Bits & Pieces III
LABEL: Special Disco Mixer
SERIES: Bits & Pieces
GROUPING: N/A
RELEASE YEAR: 1980
CATALOGUE NO: GM-101
RUN OUT GROOVES: GM-101-B (Side A) GM-101-B (Side B)
COUNTRY: Canada
FORMAT: 12" Vinyl
COMMENTS: Released in November 1980 (source: James Hamilton's column in Record Mirror). It was voted '12in Of The Year' by James in his end of year column. The side A and B labels on my copy of this show different running times, but the same mix is on both sides as indicated by the etching in the run out grooves
WHAT JAMES HAMILTON HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS RELEASE:
BITS & PIECES III: ‘Let’s Do It – More Of The ’80s Medley’ (Canadian Special Disco Mixer 12in)
To call this latest disco mixer “brilliant” would be to do it an injustice – this is fan-bloody-tastic! Consistently and compulsively danceable, synchronised to a steadily clapping 123bpm overlaid beat, it starts out with snippets from recent disco hits before (on the longer B-side version) suddenly taking a nostalgia trip back to the ‘60s for verses or even just individual lines from the Archies, lots of Beatles, Four Seasons, Everly Bros, Neil Sedaka, Roy Orbison, Paul McCartney, Martha & The Vandellas, Fortunes, Brian Hyland and so on, to end out of James Brown at 120bpm with a freaky electronic fade. A MUST for all mobile, MoR and pop jocks, Record Shack have it, you will want it!
SIDE A MIX: LET'S DO IT More Of The 80's Medley
MIXED BY: Michael Ali, Michel Gendreau & Paul Richer
LENGTH: 16:29
GENRE: Disco/Pop/Funk/Soul
COMMENTS: This mix was originally released on Alto Passion - Let's Do It In The 80's and can also be found on side A of Alto Passion - Let's Do It In The 80's (2), side B of Anjou - Dust Mix, side B of Disco Mix - Disco Mix, side A of Discotheque - The 70's and side B of Manhattan - Bandit II
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:
Ritz - I Wanna Get With You (1980); Madness - One Step Beyond (1979); Young & Company - I Like (What You're Doing To Me) (1980); Gap Band - Baby Baba Boogie (1979); 'Lectric Funk - Shanghaied (1979); Kano - I'm Ready (1980); Spinners - Working My Way Back To You (1980); Gino Soccio - Dancer (1979); Sparks - Beat The Clock (1979); Carrie Lucas - Keep Smilin' (1979); Lipps, Inc. - Funky Town (1979); Heatwave - Boogie Nights (1976); G.Q. - Disco Nights-(Rock Freak) (1979); S.O.S. Band - Take Your Time (Do It Right) (1980); Sparkle Tuhran & Friends - Handsome Man (1979); Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star (1979); Shocking Blue - Venus (1969); Archies - Sugar Sugar (1969); Beatles - No Reply (1964); Beatles - I'll Be Back (1964); Beatles - Drive My Car (1966); Beatles - Do You Want To Know A Secret (1964); Beatles - You're Gonna Lose That Girl (1965); Beatles - Nowhere Man (1966); Four Seasons - Sherry (1962); Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown (1960); Neil Sedaka - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (1962); Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely (1960); Penny McLean - Lady Bump (1975); Wings - Silly Love Songs (1976); Martha & The Vandellas - Jimmy Mack (1967); Fortunes - Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again (1971); Brian Hyland - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini (1960); Electric Light Orchestra - Last Train To London (1979); Ringo Starr - No No Song (1975); Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s - Doing It To Death (1973); Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein (1973)
SIDE B MIX:
Same as side A
