It’s safe to say that I love French disco from the 1970’s, you know before France went “banger”. This region produced some of disco music’s best producers and writers, for example Cerrone, Don Ray, and Alec R. Costandinos to name a few. The music that was being produced by these artists was some of disco’s best and most break through releases, including Cerrone’s Love in C Minor, Sumeria’s Golden Tears, and Don Ray’s Garden of Love. Another French disco record that I’ve been getting into lately has been Crystal Grass’s 1974 LP Crystal world. This record, which is highlighted by the classic title track, “Crystal World”, contains that classic “French disco” sound that thrived during this period. The rest of the record doesn’t quite match the energy of “Crystal World”, however is still very solid. The record was co-written by none other than Alec R. Costandinos (Who Else?) and arranged by Don Ray, who seemed to arrange every disco record from this region at this time. Another solid release from a region that was just pumping out the disco hit’s during the 1970’s.

Crystal Grass - Crystal World