Dance (And Be Happy)
LABEL: Manhattan
SERIES: N/A
GROUPING: N/A
RELEASE YEAR: 1981
CATALOGUE NO: SM-010
RUNOUT GROOVES: BF1203A-B SOUNDWAVE (Side A) BF1203A-B SOUNDWAVE (Side B)
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
FORMAT: 12" Vinyl
COMMENTS: This was reviewed by James Hamilton's Record Mirror column in April 1982 but was released in 1981 according to the label
WHAT JAMES HAMILTON HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS RELEASE:
VARIOUS: ‘Dance (And Be Happy)’ (US Manhattan SM-010).
Dodgy looking 118bpm 12in “disco mixer” kicks off with some classic Philly intros and keeps on clapping through a myriad of smooth mixes —although I’m unsure how many, if any, are bootlegged originals. In the same series, ‘Bandit‘ (SM-005) has a soundalike Police medley flipped by Blondie and other pop clones.
SIDE A MIX: DANCE (AND BE HAPPY)
MIXED BY: Alain Bourque (source: Discogs)
LENGTH: 13:12
GENRE: Disco/Funk/Soul
COMMENTS: This is the same mix that is on Bigg Funn - The Greenpot Medley
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:
Flakes - Sugar Frosted Lover (1980); Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine (1976); Lou Rawls - See You When I Git There (1977); Denise LaSalle - Try My Love (1980); Carol Jiani - The Woman In Me (1981); Change - Paradise (1981); France Joli - Gonna Get Over You (1981); Lipps, Inc. - How Long (1980); Lime - You're My Magician (1981); Carol Jiani - Hit'n Run Lover (1981); Rick James - Give It To Me Baby (1981); Evelyn King - I'm In Love (1981); Frankie Smith - Double Dutch Bus (1980); Blue Swede - Hooked On A Feeling (1973); Chubukos - Witch Doctor Bump (1973); Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood (1981); Lyn Collins - Think (About It) (1972)
SIDE B MIX:
Same as side A
