Disco Blaze!

Rare as hell afro-disco-funk from outta Nigeria in the late 1970's. This is only taken from a reissue 'cos this one never shows up and when it does, it inevitably goes for some insane amount of money. I don't know anything about it, except that it is serious fire on the dancefloor. Check it out!

Disco Blaze - Jump Back (Comm' Of The Fireballs) (African Sun LP 'Jump Back' 2010 reissue)

Leon Haywood

Time for a dancefloor jam




Leon Haywood - Don't Push It, Don't Force It (20th Century 12", 1980) mediafire dl 320kbps

Some Sharp Indictor Siblings

Alright... that was a reeeeaaaal fun weekend and it's pretty much taken me until know to recover. Nothing but drinking and top-notch wax for 54 hours straight and then back to my side of the continent. For those who don't know that's the best part of a 3400km trip but there was a whole lotta fun had by all so big ups to my main man Charlie Bucket for hooking a brother up.

Now for some music.

So I was at the record store (Northside Records, where I work) and I came across this Pointer Sisters record from 1977 that I'd never seen before. It was only a fiver and to be honest I didn't really hold a lot of hope for it's quality. But The Sisters did some great stuff in the '70's so on it went and out popped a couple of dope jams. Jams like this!


The Pointer Sisters - Don't Drive You Crazy (Blue Thumb LP 'Having A Party', 1977) mediafire download 320kbps


Apparently it was the least successful record they ever did but I real dig the laidback, slightly spacey disco vibe and so much better than the cheesey nonsense the became known for later. Gadson on the skins never hurts either! So this would be the most recent Pointer Sisters track I heard but the first one I ever heard would still have to rate as my favourite...


The Pointer Sisters - Pinball Number Count (DJ Food Re-edit) mediafire download 320kbps







I'll be returning to the airwaves tomorrow afternoon on PBS 106.7FM in Melbourne but you can stream it live or indeed at time by hitting www.pbsfm.org.au... Plenty of killer funk, african and latin to be heard so tune in!

The Breakdown: a trip to the discoteque

So every Saturday I plan to post up and highlight a track I played on my radio show 'The Breakdown'.  It's on Fridays 3-5pm in Melbourne on PBS FM 106.7 but you can stream it at pbsfm.org.au if you're not in the area.  This is the first post of this nature so check it...

We here at The Gentlemen Of Leisure like to get down.  And who better to get down with than our man Tyrone Davis.  I've always had a bit of a soft spot for Tyrone, especially his late 60's/early 70's Dakar gems like Can I Change My Mind and One Way ticket, mostly all produced by Willie Henderson.  But he didn't stop when he left Dakar, no he kept playing and recording non-stop until 1995 when he sadly he passed away.  This next track from his post-Dakar Colombia records era when he turned his hand to disco.  It was something that so easily could have been poo (as much of the LP is) as so often old soul guys trying out a disco record can go so wrong so quickly (see Syl Johnson 'The Uptown Shakedown' for further evidence) but this 12" is great.  It's a killer disco dance floor filler that I decided to put up after being accosted by my homie Mr Moonshine while playing this at a gig, he accusing me of holding out on him after a recent trade.  Why I never.  So here you go sunshine, go geddit.

Download (320kbps): Tyrone Davis - Get On Up (Disco) (CBS 12", 1978)

I don't own a scanner and could only find the LP cover online so here it is.  

That's a real fresh jacket Tyrone.

I really wish it was on this record though