{"product_id":"disco-party-vinyl-lp-copy","title":"Disco Party: Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePre-Order Item. Release Date Subject to Change.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Mr Bongo\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 26th June\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOBSCURE HOLY GRAIL FUNK PROTO-DISCO HEATER ALERT! The reason this collection of gloriously uplifting and intensely dancefloor friendly liquid groovers is so obscure is because it comes from The TSG Label, set up as a tax scam, big budgets thrown at records not designed for anyone but with players who could play their nuts off for a fast $$$. What you get is releases like 'Disco Party', which looks like a record you'd skip past at the chazza but what lies on this black disc is some serious instrumental dynamite.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eFor those who dig: big lush disco funk instrumentals, holy grail funk slappers and big drum breaks. \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe height=\"80\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/2ecD6WVLNuRGs4QuNXz6HH?utm_source=generator\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMr Bongo presents a reissue of one of the rarest releases on the illustrious \u003cbr\u003eand now ultra-rare tax scam label TSG Records\u003cbr\u003eA label with a checkered past, operated by Lloyd Price and with alleged ties to boxing \u003cbr\u003epromoter Don King. The album in question, Disco Party by Reality, is a stunning \u003cbr\u003ejourney through '70s dancefoor-focussed funk into early proto-disco grooves. Back in \u003cbr\u003emid-'70s Manhattan, Dr. Otto Gomez and a group of fellow New York musicians \u003cbr\u003eincluding Tony Dixon, Norman Drayton, Tony Dupree, Al Jones and Fred Nanton were \u003cbr\u003ebrought in for a recording session by songwriter and producer, Billy Nichols. Laying \u003cbr\u003edown one of Nichols' songs and a selection of the group's own, they were paid as \u003cbr\u003esession musicians and thought little of it. The tapes came to the attention of Lloyd \u003cbr\u003ePrice who struck a deal with Nichols unbeknownst to Gomez and the rest of the band. \u003cbr\u003ePrice then pressed the album and put it out in 1976 on a newly formed subsidiary \u003cbr\u003elabel, TSG Records, that would later be documented as one of the US tax scam labels \u003cbr\u003eof the '70s. \u003cbr\u003eSuch labels were created to exploit a loophole in the US tax system, running up \u003cbr\u003einfated production costs \/ losses that investors or the parent label could write off \u003cbr\u003eagainst their tax bills. Releases on these labels were never intended to have \u003cbr\u003ecommercial success. They would usually be produced in incredibly limited pressing \u003cbr\u003enumbers and have little to no promotion or distribution. As such many of these \u003cbr\u003erecords instantly fell into obscurity, becoming mythical amongst DJs and record \u003cbr\u003ecollectors. Sadly, this meant that artists like Dr. Otto Gomez and friends never had the \u003cbr\u003echance for their record and their talents to shine at the time. In fact, it was only when \u003cbr\u003eJazzman reached out for their 2022 reissue that Dr. Otto Gomez became aware that \u003cbr\u003ethe album had ever been released and heard the story behind it.\u003cbr\u003eDisco Party is a time capsule where '70s instrumental funk edges and intertwines into \u003cbr\u003ean early disco sound. The sessions are for the dancefoor, minimalist and groovebased. The bass and drums are at the forefront, providing the pulse of the album. \u003cbr\u003eDriving funky guitar licks, and a brilliant horn section weave their way in and out of the \u003cbr\u003eproductions. Highlights include the uplifting feel- good 'Let's Party People', the early \u003cbr\u003edisco swagger of 'Reality', and 'Disco Party (Let's Have A)' with its wah-wah groove \u003cbr\u003eand percussion break, which could easily have found its home on a Blaxploitation flm \u003cbr\u003esoundtrack of the period.\u003cbr\u003eIt's not just rarity that makes this record so sought after, but rather the fact that it is a \u003cbr\u003esuperb example of dancefoor-focussed mid '70s funk and disco.\u003cbr\u003eOne of the rarest releases on the illustrious and now ultra-rare tax scam label TSG \u003cbr\u003eRecords.\u003cbr\u003eDisco Party by Reality, is a stunning journey through '70s dancefoor-focussed \u003cbr\u003efunk into early proto-disco grooves.\u003cbr\u003eCreated to exploit a loophole in the US tax system, albums on labels like TSG \u003cbr\u003ewere originally produced in incredibly limited pressing numbers and with little to \u003cbr\u003eno promotion or distribution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reality","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53169400873254,"sku":"MRBLP344","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0505\/7734\/2621\/files\/MRBCD_LP344.jpg?v=1778582083","url":"https:\/\/www.limitedadditionrecords.com\/en-us\/products\/disco-party-vinyl-lp-copy","provider":"Limited Addition Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}