Vince Aletti
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Oct 6, 2026
Mike AtkinsonHOST
It kind of took them by surprise as well.
Mike AtkinsonHOST
James Hamilton's counterpart in New York, Vince Aletti, wrote a very highly regarded weekly review column for Record World.
Mike AtkinsonHOST
Again, he picked it up as an album track and said, "It's a brilliant combination of whipped-up synthesizer.
Mike AtkinsonHOST
Compare Kraftwerk's Metal on Metal," he says, "and Donna Summer's dreamy, driven, ecstatic vocals.
Jon SavageGUEST
They actually m- ...
Jon SavageGUEST
The, um, Makes You Blind was approved of by the doyen of disco, Vince Aletti, in his Record World column.
Jon SavageGUEST
Um, what else did I want? Um-
David HepworthHOST
And then the title probably-
Mike AtkinsonHOST
July 74, James reviews the 7-inch, and he says, again featuring the 3 degrees, this rather bitty and inconsequential piece of music is unlikely to become another T.S.O.P., Poor guy only ever heard the 7-inch.
Mike AtkinsonHOST
Right, now, December 1975, Vince Aletti gets to hear MFSB live at Madison Square Garden's Felt Forum, and he gives it a write-up.
Mike AtkinsonHOST
Get your ears around this.
Mike AtkinsonHOST
Hearing that luscious, full MFSB sound live was merely great until they dipped into their classic Love is the Message and the whole audience swooned in delight.
10 MINS LATER
Mike AtkinsonHOST
Part yonk and lots less exciting.
Mike AtkinsonHOST
End of review.
Mike AtkinsonHOST
However, Vince Aletti reviews it in October 77.
Mike AtkinsonHOST
He says Thelma Houston's new single, I'm Here Again, is an obvious but thoroughly enjoyable copy of Don't Leave Me This Way, right down to the shouted baby that signals the break.
Barry WaltersGUEST
So I think that's where, uh, you know, like, the people who like Bob Dylan ended up liking Lou Reed.
Barry WaltersGUEST
And I'm not putting that down, but there were no gay out, virtually no gay out journalists, except for Vince Aletti, who ended up writing the first article about, uh, disco music before it was even called disco music.
Barry WaltersGUEST
Uh, he came out in a, in an article, uh, in Cream Magazine where, uh, that, that...
Barry WaltersGUEST
I, I learned that that was the place where you learned about people like John Waters and Patti Smith.