Greatest Disco Hits: Music For Non-Stop Dancing
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Greatest Disco Hits: Music for Non-Stop Dancing is an album released by the Salsoul Orchestra in 1978 on Salsoul Records (LP record SA 8508). It is noted for its pioneering use of slip-cueing, known at the time as “disco blending,” a phrase coined by Walter Gibbons.
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Reception
Prior to landing on the charts, the album had been reviewed as a “perfect party record” by Billboard magazine. Greatest Disco Hits entered the Billboard 200 album charts on September 9, 1978, and remained there for 13 weeks; it peaked at #97 and was the group's last album to break the top 100.
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Track listing
All tracks written by Vincent Montana Jr. except where noted.
- "Salsoul: 3001 [Introduction]" (adapted by Montana from Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss)
- "Nice ‘n' Naasty"
- "Getaway" (Peter Cor, Beloyd Taylor)
- "You're Just the Right Size"
- "Chicago Bus Stop (Ooh, I Love It)"
- "Tangerine" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger)
- "Salsoul Hustle"
- "Magic Bird of Fire"
- "It's Good for the Soul"
- "Salsoul Rainbow"
- "Don’t Beat Around the Bush"
- "Salsoul: 3001" (adapted by Montana from Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss)
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