Francine McGee

Feel'in Good b/w Delirium (12" Canada)

RCA Records (Canada) / 1977 / KPNI-0246
12" Disco single, 45 RPM vinyl record
Genre: Dance

Delirium / Feel’in Good is a very nice track I always enjoyed, more so now, worth seeking out and owning, but in general, not a very popular track at the time.

As far as I know this cut was never released retail on a USA label, and therefore it was mainly known to those actively looking for new club music at the time, (DJs, collectors, hard core music lovers) the majority of your average record shopping clientele would never pay a top dollar premium for an 12" import single, especially in 1977, and therefore this track was mostly bypassed and forgotten.

Locally, from what I can remember this cut was considered "High Energy" (132 bpm) music from Canada (RCA- KPNI-0246), one of the many import dance floor filler that for the most part were sadly considered duds at the time, in this case the lackluster/plain sound lacking any proper clever "hook" to draw in the dancing masses of the day (except for the few that liked the Jazzy side of Disco) was probably the culprit in it's weak acceptance/performance, and even though this song sounds much better today, especially on your home system, at the time (depending on the Club), and especially from a DJ's point of view, this song was difficult to work successfully into a play list.

Both sides from this Francine McGee single are basically instrumentals jams that should mainly appeal to the obscure hard core Disco collector/connoisseur. The song features a heavy bass line and jazzy synths with some rock-ish guitars licks thrown in there. The mid way break is best described as "average" and short for the time, including the un-inspiring usual dry four on the floor beat followed by Latin congas, claves, and other Latin percussion instruments (maracas?).

In the past some posters around the DiscoMusic.com forums called the A side the "drunk Diva" vocal side, but I always liked the vocal Feel'in Good A side better, it is true the vocals are weak and consist of nothing more than "I'm feeling good," "I want to love you" and "Love me" sexy chants, but in my view this limited vocals add a welcome layer to this song lacking on the Delirium side that makes it more palatable for my taste.

I suspect this cut in resent years has become a collectors' favorite precisely because of its obscurity, scarcity and lack of "dance floor" attention, which is fine, better late than never, but as far as I remember this cut had a very short and un-eventful Dance floor existence in the America back in the day, at least in my area (Miami, Florida). I bought my copy when it first came out in a local specialty DJ store on November 11, 1977.

Listen to Delirium by Francine McGee:


Listen to Feel'in Good (Feelin' Good) by Francine McGee:


Delirium is available on only a few CDs such as:
Disco Mastercuts Volume 1
Disco Heat - Kenny Dope

Submitted by mixmachine (107)

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