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Le Deltaplane (Bonus Edition)
Le Deltaplane - (6:50) 92 BPM Hot
Moonbeach Disco - (7:27) 120 BPM
Paraphraser (Le Deltaplane) - (2:19) 70 BPM
Aquaplane - (6:11) 104 BPM
Summer 79 - (6:08) 84 BPM
Le Deltaplane (instrumental version) - (4:56) 92 BPM
Le Premier Disco Sans Toi - (7:18) 120 BPM
Moonbeach Disco (dub version) - (5:35) 120 BPM
Le Premier Disco Sans Toi (dub version) - (4:40) 120 BPM
Review: Since first pitching up on Favorite Recordings a few years back, Russian saxophonist Andre Solomko has delivered a string of impressive albums and singles that gleefully join the dots between smooth jazz, '80s jazz-funk and Afro-fired disco-funk. Le Deltaplane, his latest full-length excursion, explores similar sonic territory, moving from languid, jazz-funk-influenced soul ("Le Deltaplane") and deliciously smooth and glassy-eyed disco-jazz ("Moonbeach Disco"), to heavy Afro-disco brilliance ("Le Premier Disco Sans Toi") via a range of sumptuous, solo-heavy workouts that sound like that could have been featured on a sought-after, turn-of-the-'80s jazz-funk obscurity. Throughout, Solomko and company's instrumentation is little less than sublime.
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FVR 142
11 May 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Open Up Your Eyes (Remixes)
Open Up Your Eyes (Patchworks Disco remix) - (5:59) 116 BPM Hot
Open Up Your Eyes (album version) - (2:49) 113 BPM
Open Up Your Eyes (Jex Opolis remix) - (7:32) 120 BPM
Review: If you've not yet checked Al Sunny's 2017 debut album, Time to Decide, then we'd heartily recommend giving it a listen. It's packed with summery, sun-kissed fare influenced by jazz-funk, Brazilian fusion and West Coast blue-eyed soul. Here, one of the album's undoubted highlights, "Open Your Eyes", is given a dancefloor makeover by Patchworks and Jex Opolis. To our ears, it's the latter who steals the show with a delightfully Balearic house take that wraps the original bassline, Clavinet riffs, electric guitars and vocals around one of the New York producer's typically tactile, synth-heavy grooves. That said, Patchworks' Disco version is as authentic and warming as you'd expect, with the veteran French producer making the most of Sunny's superb instrumentation.
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FVR 139
09 Mar 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Combattant
Lady Angola - (5:27) 87 BPM
African Disco - (4:28) 127 BPM
Ballade De Nuit - (4:32) 130 BPM
Madiba (Voilaaa remix) - (6:06) 116 BPM Hot
Ancien Combattant - (5:35) 128 BPM
Played by: YAM WHO?
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FVR 141
02 Mar 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
French Disco Boogie Sounds Vol 3 (1977-1987)
Various
Maya - "Lait De Coco" (dub) - (3:55) 110 BPM Hot
NST Cophies - "Segregation" - (4:37) 100 BPM
Paul Fathy - "Funky Baby Love" - (4:12) 121 BPM
Judy Carter - "Listen To The Music" - (5:57) 114 BPM
Janet N'Diaye Lokamba - "Funky And Fire" - (4:50) 116 BPM
KKEI - "Money" - (3:57) 124 BPM
Caramel - "L'amour Toujours L'Amour" - (5:57) 124 BPM
Yannick Chevalier - "Ecoute Le Son Du Soleil" (instrumental) - (4:04) 120 BPM
J.E.K.Y.S - "Looking For You" - (4:26) 118 BPM
Silence - "Un Peu D'amour" - (3:41) 138 BPM
Wally & Shane - "Give Back My Song" - (3:45) 132 BPM
Zorgus - "Flash" - (3:34) 124 BPM
JoeIl Dayde - "Qu'est-ce Que Tu Fais Par Amour" - (3:27) 99 BPM
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FVR 140
09 Feb 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Le Premier Disco Sans Toi
Le Premier Disco Sans Toi - (7:18) 120 BPM Hot
Le Premier Disco Sans Toi (dub version) - (4:40) 120 BPM
Moonbeach Disco (dub version) - (5:35) 120 BPM
Review: Russian saxophonist Andre Solomko has been featured on Favorite Recordings before, delivering a couple of albums that cheerily riffed on smooth jazz and '80s jazz-funk. He's flipped the script on this return to the noted French label, laying down a righteous slab of club-ready disco-funk with noted Afro-disco influences. Naturally, Solomko's killer saxophone solos take pride of place on "Le Premier Disco Sans Toi", rising above a groovy backing track rich in jaunty Clavinet riffs and William Onyeabor style Moog flourishes. It's backed by an alternately wavy and beefed-up Dub Mix and a solo heavy Dub of "Moonbeach Disco", a Balearic disco excursion rich in jazz-funk influences.

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FVR 138
12 Jan 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Arian
Your Love Makes Me A Winner - (4:57) 110 BPM Hot
Canat Say Goodbye - (3:35) 103 BPM
Sure Itas Funky - (5:35) 124 BPM
Still Together - (3:39) 84 BPM
Lutas Velikim Gradom - (4:23) 109 BPM
Nisam Taj - (3:19) 104 BPM
Luduj Sa Mnom - (5:10) 123 BPM
Novi Susret - (3:29) 84 BPM
Review: Macedonia has never been known as a hotbed of disco. It's perhaps this that makes Arian's eponymous 1981 album such a remarkable set. Here re-mastered and reissued by Favorite for the first time since it was initially released in ultra-limited quantities, the set is bristling with dewy-eyed, boogie era disco treats. It was recorded in New York with local musicians, and you can tell. There's a genuine authenticity to the likes of AOR disco anthem "Your Love Makes Me A Winner", the punchy, horn-heavy disco-boogie brilliance of "Can't Say Goodbye", K.I.D style dancefloor heaviness of "Sure It's Funky" and blue-eyed soul shuffler "Still Together". As with the original album, the reissue also contains Croatian language versions of the same superb tracks.
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FVR 128
02 Jun 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
Time To Decide
Time To Decide - (3:21) 78 BPM
Beautiful Lady - (3:15) 94 BPM
Get It Up For Love - (5:47) 82 BPM Hot
Don't Let Nobody Know - (5:05) 114 BPM
Open Up Your Eyes - (2:49) 113 BPM
Since I've Been Loving You - (3:39) 125 BPM
Supervision - (2:22) 102 BPM
Review: Despite his classical training, composer-turned-producer Al Sunny is more interested in classic soul, West Coast rock and the sun-kissed fusion work of 1970s Brazilian artists. Time To Decide is his debut album, and it's really rather good. Sunny is a talented songwriter, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist capable of creating perfectly produced songs that bristle with warm, sun-kissed nostalgia. Highlights include the Steely Dan-esque vibes of "Beautiful Lady", the dancefloor-friendly jazz-funk headiness of "Don't Let Nobody Know" and "Open Up Your Eyes", and the brilliant "Since I've Been Loving You", which sounds like a tooled-up take on Beatles circa "Got To Get You Into My Life". Sunny's cover of Ned Doheny's "Give it Up For Love" is also something of a treat.
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FVR 134
19 May 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
Natureza
Pessoas - (4:30) 86 BPM
Natureza - (3:54) 118 BPM
Felicidade - (4:18) 103 BPM Hot
Um CaroA§o - (3:51) 65 BPM
Se Foi - (4:36) 95 BPM
Maria - (3:53) 82 BPM
Perto De Ti - (5:12) 117 BPM
Babado Forte - (3:19) 92 BPM
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FVR 133
28 Apr 17
International
AOR Global Sounds Vol 3 (1976-1985)
Various / Charles Maurice
Jeff Silna - "It's Always Something With You" - (3:26) 100 BPM
Stratus - "Girl" - (4:32) 73 BPM
7 Days Unlimited - "Dirt (In The Sky)" - (3:27) 110 BPM Hot
Willy Santana - "Mais Uma Chance" - (2:47) 111 BPM
James D Hall - "I Wanna Get Into You" - (3:58) 116 BPM
George Nasif - "Don't Let The Devil" - (3:18) 97 BPM
Omega Sunrise - "Heartbreaker" - (4:09) 110 BPM
Steve Turner - "Harbor Place" - (5:07) 109 BPM
Billy Always - "More Than A Minute" - (3:34) 115 BPM
Stacey - "Keeps Me Hangin On" - (3:08) 98 BPM
Archie James Cavanaugh - "Light Unto The World" - (3:47) 84 BPM
Out Of The Fog - "Heart To Heart" - (3:39) 97 BPM
Jon Konteau - "The Heckler" - (3:18) 126 BPM
Review: For the third volume in his consistently superb AOR Global Sounds compilation series, Charles Maurice has largely opted to showcase tracks that combine West Coast rock flavours with disco and soul influences. It's a heady and intoxicating collection, where the blue-eyed soul/jazz-funk fusion of "Girl" by Stratus rubs shoulders with the horn-heavy, electrofunk era AOR cheeriness of Willy Santana's "Mais Uma Chance" and the '80s soul smoothness of Omega Sunrise's "Heartbreaker". Other highlights include the rubbery boogie bass and Steely Dan guitar passages of Billy Always' "More Than A Minute" and the drowsy warmth of Jon Konteau's synth-laden "The Heckler", which comes on like the Steve Miller Band jamming with Moon B.
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FVR 130LP
21 Apr 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
Des Promesses
People - (4:02) 124 BPM Hot
African Music (feat Doctor Lass) - (7:00) 129 BPM
Pour La Vie (feat Pat Kalla) - (4:46) 136 BPM
Problems (feat Sir Jean) - (5:58) 136 BPM
Kemtane (feat Doctor Lass) - (6:30) 130 BPM
Mambo Football - (5:03) 122 BPM
Des Promesses (feat Pat Kalla) - (7:03) 134 BPM
Mandjou (feat Doctor Lass) - (5:23) 116 BPM
Mbele - (4:58) 71 BPM
Tu N'as Pas De Voiture (feat Pat Kalla) - (4:35) 133 BPM
Et Toi Tu Crois (feat Hawa & Fouley Badiaga) - (4:35) 129 BPM
Decalement (feat Pat Kalla) - (4:28) 135 BPM
La France - (4:26) 131 BPM
Review: Despite Bruno 'Patchworks' Hovart boasting a discography packed to the rafters with successful forays into all sorts of vintage dancefloor styles, many were still surprised at the brilliance of the first Voilaaa album, On Te L'avait Dit. This follow-up is equally as impressive, and features 13 more trips into classic Afro-disco and tropical disco territory. With Clavinets, punchy horns, live percussion and Afrobeat bass to the fore, Hovart and his many collaborators - including a number of French vocalists with African heritage - variously pay tribute to all sorts of late '70s and early '80s dancefloor fusion sounds. The album includes tons of club-ready excursions, including the righteous "Problems", disco-tastic "Kemtane" and sweaty, high octane "Mbele".
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FVR 132
31 Mar 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
I Believe!
I Believe - (4:27) 119 BPM Hot
Lord! - (4:13) 119 BPM
Weave Come To Praise Him - (3:02) 129 BPM
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FVR 129
03 Mar 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
African Music
African Music (feat. Lassana Sane) - (7:00) 129 BPM Hot
Decalement (instrumental version) - (3:40) 135 BPM
Problems (feat Sir Jean) - (5:58) 136 BPM
Decalement (feat Pat Kalla) - (4:49) 135 BPM
Played by: BRENDON P
Review: Bruno 'Patchworks' Hovart's first full-length under the Voilaa guise, the Afro-disco revivalism of 2015's On Tet L'avait Dit, was rather good, so hopes are naturally high for his forthcoming follow-up. This fine teaser EP gives a taste of things to come. It begins with the authentically groovy, floor-friendly tropical disco hustle of "African Music", where punchy horns, fuzzy synths and sing-along vocals ride a killer, bass-heavy groove. Those wanting a sweatier, more high tempo outing should check the steppy beats, Afro-Cuban guitars and rich bass of "Decalement" (which, handily, is available in both vocal and instrumental variations), while "Problems" is a slightly more spaced out, reggae-tinged Afro-disco shuffler.
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FVR 131
17 Feb 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
Going To A Go Go
Going To A Go Go - (4:41) 126 BPM
Going To A Go Go (Deep mix) - (5:12) 126 BPM
Night Time - (6:42) 115 BPM Hot
Night Time (Dub-Strumental mix) - (4:53) 115 BPM
Review: Bruno "Patchworks" Hovart is a veteran producer who began in the 90s releasing cult deep house records. Since then he has explored all things groovy and now he's back under a new presidential moniker. He's recruited his old pal Sabba MG for these new jams too, with his sweet and soulful falsettos being the icing on the skippy garage cake of "Going To A Go Go". Meanwhile "Night Time" is a classy homage to the warm grooves of 80s funk. The former also appears as a sparse and heady "Deep Mix" and the latter gets a dubbed out treated too.
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FVR 124
27 Jan 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
Christmas Disco Vol 3
Various
Voilaaa - "Spies Are Watching Me" (feat Sir Jean) - (7:12) 127 BPM
Crystal - "Santo Domingo" - (6:29) 134 BPM
Mr President - "I Get So Crazy" - (7:23) 115 BPM
Hiram & Direct - "Love Flight" - (3:39) 140 BPM
Patchworks - "Rock With You" (Orchestral version) - (5:40) 122 BPM Hot
Ray Williams - "Cosmopolitan London" - (4:59) 108 BPM
Voilaaa - "Le Disco Des Capitales" (feat Pat Kalla) - (6:42) 117 BPM
Over Drive - "Lady Jones" - (5:44) 127 BPM
Magic Source - "Lovestruck" - (4:34) 115 BPM
Mr President - "The Best Is Yet To Come" (feat Mr Day & Hawa) - (4:32) 140 BPM
Lucas Arruda - "Sambadi" (7 Samourai Electro Disco Reggae remix) - (6:05) 100 BPM
Patchworks Galactic Project - "Time And Space" - (6:18) 115 BPM
Played by: Tomasz Guiddo
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FVR 126CD
16 Dec 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
On Te L'avait Dit/Spies Are Watching Me
On Te L'avait Dit (Dimitri From Paris Super Disco Blend) - (7:38) 126 BPM Hot
Spies Are Watching Me (Africaine 808 remix) - (5:53) 127 BPM
On Te L'avait Dit (Dimitri From Paris Super Disco dub) - (6:39) 126 BPM
Review: Favorite Recordings has pulled out all the stops on this tasty E.P, which features big name remixes of tracks from Patchworks man Bruno Hovart's Afro-disco side project, Violaa. The headline attractions are undoubtedly Dimitri From Paris's two reworks of "On Te L'Avait Dit". The Parisian disco maestro delivers a fiendishly percussive, horn-heavy Super Disco Blend - complete with original vocal - before working the drums and delays further on a fine accompanying Super Disco Dub. Golf Channel regulars Africaine 808 provide the other remix, laying down a delightfully loose, organic and percussive interpretation of former single "Spies Are Watching Me". Smartly, they push some of the previously unheard instrumentation to the fore early on, before unleashing Violaa's original horns and vocals.
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FVR 127
11 Nov 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
The Parker Brothers
Make Believe - (3:34) 109 BPM Hot
Roller Dancin' - (3:20) 100 BPM
Lady Day - (4:48) 126 BPM
Singapore Sling - (4:03) 128 BPM
Playing With My Emotions - (3:32) 120 BPM
Why - (2:59) 132 BPM
Loving Feeling - (5:46) 75 BPM
Walking Alone At Night - (3:59) 127 BPM
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FVR 125
04 Nov 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
I Love You
I Love You (Long version) - (6:55) 120 BPM Hot
I Love You (Short version) - (4:01) 120 BPM
Review: It would be fair to say that Karriem's super-sweet "I Love You" has been on many disco diggers' wants lists for some time. Happily, Favorite Recordings has licensed it, offering up not only a timely vinyl repress, but also this first ever digital-download edition. As it was back in 1979, "I Love You" remains a whisker away from disco perfection, with Karriem's fine vocals and killer electric piano solos riding a loose groove full of clipped guitars and high-grade percussion. Like the original 12", too, this release boasts both 'Long' and 'Short' versions; naturally, it's the brilliant extended mix that packs the most punch.
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FVR 123
28 Oct 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
French Disco Boogie Sounds Vol 2 1978-1985
Various
Crystal - "Funky Biguine" - (5:05) 129 BPM
Neilo Feel - "Havana" - (4:38) 112 BPM
Jackie Esam - "Movin'" - (4:49) 116 BPM
Ideku Dynasty - "Funk Force Leader" - (3:16) 124 BPM
Black Bells Group - "Talk Me Mam's" - (5:33) 131 BPM
Claude Morgan - "Le Sherif Qui Danse" - (3:39) 106 BPM
Roots - "Sheriff's Horse" - (6:57) 114 BPM
Marc Ashy - "Bye Cocotiers" - (3:42) 110 BPM
Nel Oliver - "You Are My Dream" - (4:58) 102 BPM Hot
Greg Smaha - "Sunshine" - (3:42) 108 BPM
Messan - "Keep Cool" - (6:06) 135 BPM
Played by: Tomasz Guiddo
Review: During its late '70s and early '80s heyday, France's disco-boogie scene tended towards the eccentric. Yet despite the camp, tongue-in-cheek feel adopted by many French bands and producers, much of the music was of an impressively high standard. That much is clear from Charles Maurice's second French Disco Boogie Sounds compilation. Packed full of slick, synthesizer-driven material and punchy, horn-heavy disco-funk thrillers (see the Teena Marie style "Movin" by Jackie Esam), it's a fine collection of Gallic dancefloor treats. You're unlikely to find a better example of jazz-funk positivity than Black Bells Group's "Talk Me Mam's", while Messan's "Keep Cool" is a lesson in thrusting, up-tempo disco sweatiness.
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FVR 122
14 Oct 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
An Eye For An Eye
Never Gonna Stop Lovin' You - (3:37) 119 BPM
One More Try For Love - (3:58) 74 BPM
Love You Out Of Your Mind - (3:15) 83 BPM Hot
I'll Try A Little Every Day For You - (3:20) 66 BPM
Crack The Whip - (3:20) 84 BPM
Standby Lover - (4:09) 92 BPM
Keep On Running - (3:17) 87 BPM
Making Love For The First Time - (2:57) 106 BPM
Be My Baby - (2:55) 91 BPM
An Eye For An Eye - (3:55) 119 BPM
Right Through The Heart - (4:01) 78 BPM
Review: 1981's An Eye For An Eye is, to this day, the only LP produced by Byrne & Barnes together, and it's as playful and fresh as the first day it came out. While it's a little more on the synth side of things, it reminds us of other blue-eyed soul artists such as Ned Doheny, and throughout its eleven tunes, there's plenty of romance, mystique and soul-ridden funk. Think of it as the prototypical bridge between a 70's jazz-funk LP and the beginning of pop music as we know it today. Blue-eyed soul at its finest!
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FVR 118
17 Jun 16
Pop
Earthrising
Cosmic Awakening - (4:42) 99 BPM
Lovestruck - (4:34) 115 BPM
Purple Galaxy - (4:39) 118 BPM
Earth Boogie - (3:42) 119 BPM
Togetherness - (5:40) 117 BPM Hot
At The Flamingo Inn - (6:41) 108 BPM
The Third Eye - (4:42) 104 BPM
Played by: Superbreak
Review: The man behind the Magic Source project, German producer Bjorn Wagner, is best known for creating revivalist funk and soul under a dizzying variety of aliases. Magic Source, though, takes a different approach, with Wagner applying his magic touch to the world of cosmic disco. Earthrising is the project's first full-length, and is built around straight-to-tape recordings of Wagner and his numerous musical collaborators. Undeniably dusty in feel, the album's seven tracks variously touch on Afro-funk, Space style French cosmic disco, hustling disco-funk, Caribbean disco-funk, and tricky-to-pigeonhole workouts. As you'd expect, it's wonderfully played and produced, with Wagner capturing the spirit of the original era, whilst putting his own distinctive spin on proceedings.
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FVR 114
17 Jun 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Music Life
Music Life - (6:47) 106 BPM
Nostalgie - (4:55) 131 BPM
Ti Gacon - (5:05) 119 BPM
Santo Domingo - (6:29) 134 BPM Hot
Lan Mise - (5:27) 138 BPM
Fantastic Girl - (5:42) 118 BPM
Review: Led by zouk music hero, Franck Donatien, Crystal was an eight-piece combo from the French West-Indies. They originally released two albums back in the mid-'80s, and now Favorite Recordings have proudly acquired the rights to reissue the first one, 1984's Music Life. Boasting bass, guitars, synthersizers, two drummers and a whole brass section, to name but a few, this ain't no minimalist jam. Instead there are six examples of high-end musicianship, songs and grooves. Highlights include the strutting clavinet-heavy boogie of "Music Life", the proggy Cuban jazz freak out "Santo Domingo" and the Latin cocktail lounge seducer "Lan Mise".
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FVR 119
06 May 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Lovestruck
Lovestruck - (4:44) 115 BPM
Lovestruck (Patchworks Special Disco remix) - (5:06) 122 BPM
Lovestruck (Africaine 808 NYC No Wave dub) - (5:14) 115 BPM Hot
Lovestruck (Voilaaa Le remix) - (5:03) 115 BPM
Review: Favorite Recordings deals only in the best disco-minded club music, and you can always count on them to deliver a new artist with a bag full of surprises and delight. "Lovestruck" is a heavy, sticky 70s-style nugget tailor-made for the sunny weather and that sweet smell of freshly cut grass. There's a string of sexy remixes that follow: Patchworks adds to the percussion roll and the bumpiness of the groove, while Golf Channel's Africaine 808 dubs the shit out of the original by adding girth and menace to the low-ends, only to be stripped-down further by Voilaaa's own masterful reinterpretation.
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FVR 121
29 Apr 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Dreamer Of Life
Dreamer Of Life - (3:50) 78 BPM
If There's A Chance Tomorrow - (4:35) 134 BPM
Parchment Farm - (3:31) 88 BPM Hot
Golden Lady - (4:31) 103 BPM
She's My Lady - (3:31) 78 BPM
Moondance - (5:06) 77 BPM
You Must Have - (2:08) 71 BPM
Things Were So Easy - (4:16) 89 BPM
Haven't We Met - (2:24) 102 BPM
Review: A blue eyed soul singer from Hawaii, Greg Yoder first this LP, Dreamer Of Life, back in 1976. Now French label Favourite have acquired the rights to this long forgotten musical anomaly. Appearing on the cover like a kind of American soft rock radio hero, the record serves up a deeper, more interesting artist at work. "If There's A Chance Tomorrow" is like a particularly dreamy Bee Gees ballad, "Parchment Farm" is a bizarre, xylophone-drenched jazz-scat jive and "Golden Lady" is pure beach-waves-at-night romanticism. Further on we get Latin trumpet lounge on "She's My Lady" and even campfire balladry on the mournful "You Must Have". A rare find.
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FVR 117
22 Apr 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
AOR Global Sounds Vol 2
Various
Jay Days - "Long Way Home" - (4:32) 96 BPM
Greg Yoder - "Things Were So Easy" - (4:14) 89 BPM
Nohelani Cypriano - "Lihue" - (3:17) 96 BPM Hot
O Ji Ji - "The Shadow" - (3:48) 78 BPM
Robert Cotter - "Everything I'm Living For" - (4:37) 103 BPM
Carol Ray Band - "Quelques Mots Gentils" - (4:57) 107 BPM
Boban Petrovic - "Prepad" - (4:07) 124 BPM
Byrne & Barnes - "Love You Out Of Your Mind" - (3:15) 83 BPM
Review: French label Favourite Recordings tend to recruit the finest crate diggers for their revered compilations, none more so than Charles Maurice (French Disco Boogie Sounds). Here he returns to the label to present his second instalment of his AOR Global Sounds series. Adult Orientated Rock dominated the charts in the 1980s, especially in America, but originally it was a less brash, mellower genre akin to Yacht Rock. Here he selects more deep cuts from those early days, ones that touched on jazz, soul and disco. Being an adult has never been so much fun!
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FVR 116
08 Apr 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Christmas Disco Vol 2
Various
Beckie Bell - "Music Madness" (extended Charles Maurice version) - (6:59) 119 BPM
Lamar Thomas - "Feel So Good Inside" (extended Waxist edit mix) - (6:48) 126 BPM
Rabo De Saia - "Ripa Na Xulipa" (extended Charles Maurice version) - (5:28) 119 BPM Hot
Painel De Controle - "Relax" (extended Waxist version) - (5:57) 119 BPM
Dave Baker - "Glow Of Love" - (5:55) 118 BPM
Barry Bryson - "Going To The Party" - (4:15) 118 BPM
Voilaaa - "On Te L'avait Dit" (feat Pat Kalla) - (6:24) 130 BPM
France Lise - "Pour Moi A§a Va" (Charles Maurice version) - (4:08) 109 BPM
Kelly - "DrAle Dahistoire D'amour" (extended Charles Maurice version) - (6:33) 118 BPM
Le Club - "Un Fait Divers Et Rien De Plus" (Re-Re-Mix) - (5:38) 107 BPM
Cristina Camargo - "Moral Tem Hora" - (2:47) 123 BPM
7 Samurai - "Cosmic Jam" (extended version) - (7:02) 111 BPM
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FR 100CD
11 Dec 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Caribbean Disco Boogie Sounds (1977 1982)
Waxist / Various
Beres Hammond - "Comin At You" - (5:33) 112 BPM
Ray Williams - "Cosmopolitan London" - (4:59) 108 BPM
Oluko Imo - "Praise Jah" - (3:36) 113 BPM
Musicism - "Bermuda Triangle" - (3:14) 105 BPM Hot
Paul Hurlock - "My African Religion" - (3:40) 127 BPM
Barry Bryson - "Going To The Party" - (4:15) 118 BPM
Eddie & The Movement - "Macho Man" - (5:00) 122 BPM
Teddy Davis - "Let Me Love You" - (4:27) 126 BPM
Review: When Favorite Recordings decide to do a crate-digging compilation, they rarely get it wrong. Following recent Disco Boogie Sounds selections focusing on Brazilian and French fare, they've recruited dusty-fingered DJ Waxist to put together a Caribbean-themed edition. Predictably, he's picked some suitably obscure disco, boogie and disco-funk killers. Highlights come thick and fast, from the winding synthesizer lines, swinging disco-funk grooves and intergalactic sound effects of Musicism's "Bermuda Triangle", to the Clavinet-laden shuffle of Eddie & The Movement's "Macho Man", and the hard-wired reggae-boogie business of Barry Bryson's "Going To The Party".
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FVR 110
27 Nov 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Shake It Up/Cosmic Jam
Shake It Up (feat Alicia Blue Eyez Smith - extended 12 version) - (7:32) 88 BPM
Cosmic Jam (extended 12 version) - (7:02) 111 BPM Hot
Review: Throughout the latter half of the noughties, musical fusionists 7 Samurai made regular appearances on G.A.M.M and Poets Club Recordings, delivering reworks and original tracks that somehow joined the dots between jazz-dance, dub, deep house, soul, hip-hop and Latin beats. Here the duo returns on France's Favorite Recordings with their first new material for well over four years. Flipside "Cosmic Jam", dedicated to Patrick Forge, is arguably the pick of the two tracks, with rich Rhodes riffs and Herbie Hancock style space synths riding a dubby, rolling deep house groove. That said, Alicia Blue Eyez Smith hook-up "Shake It Up" - a loose, twinkling chunk of cosmic disco inspired dub-soul fusion - is pretty darn tasty, too.
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FVR 105
20 Nov 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
On Te L'avait Dit
Spies Are Watching Me (feat Sir Jean) - (7:12) 127 BPM Hot
On Te L'avait Dit (feat Pat Kalla) - (6:24) 130 BPM
Le Disco Des Capitales (feat Pat Kalla) - (6:42) 117 BPM
Bark - (6:21) 93 BPM
Vampires (feat Hawa & Fouley Badiaga) - (5:01) 120 BPM
Enlevez-moi A§a (feat Pat Kalla) - (5:14) 115 BPM
Jungle Fire - (6:18) 116 BPM
Pas Bon (feat Fouley Badiaga) - (6:08) 114 BPM
Tomowa (feat Renaud Bilombo) - (5:30) 122 BPM
Niarela - (3:57) 85 BPM
Review: When Bruno "Patchworks" Hovart sets his sights on creating an authentic tribute to a vintage style, the results are invariably excellent. That's certainly the case with this debut album from his Violaa project, which utilizes a swathe of live players - and vocalists of African and Caribbean origin - to successfuly replicate the hot and sticky sounds of Afro-disco and tropical disco. Most will already know the brilliant single "Spies Are Watching Me", but there are plenty of other standout cuts throughout On Te L'avait Dit. Check, for starters, the Trinidadian disco hustle of "Vampire", the William Onyeabor-goes-disco flex of "Tomowa", and the lilting Afro-funk brilliance of "Jungle Fire".
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FVR 107
23 Oct 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Melt The Night
Melt The Night (XL Middleton remix) - (5:26) 100 BPM Hot
Melt The Night (original album version) - (5:35) 93 BPM
Melt The Night] (instrumental version) - (5:34) 93 BPM
Played by: JimmyTheTwin
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FVR 111
23 Oct 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Spies Are Watching Me & Le Disco Des Capitales
Spies Are Watching Me (feat Sir Jean) - (7:12) 127 BPM Hot
Le Disco Des Capitales (feat Pat Kalla) - (6:42) 117 BPM
Played by: JimmyTheTwin
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FVR 106
17 Jul 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Glow Of Love
Glow Of Love - (5:55) 119 BPM Hot
Glow Of Love (Waxist dub version) - (8:09) 119 BPM
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FVR 104
03 Jul 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Brazilian Disco Boogie Sounds: Extended 12" Versions
Painel De Controle - "Relax" (extended Waxist version) - (5:57) 119 BPM
Rabo De Saia - "Ripa Na Xulipa" (extended Charles Maurice version) - (5:28) 119 BPM Hot
Famks - "Labirinto" (extended Nick The Record version) - (6:23) 101 BPM
Review: Wherever it's made, disco is exotic, sumptuous and sexy. However when it's made somewhere that actually is exotic, sumptuous and sexy, well, then the sparks really fly! Brazil and disco have always been fiery lovers, and here we are presented with three tantric gems from that part of the world. "Relax" provides smooth, loungey vibes complete with strong vocal harmonies and cocktail effect atmospheres, while "Ripa Na Xulips" follows with a perkier, almost Italo-disco, synth-funk vibe. Finally "Labirinto" is slightly schmaltzy Casio-led crooner (think early '80s Latin soap theme).
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FVR 103
05 Jun 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Solar
Solar (intro jam) - (2:06) 134 BPM
Uma Onda - (5:02) 98 BPM
Vento Sul - (5:10) 119 BPM
Melt The Night (feat Leon Ware) - (5:35) 93 BPM Hot
Agua - (5:15) 146 BPM
Kalunga - (1:59) 100 BPM
Solar - (6:48) 120 BPM
Beyond The Sea - (5:49) 100 BPM
O Mar, O Samba E O Sol - (5:01) 94 BPM
Stop! Look, Listen (To Your Heart) (feat Leon Ware & Guida De Palma) - (4:20) 73 BPM
Rio 82 (live version) - (5:16) 98 BPM
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FVR 100
22 May 15
Deep House
French Disco Boogie Sounds: 1975 1984
Various
Beckie Bell - "Music Madness" (extended Charles Maurice version) - (6:59) 119 BPM
Over Drive - "Lady Jones" - (5:44) 126 BPM
Kelly - "DrAle Dahistoire D'amour" (extended Charles Maurice version) - (6:33) 118 BPM
Marche Noir - "Y'a Du Blues" (Tant Pis C'est La Vie) - (5:29) 119 BPM
Contessa - "Super Star" - (4:47) 125 BPM
Toulouse - "C'est Toujours Comme Ca L'amour" - (4:12) 118 BPM
Didier Makaga - "Minuit L'heure Du Swing" - (4:47) 116 BPM
France Lise - "Pour Moi Ca Va" (Charles Maurice version) - (4:08) 109 BPM
Le Club - "Un Fait Divers Et Rien De Plus" (re-re-mix) - (5:38) 107 BPM Hot
Bernard Guyvan - "Polar T'aurais Du Te Tirer" (Charles Maurice version) - (5:01) 117 BPM
Played by: DJ P-SOL, Tomasz Guiddo
Review: Having previously celebrated Brazil's disco-boogie scene, Favourite Recordings has decided to apply the same formula to French music from a similar period. With noted crate digger Charles Maurice at the helm, the selections are naturally impressive, and feature a mix of suitable obscure fare and quirky, major label released oddities, with vocals in French and heavily accented English. Maurice provides a number of excellent re-edits, too, breathing new life into Kelly's hands-in -the-air sing-along "DrAle Dahistoire D'Amour", a wonderfully sweet and breezy jam from Bernard Guyvan, and the sun-kissed, horn-heavy brilliance of Beckie Bell's "Music Madness".
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FVR 101
08 May 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Faceless Heroes
Hajime Ni - (0:59) 101 BPM
What You've Been Missing (feat Oddisee) - (1:58) 98 BPM
Paris Is Killing Me - (1:37) 96 BPM
Faded (feat Elzhi & Amalia) - (3:03) 102 BPM
Vapors - Yuge - (3:38) 106 BPM
Playin' (feat Amalia - Seventy-Five remix) - (3:53) 108 BPM
Shin' Ya - (1:59) 120 BPM
Beyond The Black Horizon - (0:39) 77 BPM
Den'Sen - (0:49) 86 BPM
Steamclock Heart (feat Amalia) - (2:54) 99 BPM Hot
Akegata (Part 2) - (0:32) 118 BPM
Some Other Stuff - (2:19) 104 BPM
Untitled - Ascent - (2:59) 92 BPM
Saigo Ni - After All - (1:22) 90 BPM
What You've Been Missing (feat Oddisee - remix) - (1:59) 101 BPM
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FVR 093LP
30 Jan 15
Hip Hop/R&B
Feel So Good Inside
Feel So Good Inside (extended Waxist edit mix) - (6:48) 126 BPM Hot
Feel So Good Inside - (4:16) 127 BPM
Take Me To - (4:13) 131 BPM
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FVR 0993
30 Jan 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Christmas Disco
Various
Revolution Francaise - "Discocorico" - (2:52) 124 BPM
Patchworks - "Give My Love" (feat Sabba G) - (6:16) 128 BPM
Mr President - "Hips Shaking" - (6:05) 118 BPM
The Dynamics - "Music" (Disco version) - (4:41) 108 BPM Hot
Revolution Francaise - "Translocomotion" - (3:18) 115 BPM
Taggy Matcher - "Do The Disco Shanking" (Taggy Matcher mix) - (2:38) 80 BPM
Patchworks Galactic Project - "Cruising Through Space" - (4:16) 120 BPM
Mr President - "I Get So Crazy" - (7:23) 115 BPM
Trevor & Lisa - "The Night Of The Wolf" - (4:55) 126 BPM
Patchworks Galactic Project - "Gobblins Are Gone" - (4:02) 125 BPM
Mr Day - "Get Your Point Over" - (6:04) 113 BPM
The Real Fake MC & Patchworks - "Hunt Ya Sunshine" (Moog instrumental) - (3:53) 108 BPM
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FVR 097
05 Dec 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
Hot Stuff
Hot Stuff - (3:01) 105 BPM Hot
Hot Stuff (dub version) - (3:17) 105 BPM
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FVR 096
26 Sep 14
Funk
Playin'
Playin' (feat Amalia - Seventy-Five remix) - (3:53) 54 BPM Hot
Vapors/Huge - (3:38) 53 BPM
Review: Fans of French producer Hugo LX's work with The Funk League, Large Professor and Diamond D will be pleasantly surprised by his new venture under the Kenjanai guise. Forthcoming debut album Faceless Heroes sees him explore more experimental and retro-futuristic sounds - often bordering on ambient or chill out. Here, this teaser reveals the funkier side of the record, with acclaimed nu-funk singer Amalia (Opolopo) delivering some seductive vocals over a punk funk groove. Meanwhile "Vapors/Huge" is a more downtempo, glitchy jazz funk instrumental.
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FVR 094
29 Aug 14
Funk
Le Polaroid
Teasing You - (7:43) 96 BPM Hot
Last Day At Home/Melancolie - (6:48) 75 BPM
Parafraser - (2:39) 96 BPM
Living In A Paper House - (5:45) 55 BPM
Le Polaroid - (6:11) 159 BPM
Afternoon (feat Stiina) - (5:25) 90 BPM
Epilogue - (1:51) 145 BPM
Teasing You (instrumental) - (7:10) 52 BPM
Review: Andre Solomko is a virtuoso saxophonist who originally hit it big in his native USSR, but circumstance led him to Finland where things went a bit quiet for a while. However, he persevered and started a label/studio/group called Vinyl Jam, which gave birth to two studio albums. The success of these has helped see his style come back in vogue and now he presents "Le Polaroid" a fine collection heavily inspired by his beloved '80s jazz and featuring guests such as Alain Mion (Cortex), Mr. Day, and Finnish singer Stiina.
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FVR 092
20 Jun 14
Funk
Hips Shaking
Gimme All What You Got - (2:53)
Hips Shaking - (6:05) Hot
Candyman - (5:02)
City Rocking - (5:15)
I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) - (4:05)
Shitty Lines - (4:16)
I Get So Crazy - (7:23)
Hips (Reprise) - (4:11)
South Street Walk - (2:18)
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FVR 091
16 May 14
Funk
Space Remix
Surrounded By The Gobblins (NY*AK remix) - (5:14) 106 BPM Hot
Gobblins Are Gone (Kool Vibes house remix) - (6:30) 126 BPM
Played by: Superbreak
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FVR 090
02 May 14
Deep House
1 0 8
Bombs - (1:44)
The Spy - (1:22)
Interlude 1 - (0:54)
Porn - (2:02)
Hit The Bong - (2:06)
Disco - (1:41)
Nadiya Nice - (2:06)
Dirty Loop - (1:18)
Hard Times - (1:14)
Interlude 2 - (0:48) 145 BPM
Super Genesis (feat Hazel) - (1:47) Hot
Dreams - (2:14)
Interlude 3 - (0:51)
Haterproof - (1:50)
Move - (1:08)
Beef - (2:18)
Reminisce - (1:14)
Outro - (0:47)
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FVR 019LP
07 Mar 14
Deep Dubstep
Cosmic Ballad To Erotica Vol 1
Various
Patchworks Galactic Project - "Cosmic Tripping" - (2:03) 77 BPM Hot
Dwilt Sharpp - "Will You Tell Me Where You Are" - (3:39) 78 BPM
Walter Mecca - "Pleasure" - (4:02) 123 BPM
Onra - "Porn" - (2:02) 96 BPM
Dal Gren - "Sexy Soul" - (1:41) 91 BPM
Patchworks Galactic Project - "Dancing Among The Star" - (2:42) 124 BPM
Trevor & Lisa - "Time" - (1:28) 119 BPM
Dwilt Sharpp - "Ballad To Erotica" - (3:20) 74 BPM
Buddy Sativa - "Goodbye Lullaby" - (1:54) 81 BPM
Lee MC Donald - "Sweet Magic" (instrumental) - (3:18) 97 BPM
Dwilt Sharpp - "I Need You Close" (feat Lorett Fleur) - (3:47) 77 BPM
Pascal Rioux - "Don't Outstay Outside 2 Night" (Patchwork deep mix) - (5:40) 114 BPM
Spirit Catcher - "Rise & Shine" - (5:35) 120 BPM
Pascal Rioux - "Vision Of A New World" - (7:14) 123 BPM
Dwilt Sharpp - "I Need You Close" (sensual genius mix) - (2:04) 78 BPM
Review: Ooh la la! Those saucy Frenchies can't help injecting their disco with a bit of funky fornication. Think back to the '70s and Emmanuelle and all that Moog-drenched soft Euro porn, it's the kind of thing Sebastian Tellier has been digging for years. Here's some more Gallic explorations of this vintage world where handlebar moustaches and lipglossed lips (amongst other things) collide. Highlights include the dizzy analogue grind "Porn", the distorted almost -neo soul jam "Sexy Soul", the Timotei advert vibes of "Goodbye Lullaby" and the George-McRae-on-ludes-isms of "Don't Outstay Outside 2 Night". Foxy!
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FVR 088
07 Mar 14
Funk
Translocomotion (Original & Remixes)
Translocomotion (Psychemagik remix) - (7:00) 116 BPM Hot
Translocomotion - (3:18) 115 BPM
Discocorico (Dwilt Sharpp remix) - (5:35) 123 BPM
Discocorico - (2:52) 124 BPM
Played by: Kraak & Smaak
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FVR 087
21 Feb 14
Deep House
Caveman
Caveman - (3:25) 66 BPM Hot
Caveman (instrumental) - (3:28) 66 BPM
Review: Although it's easy to assume that the eponymous Mr Day is a breathing, shimmying, real life soul-pop star, he is in fact, a band. Led by retro fixated frontman Eric Duperray, the band who also comprise Bruno "Patchworks" Hovart, and jazzers Raphael Chambouvet and Remy Kaprielan, have released two cult albums: Small Fry and Dry Up In The Sun. "Caveman" is taken from the latter and is an exhilarating slice of Stax-like Northern Soul, injected with the raw ferocity of their notoriously sizzling live shows.
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FVR 089
17 Jan 14
Funk
Space
Cosmic Tripping - (2:03) 77 BPM
Cruising Through Space - (4:16) 120 BPM
Approaching The Black Whole - (1:44) 120 BPM
Time & Space - (5:09) 133 BPM
Surrounded By The Gobblins - (2:48) 116 BPM
Behind The Moon - (1:18) 140 BPM
Gobblins Are Gone - (4:02) 125 BPM Hot
Clouds From Above - (3:43) 80 BPM
The Juno Crusade - (3:43) 115 BPM
Visions - (2:37) 72 BPM
Dancing Among The Stars - (2:42) 124 BPM
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FVR 084
27 Sep 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
Sambadi
Sambadi (Main mix) - (4:34) 100 BPM
Sambadi (Patchworks remix) - (4:19) 106 BPM Hot
Review: Here we have the debut album from self-confessed 'sunshine pop' musician Lucas Arruda. Now 30, Lucas spent his formative years playing in hard rock bands but was converted to soul and jazz by a deadly seductress (a vintage Fender Rhodes actually) in his early 20s. This impressive long-planned long player features a cornucopia of styles and moods, including the lazy 70s soul of opener "Physis", the gentle Rio-funk of "Tamba (Pt1), the smooth vocals of "Who's That Lady?" and the lilting bossa nova of "Alma Nova".
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FVR 077
17 May 13
Funk
Damages / Beam Me Up
Damages - (3:24) 81 BPM
Beam Me Up - (3:30) 100 BPM Hot
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FVR 082
03 May 13
Euro Dance/Pop Dance
The Collected Sounds Of Patchworks Vol 1
Metropolitan Jazz Affair - "Yunowhatthislifeez" (2003 Motorcity mix) - (4:44) 110 BPM
Mr President - "The Best Is Yet To Come" (Exclusive extended mix) - (6:40) 70 BPM
Patchworks - "Summertime" - (4:52) 125 BPM Hot
Review: Pretty self-explanatory title here, veteran French producer Patchworks presents two shining examples of his famously exemplary productions. First up is the 2003 Motorcity mix of Metropolitan Jazz Affair's "Yunowhatthislifeez" which is light and breezy with hazy trumpets and laconic, slappy bass. Mr President's "The Best Is Yet To Come" is a thrilling dead ringer for the urgent 70s soul of Curtis Mayfield. Also included is bonus cover of Gershwin's standard "Summertime", turned into a loungey Latino workout by Patchworks himself.
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FVR 079
12 Apr 13
Funk
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