Oliver Cheatham – Get Down Saturday Night (1983)
Tonight we’re getting down to some disco-funk from the early 80s. I was only like five when most of these songs came out but I’ve been diggin’ in the crates to bring you some tasty choons. By 1981, most of the typical 70s disco sounds were out of style. Gone were the strings and harps and cow bells and breathy vocals. The AIDS and Crack War era saw disco move toward synths and new drum machine sounds. Also handclaps, lots and lots of handclaps on the downbeat. Continue reading
