El Coco, Cloud One, and Phreek, played by Steve

El Coco ~ Dancing In Paradise ~ AVI Records ~ 1978

Jazz trained musicians and composers, Mssrs Rinder and Lewis carved out quite a successful disco recording career for themselves, under several different guises. El Coco was probably their most famous and this, the title trtack from their fifth LP, was their second most successful single. Number 31 on the US R&B chart.

Cloud One ~ Atmosphere Strut (vocal version) ~ P&P Records US ~ 1976

I have this on a compilation CD and was somewhat surprised to see this vocal version included, because I didn’t know it existed and it was the far better known instrumental that had DJs and dancers hooked back in the day.Their LP was the first P&P release.

Phreek ~ Weekend ~ Atlantic ~ 1978

A few weeks ago, Paul played a slightly more recent version of this song by Class Action ft. Todd Terry and at the time we mentioned the Phreek original. Well, here it is, produced by Patrick Adams and Leroy Burgess and containing as it does, the same vocalist as the later copy.

Cloud One, Vernon Burch, and Rafael Cameron, as played by Steve

Cloud One ~ Disco Juice ~ P&P Records ~ 1977

From New York, a product of Peter Brown and Patrick Adams, this is one of those tracks that has garnered so much more praise latterly, than it ever did back in the seventies and I for one, am rather amazed.

Vernon Burch ~ Get Up ~ Chocolate City ~ 1979

From Washington DC and a non –hit for the one-time Bar-Kays guitarist, who came to prominence with his 1974 ‘I’ll Be Your Sunshine’ LP, this track is most famous for being sampled by Deee-Lite in their world wide smash ‘Groove Is In The Heart’.

Rafael Cameron ~ Boogie’s Gonna Get Ya ~ Salsoul ~ 1981

I really like the grooves this guy used to lay down and he really puts everything into his vocal performance. Produced by Randy Muller, it was released on 12” as the ‘B’ side to ‘All That’s Good To Me’.

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