"LIGHT TOUCHES" has so far cooked up everything from obscure Afro and Brazilian cuts to disco in youthful, killer fashion, but this time it takes on '70s US disco head-on. First up is a 1978 cut by female chorus outfit SOFTOUCH — whose ranks included CANDI of MARY JANE GIRLS — "Be My Fortune Teller," a hidden gem of disco funk with addictive, acid-tinged freewheeling bass playing and killer shouts dropping in out of nowhere. On the flip, CROWN HEIGHTS AFFAIR, who stood right at the center of the '70s NY disco scene: the psychedelic funk groover "Foxy Lady" with its powerfully blaring brass, and "I Am Me," whose pumping, nasal, comical vocal delivery is seriously habit-forming. This time the edits come not from PASSENGER but from FRAWL and BLACKOUT, Irish underground heroes and the founders/residents of Limerick's celebrated party "Backwards"! As always, no repress — first come, first served. (Original Japanese text by Akie)