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Martin Stevens

Midnight Music (LP)

CBS Records (Canada)/ 1979 / PFC 80027
LP-album 33 ⅓ rpm vinyl record

Produced by Michel Daigle.
Arranged by Michel Daigle and Martin Stevens.
Horns & strings arranged by Jacques Lafleche.

Recorded at Studio St-harles , Longueuil , Quebec.
Engineered by Pete Tessier.

Featuring Alma Faye Brooks and Jimmy Ray on background vocals.

Side A
1. Midnight Music 2'57
2. Gotcha Baby 3'22
3. Help I Need A Doctor 3'10
4. Music Is The Message 3'33

Side B
1. Pick Up The Whistle And Blow 5'40
2. You Say 4'45
3. Think Positive 3'33
4. When Somebody Cares 4'19

Martin Stevens has been recording disco music since 1974. A series of French singles led the way for his international breakthrough with "Love is in the Air" in 1978.

Some markets favored his version over John Paul Young's so he found fame with his first English release.

Prior to this 1979 LP ; a 12" with the electronic "Midnight music" (much better at over 5 minutes) and "Gotcha baby" (at 6'04 on the 12") was released. Why they were chopped at 2'57 and 3'22 ; I will never understand!

The album is part-disco and also part-funk. Stevens was always very vocal about his love for Earth Wind & Fire's horns & funky riffs.

The album was produced by Canadian disco greats Michel Daigle and also band leader Jacques Lafleche.The men responsible for SPACE PROJECT, ALMA FAYE BROOKS and PATRICK NORMAN on RCA Records.

Alma and Kat Mandu's Jimmy Ray are featured as background singers.

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