I was all set for my next set to focus on Arthur Russell, but then got, um, distracted by Demis Roussos’ club cover of Mammy Blue that somehow lost an M in translation. Also of note is Sue Ann, who is Minneapolis’ Sue Ann Carwell. I learned not long ago that Warner Bros. teamed her with Prince somewhere between For You and the second album. Those tracks have yet to see the light of day, however Warner Bros. did spring for Donna Summer’s proven winners—Keith Forsey and Pete Bellotte—to spearhead Carwell’s album debut. Liquid Pleasure managed to produce a mere disco 45, but what a killer track it is. I’m surprised it isn’t better known. Tourist Raffaella Carrá is quite the fish out of water in California (a track that really resonates with me as I have been tripping of late to Spark’s brilliant The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman—really, has there ever been a more under-rated band?). I had no idea that Hedwig and the Angry Inch had been reduced to a pumping house anthem until I found this cheap and decided to give it a whirl. Yikes. This kind of pumping, Aryan dance floor techno fodder has never been my cup of tea, but this totally is in on the joke, I think. Imagine a floor filled with crystal meth pumped M(a)DMA(en) writhing to this, oblivious to everything, especially the irony.

L’unica Chance—Adriano Celentano ’73 ^ Stop Bajon—Tullio de Piscopo ’83 ^ All Night Long—B.B. & Band ’82 ^ Mamy Blue—Demis Roussos ’89 ^ My Baby My—Sue Ann ’81 ^ Let’s Share Love—D.D. Sound ’77 Take a Little—Liquid Pleasure ’76 ^ What Can I Do to Satisfy Your Love?—Gary Sharkey ’79 ^ Mar de la Tranquilidad—Azul Y Negro ’81 ^ Maybe This Time—Norma Lewis ’83 ^ D-Train’s Down Town Master Mix—D-Train ’85 ^ California—Raffaella Carrá ’78 ^ Angry Inch (Club Mix)—Hedwig & the Angry Inch ’99