Disco Not Disco 3, also known as Disco Not Disco: Post Punk, Electro & Leftfield Disco Classics 1974–1986, is the third and final compilation album from the Disco Not Disco series released by Strut Records in 2008. The album is a probe to experimental side of disco and punk genres and underground music scene in general. The second volume is more post-punk oriented and features artists like Yellow Magic Orchestra, Vivien Goldman, Delta 5, James White and The Blacks, Maximum Joy, and others.
This last compilation album of the Disco Not Disco series was compiled by Last Night a DJ Saved My Life co-author Bill Brewster and Strut Records owner and founder Quinton Scott.
The album contains a 1981 proto-techno track "Sharevari" by A Number of Names.
Critical reception Andy Kellman of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars, he said that "considering the timing and context, the disc is every bit as replayable as the second volume." While Andy Battaglia of Stylus Magazine gave the album 6.2 from 10, saying that "the original impulse behind Disco Not Disco was monumental, but that same monumentality eats away at the new third volume of the series, which arrives on the other side of a revolution whose most important battles have already been fought and won."
Track listing
Personnel
"Launderette" Violin: Vicky Aspinall Electric guitar, bass guitar: Keith Levene Composer, vocals: Vivien Goldman Composer: George Oban Bass guitar, piano: Steve Beresford
"Mind Your Own Business" Composer, vocals: Julz Sale Composer, bass guitar, vocals: Bethan Peters, Rosalind Allen Composer, electric guitar: Alan Riggs Producer: Delta 5, Rob Warr
"My Spine Is the Bassline" Producer: Shriekback
"Crunch Cake" Electric guitar: Gary Boyle Bass guitar: Dan K. Brown Drums: Nigel Morris Synthesizer, vocals, clavinet: Zoe Kronberger Composer, piano, synthesizer: Frank Roberts Producer: Robin Lumley
"Contort Yourself" (August Darnell Remix) Remix: August Darnell Electric guitar: Jody Harris Bass guitar: George Scott Drums: Don Christensen Keyboards: Adele Bertei Backing vocals: Anya Phillips Saxophone, lead vocals, producer, arrangement: James White Engineer: Bob Blank
"Love Tempo" (Remix) Remix: Mark Kamins Engineer: Stewart Pickering
"Seoul Music"
"Don't Lose Control" Remix: John Luongo Bongos: Daniel Ponce Drums: Tony Thompson Composer, bass guitar: Bill Laswell Composer, synthesizer: Michael Beinhorn Producer: Material
"Binary" Producer: Yves Roze
"Los Niños Del Parque" (12" Mix) Producer: Beate Bartel, Chrislo Haas
"Sharevari" (Instrumental) Arrangement: Judson Powell, Robert Taylor
"Beat 'Em Right" Electric guitar: Marty Williamson Bass guitar, dub: Stephen Mallinder Additional percussion: Andy Johnson Producer: Cabaret Voltaire, Six Sed Red
"Silent Street / Silent Dub" Producer – Dick O'Dell, John Walker, Pete Mayburn
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