Champagne Explosion
Champagne Explosion (LP)
Unidisc Records (Canada) / 1978 / ULP-02
LP-album 33 ⅓ rpm vinyl record
Genre: Dance
Arranged by Peter DiMilo and Denis LePage
Denis LePage: Polymoog, Arrangement and Orchestration, Trumpet and Melaphone
Richard Beaudet: Tenor Sax and Baritone Sax
Denyse LePage: Congas and Percussion
Graham Chambers: Drums and Tymbals
A Peter Dimilo - George Cucuzzella production.
Side A
1. Action Is Tight
2. Sexy Changes
Side B
1. Love Now, Hurt Later
2. Jesus Christ Superstar
Champagne Explosion is one of the first albums released on the Montreal, Unidisc label. Unfortunately the vocal credits and the year of production are not given. The year is most likely 1978.
Side A is entirely instrumental.. essentialy consisting of percussion, horns and moog.. Side B has a couple of covers.. Love Now Hurt Later, which was originally done by Giorgio Moroder and Chris Bennett. This version is faster, and more horn driven than the original.
The other being Jesus Christ Superstar.
The sound could be easily compared to that of the Erotic Drum Band, which was also produced by DiMilo / Cucuzzella.. Most of the personnel (DiMilo, Cucuzzella, Denis and Denyse LePage) would (together, or individually) be involved in many disco projects coming out of Montreal: Nightlife Unlimited, Erotic Drum Band, Lime, MTL Express to name a few.
Champagne Explosion is sometimes listed as P'Zazz - Champagne Explosion.
Submitted by E-man (39)
Yes this album came out in 1978 - it's also the very first Unidisc album I ever bought.
Love the "underground" sound - very economical and edgy.