Some recent discoveries

[Move2This]

Here are some great tracks I’ve recently discovered:



Shoot Your Best Shot – Linda Clifford (1980)

I’d only heard two of Linda’s tracks before – Bridge Over Troubled Water and another called something like Red Light (??) – neither of which did much for me, but this one’s a real stormer. I have no idea how it went down at the time – does anyone recall?



I’m a Man – Macho (1978)

I’ve been wanting to find this track for ages but searches of AudioGalaxy for “Macho” and “I’m a Man” proved fruitless – UNTIL I had the brainwave of typing in “Macho – I’m a Man” which got a result. Well, it was worth waiting for, and I can easily see how it became a cult track. I would think the sound was pretty cutting edge for 1978 with more than a few hints of 80s styles to come. Is anyone familiar with their single “Roll” from 1980?



Forbidden Love – Madleen Kane (1979)

I imagine this is a fairly well-known track, but I love the dramatic atmosphere it builds up, and the lush arrangement. After hearing this I couldn’t help wondering if Madleen Kane should be suggested for “disco diva” status. She’s done some other great stuff too e.g. Fire In My Heart (1980), Move Me With Your Love (1980), and You Can (1981).



I Want You – Rofo, and The Visitors – Koto

Not sure of the exact years of these (mid 80s at a guess) but they’re both fairly chilled-out Eurodisco tracks making a nice contrast to the three above.

[jpp]

i u like linda clifford...as i do also..u go to hear "don't come crying to me" which is my fave.

[BrunoRepublic]

Is anyone familiar with their single “Roll” from 1980?

Yes, and it's *terrible*, along with the rest of the LP. Not disco at all, but third-rate rock that's occasionally danceable.



Did you manage to get the full 17-minute version of "I'm A Man"?

[Move2This]

I got a 7.34 mins version of I'm a Man. I wonder if the 15 min version has more on it, or just the same stuff repeated a lot?



Interesting what you say about "Roll" - my curiosity was aroused due to it appearing in a list of "Best of 80s HiNRG", but as we all know, these lists are very subjective!

[markydefad]

Re Linda Clifford, I agree with jpp about "Don't Come Crying To Me". That's my favorite of her uptempo tunes, but I also love her sleaze/morning music classics "Runaway Love" & "Don"t Give It Up" where she sings and talks a la Marlena Shaw on "Go Away Little Boy". Not quite Millie Jackson hysterical, but still very amusing as she rants at her man for his shortcomings.

[Boodikka]

I'm a big fan of Madleen Kane, and "Rough Diamond" is still one of my favorite tracks ever (HUGE in NYC in 1978). Avoid that Greatest Hits CD that I see is widely available, it contains a great deal of "Flashdance"-style crap that must have come off of her fifth album.

[maarten]

I’m a Man – Macho (1978)

I’ve been wanting to find this track for ages but searches of AudioGalaxy for “Macho” and “I’m a Man” proved fruitless – UNTIL I had the brainwave of typing in “Macho – I’m a Man” which got a result. Well, it was worth waiting for, and I can easily see how it became a cult track. I would think the sound was pretty cutting edge for 1978 with more than a few hints of 80s styles to come. Is anyone familiar with their single “Roll” from 1980?

Hi there - and welcome to the music of the late, great Jacques Fred Petrus. If you want to learn more about Macho, and all the other works of JFP, go here: <DEAD LINK REMOVED>

[Disco77]

Madleen Kane's 'Rough Diamond' album had a few other gems on it as well - C'est Si Bon, which was a big hit here, of course; Fever; and my favorite 'Touch My Heart'. It's well worth a listen.

Another album I have recently rediscovered is Pattie Brook's 'Love Shook'- I always thought "Girl Don't Make Me Wait" was a superior track to "After Dark", which seems to be the song Pattie is most remembered for.

And 'Let's Make Love to the Music' has the power to transport.

[disco1999]

Madleen Kane, I luv her tracks.

You Can (Giorgio Moroder) will be my all time fav from her. I was disapointed to read not too long ago that Madleen turned out to be a junky caught in the world of heroin and other hard drugs, ruining her singing career.

[Boodikka]

We've previously mentioned another great "lost" Patti Brooks tune "Got Tu Go Disco" (sic), which was the theme song for the ill-fated Broadway play of the same name.

[keefelc]

I'm so glad that Linda Clifford's Curtom/RSO albums have finally out on CD. I believe they are UK imports but very reasonably priced here in the U.S. The album that "Shoot Your Best Shot" came from was particularly interesting because it was produced by Isaac Hayes (except for "Red Light" which was probably included due to it's popularity from the movie "Fame"). I just wonder if we'll ever see the "I'll Keep On Lovin' You" album on CD (the album with "Don't Come Cryin' To Me" and "Only The Angels Know" with background vocal arrangements by Luther Vandross).



As for Patti Brooks, anybody remember the semi-scandal she and her daughter were involved in regarding the Mary Jane Girls?

[kelvy]

On 2001-11-20 20:34, keefelc wrote:

I'm so glad that Linda Clifford's Curtom/RSO albums have finally out on CD. I believe they are UK imports but very reasonably priced here in the U.S. The album that "Shoot Your Best Shot" came from was particularly interesting because it was produced by Isaac Hayes (except for "Red Light" which was probably included due to it's popularity from the movie "Fame"). I just wonder if we'll ever see the "I'll Keep On Lovin' You" album on CD (the album with "Don't Come Cryin' To Me" and "Only The Angels Know" with background vocal arrangements by Luther Vandross).



As for Patti Brooks, anybody remember the semi-scandal she and her daughter were involved in regarding the Mary Jane Girls?

The 1980 Linda Clifford album whose name escapes me is lovely. My favorite cut there is "it don't hurt no more."



Now with the "i'll keep on loving you" album, do you remember "let it ride" and "build a fire"??? those tunes are real dancefloor scorchers from her brief sojourn at Capitol Records.



what was the deelie between Patti Brooks, her daughter, & Mary Jane Girls? i never knew of that scandal; you got me intrigued.



get back at me,

kelvy

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[JussiK]

Talking "Where Are They Now" I went to a record store yesterday and discovered 2 brand new realeses by CERRONE. The first really got me as it was the monsieur's remix/remake of Dalida's "Monday Tuesday (Laissez-Moi Danser"), with "Rio Do Brazil" on the flip. Both obviously housed up tracks are from a just out "Dalida: Revolution" cd/vinyl album. Another proof that Dalida is eternal indeed. - The second disc, also out on Malligator/Universal is yet another remix of "Supernature" , with a 6 min edit of the original as a bonus for the uninitiated. How many remixes of the tune have there been? Still, nice to see Cerrone active, non? Now if we could only get Alec R Costandinos back in the studios, with some of those Pat Halling string players, too.

[Disco77]

Regarding Patti Brook's "Got Tu Go Disco", this song is truly lost. I bought an album recently at a vintage record store that had this song listed as the second song on the B side. However, the song is simply not there - all the other songs listed are there, this one is missing. How strange.

[Boodikka]

Disco77, that is strange. I've only ever seen "Got Tu Go Disco" on the 12" promo, I'm not sure if a soundtrack was ever released, as it didn't run a week on Broadway....

[JussiK]

Pattie's PARTY GIRL album has GOT TU GO DISCO. I ran from store to store in Manhattan trying to get hold of a copy of the whole score but nobody had it. What I did see was the ost for the Mae West/Van McCoy fiasco SEXTETTE but for some reason did not buy it.

[Giovanni]

Disco 77, "Got tu go disco" exists on Patti's 3°album too, but in a short version. The 12" is much better.

This is an underground underrated track, but is worth having (by the way, the music is by Instant Funk)

[Disco77]

So I have gone through my record collection to find the Pattie Brooks album with the excised Got Tu Go Disco and here is what I have discovered:



It is indeed the 'Party Girl' Album and on the cover the third song on Side 2 is Got Tu Go Disco.

However on the label inside and on the record itself the third song Side 2 is 'Sold On Your Love', and 'Got Tu Go...' is nowhere to be found

[Giovanni]

Probably it is a defected copy! It could be rare and collectable. I personally have one copy of the Strikers' album on Prelude with two sides B on it. A collector friend offered about US $ 50 to get hold of my defected copy.

[Jeff H]

Kelvy: That FABULOUS Linda Clifford LP you referred to is titled "I'm Yours" and it is available on CD as part of a 2-disc set that's usaully marketed as "Runaway Love: The Curtom Anthology." Disc 1 has her disco hits and the R&B numbers she did before "If My Friends," etc., as well as some work with Curtis Mayfield (but beware: many of these songs are edits; better to buy the other LPs now available on CD for the full-length versions). Disc 2 has the "I'm Yours" LP in its entirety, including the full-length version of "Shoot Your Best Shot," produced by Isaac Hayes.



I'm waiting (probably in vain) for her other LPs--"I'll Keep on Loving You," "Sneaking Out" and "The Heat in Me"--to make it to CD too. "A Night With the Boys" SHOULD have been a gay anthem!



As for "Got Tu Go Disco," I had never heard of this song 'til I read Jussi's book, but I bought a copy on eBay. Wow! A show tune with a disco beat--the best of both worlds! "Tu" bad this one was overlooked.

[Mixmachine]

Disco77, I suspect your copy of the “Party Girl” LP is a reissue, my Casablanca NBLP 7158 promo LP lists “Got tu go disco” as the third cut on side 2, it clocks at 3:55, (12” remix version clocks at 8.48), however this is the only song in the album written by John Davis(Midsong) and not produced by Bunny Sigler the album producer, legal disputes are likely the reason for the omission in your copy, Casablanca probably pulled this cut from the album after the initial release as a result, I’m just speculating here, but to me it seems like the most logical answer.



PS “Sold on your love" is not in my Album copy.





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