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Gaz

Gaz (LP)

Salsoul Records (US) / 1978 / SA 8503
LP-album 33 ⅓ rpm vinyl record

Produced by Jurgen S. Korduletsch
Arranged by Thor Baldursson
Mix by Richie Rivera

Side 1
1. Sing Sing / 7:14
2. Indian Gaz / 5:10
3. Boogie Woman / 5:48

Side 2
1. Interstellar Love Affair / 5:34
2. Cantina Band / 4:30
3. Synth He Sized Her / 4:18
4. The Force / 5:06

When I first bought this promo LP by Gaz (about seven years ago), for some reason I disliked it, except for "Synth He Sized Her", which I found to be the only half-decent track. So it stayed on the shelf, with other disco records I'd bought for the jacket, or for the producers or musicians, and that had not lived up to the blind (or deaf, for that matter) expectations I'd put in them. In this case, the triggers had been Mats Bjoerklund, Keith forsey & Thor Baldursson, habitual co-workers of genius Giorgio Moroder.

But lately, having heard good words about this record, I decided to give it another listen. Was I up to a surprise!
"Sing Sing" is a killer track, the intro both reminiscent of Sir Joe Quarterman and '80s funk bands. The phrase: "To sing all night" sung by the chorus, was one of those samples I'd heard in numerous rap tracks throughout the '80s and wondered where they'd been sampled from.

"Indian Gaz" has a beautiful female chorus, accompanied by gracious horns & strings.
I could comment every track, and it would amount to one excellent record, if more instrumental than vocal-driven...

Submitted by KoolChris (178)