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Danny Boy and the Serious Party Gods

Castro Boy (12" EP)

(Record company not listed - Blank label) (US) / 1983 / CB 101
12" EP 33 1/3 RPM vinyl record

Producers: Lester Temple, Barry Beam
Exec. Producer: John Hedges
Engineers: Peter & Mary Buffett @ Independent Sound, S.F., Ca, U.S.A.
All Music: Barry Beam
Vocals: Danny Williams
Thanx: Bret Arnst

Side A
1. Castro Boy - Somewhat Normal Version
2. Castro Boy - Spaced-Out Version

Side B
1. Castro Boy - Instrumental
2. Castro Boy - Dub Of Sorts

(no timing indicated)

Danny Boy and the Serious Party Gods's "Castro Boy" is a synth-and-vocoder disco track from 1983, based on Frank Zappa's "Valley Girl", depicting a flamboyant nelly-style queer from Castro St., San Francisco, in lieu of Zappa's San Fernando Valley, LA girl.

This EP is discussed here: http://www.discomusic.com/forums/disco-music-70s-80s/3898-very-gaaaaay-songs-needed-4.html

My opinion: although obviously gay-oriented (check out the lyrics in the above thread), this is an excellent synth-and-vocoder italo-style pumpin'disco track that will appeal to anyone into that genre (well, at least I like it...) The rare original '83 USA release has been reissued in Holland by Panama records under # PAN 003, replacing the original A2 track by a "Lester Temple mix".

Submitted by KoolChris (178)