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31 januari 2024

Massada - Live [2LP] (1980)

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"Massada Live" is een van de beste live-albums van Nederlandse bodem. Prima muziek door getalenteerde muzikanten.
Sommige nummers hier vind ik sterker dan de studio-uitvoeringen, en zo hoort dat ook eigenlijk met een live-album. De hits Dansa (don't quit dancing) en Unknown destination klinken hier speelser en gevarieerder en ook Sageru, van oudsher een live-favoriet, komt hier beter uit de verf dan in de wat onderkoelde en matig geproduceerde studio-versie.
De sfeer is vooral opgewekt en energiek, met afsluiter sageru als een van de hoogtepunten.
'Arumbai' is een uitzondering, het enige nummer geschreven door chris latul en wat mij betreft ook het op een na beste nummer [hoewel hier met electrische gitaar gespeeld terwijl het orgineel (semi-)acoustisch lekkerder vind]. hadden ze maar meer van dat soort nummers gemaakt...
'Impulse Of Rhythm/there is no time to return', 19:20 minuten lang, is voor mij het boeiendst. helemaal instrumentaal, zonder dat het een showoff wordt van kijk ons een goeie muzikanten zijn (wat je bij lange nummers nog wel eens hebt in de symfonische of jazz hoek). spannend, speels, fanatasierijk.

samengevat:
arumbai: het gevoeligste
sageru: het energiekste
impulse of rhythm/there is no time to return: het boeiendste

nog een pluspunt: met zorg gemaakte live-registratie, zowel de muzikanten spelen lekker en ook de technici hebben het lekker opgenomen met een lekkere stereobeeld met veel microfoons, wat zeker met veel percussie erg lekker is (vooral hoofdtelefoon is een aanrader).


Tracklist

A1. Tumbu - 1:50
A2. Akar Bahar - 4:56
A3. Dansa (Don't Quite Dancing) - 5:46
A4. I Never Had A Love Like This Before - 6:22

B1. Arumbai - 4:34
B2. Mother Of My Origin/Ibu Dari Adzal-Ku - 5:47
B3. Unknown Destination - 8:56

C1. Impulse Of Rhythm - 3:45
C2. There Is No Time To Return - 15:35

D1. Fathers Within One Father - 4:38
D2. Discrime - 3:49
D3. Feelin' Lonely - 6:39
D4. Sageru - 3:45


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Credits
Notes
Released: 1980
Format:  2LP
Genre:  Latin Jazz, Fusion
Tijdsduur: 1:16:07
Label:  Kendari Records


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Chic - Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic - Chic's Greatest Hits (1979)

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Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits, also known as The Best of Chic, is a greatest hits album by the American R&B band Chic, released on Atlantic Records in late 1979. 

It includes the biggest hits from their first three albums: Chic (1977), C'est Chic (1978) and Risqué (1979).

Chic infused a production savvy, an elegance, and a rockish, full-bodied nature that informed all of the dance essentials on this late-1979 greatest-hits set. 
Taking tracks from their three albums from 1977-1979 does sound a little confining, but Greatest Hits more than works and shows the strides the band effortlessly made. 
The group's first single, "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)," possesses the class and propulsive nature of prime dance music, with Bernard Edwards' basslines and Nile Rodgers' rhythm guitar giving the band its singular sound. 
Divorced from the '20s holdover kitsch of megaphones and "yowsahs," the ebullient "Everybody Dance" put them in a more contemporary setting, if not slightly ahead of the times. 
Greatest Hits doesn't trouble itself with getting earlier essentials from the band like "Falling in Love With You" or "Est-Ce Que C'est Chic," and squarely sets its sights on the most successful singles. The entries from C'est Chic include the moody and insistent "I Want Your Love" and the five-million-selling "Le Freak," which features the wry interplay between Edwards, Rodgers, and drummer Tony Thompson. 
Greatest Hits takes the sure shots from Risqué, the phenomenal "My Feet Keep Dancing" and the brilliant and sly "Good Times." In many respects this greatest-hits set, while rock-solid, also ended the Chic commercial era a few years before its time. 
In fact, this compilation, with its great cover and song selection, might be preferred to the subsequent overviews.

All tracks produced and written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, except "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" co-written by Kenny Lehman.


Track listing

A1.  Le Freak (7" Edit) - 3:30
A2.  I Want Your Love (7" Edit) - 3:28
A3.  Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) (7" Edit) - 3:40
A4.  Everybody Dance" (12" Mix) Chic 8:25

B1.  Chic Cheer - 4:42
B2.  Good Times (12" Mix) - 8:13
B3.  My Feet Keep Dancing - 6:46


Personnel


Production
  • Bernard Edwards - producer for Chic Organization Ltd.
  • Nile Rodgers - producer for Chic Organization Ltd.
  • Kenny Lehman - co-producer (track A4)
  • Jackson Schwartz - engineer
  • Jeff Hendrickson - engineer
  • Jim Galante - engineer
  • Peter Robbins - engineer
  • Ray Willard - engineer
  • Burt Szerlip - engineer
  • Dennis King - mastering
  • All songs recorded and mixed at Power Station in New York. Mastered at Atlantic Studios, N.Y.

Notes
Released:  December 1979 
Recorded: 1977–79 
Genre:  Disco, funk
Length:  38:44 
Producer(s):  Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards
Label:  Atlantic Records


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Meco - Meco Plays The Wizard of Oz (1978)

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Meco Plays The Wizard of Oz is a studio album that was released in 1978. The album sold around 400,000 copies.

How could a review of this LP not first include that word? For fans of Meco, this is a stunning find. 
Most people will know of his disco take on the George Lucas and John Williams universe of Star Wars & Other Galactic Funk. The first single from that album went to number one and was followed by takes on super heroes (Superman) and other sci-fi (Close Encounters of the Third Kind). 
Few know that he also did a disco version of this famous 1939 film. The album is gloriously ridiculous! Meco puts the merry back into the Merry Old Land of Oz. 
It sounds very similar to his Star Wars work but with even more Donna Summer cheese thrown in for good measure. 
Released in 1978 by Millennium Records, The Wizard of Oz also features Harold Wheeler and, amazingly, Meco's Cantina Band. Standout tracks include "Cyclone," "Munchkinland," "Poppies," and, of course "Over the Rainbow." 
What am I talking about? 
It's the Wizard of Oz done in a disco style! Every track is hilarious. Of course by the reprise of "Over the Rainbow" most people over the age of ten will be sick of this experiment. 
But that is an important strength of Meco's work. It is meant for the young and young at heart. 
Wizard of Oz is a great record for kids, and parents bemoan the lack of good children's records all the time. 
So go to the used record store and track down some Meco. Star Wars & Other Galactic Funk may always be the best place to start. But this album get my vote for Meco purchase number two. Oh, "Optimistic Voices" is great too. 
It is a real shame that this record does not sync up to the film the way Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon does. That is a missed opportunity for genius. Oh, and "If I Were King of the Forest" is great. Ah the 1970s...


Track listing

  1. "Over the Rainbow"  (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - (1:58)
  2. "Cyclone"  (George Bassman, Herbert Stohart, George Stoll) - (3:43)
  3. "Munchkinland" - (1:19)
  4. "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead"  (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - (2:00)
  5. "We're Off to See the Wizard" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - (3:32)
  6. "Poppies" - 1:05
  7. "The Spell" - 1:49
  8. "Optimistic Voices" - 1:30
  9. "The Merry Old Land Of Oz" - 1:14
  10. "The Haunted Forest"  (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - (1:22)
  11. "March of the Winkies"  (Herbert Stohart) - (1:20)
  12. "Dorothy's Rescue"  (Herbert Stohart) - (1:11)
  13. "If I Were King of the Forest" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - (0:57)
  14. "Over The Rainbow" - 1:02
  15. "The Reprise: Delirious Escape/Over The Rainbow/Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead/Munchkinland"  (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - (3:17)


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Credits

Notes
Released: 1978 
Genre:  Disco Tribute album, Novelty, Instrumental Pop 
Length: 17:53 
Producer(s): Meco, Tony Bongiovi, Harold Wheeler 
Label:  Millennium Records / RCA 

 

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13 januari 2024

The Moments - The Moments On Top (1971)

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The Moments’ On Top is a perfect example of symphonic soul. 
Amongst true heads, this is considered the most valuable of all their albums; an original copy of this LP, if you can find one, starts at around $75. 

Alongside contemporaneous acts from the early 70s - The Chi-lites, The Stylistics, The Delfonics, The Futures, Blue Magic and The Main Ingredient - The Moments exuded all that was compelling about deep, harmony-drenched, string-laden soul.
The standout here is undoubtedly "To You With Love", a floating, tender ballad sung by Harry Ray that features the group’s patented handclap-tambourine combo, sweetly repetitive strings, serene guitar and gentle piano. 
It was famously sampled by J Dilla for “Last Donut Of The Night” - the gut-wrenching finale to his seminal Donuts.
Listening to The Moments albums I have, it has come to my conclusion that a greatest hits collection is all you need.
The album here is nice, and quite frankly, every Moments song sounds the same, but good soul is timeless, and what you have here is good standard soul of the era.
Nothing out of the park phenomenal, just good harmonies and soft singing throughout.
Yet still, this is the last record you want to reach for to set a mood…outside of the opener there are no real bangers here.


A1.  All I Have - 4:00
A2.  I Can't Help It - 3:10
A3.  To You With Love - 3:03
A4.  That's How It Feels - 4:00

B1.  Lucky Me - 3:08
B2.  I Lost One Bird in the Hand (While Reaching for Two in the Bush) - 4:00
B3.  Sweeter as the Days Go By - 4:08
B4.  The Ice Is Melting - 3:08
B5.  Candy Shack - 3:09


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Credits

Notes
Released: 1971 
Genre:  Funk / Soul 
Length: 33:22
Label:  Stang Records 


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9 januari 2024

Perfect Strangers - Protected in America (1986)

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This set of Strangers congregated in Jackson, MS, and constituted something of a precursor supergroup for yours truly. 
Granted, it's unlikely you'd be familiar with any of the members or the other acts they were associated with. 
Not long after this record was issued  bassist Fritz Martin and percussion basher Chris Hall would compose two thirds of Square Root of Now, while guitarist, backing vocalist Scott Coopwood would eventually make another band we've covered before, Yazoo Beach his claim to fame, relatively speaking. 
The arguable fulcrum of the band, mouthpiece Kris Wilkinson has few outside affiliations, but does a bang-up job on this short but sweet ten-song platter.  
Her cool vocal hues on Protected in America's commencing salvo, "Small Towns" sit atop Coopwood's icy, ringing arpeggios a la Martha and the Muffins timeless "Echo Beach," emanating a flawless and inviting pairing.  
A similar sonic template courses through bittersweet post-punk traipses like "The Storm," the title cut, and the keyboard-inflected "2 Steps Back," the latter of these approximating a more benign variation on what Siouxsie and the Banshees were attempting just a few years prior.  Ultimately, P/S's modus operandi sat a few rungs shy of conventional new wave, but wielded a textured, noir edge that would've likely dissuaded mainstream FM playlists. 
Side A is near-perfect and a sheer delight on repeat listens.  

A little further in "I Live For You" finagles with a poppier underbelly, the subdued, ballad-esque "Treasure is Kept" falters slightly, but Perfect Strangers regain their footing with a vengeance on the melancholic finale, "Shelter."  
Not to belabor the point, the Strangers mesh of chiming guitars and vaguely downcast vocals make for a compelling and alluring combination just about anywhere the needle lands on Protected... As for the tie-ins I mentioned, I just featured a Square Root of Now single last night, and I'd be remiss if I failed to point out that Tim Lee of the Windbreakers sings and plays on "Treasure is Kept." 
Perhaps not a carpet-to-carpet masterpiece, Protected in America is still more than ovation worthy, and might be the most enticing LP I've unleashed in '23...so enjoy. 


1.  Small Towns
2.  The Storm
3.  Protected in America
4.  Another Faith
5.  2 Steps Back
6.  Majority Rules
7.  I Live For You
8.  The Treasure is Kept
9.  Halloween
10.  Shelter


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8 januari 2024

Timothy B. Schmit - Day by Day (2022)

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An icon of American music since the early 1970s, Timothy B. Schmit has spent the past half – century in a creative whirl, blurring the lines between rock & roll, blue – eyed soul, California country, and folk. 

From his long run with the Eagles (who showcased his lead vocals on hit songs like “I Can’t Tell You Why” and “Love Will Keep Us Alive”) to his work with Poco, Crosby Stills & Nash, and Steely Dan, the California native has more than earned his spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (he was inducted in 1998 with the Eagles). 
Of course, that doesn’t mean he’s stopped breaking new ground. “I’ve had a great ride,” says the bassist , singer and songwriter, “and I’m still hungry.” 
Day By Day , his seventh solo album and first since 2016’s Leap of Faith , highlights Schmit’s enduring appetite for new sounds and timeless melodies.  He recorded the album ’s 12 songs during breaks in the Eagles’ busy schedule, utilizing his home studio known as Mooselodge — nestled into a rural pocket of Los Angeles County, with the Santa Monica Mountains looming outside — to capture a sound that’s as eclectic as its creator. 
On Day By Day , his third consecutive self – penned album, guests like Jackson Browne, Lindsey Buckingham , John Fogerty, Benmont Tench and Kenny Wayne Sheppard all make appearances, as well as many other fine musicians and singers. 
“I still think of myself as a developing songwriter,” he admits. “When Jackson came to the studio, we talked about how he wrote ‘These Days’ when he was 16 years old.


1.  Simple Man -5:36
2.  The Next Rainbow - 4:58
3.  Heartbeat - 6:18
4.  Mr. X - 5:00
5.  Question of the Heart - 6:59
6.  Something You Should Know - 3:45
7.  I Come Alive - 5:28
8.  Feather in the Wind - 4:49
9.  Grinding Stone - 6:20
10.  Taste Like Candy - 6:55
11.  Conflicted - 5:37
12.  Where We Belong - 6:26


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8 december 2023

David Bowie - The Gouster (2016)

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Tussen 1974 en 1976 bracht David Bowie drie albums uit. Het was de periode net voor hij in Berlijn zou gaan wonen en zichzelf (weer) geheel opnieuw uitvond. 
Uiteindelijk resulterend in enkele geweldige albums die de tand des tijds nog altijd prima doorstaan. Kort voor die periode maakte Bowie echter nóg een album: The Gouster. 

Alleen besloot hij de plaat kort voor de release terug te trekken. Enkele nummers van The Gouster verschenen later op zijn volgende plaat: Young Americans. 
Waaronder het titelnummer. In 2016 werd The Gouster, nadat David Bowie op 10 januari 2016 aan leverkanker overleed, alsnog uitgebracht. Als onderdeel van een 12-delige cd boxset over de periode 1974-1976. Al zijn er fans die blijven volhouden dat er nog altijd songs op horen te staan die niet op deze versie te vinden zijn.

Bowie was begin jaren zeventig in relatief korte tijd uitgegroeid tot een popicoon. Naar zijn albums werd opeens reikhalzend uitgekeken. 
Maar zijn laatste album Diamond Dogs was met gemengde kritieken ontvangen. Toch bleven de verwachtingen hoog. Bowie bleef, ondanks (of dankzij) steeds excessiever drugsgebruik, de ene na de andere plaat uitbrengen. Waarbij hij zich meestal met een alter ego presenteerde. Van Major Tom via Ziggy Stardust naar The Thin White Duke. 
De opnames van The Gouster vonden plaats tijdens een pauze in zijn Amerikaanse tour in 1974. Bowie was in die periode een groot fan van het Amerikaanse televisieprogramma Soultrain, waarin enkel en alleen (de titel zegt het al) soulmuziek te horen was. 
In de tourbus werd ook graag geluisterd naar soulmuziek op Amerikaanse radiozenders. Het inspireerde Bowie en hij besloot twee weken de studio Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia in te duiken om een nieuw album op te nemen. 
Tony Visconti werd ingevlogen om de opnames te produceren. In korte tijd werd een tiental songs opgenomen. In vrijwel alle tracks sijpelt de soul duidelijk door. ‘Gouster’ is niet voor niets straattaal voor een soulman: het type Afro-Amerikaan dat zich met een eigen kledingkeuze, haardracht en eigen straattaal onderscheidde. 
Het album lag klaar om uitgebracht te worden. Alleen kwam het nooit in de winkels terecht. Daarvoor waren meerdere redenen.

Eigenlijk was het album een hommage van Bowie aan de soulmuziek waar hij altijd al groot fan van was geweest. 
Maar anders dan Pin Ups, waarop hij zijn favoriete songs op zijn eigen wijze inkleurde, was The Gouster, achteraf beschouwd, waarschijnlijk eerder een vingeroefening voor Young Americans. Op dat album creëerde Bowie zijn eigen versie van soulmuziek. The Gouster was kaler en miste een ‘eigen Bowie-geluid’. 
Het plan was in eerste instantie het album in één sessie live op te nemen. Dat is te horen, de opnames klinken behoorlijk rauw. Vier nummers haalden het vinyl alsnog op Young Americans, maar in andere versies. 
Een van de redenen dat Bowie uiteindelijk besloot het album niet uit te brengen was dat hij enkele nummers te persoonlijk zou hebben gevonden. Dat althans zou hij tegen Visconti hebben gezegd. Daarbij was er twijfel over hoe de plaat zou vallen bij zijn publiek. 
De overgang van de glamrock van Diamond Dogs naar de soul van The Gouster zou weleens een te grote overgang kunnen zijn, was de gedachte. 
Een nummer als de versie van zijn al in 1972 geschreven nummer John, I’m Only Dancing (Again) had bijvoorbeeld een behoorlijk discotintje. Op dat moment was dat wel erg ver weg van wat Bowie deed en waar hij voor stond. 
Toen het nummer in 1979, in weer een ander jasje, alsnog als single uitkwam, paste het wel perfect.


The Gouster (remastered tracks)

1.  John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)  (not on Young Americans, first released as a single in 1979) - 7:01 
2.  Somebody Up There Likes Me  (alternative early previously unreleased mix) - 6:32 
3.  It's Gonna Be Me   (not on Young Americans, first released as a bonus track on the EMI/Ryko        
      edition  of Young Americans in 1990. An alternative mix with strings was released on the 2007 EMI 
      edition  of Young Americans) - 6:30 
4.  Who Can I Be Now?  (not on Young Americans, first released as a bonus track on the EMI/Ryko 
      edition of Young Americans in 1990) - 4:42 
5.  Can You Hear Me  (alternative early previously unreleased version) - 5:24 
6.  Young Americans  (same version that ended up on Young Americans) - 5:17 
7.  Right  (alternative early previously unreleased version) - 4:40 


Notes
Released: 23 September 2016
Recorded: January 1974 – 23 March 1976
Genre:  Art rock, glam rock, soul
Length: 39:42
Label:  Parlophone Records


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2 december 2023

Goldie Hawn - Goldie (1972)

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In 1972, Hawn recorded and released a solo country LP for Warner Brothers, titled Goldie. It was recorded with the help of Dolly Parton and Buck Owens. 

It's a tragedy of pop culture in the new millennium that starlets don't rush willy-nilly into the recording studio anywhere near as much as they used to. 
Goldie Hawn's sole foray into pop music -- originally released in 1972 on Warner Bros. after Laugh-In but before Steven Spielberg's Sugarland Express revealed her dramatic range as an actress -- isn't Golden Throats-level bad, surely to the disappointment of hipsters everywhere. 
Although Hawn's helium-pitched voice is a trifle thin and limited, the selection of material wisely plays to her strengths, with Dolly Parton's "My Blue Tears" and -- believe it or not -- Joni Mitchell's "Carey" both well-suited to her soprano vocals. 
In fact, the only really egregious errors aren't really her fault: the Frenchified "Butterfly," with its absurdly cheesy choral backing, wouldn't have sounded good sung by anybody, and the countrified take on Van Morrison's "I Wanna Roo You" has a botched arrangement that slaps on a vaguely oompah-style waltz-time arrangement that suits neither singer nor song. 
Other than that, though, Goldie is a sweetly endearing country-tinged middle of the road pop record of a style that just isn't being made anymore.


Track List

A1.  My Blue Tears  (Written-By – Dolly Parton) - 2:14 
A2.  Wynken, Blynken And Nod   (Written-By – Donovan Leitch, Eugene Field) - 2:32 
A3.  Butterfly   (Written-By – Danyel Gérard) - 3:20 
A4.  Uncle Pen   (Written-By – Bill Monroe) - 2:40 
A5.  The House Song   (Written-By – Paul Stookey, Robert Bannard) - 4:02
A6.  I'll Be Your Baby Tonight  (Written-By – Bob Dylan) - 3:00 

B1.  Carey   (Written-By – Joni Mitchell) - 2:46 
B2.  Cloudy Summer Afternoon  (Written-By – Travis Edmonson) - 2:45 
B3.  Ring Bell  (Written-By – George David Weiss, Jerry Ragovoy) - 3:00 
B4.  I Wanna Woo You   (Written-By – Van Morrison) - 2:30 
B5.  Pasadena   (Written-By – Edgar Leslie, Grant Clarke, Harry Warren) - 2:45 


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Credits

Notes
Released:  1972
Genre:  Pop, Country, Folk
Length:  32:28
Label:  Reprise Records


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28 november 2023

Yazoo - The 12 Inch Mixes (1993)

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Yazoo (known as Yaz in North America) were an English synth-pop duo from Basildon, Essex, consisting of former Depeche Mode member Vince Clarke (keyboards) and Alison Moyet (vocals). 

The duo formed in late 1981 after Clarke responded to an advertisement Moyet placed in a British music magazine, although the pair had known each other since their school days.

Over the next 18 months the duo released two albums, Upstairs at Eric's and You and Me Both, which received critical acclaim for their production, particularly the blending of Clarke's synthesizer melodies with Moyet's blues- and soul-influenced vocals.

Yazoo enjoyed worldwide success, but were particularly popular in their home country, where three of their four singles reached the top three of the UK Singles Chart and both their albums made the top two of the UK Albums Chart. 
In North America, they are known for the song "Situation", which, though originally only a B-side in the United Kingdom, was a club and airplay success in the United States and Canada before being released as the band's debut single in North America.

Despite their success, the duo split acrimoniously in May 1983 as a result of a combination of Clarke's reluctance to make more records under the Yazoo name, a clash of personalities, and a lack of communication between the pair.

From Techno Classic DJ Service this brings a mixture of original Yazoo 12″‘s and some megamixes all on a handy compilation released in 1993 on CD.
They all sound excellent and offer an alternative listen to what is dished up on Spotify. They keep the early 80’s sound but it so clear.
Personally loved hearing “The Other Side Of Love” – a forgotten Yazoo classic. The Re-s Situated “Situation” loud and full of electronic percussion and vocoder!
The megamixes are a bit D.I.Y. and done live with added overdubs and effects, but aren’t they all ? (A bit a guess what tunes next)


Tracklist

1.  Situation  (The US Remix) - 5:46
2.  Don't Go  (Class X Remix) - 6:07
3.  Other Side Of Love  (12'' Mix) - 5:19
4.  Nobody's Diary  (12'' Mix) - 6:06
5.  State Farm  (12'' Mix) - 6:32
6.  Situation  (Re-Situated) - 9:16
7.  Situation  (US Dub Mix) - 5:46
8.  Zoo-Mix  (Megamix) - 9:18
9.  The Shitmix  (Megamix) - 10:33


Notes
YEAR: ....... 1993
GENRE:.......Synth-pop
RUNTIME: .... 01:04:43
LABEL........Techno Classix DJ Service


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16 november 2023

Brotherhood Of Man - Singing A Song (1979)

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Brotherhood of Man are a British pop group who achieved success in the 1970s. They won the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest with "Save Your Kisses for Me".

Singing a Song is a 1979 album by British pop group Brotherhood of Man. It was released in December and was their final album for Pye Records after several years with the label.

The album was released on Pye Records in December 1979 and was their final album with the label. Pye Records was about to fold at this point, and this album was released to finish their contract and was made up of previously unreleased and rare material. 
With minimal promotion and the group not having had a hit single for over a year, the album failed to chart. The album featured no singles in the UK, but track "Singing a Song" was released as a single in Spain.

Tracks "The Circus Came to Town" and "Got a Funny Feeling" had been released in Europe as B-Sides in 1977 and 1976 respectively. 
Track "Caravan" was referred to on the label as "Our Caravan". According to member Lee Sheriden, female members Sandra Stevens and Nicky Stevens were unhappy with the song "Andy McDougal" claiming the lyrics to be sexist and requested the record company not to release it. Sheriden as the co-writer defended the song as an innocent children's pop song. 
Member Martin Lee has stated that "The Circus Came to Town" is his favourite of their own songs.

The album received a favourable review in the now defunct music paper Superpop, stating: "The group are at their best on the bouncier numbers and "Willie", "Got a Funny Feeling" and "Andy McDougal" are the pick of this platter. 
The only criticism I have of Singing a Song is that on several numbers the group sound stilted - a fault that is not evident in their very entertaining live show or any of their past single smashes".


Tracks

1.  Tomorrow - 3:00
2.  The Circus Came To Town - 3:20
3.  Singing A Song - 2:59
4.  Only Love - 3:20
5.  I Saw Yesterday Today - 3:01
6.  Gold - 3:06
7.  Willie - 3:05
8.  I'll Take You Higher Than High - 2:59
9.  Got A Funny Feeling - 2:30
10.  Caravan - 2:40
11.  Vanishing Lady - 2:39
12.  Andy McDougal - 2:20
13. Catch Me, Catch Me If You Can - 3:08
14. One Day At A Time - 3:50
15. United We Stand - 2:57


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Notes
Released: 1979
Genre:  Pop
Length:  45:00
Label:  PYE Records

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