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Discussion on D.C. LaRue's "Forces Of The Night" LP Question within the Disco Music of the 70s and 80s forums, part of the General Music Discussions at DiscoMusic.com category; Something odd has always stuck out with me regarding the track Hot Jungle Drums and Voo Doo Rhythm by D....
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| Something odd has always stuck out with me regarding the track Hot Jungle Drums and Voo Doo Rhythm by D.C. LaRue on the Forces of The Night album. On the copy of the album I have, this song just cuts dead and then progresses on to the next track. It seemed the track was just getting going and then the producers decided "oh well, 5 minutes, time to end the song". Is this a fault on the pressing I have or are all copies of this album this way? I've always found this odd and wondered if others did too? |
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| Well first of all, which pressing of the album do you have? Does it end at a logical point, or does it sound like they ran out of tape? I'll try to remember to check this when I get home. I have a 12" of this which I *think* runs about 9 minutes long, but I'm not sure on that. |
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| according to the Vault listing...it is 4:46 on the LP D.C. LaRue Forces of the Night (LP) Disco Music.com
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| Going by memory here - its the Casablanca album version (same as on the Vault listing) - picked up years ago for about $1.99 in the deleted/sale records section of a record store here in Canada - and to me its what I'd call a cold dead stop - the music is playing, the background singers are singing and then it just cuts dead. One of the female background singers does a kind of "whoooo hoo hooo" and the song cuts just as she does this. It doesn't fade out, or otherwise. It just stops dead like the song was cut short instead of the usual slow fade out. (It's time like these I wish all my vinyl wasn't in storage.) |
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| Okay, I have the Canadian pressing on Pyramid, and it too ends cold and abruptly (but still at the end of a bar, so I'm assuming it's an intentional effect). The 12" is not a promo but a commercial release (with a custom sleeve; rather unusual for the time) and the label clocks it at 9:16. It ends with a fade-out. |
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I've heard a couple interviews with DC and he still carries a grudge over this LP. When asked if he's warmed-up to it, after all these years, his answer was "No". He says that Bob Esti completely took-over the production and wouldn't listen to anyone else's ideas. As DC put it..."he was working with Barbra Streisand, and all these major stars. So there was just no talking to him." Even "Hot jungle Drums..." was concieved around a hot drum/percussion line that DC came-up with. It's nowhere to be found, in the final version. |
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| Talking of the 'FOTN' LP, I recently got 'Cant Stop The Music' on DVD (yes I'm the one!
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Have A Good Time and On With The Dance are such standouts too. Fun and joyous...smiles all around!
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| 'Dont Be Afraid Of The Dark' is a lovely song with a nice lyric.
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| Love it and Makes Me Believe In Love Again...soooo beautiful! Sorry to disappoint you Mr. Larue but it's a great album!
__________________ Dancin' helps relieve the pain, soothes your mind, makes you happy again |
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I can't tell you which, or for how many months. Just that I ended-up playing the A-side medley for myself, when the club was quiet. It came out at the end of a string of Esty produced releases, over 2 years. The sound is completely "Esty", and it just got lost in the mass of 1979 releases. As well as, the full-side medley concept losing it's appeal. Dancefloor attention spans weren't what they'd been in '77, or '78. Quote:
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Here's the audio of the show, where he talks about the "Forces Of The Night" LP. It's the first of 2 that D.C. did for Strictly Confidential. http://www.nettally.com/pgodbold/fil...c_11_19_07.mp3 |
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| Just found this thread. I only got the album last year when, as I poste don here, I found out you could buy DC's albums from his website pressed to CD and I picked up this and my fave Confessions (ie the two Bob Esty albums...) Yeah everyone here knows I'm a Bob Esty slut and find him very underated--I like much of DC's stuff anyway but find the tracks with Esty have an element his own solo productions are missing. Interesting that DC wasn't happy with Forces as the CD he presses of it is complete--on Confessions though annoyingly he leaves off the slow song Lady from Atlanta--I sent him an email and he said it was cuz Casablanca forced him to include the song and he never liked it. I do LOVE Don't Be Afraid of the Dark--it and Hot Jungle Drums are my highlights from Forces. Dark has this marvelous sad/melancholy quality to it, something in the chord changes and the little "sparkly" synth sound, hard to describe. About Jungle Drums (which i think is a stunning fairly forgotten track--it and the Confessions Side A medley--including Let THem Dance--are prob my fave DC Larue) the 12" (which is on the Hot Best of CD Larue compilation) does sound more natural to me than the album version, maybe it was done first. What always confused me was the 12" of Let Them Dance--that same compilation has a very long one (sadly in poor sound) but the 4 CD Casablanca Story set has a 12" (so the credits say) that's much shorter... I also wish another of his Bob Esty tracks, I believe it was a bside to some pressings of Do You Want the Real Thing from TGIF and was called something like "Tell a Lady by the Company she Keeps" was easier to find.' It's funny I never expected Esty to have a huge ego but I suppose he got one... The fact that he largely did the production work on Donna's Last Dance and Once Upon a Time and never took the credit always made me think as much I guess... |
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| [quote=EricHG23;137775] everyone here knows I'm a Bob Esty slut quote] Hmm I always thought you were just a musical theater-loving boy ??? Who knew ? Next thing you'll tell me is that you also like Donna Summer,Giorgio Moroder & Kylie Minogue...
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#15
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| HAHA is it that obvious? try finding a boyfriend who likes Kylie, Donna, knows anything about disco AND is a fiend for Stephen Sondheim though |
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