Born To Be Alive : Another version

[remicks]

I've come upon one of those old records that I am curious about ...maybe somebody knows more ....... It's "Born To Be Alive" by Rick Summer - came out in 1979 . It's a very good record really and probably would've been more of a hit in it's own right had Patrick Hernandez not just done so. . It's well produced ( remixed by Jonathan Fearing ) and nicely packaged on Brass Records --- (never heard of before or since... --??--) with a nicely designed 12" single jacket .

Any idea why so much effort was put into a cover of a song that had already made it big recently?


BTW ---DJ Jimmy M ---- this is another one of those mislabeled records ---- the "B" side label says it's a song called ----"SHAKE IT UP" .... but when palyed it turns out to be the instrumental version of "Born To Be Alive"

[Forrrce]

There are two versions of the 12 - the original has 'Shake It Up' on the flip and the other has an instrumental of 'Born To Be Alive' as the b-side. Brass Records obviously couldn't be bothered to change the label. :lol:

By the way, Brass released quite a few records between 1979 and 1982 - many of them disco and a few were early rap 12s. 'Shake It Up' is one of the better disco items, IMO. The label morphed into Roy B. Records (Pizazz, Melody Stewart, Soccer, Barbara Roy, Weeks & Co., etc.).

One of the 1979 releases was 'We Rap More Mellow' by The Younger Generation, which was based on Stephanie Mills' 'Put Your Body In It' and is still a truly awesome record, which can never be bettered.

[remicks]

Thanks Forrrce --looking over the label again ---produced by _________ and arranged and conducted by __________
..... then it says DISCO CONCEPT BY : ROY B.
........ whatever that's supposed to mean......?

[QUINNY]

Originally Posted by Forrrce

One of the 1979 releases was 'We Rap More Mellow' by The Younger Generation, which was based on Stephanie Mills' 'Put Your Body In It' and is still a truly awesome record, which can never be bettered.

I suppose you're right there (hadn't really thought about it), but whenever I play it (and I'm not really concentrating too hard) I always mentally get ready to wiggle along to Oneness Of Juju's Every Way But Loose and then think oh, yeah!

[mixtape]

off topic but there is now a version being played in the clubs by a group called disco kings - born to be alive that has that Benny Benassi beat to it.