• Music
  • 25 Nov 08

Ray D'Arcy releases covers album

Ray D'Arcy releases covers album
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Not to be outdone by FM104’s Bestest Bits, Ray D’Arcy has released a collection of the “groove-tastic” covers that have graced his Today FM morning show over the past year.

In the shops now, Even Better Than The Disco Things features Eric Bibb ‘Dancing Queen’, Lisa Hannigan ‘Upside Down’, Cathy Davey ‘I Feel Love’, Director ‘Ring My Bell’, Martin Staunton & The Sharon Shannon Band ‘Superstition’, Duke Special ‘I Feel For You’, Juno Falls ‘Last Night A DJ Saved My Life’, Republic Of Loose ‘Jive Talking’, Declan O’Rourke ‘Young Hearts Run Free’, Jape ‘Hot Stuff’, Fred ‘Fame’, Jack L ‘Staying Alive’, Brian Kennedy ‘Never Can Say Goodbye’, The Blizzards ‘Temptation’, Kevin Doyle ‘Get Down On It’ and Prison Love ‘Disco Inferno’.
There’s also a bonus mix CD featuring 12 of the aforementioned reworkings.

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