The Twelve Inch
The Twelve Inch (Disco/80's), Maple Mixtape 🇨🇦A disco kid and ’80s music nerd exploring the stories behind the 12-inch singles that defined disco, the ’80s and early-’90s club culture. Expect nostalgia, deep dives and a healthy dose of dry humor.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 204 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 30 hours ago |
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Jah Wobble — How Much Are They? When Post-Punk Meets Post-Disco
A few days ago, I dropped the second part of the B-side mini-series on the dance charts, in which I wrote about how Billboard got Tom Moulton to write a weekly column on the emerging discotheque scene that would soon lose the ‘theque’ part...
The Twelve Inch #231 - The B-Side : How Disco Charts Worked: Billboard, Vince Aletti and James Hamilton
The Twelve Inch 231: The Dance Charts - Part 2
Part Two: Number One, But Which Song?
Gonzalez’ Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet: The Power of a Good Remix
There are disco tracks that are so iconic that, when I start making the shortlist for this newsletter, I immediately put them on the list. No discussion needed.
I already see the broad outlines of the story I want to write: Latin influence...
The Twelve Inch #230 - The B-Side : The Dance Charts, and the Records I Didn’t Know
The Twelve Inch 230: The Dance Charts - A History
When I got my hands on a Billboard in the late seventies, usually months after publication, I knew perhaps 5 to 10% of the records on its dance chart. And I loved them! Naturally, I assumed...
Boney M: The Records I Loved But Wouldn't Be Caught Buying
I had lost it. I was absolutely sure.
It was the summer of 1979, we were about to leave on holiday, and I was frantically searching for one of my favourite cassette tapes.
At the time, you could borrow vinyl records from the local library...
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A disco-kid and 80s music nerd here to help you embrace your secret love for 70s and 80s dance music. I share the stories of artists you know and those you think you don’t. Fair warning: a dose of sarcasm, puns, and dry humor is inevitable!
Maple Mixtape is all 80s and 90s CanCon, all the time. Based in Calgary, home of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. 🎸
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