Boogie On The Mainline - A Collection of Rare Disco, Funk and Boogie from Germany 1980-1987 | Various Artists

Boogie On The Mainline - A Collection of Rare Disco, Funk and Boogie from Germany 1980-1987

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- Edition of 240 copies!
- FINAL and DEFINITE repress!
- TRANSFER AND RE-MASTERING by Frederic Stader
- New lacquer cut by SST
- Double vinyl with Gatefold sleeve!
- Contains additional bonus edit of “Raff dich auf” by Cash!
- Fully licenced, recorded 1980-1987

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1.	Peter Patzer - You Are Not The One For Me 03:24
2.	Ströer - Don’t Stay For Breakfast 05:14
3.	Upstairs - You're Just Yourself 04:13
4.	J. D. (Puma) Lewis - Dancing Shoes 04:34
5.	Trust - It's Not Over 03:12
6.	Imagination - Strawberry Wine 06:24
7.	Squish - Get Up 03:20
8.	Publicity - Funky Feeling 04:07
9.	Bernie L. - Backstreetboy 06:10
10.	Ca$h - Raff dich auf 05:57
11.	The Poptown Syndicate - Keep On Lovin' (Single Version) 04:31
12.	Ca$h - Raff dich auf (Edit) (Bonus Track) 04:52	buy track

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Limited and DEFINITE repress of this classic German Boogie compilation from 2018 with a selection of 11 rare Disco tracks from Germany & Austria, all originally released between 1980 and 1987. Deluxe pressing on coloured vinyl, re-transferred and remastered by Frederic Stader. Includes additional bonus track.

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Part of the 2018 release notes:
German Funk, Rare Groove and 1970s Disco music (e.g. the highly regarded Munich scene around Italian producer Giorgio Moroder) have been widely recognized and featured on numerous reissues and compilations. However, the Boogie-ish post-disco side of German music history until now has remained undiscovered. One of the reasons might be that a broader national scene in Germany (unlike the UK for example) never existed. Even though tracks by US bands such as Dazz or Midnight Star were popular in discotheks in Germany around that time, bigger labels showed little interest in promoting German groups playing this new style of Disco Funk, now primarily known as "Boogie", that brought in electronical instruments and often lacked the iconic "four-on-the-floor" beat. Additionally, the number of bands that continued to play funky and soulful music in the 1980s diminished as other styles like Synth Pop, Punk, New Wave and NDW (New German Wave) ascended in popularity. Still, though German Boogie may have never existed as a national movement, great things were happening rather locally and each group featured on our compilation brings with them a particularly unique style and story.

Now, finally, “Boogie on the Mainline” sheds some light on 11 little-known German Disco gems that were released on small or even private labels. The album contains tunes by Imagination, Squish, Upstairs, Bernie L., The Poptown Syndicate, Peter Patzer, Ca$h, Trust, Publicity as well as classic tracks by Ströer and John Davis. It was compiled by John Raincoatman aka DJ Scientist.

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released December 1, 2023

Selected & Compiled by DJ Scientist
Mastering, Transfer and Audio Restauration by Frederic Stader
Additional Audio Restauration by Günter Stöppel
Licencing by Günter Stöppel for The Outer Edge
Liner notes by DJ Scientist

Thanks to:
All artists, composers and publishers taking part in the compilation! Christoph Rexa for discovering and sharing Ca$h „Raff dich auf“. Alexander Magrutsch for providing a copy of the rare “Ende der Eiszeit” album by Bernie Leier.

Front and back cover show pictures of the band Imagination.
© 1980/2018/2024 Photography and copyright by Uwe Ziss

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℗ 2018 Boogie On The Mainline © 2023/2024 The Outer Edge , Divisions of EQX-Music

BOTM-001RI / EDGE-023

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The Outer Edge is a label by German record collector DJ Scientist aka John Raincoatman. The label merges the former imprints The Artless Cuckoo (2015-2022) and Boogie On The Mainline. It now pools all strength to a new and exciting force in releasing music on the edge, free of genre boundaries, yet mostly with a groove. ... more

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