American Gypsy
I'm OK, You're OK b/w [Instrumental Trip] (12")
Importe/12 Records (US) / 1980 / MP-305
12" Disco Single 33 rpm vinyl record
Genre: Dance
Producer(s) : Hans van Hermet
Arranged and conducted by Piet Sauer
Engineered by Pieter Boer
Sterling Mastering by Jack "Supercutter" Skinner
Europa Disk Plating by Jim Shelton
Mixer/Remixer : Raul Rodriguez (listed simply as "A Raul Dance Mix" on label)
(P) 1980 Importe/12 Records Division, Sugarscoop, Inc.
Licensed by Phonogram B.V., The Netherlands
Chappell / Intersong USA, Inc. ASCAP
Side A
1. I'm OK, You're OK (10:49)
(Janschen and Janschens)
Side B
1. I'm OK, You're OK [Vocal] (5:20)
2. I'm OK, You're OK [Instrumental Trip] (4:30)
From the Disconet family comes American Gypsy, which hailed from Europe. Let's all chant now: "I'm OK, You're OK . . ."
The mixer on this track, Raul, was the same person who did the legendary Disconet remix of Abba's "Lay All Your Love."
The following information kindly submitted by DiscoMusic.com member and moderator, Videoskooter:
American Gypsy is a group of musicians that came out of L.A. Members played with Dr. John, Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Barry White and Frank Zappa. In 1972 after they all formed the band "The Pasadena Ghetto Orchestra", they came to Europe, more precisely, Maastricht Holland and renamed themselves American Gypsy.
Their first singles "Lady Eleanor" and "Angel Eyes" came out in 1974, but weren't very successful. "I'm OK, You're OK" from 1979 also flopped but was a big hit in American Discos.
I remember them quite well as an American funk band, operating from Holland, but they were more hype than good songwriters IMHO. They mainly recorded for CBS and Philips and ended in the eighties on the German ZYX label.
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Feb 04, 2007 | 6:56 amIncredible track with killer bass riffs. From the beginning, I've always thought the mixes were somehow wasting the magic provided by the riff sequences by adding longer, pace-breaking sequences. In a word, all 3 mixes go up-and-down, instead of maintaining a constant upper, which is somewhat sad.
I've felt this before, listening to "For your love", by Chilly. It starts out promising to be a killer track, then comes the break; and you wonder: "why did they kill this track with such a lame break?".
So let's just say it's a good track that could have been a killer...
I remember this song being on a DISCONET. It got played some by me. It was not a standard play, but occasionally. Not in rotation. On my scale from 1-10, it gets a 3.