VA- Ultra High Frequencies: The Chicago Party

Label: Numero

Released 2015

For 23 straight Saturday nights of 1982, The Chicago Party dance show assaulted Chicagoland UHF eyeballs with Spandex, Southside fly guys, tender tenderonies, magicians, contortionists, prismatic video gimmickry, and lip-synched singles by a rising regime of local post-disco casualties. Unfettered nightlife and outlandish humor poured out of oddball outpost The CopHerBox II and onto TV screens, presented here as a 100 minute video mixtape on DVD. Its companion compilation features five previously unreleased tracks, joined by music culled from a trove of self-released 45s and small-time 12"s. Die-cut cathode-ray jacket and six in-package stills put the Party at your fingertips. Available on CD or 2xLP, each edition of Ultra-High Frequencies: The Chicago Party will arrive in one of six cover configurations, all of which are interchangeable via printed inner sleeves and enclosed booklet. For fans of electronic soul with a public access aesthetic, Ultra-High Frequencies: The Chicago Party is the place to be. Repress Editions (2024 and later) do not include the DVD but you can stream the entire DVD on YouTube.

Track listing:

1. Jesus Wayne - The Chicago Party Theme
2. Magnum Force - Girl You're Too Cool
3. Donnell Pitman - Love Explosion
4. Jesus Wayne - Rush
5. Yvonne Gage - Garden of Eve
6. Rahmlee - Think 
7. Central Power System - Master's Plan
8. Donnell Pitman - Burning Up
9. Closencounter - Let Yourself Go
10. Universal Togetherness Band - Pull Up
11. MC2 - Blow Me Away
12. Keni Rightout - Another Day
13. IND - Into New Dimensions
14. Ken Allison - Freedom (Sweet) Freedom
15. New Testament Band - Say Yes
16. Harvey-Allison Experience - This Is Our Love Story