Advance Promo Copy [Level 3]
BESIDES THE HIT.. WERE THERE ANY OTHER DISCO TUNES WORTH LISTENING TO FROM HIM?
Platinum Record [Level 8]
The 'All My Life' album which was produced by John Davis and included When Love Is New is a great LP. It also includes I Wantcha Baby which is another awesome track.
He did two other LPs with John Davis which are okay. His follow-up song was You Can Do It which was mid-tempo, slightly more funky sounding. The third album he did with John Davis was Midnight Blue, and was okay. It's the first album you need to get, since its vintage Monster Orchestra playing on it from 1976.
Disco Funk
Gold Record [Level 7]
According to my cover notes the "When love is new" 12" was released at the end of '75, the Lp "All My life " came later in '76 with the same 7:13 version, AFAIK the '77 followed up LP was "Arthur Prysock does it again" which produced the club hit "Between hello and Goodbye" (picked this up in 10/77) not as popular as "WLIN" but @ 114 BPM was one of those ‘pretty’cuts used during 'sleaze' sets, the album was recorded using The Monster orchestra although only one cut (Shady Lady) was written by Davis,.....I don't recall if this was released on 12"...for me, Disco wise nothing else stuck out of this Lp although listening to Prysock is never a waste, especially a couple of ballads found here….
Gold Record [Level 7]
This one is written by the Gamble and Huff team and has similarities to "You'll never find" by Rawls, nice cut...Originally Written by Disco Funk
Platinum Record [Level 8]
Actually, both When Love Is New and I Wantcha Baby were written by Gamble & Huff, for Billy Paul. Paul's versions were very slow, and frankly, not very good. I think the songs worked better in the uptempo form. And yes, When Love Is New has a similar arrangement to You'll Never Find. If the 12" for When Love Is New was released in '75, that would mean it predated Lou's track?!!This one is written by the Gamble and Huff team and has similarities to "You'll never find" by Rawls, nice cut...
Disco Funk
Gold Record [Level 7]
Disco Funk even though at the time I wrote on the 12" cover 11/75 it looks like a mistake, more likely it was 11/76 instead since this 12" is a retail copy and not an early Promo, I pick up the "all my life" Lp on 12/76, so it makes more sense.
this is the same copy I own released in '76 according to the label
http://www.discomusic.com/records-more/3711_0_2_0_C/
Platinum Record [Level 8]
I thought that was weird. I have the Polydor pressings of the 12" and the LP, but they made no mention of the track being from '75. November '76 sounds more realistic, especially because I think the Billy Paul record came out in late '75.Disco Funk even though at the time I wrote on the 12" cover 11/75 it looks like a mistake, more likely it was 11/76 instead since this 12" is a retail copy and not an early Promo, I pick up the "all my life" Lp on 12/76, so it makes more sense.
this is the same copy I own released in '76 according to the label
http://www.discomusic.com/records-more/3711_0_2_0_C/
Disco Funk
Triple Platinum Record [Level 10]
This is kinda funny. Someone made me a tape awhile back and added a song called "When Love Is New" sung by a male singer. I always assumed it was Arthur Prysock. I didn't really like the tune and wondered what the fuss was all about. Now I just listened to the sound sample on amg of Arthur Prysock and it seems a different song--very much in the Lou Rawls "You'll Never Find" tradition. :-?
So now I wonder what the hell the "When Love Is New" song I have is???? :-? :o :-? :o
Anyone recall one that sounds sorta like some Al Martino lounge lizard type????? It sounds like someone very uncomfortable with disco, if that makes any sense. :roll:
Gold Record [Level 7]
Marky, it sounds like you are describing Prysock's version :-? are you sure the sample and your version are different? (I can't listen to AMG samples, they want my real email :evil: )
Triple Platinum Record [Level 10]
I have to dig out that tape again. But the sample on amg sounded like the Lou Rawls arrangement of "You'l Never Find" and the vocal was silky like Billy Eckstine.
The version I have on tape sounded more like John Raitt or some Broadway type attempting to go disco. Or maybe my mind's playin' tricks on me again. ("tricks on me again"....)I'll do some research and write down the lyrics.
Triple Platinum Record [Level 10]
My apologies to John Raitt and Arthur Prysock for even mentioning their names in association with the swill version I have of "When Love Is New." I listened several times last night and this is some bad boozy Eurotrash lounge singer trying to attempt crooning, scatting and disco and failing miserably.
the tape just says "When Love Is New" (1977) 127 bpm--I got 129.
When love is new it's something grand
a fleeting kiss, a squeeze of hand
and though in love you're flying high
and all at once nothing seems to matter
just a new affair.
As time goes by you understand
there's more to this than holding hands
It feels like she has always been close by your side
and nothing seems to matter
just a new affair.
It feels like you just want to live day after day
this lucky situation that's come your way...
(Break, strings/ horns)
When love is old it's like a song
...the music's wrong
and like a flower that slowly dies and fades away
like the traces of a sad affair
Girly chorus: Seems to me it's gonna be another lasting love
Break: almost a Scottish "I hear the bagpipes" type riff..
Then he scats like Louis Armstrong, and COUGHS (I'm not kidding!!) and it's over.
Who is this bad singer?????
:oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:
Platinum Record [Level 8]
The Arthur Prysock version that I know starts off with:
When love is new, every day's a new sensation...
Indie Release [Level 4]
I remember seeing Arthur Prysock singing "WLIN" on tv when I was a kid, probably on Soul Train or American Bandstand, and for some reason is really struck a chord with me. That was the only time I heard the song until I finally found it over 20 years later, and yet I would sing the chorus all the time. I didn't even know who sang the song until the I got online and did some research, and then after years of scouring used record stores, found the 7" and then the 12" on ebay. A couple of years ago I found the album at a used record store. And now, I have "WLIN" on cd, thanks to a French import.
So, after over 20 years, I now can hear the song whenever I like, and it still sounds great to me. It's great to know others enjoy it also.
Platinum Record [Level 8]
I can't answer who it is, but based on the lyrics, it's not the Gamble and Huff composition. Are you able to put a sound sample as a link via yousendit.com?
Disco Funk
Triple Platinum Record [Level 10]
Yeah it's a totally different song with the same title that I stupidly thought was the Prysock record for the past few years!!! But now I know it's not Prysock and it's not the Gamble-Huff composition...so what is it???? :-? :o :-? :o
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