{"product_id":"westbound-disco","title":"VARIOUS ARTISTS - WESTBOUND DISCO","description":"\u003cp\u003eDetroit meets New York when Westbound’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTom Moulton\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIssy Sanchez\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etake on disco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"descr-extended\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"descr-extended\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI think by this time we know the true story of disco. Not, as it was once portrayed, the cheesy pop music of the late 1970s. Not\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Travolta\u003c\/strong\u003e, flashing dancefloors or Broadway hits re-imagined with a four\/four beat. Sure, this is what it became for a short while on the back of the success of Saturday Night Fever, but its roots were in the underground and with clubbers who wanted their nights soundtracked by great music, chosen by visionary selectors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor all intents and purposes, disco was invented in New York in the first half of the 1970s, in a series of clubs where those on the edge of society went to forget about their troubles and have a good time. It was in this frenzied atmosphere where seamless mixing became part of the DJ’s repertoire and where the enterprising could edit tracks to extend their most dancefloor-friendly elements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut what has this got to do with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWestbound\u003c\/strong\u003e, a Detroit-based indie famed for the mainstream soul of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDenise LaSalle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Detroit Emeralds\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand the downright out there records of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFunkadelic\u003c\/strong\u003e? Well, in 1975 Westbound signed up producers\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDennis Coffey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMike Theodore\u003c\/strong\u003e, both of whom knew something was going on in the clubs of New York. When they presented their new project\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eC.J. \u0026amp; Co.\u003c\/strong\u003e, they suggested their first single be mixed by disco pioneer\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTom Moulton\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMoulton\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehad created his own edits that became popular when cut to acetates for top DJs, which led him being employed by several labels – most notably Scepter – to create what were effectively the first DJ remixes. It was this work that drew\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCoffey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTheodore’s\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eattention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eC.J \u0026amp; Co.’s\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eDevil’s Gun\u003c\/em\u003e became a massive hit, Westbound decided that\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMoulton\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eshould be involved in more of their releases. Over a two-year period he mixed almost every record Westbound put out, putting the label firmly on the disco map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe most famous was his 1977 reworking of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Detroit Emeralds’\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e1972 hit\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFeel The Need In Me\u003c\/em\u003e (re-titled\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFeel The Need\u003c\/em\u003e), which became a worldwide smash.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMoulton’s\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emixes of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDennis Coffey’s\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eown\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWings Of Fire\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKing Errisson’s\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eManhattan Love Song\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCaesar Frazier’s\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003einstrumental\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSong Of The Wind\u003c\/em\u003e are also present and correct here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy 1978 other mixers had emerged, among them\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIssy Sanchez\u003c\/strong\u003e, who created the incendiary mix of veteran Detroit vocal group\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Fantastic Four’s\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eB.Y.O.F. (Bring Your Own Funk)\u003c\/em\u003e, which became a big club hit.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMike Theodore\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esoon grew so confident in the genre that he mixed all the music on his\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHigh On Mad Mountain\u003c\/strong\u003e album, including the title track which was given a 12-inch release, while others such as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEramus Hall and the Crowd Pleasers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edidn’t feel the need for a remix – they just worked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the end of the decade the disco bubble had burst. There would be no more multi-platinum disco records and the club scene would disappear underground, eventually spawning the house scene that hit the mainstream in the late 80s. Westbound, meanwhile, scored its last big club hit in 1983 with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Clark Sisters’\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eamazing\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou Brought The Sunshine\u003c\/em\u003e, a gospel rewrite of Stevie Wonder’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaster Blaster (Jammin’)\u003c\/em\u003e mixed by future house music legend\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHippie Torrales\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWestbound Disco\u003c\/strong\u003e is the encapsulation of a label that embraced the new club culture of the 1970s and was rewarded with a trove of great music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- DEAN RUDLAND\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e1. 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