The Disco Box [Box]

Performer: Various Artists
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: THE DISCO BOX includes a 60-page book featuring an essay by Brian Chin, liner notes by Vince Aletti, essential album discography by Michael Freedberg, and contributing remarks by various disco era DJs. Compilation producers: David McLees, Brian Chin. Digitally remastered by Bill Inglot, Ken Perry, Stewart Whitmore, Geoff Sykes. The golden age of '70s disco was the last period of strictly AM radio-driven pop hits. (The MTV '80s hit parade led by Michael Jackson, Madonna and ZZ Top is another story altogether.) Disco records, therefore, had to sound fabulous on the air and they did, with production techniques that remain influential to this hip-hop driven day. On the outside of Rhino's super-deluxe 4-CD THE DISCO BOX, master remasterer Bill Inglot actually receives the simple and rather grand credit "Sound," as if to emphasize the special aural quality of these tracks. Rhino, Inglot and co. have done a characteristically superb job in assembling this definitive disco compilation. Every major hit is included, from the ridiculous (Disco-Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes' "Get Dancin'") to the sublime (Sister Sledge's "Lost In Music".) Though four discs may seem like too much of a good thing--an item for collectors only perhaps-- a mere glance at the track list reminds us just how many great songs came out of this allegedly tacky era.

Entertainment Weekly (2/19-2/26/99, pp.133-134) - "...You...couldn't find a more convincing defense of the form, in case anyone still needs one. The mere fact that the box collects 80 tracks without running into one bum patche makes the ultimate case for a style that once stood as the most maligned cultural expression since mime..." - Rating: B+

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