. Wonderful worbly electronics with guitar that is supposed to fly to Polinesia or some other islands.

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Style: World Dance

Format: 12"
Label: World Music

Year: 1988

Condition: NM/VG+

The Muezzin is calling you to dance!

This isntrumental dub is just mental.

It's not getting easier to find these days...

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Style: Beautiful Dance Monsters

Format: 7"
Label: Ariola

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+  

Such a feel good tune.

One for the DJs ...

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Style:  Leftfield Dance / Lifesaver

Format: LP
Label: Island

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/VG+

Where there's will, there's a way.

Dancing For Mental Health is a humorous conceptual album or, if you want, a guide to enhance your mental health by dancing. Will Powers a.k.a Lynn Goldsmith recorded some positive and danceable tunes with the help of Todd Rundgren. It's fun to listen to and at the same it gives you time to think about yourself. What do you want more?

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Style: Leftfield / Disco

Format: LP
Label: Z Records

Year: 1982

Condition: NM/VG+

Going to the Give that is filling the complete B Side really is taking dance music to another level. Mutant Disco at it's BEST

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Style: Breakbeat Classic

Format: 12"
Label: Ariola

Year: 1989

Condition: NM/VG+  

that awesome breakbeat version of one of Denmark biggest export hits... pretty much under the radar still after all these years!

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Style: Balearic Funk

Format: 12"
Label: Ariola

Year: 1985

Condition: VG+/VG+  

Help The Man is such the JAM!

Here's the loud 12" for maximum pleasure.

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Style: Balearic Dance

Format: LP
Label: Teldec

Year: 1983

Condition: VG+/VG+ seamwear

If you should have an image of Righeira please rethink this. Yes, Vamos a la playa is a disgrace to your ears, but forget about it for a second and listen to Gli Palero Di Te, Jazz Musik and Kon Tiki. Now we can talk :)

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Style: Balearic Jazz Funk JAMs

Format: 12"
Label: Island

Year: 1977

Condition: NM/VG+

Whenever I see that Island Pre Release jacket i'm getting nervous - hoping this gem would be sitting in it! Penultimate Zone is the jam of jams. Steve and the crew left alone in the studio doing their thing.... mindblowing!

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Style: AOR Funk

Format: LP
Label: A&M

Year: 1977

Condition: MN/VG+ 

There is just one question to answered: Was A Dog A Doughnut?

Maybe one more: Did Su Kramer and the gang just copy this?

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Style: Timeless EDM

Format: 12"
Label: GTO

Year: 1981

Condition: NM/VG-  (OG GTO factory sleve)

OG New Music 12" including 24 Hours From Culture - Part II. Seriously one of the most unbelievable tunes I've ever heard. It still sounds as if it was recorded last week...

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Style: Odd Waves

Format: LP
Label: Mondiphone

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/NM

Odd digi waves and world music influenced synth pop on this seldom seen and high in demand library from Canada.

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Style: Electro / Freestyle

Format: 7"
Label: Studio 1

Year: 1988

Condition: NM/VG+  

Rarest french Freestyle.

Remix on the flip!

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Style: Avant Dance

Format: 7"
Label: Mosquito

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/NM 

Poet Gysin rapping his shit over Matta's grooves.

Don Cherry playing the bird in the cage. HUGE!!

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Style: J-Rap

Format: LP
Label:  File Records

Year: 1994

Condition: NM/VG+  

Highly recommended "Golden Age" J-Rap by these funky veterans. Even if you don't dig J-Rap that fluffy Guiter Dub of  N.I.C.E. Guy will make your knees tremble

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Style: Rare Smashers

Format: 12"
Label: Parlophone

Year: 2003

Condition: NM/Generic Inside out Disco Sleeve

One of 500 copies of this single sided weapon.

Playgraded!

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Style: Nonsense Disco

Format: 12"
Label: RCA

Year: 1981

Condition: NM/VG+  

Welcome to Nut-Disco Country! "Pantomime auf 45" on the B-Side is the tune here.....and a very useful tool for the floor

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Style: Afro House

Format: 12"
Label: Barclay

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/NM

The 12" Remix is a true uptempo primetime classic!!

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Style: Synth Pop / Boogie

Format: LP
Label: Neuland

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/VG+  

Detail: Red vinyl

Pretty unknown german Synt Pop / Boogie basterd with a bit of a "Style Council" Sound. The intrumental jam Russian Lover might also be something for Italo Disco people. Highly recommended!!

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Style: Downbeat / Trip Hop

Format: 2LP
Label: Ninja Tune

Year: 2000

Condition: NM/VG+ close to NM

One of my favourite records on Ninja Food!

Especially the second LP is pure bliss...

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Style: WTF?

Format: 7"
Label: Mikado

Year: 1990

Condition: NM/VG+  

I found a bunch of Fonio singles one fine day some years ago. When putting on that Bonbona as the last of 5 I was not expecting anything but more power elevator business. And then came Technical Peace.

Seriously - WTF?!?!?

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Style: Afro Pop

Format: LP
Label: Barclay

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+

Mr. Kante had a huge hit with Yé Ké Yé Ké and this one still grabs people worldwide. The most excellent album also holds some more mellow jams for outdoor pleasure and the prime time jam Tama!

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Style: Various

Format: LP
Label: Ottomatik

Year: 1999

Condition: NM/VG+

This private comp from the late 90 is sought after for the balearic jammer Meer-Rausch-Blau by Ubik. If you're an old fart like me and that melody sounds somehow familiar here's a hint... AND  - if you dig unusual sounds, that lush number is just the parasol on the experimental iceberg!

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Style: Sagabona kunjani wena

Format: LP
Label: Ariola

Year: 1989

Condition: NM/VG+ Light warp not affecting play

A timeless classic. I even saw my wife's grandfather dance to this at our wedding. Did they write that song about Kenny?

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Style: Downtempo killer

Format: 7"
Label: Magic Cube (Private)

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+  

Ahhsome downtempo 2-sider from the Bremen area. Probably influenced by local heroines Saada Bonaire. It has that vibe... Bits of Help The Man in there too. Music is - great, but the B-Side Never Look Back is even better imo. Have you slept on this for the last two years? Well here's a copy at a decent rate again...

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Style: Cosmic Classics

Format: LP
Label: Bearsville

Year: 1980

Condition: NM/VG+  

Including the extremely positive cosmic classic AEO.

No excuse for not having one on board!

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Style: Electro Disco

Format: LP
Label: Virgin

Year: 1981

Condition: NM/VG+  

Instrumentals..... the tightest Human League record ever.

"Metro Area sound" 20 years before Metro Area

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Style: Awesome Chill / Big Beats

Format: 2LP
Label: Wall Of Sound / Pussyfoot

Year: 1996

Condition: NM/VG+ discoloration on top

Killer comp including Akasha's Brown Sugar

and more of the downbeat magic

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Style: Mutant Disco

Format: 12"
Label: Virgin

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/VG+  

One of my secret weapons.

Don't tell anybody, please!

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Style:  Dancefloor Sureshots / HYMN

Format: 12"
Label: CBS

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/VG+  

simply a TIMELESS HIT. If you have never heard this song but parts of the song sound familiar to you - it was  sampled by Michael Mayer for Amanda ...

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Style: Private Pleasures

Format: LP
Label: Not On Label

Year: 198?

Condition: NM/NM

Would you pass the nuts please!

Colourfools on the räggäi tip...

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Style: Dancing For Mental Health

Format: CD
Label: Big Sex

Year: 1992

Condition: NM/NM 

Post rave breakbeat beauties with a streetsoul touch topped with melancholic indie vocals!  You don't believe it? ->

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Style: Progged out Pop

Format: LP
Label: Polydor Italia

Year: 1979

Condition: NM/VG+  

Progressively influenced italian siinger songwriter pop. Including that incredibly beast of a track called La Voglia Di ... (transl. "the desire to...") it sounds as if it's coming from Toni Esposito's Rosso Napoletano.

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Style: Synth Jazz Funk

Format: LP
Label: GNP

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/NM  light dish warp, plays great

Alex Cima is well known among connaisseurs of intelligent Cosmic Disco. His second album is standing in shadow of this monster but it shouldn't. If you dig library style oddities to dance and do the freak to check this immediately...

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Style: Post Can Dub

Format: 7"
Label: Fünfundvierzig

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/VG+  

Seldom seen seven inches of Dunkelziffer.

Good vibes on side A. Q on the flipside

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Style: New Beat

Format: 12"
Label: DA

Year: 1988

Condition: NM/VG+

Who knows this odd New Beat stomper from Frankfurt that sounds best when slowed down? Me, and I scream out loud: The B- Side, The B-Side (=> Instrumental)

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Style: Afro Synth (Pop)

Format: 12"
Label: Island

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/VG+  

Great Midtempo Floorfiller. Including the extended Mix (7:06)

plus Edit and the very useful Dub (5:26)

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Style: Cocktail Parties gone wrong

Format: 12"
Label: White Gold Dance

Year: 1986

Condition: VG+/VG+

Don't listen to that cover of Gainsbourgh's Je T'Aime. Go straight to side 2 for WEIRD tropical pleasures. Cocktail Parties gone wrong and then some...

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Style: Odd Future Classics

Format: LP
Label: Eichhorn

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+

What a versatile EP by the Shamall trio!!

Starting with the odd peaktime pusher My Dream where continental synth pop meets pumping Italo Disco, followed by the slow (100) cosmic jam Caligula 2009 and finally the balearic jam Karin brings in some synthetic emotions and the occasional shred. Highly recommended!

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Style: Meshuga Dancing

Format: 12"
Label: ZYX

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/VG+

"New World, New Dance, New Girl , New Song, New Beat, New People on the floor. Listen to the voices, listen what they say." Well they say Wakk Digge Dugge Baba Dugge Bamanu and it's as stupid as you'd guess but it actually works on a drunk floor like the promise for free beeeeeeeeeer. WTF Disco!?!

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Style: Post Can Dubby Happiness

Format: EP
Label: 45

Year: 1985

Condition: NM/VG+

Nicest copy of this exquisite Dunkelziffer EP. Including You make me happy, 1st Future Information, Trailer and 2nd Future Information. None of these available on LP...

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Style: Synth Pop Smashers

Format: 7"
Label: Hansa

Year: 1985

Condition: NM/VG+  

Fighting with windmills?

Only on the dancefloor please!!

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Style: Dub Monsters

Format: 12"
Label: Island

Year: 1981

Condition: VG+/VG+

Can nothing stop this MUSIC! Sly & Robbie jamming the shit out of this electro dub groover.

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Style: Post Can Dub

Format: 12"
Label: Rough Trade

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/generic

2 HITS from the Dunkelziffer crew!

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Style: Advert Breaks

Format: LP
Label: Steyrer Disco

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/VG small repaired tear 

Wearing my Mustang Jeans whilst typing these letters. It muts have worked on me... Odd music for odd times! The small cult label Steyrer Disco accomanies Mustang's Autumn & Winter collection 1983 with a mixed bag of goodies. My fave is Klaus Herzing's ELEKTRONIK jam Journey to Alternaty only available on this comp and a horribly hard to find 7". But check out also Peter Janda's Pluto (that begs for an edit) and that funky superman disco joint. Picture Disc inside!

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Style: Sizzling Synth Pop / Mutant Dance

Format: 7"
Label: Stunt Sound

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/VG+

Funky african inspired Synth Pop meets Mutant Disco on the flip.

Unplayed stock copy with light storage wear to sleeve and bits of dust!

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Style: Mutant Disco

Format: LP

Label: ZE Island UK

Year: 1979

Condition: NM/VG+(incl. printed innersleeve)

Lots of tunes for the dancefloor on this Mutant Disco nugget.

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Style: Synth Pop

Format: LP
Label: Megadisc

Year: 1985

Condition: NM/VG+

Richenel got a proper record deal after privately releasing the incredible "La Diferencia" on tape (see MFM reissue). Here's his first LP called Statue Of Desire. Pure fun!

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Style: Synth Funk / Space Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Crea

Year: 198?

Condition: NM/NM

Another massive album by master Patzer. Slow blowing Synth Funk all over the place. Mental Disco adventures with "Beat It" licks called Saturday Explosion closing the funhouse!

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Style: Electronic NL

Format: LP
Label: CBS NL

Year: 1982

Condition: NM/NM

Weird dutch electronics. Including the massive hit Giddiyap A Gogo featuring Daniel Sahuleka on vocals.

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Style: Anything You Like

Format: 7"
Label: CBS

Year: 1980

Condition: NM/VG+  

Let's call these guys flexible!

Thanks for this funky oddity ...

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Style: Thunderdome Spirit

Format: 12"
Label: Capitol

Year: 1985

Condition: NM/VG+  

Magic moments without Tina!! The instrumental is in fact an odd pop gem... very danceable too!

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Style: OPEN MINDED Disco

Format: LP
Label: Virgin

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/VG+

Seminal leftfied Disco LP filled with underground hits like Oh That Love Decision, Prisoner Of My Principles, Como Esta Usted, etc

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Style: Balearic / High Energy

Format: LP
Label: Record Shack

Year: 1985

Condition: NM/VG+

Slip into something comfortable and enjoy the end of the night with the title track - a highly emotional balearic booster spinned by Harvey. High Energy wake up calls included too!

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Style: East of Kraut

Format: LP
Label: Pool

Year: 1979

Condition: NM/NM 

City's second album including the infamous underground club hit Aus Der Ferne mingling a proper beat with east european and oriental vibes. And then the beat drops in again!! There's more good stuff on the album in a kind of very unique ethno prog style. Highly recommended.

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Style: Cosmic Strings

Format: LP
Label: Editions EG

Year: 1982

Condition: NM/NM

Post Quiet Sun progressive Cosmic.

Dancing for mental health!

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Style: Mbaqanga / Township Jive

Format: LP
Label: Rounder

Year: 1989

Condition: M/VG+ sealed

These queens from Sout Africa brought some kings to keep the township dancing. No bowing down required as long as you jive along!

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Style: Sunny Synths

Format: 12"
Label: ZYX

Year: 1986

Condition: VG+/VG+

Shuffled up balearic synth pop on side a plus that Mike Francis style sleazy cocktail jam Water From The Moon on the flipside. TUNES!!!

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Style: Vocoded Synth Pop

Format: 7"
Label: Indisc

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+

Funky mid tempo synth pop with a hook to scream along in the middle of the night. Who's that Digital Lady. Bring your vocoders!! Unplayed stock copy with light storage wear to sleeve!

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Style: Dubbed OUT!

Format: 7"
Label: Master Records

Year: 1981

Condition: NM/VG+  

Yeah Space Invaders! But hell yeah that Space In Faders on the flipside will totally DUB the shit out of you!

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Style: Weirdo Dance / Free Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Core

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/NM 

Bristish free jazz lagend Keith Tippet teams up with Crimson's Dave Cross, Jim Juhn on guitar and mighty Dan Maurer on drums for this short lived project. Call it Rock In Opposition, call it Free Fusion, call it Mutant Dance or whatever as long as you listen to it!! Moronathon (2nd in the clip) is a lovely challenge for courageous disc jockeys. 

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Style: Fleetwooden Floors

Format: 12"
Label: WB

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+

Including the floorshaking Arthur Baker Remix championed by Copenhagen Family Man Mikkel and the Family Party (Bonus Beats). Perfect for partying in good company :)

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Style: Disco

Format: 12"
Label: Epic (Ger)

Year: 1977

Condition: NM/VG+  

Here's a signed copy of the only sought after Sailor record ;) The rare german picture sleeve Maxi of their footstomping Disco Bomb -

2 minutes longer than the album version.

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Style: Scottish Raves

Format: LP
Label: Big Life

Year: 1992

Condition: NM/VG+

Succesfully climbing the Stone Roses and making it their own.

Proper post rave rock with a funky accent!

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Style: Mediterrenean Grooves

Format: 7"
Label: EMI

Year: 1977

Condition: VG+/VG+  

The Capuano Brothers again! Milk 'n' Honey on the flipside will please friends of balearic funk to the MAX!

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Style: Dutch Pearls

Format: LP
Label: CBS

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/VG+  

Their amazing first album including the hits Precious Little Diamond (Mayer's Amanda wouldn't be a thing without it) Boogie influenced Pop with a very european vibe!!

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Style: Cowboy dancing with Mutants

Format: 7"
Label: Celluloid

Year: 1981

Condition: NM/VG+  

Gichy Dan of Kid Creole fame mesing with the cowboys.

Proper mutant disco for leftfield floors.

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Style: Tribal Dances

Format: LP
Label: Philips

Year: 1974

Condition: VG+/VG+  

You don't need to be a bad lieutenant to be dancing naked in the dark to that beast of a track called Hollis Brown.

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Style:  Cosmic

Format: 7"
Label: Teldec

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/VG

Frank Duval in disguise - and he did it again!

Octogon on the B-Side is the winner here

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Style: Summer Pop

Format: 12"
Label: Polydor

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+  

Here's the extended 12" Arthur Baker remix of this Summer Hit (haha) including the very useful Instrumental version on the flipside.

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Style: Italo Disco

Format: 7"
Label: Teldec

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/VG+  

Hansi Ströer goes Italo Disco? Check out this pumping tune sung by the japanese/german ex tv-host Hiroko Murata! Also including the instrumental version ...

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Style:  Good Times Ahead

Format: 12"
Label:  MCA

Year: 1980

Condition: NM/VG+  

Including the awesome instrumental dub!!!

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Style: Moroder Disco

Format: 12"
Label: Ariola

Year: 1979

Condition: VG+/VG+  

The Sparks teamed up with Giorgio for this massive Salon Des Amateurs hit...

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Style: Synth Pop with an Afro Touch

Format: 7"
Label: Island

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/VG+  

Great Midtempo Floorfiller that sounds like a pricey Afro Synth jam.

Plus the boogie funk tune Working Hard on the flipside

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