Best of Salsoul Records

Salsoul Records set the gold standard for New York disco in the ‘70s and ‘80s with a sound at once opulent and intimate. The string vamps, laser zaps, and jazz-fusion details of Skyy's “First Time Around” show off the style at its most sumptuous; so does Double Exposure's expansive “Ten Percent” (1976), the world's first 12-inch single. And Larry Levan's woozily funky remix of Inner Life's “Make It Last Forever” hints at the label's sultry side.