A Bob Esty produced Pattie Brooks song

[remicks]

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For my liking ... we didn't get enough output from producer Bob Esty , so I'm always glad to come upon something he had a hand with . If you also like his full-bodied uncompromising ( and down right gorgeous ) sound as experienced on :

Donna Summer LAST DANCE
Cher TAKE ME HOME
Andy Williams LOVE STORY
Paul Jabara PLEASURE ISLAND

….then you'll also be happy , if you didn't already know , as to what I just learned is tucked within the
OUR MS. BROOKS LP amongst the rest of the cuts which are all produced by Simon Soussan ( his best ? ) . …… A tune called THE BACK UP SINGER that is a Bob Esty production and features the high standard in sound you‘d expect from him. Not quite disco … but could easily be played at a stand-up bar like Badlands .... maybe as morning music . Nice display of Pattie‘s vocal ability.... and would certainly be enjoyed by anyone who hears good things in Bob Esty's other works.


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[SandraDee]

Didn't Bob mastermind Barbra's 2nd attempt at disco, 'The Main Event'?

[ol'skinflint]

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For my liking ... we didn't get enough output from producer Bob Esty , so I'm always glad to come upon something he had a hand with . If you also like his full-bodied uncompromising ( i.e. gorgeous ) sound as experienced on :

Donna Summer LAST DANCE
Cher TAKE ME HOME
Andy Williams LOVE STORY
Paul Jabara PLEASURE ISLAND

….then you'll also be happy , if you didn't already know , as to what I just learned is tucked within the
OUR MS. BROOKS LP amongst the rest of the cuts which are all produced by Simon Soussan ( his best ? ) . …… A tune called THE BACK UP SINGER that is a Bob Esty production and features the high standard in sound you‘d expect from him. Not quite disco … but could easily be played at a stand-up bar like Badlands .... maybe as morning music . Nice display of Pattie‘s vocal ability.... and would certainly be enjoyed by anyone who hears good things in Bob Esty's other works. Surely you're not referring to Badlands in San Francisco. That place and it's owner have soiled the entire City's party scene.....

[remicks]

Originally Posted by ol'skinflint

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Surely you're not referring to Badlands in San Francisco. That place and it's owner have soiled the entire City's party scene.....

I surely was . Do tell more ...... ????

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[totouk]

I have heard most of the tracks off that album but never got to hear this song (which I knew was Bob Esty produced). As she was a back up singer for a lot of artists, I have always wondered about the lyrical content of the song - is it a kind of always there but never the star? I half expected it to be slightly torch ish, a ballad to finish off the album so was surprised when you said it was slightly morning music.

Bob Esty did do Barbra's Main Event and I have a great track called Night Dancer by Jeanne Shy which is produced by him. He also did Let Them Dance by DC LaRue and was arranger on Donna Summer's OUAT album.

The last I heard of him was a snippet in a magazine saying he was working with Jeff Stryker on a country music track!

toto

[SandraDee]

Originally Posted by totouk

a great track called Night Dancer by Jeanne Shy which is produced by him.
toto

I've got that track toto. I got it from 'Beat'n'Rhythm' in Tibb Street here in Manchester in those 7" singles boxes where they keep all the Northern Soul stuff! I bet the 12" version is alot better isn't it?

[remicks]

Originally Posted by totouk

I have heard most of the tracks off that album but never got to hear this song (which I knew was Bob Esty produced). As she was a back up singer for a lot of artists, I have always wondered about the lyrical content of the song - is it a kind of always there but never the star? I half expected it to be slightly torch ish, a ballad to finish off the album so was surprised when you said it was slightly morning music.


toto

Morning music might be a stretch since the tempo drops out repeatedly , then starts up again . It's breezy .....Grace Jones like ...La Vie En Rose .
Lots of LAST DANCE elements too .... without ever fully kicking in ....

Ya .... it's about waiting for her turn to be a star .... One clever element here is that the back-up singers on this song are just as prominent as Pattie herself .

"They just tell me to sing this way :
Ohh Baby Baby "
I sing for all the sessions : "I love You'
and made so many songs work
when they were stuck for something new ....

I wanna sing the melody
You know I'll sing my heart out

One line I'm trying to decipher is toward the end: the back up singers shriek "Don't call her prima donna " ........ hmmmmm : 'donna '
To which she responds using her highest reaches
"Don't make me say ____? " sounds like shard/sure ????


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[totouk]

Originally Posted by SandraDee

I've got that track toto. I got it from 'Beat'n'Rhythm' in Tibb Street here in Manchester in those 7" singles boxes where they keep all the Northern Soul stuff! I bet the 12" version is alot better isn't it?

I think it was about 9 minutes long and is a great mix IMO. I must try and spend some time in all those Record Shops in the Northern Qtr, there seems to be so many!

toto

[STEPHEN L FREEMAN]

Originally Posted by remicks

Morning music might be a stretch

[/i]One line I'm trying to decipher is toward the end: the back up singers shriek "Don't call her prima donna " ........ hmmmmm : 'donna '
To which she responds using her highest reaches
"Don't make me say ____? " sounds like shard/sure ????

It's not Morning Music. It's simply an autobiographical ballad, that Aller & Esty wrote for Pattie..

The final lines are:
Call another for the back-up, a new girl for my part
I wanna sing the melody, you know I'll sing my heart out
Call some one for the back-up, some one who can blend
Don't call her prima donna, don't let this session end

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Wow !
There's one I wasn't holding my breath for the answer to !!

Thanks Stephen ! I appreciate it .

................. Obviously I wasn't going to figure it on my own .............

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