Collection: Gino Soccio
Born in Montréal in 1955, Gino Soccio was renting synthesizers for his home studio by 18. His records on Celebration run from the disco of Outline in 1979 to Face To Face, where synth-pop moves in, and on to the 1984 12-inches The Scene and Turn It Around.
Gino Soccio is a Canadian disco producer, singer, songwriter, arranger and multi-instrumentalist, born September 9, 1955 in Montreal. He is of Italian descent.
Soccio began studying piano at the age of 8. By the age of 18 he had begun renting electronic keyboards and synthesizers for use in his own home studio. A producer asked him to play keyboards and write a tune for a group called [a52318. He ended up doing practically the whole LP by himself.
Soccio hit #1 on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart twice with "Dancer" / "Dance to Dance" in 1979 and "Try It Out" / "Hold Tight" in 1981, six weeks each. Soccio's third biggest hit "It's Alright"/"Look At Yourself" from his mega album "Face to Face" reached #2 for 5 weeks also on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. "Turn it around" was released as a single-only in 1984.
He also assembled and produced the disco studio group [a160611, best known for their Top 10 dance hit "Bang A Gong" / "All Right Now" in 1979. See also Kebekelektrik.
He owns a YouTube channel where he posted 3 unreleased songs during the 2000s: https://www.youtube.com/user/GinoSoccio1955
Witch Queen
G. Soccio, G.Soccio, Ginno Soccio, Soccio, Soccio, G.
Gino Soccio at Rectangle Triangle — 4 records, mostly LP, 1979–1984.
Styles in this crate: Disco, Synth-pop, Hi NRG.
Labels represented include Celebration.
These records live at the shop on Rue Atateken in Montréal; anything marked sold stays listed for reference. Every record is graded to the Goldmine standard. We ship worldwide, or you can pick up in store.
