The Twelve Inch

The Twelve Inch

🧹 Let’s Clean Up The Ghetto, The Philly Soul Classic That Somehow Became a Benelux Phenomenon (and nowhere else)

The Twelve Inch 212 - The A Side (Extended) : Let's Clean Up The Ghetto (the Philadelphia All-Stars)

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The Twelve Inch (Disco/80s)
May 15, 2026
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A forgotten chart mystery with one of the greatest bass lines in disco history

Researching The Twelve Inch sometimes delivers genuine surprises. This week gave me one of the biggest so far. I was absolutely convinced that this week’s song had been a worldwide Top 10 hit in 1977. The moment I started assembling the shortlist for this first batch of episod…

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