Dimitri From Paris presents Cocktail Disco

Dimitri From Paris
Dimitri From Paris presents Cocktail Disco

Codec: Lame 3.92
Quality: CBR, 320kbps, stereo

Tracklisting:

CD 1

01. The Blue Velvets - Summertime (4:26)
02. The Vast Majority - Ocean’s apart (5:25)
03. Ms Victoria Barnes - Never too late (5:39)
04. Astrud Gilberto - The girl from Ipanema (5:52)
05. Orquestra Novel - My cherie amour (7:52)
06. Darcus - It’s got to be love (7:35)
07. Marty Linn - Who can I turn to [when nobody needs me] (7:58)
08. Paul Mauriat Plus - The joy of you (4:07)
09. J: Elliott Group - Disco village (7:02)
10. Charlie’s Roots - Let me show you the way (4:47)
11. The Band That Fell To Earth - Starflight (17:37)

CD 2

01. Cindy Rodriguez - What you need is my love (7:42)
02. Jobel and The Orchestra De Salsa - Never gonna let you go (4:59)
03. Ralfi Pagan - Take me with you (3:48)
04. The Ritchie Family - Frenesi (7:51)
05. Ray Martinez and Friends - Lady of the night (11:32)
06. Serenade - Canteen (5:30)
07. Nightfall - Keep it up (5:26)
08. Private Pink - Little high things (3:16)
09. Moses - Something about you (5:01)
10. The Night People - Again (4:57)
11. Jonelle Allen - Baby, I just wanna love you (5:59)

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Dimitri From Paris Presents Cocktail Disco (2007, BBE)
From Disco Delivery

It seems that suave, jet-setting disco connoisseur extraordinaire, Dimitri from Paris, has done it once again.. The amount of rarities on the tracklist is pleasantly surprising, to say the least. Not to mention the artwork, which looks absolutely stunning. Though really, one can't expect anything less from a Dimitri compilation. Rest assured, unlike the last disco compilation he was involved with, Super Disco Friends (with DJ Muro), this collection is not a mix, but a completely unmixed collection of either full, or rare 12" versions. Although I've only been collecting for a relatively short time, even some of the more seasoned collectors I've come across manage to get a pleasant surprise or two from a Dimitri set.. Out of all of the tracks on here, there are only two that I know of: "Frenesi" by The Ritchie Family and "It's Got To Be Love" by Darcus (which also involves The Ritchie Family's namesake, Richie Rome), and I didn't even know there was a seven minute 12" version of the Darcus track..

Evidently this double disc set can probably be described as Dimitri's take on disco's still relatively unexplored (at least as far as these sorts of compilations go) 'sleaze' subgenre. There's a thread on discomusic.com and an installment of Joe.My.God's Instant Disco History which both give a good outline of it.. For the record though, Dimitri's own background info describes his affinity for sleaze as well as his own 'cocktail disco' approach this way:

One of many such sub genres I grew up to love over the years, is a type of Disco that I could best describe as Cocktail Disco.... I believe this style was called Sleaze back in its days, from roughly 1976 to 1979. There were even DJs specialized in the Sleaze sound which was usually played after hours, in spots with a strong sex oriented drive...Cocktail Disco has that ubiquitous 4/4 beat and flying open high hat, complemented by rich orchestrations, campy over the top vocals, and an often tropical latin vibe. Something that wouldn't feel out of place in a broadway musical..

Judging from the rarity of the selections however, I'm sure this will be less of a trip down memory lane, and more of a journey through relatively unexplored territory with Dimitri's own personal take on this sub-genre..

Although whenever a set so focused on rarities comes along, there's bound to be a bit of skepticism as to whether the tracks themselves are actually quality selections and not just gratuitous collections of obscurities.. For what it's worth though, I've been told by a few people with advance copies that Cocktail Disco does indeed deliver on rarity, quality and concept.. Judging from The Determined Dillettante's tasty lil' teaser and from the tracks that I do know of, I certainly think this'll be one awesome collection!

Anyway, in case you can't tell by now, I'm pretty excited for this and hope to do a review when I finally get myself a copy... For more info, check BBE's website as well as Dimitri's own Myspace blog where both the tracklist along with Dimitri's own liner notes/annotations have been posted..