Tag: Jacques Morali

July 4, 2014

Patrick Juvet – I Love America (US 12″ Promo)

BUURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1978

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY USA!

“I Love America” is 1978 disco hit by Swiss-born performer Patrick Juvet, co-written by Village People lead singer Victor Willis and produced by Jacques Morali. The track peaked at #5 on the disco chart in the United States and #12 in the UK. The song was taken from Juvet’s album “Got A Feeling”, it was also included in the compilation album, A Night at Studio 54, in 1979.

This special one sided US 12″ promo was pressed on translucent blue vinyl.

SIDE A:
I Love America (Disco Mix) 13:55
I Love America (Edit) 3:47

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1978	I Love America	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Disco	#5

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Casablanca Records ‎– NBD 20134 DJ
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo, Single Sided, Blue
Country: US
Released: 1978
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Disco

CREDITS:
Executive-Producer – Henri Belolo
Producer – Jacques Morali
Written-By – J. Morali*, P. Juvet*, V. Willis*

NOTES:
Produced for Can’t Stop Music (BMI)
From the Casablanca LP “GOT A FEELING”
Promotional Copy Not For Sale.

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Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Speed Control: Pro-Ject Speed Box S
Phono Pre-amp: Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube: Tung-Sol 12AX7ECC803-S Gold Electron Tube
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

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Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removeal: ClickRepair (DeClick Level 3)
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator

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May 30, 2014

Dennis Parker – Like An Eagle/New York By Night (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1979

DISCO FRIDAY!

Dennis Posa, aka Dennis Parker, aka Wade Nichols (October 28, 1946 – January 28 , 1985) was an actor and singer from Freeport, New York who started his career in pornographic movies.

His first feature film role was probably in the 1975 gay adult film Boynapped!. He subsequently appeared mostly in straight porn films shot in New York such as Barbara Broadcast, Jail Bait, Summer of Laura, Punk Rock, Marishino Cherries, and Teenage Pajama Party. Posa was credited as Wade Nichols in most of the adult films in which he appeared.

In 1979, using the name Dennis Parker, he recorded a disco album on Casablanca Records entitled Like an Eagle. The album was produced by Village People creator / producer Jacques Morali. The title track was released as a single.

Posa (still as Dennis Parker) also joined the cast of the soap opera The Edge of Night in 1979, as Police Chief Derek Mallory.

Seriously ill by October 1984, Posa was unable to continue working on The Edge of Night and his character was written out of the show. The date of his death is commonly reported as January 28, 1985, but the Social Security Death Index indicates that Posa died in March of that year.

(According to a persistent rumor the cause of death was a self-inflicted gunshot wound, but this has never been confirmed.) In a tribute to Posa in a 1985 issue of Soap Opera Digest, fellow Edge of Night actor Ernie Townsend wrote, “He died in early January after a long and painful illness that took away a talent in its prime.” An obituary released in Virginia stated that he died after a “brief illness, survived by his mother, brother, and partner.”

This is a single sided 12″ with both tracks appearing on side A.

SIDE A:
Like An Eagle 8:37
New York By Night 7:00

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint (company)

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Casablanca Records ?– NBD 20153
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ? RPM, Promo, Single Sided
Country: US
Released: 1979
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Disco

CREDITS:
Arranged By [Strings & Horns], Conductor [Strings & Horns] – Horace Ott
Executive-Producer – Henri Belolo
Producer – Jacques Morali
Written-By – H. Belolo*, J. Morali*, S. Gaines*

NOTES:
Single sided 12″
Disco Mix From the LP “LIKE AN EAGLE”

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April 12, 2013

Eartha kitt – Where Is My Man (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983

DISCO FRIDAY!

“Where Is My Man” is the title of a song from 1983 by the American singer and actress Eartha Kitt, which appeared on her 1984 album I Love Men The song was co-written by comedy writer Bruce Vilanch along with musicians and producers Fred Zarr and Jacques Morali.

The song was first released in France as a single where it was wildly successful. The song features Kitt singing in a low, seductive-sounding voice. Included in the song are some sounds that have come to be associated with Kitt, including a purring sound similar to one she made while portraying Catwoman on the 1960s TV series Batman. The lyrics to the song detail specific things the singer expects to receive from her future lover, such as a trip to Saint-Tropez and shopping at Tiffany’s.

The title failed to find release in the United States until the producers’ attorneys (the firm of Grubman, Indursky, Shindler) introduced the title to their client, New York based Streetwise Records. Streetwise Records released the title in late 1983 in the United States to the dance and club markets. It was Kitt’s first recording released in the United States after her ostracism and self-imposed exile to Paris following her outspoken objection to the Vietnam War at a White House function in 1968, and it became her biggest-selling single in 30 years.

In the United Kingdom, “Where Is My Man” reached the Top 40 on the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at #36. This was her first UK Hit single in 28 years, the previous chart entry, “Under The Bridges of Paris” dating from 1955. The single was also a hit in dance clubs around the world peaking at #5 in Sweden and #22 in Netherlands. In the US, the song made the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, peaking at #7 and remaining on the survey for 14 weeks.

SIDE A:
Where Is My Man (Vocal) 6:24
Remix – Steve Thompson

SIDE B:
Where Is My Man (Instrumental) 5:10
Remix – Steve Thompson

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	Where Is My Man	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play	#7

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Streetwise ‎– SWRL 2217
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Disco
Credits: Arranged By – F. Zarr*, J. Morali*
Engineer – B. Scheniman*
Engineer [Assisted By] – M. Pollack*
Executive Producer – Henri Belolo
Mastered By – Herbie Jr.*
Producer – Jacques Morali
Strings – H. Ott*
Written-By – B. Vilanch*, F. Zarr*, J. Morali*

NOTES:
Produced for Can’t Stop Productions, Inc.
Recorded & Mixed at Power Station, NYC.
Jacket made in Canada
Special versions from the LP “I LOVE MEN”

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Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
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)
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ClickRepair
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April 20, 2012

David London – Samantha/Sound of The City (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1980

Born Dennis Hardy (“Fergie”) Frederiksen on May 15th, 1951 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Fergie started out as a musician and by 1964 was already performing with musicians much older than himself in nearby clubs. His singing came as a natural progression of performing with local bands. By the time Fergie had graduated high school he realized that he wanted to pursue a career as a singer, not as a musician.

Old friend and guitarist Tommy Shaw recommended Fergie as his replacement in the Chicago based group MS Funk, when Shaw was leaving to join another Chicago outfit, Styx, so Fergie moved across the lake to the windy city in 1975. His stint with MS Funk was as brief as the groups career. In less than two years the group was gone. While with the band he met pianist Patrick Leonard, (also from Michigan), the two formed a friendship that turned into the formation of Trillion. Fergie recorded the groups debut album with Leonard in 1978 (Epic Records)
before leaving to pursue a solo career. Leonard continued for a second album with Trillion before later scoring hits for Madonna, Jody Watley and Elton John, among others.

To further his solo career Fergie moved to Los Angeles in 1980 and began session work. This session work would lead to his meeting producer Jacques Morali and becoming “David London.” In his role as David London he first appeared in 1980 on the soundtrack of “Can’t Stop The Music.” His contribution to the soundtrack were two tracks, both of which appeared on a promotional-only Casablanca 12″ single. “Samantha” a tribute to the Valerie Perrine character in the movie, and the opening-credits track. “Sound Of The City” was the best thing on the album. It’s rousing big band, horn blaring, cymbal crashing feel good atmosphere made it one of the year’s club favorites.

The songs were written and produced by Morali and Henri Belolo. Given the climate of music, particularly the death of disco, and the fact that Neil Bogart (head of Casablanca Records) was trying to distance himself and the company from it’s “disco” image are probably two of the main reasons there was not another David London 12″ single. He did release a 1981 “David London” album, but it failed to chart. Hiassociation with Morali & Belolo spilled over into his contributing vocals to the Village People’s 1981 release “Renaissance.” He can also be heard on the additional soundtracks of “Best Little Whorehouse In Texas,” “All American Traffic Jam” and “Executioner’s Song.”

SIDE A:
Samantha (Extended Version) 5:07

SIDE B:
The Sound Of The City 4:31

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint (company sleeve)

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Casablanca Records – NBD 20215 DJ
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1980
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Disco
Credits:Arranged By – Horace Ott
Executive Producer – Henri Belolo
Producer – Jacques Morali

NOTES:
From the Casablanca Soundtrack album
“Can’t Stop The Music”

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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 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi