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VINYL ALBUM / SINGLE TITLE

You're Too Late (12")

RECORD LABEL / RELEASE INFO:

Pavilllion (US) 1980 / 4Z8-6408
12"-33 rpm

STUDIO CREDITS / RECORDING / RECORD SLEEVE LINER NOTES:

Producer(s)
Tony Valor

Mixer/Remixer
John Loungo

ALBUM TRACKLISTING:

Side A
You're Too Late (6:30)

Side B
You're Too Late (5:10)

MUSIC COLLECTOR NOTES ON THIS VINYL RECORD ALBUM / SINGLE:

"You're Too Late" by Fantasy is a song one never gets tired of hearing. Produced by Tony Valor who also worked with Soccer as well as putting out his own material on Brunswick and Paula Records.

I had the pleasure of speaking with Tamm E. Hunt who was the lead singer of Fantasy and was able to get some background info.

The group Fantasy was named the #1 Disco group in the Billboard Year End Awards 81/82. The group members were
TAMM E HUNT lead singer
KEN ROBERSON background/choreographer,
RUFUS JACKSON background/lead
CAROLYN EDWARDS background.
Luci Martin and Norma Jean who were both former leads for CHIC did perform background vocals along with Clare Bathe from MACHINE.

I asked Tamm how it was to work with Tony Valor and this is her reply:

"Working with Tony Valor was an education. (smile) he had an idea and he made it happen. So...he could be controlling and I was not always controllable. Especially on stage. So we had our moments. (smile)

Tony Valor was or is a business man, he's a lawyer now and a publisher. He was always smart and with that did what he had to do to make the group successful. He indeed assembled the group, not unlike other well known acts i.e. TLC, EN VOGUE, THE TEMPTATIONS, CHIC, CHANGE the list goes on, he called auditions and tried different combinations of people. It started off with Rufus, Kenny and me and then he decided we needed another girl to balance Kenny and Rufus in the background and when Rufus did his lead Carolyn and I draped Kenny. It's was all business and egos and madness. the ultimate theatrical piece. The entire thing was a figment of his imagination and he had a really vivid imagination and set out to manifest his dream. I respect that. I was one of the paint brushes that made it manifest. we had fun.

We didn't always see things in the same way. But quietly we had a secret admiration for one another. Together we were winners, but we each knew that separately we could win also. It was a good combination. John Loungo was the interstitial...the fibrous tissue that made Tony valor and Tamm E Hunt work. He understood us both when we each didn't understand the other. A great intermediary... John Loungo was a dreamer too. He was a powerful force, he could make it happen. A visionary is what I would call him. He saw beyond Disco and it was evident in the way he mixed records. The sound was very Pop oriented with a rock edge. The repetitious drum beats is what made it have the Disco edge. The music was oriented for the European market where it was a big success. I recognized it when we were in Paris and Rome..."

Also See...
Maryann Farra & Satin Soul
Soccer
Tony Valor

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This vinyl album / single was posted by:
Bernie: DiscoMusic.com (3561)
on Sep 15, 03 | 6:55 pm

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