Destination
From Beginning To End (LP)
Butterfly Records (US) / 1979 / FLY 3103
LP-album 33 ⅓ rpm Vinyl record
Genre: Dance
Producer and arranger: Elton Farokh Ahi for OF-OZ Productions
A product of OF-OZ
Executive producers: Pamela Garner and Elton Farokh Ahi
Destination are: Danny Lugo, Lovechyle Theus and Kathleen Bradley
Musicians:
Elton Farokh Ahi - electric and acoustic piano, synthesizers, bass, percussion and background vocals
Ardeshir Eddie Farah - electric and acoustic guitar, bass and percussion
Evan Caplan - drums, percussion
James Jamerson Sr. - electric and acoustic bass
Ira Hirschel - Clavinet
Strings and horns by OF-OZ Ensemble
String and horn arrangements by Elton Farokh Ahi and Don Hockett
Recorded at Star Track Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California
Chief engineer: Joe Cannizaro and Brian Levi
Assisted by Eddie Breekha and Paul Aiello
Mixed at Alpha International Recording Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Chief engineers: Fred Galletti and Bruce Weeden
Assisted by Ron Vitola and Gary Scarpella
Art direction: Lauren Garza
Photography: Claude Mougin
Side A
1. The Beginning 3:50
- i. Destination's Theme (E.F. Ahi, A. Farah)
- ii. Let Us Entertain You (E.F. Ahi, A. Farah)
2. Move On Up Suite 8:36
- i. Move On Up (C. Mayfield)
- ii. Up Up Up (E.F. Ahi)
3. Castles Suite 9:28
- i. Search (E.F. Ahi, D. Hockett)
- ii. Castles in the Sky (Akines, Bellman, Drayton, Turner)
- iii. The Dream (E.F. Ahi, D. Hockett)
Side B
1. My #1 Request 9:39
- i. Put It Where You Want To (E.F. Ahi, H, Sharp, D. Hockett)
- ii. Unfinished Symphony (E.F. Ahi)
- iii. Fantasy from Mortisha to Gomez Addams (E.F. Ahi, D. Hockett)
2. The End 6:36
- i. The Party (E.F. Ahi, A. Farah, H. Sharp)
- ii. The Party's Over (Styne, Green, Comden)
Destination's album From Beginning To End gave us the huge Disco hit Move On Up, which was a cover of the Curtis Mayfield track from a few years earlier. Brilliant uptempo and lush Disco that can be listened to over and over.
The B side continues with My #1 Request, which uses snippets of the Addams Family TV show theme song to good effect.
Listen to Move on Up, Up, Up by Destination:
Listen to My #1 Request by Destination:
Listen to Party - The End by Destination:
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Apr 19, 2012 | 6:29 amsong is not bad
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Jan 22, 2012 | 10:27 am
I like Move on up and Party - The End. 1979 was the best year of the Era Disco. Esta música llegó a Ecuador, South America con éxito.
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Jan 01, 2012 | 8:39 pm
nice music
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Nov 24, 2008 | 7:56 am
Definitely a classic disco Lp where every track is a hit.
Talk about the ultimate party album.
In the 80's - I found a purple vinyl copy for 99 cents in a used record store in Montreal.
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Mar 06, 2008 | 4:02 pm
Not all promos were on purple vinyl. I received a purple one in the mail from AJ, but a regular one in the Florida Record Pool. This album is a MUST HAVE. It was great, every single minute of it. I really enjoyed THE END, and for about a year, I closed with it. The ADDAMS FAMILY rift was outstanding, it was so perfect. MOVE ON UP was the big hit on this album, but I played parts of it for years. Excellent to remix, and I did plenty of that. It was like a different version nightly, and that helped its longevity. On my scale from 1-10 it is an easy TEN.
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Sep 29, 2007 | 8:37 pm
Promo copys were on purple vinyl.
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