Re: Disco hits that have vanished
Between 1981 (the time "Stars on 45" was released and became a huge hit) and around 1983, several singles and albums of this type were released, capitalizing on the Stars on 45 success.
It got so bad that even the original labels issued remixed medleys by both The Beatles ("The Beatles Movie Medley", 1982) and a Beach Boys mix, which title escapes me now. These singles sold very well, with The Beatles zooming up the Billboard Hot 100 12 years after their break-up to a high of #12 with that horrid mix. "The Beatles Movie Medley" was released to coincide with the release of a Capitol Records compilation album called Reel Music, which featured Beatles songs that showed up in their 5 movies. The odd thing is that "The Beatles Movie Medley" single was not part of the Reel Music album.
I have the single, never bothered buying the album since it was already a rehash of music I had on other albums. Today both releases are long out of print, so I guess that horrid single may be some kind of collector's item now.
Years later, in 1989 another dance mix featuring snippets of old songs came out. This one was put out by a group called Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers. Their first single was "Swing To the Mood" which started off with a Glenn Miller snippet then went into a number of 50s rock n roll oldies. The single was a top 20 hit I believe, which spawned still another single called "That's What I Like" which features a snippet of "Hawaii Five-0" and Chubby Checker's "Let's Twist Again" on the front end of the record. Both singles were issued to an LP and an extended play disc, and later issued to CD.
In 1989 I was long out of that DJing thing but I still bought the record...
And a few years ago at the Friends of the Library book sale I found the CD for a dirt cheap price of $3 and bought it too. Whoever Jive Bunny is, they have managed to put out several albums, several of which are available at Amazon.com.
Originally posted by Leo Lakio
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It got so bad that even the original labels issued remixed medleys by both The Beatles ("The Beatles Movie Medley", 1982) and a Beach Boys mix, which title escapes me now. These singles sold very well, with The Beatles zooming up the Billboard Hot 100 12 years after their break-up to a high of #12 with that horrid mix. "The Beatles Movie Medley" was released to coincide with the release of a Capitol Records compilation album called Reel Music, which featured Beatles songs that showed up in their 5 movies. The odd thing is that "The Beatles Movie Medley" single was not part of the Reel Music album.
I have the single, never bothered buying the album since it was already a rehash of music I had on other albums. Today both releases are long out of print, so I guess that horrid single may be some kind of collector's item now.
Years later, in 1989 another dance mix featuring snippets of old songs came out. This one was put out by a group called Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers. Their first single was "Swing To the Mood" which started off with a Glenn Miller snippet then went into a number of 50s rock n roll oldies. The single was a top 20 hit I believe, which spawned still another single called "That's What I Like" which features a snippet of "Hawaii Five-0" and Chubby Checker's "Let's Twist Again" on the front end of the record. Both singles were issued to an LP and an extended play disc, and later issued to CD.
In 1989 I was long out of that DJing thing but I still bought the record...
And a few years ago at the Friends of the Library book sale I found the CD for a dirt cheap price of $3 and bought it too. Whoever Jive Bunny is, they have managed to put out several albums, several of which are available at Amazon.com.
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