Jungle Drums - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Wild Fantasy

Wild Fantasy is a studio concept band produced by Tony Hiller - the theme is a sensual drum fantasy with a touch of disco power. The big cuts from the LP are "Jungle Drums" and "Africa".

I have taken the cut "Jungle Drums" and have given it a ReStructure Mix make-over adding a surprise cameo appearance from the fabulous Abbe Lane - ringing in a tribal standard!

"Spys" by Roni Griffith -- Disco Video Mix by Glenn Rivera

Roni Griffith was originally a vocalist from the ensemble in Kid Creole and The Coconuts -- her solo venture left several disco classics from the early 80s including "Mondo Man", "(The Best Part Of) Breaking Up", "Desire" and "Spys". Each project was produced by high energy veteran Bobby Orlando.

"Spys" was a single from her self-titled LP -- I have taken the track and place it over the 1946 Alfred Hitchcock thriller/love story "Notorious" starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman. The winding synthesizers follow the drama and suspense carefully -- while leaving a few areas for the romantic edge which Hitchcock controlled so well.

Featuring scenes from "Notorious" -- RENT THE DVD!
Disco Video Mix by Glenn Rivera
Produced by Ken Emmons

This Disco Video Mix is dedicated to my favorite director of all-time -- Sir Alfred Hitchcock

Evelyn Thomas - Have A little Faith In Me

After twenty long years, the fabulous Evelyn Thomas and I are reunited again, to record three brand new 2008 songs, but the first thing we did was to go and film my all time favourite song I ever cut with her, "Have A Little Faith In Me". I love this song so much that I recut it last year with Ebony Alleyne, as my favourite song from our album, "Northern Soul 2007", which we released last September on Centre City Records and is still available to buy. I wanted my protege, Ebony Alleyne, to be seen performing a song which I wrote and produced in early 1978, virtually thirty years ago, for my then protege, Evelyn Thomas, and was both a twelve inch and the album title track on AVI Records. Redoing this song, one of my favourites of my entire career, gave me the idea for my next project, "Yesterday And Tomorrow", having all my current roster of artists reinvent my early classics. But back to the original, Evelyn Thomas. We've done a deal with Wienerworld, a major music DVD company, and the same company who originally released our classic documentary "The Strange World Of Northern Soul", and we have now released the definitive DVD box set. A five disc set of 200 performances called "Northern Soul's Greatest 200 Floorfillers". And this wonderful classic thirty year old song is part of it. What a joy to work again with my premier diva, Evelyn Thomas. I was also lucky enough to film the legendary and beautiful Evelyn Thomas singing all her old classics, virtually every single one, and already put "Doomsday", her second release which was recorded in the summer of 1975 in Chicago, and released in 1976, up on YouTube a few weeks ago. Two more of her classics, "My Head's In The Stars" and this one, "Have A Little Faith In Me", both have videos appearing on the Wienerworld DVD set. I first discovered Evelyn while holding auditions in 1975 in Chicago, arranged by Danny Leake, who I'd met the year before, in England, with his group, 100% Pure Poison. In February 1976, Evelyn's first record, "Weak Spot" and a song by a young Chicago postman, L.J. Johnson, both charted in the same week, and both acts were flown over to appear on Top Of The Pops, both on the same show. The entire music business was flummoxed as to how two completely unknown young black singers from Chicago, who had never even recorded before, both had hits on entirely different labels in the same week as each other. Evelyn's second release, "Doomday" also hit the charts, debuting its first week at number 41, which in those days was a fair sized hit. It was a further eight years before Evelyn went on to record her classic, the seven million selling "High Energy" My biggest ever hit, made in 1984 for Record Shack Records, which sold seven million worldwide. How they ever went bust after that is a mystery, but I stepped in and rescued the whole catalogue from the liquidator. What a privilege to now have a video of this heartstopping song.
Ian Levine

Dionne Warwick,Out of my Hands 1979

Marie Dionne Warwick (born December 12, 1940) is an American singer and actress who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health.
Best known for her partnership with Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest hit makers of the entire rock era (1955–1999), based on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Charts. According to Billboard Magazine, Warwick ranks second only to Aretha Franklin as the most charted female vocalist with 56 singles making the Billboard Hot 100 between 1962 and 1998.

Dionne, Dionne Warwick's debut album for the Arista label, was released in 1979. It was recorded during the summer of 1979 and was released that fall. The LP was originally issued as number AB-4230 in the Arista Catalog. The cover art for this LP features Warwick on a light background, in a fur stole.
The album's lead single was the title track, "I'll Never Love This Way Again" written by Richard Kerr and Will Jennings, and originally recorded by Cheryl Ladd.
The LP would then yield Warwick's next big hit, "Deja Vu". This song, written by Isaac Hayes and Adrienne Anderson, became one of Warwick's signature songs. Other notable songs on the LP were "After You", "In Your Eyes", "The Letter", and "Who, What, Where, When, Why".
The album was produced by Barry Manilow, who was paired with Warwick by Arista founder Clive Davis. Both of the above singles were Grammy winners the next year, and were certified gold records by the RIAA. The LP was Warwick's first album to be certified platinum.
Both commercially and critically, the LP was a huge hit, and a very welcome change for the singer, who had just been through five relatively fruitless years with Warner Bros. Records.

Track listing

1. "I'll Never Love This Way Again" – 3:33
2. "After You" – 4:03
3. "Feeling Old Feelings" – 4:05
4. "Deja Vu" – 5:08
5. "The Letter" – 3:42
6. "In Your Eyes" – 3:45
7. "All the Time" – 4:08
8. "My Everlasting Love" – 4:25
9. "Out of My Hands" – 3:20
10. "Who, What, When, Where, Why" – 3:15

Denise LaSalle,Do Ya Think Im Sexy 1979

Denise LaSalle (born 16 July 1939, Belzoni, Mississippi) is an American urban, R&B/soul singer, songwriter, and record producer.

Career

Most sources give her name at birth as Denise Craig, although it has also been stated that she was born Denise Allen, and that the name Craig derives from an early marriage. Raised in Belzoni, Mississippi, she sang in local churches before moving to Chicago in the early 1960s. She sat in with R&B musicians and wrote songs, influenced by country music as well as the blues, before winning a recording contract with Chess Records in 1967. Her first single, "A Love Reputation" was a modest regional hit.
After establishing an independent production company, Crajon, with her then husband Bill Jones, her first major success came in 1971 when her self-penned song, "Trapped By A Thing Called Love", released on Westbound Records, made #1 on the national R&B chart and #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The RIAA gold disc award was made on 30 November 1971 for a million sales. Follow-ups "Now Run And Tell That" and "Man Sized Job" also made the R&B Top Ten, and she continued to have hits on Westbound and then on ABC Records through the mid 1970s. She also carried on as a record producer and live performer. Her co-penned song "Married, But Not to Each Other" was included in the 1979, The Best of Barbara Mandrell, compilation album.
In 1980 she signed as a singer and songwriter with Malaco Records, for whom she released a string of critically acclaimed albums through the 1980s and 1990s, starting with Lady in the Street (1986) and Right Place, Right Time (1984). Both albums became major successes among soul blues, R&B and soul fans and on urban radio stations. In 1985 she enjoyed her only recognition in the UK Singles Chart, when her cover version of Rockin' Sidney's, "My Toot Toot", reached #6.
LaSalle appeared at the 1984 and 1993 versions of the Long Beach Blues Festival, and also in 1993 she performed at the San Francisco Blues Festival. Her 1997 album Smokin' In Bed was an unexpected commercial success.
She continues to work as a live performer, particularly at festivals, and more recently has issued more gospel-tinged material.
LaSalle now resides in Jackson, Tennessee with her husband, James E. Wolfe, where they participate in the community.

Discography

Albums

• 1967 Love Reputation
• 1972 Trapped By A Thing Called Love
• 1973 On The Loose
• 1975 Here I Am Again
• 1976 Second Breath
• 1977 The Bitch Is Bad
• 1978 Under The Influence
• 1978 Shot Of Love
• 1979 Unwrapped
• 1980 I'm So Hot
• 1981 Guaranteed
• 1983 A Lady In The Street
• 1984 Right Place Right Time
• 1985 Love Talkin'
• 1985 My Toot Toot
• 1986 Rain And Fire
• 1987 It's Lying Time Again
• 1989 Hittin´ Where It Hurts
• 1989 Holdin’ Hands With The Blues
• 1990 Still Trapped
• 1992 Love Me Right
• 1994 I'm Here Again ... Plus
• 1995 Still Bad
• 1997 Smokin’ In Bed
• 1999 God’s Got My Back
• 2000 This Real Woman
• 2001 I Get What I Want – The Best Of
• 2001 There’s No Separation
• 2002 Still The Queen
• 2003 My Toot Toot: Definitive Anthology
• 2004 Wanted
• 2007 Pay Before You Pump

Singles

• 1967 "Love Reputation" / "One Little Thing"
• 1970 "Trying To Forget" / "We’ve Got Love"
• 1971 "Trapped By A Thing Called Love" / "Keep It Coming"
• 1972 "Man Size Job" / "I’m Over You"*
• 1972 "Deeper I Go Better It Gets" / "Now Run And Tell That"
• 1972 "Heartbreaker Of The Year" / "Hung Up Strung Out"
• 1972 "Too Late To Check Your Trap" / "Heartbreaker Of The Year"
• 1972 "Right Track" / "Too Late To Check Your Trap"
• 1973 "Don't Nobody Live Here" / "Good Goody Getter"
• 1973 "What Am I Doing Wrong" / "Your Man And Your Best Friend"
• 1973 "Make A Good Thing Better" / "What It Takes To Get A Good Woman"
• 1974 "Get Up Off My Mind" / "Best Thing I Ever Had"
• 1975 "Any Time Is The Right Time" / "My Brand On You"
• 1975 "Here I Am Again" / "Hung Up Strung Out"
• 1975 "Count Down" / "A Promise Is A Promise (And Fly Me To The Moon)"
• 1976 "Married But Not To Each Other" / "Who's The Fool"
• 1976 "Hellfire Loving" / "Versions"
• 1977 "One Life To Live" / "Before You Take It To The Street"
• 1977 "Love Me Right" / "Fool Me Good"
• 1977 "Freedom To Express Yourself" / "Second Breath"
• 1977 "Before You Take It To The Street"
• 1978 "P.A.R.T.Y. (Where Is It?)" / "Under The Influence"
• 1978 "Working Overtime" / "No Matter What They Say"
• 1979 "Think About It" / "Versions"
• 1980 "Try My Love" / "May The Funk B With You"
• 1980 "I’m So Hot" / "Versions"
• 1981 "I’m Trippin’ On You" / "I’ll Get Some Help (& Satisfaction)"
• 1983 "Down Home Blues" / "X-Rated Versions"
• 1983 "Lady In The Street" / "I Was Not The Best Woman"
• 1983 "Lay Me Down" / "I Was Telling Him About You"
• 1983 "Come To Bed" / "Keeps Me Running Back"
• 1983 "Come To Bed" / "I Was Not The Best Woman"
• 1984 "Right Place Right Time" / "Come To Bed"
• 1984 "Right Place Right Time" / "Bump And Grind"
• 1984 "Treat Your Man Like A Baby" / "Come To Bed"
• 1984 "He’s Not Available" / "Right Place Right Time"
• 1985 "My Toot Toot" / "Give Me Yo Most Strongest Whisky"
• 1985 "Santa Claus Got The Blues" / "Love Is A Five Letter Word"
• 1986 "Let The Four Winds Blow" / "Sometimes" / "Right Time, Right Place"
• 1986 "What’s Going On In My House" / "Learnin' How To Cheat On You"
• 1989 "Bring It On Home To Me" / "Write This One Off"
• 1989 "I Forgot To Remember" / "Caught In Your Own Mess"
• 1989 "Don’t Cry No More" / "Eee Tee"
• 1990 "Drop That Zero" / "Trapped 1990"
• 1992 "Don’t Pick It Up" / "Don't Jump My Pony"
• 1992 "When We’re Making Love" / "Don't Pick It Up"
• 1992 "Don't Jump My Pony" / "Juke Box Strip"
• 1992 "Fool Me Good" / "Love Me Right"
• 1995 "Right Side Of The Wrong Bed"
• 1995 "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy"
• 2001 "There's No Separation"

The Crusaders Streetlife 1979

Street Life is a studio album by the American jazz band The Crusaders. It represents the peak of the band's commercial popularity, as it was a Top 20 album on three Billboard charts. The title track was also a Top 40 pop single peaking at number thirty six and becoming the group's most successful entry on the soul chart peaking at number seventeen . "Street Life" also hit the disco chart peaking at number seventy-five . It was also used on the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown.

The group shortened their name to "The Crusaders" in 1971, and adopted a jazz-funk style. They also incorporated the electric bass and electric guitar into their music. Bass guitarist Robert "Pops" Popwell and guitarist Larry Carlton joined the band, and featured on the group's albums throughout most of the 1970s. With this new style came increased crossover appeal, and the group's recordings started to appear on the Billboard pop charts. The height of the group's commercial success came with 1979's Street Life, which peaked at #18 on the pop album charts and the title track from the album made the Top 10 on the R&B chart and #36 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.

Track listing

1. "Street Life" (Will Jennings, Joe Sample) – 11:18
2. "My Lady" (Wilton Felder) – 6:43
3. "Rodeo Drive (High Steppin')" (Sample) – 4:28
4. "Carnival of the Night" (Felder) – 6:24
5. "The Hustler" (Stix Hooper) – 5:18
6. "Night Faces" (Sample) – 5:10

Personnel

• Arthur Adams - guitar
• Roland Bautista - guitar
• Oscar Brashear - trumpet
• Garnett Brown - trombone
• Randy Crawford - vocals
• Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
• Wilton Felder - saxophone, producer
• Barry Finnerty - guitar
• William Green - saxophone
• Stix Hooper - drums, producer
• Paul Jackson Jr. - guitar
• James Jamerson - bass guitar
• Alphonso Johnson - bass guitar
• Robert O'Bryan - trumpet
• Jerome Richardson - saxophone
• Billy Rogers - guitar
• Joe Sample - keyboards, producer