Najlepsze Zyczenia - Best Wishes feat. Chic & The Three Degrees

A strange flexi-disc that i got included with some other records, it does have some disco bangers on it, featuring Chic and the Three Degrees, it's certainly one of the strangest 45's in my collection, I have read online that these were popular to send to people as greeting cards in Poland from the 1960s until the late 1980s. What a cool surprise that must have been.

 

 

Artist: Chic / Three Degrees

A-Side: 1) Chic - Le Freak
    2) The Three Degrees - Giving Up, Giving In

Year Released: 1979

Decade: 1970s

Genre: Funk / Soul

Style: Disco

Format: Flexi-disc, 7-inch Vinyl, 45rpm, Single Sided, Card Backed

Record Label: Tonpress

Label/Catalog #: R-0742-II 

 

 

A-Side: 1) Chic - Le Freak

Side A: 2) The Three Degrees - Giving Up, Giving In

Black Box - Fantasy

"Fantasy" is a song by American band Earth, Wind & Fire, which was issued as a single in 1978 by Columbia Records. In 1990, Italian group Black Box recorded a cover of "Fantasy" for their debut studio album, Dreamland (1990). Their version featured Martha Wash on lead vocals, but their music producers initially failed to credit her. It also contains a sample from the drum pattern of Grace Jones' rendition of "La Vie en rose" (1977).

 

Artist: Black Box

A-Side: Fantasy (Remixed Edit)

B-Side (feat. Stepz): Get Down

Year Released: 1990

Decade: 1990s

Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul

Style: Downtempo, Dance-pop, House

Format: 7-inch Vinyl, 45rpm, Single

Record Label: Deconstruction

Label/Catalog #: PB 43895 

 

Olivia Newton-John / Electric Light Orchestra – Xanadu

"Xanadu" is the title song from the soundtrack of the 1980 musical film of the same name. Written by Jeff Lynne of the English rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), the song is performed by part British, Australian singer, songwriter and actress Olivia Newton-John, with Lynne adding parenthetic vocals in the style of his other songs on the Xanadu soundtrack, and ELO providing the instrumentation.

 

Artist: Olivia Newton-John / Electric Light Orchestra

A-Side (with Electric Light Orchestra): Xanadu

B-Side: Fool Country

Year Released: 1980

Decade: 1980s

Genre: Rock, Stage & Screen

Style: Soundtrack, Pop Rock

Format: 7-inch Vinyl, 45rpm, Single

Record Label: Jet Records

Label/Catalog #: JET 185 

 

Frank Mills - Music Box Dancer

"Music Box Dancer" is an instrumental piece by Canadian musician Frank Mills that was an international hit in the late 1970s. Mills wrote and recorded "Music Box Dancer" in 1974, but it did not become a single until December 1978. By Christmas of that year, it was in the top ten of many European and Asian pop music charts. 

 

Artist: Frank Mills

A-Side: Music Box Dancer

B-Side: The Poet And I 

Year Released: 1978

Decade: 1970s

Genre: Pop, Jazz

Style: Ballad, Easy Listening

Format: 7-inch Vinyl, 45rpm, Single

Record Label: Polydor

Label/Catalog #: 2121 370

DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince - Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble

"Girls Ain't Nothing but Trouble" is the debut single by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, from their 1987 debut album Rock the House released on Philadelphia-based Word Records (Later changed to Word-Up Records). It was released in 1986. The music is built around a sample from the theme tune of the 1960s television series I Dream of Jeannie.

 

Artist: D.J. Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince

A-Side: Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble

B-Side: Guys Ain't Nothing But Trouble

Year Released: 1986

Decade: 1980s

Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop

Style: Pop Rap

Format: 7-inch Vinyl, 45rpm, Single

Record Label: Champion

Label/Catalog #: CHAMP 18

Ralph Carter - Extra, Extra

"Extra, Extra (Read All About It)" was a 1975 single for Ralph Carter. It was a hit for him the following year. Carter's disco record was a 33⅓ RPM version and had a length of 5:15. The 45RPM version had been edited down to 2:40 for radio airplay.

 

Artist: Ralph Carter

A-Side: Extra, Extra (Read All About It)

B-Side: Extra, Extra (Read All About It) (Disco Version)

Year Released: 1975

Decade: 1970s

Genre: Funk / Soul

Style: Disco

Format: 7-inch Vinyl, 45rpm, Single

Record Label: Mercury

Label/Catalog #: 6167 286

 

UB40 - Don't Walk On The Grass

"Don't Walk On The Grass" is a dub track released in 1981 by the English Reggae band UB40, It was featured on the bonus 12" single which came with their second album Present Arms (1981), It would not feature on the albums vinyl copy but was included on the CD version. 

 Artist: UB40

A-Side: Don't Walk On The Grass

B-Side: Dr X

Year Released: 1981

Decade: 1980s

Genre: Reggae

Style: Dub, Reggae

Format: 7-inch Vinyl, 45rpm, Single

Record Label: Epic

Label/Catalog #: EPC A 1334