Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Dancing In The Dark / Disco Greats - Enoch Light And The Light Brigade (1977)




Probably the very last original album put out under Enoch Light's name while he was still alive (he died in 1978), it contains 10 excellent tracks, all of which you could best describe as Easy Disco. 

Smooth and funky, my highlights are the marvellous version of Gonna Fly Now from Rocky, The Devil's Gun, and from the sadly missed Donna Summer, a fine cover version of I Feel Love.

Like many albums of its time, it is a mixture of vocal and instrumental, but do not let the vocals put you off, they are not at all overpowering to the wonderful Easy Disco arrangements from Jeff Hest, who also plays some great ARP synth on the record too.

It is always pleasing to find a record like this in such fine condition from a charity shop, as many are not even stocking donated vinyl anymore!

I hope you enjoy it and please comment if you do!

Album Preview - Theme From Rocky (Gonna Fly Now)

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14 comments:

  1. Mark23 May 2012 at 17:58

    http://www.mediafire.com/?j1rb83446uhcp18

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  2. Anonymous24 May 2012 at 00:56

    Thank you for sharing this album, as I have never heard of it before.

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  3. Any middle-aged German Witch in Amerika24 May 2012 at 02:45

    Hello again! I just came by again and found this - I am very much looking forward listening to this one! Two worlds clash, or meet, that I didn't even know would ever go together!? I am very curious how he did this!

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  4. Armpit Studios24 May 2012 at 04:24

    Looking forward to hearing this. Disco was really the last trendy music that can be easy-fied and end up being improved. Grunge won't work. Paying any attention to rap would just be stupid.

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  5. Vinyl Room24 May 2012 at 08:13

    Thank you Mark, that preview sounds similar to the version used on channel 4 trade tests back in the eighties.

    VR

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  6. Anonymous24 May 2012 at 08:56

    Thanks again for another rare find. Jeff.

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  7. MrM24 May 2012 at 16:11

    Thanks, Mark!
    I am very much appreciate your post. Like everything stuffs related to Enoch Light.

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  8. Sir Of Derek25 May 2012 at 15:37

    good show, old fruit! looking forward to hearing this and btw happy to see your return to bloggyland. thought you were a goner!

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  9. CraterTech29 May 2012 at 07:07

    HOLA THANKS FOR TAKING TIME TO LET PEOPLE KNOW of SUCH ODD and CAMPY STUFF. A SUPERB 'DOLLAR BIN RECORD" ANY DAY! CHEERS

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  10. Radioman30 May 2012 at 16:12

    Excellent. As always.

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  11. Dorian2 June 2012 at 14:45

    Thank you. I don't know if disco is ageless but I am! I'm over 70 and still enjoy disco especially when performed by an icon such as Enoch Light.

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  12. pino8 June 2012 at 11:31

    Very good! Thanks a lot

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  13. Kneigh24 July 2012 at 12:57

    Many thanx for this fine Light, Mark!!

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  14. KL from NYC13 January 2013 at 06:54

    Thank you.
    I can't imagine how I missed this one.

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