Summerclubbing

14th of August - Eskimo Factory Gent

Summerclub

Simian Mobile Disco
The Glimmers
Cosy Mozzy & DJ Stephen
Fanklub DJ's

TLP aka Troubleman
DJ Sake
Black Frank
Mystique

Bernard Gavilan
Hermanos Inglesos
Maxim Lany

Gabor Szabo

Gabor Szabo was one of the most original guitarists to emerge in the sixties. Mixing his heritage in Hungarian folk music with a love for jazz he crafted a distinctive, largely self-taught sound. He escaped Hungary at age 20 and moved to the US, where from 1961-1965 he performed with the Chico Hamilton quintet.

After this period he initiated a solo career in 1966 recording the exceptional "Spellbinder" album. From that album "Gypsy Queen" later became a hit for Santana in 1970.



Impulse! (US) 1966 A-9123 gatefold LP-33 rpm

Spellbinder

In that same year Szabo released two other albums.
One of them, "Jazz Raga", features no one else than Bernard Purdie on the drums and contains jazz interpretations of more popular and latin music.



Impulse! (US) 1966 AS-9128 LP-33 rpm

Walking On Nails

Ten years after, in 1976, there's the "Nightflight" album. Pure bliss, with Dexter Wansel on synths.



Mercury (US) 1976 SRM-1-1091 LP-33 rpm

Keep Smilin'

Tittle Tattle Woman

Mixed and produced by "a guy called" Gaetano Vituzzi and released in 1983 on the mysterious Italian Superdance label, this first track is one hot piece of italo disco!















Superdance (IT) 1983 / SD 3802 12"-33 rpm

Tittle Tattle


When listening to the next two songs I tend to think that the overall feel of "Tittle Tattle" is situated right in between two versions of a favorite song of mine, "Woman".

First up is the original version by Spanish band Barrabas ("Wild Safari", "Mellow Blow", "On The Road Again", "Checkmate", etc). What a song! More than 25 years old it still makes people stomp their feet on that dancefloor and sing together under the balloons. "Woman" came out in 12” format as a promo and commercial release. Both were done on yellow, green, red and black vinyl which resulted in eight different 12” pressings. This doesn’t mean they’re easy to find though...

RCA Victor (FR) 1972 / 41-141 7"-45 rpm

Woman

And then there's this incredible 1983 remake by Junior Byron, who's also reknown for "Dance To The Music":

Formula Records (CA) 1983 / FD-007 12"-33 rpm

Woman