Bob Crewe Generation?

[Disco Funk]

I posted this in a trivia question before...but anyone know why Bob Crewe changed labels in midstream on Street Talk???? The single was released on 20th Century in early 1976--but the LP surfaces on Elektra in later 1976. I know 20th Century folded at some point--but it was still releasing Barry White records at this time. Just curious.

I don't know why he switched labels, but I know that 20th Century went on for quite some time afterwards. I recall either Gene Chandler's 'Get Down' or 'Contact' by Edwin Starr being on the label.

Did they fold or did they just get bought up by some label like Polydor which eventually got swallowed up by Universal?

Disco Funk

[QUINNY]

Just for your interest, gentlemen (and ladies).

I have come across two 7" copies of Street Talk whilst rummaging through my collection, both on 20th Century and THEY ARE DIFFERENT, in so much as one of 'em has a longer, short 'A' side.
Both have the number TC-2271 but one has the 'A' side as (M-2271-AS) whilst the other is (M-2271-AS-RE-1). The first one is down at 4:22 the latter 3:29 and given the monicker Var III. Both have the 6.08 Var II on t'other side.

[Disco Funk]

The mixes on the 12" and 7" versions (or variations) are the same. They're just edited at different lengths. I think I have the single with the shorter variation, whereas the 12" has the 9 minute, 6 minute and 4 minute edits. The LP mix is very different in that it seems to be missing the percussion overdubs that make the single releases really work. It actually sounds kind of flat.

Disco Funk

[BrunoRepublic]

I just got the 12" of this. Definitely more percussion. I think the LP version has more reverb as well; the 12" sounds much more up-front and dry.

One other really odd thing I just discovered about this is that there seems to be a locked groove separating the two edits on the b-side (i.e. you have to manually move the tonearm to get past it). It's like they *really* didn't want you to have to hear the song twice in one sitting. :)

[Disco Funk]

I just got my hands on the Gerri Granger 7" 'Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You' b/w 'Hot Ta Trot' (how many songs with this title were released in the 70s?!!). I thought it was okay. Definitely sounds like a Bob Crewe production, similar to Menage A Trois (the vocal percussion 'ch!'). But the song is kind of low key, in that it is mainly without a drum beat.

Did she ever put out an LP produced by Bob Crewe?

Disco Funk

[the disco kid]

One other really odd thing I just discovered about this is that there seems to be a locked groove separating the two edits on the b-side (i.e. you have to manually move the tonearm to get past it). It's like they *really* didn't want you to have to hear the song twice in one sitting. :)

a few labels did that as a courtesy to the dj, so the record wouldn't play into the next track and possibly screw up a mix. The Idris Muhammed 12" of "could heaven ever be like this" is formatted in the same fashion on the B side. totally unnecessary i think, as most DJ's where on top of their game and had mixed out long before the end of the song.

[Huffstutler]

Mark...

You wondered what Bob Crewe was doing these days? Last year he wrote lyrics and was at the rehersals of the Broadway play "Jersey Boys" (he was born in Newark). He is also an artists and some of his work is currently on display at the Jan Baum Gallery in Los Angeles.

And keep in mind that he turned 74 years old this past November 12th. His full name is Stanley Robert Crewe.

The group was also seen on labels as BCG. Hollywood Hot reached the #1 spot on Billboard's disco charts and there is a 12" version of it.

Eric