Tony Rallo - Holdin' On (Disco 1979)

[livvi99]

Robbie Vincent, Gregg Edwards even Tony Blackburn used to play these tunes.

[smoothyc]

hey dont forget invicta radio solar radio and the original pirate kiss fm , back in the day

[iebarker]

WICKED TUNE!

[MuhsinTheMomin]

Tha thup thup tha tarra...baby

[overner2001]

I used to listen to Robbie on a Saturday morning: he played the real cream and occasionally some of the more unusual ones. I recall him playing Manhattan Transfer (Twilight zone Twilight tone) and the Pretenders version of Grace Jones Private lives.

[StimpsonJCatEsquire]

Great track! Great stories!

Mate, we need to bring this back into the charts. "out with rap, in with the funk"

[211bill]

2 people aren't holdin' on.

[odume1]

Shari, it was massive at Gullivers in the West End. Hey Herts, don't forget Robbie Vincent's show on Radio London on Saturday mornings (11.30am to 2.00pm) to get all of us funksters started on a Saturday

[agfagaevart]

@odume1

Greg Edwards used to play this on Capital Radio, nearly every friday, circa summer 1979

[opindling]

@agfagaevart ........ Don't forget the one and only Robbie Vincent on Radio London every Saturday from 11.30 am to 2.00 pm; keeping London REALLY FUNKY back in the day !!!! Big up !! LOL.

[agfagaevart]

@opindling

If it moves...funk it!

[opindling]

@agfagaevart ... One of the CLASSIC lines of the 70's funk era. Luv it !!! Lemme remind you of another SERIOUS funk jam you may not have heard in a longggggg time. Check out "Chance With You" by Brother To Brother.

[agfagaevart]

@opindling

Sounds good!

BTW, do you remember a Sat night / Sun morning soul show on radio London (I think), which would rundown the latest singles in the "Disco chart"? I think it was on between 11pm and 1am, during the early '80s. Does that ring any bells??

[HertsCommuter]

1979 - Greg Edwards - Capital 194 - Soul Spectrum - This track defined Saturday nights!

[sharijane20]

The Royalty in Southgate, with Froggy and Greg Edwards? Can't really remember, but I remember dancing to it....... Saw the Jacksons there (without Michael), but they weren't that famous back in the day..... they had bodyguards in the upstairs bar, but no one was that bothered... how weird!

[xxxDaveTxxx]

@sharijane20

Shari, how funny and it still sounds good too...

can't remember the Royalty though... hazy days!

weren't you and Jacquie mere school girls back then?

xx

[benbirdy]

I love it!

[Secretaryboy]

Yea rem this well, Royalty Friday night Palmers Green funkateers, whata a tune this and Frank Hooker This feeling, Al Hudson You can do it, Kleeer Get Tough, pounding from their soundsystem at the time the best in the country, best days of my life..

[YsanneOshea]

Hey agfagaevart, Back in the day, the best disco in town WAS...The...Best....Disco ....in...town....!!!! At the Lyceum in the Strand....Did I see you there? Did you dance till you dropped like it did? The Fuel of sweet sweet memory.....burning bright into 2011....Just heard Tina Marie moved on today...so young....far far to early...RIP Tina....

[tikartribe]

Royalty Club late 70s Tottenham Funk Patrol

[fagAshLil1234]

Love it

[Tomikk86]

Love & Peace Orchestra - Holdin' On!!

[agfagaevart]

Used to hear this and Phil Hurtt "Giving It Back" on Greg Edwards Best Disco in Town shows back in 1979. Good old daze of Capital Radio.

[NIGELO1]

I bought this track when I was 13. Damm I had good taste in music then! :-)

[LyndonSoulGroove]

picked this up last year in Camden Town !

[hcp66]

C'mon weavers jazz funkers! This is what was happening!

[MrAndyBella1]

Massive Froggy tune at The Royalty back in 1979, sounded the bollocks on the sound system . Big shout to all the Soulboys & Girls from those great nites :-) Andy, Froggys roadcrew X

[jazzyman63]

been looking for this for years AWESOME TRACK!!!!

[kcufdam]

Tony Rallo 31 year ago Tiesto on Saturday.......Disco to cool house.......dancin to the grave!

[kcufdam]

On the night shift boogying around the office disco alniter. feel like i m in a episode of Kojak. Ba ra ra ra ra ra ra ..............saxaphones rule........

[kcufdam]

Disco classic...where is she now?? Great times!....Valentino's Edinburgh, Hoochie Coochie...Clouds

[kcufdam]

Shit...ah bought this all those years ago and lost the damn thing. about the same time i lost Lime 12 inch single

[discotrader]

i love Tony , thanksssssssssssssssssssssssss­ssssssss

[Morphosyser]

Tune, been looking for it for ages, nice1

[timrlewis]

The Royalty - North London - , Flicks in Dartfrod , Scamps - Sutton, Frenchies - Camberly, Fleet Country Club...... Ah bliss

[eclipsepatent]

This brings back some memoires of the ZERO SIX in southend all those years ago. Great tune and super club song in its time and i still love it. Cheers Wayne from Essex...

[mashamorgan]

Wanted to hear his for years after losing the12 inch vinyl !! Thanx

[hazel1861]

just been looking through my 12 inch vinyals,found some cracking tunes......... blast from the past.......

[omojonathan]

Absolutely Brilliant music, It's a crying shame i cant get this on itunes or anywhrer else! The Nostalgia just comes flooding back, Somebody please help!!!

[flicrivers]

Does anybody know if you can get this on CD? Tried iTunes Store but no luck. Love it - can't beat the old tunes ..... don't get them like this anymore. Youngsters nowadays don't know what they missed out on?!?!?! Down at Blues in Slough on a Saturday night, straight after the Pied Horse ..... does anybody remember those days????!!!!!

[donthompson10166]

I got it on a LP mix all full length with other cracking songs. Im sure its called designed for dancing (or dance)

[Sal1675]

@flicrivers Hi did you ever find it anywhere? let me know please

thanks

[weeeeoooow]

OMG...Ive been looking for this ever since i lost my old record collection....ive been looking under tony rallo and the midnight band...wasnt that what they were called back then?thankyou you tube!!! xx

[OldDiscoDeeJay]

Well remembered. Spelling was slightly different though (US spelling). It was Tony Rallo and The Midnite Band.

[chaz1987rowe]

heard this at Fosties tribute to froggy last weekend in Clacton bangin weekend

[asherdust]

TUUUUNNNEEEEEEE

[clm1959]

some one must have a live clip of this I can just remember this from top of the pops last tune of the night ,ever only saw it only once . chris

[DON16LISA]

Remember hearing this first on Soul Spectrum on Capital Radio. Thanks, for 7minutes 25 seconds I am 18 again and going to my first Caister.

[spookyboo22]

oh my god what a great upload

[xuanxusep]

what an original cover.

[MYTYOOB]

Me too 'Eclipsepatent'. Also around 18 clubbing at Zero 6 and Quills Disco on the seafront - brilliant song, those were the days !

[avidsltd]

In one word: F###ing-boring.

[djmrbrown00]

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[eclipsepatent]

I was 17 clubing to this at the 'Zero six Night club' in Southend in Essex all those years ago. Arrrh the good old days!

[c3rb3rus123]

just found this track - first time ive heard it in 20 years and I was thinking this reminds me of Zero6! God I love the internet....

[weds9994]

Zero6,blimey!!! they were the days,this was the 1st track i herd when i entered that club.1985.what happy days. MiCKY O

[sierradelta07]

This was one of the tracks played at the first club I ever went to in '79/80. Always remember being completely knackered by the end.

Love the way this track takes me right back to being 16. I'd go back in a heart beat if I could.

[iykist]

plenty of memories, my uncle played this tune to me first and this was my bestfriends tune and they are both late.

[toml353]

Played by Colin Curtis at Cassies Wigan in 1980, then by John Coppack at the Studio Nantwich, Massive tune....massive nights, for those who like to groove x

[geordiejohnson]

big tune for the wednesday soul nights at clouds in Bradford in the eighties..

brilliant

[esmereldatitswallop]

OMG you have no idea how long I have waited for someone to post this - thankyou so much!

[WhopBobbaLuBop]

Why didn't you just buy it?

[esmereldatitswallop]

I have it on vinyl(bought when it first came out) but can't play it at the mo!

[YsanneOshea]

Oh Wow! Do you remember this!! Hot sweaty nights at the club, givin it everything and dancin till you drop! No drugs, no beer just solid stonkin good Music.......bring it on! Thank you Mr. Rallo!

[bootsamou]

Oh Ysanne... u are SO right. I teened on Tamla... danced to disco/jazz/funk in my 20s til I was mental... and then House became my passion. (My fave time for music is 86-95.) But all without drugs. Just got high on the music and dancin away the evening. Young 'uns just don't get it, do they?

[wintermelody]

Is this on c.d ??

[adriancarr67]

Tune!

[beckenbauers]

I was 14 and crazy about this song on Radio Luxemburg..

[hackberry94]

awsome!!

[jm2b78]

ah le bon temps du disco!

[jagman523]

brings back the happy memories of growing up in south london. thanks for posting this

[nlprophet]

fabulous classic tune!

[donthompson10166]

yeah I like this 1 too

[FLUIS69]

Pretty Cool Track!!! Love the Sound...Classy Disco Song...:-)