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€ 16.90 € 14.90
Artist: Zinc
Label: PTG Records
Sort: Artist CD
Product #: PTG 34134
Barcode: 8717438197340
01. Street level 6:04
02. I’ll never stop 5:40
03. I’ll take my chances 5:29
04. This is where the love is 5:56
05. Punkulation 5:57
06. Amazon 6:13
07. Livin’ in the boogie now 7:37
Bonus Tracks
08. I’m livin’ a life of love 5:25
09. Street level 3:29
10. I’ll take my chances 6:11
11. This is where the love is 7:45
12. Amazon 5:29
13. I’m livin a life of love 3:31
During the summer of 1982 French producer Jacques Fred Petrus and his Italian companion Mauro Malavasi released a string of hot R&B albums by Change, Ritchie Family, High Fashion, B.B.&Q. Band and Zinc. Zinc’s Street Level was the final record to leave the Little Macho Music factory that year and would be the last to be entirely produced in New York City.
Zinc wasn’t a real group but just the façade of yet another tasty studio creation fabricated by Jacques Fred Petrus & Mauro Malavasi. The studio group was composed of American and Italian session musicians led by the inevitable Malavasi. The production and arranging abilities of Mauro Malavasi and the great musicianship of key member Davide Romani once again shine through on this record. Lead singer Gordon Grody fronted Zinc. He was a white session singer and this again showed the deviant character of the project. Grody is a renown backing vocalist who has recorded with many Soul and Rock artists like Debbie Harry, George Benson, David Bowie, Steely Dan, Patti Austin, Luther Vandross and Talking Heads. He also provided vocals for the J.F. Petrus projects Macho and Silence.
Street Level was dropped in September 1982 by Jive Records, a label known for its alternative releases. Zinc was Urban R&B with touches of Pop, kept fairly basic, without too many frills. The emphasis was on the vocals and the perculating beat that made you want to bounce to the dancefloor. Though there were over 20 musicians and vocalists involved -including Fonzi Thornton and Bobby Douglas-, the spare arrangements gave everybody space. Highlights on the album are the inspired Kashif song and single “Street Level”, the chilly “Punkulation” and the Chic-influenced “This Is Where The Love Is”. Other fine selections include the naughty uptempo “I’ll Never Stop”, the energetic “I’ll Take My Chances” -flavoured with licks of rock guitar and polyrhythmic percussion-, and “Amazon” with its intriguing instrumental airs and chants.
Despite the suitable Jive label and a lineup of top musicians delivering a very well realized product, the Zinc undertaking was not a commercial peak and proved that the target market didn’t bite. Background singer Bobby Douglas formulated it like this: “Zinc was so ahead of its time that I knew it wasn’t going to be well received, because it was so much better than the shlock that was playing on the radio at the time.”
In 1983 the single “I’m Livin’ A Life Of Love” was released on Jive Records but no album followed. Contractual stipulations had forced Little Macho Music to publish a leftover for Jive. The song was composed by Malavasi and borrowed the arrangement of “Searching” by group Change. In 1984 Jacques Fred Petrus embraced Italo-Dance music and recycled the name Zinc for the Little Macho Music project Zinc feat. Sherwin, which resulted in the singles “State Of The Nation” and “Hollywood City”.
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Tavares – Future Bound
01. The Ghost Of Love 6:01
02. Timber 5:17
03. We're Both Ready For Love 3:38
04. All I See Is You 3:19
05. Slow Train To Paradise 4:56
06. Honey Can I 3:35
07. More Than a Woman 3:25
08. Feel So Good 4:17
T-Connection – Everything Is Cool
01. Groove City 5:20
02. Spend The Night With Me 4:57
03. Spinnin' 4:37
04. Paradise 5:22
05. Everything Is Cool 4:27
06. Give Me Your Love 4:50
07. Heaven In Your Eyes 5:36
08. We've Got A Good Thing 4:14
01. Genie (6:02)
02. Main Attraction (5:43)
03. Won't you be with me tonight (4:32)
04. Don't force it (4:53)
05. Minutes Away (3:15)
06. On the shelf (5:14)
07. Dreamer (5:45)
08. Riccochet (4:10)
Bonus Tracks:
09. Dreamer (Shep Pettibone / Long vocal version) (7:10)
10. Riccochet (Ben Liebrand Mix) (5:56)
11. Dreamer (Shep's Dream Version) (6:06)
12. Main Attraction (The finest Remix) (6:37)
13. Dreamer (No. 1 Remix) (6:12)
14. Dreamer (Shep Pettibone / Short vocal version) (3:55)
Peabo Bryson – I am love
01. I Am Love 5:08
02. Move Your Body 4:30
03. Split Decision 5:17
04. Impossible 5:49
05. There’s No Guarantee 4:30
06. Love Is On The Rise 3:52
07. Let The Feeling Flow 4:38
08. Get Ready to Cry 4:17
09. You 4:37
Howard Johnson – Keepin' Love New
01. Keepin' Love New
02. So Glad You're My Lady
03. Say You Wanna
04. Forever Falling In Love
05. So Fine
06. Take Me Through The Night
07. This is Heaven
08. Jam Song
01. We should be lovers (5:19)
02. I've got to be with you (4:33)
03. Just like in the movies (3:03)
04. I've got to love you again (4:39)
05. I never give up on love (4:39)
06. Love came today (3:13)
07. We belong in love (4:03)
08. Last night made my day (4:23)
01. Get Down Saturday Night (6:26)
02. Make Your Mind Up (4:16)
03. Something About You (4:35)
04. Bless The Ladies (4:12)
05. Do Me Right (4:25)
06. Never Gonna Give You Up (3:48)
07. Through It All (4:19)
08. Just To Be With You (5:58)
BonusTrack:
09. Get Down Saturday Night (Special Extended version)
01. Bite the apple (5:00)
02. Hope he wants (4:45)
03. Let's forget (4:30)
04. My Darling (4:48)
05. A song for you (1:06)
06. Let' em be (4:55)
07. Please let's go (4:52)
08. Don't cry for me (4:50)
09. Just for you (5:26)
BonusTrack:
10. Stay (4:10)
01. I’ll Do My Best (For You Baby) 5:22
02. This Love’s On Me 4:51
03. One and Only 4:30
04. You Can Always Count On Me 4:15
05. Walk With Me 4:19
06. Alright On The Night 5:04
07. Tonight I Need To Have Your Love 4:08
08. You’ve Got Me Dancin’ 4:50
01. Dreaming (4:12)
02. Tell me (4:50)
03. Let your body? (4:00)
04. And there where stars (4:02)
05. You are beautiful (4:34)
06. Around me (4:09)
07. Get down (5:10)
08. Bonus track: We will meet again (5:07)
Merge – Merge
01. Take It To The Top 5:00
02. Changin' 5:05
03. Volcanic Voodoo 4:35
04. What Makes You Wanna Lie To Me 5:25
05. Worry 5:14
06. Show Him The Way To Go 4:38
07. Heavenly 4:30
08. You're My Everything 5:24
T-Connection – Take It To The Limit
01. Take It To The Limit 4:31
02. Right Place, Wrong Time 4:35
03. You Can Feel The Groove 4:55
04. In Another Life 5:07
05. Anything goes 5:12
06. Travellin’ Man 4:08
07. Burnin’ With Desire 5:30
08. You found someone new 3:15