My Numbers Up/I Came To Dance

[thommy2458]

I've been looking for this for awhile,still no luck.
Someone on these boards identified it as
Salsoul Orchestra,but I can't find anything close
to this title.Girly,high female vocals "My numbers up" and "I came to dance".... I'm
coming up with nothing-anyone?

Thom

[markydefad]

Hi Thommy,

It is titled "My Number's Up"....

I too am looking for it. Keefe says it was on the "How High" LP and I see that some copies of the 12" of "HH" on GEMM have it on the flip side--but not mine!!! Keefe said there is a cd you can buy--buy I can't find it. AMG has no info on that LP. [update: as of now, AMG shows the title--but no track listing--but says a cd was issued on Unidisc in 2005]

I heard this on the Bobby Viteritti/Trocadero mix on that DJ tape site-- and was instantly reminded of dancing to this--although I never knew what it was

[thommy2458]

Marky!-Thankyou for the info! I too have that
Troc mix where "My Numbers Up" is featured-
I wonder if this places it's release at the year of 78/79.Do you mean "How High" by Cognac?
If so,my 12" is the white promo and I'll need to
fish it out.So maybe I read the label as Salsoul-
not the group! Let me know if you find it and thanks again

Thom

[markydefad]

Thommy,

Yeah, it is the Salsoul Orchestra featuring Cognac or Cognac featuring the Salsoul Orchestra, whichever it was. The 12" I have has a totally different title on the flip---but I saw on GEMM that some copies (maybe issued later?)
had both titles "How High" & "My Number's Up"....

it's a catchy tune....I asked Barry to play it on his radio station and he has, at least twice that I've noticed--but never when I've been listening!!!

ok, I googled it:

Salsoul Orchestra, The - How High / My Numbers Up


this is the one I have:

Salsoul Orchestra, The - How High / Nothing Can Change This Love

[thommy2458]

Thanks Marky-I'm almost positive that my 12" does not have Number on the
flip.Were you as surprised as me to find out this is Salsoul Orchestra? I can't think of anything by them that sounds similar.Maybe it's those vocals
that remind me of the 20's-vaudeville-ish,light and fun.When I used to hear
this on the dancefloor it was such a big mood lifter-and I love the fact that
it was played at the Troc.There was another track that a friend told me
Bobby would play that actually works with Number-I need to think about this and add it to this message...hmmmm...male vocalist.....


Thom

[markydefad]

To me it the vocal sounds sounds kinda calypso/tropical.... [the short clipped phrasing reminds me of a "man smart but da woman be smarter" kinda tune, if that makes any sense?]..with that insistent percussion/cowbell makin' me wanna DANCE!!!!! ....someone (Jeff) sent me a tape from the I-Beam recently and this was the last track on the set....but it cut off before it ended--so I would still like to find a cd of the LP or a 12"

[thommy2458]

"I Ain't Jivin' I'm Jammin" by Leon Huff! And
your right it's more calypso than vaudeville!

[markydefad]

If I remember correctly, on that Troc tape, Viteritti mixed "My Number's Up" into the break of "This Time Baby" and then mixed back to finish "My Number's Up"...very similar instrumentation--sounded great.

[Mixmachine]

The 7:47 version is also featured in the "Salsoul Orchestra - High High" Album, this song is produced by Bunny Sigler .

This one also sounds to me like Calypso/Tropical along the lines of "Disco Reggae" by Kalyam

or Ralph McDonald's "Calypso Breakdown".

[Andy Farley]

Originally Posted by markydefad

If I remember correctly, on that Troc tape, Viteritti mixed "My Number's Up" into the break of "This Time Baby" and then mixed back to finish "My Number's Up"...very similar instrumentation--sounded great.

I've got this set too, and yea that's an amazing mix