Some notes by Sabby Rayas

DISCOMITE (noun):

A PERSON WHO PRESERVES A GLORIOUS ERA BY COLLECTING AND SHARING FOR THE LESS FORTUNATE TO ENJOY. THEY ARE WIHOUT A DOUBT CHOSEN BY GOD AS DISCPIPLES OF A TRUE FORM OF MEDIUM THAT CANNOT BE FORGOTTEN. THEY WILL, AFTER THEY HAVE SERVED
THEIR PURPOSE WILL BE ACCEPTED IN WHAT WE KNOW AS DISCOLANDIA, THE ULTIMATE CLUB, AND JOIN ALL WHO HAVE MADE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE GET DOWN AND PARTY. FOR THE LORD, OUR
GOD PROTECTS THE DISCOMITE. AMEN

The "Number One Lover" story

NUMBER ONE LOVER WAS MY FIRST PRODUCTION WHEN I GOT OUT OF ENGINEERING SCHOOL..I BOUGHT A ROLAND JX3P AND A JUNO 106 AND SEQUENCED IT WITH A 707 AND THE AGOGO SOUND FROM THE 727 DRUM MACHINES..

LEARNING WAS ALOT OF FUN...I COULD PROGRAM PATTERNS ON THE JX3P AND THEN SYNC IT THROUGH FSK FORMAT...

I HAD RECORDED SEVERAL TRACKS ON A 4 TRACK FOSTEX
MACHINE AND CALLED UP TSR TO CHECK THEM OUT...

SINCE THEY WERE ONLY INSTRUMENTALS AT THE TIME I WAS SO NERVOUS BECAUSE I THOUGHT TSR WAS THE GREATEST LABEL, SINCE THEY HAD RELEASED ALL THOSE SONGS...TOO MANY TO NAME..LIME, CAPITAL TROPICAL, CLADJA BARRY.. SO ON...

I TALKED TO LUCKY PIERRE, WHO WAS AN ASSOCIATE OF
TSR OWNER TOM HAYDEN, HE LOVED THE TRACK AND RECCOMENDED I GET TOGETHER WITH JD HALL, WHEN I MET JD I COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW BIG HE WAS. I KNEW
WHAT I WANTED TO DO WITH THE TRACK BECAUSE I LOVED THOSE ROFO SONGS AND PURPLE FLASH'S "WE CAN MAKE IT", SO I WAS KIND OF GOING FOR THAT VIBE...

JD HALL CAME TO MY HOUSE AND I PLAYED HIM THE MELODY WHICH IS THE MAIN VOCAL LEAD MELODY AND HE LOVED IT...JD DIDN'T KNOW THE HI-NRG STYLE AND WANTED TO A JAMES BROWN THING ON THE SONG..

I PLAYED HIM SEVERAL RECORDS TO GET AN IDEA OF HOW HE SHOULD SING ON THE SONG..WE WROTE THE WORDS TOGETHER BUT I CAME UP WITH THE HOOK...

I WISH I COULD'VE HAD MORE TIME WITH THE SESSION
BUT JD WAS ANXIOUS TO SHOP THE SONG..

I ENJOY DOING DIFFERENT THINGS WITH MY SONGS. THAT'S HOW ALL ARTISTS DO IT...BERRY GORDY ALWAYS
TOOK ALL HIS ARRANGERS AND ARTISTS TO RECORD A SONG DIFFERENT WAYS AND WHAT CAME OUT..CAME OUT

IT IS ALWAYS AN EXPERIMENT...LIKE PENICILLIN
BRING ON THAT MOLDY BREAD...HOUSE?

LET'S ALL HAVE SOME FUN....DANCE-FUNGI

THE MAD SCIENTIST.....NYA..AH..AH

 

Growing Up In Montebello, back in 76..

I WAS JUST A SIXTH GRADER..SO THAT MEANT LOT'S OF TV AND RADIO...BUT WHAT A TIME FOR MUSIC AND EVERYTHING IN GENERAL...WHERE I LIVED WAS PRETTY CENTRALIZED...I COULD GO NORTH AND I'D BE AT ATLANTIC SQUARE, THE MONTEBELLO BUS WOULD HAVE A STOP THAT WAS ON BRADSHAWE AND IT TOOK ANYONE ALL THE WAY TO THRIFTYS...SO WHAT WAS THERE? PROBABLY ONE OF THE COOLEST PLACES ON EARTH...MUSIC PLUS

VINYL...LOT'S OF VINYL...MAGAZINES, POSTERS LIGHTERS, INCENSE, PIPES, ROACH CLIPS, BUTTONS

YOU COULD WALK THAT STRETCH ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STREET AND JUST SEE BABES ALL OVER THE PLACE...
THE FEATHERED HAIR, WEARING DITTOS AND PLATFORM SHOES...MAN...JUST TO SEXY...

NEAR MY HOUSE...ONE OF THE COOLEST STORES WAS RECORD GALLERY...IN A SMALL PLAZA WHERE TACO VILLAGE IS ...HERE IS WHERE YOU COULD BY THE COOLEST MUSIC AROUND...STILL ONLY LP'S..BUT WHAT
ARTISTS...THE ISLEY BROS. BARRY WHITE, EWF, SLAVE,
TAVARES, COMMODORES, STEVIE, T.O.P., BOZ SCAGGS,
BT EXPRESS, KOOL & THE GANG (BEFORE JT ) JAMES,
PARLIAMENT, KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND, THE EMOTIONS, MAZE, THE BROTHERS JOHNSON, TO NAME A FEW...

LET'S GO EAST...CROSSING GARFIELD...THE ONE AND ONLY...RECORD GALAXY...MR. HENRY VALDES AND COMPANY...WHAT CAN I SAY? A LEGEND FOR ALL OF US...WHO DID NOT WALK INTO THAT JOINT?

LET'S GO SOUTH...LIKE SOUTHGATE...ON TWEEDY
JOHNIES TV...A GREAT GUY AND FRIEND, JESSE RAMOS
THIS DUDE ALWAYS HAD A SMILE ON HIS FACE.

DOWNTOWN WAS LOADED WITH STORES BUT THE ONE THAT GETS MY HOMAGE IS DURONS' MUSIC...ON BROADWAY...
LOT'S OF GOOD TIMES....

I HAVE TO PAY MY TRIBUTE TO RON'S..JUST THE BEST
ON MELROSE...DISCOWORLD ON VERMONT..

ONE THE BEST WAS RECORD DEPOT ON HIGHLAND

THESE WERE THE STAPLES FOR ALL

I KNOW THERE IS OTHERS SO IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE THIS TRIBUTE GO AHEAD...BUT PLEASE, DO NOT
INCLUDE ROADHOUSE, BECAUSE I'M REFFERRING TO THE STORES THAT BELEIVED IN THE MUSIC AND ONLY THE MUSIC...AND NOT...WELL...THE TRUE DISCOMITE KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE

EL SABBADEUS