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Bad News Travels Fast
Ordinary Man (LP)
RECORD LABEL / RELEASE INFO
Casablanca Records and Filmworks (US) / 1979 / NBLP 7181 DJ
LP-album 33 ⅓ rpm Vinyl record
MUSICIAN, PRODUCTION & RECORDING STUDIO CREDITS
Producer: Alec R. Costandinos (Misspelled on jacket as Alec Constandinos)
Arrangements by Bad News Travels Fast
Vocals Sher Komisar, Arthur Simms
SONGS TRACKLISTING
Side A
1. Ordinary Man (3:34)
2. Can't Fool Me (4:52)
3. We Still Need Your Lovin' (4:02)
4. Monopoly Rag (4:44)
Side B
1. Rising Sunset (3:42)
2. Jewels (5:30)
3. Spare A Dime (5:00)
4. All the Way To Memory (4:14)
MUSIC REVIEW & RECORD COLLECTOR NOTES
Bad News Travels Fast is a rarely heard Alec R. Costandinos production from 1979. The sound is now taking on aspects of R & B and even rock to some extent and it is nothing like his earlier productions.
Submitted by DiscoMusic.com (3698)
Bad News Travels Fast was an R&B-meets-jazz-meets-disco ensemble, produced by Alec Costandinos. They released two lacklustre LPs on Casablanca Records, 1979, "Look Out" and "Ordinary Man". The title track on their second album is quite catchy though (it was the only track co-written by Alec), but curiously not released on single. The rest of the tracks are just weird in a very dull way and failed to appeal to either the disco crowd or funksters, despite the Becker bros. making an appearance. Recommended to completists only, you can certainly do without this if you're a fan of the immaculate Alec Costandinos.