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Various Artists

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Boogie (often pronounced with a heavy emphasis on boo), as it pertains to post-disco, R&B-rooted dance music, tends to favor relaxed tempos, thick basslines (whether electric or synthetic), and loads of flashy (even when played simply) keyboard work. Thats the focus of this volume, part of the second round of four releases in the Harmless label’s Disco Discharge series. Most of these cuts have appeared on no more than a handful of compilations — ones that werent put together with nearly as much care. Cashmeres System-like Inner Feelings, Maxine Singleton’s You Cant Run from Love, D Train’s Keep On, and Sybil Thomas’ Rescue Me all fall squarely within the realm of boogie. A handful of selections — Average White Band’s more or less straight disco Lets Go Round Again, Totos soul-rock hybrid Georgy Porgy (featuring Cheryl Lynn), Illusion Orchestra’s charmingly easy listening-ish Autumn Leaves,