"DISCO LADY" BY DARK TAN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST 12" RECORDS MADE BY AN OZ GROUP.THE LEAD SINGER OF DARK TAN WAS ALSTON KOCH WHO WAS BORN IN SRI LANKA BUT IS NOWADAYS A NATURALISED AUSSIE. ALSTON WAS NOT ONLY THE LEAD SINGER BUT CHIEF WRITER OF MOST OF DARK TAN'S MATERIAL.
DARK TAN AND ALSTON HAD SUCCESS IN OZ, ASIA AND EUROPE. THE GROUP WAS ALWAYS ON T.V. DURING THE LATE 1970S PLUGGING "DISCO LADY". THEY HAD APPEARANCES ON COUNTDOWN, SOUNDS, BANDSTAND, HEY HEY IT'S SATURDAY & INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCES FOLLOWED WHEN THEY APPEARED ON T.V. WITH ABBA IN AUSTRALIA. "DISCO LADY" WAS NEAR THE TOP OF THE CHARTS FOR 8 WEEKS IN 3 CONTINENTS. IT IS FUNNY EH, WITH ALL ITS PROFILE THAT R.C.A. HAVE NOT PUT "DISCO LADY" ON C.D. NOR THE ALBUMS THAT FOLLOWED.
ALSTON WAS COMMISSIONED LATER TO WRITE, PRODUCE AND PERFORM ON THE AMERICA’S CUP ALBUM AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE SONG ‘KOOKABURRA’.ALSTON HAS KEPT A MUSIC PROFILE UNTIL PRESENT DAY. HIS LAST BIG OFFERING WAS TO WRITE A CRICKET SONG FOR MUTTIAH MURALIDARAN ‘MURALI’
HERE IS THE EXTENDED TOM MIX VERSION OF "DISCO LADY" EXTENDED FROM THE 7" SINGLE.
http://rapidshare.com/files/107911978/dark_tan_-_disco_lady__ext_tom_mix_.mp3
hey dude.
ReplyDeleteI really hope you see this. the last few hours trawling through your blog have been amazing. very entertaining and enlightening.
I'll be playing some of these tunes out. rad times.
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