D C Larue query

[SandraDee]

Can someone tell me what years 'Dont Keep It In The Shadows' & 'So Much For L.A.' were released please? Also can anyone give me the track listing of the LP 'Forces Of The Night' from '79 please?

[needlefingers]

Hi,

Forces Of The Night Tracklisting

Side 1

Forces Of The Night 5:58

Have A Good Time 6:22

It Makes Me Believe In Love Again 4:02

Forces Of The Night (Reprise) 1:56


Side 2

Hot Jungle Drums and Voo Doo Rhythm 4:46

On With The Dance 6:24

Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark 6:10

[SandraDee]

Thanx needle.

[birdie]

'So Much For L.A.' 12" was released in 1980 (though I think the LP vs is better, if less punchy)

'Dont Keep It In The Shadows' was taken from the Tea Dance album which was a 1977 release (I've only got the full length vs on the CD comp).

Birdie



BTW Have you heard his 1995 single 'The Rounds & the Deep Dark Night' - not a classic but it still has THAT VOICE...

[SandraDee]

Originally Posted by birdie

Have you heard his 1995 single 'The Rounds & the Deep Dark Night' - not a classic but it still has THAT VOICE...

No I haven't; he's an unusual artist isn't he? Hard to categorise. Thanx 4 the info!;-)

[EricHG23]

Funny I was just going to post about DC Larue! I'll just add it here.

Can someone give me, or point me in the right direction of basic info on Larue? Like how successful was his music, how many albums, any reviews, or anything? How much of his stuff is on CD?

Back when I was a teen getting into disco, after Moroder, Cerrone, Costandinos Midney and those eurodisco giants I got really obssessed with I started getting interested in Bob Esty's productions just as he was so instrumental in the production of fave works of mine like Once Upon a time and Last Dance. Besides Cher and some Jabara I realized he had produced a song on the TGIF soundtrack DO You Want the Real thing. I found one CD of his--12" Collection on Hot Records so bought it. I played it but kinda forgot about it.

I was playing it again recently and realized for me the definite highlight were the three songs done with Larue. Do You Want the Real Thing 12 minute version is spectacular, I love LOVE Let them Dance (too bad the sound quality ont he Hot recording of this track is horrendous but the short mix on the Casablanca 4 CD set is better) and my fave is Hot Jungle Drums and Voodoo Rhythm. GREAT track. I prob prefer the Esty tracks as they sound more Eurodisco to me (i know both Larue and Esty were American but...)

As for the other tracks they were all fairly good. He can't really sing but it suits his usual themes which are kinda cynical somewhat critical looks at nightclub etiquette (Meter Man is about getting tired of one nighters, Do You Want the Real Thing about how to pick up at a club, Let them Dance seems to be about peopel who dance, live for the night and party too much, Cathedrals is kinda similar, etc). The linear notes of the CD make huge claims about his success--Cathedrals they say was the first song to top the UK R&B charts by a white male singer, and was called the "blue suede shoes" of disco, etc etc

So also out of his albums how many did Esty help produce too?

E

[thommy2458]

Originally Posted by EricHG23

Funny I was just going to post about DC Larue! I'll just add it here.

Can someone give me, or point me in the right direction of basic info on Larue? Like how successful was his music, how many albums, any reviews, or anything? How much of his stuff is on CD?

So also out of his albums how many did Esty help produce too?

E

Hi Eric-Alot of my answers are from memory,so
these aren't "definitive",but here goes: "Cathedrals"
was very big in the US ,but in discos only-and usually gay clubs.Although it's been mildly argued
about at this site,Larue was gay and wrote about
his experiences in clubs,bathhouses,etc.."Cathedrals" is still played today and it stands up pretty good.His next LP
was even bigger "The Tea Dance"(refers to afternoon gay clubbing)having multi cut listings
like "Don't keep it in Shadows"."Indiscreet""O-baba"and more.My favorite DC,though is the 12 mix of "Let Them Dance" however-this is where all his quirks came together.He cannot sing,no argument here,but that high pleading voice
with the right backing was strangely appealing.Like
most of Amanda Lear's stuff-I have to be in the exact mood and environment-and then it's like a great "high".(trivia:that's Patti Brooks singing back up on "Let Them Dance")I have only recently rediscovered "Jungle Drums" and especially "Do you want the real thing" from listening to the
Trocedero tribute CD's,but again in the right mix,they sound great.As for CD's unfortunately the
Hott comp is all I've got-and I almost threw it out
my car window when I heard the mastering job on this-what crack were they smoking?I also have the Casablanca box too,but no one was paying attention
and put short/edited versions-inexcusable.
I don't know how much more Esty produced though-the later Casablanca stuff?Anyways,I hope
this helped a little!
Thom

P.S.-Eric-do a seller search on ebay for Shakh.Click on
"other items" and there are three Casablanca CD's that
are not available anywhere.These are recorded from the
LP's but he does an excellent job as I have bought 4 CD's
from him in the past.Just an FYI

[remicks]

Originally Posted by thommy2458

.He cannot sing,no argument here,but that high pleading voice
with the right backing was strangely appealing.

Nice post Thom. There is "something" about that voice isn't there ....

DEEP DARK DELICIOUS NIGHT was the first "only heard within a club" song I vividly recall hearing .... in the clubs .... and then having to chase down and own .... Bohannon soon after .... but I think this was first ....

It was so unlike anything else to me and while I liked CATHEDRALS too ... it was this DELICIOUS NIGHT that suckered me .... that guitar gallup , furious strings ..........those intriguingly upbeat but also shady , sexually ambiguous lyrics presented by that " pleading " voice as you describe it .... hooked me throughout the song until the final climatic finish 8-)

I then eagerly bought the Tea Dance LP as a true LaRue fan ... right away when released with no previewing ... and thought it had its moments .... recall playing O- BA-BA in high rotation ..... and then that was it for me ....


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[thommy2458]

Originally Posted by remicks

Nice post Thom. There is "something" about that voice isn't there ....

DEEP DARK DELICIOUS NIGHT was the first "only heard within a club" song I vividly recall hearing .... in the clubs .... and then having to chase down and own .... Bohannon soon after .... but I think this was first ....

It was so unlike anything else to me and while I liked CATHEDRALS too ... it was this DELICIOUS NIGHT that suckered me .... that guitar gallup .....those intriguingly upbeat but also shady , sexually ambiguous lyrics presented by that " pleading " voice as you describe it .... hooked me throughout the song until the final climatic finish 8-)


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Remicks-For the life of me,I cannot remember where this track came from-was it the Cathedrals
LP? was it a 12"?
Thanks!!

[remicks]

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Thom ---
I don't have the album handy ....but it's on the Cathedrals LP ....

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[markydefad]

"Deep, Dark Delicious Night" is a track on the "Cath-e-drals" LP (that's the way it's printed).

I first became aware of this track in a Disconet remix titled "Making The Rounds/Deep Dark Delicious Night" released sometime in 1983, I think.

"Hope is eternal so you keep on making the rounds"--this phrase haunted me one night on the Trocadero Transfer dance floor. I asked Ralph Brown, the record buyer at Aloha, the next day what this was....and he told me. I said it seemed "profound" in my altered state; he said '"Profound, huh?", & rolled his eyes...... then he went upstairs and brought down the Disconet version and I BOUGHT IT!!! FULL PRICE!!! :lol::lol::lol: ( around $25 bucks back then I think; rather pricy for a mere "shop girl" like me!!!) :razz::razz::razz:


I must pull this one out and compare to the original version--which got exactly 1 mention on the Billboard charts.

[remicks]

Originally Posted by markydefad

I must pull this one out and compare to the original version--which got exactly 1 mention on the Billboard charts.

Marky .... this is when I find the charting process flawed ( not your fault ) ....I would say that part of the continuing success of CA-----THE-----DRALS :-P on your chart is because of DDDN ... even though no reporting literally singles it out .....:roll: ... but if they are intending to report the album CA-THE -DRALS , and not just the song by that title ....well .... DDDN is part of it ...Also as you say ... Roberta Kelly is #1 elsewhere .... in Record World .... well , she would be much higher ( but not #1 ) on your chart too if her songs weren't splintered ......
oh well ......
no, I'm not advocating you change anything ...... it's fine and wonderful as is .... just observing .....8)


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[keefelc]

Originally Posted by markydefad

"Hope is eternal so you keep on making the rounds"--this phrase haunted me one night on the Trocadero Transfer dance floor. I asked Ralph Brown, the record buyer at Aloha, the next day what this was....and he told me. I said it seemed "profound" in my altered state; he said '"Profound, huh?", & rolled his eyes...... then he went upstairs and brought down the Disconet version and I BOUGHT IT!!! FULL PRICE!!! :lol::lol::lol: ( around $25 bucks back then I think; rather pricy for a mere "shop girl" like me!!!) :razz::razz::razz:

Oh Mark, I can just see RB responding to you now. Did he follow with his rich and wonderful laugh? I sure do miss him!

BTW, my notes show I paid between $20 to $25 for the Disconet sets. So, it depended on who was ringing up our sales and how generous they felt about "Employee Discounts"! Remember the owner's controlled the inventory of Disconets and Hot Tracks pretty well, keeping them in the upstairs office instead of down on the main floor?? Can you imagine if they treated all of their store's inventory that carefully? Aloha Records might still be in business! Wouldn't that be something??? :o

[Salsoul1975]

Hot Jungle Drums And Voodoo Rhythm is a great song that I wish would be available on CD; obviously I would want the 9:46 version.

I was a bit disappointed by the aforementioned four-disc set released 10 years ago; Casablanca's library was much more vast than the songs provided, and leaving out Kiss and Santa Esmeralda was unacceptable. You can ditto the edits on the Love And Kisses tracks as well.

[totouk]

Amazing that I should stumble on this thread. I was browsing in a record shop here in Manchester on Saturday just gone and saw a 12" single that had Hot Jung Drums on one side and a track by another artist on the other. There was a write-up on the sleeve raving about its energy. I have no idea where the 12" comes from other than it indicated that it was from the States.

toto