ZYX Italo Disco Collection 7 | 
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Label: Zyx Music
Category: Music
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Sales Rank: 112786
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 1
UPC: 090204914210
EAN: 0090204914210
ASIN: B000WUAL9I
Release Date: May 27, 2008
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Italiano: Get A Cue December 5, 2007
Rix Roundtree (Washington, DC United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Back in the day I was constantly on a never ending quest to find bars and dance clubs that played the best Italo Disco. One Saturday night during my college days a friend said to me, "Let's go to the Cue."
"The who?" I asked.
"The Cue," he explained, was a dance club in the military town of Norfolk, Virginia that played awesome Italo Disco.
So of course I said, "Okay let's go."
After a two hour drive we arrive in the seaside city of Norfolk. We pulled the car up to this creepy ramshackle house that had a sign over the roof that extended over the front porch that read "CUE." There was no curb where the yard met the unpaved dirt street. The whole dark neighborhood looked rather run down, so needless to say, I was not impressed.
Cars were hastily parked on the grassy areas creating impromptu parking lots. We walked up to the front door that looked rather old fashioned with its three square cascading windows cut into it. I kept thinking to myself, "I wanna go home." We enter this place and some grimy looking guy takes our money and stamps the back of our hands.
The inside was just as gloomy and uninviting as the outside, with its dull dingy grey walls, cheap looking wooden tables and chairs, and a dance floor that was no bigger than a postage stamp. On this tiny dance floor were 3 or 4 people making this tiny dance floor appear crowded; I was not impressed.
Above the bar was a television showing an old black and white film. On the screen an out of control gorilla is on the loose in a posh nightclub. Suddenly the gorilla ceases its tirade, reaches up and pulls off its head to reveal the legendary silver screen goddess Marlene Dietrich whose head is adorned with a large glistening platinum blond frizzy afro. She begins to peel herself out of the gorilla suit as the voice of the legendary NRG icon Divine growls and snaps out "I'm So Beautiful" through the club's speakers. Ms. Dietrich almost seems to be erotically swaying to the pumping syncopated sounds of the PWL produced classic as she oozes out of the gorilla suit.
Next I hear the unmistakable voice of PWL pet Kylie Minogue chirping out "Music, music, mu-mu-mu-sic and lights." I looked to my left and I see something that was a novelty at the time, a female DJ! Like the club in which she spun, she too looked rather unimpressive. With her plain face, curly blond perm, large glasses, ordinary sweater and jeans; she looked like a middle-aged, run of the mill housewife; I was not impressed. But this was definitely a case of looks being deceiving as I would soon learn that this DJ Girl could mix and spin like the devil. She brought her PWL set to an end and went into an Italo disco set, and everything, I mean EVERYTHING, changed.
DJ Girl began her Italo Disco set with New Baccara's "Touch Me," one of the great tracks on ZYX Italo Disco Collection 7. When she spun this track that postage stamp sized dance floor was suddenly packed with a throng of writhing, jumping, pumping, pulsing bodies, and mine was among them. The astonishingly wicked "Touch Me" has a nice sing-a-long line about a wonderful feeling that "makes us hit the ceiling," and this song had us doing just that, jumping and pumping towards the ceiling. With our minds blitzed and packed like a school of sardines, everyone on the dance floor forgot their dance partners and spun, pulsed, pumped, and danced with who ever just happened to be next to them. No one cared or was offended as we were all in sync and unified by the awesome Italo sounds.
Then DJ Girl spun the Italo powerhouse "Fantasy Boy" and I thought, "So this is what you get when ABBA and Modern Talking collide!" This hypnotically enticing track, also by New Baccara, is one of the many fantastic tracks found on ZYX Italo Disco Collection 6. When "Fantasy Boy" reached it's frenzied keyboard break, a sly wicked grin zipped across the face of DJ Girl as she knew she had us in the palm of her record spinning hand, and she was not about to let us go. She then proceeded to pulverized us with the dangerously delightful and hard hitting Italo disco acts you will find on ZYX Italo Disco Collection 6 and 7, like Valerie Dore, Karl Olivas, Kamillo, Sheila Steward, Argentina, Claudia T, and Chip Chip.
I always said that Chip Chip was Italo disco icon Fun Fun's only real Italo competition, and their track "No More Tears" reinforces this as it is similar in sound to Fun Fun's classic "Capital Girl" with its infectious radio friendly dance-pop sound.
The indescribable Shy Rose is represented with three incredible tracks. The best is the electrically frenetic "I Cry for You" with its caustic electricity, crackling keyboards, and a crashing drumbeat followed by an echoing "I-I-I," then in beautiful broken English, "wantyoumylove to-stay, please don't-go-a-way." From here you're hooked, and Shy Rose doesn't have to worry, because you won't be going anywhere.
DJ Girl releases us from the Italo disco spell she has woven just for a moment as she returns to the world of PWL. On the screen of the television above the bar are the black and white images of Elizabeth Taylor and a bespectacled Richard Burton. Though you cannot hear her, diva Liz is obviously simultaneously taunting and screaming at Burton. Her face is contorted with cruel mocking anger, and her wild untamed hair is all over her head and falling into her face. All the while from the club's speakers Bananarama's PWL produced "Some Girls" pounds out, "some girls, scream-and-shout, scream-and-shout, some girls, flirt-and-play, some girls always get their way."
When DJ Girl returns to her Italo set you notice that there is a subtle difference between ZYX Italo Disco Collections 6 and 7. The difference is that volume #6 has many awesome tracks that sneak into your brain and make you think about what you are listening to, the vocals, the arrangements, the electronics/keyboards, etc. Songs like Lena's "Run To Me," "No More Vision," by Sly & Hunter, Shy Rose's "You Are My Desire" mesmerize and satisfy the mind. Then there is "I'm Singing Again" by Wilson Ferguson. This song is so incredibly beautiful you can't help but absorb it into your consciousness and relish what you are listening to. Wilson Ferguson has a distinctive voice that displays a wide range of vocal emotions making "I'm Singing Again" so enthralling that you will find yourself singing along with it while dancing to it's medium paced Italo pounding. But that's ZYX Italo Disco Collection 6, a plethora of Italo gems that will have the body shakin' in its seat, while the mind takes an Italo trip, as you are gettin' your drink on, chatting with friends, or watching the Italo loving crowd interact with each other.
Now, ZYX Italo Disco Collection 7 is just the opposite, the vibes of most of the songs on this collection attach themselves to those tiny little receptors in the brain that commands the body to involuntarily move and shake, as Star Trek's the Borg would say, "resistance is futile." So DJ Girl skillfully keeps the dance floor packed with pumping bodies by spinning delectable floor fillers like, Lian Ross' Italo onslaught "Saturday Night," with it's haunting moaning male background vocals, Mozzart's "Jasmine China Girl" (which has a hint of the Bobby O sound in it), Savage's superior remake of "I Just Died In Your Arms," which has a rhythm track similar to that of Paula Evan's Italo masterpiece "Ciao," the fast paced "All You Need Is Love" by Coo Coo, the thumping Italo locomotive "Stranger" (which has some really nice guitar work goin' on in it) by Moulin Rouge, Dandy's brain pounding "Casanova," "Little Flower" by Thomas & Shubert (another song you will find yourself singing along with), and two stunning songs that instantly bring to mind the Italo Gods Modern Talking, "Bouna Sera-Ciao Ciao" by Mauro (also containing some great male backing vocals), and Charlie G's beautiful "Llama L'Amour" which has a bass and vibe similar to that of MT's "Do You Wanna," from their legendary "The First Album." Volume #7 does not give you time to think as it assaults your brain and takes over your body, all you will want to do is dance.
ZYX Italo Disco Collection 7 throws two stunning surprises your way, and they both come from Italo legend Patty Ryan and Modern Talking's legendary former back up vocalist, Systems In Blue. They team up to give us two stunning new 21st century Italo disco tracks, "Should I Stay, Should I Go," and "One Summer Night In Moscow." These are two awesome tracks, and if it weren't for Patty Ryan's stellar vocals you would swear that these tracks were lifted from SIB's grand 2005 full-length CD "Point Of No Return," (by the way, if you don't own System In Blue's "Point Of No Return" I suggest you seek it out, it is so outstanding, you will be glad you did).
There are several songs on ZYX Italo Disco Collection 6 and 7 that will absolutely blow your mind, they are Shy Rose's "Only Men," (think of the Pet Shop Boy's "It's A Sin"), the irresistible "It So Funny," from King Kong & D' Jungle Girls," and two track from Deblanc, the beautifully pounding "Mon Amour," and the frenetic, fast and brutally thumping "Monnalisa," the only way to describe "Monnalisa" is to say hold on tight because it is one wild ride (and you won't want to get off).
After listening to ZYX Italo Disco Collection 6 and 7 every fuse in your brain will be blown out by the thunderous assault of burning hot Italo energy; that's the power of the spellbinding tracks on these collections. I possess ZYX Italo Disco Collection 2 through 7; that's 17 CDs containing a total of 195 killer Italo tracks, no duds, no fillers, just track after track of exquisite Italo disco ecstasy. So I recommend to you that you go out and get `em all...I mean it, GET `EM ALL, there's nothing else like it, and you won't be sorry.
Thank you ZYX Italo Disco Collection for reviving my memory of the The Cue. A club that initially I thought was a dismal dive had turned out to be my sweet dream of Italo disco heaven thanks to the indescribable Italo assault delivered by the incredible DJ Girl that spun there, I will never forget her. The memory of DJ Girl has inspired me to do some mixing of my own. I mixed the following:
"Cherry Chery" by Tony Turn
"My Valerie" by Mark Ashley
"Buona Sera-Ciao Ciao" by Mauro
"Cheri Cheri Lady" by Modern Talking
"Sexy Lady" by Fresh Fox
Man, it was nice, try it you'll like it. After that try mixing these as they too work well together:
"Queen For A Day" by Donna Summer
"Fruit of Love" by Transformer 2 (Pacific passion vocal mix)
"I Love You" by Helen
"Sunshine After The Rain" by Berri
"Come To Me" by The Flirts
and throw in "Do You See the Light" by Snap
Enjoy.
"I LOVE ZYX ITALO DISCO COLLECTION 7," continues this fantastic series of excellent hi-nrg Italo disco. Though each volume has been spectacular, this volume #7 is one of the best (followed by volumes 3 and 5); the track listing follows:
CD 1
I CAN FEEL IT, 06:40
Artist: REX ABE
BUONA SERA - CIAO CIAO, 06:02
Artist: MAURO
LLAMA L`AMOUR, 05:50
Artist: CHARLIE G. (Extended Version)
I AM YOUR BELIEVER, 05:47
Artist: SILENT CIRCLE (Club Version)
COCCO BELLO, 07:04
Artist: COCCOBELLO
MONNALISA, 05:50
Artist: DEBLANC (Extended Version)
CASANOVA, 06:02
Artist: DANDY (Extended Version)
JEALOUSY, 06:55
Artist: IF (Extended Version)
FOLLOW ME, 06:45
Artist: KARL OLIVAS
BUENAS NOCHE, 05:37
Artist: KAMILLO (Radio Version)
SHOW ME, 05:45
Artist: WILSON FERGUSON (Extended Version)
SHOULD I STAY - SHOULD I GO, 03:59
Artist: PATTY RYAN FEAT. SYSTEMS IN BLUE
CD 2
MALAVITA, 06:12
Artist: CEYX, (Impossibila Version)
RAISE TONIGHT, 04:55
Artist: DANDY (Full Power DJ Mix)
TRUE LOVE, 05:40
Artist: N.O.I.A. Sexual Version)
BOSSANOVA GIRL, 06:53
Artist: MAURO (Maxi Version)
STRANGER, 06:36
Artist: MOULIN ROUGE (Power Mix)
I`M SINGING AGAIN, 05:55
Artist: WILSON FERGUSON (Vocal Version)
JAPANESE JOY, 06:48
Artist: OSKAR (12inch Version)
BARBARELLA, 05:36
Artist: BANDA ACA
TRADING LOVE, 06:20
Artist: FLORENCE (Extended Version)
HEY, MR. D.J., 06:22
Artist: LOCO LOCO (12inch Version)
SCRATCH YOUR FACE, 06:40
Artist: THE D. LIGHT (Vocal Version)
SPACER WOMAN, 06:00
Artist: CHARLIE (Vocal Version)
CD 3
LADY AFRICA, 06:12
Artist: MAURO (Safari Mix)
FORGET THE STRANGER, 04:59
Artist: SILENT CIRCLE (Maxi Version)
STRAIGHT TO MY HEART, 05:15
Artist: JULIAN (Maxi Version)
MON AMOUR, 05:53
Artist: DEBLANC
TOUCH ME, 07:00
Artist: NEW BACCARA (Erotic Dance Mix)
DON`T YOU GO AWAY, 05:36
Artist: CREATIVE CONNECTION (Special DJ Mix)
NO MORE TEARS, 07:15
Artist: CHIP CHIP (Mix Master Version)
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE, 06:30
Artist: COO COO (Extended Version)
IT`S SO FUNNY, 06:00
Artist: KING KONG & D`JUNGLE GIRLS (Extended Banana Version)
YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE, 05:50
Artist: VALENTINO (Extended Version)
SECRET LIFE, 06:37
Artist: CLOCK ON 5 (Extended Dance Version)
ONE SUMMER NIGHT IN MOSCOW, 03:34
Artist: PATTY RYAN FEAT. SYSTEMS IN BLUE
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