Disco Kids
Disco Kids (LP)
Dellwood Records (US) / 1978 / DLD 56014
LP-album 33 ⅓ rpm vinyl
Genre: Dance
All selections produced, arranged & conducted by Tony Camillo for Venture Productions in association with Free Flow Productions.
Recorded at Venture Sounds, Somerville, N.J.
Recorded and mixed by David Domanich & Henry Borysewicz
Vocalists: John Gates, Franke Previte, Alan Laboeuf, Lucille Jackson, Cliff Perkins
Side A
1. El Cumbanchero (3:25) [Rafael Hernandez]
2. What The World Needs Now (4:59) [Hal David / Burt Bacharach]
3. Sweathogs (4:00) [Tony Camillo]
4. Kung Fu Dancing (2:45) [Tony Camillo]
Side B
1. Flick My Bic (4:36) [Tony Camillo]
2. Lovers' Concerto (3:39) [S. Linzer / D. Randall]
3. It Ain't What You Do (3:50) [Tony Camillo]
4. Close To You (5:33) [Hal David / Burt Bacharach]
A very nice and hard to find LP by Disco Kids from New York's independent Dellwood Records label.
Most of the numbers are uptempo, including the two David/Bacharach cover versions ("What the world needs now", and the Carpenter's "Close to you") In fact these two songs are the highlights of the album.
"Lovers' Concerto" is another cover version, but this is more midtempo, as is the Camillo penned "It ain't what you do".
"El Cumbanchero" as the name suggests has a latin feel, and "Kung Fu dancing" has a chinese-styled introduction.
Disco Kids released a 12 inch single called "Action, Satisfaction" a year later, but other than that very little is known about this group.
Submitted by Darren S (109)
To add to this review; I now believe that Disco Kids DIDN'T release "Action Satisfaction"; I was fooled by a wrongly attributed mp3 (which was in fact by Melody Stewart).