NOW That's What I Call An Era: Disco 1973>1980

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Annotation

Standard CD Edition

Other Identifiers
Label Code: LC48653
Rights Society: BIEM/SDRM
Matrix / Runout (CD 1): 58633907/00602478361951 21 [Universal logo x4]
Mastering SID Code (CD 1): IFPI LB47
Mould SID Code (CD 1): IFPI 072Y
Matrix / Runout (CD 2): 58633904/00602478361968 21 [Universal logo x4]
Mastering SID Code (CD 2): IFPI LB 45
Mould SID Code (CD 2): IFPI 076Y
Matrix / Runout (CD 3): 58633901/00602478361975 21 [Universal logo x4]
Mastering SID Code (CD 3): IFPI LB47
Mould SID Code (CD 3): IFPI 0727
Matrix / Runout (CD 4): 58633898/00602478361982 21 [Universal logo x4]
Mastering SID Code (CD 4): IFPI LB47
Mould SID Code (CD 4): IFPI 0740

Annotation last modified on 2026-01-11 19:00 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Macarthur Park
producer:
Pete Bellotte (English lyricist and producer) and Giorgio Moroder
part of:
RuPaul’s Drag Race Lip Sync Performances (season 3) (number: 7)
cover recording of:
MacArthur Park
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Webb (US songwriter, composer, producer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
Canopy Music, Global Musikverlage (Global Musik GmbH & Co. KG), Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
Donna Summer53:57
2Disco Inferno
recording of:
Disco Inferno
writer:
Leroy Green (disco/soul songwriter) and Ron Kersey
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), peermusic (“Peermusic—the global independent”), Reservoir 416, Reservoir Media Management, Inc. and Six Strings Music
The Trammps3:11
3Boogie Wonderland
producer:
Al McKay and Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire)
vocals:
The Emotions (Chicago soul, disco and R&B female vocal group) (in 1979)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) (in 1979) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1979)
samples from:
I Am by Earth, Wind & Fire (in 1979)
recording of:
Boogie Wonderland (in 1979)
lyricist:
Allee Willis
composer:
Jon Lind
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Songs Ltd., International Music Network, Irving Music (BMI) and Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions4.24:51
4Turn the Beat Around
recording of:
Turn the Beat Around
writer:
Gerald Jackson (American pianist and singer with group Touch of Class) and Pete Jackson (US disco producer)
Vicki Sue Robinson3:14
5Instant Replay
recording of:
Instant Replay
lyricist and composer:
Dan Hartman
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc.
Dan Hartman3:24
6Can You Feel the Force
recording of:
Can You Feel the Force
writer:
Chris Amoo and Eddie Amoo
publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (worldwide except Japan, ended 1995)
The Real Thing3:40
7Galaxy of Love
recording of:
Galaxy of Love
writer:
Vernon Britton and Freida Nerangis
Crown Heights Affair3:48
8Dance Yourself Dizzy
recording of:
Dance Yourself Dizzy
writer:
Adrian Baker and Edward Seago
publisher:
Cellar Music (Canadian jazz, studio projects) and Leeds Music
Liquid Gold4:09
9I Love the Nightlife (disco 'Round)
recording of:
I Love the Nightlife (disco 'Round)
writer:
Alicia Bridges and Susan Hutcheson
Alicia Bridges3:07
10Got to Be Real
Cheryl Lynn3:25
11In the Bush
recording of:
In the Bush
writer:
Patrick Adams (US disco, soul, boogie songwriter and producer) and Sandy Cooper
Musique3:33
12Take That to the Bank
recording of:
Take That to the Bank
writer:
Kevin Spencer (US keyboardist/vocalist for Dynasty) and Leon Sylvers
publisher:
ATV Music
Shalamar3:25
13The Love I Lost
recording of:
The Love I Lost
writer:
Gamble & Huff
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes feturing Teddy Pendergrass3:37
14Got to Give It Up
Marvin Gaye4:03
15You See the Trouble With Me
recording of:
You See the Trouble With Me
writer:
Ray Parker Jr. and Barry White
publisher:
Little A Music, My Baby’s Music Company, Sa‐Vette Music Co., Unichappell Music, Inc. and World Song Publishing Inc.
Barry White3:20
16Dancing Machine
recording of:
Dancing Machine
writer:
Hal Davis, Donald E. Fletcher and Dean Parks (American session guitarist)
part of:
MJ: The Musical
The Jackson 52:36
17Ladies Night
recording of:
Ladies’ Night
writer:
Cliff Adams, Chris Alberts, Robert “Kool” Bell, Ronald Bell, George Brown (US percussionist of Kool & the Gang), Dennis Thomas (Kool & The Gang), Jon Faddis, Adam Ippolito, Robert Spike Mickens and Claydes Smith
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Kool & the Gang3:15
18I Don't Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Oops, Up Side Your Head)
recording of:
I Don't Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Oops, Up Side Your Head)
writer:
Lonnie Simmons (producer, songwriter), Rudy Taylor (vocalist and songwriter), Charlie Wilson (R&B singer), Robert Wilson (US vocalist/bassist, member of Gap Band) and Ronnie Wilson (Gap Band member)
The Gap Band3:31
19Take Your Time (Do It Right) (Pt. 1)
edit of:
Take Your Time (Do It Right) (LP / 12" version) by The S.O.S. Band
recording of:
Take Your Time (Do It Right)
writer:
Sigidi Bashir Abdullah (aranger, writer) and Harold Clayton (aranger, writer)
publisher:
Avant Garde Music Publishing, Inc., Interior Music Corp. and Sigidi Song
The S.O.S. Band3:16
20H.A.P.P.Y. Radio
recording of:
H.A.P.P.Y. Radio
writer:
Edwin Starr
Edwin Starr3:25
21Get Dancin'
recording of:
Get Dancin’
writer:
Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Songs Ltd., Kenny Nolan Publishing Co., Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Warner/Chappell Artemis Music
Disco Tex and His Sex‐O‐Lettes4:27
22The Hustle
recording of:
The Hustle
lyricist and composer:
Van McCoy
publisher:
Van McCoy Music, Warner Bros. Music Co. Ltd. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony4:03
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Credits

Release

liner notes:Michael Mulligan
design:nickchapmanstudio.co.uk
copyrighted (©) by:Now That's What I Call Music Llp (British holding company)
glass mastered at:Sonopress in Gütersloh, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/35707225 [info]