one for the completists; Santaren & the loving girls -love in C minor

all*that*glitters* · August 12th, 2006, 08:19 AM

here's one obscure 12" that will curl lips with the collectors of Alec R. Costandinos & Cerrone titles...

Santaren & the loving girls -love in C minor

released in 1977 on Spanish label Movieplay as the B-side of Dance Tango Tango

all*that*glitters*

**Videoskooter** · August 13th, 2006, 12:04 PM

ATG, can u give more details? Is it a good cover of Cerrone's? Is it the same style or is it a total different thingie??? On the scan I can see that it's the Cerrone vs.Costandinos real stuff.

all*that*glitters* · August 13th, 2006, 02:46 PM

Originally Written by Videoskooter

ATG, can u give more details? Is it a good cover of Cerrone's? Is it the same style or is it a total different thingie??? On the scan I can see that it's the Cerrone vs.Costandinos real stuff.

Videoskooter,
this is a very good version. However; more a sound-a-like remake of the original. The vocals and the heavy breathing are different from the original. On this Spanish version the focus is more on the beat and the strings. The vocals are similar-ISH but not as prominent and provocative as in the original ...the whole thing sounds VERY convincing though....

I have no idea why some producer in Spain wanted to remake a track so similar to the original. Was the original a hit in 1977 in France when this version came out in Spain in the same year?? It doesn't sound like a quickie though...

Maybe it was remade like the original because of the difficulty of obtaining the rights for the territory? Or because of the popularity of the group 'Santaren and the loving girls' in Spain?

Has anybody ever heard of Santaren & the loving girls???

all*that*glitters*

**Mixmachine** · August 13th, 2006, 03:47 PM

I have this one, I'll give a fresh spin, but I remember this 12", at least locally didn't do much at the time :???: .

**JussiK** · August 14th, 2006, 12:48 AM

I have the 1977 Santaren album which has the Cerrone cover plus 2 excellent long tracks, "Love Killer" and "Apache". Love Killer has great lyrics with the girls taunting a guy to meet them in a knife fight to death! Apache is a version of the the standard tune, sounding like The Chocolat's.

**QUINNY** · August 14th, 2006, 04:33 AM

Originally Written by all*that*glitters*

Videoskooter,
this is a very good version. However; more a sound-a-like remake of the original. The vocals and the heavy breathing are different from the original. On this Spanish version the focus is more on the beat and the strings. The vocals are similar-ISH but not as prominent and provocative as in the original ...the whole thing sounds VERY convincing though....

I have no idea why some producer in Spain wanted to remake a track so similar to the original. Was the original a hit in 1977 in France when this version came out in Spain in the same year?? It doesn't sound like a quickie though...

Maybe it was remade like the original because of the difficulty of obtaining the rights for the territory? Or because of the popularity of the group 'Santaren and the loving girls' in Spain?

Has anybody ever heard of Santaren & the loving girls???

all*that*glitters*

I was working in Spain at the time and didn't come across this version. I played the original from Cerrone and also the Heart & Soul Orchestra version. From memory, my personal copy of Love In C Minor is the Spanish pressing, so no problems with releasing it in Spain.