Born Donna Gaines, to a church-going family in the Mission Hill section of Boston, Summer took her name from Helmut Sommer, whom she married while living in Munich, Germany as a member of a travelling cast of Hair. Italian electro-pop arranger Giorgio Moroder met her, and in 1975 they recorded "Love to Love You Baby," a 16-minute, riff-driven update of Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg's version of "Je t'aime...moi non plus." But Summer, as it turned out, had a sturdiness quite different from Birkin's short bursts of this and that, and a flair for kitschy show tunes and overproduced slickness, both of which ideally complimented the transparent impersonality of Moroder's electronic rhythms. She and Moroder created entire sub-genres of disco, and there was no stopping them until Summer stopped herself.
Beginning with 1980's The Wanderer (except for the title song) she began to sing exactly the kind of pop/rock material her daring impressionism had fought against. She tried to become a pop singer; and when, as in She Works Hard for the Money, she drew upon gospel styles, she was listened to. But during the '70s, she wasn't merely listened to, she was a leader. Today Summer tries to catch up, sadly, with a generation whose greatest aesthetic achievement was to catch up with her. -- Michael Freedberg

DONNA SUMMER Breakaway (UK 3 track 12") £8.95
DONNA SUMMER Love To Love You Baby (US 2 track 12" 33 1/3 A side 16.50 p/s) £10.95
DONNA SUMMER Melody Of Love (UK 5 track 12"MERX418) £8.95
DONNA SUMMER Love Is In Control (UK 2 track 12"K99163) £8.95
DONNA SUMMER Never Lose Your Sense Of Hu (UK 2 track 12"NBL1002) £8.95
DONNA SUMMER Unconditional Love (UK 3 track 12"DONNA212) £8.95
DONNA SUMMER Another Place And Time (UK Vinyl LP) £8.95
DONNA SUMMER On The Radio (UK 2 track 12" die/cut sleeve) £8.95
DONNA SUMMER A Love Trilogy (UK Vinyl LP) £8.95
DONNA SUMMER She Works Hard For The Mone (US LP MERL21) £8.95
DONNA SUMMER Stop,Look & Listen (UK 2 track 12") £8.95
DONNA SUMMER The Best Of (German LP) £12.00
DONNA SUMMER Mistaken Identity (US LP) £8.95
DONNA SUMMER All Systems Go (German LP) £10.00
DONNA SUMMER I Don't Wanna Get Hurt (US 3 track 12" die/cut sleeve) £10.95
DONNA SUMMER Sunset People (UK 2 track 12" die/cut sleeve) £8.95
DONNA SUMMER Work That magic (UK 3 track 12") £8.95
DONNA SUMMER & BARBRA STREISAND No More Tears (Original UK single 1979, CAN 174) £2.95
DONNA SUMMER Last Dance (UK 2 track 12" die/cut sleeve) £8.95
DONNA SUMMER The Box (US 3LP Boxed Set £15.00
DONNA SUMMER Once Upon A Time (Original UK single 1977, CAN 122) £2.95
DONNA SUMMER Love's About To Change My H (Promo UK p/s single 1989, U7494) £4.95
DONNA SUMMER State Of Independence (UK 3 track 12") £8.95
DONNA SUMMER This Time I Know It's For R (UK 3 track 12") £8.95
DONNA SUMMER When Love Takes Over You (UK 3 track 12") £8.95
DONNA SUMMER Love Has A Mind Of Its Own (UK 3 track 12") £8.95
DONNA SUMMER The Woman In Me (UK 3 track blue vinyl 12"clear  stickered sleeve £8.95
DONNA SUMMER Once Upon A Time (UK double LP) £12.00
DONNA SUMMER Love To Love You Baby (US LP) £8.05
DONNA SUMMER She Works Hard For The Mone (UK 2 track 12") £8.95
DONNA SUMMER Four Seasons Of Love (UK Vinyl LP) £8.95
DONNA SUMMER I Remember Yesterday (UK Vinyl LP) £8.95
DONNA SUMMER Love's About To Change My H (US LP) £12.00
DONNA SUMMER I feel Love (UK 4 track 12") £8.95
DONNA SUMMER Supernatural love (UK 2 track 12") £8.95
DONNA SUMMER All Systems Go (UK 3 track 12"U8122T) £8.95
DONNA SUMMER Bad Girls (UK double LP) £14.00
DONNA SUMMER Bad Girls (UK 2 track 12"CANL155) £8.95
DONNA SUMMER I Feel Love (UK 2 trk 7",feel7,1982) £4.95
DONNA SUMMER Breakaway (US 3 track 12" 33 1/3 promo die/cut white sleeve) £10.95
DONNA SUMMER & GIORGIO MORODER Almighty (UK 6 mix CDS,cdalmy120) £4.95
DONNA SUMMER Dinner With Gershwin (UK 3 trk 12" p/s,U8237T) £8.95
DONNA SUMMER Down Deep (UK 2 trk 7" ,CAN111,1977) £4.95
DONNA SUMMER Down Deep Inside (UK 2 trk 7",CAN111,1977) £4.95
DONNA SUMMER Down Deep Inside (UK 2 trk 7",CAN111) £4.95
DONNA SUMMER Love Has A Mind Of Ot's Own (UK 2 trk 7" p/s,donna4) £4.95
DONNA SUMMER Macarthur Park (UK 2 trk 7" co slve,CAN131) £4.95
DONNA SUMMER Love Is In Control (UK 2 trk 7" p/s,K79302) £4.95
DONNA SUMMER Hot Stuff (UK 2 trk 7",CAN151,1979) £4.95
DONNA SUMMER The State Of Independence (UK 2trk 7" p/s,k79344) £4.95
DONNA SUMMER Stop Look & Listen (UK 2 trk 7" p/s,donna3) £4.95
DONNA SUMMER When Love Takes Over You (UK 2 trk 12" p/s,U736IT) £8.95
DONNA SUMMER Four Seasons OF Love (UK 5trk p/s LP,GTLP018) £8.95
DONNA SUMMER This Time I Know It's For R (UK 3trk 12" p/s,U7780T) £8.95
DONNA SUMMER Once Upon A Time (UK 2X g/f LP,CALD5003) £8.95
DONNA SUMMER Once Upon A Time (UK 2X g/f LP,cald5003) £8.95
DONNA SUMMER She Works Hard For The… (UK 2 trk 7" p/s,donna1) £4.95
DONNA SUMMER Dinner With Gershwin (Original UK 7" p/s single 1987) £2.95
DONNA SUMMER When love Cries (US 4 track 12" 33 1/3 promo die/cut white sleeve) £10.95
DONNA SUMMER Love's About To Change My H (UK 3 track 12") £8.95
DONNA SUMMER Greatest Hits On The Radio  (Dutch double LP) £14.00
DONNA SUMMER Down Deep Inside (Original UK 7" single 1977, CAN 111) £3.95
DONNA SUMMER Macarthur Park (UK 2 trk 7"co slve,CAN131,1978) £2.95
DONNA SUMMER Love To Love You Baby (UK 2 trk 7" co slve,GT17,1975) £4.95
DONNA SUMMER Love's Unkind (UK Old Gold Re-issue 7" single 1977,OG9565) £2.95
DONNA SUMMER Dinner With Gershwin (Original UK 7" p/s,U8237) £4.95
DONNA SUMMER Macarthur Park (Original UK 7" single 1978) £2.95
DONNA SUMMER Dinner With Gershwin (UK 2 trk 7" p/s,U8237) £4.95
DONNA SUMMER This Time It's For Real (Original UK 7" p/s single 1989) £3.95
DONNA SUMMER This Time I Know It's For.. (UK 7" p/s single,U7780) £3.95
DONNA SUMMER State Of Independence (UK 3 trk CDS reissue,U28557CD) £4.95
DONNA SUMMER Unconditional Love (UK 3trk 12" p/s,DONNA212) £8.95
DONNA SUMMER Down Deep (UK 2 trk 7" ,CAN111,1977) £4.95
DONNA SUMMER I Feel Love (Original UK 7" single 1977) £3.95
DONNA SUMMER & BARBARA STREISAND No More Tears (Enough Is En (UK 2 track 12" a side both b side Streisand-Wet) £8.95
DONNA SUMMER & GEORGIO MORODER Carry On (US 4 track 12" die cut stickered sleeve) £10.95