Italian Disco Stories

Italian Disco Stories

Into the disco universe of Baby Records.

The legendary Italian record label made pop, disco, electronic and italo disco history.

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Disco Bambino & Angelica Frey
May 07, 2024
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If there is a label that produced a sound that became the melodic representation of 1980s Europe as a whole, that has to be Milan’s own Baby Records.  While far from being avant garde or particularly high brow, Baby Records came at the right time at the right place, just when disco started gaining popularity, and when stodgier singers were looking to reinvent themselves. No other label did what they did: they were perhaps the only ones who managed to produce records that were played both in discotheques and at Sanremo music festivals. 

Baby Records was, by all means, a crossover label. It hosted 1960s stars in need of a second act, Italo Disco acts, Italo schlager productions, and even children’s music. These include  Den Harrow, Gazebo, Albert One, La Bionda, Pino Presti, K.I.D., Spargo, DD Sound, Gepy & Gepy, Kimera, Stephen Schlaks, Santo California, Al Bano & Romina Power, Ricchi e Poveri, Dario Farina and the baroque switched-on-disco act  Rondò Veneziano. The label had quite a un…

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