Al Downing - I'll Be Holding On (Tom Moulton Mix)

[@corradosorbi5130]

I was crazy for this song that we danced to in the disco in the70s❤❤❤

[@JamesT65]

The best version, the bass line is magic

[@audleycarter3560]

This sounds new everytime. Just love this genre.

[@GeorgeRother]

I still LOVE disco after all these years and, yes, I am straight! This song was on one of the first record albums that I owned in 1977. It was called Disco Mania and it also featured Helplessly (Moment of Truth), What A Diffreence A Day Makes (Esther Phillips) and Love Rollercoaster (Ohio PLayers). That's the good stuff, oh yeah!!!!

[@derekincambs5165]

I think the reason for the banjo sound inclusion was because Al Downing was best known as a country and Western Singer. So it seems he wanted some hint of that genre on this soul track. I have no idea why he crossed over but glad he did. For this is an awesome track.

[@stevenquinn4641]

The very beginning of Disco R&B was crossing over This was before everyone found out about it A beautiful diverse world in NYC clubs We created our own reality This brings it all back

[@louisgonzalez8846]

You couldn't hv expressed It more lucidly!!! So glad we Were young and careless Back then!!! Would not trade those memories for Any amount of years taken off from my history. Would hate to be young nowadays.

[@Briangibson7825]

This is crossover which ever way you slice it...Purely soulfully superb.

[@ashratempel5094]

Masterpiece never gets old.

[@johnbarrett7611]

Banjo on a Disco track . Love it .

[@julianwasilowski7495]

+John Barrett - you know John, I thought it was me imagining things. I had to replay it a couple of times. I think it's a straight guitar at first then changes to banjo

[@ptownfreddy]

Berry Gordy or Jeffrey Bowen or whoever produced Bonnie Pointer's later disco hits must have remembered the banjo. And thus record is so good that I, having hit the dance floor in 1982, can try to project back to a packed floor in 1974. I bet many a DJ dropped the sound so that the floor could scream "I'll keep holding ON!"

[@grahamd5418]

As Al Downing was a country and western singer. I guess the banjo was a reminder of his main musical genre.

[@jakko6467]

Awesome banjo solo...BOOMSHOT!!!!!

[@djjoeymay]

It is most certainly disco, derek1241! Early disco, still flavored with soul/r&b, like the o'jays, harold melvin w/teddy pendergrass, etc... Early 70's, enjoy! Disco in its infancy. Peace.

[@eduardodomingos6775]

Maravilhosa esta música 👏🏻👏🏻

[@paulnice100]

Hey, just one of the bestest guys! Paul Malta

[@Briangibson7825]

What a 'Kin track! Ktf....Gibby

Both the first 12" and the first remix ever. A legend.

[@RK-um9tu]

It was the first 10 inch single. South Shore Commission's "Free Man" was the first 12 inch single

[@markhabersham4153]

​@@RK-um9tu I don't know if this was the first 10" record - a la Sunshine Sound acetate - which was only good for a limited amount of plays because an acetate deteriorates badly in sound quality every time you play it (unlike a normal vinyl record) and Sunshine had been around before the Al Downing record.....if you are talking about the first RETAIL 12" in the stores it was Ten Percent by Double Exposure on SALSOUL records , in the stores.....Free Man by the South Shore Commission was a SCEPTER records DJ Promo 12" never available commercially , rarely in the stores , very hard to get.....the 45 & the lp were for sale.....this Tom Moulton (?) offering of Al Downings "I'll Be Holding On" sounds WAY BETTER than the CHESS 45 which although it is a Disco Mix it is poorly & unevenly recorded.....if this Tom Moulton version was really indeed done by him what's with the skip in the sound and from 4:20 to the end there is total silence......odd.........

[@joejordan1259]

Good picture for the LA Dodgers also very good singer.

[@RonAlbaneseEntertainment]

This is SO good! Your upload also sounds great!

[@JamesT65]

first class disco track, sounds awesome on my deck.....

[@loucollado1261]

Classic! what's with the bad splice at timecode 1:28 ?

[@markhabersham4153]

Good question , sounds like a skip

[@discovery781]

in the mid 70s there was a fine line between disco and soul;

[@grahamd5418]

Untill the Bee Gees ruined it.

[@11dsw]

@@grahamd5418 ....Ruined...What ?...no !

[@11dsw]

Both sub-genres of R&B...disco was a “mutt” of several genres....awesome it was in the beginning.

[@rickmundo2502]

Definately a soul groove.

[@AFairyTaleHigh]

Great memories of the Raspberry Freeze in the Village!!

[@derekincambs5165]

The reason for the banjo is because Al Downing is predominantly a Country and Western artist.

[@josenunesdesousafilho5158]

Me lembro quando adolescente brincando na rua ouvia essa música no rádio

[@luissilva5804]

Que tempo bom não é? Só saudades!!!

[@knockshinnoch1950]

This is one of the very first disco records, from 1974, the producer Tony Biogiovi was the cousin of rock star John Bon Jovi

[@louisgonzalez8846]

Thank you for sharing (re: The cousin). Two worlds apart huh????

[@jmorrison1966]

He did!! Actually, it was the first ever 12" single (which Tom Moulton invented)

[@discovery781]

it certainly is a disco track----there aalways a fine line between disco and soul in the 70s--maybe you don't remember

[@soraiaoliveira9820]

Parou porquê???😣

[@fabioavelino5005]

1975

[@discovery781]

@MovieGuy247com wasnt it a shame, back in the day, you were assumed gay because you liked disco? i remember it well, and the funny thing was, i am gay

[@fredscali4156]

I doubt Tom Moulton has made this version of garbage.