A regular visitor to Ibiza since 1976, by August 1987 Trevor Fung was DJ-ing on the island, supplying new records to Alfredo at Amnesia, and bringing his British DJ friends over to experience the sea change that was taking place. At the same time he was leading a split existence, witnessing the birth of the Balearic movement while building on his membership of the "funk mafia" with soul/funk/hip hop/rare groove nights back in London.
This makes Trevor an ideal guide for our look at Record Mirror's final so-called "Disco" chart (it was renamed the following week), where the raw energy of hip hop and house rubbed up against the sophistication of established soul stars, rare groove samples were the order of the day, and a future hit factory was still rocking more discerning dancefloors.
To accompany this episode, you can listen to this entire Top 20 in full, or alternatively as a shorter medley of snippets.
Further listening:
* other tracks mentioned in this episode (YouTube)
* random monthly megamixes, 1975-1989
Further reading:
* James Hamilton's Dance Pages 1983-1989 (800 page hardback book)
* James Hamilton's Disco Pages 1975-1982 (550 page hardback book)
Mike Atkinson also hosts the podcast Which Decade Is Tops For Pops?
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