Moment of Truth

 

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Moment of Truth

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Bernie: DiscoMusic.com (3419)
on Jun 09, 06 | 12:31 am

Moment of Truth

Helplessly (12")

RECORD LABEL / RELEASE INFO:

Salsoul Records (US) / 1976 / 12D-2009
12" Disco Single 45 RPM Vinyl

STUDIO CREDITS:

Producer: Reid Whitelaw and Norman Bergen for Bergen-Whitelaw Productions

A Tom Moulton Mix

TRACKLISTING:

Side A
Helplessly 6:25

Side B
So Much For Love 6:35

NOTES:

Strangely, the 7 inch version of this Moment of Truth song was released on Roulette Records.

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YOUR REVIEWS & COMMENTS ON Moment of Truth

One of the great carnivorous dinosaurs: full-on orchestral arrangement, heavy on horns, vibes, rhythm guitar and masculine black-man emotion leaping over the chords.

The latter quality may be the most telling. I don't know the answer to Bernie's riddle about 7" release on a different label, but I speculate that the record had two lives; first in '74 or '75, when I remember it as a modest hit on black-radio without the bottom and rhythm that Tom Moulton remixed into it for a still-young Salsoul on the prowl to license whatever it profitably could. Roulette was in decline, and although I'm sure it released a couple of 12" singles lacked a commitment to this strange new sound called disco, as did many long-established New York-area independent labels.

Perhaps only Moulton, surviving Moments of Truth and Salsoul lawyers can say for sure!



A treat, and a fair example of Tom Moulton's remix talents.
Posted by: freddyinptown | Apr 02, 07 | 5:41 am

I first played this record in 1974 on a 7" record, I think the label was Blackstone or Blackbird, something like that. wouldn't bet on it though! I remember playing it nightly, for a year or more before I got the SALSOUL 12". Then It just got better, the Dance Floor increased, guess they now recognized the song from other clubs and WBLS. A true old-time DISCO CLASSIC, it can only receive a TEN!!!
Posted by: vyniljunkie | Apr 14, 08 | 11:13 am

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