RATED 5 STARS #1 ONLY DIGITALLY REMASTERED CD AVAILABLE - GE
MOZART SCHOLAR, AUDIOPHILE & AUTHOR | SAN FRANCISCO CA & HONOLULU HI | 05/10/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"RATED 5 STARS BY DISCO MUSIC LOVERS #1 SILVER CONVENTION GREATEST HITS CD [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS 100% DIGITALLY REMASTERED]
THE SILVER CONVENTION SCORED TWO [2] #1 U.S. BILLBOARD AND GRAMMY AWARD DISCO HIT SINGLES DURING THE 1970S THAT PUMPED WITH INFECTIOUS BEATS:
*IN 1975, FLY ROBIN FLY WAS THE SILVER CONVENTION'S FIRST DISCO HIT AND SCORED 20 WEEKS AT BILLBOARD #1 AND ALSO WON THE GROUP A 1975 GRAMMY AWARD FOR BEST R&B INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE!
*IN 1976, GET UP AND BOOGIE (THAT'S RIGHT) WAS THE SILVER CONVENTION'S SECOND DISCO HIT AND SCORED 18 WEEKS AT BILLBOARD #1 AND ALSO WON THE GROUP A 1976 GRAMMY AWARD FOR BEST R&B INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE!
THIS CD GET UP AND BOOGIE GREATEST HITS SILVER CONVENTION THEIR IS THE ONLY DIGITALLY REMASTERED CD AVAILABLE WITH THREE SILVER CONVENTION TOP THREE [3] DISCO HITS - GET UP AND BOOGIE, FLY ROBIN FLY, AND SAVE ME!
SILVER CONVENTION WAS EXTREMELY POPULAR AMONG GERMAN, BRITISH, DUTCH, FRENCH, SPANISH, AND ITALIAN DISCO ENTHUSIASTS. ONLY A FEW OF THIS CD'S SONGS WERE MAJOR RADIO HITS IN THE U.S.A. BECAUSE THE SILVER CONVENTION WAS MORE POPULAR IN WESTERN EUROPE. NEVERTHELESS, GET UP AND BOOGIE WITH SILVER CONVENTION THEIR GREATEST HITS SONGS RECEIVED A LOT OF EXPOSURE IN U.S. DISCO DANCE CLUBS THE 1970S!
ABOUT THE SILVER CONVENTION
THE SILVER CONVENTION WAS A 1970S GERMAN DISCO GROUP ORIGINALLY NAMED "SILVER BIRD CONVENTION". IN JANUARY 1974, SILVER CONVENTION WAS CREATED IN MUNICH BY FAMED MUSIC PRODUCERS/SONGWRITERS SYLVESTER LEVAY AND MICHAEL KUNZE.
REPLACING SILVER CONVENTION'S FIRST TWO ORIGINAL STUDIO FEMALE VOCALISTS IN MARCH 1974, LEVAY AND KUNZE RECRUITED THREE GERMAN FEMALE VOCALISTS FOR THEIR SECOND GENERATION SILVER CONVENTION WITH LINDA THOMPSON, PENNY MCLEAN, AND RAMONA.
AFTER SCORING A UK #1 DISCO HIT IN 1975 WITH SAVE ME, THE SECOND GENERATION SILVER CONVENTION ACHIEVED TRANSATLANTIC TOP 10 BILLBOARD DISCO SUCCESS WITH THE INFECTIOUS FLY ROBIN FLY AND GET UP AND BOOGIE (THAT'S RIGHT), TWO OF THE MOST DISTINCTIVE 1970S DISCO HITS.
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