Skatt Bros. – Walk The Night (US 12″ Promo)
Posted by DjPaulT on June 8th, 2011
BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1979
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The Skatt Brothers (or Skatt Bros.) were viewed as Canada’s “straight” answer to America’s Village People. But in actuality there were quite different. In 1979, the band released “Walk the Night” which was widely popular, reaching #9 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Clup Play Chart in 1980. “Walk the Night” is considered the band’s cult classic and most famous release.
Some of the members of the Skatt Bros. actually did background vocals for the Villiage People, but minor studio only. It ‘s a bit of a coinsidence, since they are on the same label and they had the same management as the group KISS (Aucoin Management). Skatt Bros.were being marketed as a “Rock Disco/Straight Village People” group, since it was 1979 and record companies were backlashing against disco.
“Walk the Night” was a particular anthem of late ’70s gay male S/M. The Skatt Brothers were similar to the Village People, but with lyrics that were darker and more explicit, for example: “He’s got a rod beneath his coat/gonna ram right down your throat/make you grovel on the floor/spit, bump, and scream and beg for more.”
SIDE A:
Walk The Night 5:24
SIDE B:
Dancin’ For The Man 3:39
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint (company sleeve)
CHARTS:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Walk The Night | U.S. Billboard Hot dance Club Play | #9 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Casablanca Records
Catalog#: NBD 20209 DJ
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1979
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul, Rock
Style: Disco
Credits: Arranged By – Pete Pedersen, Skatt Bros., The*
Producer – Skatt Bros., The*, Ian Guenther & Willi Morrison*
NOTES:
FRom the Casablanca LP “STRANGE SPIRITS” NBLP 7192
Find the 12″ on DISCOGS
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super 20
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 16bit 44kHz using Adobe batch processing
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi PNG format, resized to JPEG format for posting.
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June 8th, 2011 at 5:31 pm
I love this track! always thought it sounded like it should have been part of the soundtrack to the 1980 Al Pacino movie “Cruising”.
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June 9th, 2011 at 2:40 pm
Umm, I’m sold. Thank you, Paul!
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October 13th, 2012 at 1:13 pm
I tried to download The Skatt Bros – Walk The Night flac, but the link just brought me to a petition. Is it still available? I’d love to get a flac of it. Thanks.
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DjPaulT Reply:
October 13th, 2012 at 3:29 pm
Sorry the links are dead. I plan to re-rip and re-post this one at a later date. Just keep checking my site.
Thanks.
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