2lps compil: HITS + POP CORN

2lps compil: HITS + POP CORN

1. Album: "HITS" by System Disco

2. Album: "POP CORN" (Song's Parade Series)

1. Album: "HITS" by System Disco

Artist/Performer: Credited as "Love and Music" (likely a studio session group created for this release).

Label: System Disco / Imago.

Catalog Number: SD 560.

Country: France.

Estimated Date: Late 1980 or 1981.

Reasoning: The track list includes "Master Blaster" (Stevie Wonder, Sept 1980), "The Winner Takes It All" (ABBA, July 1980), and "Amoureux Solitaires" (Lio, 1980).

Genre: Disco / Pop / Synth-pop covers.

Production Details:

Production: System DISCO.

Realization: J. Plancq.

Recording: Studio Swen.

Arrangements: C. Lerouge.

Tracklist Highlights (Covers of):

Amoureux Solitaires (originally by Lio).

Master Blaster (originally by Stevie Wonder).

Baggy Trousers (originally by Madness).

Xanadu (originally by Olivia Newton-John & ELO).

Upside Down (originally by Diana Ross).

2. Album: "POP CORN" (Song's Parade Series)

Label: Les Tréteaux.

Catalog Number: 6055.

Country: France (Address listed: Villeneuve la Garenne).

Estimated Date: Circa 1972–1973.

Reasoning: The track selection is heavily centered on 1972 hits. "Qui Saura" (Mike Brant) came out in 1972. The track "Il était une fois la révolution" refers to the Ennio Morricone score for Duck, You Sucker! (1971), popular in '72.

Genre: Instrumental / Easy Listening / French Pop varieties.

Subtitle: "The Music Sweepers" (This might be the name of the house orchestra).

Production Details:

Distributed by "Les Tréteaux".

Marked as "Mono Stereo" (playable on both).

Tracklist Highlights:

Pop Corn (The famous synth instrumental, originally by Gershon Kingsley, made famous by Hot Butter in 1972).

Il Était Une Fois... La Révolution (Ennio Morricone theme).

Viens A La Maison (Claude François cover).

Qui Saura (Mike Brant cover).

My Reason (Demis Roussos cover).

Collector's Context

These records are often called "Sound-alikes" or "Exploitation albums."