The music world's prime disco big band during the late '70s, the Salsoul Orchestra recorded several of the tightest, chunkiest disco themes of the 1970s, both on its own productions and as the backing group for several prime vocalists. Organized by Vincent Montana, Jr. in 1974, the band was an experiment in fusing funk, Philly soul, and Latin music together in a highly danceable discofied style with plenty of room for solos by individual members. With arrangers, conductors, and whole sections of instruments (including up to 18 violinists) contributing to the sound, the Salsoul Orchestra routinely included up to 50 members. Though the Salsoul sound became passé in the wake of disco music's explosion and rapid commercialization during the late '70s, Salsoul was a heavy ...
A1 Good For The Soul (4:20)
A2 Nice 'N' Naasty (4:35)
A3 It Don't Have To Be Funky (To Be A Groove) (3:36)
A4 Nightcrawler (3:45)
A5 Don't Beat Around The Bush (3:30)
B1 Standing And Waiting On Love (3:31)
B2 Salsoul 3001 (6:16)
B3 We've Only Just Begun / Feelings (4:59)
B4 Ritzy Mambo (5:29)
B5 Jack And Jill (0:15)
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