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  1. 🇺🇸 Donna Summer "Our Love" – 1979

    Written by Summer and Giorgio Moroder and produced by Moroder and Pete Bellotte, the track combines a steady disco pulse with shimmering synthesizers and an almost hypnotic repetition of its central refrain. It is less about the dancefloor than about creating a sensual, romantic atmosphere...

    Inspiration for the "Blue Monday" bass drum?

    #donnasummer #disco #funk #soul #dance #70smusic #electronicmusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening

  2. 🇺🇸 Donna Summer "Our Love" – 1979

    Written by Summer and Giorgio Moroder and produced by Moroder and Pete Bellotte, the track combines a steady disco pulse with shimmering synthesizers and an almost hypnotic repetition of its central refrain. It is less about the dancefloor than about creating a sensual, romantic atmosphere...

    Inspiration for the "Blue Monday" bass drum?

    #donnasummer #disco #funk #soul #dance #70smusic #electronicmusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening

  3. 🇬🇧 Nick Straker Band "A Walk in the Park" – 1979

    The bright, breezy melody and disco groove suggest pure escapism, but the song was actually born out of frustration. Nick Straker came up with the idea while walking through Battersea Park after an argument with his girlfriend. The 12" version gives the groove even more room to breathe...

    #nickstrakerband #disco #funk #electronicmusic #synthpop #70smusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening

  4. 🇬🇧 Nick Straker Band "A Walk in the Park" – 1979

    The bright, breezy melody and disco groove suggest pure escapism, but the song was actually born out of frustration. Nick Straker came up with the idea while walking through Battersea Park after an argument with his girlfriend. The 12" version gives the groove even more room to breathe...

    #nickstrakerband #disco #funk #electronicmusic #synthpop #70smusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening

  5. 🇺🇸 Lipps Inc. "Funkytown" – 1979

    Inspired by Greenberg’s frustration with Minneapolis and his fantasy of finding somewhere more exciting, finding his own "Funkytown". Released as a single in 1979, it became a worldwide phenomenon, reaching No. 1 in the US and in numerous other countries...

    #lippsinc #disco #funk #eurodisco #dance #70smusic #80smusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening

  6. 🇺🇸 Lipps Inc. "Funkytown" – 1979

    Inspired by Greenberg’s frustration with Minneapolis and his fantasy of finding somewhere more exciting, finding his own "Funkytown". Released as a single in 1979, it became a worldwide phenomenon, reaching No. 1 in the US and in numerous other countries...

    #lippsinc #disco #funk #eurodisco #dance #70smusic #80smusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening

  7. 🇺🇸 Lipps Inc. "Funkytown" – 1979

    Inspired by Greenberg’s frustration with Minneapolis and his fantasy of finding somewhere more exciting, finding his own "Funkytown". Released as a single in 1979, it became a worldwide phenomenon, reaching No. 1 in the US and in numerous other countries...

    #lippsinc #disco #funk #eurodisco #dance #70smusic #80smusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening

  8. 🇺🇸 Lipps Inc. "Funkytown" – 1979

    Inspired by Greenberg’s frustration with Minneapolis and his fantasy of finding somewhere more exciting, finding his own "Funkytown". Released as a single in 1979, it became a worldwide phenomenon, reaching No. 1 in the US and in numerous other countries...

    #lippsinc #disco #funk #eurodisco #dance #70smusic #80smusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening

  9. 🇺🇸 Lipps Inc. "Funkytown" – 1979

    Inspired by Greenberg’s frustration with Minneapolis and his fantasy of finding somewhere more exciting, finding his own "Funkytown". Released as a single in 1979, it became a worldwide phenomenon, reaching No. 1 in the US and in numerous other countries...

    #lippsinc #disco #funk #eurodisco #dance #70smusic #80smusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening

  10. 🇩🇪 Boney M. "Rasputin" – 1978

    Boney M.'s exuberant retelling of the life of Grigori Rasputin became one of the group's signature songs and despite being a huge international hit, "Rasputin" was not performed by Boney M. during their 1978 concerts in the Soviet Union. The authorities considered the song too politically sensitive...

    #boneym #disco #eurodisco #70smusic #dance #pop #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening

  11. 🇩🇪 Boney M. "Rasputin" – 1978

    Boney M.'s exuberant retelling of the life of Grigori Rasputin became one of the group's signature songs and despite being a huge international hit, "Rasputin" was not performed by Boney M. during their 1978 concerts in the Soviet Union. The authorities considered the song too politically sensitive...

    #boneym #disco #eurodisco #70smusic #dance #pop #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening

  12. 🇩🇪 Boney M. "Rasputin" – 1978

    Boney M.'s exuberant retelling of the life of Grigori Rasputin became one of the group's signature songs and despite being a huge international hit, "Rasputin" was not performed by Boney M. during their 1978 concerts in the Soviet Union. The authorities considered the song too politically sensitive...

    #boneym #disco #eurodisco #70smusic #dance #pop #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening

  13. 🇩🇪 Boney M. "Rasputin" – 1978

    Boney M.'s exuberant retelling of the life of Grigori Rasputin became one of the group's signature songs and despite being a huge international hit, "Rasputin" was not performed by Boney M. during their 1978 concerts in the Soviet Union. The authorities considered the song too politically sensitive...

    #boneym #disco #eurodisco #70smusic #dance #pop #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening

  14. 🇩🇪 Boney M. "Rasputin" – 1978

    Boney M.'s exuberant retelling of the life of Grigori Rasputin became one of the group's signature songs and despite being a huge international hit, "Rasputin" was not performed by Boney M. during their 1978 concerts in the Soviet Union. The authorities considered the song too politically sensitive...

    #boneym #disco #eurodisco #70smusic #dance #pop #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening

  15. Compilation Album Review: NOW: Yearbook 1972 Extra

    NOW: Yearbook 1972 Extra is part of a series of compilation CDs being released in the United Kingdom by Sony Music / EMI, which feature songs that were hits in the U.K. during the year featured on each release.

    aeschtunes.com/2026/09/05/comp

    #Music, #MusicReview, #NowYearbook, #70s, #70sMusic, #1970s, #1970sMusic, #AeschTunes

  16. Compilation Album Review: NOW: Yearbook 1972 Extra

    NOW: Yearbook 1972 Extra is part of a series of compilation CDs being released in the United Kingdom by Sony Music / EMI, which feature songs that were hits in the U.K. during the year featured on each release.

    aeschtunes.com/2026/09/05/comp

    #Music, #MusicReview, #NowYearbook, #70s, #70sMusic, #1970s, #1970sMusic, #AeschTunes

  17. Highlife Time

    amf.didiermary.fr/highlife-tim

    “Highlife Time – Nigerian and Ghanaian Sound from the 60s and Early 70s” a 2xCD or 2xLP compilation by Vampi Soul.

    Highlife, dance music played mostly in Ghana and Nigeria, represents one of the century’s first fusions of African roots and western music, and before 1970 it ruled dancefloors across much of West Africa. […]

    #60smusic #70smusic #FullAlbum #Ghana #Highlife #Nigeria #OldAfricanMusic

  18. CURTIS MAYFIELD
    Super Fly
    1972 Canada pressing

    More Friday night fire, baby!!
    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    This album is forever GOATED.

    Funky, badass psychedelic soul music from one of the greatest blaxploitation films ever made.

    Lots of wah-wah guitars, gnarly percussion, funky-as-fuck bass, and Mayfield’s otherworldly falsetto.

    A masterpiece tour-de-force album by one talented, funky motherfucker.

    #vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #vinylcollection #art #music #curtismayfield #superfly #soul #funk #psychedelic #1970s #70s #70smusic #blaxploitation

  19. CURTIS MAYFIELD
    Super Fly
    1972 Canada pressing

    More Friday night fire, baby!!
    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    This album is forever GOATED.

    Funky, badass psychedelic soul music from one of the greatest blaxploitation films ever made.

    Lots of wah-wah guitars, gnarly percussion, funky-as-fuck bass, and Mayfield’s otherworldly falsetto.

    A masterpiece tour-de-force album by one talented, funky motherfucker.

    #vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #vinylcollection #art #music #curtismayfield #superfly #soul #funk #psychedelic #1970s #70s #70smusic #blaxploitation

  20. CURTIS MAYFIELD
    Super Fly
    1972 Canada pressing

    More Friday night fire, baby!!
    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    This album is forever GOATED.

    Funky, badass psychedelic soul music from one of the greatest blaxploitation films ever made.

    Lots of wah-wah guitars, gnarly percussion, funky-as-fuck bass, and Mayfield’s otherworldly falsetto.

    A masterpiece tour-de-force album by one talented, funky motherfucker.

    #vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #vinylcollection #art #music #curtismayfield #superfly #soul #funk #psychedelic #1970s #70s #70smusic #blaxploitation

  21. CURTIS MAYFIELD
    Super Fly
    1972 Canada pressing

    More Friday night fire, baby!!
    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    This album is forever GOATED.

    Funky, badass psychedelic soul music from one of the greatest blaxploitation films ever made.

    Lots of wah-wah guitars, gnarly percussion, funky-as-fuck bass, and Mayfield’s otherworldly falsetto.

    A masterpiece tour-de-force album by one talented, funky motherfucker.

    #vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #vinylcollection #art #music #curtismayfield #superfly #soul #funk #psychedelic #1970s #70s #70smusic #blaxploitation

  22. CURTIS MAYFIELD
    Super Fly
    1972 Canada pressing

    More Friday night fire, baby!!
    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    This album is forever GOATED.

    Funky, badass psychedelic soul music from one of the greatest blaxploitation films ever made.

    Lots of wah-wah guitars, gnarly percussion, funky-as-fuck bass, and Mayfield’s otherworldly falsetto.

    A masterpiece tour-de-force album by one talented, funky motherfucker.

    #vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #vinylcollection #art #music #curtismayfield #superfly #soul #funk #psychedelic #1970s #70s #70smusic #blaxploitation

  23. Mahotella Queens – Umculo Kawupheli

    amf.didiermary.fr/mahotella-qu

    The classic Mahotella Queens hit song, “Umculo Kawupheli” (“The music never ends”), from 1973. Original song with self-made video, featuring clips of the Queens back in the 1970s with their backing group the Makgona Tsohle Band.

    From the golden age of South African township jive, the country’s premier mbaqanga girl group, the Mahotella Queens, and […]

    #70smusic #Mbaqanga #SouthAfrica

  24. Mahmoud Ahmed & Badume’s Band – Mela Mela

    amf.didiermary.fr/mahmoud-ahme

    Mahmoud Ahmed, the Ethiopian crooner… Live @ Fiest’A Sète 2008.

    Mahmoud Ahmed (Amharic: ማሕሙድ አሕመድ; born 8 May 1941) is an Ethiopian singer. He gained great popularity in Ethiopia in the 1970s and among the Ethiopian diaspora in the 1980s, before rising to international fame with African music fans in Europe and the Americas. […]

    #70smusic #Ethiopia #LiveMusic

  25. Bee Gees' "You Should Be Dancing" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 4, 1976.

    #Music, #BeeGees, #70s, #70sMusic, #1970s, #1970sMusic

  26. Bee Gees' "You Should Be Dancing" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 4, 1976.

    #Music, #BeeGees, #70s, #70sMusic, #1970s, #1970sMusic

  27. Bee Gees' "You Should Be Dancing" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 4, 1976.

    #Music, #BeeGees, #70s, #70sMusic, #1970s, #1970sMusic

  28. Bee Gees' "You Should Be Dancing" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 4, 1976.

    #Music, #BeeGees, #70s, #70sMusic, #1970s, #1970sMusic

  29. Bee Gees' "You Should Be Dancing" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 4, 1976.

    #Music, #BeeGees, #70s, #70sMusic, #1970s, #1970sMusic

  30. Paul & Linda McCartney's "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 4, 1971.

    #Music, #PaulMcCartney, #LindaMcCartney, #70s, #70sMusic, #1970s, #1970sMusic

  31. Paul & Linda McCartney's "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 4, 1971.

    #Music, #PaulMcCartney, #LindaMcCartney, #70s, #70sMusic, #1970s, #1970sMusic

  32. Paul & Linda McCartney's "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 4, 1971.

    #Music, #PaulMcCartney, #LindaMcCartney, #70s, #70sMusic, #1970s, #1970sMusic

  33. Paul & Linda McCartney's "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 4, 1971.

    #Music, #PaulMcCartney, #LindaMcCartney, #70s, #70sMusic, #1970s, #1970sMusic

  34. Paul & Linda McCartney's "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 4, 1971.

    #Music, #PaulMcCartney, #LindaMcCartney, #70s, #70sMusic, #1970s, #1970sMusic

  35. Future Games

    #fleetwoodmac #futuregames #70smusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #rock #rockmusic #progressiverock #softrock #pyschedelicrock #folkrock #spacerock #bobwelch #christinemcvie Fleetwood Mac releases its 5th album on September 3, 1971. It was recorded at a pivotal time for Fleetwood Mac, following several significant lineup changes. It was the first album to feature guitarist Bob Welch and the first with Christine McVie as a full, credited band member.

    robinbannks.com/2026/09/03/fut

  36. Ali Chukus and His Peace Makers Dance Band

    amf.didiermary.fr/ali-chukus-p

    Ali Chukwuma, under the nickname “Ali Chukus,” probably for his first album with the Peace Makers Dance Band in 1975. […]

    #70smusic #FullAlbum #Highlife #Nigeria #Vinyl #OldAfricanMusic

  37. 70s & 80s Kenyan Benga & Afro-Cuban Rumba

    amf.didiermary.fr/kenyan-benga

    Kenyan Benga & Afro-Cuban Rumba playlist from the 3-LP set from Soundway Records’ release “Kenya Special – Selected East African Recordings from the 1970s and ’80s”. There’s also a second volume with tracks from the same period. [...]

    #70smusic #80smusic #AfroCuban #Benga #Compilation #Kenya #Rumba

  38. Dr. K. Gyasi’s Noble Kings – The Highlife Boss

    amf.didiermary.fr/dr-gyasi-nob

    Highlife album released in 1975 on the Essiebons label, by Dr. K. Gyasi & his Noble Kings. Probably one of the best recorded Highlife there is from this period of time in Ghana. With Lead Vocals by Thomas Frimpong.

    Thomas Frimpong (sometimes Frempong) was one of the most respected Highlife musicians Ghana has ever […]

    #70smusic #Ghana #Highlife #OldAfricanMusic

  39. Essiebons Special 73-84

    amf.didiermary.fr/essiebons-sp

    In Ghana, few labels are as influential as Essiebons, the “Ghana Music Power House.” Founded by the producer and businessman Dick Essilfie-Bondzie, its catalog features sterling work from number of modern highlife legends.

    For most of the 1970s Essilfie-Bondzie’s Dix and Essiebons labels were synonymous with the best in modern highlife, and his [...]

    #70smusic #80smusic #Compilation #Ghana #Highlife #OldAfricanMusic

  40. Dr Victor Olaiya & his All-Stars

    amf.didiermary.fr/victor-olaiy

    Dr Victor Olaiya is considered the bridge between Ghanaian Highlife and what would become Afrobeat.

    His musical style was influenced by James Brown, with horn parts harmonized in Brown’s style, as opposed to the mostly unison lines of Afrobeat. The music includes the swinging percussion of Tony Allen, but not the syncopated style that [...]

    #60smusic #70smusic #AfroFunk #FullAlbum #Highlife #Nigeria

  41. Gram

    #gramparsons #southafrica #thebyrds #60smusic #70smusic #music #musiciansky #musicsky #chrishillman #rogermcguinn #theflyingburritobrothers #keithrichards #mickjagger #theglimmertwins July 29, 1968 ~ On the eve of their South African tour, Gram Parsons leaves The Byrds, refusing to play in front of South Africa's segregated audiences. It's summer and The Byrds are out on tour promoting their Sweetheart Of The Rodeo album. They did London before departing for South…

    robinbannks.com/2026/07/29/gra

  42. Gram

    #gramparsons #southafrica #thebyrds #60smusic #70smusic #music #musiciansky #musicsky #chrishillman #rogermcguinn #theflyingburritobrothers #keithrichards #mickjagger #theglimmertwins July 29, 1968 ~ On the eve of their South African tour, Gram Parsons leaves The Byrds, refusing to play in front of South Africa's segregated audiences. It's summer and The Byrds are out on tour promoting their Sweetheart Of The Rodeo album. They did London before departing for South…

    robinbannks.com/2026/07/29/gra

  43. Gram

    #gramparsons #southafrica #thebyrds #60smusic #70smusic #music #musiciansky #musicsky #chrishillman #rogermcguinn #theflyingburritobrothers #keithrichards #mickjagger #theglimmertwins July 29, 1968 ~ On the eve of their South African tour, Gram Parsons leaves The Byrds, refusing to play in front of South Africa's segregated audiences. It's summer and The Byrds are out on tour promoting their Sweetheart Of The Rodeo album. They did London before departing for South…

    robinbannks.com/2026/07/29/gra

  44. Gram

    #gramparsons #southafrica #thebyrds #60smusic #70smusic #music #musiciansky #musicsky #chrishillman #rogermcguinn #theflyingburritobrothers #keithrichards #mickjagger #theglimmertwins July 29, 1968 ~ On the eve of their South African tour, Gram Parsons leaves The Byrds, refusing to play in front of South Africa's segregated audiences. It's summer and The Byrds are out on tour promoting their Sweetheart Of The Rodeo album. They did London before departing for South…

    robinbannks.com/2026/07/29/gra

  45. Gram

    #gramparsons #southafrica #thebyrds #60smusic #70smusic #music #musiciansky #musicsky #chrishillman #rogermcguinn #theflyingburritobrothers #keithrichards #mickjagger #theglimmertwins July 29, 1968 ~ On the eve of their South African tour, Gram Parsons leaves The Byrds, refusing to play in front of South Africa's segregated audiences. It's summer and The Byrds are out on tour promoting their Sweetheart Of The Rodeo album. They did London before departing for South…

    robinbannks.com/2026/07/29/gra

  46. Ambolley – Simigwa

    amf.didiermary.fr/ambolley-sim

    Simigwa is a legendary Ghanian album – with one of the most iconic covers ever! – that fuses Highlife, Afrobeat, Folk and Funk. Ambolley’s debut solo album originally released in 1975, written and produced with Ebo Taylor.

    Gyedu-Blay Ambolley grew up during the peak of Highlife in Ghana and was a key figure in […]

    #70smusic #AfroFunk #Ghana #Highlife #AfroBeat

  47. Gyedu-Blay Ambolley – Simigwa-Do

    amf.didiermary.fr/gyedu-blay-a

    Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, the versatile, irrepressible singer, songwriter, producer and Ghanean “musical- life-force” exploded on the music scene in 1973, with a jazzy Highlife sound he called “Simigwa-Do”.

    Ambolley taught himself to play the flute as a first instrument in his early years of musical interest dating back to the age of eight, when he began […]

    #70smusic #AfroFunk #Ghana #Highlife

  48. Sahara All Stars of Jos

    amf.didiermary.fr/sahara-all-s

    The Sahara All Stars of Jos were based in the Havana Nightclub, in the central plateau town of Jos, a city in the North-Central region of Nigeria, far from Lagos. Dan Satch Ayo who led the band, had played with Dr Sir Warrior, a Nigerian Igbo highlife musical prodigy, guitarist, one of the pioneers of […]

    #70smusic #AfroFunk #Highlife #Nigeria #AfroBeat

  49. Super Negro Bantous

    amf.didiermary.fr/super-negro-

    Despite their Congolese-sounding name, Super Negro Bantous were a renowned Igbo band led by Elah Elvis, recording at least seven albums for Rogers All Stars while combining highlife, soukous and folk music.

    The four songs on this self-titled album are sung in Pidgin English. [...]

    #70smusic #FullAlbum #Highlife #Nigeria #Soukous #Vinyl #OldAfricanMusic