Candido "Thousand Finger Man" 1979

[Kutupyildizi1]

just thanks...

[meandminespro7]

louie vega did a remix and took it to the next level but still kept the song as is in creation...

[Renagade70]

@meandminespro7 You are right. The remix came out in 2004, 25 years after the original.

[calmtides]

SO SICK!

[rumberoprimero]

Back in the day I was driving a 1975 ninety-eight..I could fit a toyota prius in my trunk....smoking good weed and listening to candido.

[LENNYCHUD]

Definitely 99 Prince, die-hard time around 8-9AM. If you were downstairs you hauled ass upstairs when David dropped this track. The horn solo used to gave me & my woman nipple-sized goosebumps yayahhhh. Never forget the old days.

Love Saves the Day. Chuddy

[1123Gregory]

@LENNYCHUD Yaa Buddy Dave use to rock prince and mercer if you were not there you did not know what a party was, love saves the day, spanky and the gang memba billy and twins?

[broekspijp41]

beautiful sound & groove!

[swipe80]

Brilliant tune reminds me on the good old days.

[alonglostsoul100]

Sound just as good when i first played it in 1984!!

[bigbass4444]

Great track, sounds years ahead of it's time.

[wisborough8]

awsome tune Candido 90 years old and still playing !!

[djpetedaheat]

Wow! you guys really rocked this track. Fantastic session, the vibe on the record is unspeakable and just makes me feel good all over. Much respect to all the musicians for their contribution and hard work on such a dance classic masterpiece. DJ Pete "Da Heat" NYC

[maximilianotamburo]

IL BRANO MIGLIORE DELLA OLD SCOOL ,,, BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU!

[Keepsz]

Early Mornin' at the LOFT....Great Memoreeze ! thanx for sharing ~

[xlithiumfreak]

my last name is candido. FTW.

[1181bx]

Louis Small original composer and keys

[sjkgames01]

this song preety much before it's time

[TheFate23]

underground disco sound, proto-deep house!!!

[unidoimagination]

thiis iis the traack of million lightyears yea baby!

[Sal1675]

@unidoimagination - This was as you say way ahead of its time. Truly seminal and groundbreaking track.

[TheAmuseum]

house invented in 1979

[dosx78]

@TheAmuseum  years 74 till 84 the blueprint for anything relevant till now.funk ,punk ,hip hop, disco..a full decade of creativity.

[sepichgo]

i tell you, coming from Chgo NOW living in NYC......."girl-pull yourself together"!

this is the SHIT!!!!!!!!!!

[divineinspiration3]

I bought a copy of this in 1988 from a second hand record shop in Toronto, Canada for one canadian dollar. Original Canadian Salsoul label. I sold it on Ebay UK last year for £185. Quality choonage, well done for posting.

Paul

Divine Inspiration Uk based Dance Act!

[karkadis]

polu brosta

[puretechno]

love this track.

the source for one of my favourite house tunes: Cassius - la mouche.

[soulreplicant]

@ enoughsaidatl......it did....in the form of Chicago House thruout the 90's. I hear ya about the radio though.........would love to be rollin down the street n all of a sudden this gem of a song pops on. all time classik =)

[enoughsaidatl]

I have tears in my eyes and my heart is so full listenting to this song. It brings back great memories. If things are truly cyclical i hope and pray that this music comes back in full force. People never stopped appreicating it and will fully embrace it should it ever come back as regular air play on the radio. I can dream can't I?

[enfadel74]

Chicago deep House baby!!!

[LoleattaGirl]

Awesome.. classic record, thanks for sharing Sandy! ;)

[FUNKBOOGIEBANG]

Sandy, this is one of the most Incredible peices of work I have ever heard in my life. Thank you for sharing your experience here on youtube. I was 10 years old in 1979 and I grew up in a household where Incredible jams like this were constantly played throughout the day whenever my mother was in groove mode cleaning and cooking around the house. This is the type of funk that I grew up on,the type of funk that was taught to me through my mothers massive record collection.



[Musikologist]

I think the main difference between this version and Louie Vega's version is The Mix.

[ajamu360]

This is Godly!

[privateselection101]

@vortons they called it disco :) This shit is timeless!

[elpinkjr1]

Chicago House Music's national anthem!!!!

[tideomo]

what a track man it's magical something different to what you got nowadays

[Musikologist]

I got a chance to get together with Candido last year. He was at The Manhattan School of Music performing songs from the Lp Kenya. Candido was the first recorded conga player in the United States and that lp was Kenya.

[Musikologist]

The sax player on the lp is Prince Joseph and the flugelhorn player is Kenny Warden.

[LokiDWolf]

Love this song when it's played with Chicago House Music!!! Great dance song!

[MoodyMan1978]

Chicago stand up!

[KAISERKRAUT]

.......Oh Fuck Yeah!

[nowimustchange]

This that Shit - take me back to the early 80's without kids, bills , amd husbands. When I could go out and Jack My Body All Nite in Chicago and come home at 5:00 am and be SAFE beacuse half the city was also out on the town enjoying themselves. THE GOOD DAYS !!!!!!!! Can-di-do yall

[phlypped]

There needs to be a nation wide radio station that digs in the crates and spins classics like this.

[CardiffSoul11]

Amazing!

[filmchickie]

Absolutely timeless!

[nowimustchange]

@filmchickie True

[dnortier]

Classic, love it.

[karoalphashots]

amazing!

[karoalphashots]

Great music! vibrating!

[SuperHoggar]

disco fantastico

[estinos]

Brilliant Track, absolute classic

[gogoaustralia]

Timeless!

[westbay1000]

The synth at 0.50 sends shivers down my spine. What a link between 70's disco and todays house. Strangely enough in the UK you will find a really similar synth sound and pattern used in the underlay of daytime TV programmes about buying houses abroad/doing up houses! bizarre!

[Zyndr]

@westbay1000 Exactly!! That's the bit that trips me out about this tune. Fantastic.

[MrHob83og]

EIGHTBALL AMD MJG WITH P-DIDDY- ROLL WITH ME

[HOB83OG]

EIGHTBALL AND MJG WITH P-DIDDY- ROLL WITH ME

[ballin1822]

@HOB83OG DEY DON'T KNOW NOTHING BOUT DAT!!!!!

[hardcorehouse]

@vortons There was no house music in 1979, it was NYC produced club music whcih was in fact the foundation for house that came much later. NYC in the late 70s/early 80s was the incubator for house, rap, hip hop and electro.

[jameschurchill3]

Hey just stumbled upon this track and love it!!! Where's it been all my life. Love all this early house music and wouldn't mind getting hold of an album or some info about them. Can anyone point me in the right direction????

[fishfan67]

Great Classic, Thanks for the post.

[ohfo]

Mr Santana and co. - this is one amazing track. Can't believe I've never come across it before. Really glad that I have now...

[ishmaelahmad]

Whew...what can I say! This is one of the founding tracks for the prereq for "House" If you cant understand this track, you dont understand "HOUSE" Classic joint....Classic!!!! Makes my heart full to hear it.

[penjackson]

NIIICE JOB Sandy Santana JR. One of my top 10 fav tracks in the world. Thanks for blessing us with this track.

[2009Denisem]

Hmmm Great classic here...Damn those were the days indeed... no music like this music ever...Great beat for sure...Woohoo..I am loving this big time!

Thank you Candido for posting!

[hardcorehouse]

Yet another NYC classic from the city that was the center of the dance universe in the 70s thru early 80s. NYC the incubator of house, rap, hip hop, electro, etc.

[thewrightlilbro]

@hardcorehouse CHICAGO RULES FRANKIE KNUCKLES BROUGHT IT TO THE WINDY.BUT RON HARDY JAMIE PRINCIPLE AND MARSHALL JEFFERSON TOOK IT

TO ANOTHER LEVEL .CHI TOWN IS HOUSE!!! RIDE THE RHYTHM.MARSHALL JEFFERSON.THATS PURE NEXT LEVEL UNDERGROUND GREATNESS.YA DIG!!!!

[hardcorehouse]

@thewrightlilbro Oh Chicago is house alright but the vibe started in NYC. That level that Hardy and others took what Knuckles gave them was after the fact and their sound didn't appeal to many, which is why Hardy had had more of a straight crowd. Touche.

[gaiko1982]

thank (whichever god) for music like this

[mr3865]

RIP Woody Cunningham of Kleeer

He played drums and sang vocals on this track.

[loosestudios]

thank for information his passing

[thatsmyjag]

Warehouse with Frankie knuckles in Chicago back in da day

[thatsmyjag]

old Warehouse days in Chicago with Frankie Knuckles !!!!

[edredd701]

You should hear it from the VERY beginning...Organ abd piano...sal-soul at it's finest

[Musikologist]

Musikologist responding to sex6cult9revolution.We were from the South Bronx and Manhattan.This song was from the Lp that had Dancin and Prancin and Jingo on it not the Lp cover pictured above.Enjoy!

[lefreak2301]

WAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

[Musikologist]

My name is Sandy Santana Jr. and I played guitar on this track back in 1979. The Bass player was Norman Durham from the group Kleeer and the Drummer was Woody who was also from Kleeer. The Keyboard player and leader of the session was Louis Small who also played on Jocelyn Brown's Somebody Else's Guy. It was a good session.

[sex6cult9revolution]

Where were you guys from? Who'd you do shows with? This music just sounds like it's from a WAY better time and place. Forget 1969, Woodstock and Crosby, Stills and Nash. I hear this tune and I'm imagining fine Latina and black women dancing till dawn in cut-off jeans, the crickets are chirping, it's too humid to sleep. Or something like that... Do tell... Another story, pretty please and thank you!

[merkury06]

@sex6cult9revolution

God I remember those days too. I only caught the last of them though. Good times.

[penjackson]

NIIICE JOB Sandy Santana JR. One of my top 10 fav tracks in the world. Thanks for blessing us with this track.

[thewrightlilbro]

@Musikologist YOU FORGOT THE BEST DAMN PERFORMANCE ON THE TRACK

WHO'S THE HORN PLAYER?

[gaiko1982]

@Musikologist awesome stuff man. I wish i was there to enjoy it.

[HEATWAVE79]

@Musikologist I remember seeing your name on the album I still have it, you still do sessions.

[Dazzer1234567]

@Musikologist

Hey man that's great! Fantastic track, maximum respect. Must have great to have been involved in this scene back in the 70's

[pluggedin2u]

@Musikologist

Yes indeed it was because that was a cult classic that has been sampled by many a DJ. It was a Loft classic and will always be. Thanks for putting this out. You created wonderful memories for many dancers.

[ayre48]

@Musikologist this track is quality, i grew up to stuff like this, brought tears to my eyes, cheers for that mate!

[DaOnlyMayor]

@Musikologist a VERY Wicked Masterpiece!!! ✰✰✰✰

[ydabom]

@Musikologist You're the man! This track is SICK.

Sick, I tell you.

No, really. It is.

[marcus8545]

@Musikologist hello sir my name is marcus wilson i am a BIG FAN LOVE THE GROUP AND HAD A QUESTION ARE YOU ALL EVER RELEASING ANY THING NEW LOVE THE SONG TONIGHT WAS THERE EVER A REMIX MADE OF THAT SONG IS THERE A GREATEST HITS OUT THERE IF SO ILL BUY IT TONIGHT THAT SONG HAS A BAD BAD BASSLINE THATS THE FUNK LOVE THAT SONG DO YOU ALL EVER TOUR STILL

[2tonsolid]

@Musikologist

wow!

[downjones72]

@Musikologist Great to learn such info. The guys from Kleeer were ace!

[Discovios]

@Musikologist This track was twenty years ahead of ts time. Absolutely three dimensional.

[mrjazzykay]

@Musikologist big respects to all the artists my friend !

[jakedillingham]

Great! Dub it up X X X X

[beyond72]

Roots!

This must have blown people's minds when it came out - I know it did mine when I first heard in the 90's. (No surprise Jovonn covered it.)

[gaiko1982]

man, this is such a great song, first time i heard it i was glad i pressed record on my tapedeck.the tape is long gone, so thx for posting

[ttebroc235]

too sweet

[BAFKACHANPRODUCTION]

the loft -david mancuso ...nuff said $9.99 cover or a iou if you didn't have it snow coming down on the dance floor 4:am and this would come on and a guy we would call peter pan would fly and dance ...priceless

[leanmachene]

im looking at the origins of old house, this seens to have a bridge over from disco to dance,early chicargo and so on,,,,,, a few instigators the herbie hancock silkman hurly,farly jackmaster,coronel abraham,a bit later paul hardcastle,any sugestions as who i could add to this list??,cheers

[caponeking71]

Everybody just calm down. All music borrows from one generation to the next. Everybody thinks the era they grew up in was the best, including me. Let's face it, all (good) musicians listen all to kinds of music. They might not enjoy the type of music their listening to but, all can agree it's the different sounds that attract them.

[househeadericmd]

haunting disco classic!!!!!!!!!!! what a fantastic lost track!!!!! fucking killer song!!!!!!!!

[noiz87]

I just stumbled upon this...funk it's good!

[BAFKACHANPRODUCTION]

dave mancuso the loft f-ollow this with time marches on and it's a rap!

[123gofer]

I bought this vinyl and I don`t have this song. Are you shure, that song is from this LP?

[discdolo]

the one u bought (and actualy pictured here) is the original jazz version .. the audio here is a disco remix that was done ..i think this one is on salsoul

[timmyrichardson]

The LP cover shown is the original version from 1970 which sounds nothing like the disco version.

[SOULCRACKERS1979]

Everyday I logon someone post something that reconfirm my option that dance and disco between 1973 -1980 was the best

[port2344chester]

Man this tune is so haunting takes me back to new york as a kid . Just love this classic jam. The energy new york city had back in the day was so amazin, you had to live there to feel the the energy. It was so thick you could see it. The jams back in the 70's will never be equaled or matched. Modern house is old school underground disco. Dont you fucking love it. Underground disco forever yeah buddy.

[Patriknark]

@Port2344chester:

not to be a jerk or anything, but your love of that time was mostly due to you being young and wild back then. I'm young and I think THIS decade is the best that ever happened to music. Evolution baby

[port2344chester]

Yes you are a jerk, never did I say ahything bad towards you or todays music in a negative way. Just showing my props to old school & listen up young jack house music of today is old school disco asshole. Evolution, yes old school disco to modern house my man. Ask any oldschool head about classic music & they will say the same thing I stated just in different words. You are so wrong did you grow up with me as a person, you dont know me or my past. "BEING YOUNG & WILD BACK THEN"

[port2344chester]

"@Patriknarkasshole":

Continuation:

I was a kid when this music was out mostly roller skating @ the park & birthday partys @ friends homes. My relatives would tell me about the times & I know more than enough famous Dj who agree with me about classics. You probably still have milk rolling down your ears you sausage.YES YOU ARE YOUNG & THIS DECADE WOULD NEVER BE WERE IT IS WILTHOUT CLASSIC DISCO ASSHOLE.

[Patriknark]

Wow chill dude. I love a lot of disco classics as well and I'm not saying it is crap or anything. What I tried to express is that people in general have a strong preference for music they were exposed to when they were youths and the experiences they had then.

And when you mention classical, it's quite clear why the quality on classical music on average is very high, it was VERY HARD to gain any recognition at all with music, so the composers who were able to "break through" were super-talented

[port2344chester]

Its all good man, just too many cats on here dont read slow & understand the comments from people like myself who dont mean harm towards anyone just expressing my love & knowledge of music. I like some tunes of today but i hear so much old stuff intodays sound & we are lost when it comes to being original. No beef man we are good. Later

[ajamu360]

This is a Godly track after 30 years! Does anyone know who actually made it? Was it Candido or Mastes at Work?

[ballin1822]

I LUV DIS SHIT MANE

[JuniorDot09]

My name is Candido :)

[jgo211]

i always wondered whats the name of this track when i would listen to ron hardy mixes. now i know :)

[colinsgrooves]

masters at works done a rub on this as well riddim fire tune

[richard10661066]

Big .....hit in the UK Clubs

Rum Runner Birmingham UK.

I was there...

[keithgarrick]

This here is off the chain, I remember this from my days at the Warehouse in Chicago.

[Specialneeds1]

Devastating. One of the trax that really turned me on to disco ...

[Braindamagedray1]

This defines and encapsulates the late 70's perfectly.....

In all it's glory.

EEbygoom LAD!!!

I can just see myself in 100 right now

sweating and getting my white hankey out of my smelly pocket to wipe that ugly brow of mine.

I was a real bird puller in dem days...Honest.

[1980Triumph]

A+ music. This is future disco like much of what came out of Salsoul, ahead of its time.

[port2344chester]

New york baby new york memories take me back into time & i don't want to come back I have enough room for all you old school heads & lets get aboard the funk train/plain & take off. Shall we

[soudoit]

Yes, this truly takes me back, and even to Glenn Underground's basement (used to live around the corner from me then)....But, even before that, at the Muzik Box, used to be on 22nd Michigan....Themz were the days

[mick2spic]

Been looking for this ever since hearing it on a Glenn Underground mix tape in the 90's. Hauntingly beautiful

[jgmoriamez]

super morçeau!indémodable!sexy , klass!!

[blakintel]

This song takes me a level unheard of. I can dance to this for hours. Woooooooooo !!!!!!

[destituteillusion]

magical, mystical chords. love this track, definitely ahead of its time.

[djgantman]

One of my favorite songs in the WORLD!!! This came out the year I was born! Real disco. This is what seasoned house music!

[altonoir]

the MAW remix is bangin also...they do not in any way rob the essence of the song!

[xiloves]

Just jammin for real...killin it...luv

[Bordsteinmodell]

1000 Fingerman = The nickname my girlfriend gave to me...:=)I love when she whispers says it like the voices in this song...:=)

Candido is HOT!!!!

[omidb1]

This is beautiful

[ilkinond]

It's a mesmerizing track... but kinda of scary in its way.. First heard it on a stormy night in London and thought it was about voodoo.... Wow - who knows?

[pattysssima]

there are no words to describe this opera...

candido was the man of the stars...too far away

thanks for this sound

[ScrewedupTraiconvict]

I love this song and the p diddy remix of this

[househeadericmd]

classic lost disco track!!!! thx for sharing!!! candido.......

[beyond72]

Classic - thanks for sharin'

[CarloCoutinho]

Is this a Larry Levan mix?

[bigbollok1]

Any fucking ways dancing lessons are available!

[bigbollok1]

Dancing and prancing was the track kicking

in the clubs.

This weren't saying much back in the day.

[koolzainski]

@ Bib bollok 1- You're right bro, "Dancing & Prancing" was THE jam, but I still love the substance of "Tousand Finger Man" a little bit more, very spacey & sexy... (another track I loved almost as much was the Rinder & Lewis joint "Lust" from the Seven Deadly Sins album, stuff of beauty indeed!)

[peachesncreamme]

@koolzainski Whew!!! That Rinder & Lewis Lust is the ish!!!

[koolzainski]

only other track I liked as much as this was Touchdown's "Ease Your Mind" & Two Man Sound's "Que TAl America"....

[koolzainski]

The "Thousand Finger Man" mix you're hearing/enjoying is the disco mix that was released on the "Dancin & Prancin LP" Salsoul records(NOT the LP shown in the video, which is a lot more "world music" with no steady dance beat like the one playing right now-

be warned.)...

[bondi5000]

Thanks for the heads up Koolzainski! I actually recorded this version from a compilation vinyl pack called "Frankie Knuckles, A collection of Choice Classics" - I just grabbed the image off the web thinking this was the original artwork.

[vinyljunkie07]

I have been searching for this tune for ages and didn't know who it was by, I had it on a WBMX mix from 1985 that I downloaded from the deep house pages, such a amazing tune, I love it! Thanks for uploading this, now give me a time machine to when things were better lol (well in my mind any way)

[modelmanagerdude]

paradise garage wheres my baby powder at boii thanks awesome post

[xbox418]

The Horns baby. They will take you on a cosmic ride.

Smoke'm if u got'em

[BAFKACHANPRODUCTION]

TIME MARCHES ON !

[nev69]

I used this in my rotation with Jingo and Dancing and Prancing(both by candido) back in the 80's.a favorite in Chi-Town!!House Music 4 life.R.I.P. Chicago Legend "Ron Hardy".

[niskione]

i can remember dancing to this at 7am at the paradise garage n.y....love it.

[SFFOOL76]

tite!

[ajamu360]

I agree with you wever! Was this done by Louie vega? It's a fucking classic!!!

[JunkieJay3000]

Yep, he did a cover. It's pretty close to the original, just a bit more upbeat. It's available on itunes.. CANDIIIDOOO!!

[wever]

OOOOOH MY GOD!!!! FINALLY SOMEBODY UPLOADED IT!!!! definitely MY FAVOURITE disco track! i would say at least one of my top 5 best disco songs ever!

THANX FOR UPLOADING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

i don't know what more to say.... i LOVE this!

[peachesncreamme]

I'm with you on that...I was looking for this on YT for a looooong time too...LOVE THIS SONG!!!

[bondi5000]

Hey Hejafish,

Glad you like the tune - I only added it a couple of weeks ago so it ain't doing that bad with 270 views! :-)

[hejafish]

Added 1 year ago and only 270 views. Sigh..

What a fantastic tune!

Was this big in the disco days? I imagine it was probably overshadowed by Jingo.

[rainray]

This was massive in London, UK back in the day.

Used to get played loads in all the black clubs

[rainray]

When I say "massive" I mean underground massive

[rainray]

Yes this was overshadowed in a commercial sense by Jingo, but musically amongst the serious clubbers this tracked kicked arse (Much more so than Jingo)... I first heard this in the late 70's at 100 club. It was one of those tracks where everybody would dance but by themselves ( not against anyone)....Just immerse themselves in the tune and dance almost like you were alone in your bedroom. It was a floor filler but not in the usual sense

[deelowda1965]

this use to be my shit at the music box in chi town ! Alright Ron !!!