Fantasy "You're Too Late" Versus Sparque "Let

[FrontPage22]

Is it just me or does the bass line at the start of this song sound like a huge RIP off of Sparque's "Let's Go Dancing"...it's eerie. I just started to download this song and....voila...I knew I knew that riff. Weird.

[Forrrce]

Fantasy was a reasonably big tune here, bigger than Sparque. But on a 'versus' tip, Sparque wins hand down for me. It's a tad self indulgent, but the Levan/Kevorkian mix blows Larry Joseph's lumpen effort out of the water. If only it were a liitle less rambling and a bit more concise, it would be a near-perfect example of the state of NY dance music at the time, for me.
The first disco labels I worshipped at the altars of were Prelude and West End, just before I hit my teens - and as for West End, 'Let's Go Dancin'' is up there with the best of 'em. A stellar club record.

[The Lord of Flatbush]

You're Too Late and Let's Go Dancin' were great records!

But no one talks about the Ted Currier mix of I've Got To Find A Way - Zena Dejonay

hmmmm...... If that wasn't a cover of both songs, then what were?

[Forrrce]

Both Fantasy & Zena Dejonay were Tony Valor productions, so any similarity between the two is merely coincidental! :D

Sparque and Fantasy don't sound too alike to me, I must admit. As I heard 'Let's Go Dancing' later, it always reminded me of Skyy, a little.

Young Zena was a mere pup when she made that record, I think she was about 14! LP pictured on TVI website...wonder what it's like...probably awful...

[The Lord of Flatbush]

Wow! I didn't know that Zena was so young when she made "I've Got To Find A Way". Very nice photo of her by the way! This is what I love about our Forum members, getting those exclusives! This production four years later was more of a modern version than "You're Too Late" for Tony Valor. "You're Too Late" had more airplay than "I've Got To Find A Way" which played on WBLS (Ted Currier) mostly as opposed to KTU for "You're Too Late".