The Originals - Down to Love Town

[TheGamerGuy775]

2:00 into the video is the bassline for daft punk's "burnin"!

[dogkelp]

Lead sounds great, almost Teddy-Pendergrass-like.

[OUTOFGAS88]

this makes me remember the the hookers in ny back in the 1980's

[vnicepce]

....Love this; this is a stupendous dance track; just give me a good dance floor, and my dancing shoes.....this is my cadence....

[LukeSniper]

I am so jealous!

I really need to pad out my collection of 12" dance mixes. Unfortunately there's no such thing as a "complete" record collection... if not 12" disco it's UK skiffle music on 45s or first pressings of Charlie Parker records :-/

[eddieo1958]

Practice makes perfect @bogiboy; this upload should have screamed "do over" to you when the first notes drag. (FYI, backcuing is pulling the record back enough from where the track starts so that the platter is at full speed when the music begins, "enough" being the key word. Usually half a revolution or so.

[bogiboi]

@eddieo1958 You understood I was pulling your leg right? =:-) The start was indeed planned, check my other videos for traditional cueing.

[rice10562]

I remember this song playing at the Glennwood Rest, Flatbush, BROOKLN, N.Y. .Dam this song is hot, been searching for this a long time......

[eddieo1958]

all that pro gear and you couldn't back-cue it better than that? great sound though.....

[bogiboi]

@eddieo1958 Not sure what you mean, but I am sorry if I didn't impress you with my mad dj-ing skills, as I intended to do here.

[Mannchild11]

From the first note you want to jump up. What a classic!

[stewbie59]

Had to re-visit, hopefully I'm going to help out in being a part of a tribute to the Originals group member, the late Freddie Gorman.

[sportsterblue]

when i played in wildwood nj this was always requested 45 rpm promo full version

[HckyWavz]

Now This was Disco at it's best ,,No bubble jum here

[MrHitwave1]

this typified the MOTOWN DISCO BEAT . ex dont leave me this way, love hangover

another great but under rated tune.....genuine motown DANCE soul!

I used to play this all the time...Early Autumn 1976 I actually have it -the full 12" version on a Rhino compilation CD from 20 years ago!!!!

[daryllharris]

please please post You are the Blessing in me" off the same lp.

[BillyButlin123]

The Ritz all dayers Manchester...1977...New york disco...way ahead of it's time.

[supermandisco]

This reminds me of BUZZBY'S SF on Polk St. Sat. nights! When this stuff was just being shelled out.

[mrjohnaq59]

thank you for this post totally took me back to the gallery in new york.love it

[larrytheeight]

Disco Ball 9 @ Trump Taj Mahal Atlantic City NJ on Sat Oct 16, 2010. Starring live in concert....Gloria Gaynor, Santa Esmeralda starring Leroy Gomez, Rob Parissi of Wild Cherry, The Trammps featuring Earl Young, Norma Jean Wright & Luci Martin formerly of chic, Sugar Hill Gang, Rose Royce, Lime, Musique, Anita Ward, Linda Clifford, original village people cowboy Randy Jones, WCBS FM DJ Joe Causi, Smokin Joe Frazier and many surprises. r u goin babe?

[stewbie59]

R.I.P Freddie Gorman! 36 bars of pure dance funk at 2:35!

[1nine79]

WOW! The Original Greatness! The Originals, Awesome Disco

[breckerbros]

Walter Gaines was it...

[stepper7023]

Vocals...this is not their best. As a party mover...this is their best...probably Motown's best until 2yrs later when Diana put out Love Hangover.

[slytown]

Wow, look at all that wasted vinyl in the middle! This song begs 4 more minutes at least.

[1cyndy]

is this eddie kendricks singing ~~ ? please let me know he is awesome

[phatstevie2]

@1cyndy . eddie kendricks did not sing with the originals. eddie sang with the temptations and he went solo later in his career. eddies famous solo hits are keep on trucking and boogie down baby, plus many more.

[FabioSHUqui]

esse som toquei na epoca é duca ........... os cara não produzem mais esse tipo de musica ........só barelheira , Otima produção esqutei isso na 92 wktu

[VONRITT]

THIS IS THE QUINESSENTIAL DISCO DANCE SONG!!! To hell with Saturday Night Fever, THIS IS "IT" ! !

[Discovios]

@VONRITT Hey SNF has great chooons also. Disco Inferno is in this vein too. Very soulful down and nasty.

[cdf19699]

DJDisco7eight, i agree with you. this

is their best song. a real good song

to dance to and skate trio.

[CharlesBarry]

It's all about the BONGOS that make me wanna move my feet ! Even when they aren't singing it's all about the BONGOS !!!!!

[djkidfix]

have to disagree...It's the slap bass!

[beagleman123456789]

Bass IS part of the bottom...combined with the rythem section,and the strings. This so is Produced just si great.

[1cyndy]

is this eddie kendricks singing ~~

[beagleman123456789]

Yes, the percusion ,the bottom beat makes THIS song,pluss great vocal, etc

[FrankiexNYC]

Still have this and play it often...awesome!

[poet3131]

great party song !!!!

[DJDisco7eight]

I have this on 12 inch. This is their best song.

[beagleman123456789]

The best dance song''''always "scored "with this song

[Michigras]

Thanks for sharing! When was it released? The LP looks kinda new :)

[bogiboi]

1976 - taken from the album "Communique". Communiqu was released in the summer of 1976 and Down to Love Town became a "Billboard Magazine Hot Dance Club Play #1" on October 30th.

They re-recorded the song for their next album ("Down to Love Town", released in 1977) and it was also released as an 12inch with Jermaine Jackson on the b-side.

This is btw the first commercial motown 12inch (hence the id) :)

[cosmicdelight7]

Thanks for the info. It's one of my favorite songs of all time. I wonder if I have any chance of finding the album?

[rufus317]

@bogiboi Jermaine Jackson's song had the similar Rhythm section and the song was called "Let's Be Young Tonight"

[bogiboi]

@rufus317 what do you mean by "similar" - the same performers? still a good song from jermaine, though the refrain is a little to on the weak side in my book - the other parts are dope though, especially the brakdown :)

[rufus317]

@bogiboi Similar as in same key, same breaks. I wouldn't say same performers but same rhythm section which is why they were the flip side of each other when released as a single.

[djJackMF]

The re-release (Down to Love Town LP Version & 12")was more disco-fied than the original (Communique LP Version).