Manhattan N.2
LABEL: Disco Sample
SERIES: Manhattan
GROUPING: N/A
RELEASE YEAR: 1980
CATALOGUE NO: SPL 5220
RUNOUT GROOVES: There are no etchings on either side of the record
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
FORMAT: 12" Vinyl
COMMENTS: This was reviewed by James Hamilton in Record Mirror in April 1981, but it must have been released some time before that in 1980 based on the date shown on the label
WHAT JAMES HAMILTON HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS RELEASE:
VARIOUS: ‘Manhattan No.2’ (US Disco Sample SPL 5220).
“Party time is anytime and anytime is party time”-started murkily pressed 12in disco mixer sounds rather flat and competently if unexcitedly runs from 113bpm through various rapper rhythms to end with ‘Underwater’ at a dodgy 125bpm.
SIDE A MIX: MANHATTAN N.2
MIXED BY: Luigi Figini (source: Discopatrick)
OTHER CREDITS: Non specific credit: Mason-Smith
LENGTH: 12:51
GENRE: Hip Hop/Funk/Soul/Disco/Pop
TRACKS I CAN IDENTIFY IN THE MIX - I have only listed the ones that have prolonged elements or have a short sample repeated multiple times:
T.J. Swann & Peewee Mel & Swann Controllers - Maximus Party (1980); Gap Band - I Don't Believe You Want To Get Up And Dance (Oops, Upside Your Head) (1979); Massara - Margarita (1979); Cameron - Let's Get It Off (1980); Queen - Another One Bites The Dust (1980); Kurtis Blow - The Breaks (1980); Kurtis Blow - Christmas Rappin' (1979); Diana Ross - Upside Down (1980); Stacy Lattisaw - Dynamite! (1980); Queen Samantha - Take A Chance (1979); Narada Michael Walden - I Shoulda Loved Ya (1979); Young & Company - I Like (What You're Doing To Me) (1980); S.O.S. Band - Take Your Time (Do It Right) (1980); Flakes - Sugar Frosted Lover (1980); France Joli - Feel Like Dancing (1980); Donna Summer - Hot Stuff (1979); Dan Hartman - Relight My Fire (1979); Black Ivory - Mainline (1979); Antonia Rodriguez - La Bamba (1978); Instant Funk - Slap, Slap, Lickedy Lap (1979); Bruni Pagan - Fantasy (1979); Poussez! - Come On And Do It (1979); Patrick Juvet - Lady Night (1979); Bobby Thurston - Check Out The Groove (1980); Bobby Thurston - You Got What It Takes (1980); Hamilton Bohannon - Let's Start The Dance (1978); Narada Michael Walden - Tonight I'm Alright (1979); Ray Martinez & Friends - The Natives Are Restless (1980); Cyclades - Fire To Desire (1979); Foxy - Party Boys (1979); Giorgio Moroder - I Wanna Rock You (1979); Manhattan Transfer - Twilight Zone (1979); Harry Thumann - Underwater (1979)
SIDE B MIX:
Same as side A
