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Paris Casablanca

Dancing in CaÔro (LP)

Pianola Records / EMI (France) / 1979 / 2C064-14754
LP-album 33 ⅓ rpm vinyl

Produced and arranged by Philippe Renaux & Rachid Bahri for Delta - Pianola Communications

Lead vocals:
Joe Scott (A1, B1)
Claudia Polley (A2, B2)
Ann Calvert (A3, B3)

Side A
1. Dancing in CaÔro (5:31) [P. Renaux / A. Calvert]
2. Mamy Blue (6:04) [H. Giraud / P. Trim]
3. I should be lovin' (5:30) [P. Renaux / A. Calvert]

Side B
1. Keep on running (6:43) [J. Edwards]
2. A love at first sight (6:12) [P. Renaux / A. Calvert]
3. I wanna go home (skiped by two) (5:43) [P. Renaux / A. Calvert]

Superbly bizarre and little-known French disco production, well worth tracking down.

The title track is the most appealing to these ears. The lyrics start "Dancing in Cairo, Everywhere you go, Heavy perfume flows, In Cairo...". After 2 minutes the disco tune blends into a syncopated flute-driven middle-eastern sound, and then back out into a gorgeous alto-sax solo, before returning to the main tune.

Disco cover versions of Mamy Blue, and the Spencer-Davis Group's "Keep on running" also appear on the LP.

The mid-tempo track "A love at first sight" seems familiar but I can't quite work out why! Very good though.

The final track "I wanna go home" has a spelling mistake in its title as it should be "skipped by two", which is based around some kind of playground chant.

Just to complete the package, the LP has a quintessentially 70s front and back cover - they just don't make 'em like that anymore!

Submitted by Darren S (109)