February 10, 2012 Playlist

LOVE IS...
The LOVE Show
"Love To Love You Baby" by Donna Summer (1975)
 
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Donna Summer  "Love To Love You Baby"  1975 (USA/Germany)
The theme of this week's show is "LOVE", so for our classic album we're going a bit outside of the usual psych-prog-underground style.  "Love To Love You Baby" was Donna Summer's first international hit, and the full length album version clocks in at a proggy 17 minutes.  This early disco classic was also produced in Munich, Germany by Giorgio Moroder, a pioneer of electronic pop (right around the time Kraftwerk scored their first big hit "Autobahn").  So perhaps one might argue this track is the missing link between the Krautrock and Disco movements!  Indeed, "disco" itself can be thought of as little more than a spacy, hi-tech, drugged-out "sixties hangover" version of soul music.
Here's a short clip of Donna performing "Love To Love You Baby", though the cosmic impact of the epic album version (played on the show this week) really can't be captured in a mere 3 minutes of moaning and groaning.  The next Summer-Moroder smash was an even more groundbreaking track, a technopop synth workout called "I Feel Love" that rivals the records Kraftwerk was making at the time.   (Moroder had an even earlier synth-based hit in 1972, the catchy "Son Of My Father", which he released under the name "Giorgio").   But aside from the technically interesting facts about "Love To Love You Baby", the reason it was so popular has a lot to do with how SEXY the track is.  Another artist of the 1970's who was known for sexy dance music was Barry White, whose orchestrated moanin' and groanin' was largely a reworking of the more innovative Isaac Hayes.  Another artist we had to play this week is the band called . . . LOVE!
(N) = New Release
Artist Song Album Year (label) Country
The Beatles Sie Liebt Dich ("She Loves You" in German) Raritiesrec. 1963
UK
Jefferson Airplane Somebody To Love Surrealistic Pillow
1967USA
Lothar & The Hand People L-O-V-E (Ask For It By Name) A-side 7" single (bonus track on Presenting Lothar & The Hand People CD)
1968USA
Love She Comes In Colors Da Capo
1967USA
The Rolling Stones She's A Rainbow Their Satanic Majesties Request
1967UK
Cream Swlabr (stands for "She Walks Like A Bearded Rainbow") Disraeli Gears
1967UK
The Jimi Hendrix Experience May This Be Love Are You Experienced?
1967USA/UK
The Velvet Underground I'm Sticking With You VUrec. 1969, rel. 1985
USA
 
  
The Troggs Our Love Will Still Be There From Nowhere
1966UK
Leonard Nimoy I Walk The Line (Johnny Cash) The New World Of Leonard Nimoy
1970USA
William Shatner Romeo & Juliette (William Shakespeare) The Transformed Man
1968Canada
Silver Apples Lovefingers Silver Apples
1968USA
Blossom Toes
Love Bomb
 		If Only For A Moment
1969UK
The 5th Dimension Sunshine Of Your Love (Cream) The Age Of Aquarius
1969USA
 
  
Donna Summer
Love To Love You Baby
(full length version)
 		Love To Love You Baby
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK		1975USA/Germany
Digital Underground Freaks Of The Industry (based on samples from "Love To Love You Baby") Sex Packets
1990USA
Barry White I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby I've Got So Much To Give
1973USA
 
  
The Andrea True Connection
More, More, More
(full length version) 		More, More, More
1976USA
Aguaturbia
Erotica Aguaturbia1969Chile
White Noise
My Game Of Loving White Noise
1969UK/USA
Emerson Lake & Palmer
Taste Of My Love Love Beach
1978UK
Foghat
I Just Want To Make Love To You (Willie Dixon - live) Foghat Live
1977UK
Zolar X
Space Age Love Timeless (CD compilation)
rec. 1974-80, rel. 2004
USA
Wild Flag Romance
Wild Flag (N)2011 (Merge)USA
 
  
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Who Do You Love (suite) (live - based on the tune by Bo Diddley) Happy Trails
1969USA
The Grateful Dead
Turn On Your Love Light (live - based on the tune by Bobby Bland) Live/Dead
1969USA

 
Isaac Hayes
Never Can Say Goodbye Black Moses
1973USA
                 
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