Larry was soooo way ahead of his time. But I will say this over and over again. Larry did some his best work with vocalist. He always let them shine.....
THIS JANICE MCCLAIN SUPER CLASSIC RECEIVED LOADS OF RADIO AIR PLAY HERE IN NEW YORK CITY ON WBLS-FM AND WKTU-FM BACK IN 1979 !!!! IT ALMOST SEEMS CRIMINAL THAT A MASTERPIECE AS THIS IS ALMOST FORGOTTEN BY THE CURRENT MASS MEDIA !!!! BUT THIS SONG BRINGS BACK GREAT MEMORIES !!!! THANK YOU sundayleffe FOR POSTING THIS SUPER GEM !!!! THANK YOU YOU/TUBE !!!!
I’m from the west coast and never heard this song or never noticed it in the clubs. I did find a mint copy of this 12” last week and in the first listen, I knew i had to have it. You guys in the east. Past and NYC were very lucky to had all this great music that never made it out this way to the left coast,
Never heard this before, but from my first listen at this used record store, this record was coming home with me. It captured the vibe and energy from the golden years of disco and dance music. Glad I finally came across the masterpiece.
Well said! My RU-vid sreeen-name tells you where I'm from: NYC 😊 This was all over 107.5 WBLS, Disco 92.3 WKTU, and 98.7 Kiss WRKS FM. What a great song. Thank you uploader!
1979 was my First Summer in Boston. I was a waiter/busser at the Flower Garden in Quincy Market. My previous job has been as a male cocktail server at Boston-Boston. This great cut played in the back of the Flower Garden, Lizette who didn't even like 'disco", Rachel, the Flower Garden being one of the few places to have female cooks back in the day, Chef Casas, my managers Michelle, Charley Rose, bussers Cookie and Wally, servers Kell, Colleen and Jean Claude all grooved to this groove. After closing the cafe I would go to Boston-Boston and visit Leif, Sonny and Joe while Wendy Hunt and Jeff Tilton spun this. I had just turned 21. Some of these folks are gone and I am only in touch with a few but they are alive when this plays.
2020 and still listening. Such a powerful, beautiful voice, and so young when she recorded it. Would wait all day for 92 WKTU to play it. Always had the DJ play this wherever I landed that night.
Listen to her vocals so clean so damn sick YOU go Janice music from the 70's and 80's was just off the hook we grew up in the BEST OF TIMES!!! Wouldn't trade it for anything in the world clubs the Disco seen guys looked great woman looked even better let alone the music yes bring it all back!!
I know everything great comes back, especially if it was once so great. The kids don’t even go out to dance and just go to bars to get drunk with their friends.. yeah, I hope dance music and dance culture comes back again. It did with the house music scene that I was heavily involved with in the early 90’s to about 2006.
What a wonderful song, what elegant and beautiful orchestral arrangements, a true jewel of disco music, Janice's voice so angelic, so expressive, is one of my favorites of all my life.
I remember falling in love with my dance partners. hustling the night away. I was one of many great dancers from the Bronx. when this song came on. They use to clear the dance floor for us. John Travolta had nothing on this. Janice was the best. smack dab in the middle...long version. rock on.
I remember skating to this at Twin City Roller Rink in Elizabeth New Jersey. These were the best of times when times were simple and people were able to enjoy themselves without the rhetoric of wondering what kind of person you were.
My 1st year at Performance Arts in Philly I was a already a fan of the beautiful Janice McClain.. With just brief encounters I realized she was EPIC and graceful... Gave me hope!! I couldn't believe that the record I bought was from this tiny , hazel eyed beauty!!! She was so classy and warm.. Kudos to you Janice Mcclain!!! Made me smile!!!
My first-year at Philadelphia High School for the Performing Arts in Philly. Janice McClain had already had hit records, but she was so nice and had already understood the music industry at 16.. She was so nice and graceful. I remember she used to wear this pretty white fur coat to school.
Latter day TSOP - Sound of Philadelphia - yet hipper, more soulful, with greater energy. Lavish orchestrations accompanying her superb talent that has gone substantial places. Well, the year this had been produced was a winner, 1979.
I was there for the era we called disco , I was swept up in it and built a great collection of 12inch discs but this one is one of my true favorites . It's kept in a special pile of best of the best . The recording of this is incredible clean and tight and her vocals right on . Nice and loud to appreciate was I'm talking about . Great job in the studio on this one . Most 12 inch records sounded great anyway .
Good choice you sure know how to appreciate good music this is probably the best disco song that ever came out her voice is amazing I bought the album in 79 Whitney Houston or Chaka Khan don't have nothing on her I still listen to this frequently in 2018 and I'm white LOL
I’m Chinese and love classic funk and disco. I actually picked up this 12” last week and on the first listen loved it and bought. It was in mint condition and only $7.
This Song is what made me become a DJ Ron Hardy played this at the Music Box, it seemed like nothing else he played that night mattered. To this day it is my favorite out of 5000 records.
At the Garage Larry added about 20 to 30 ms of delay to the line out from the Bozak mixer to the main bus. Richard obliged this request and that touch of delay added everything to the rooms sonics. This habit, is acoustically present on almost all the music he produced -mixed during his career. I would end my shift spinning in Levittown LI. at 1:30 AM and grab what ever pretty was by my booth and head to the city to dance our selves to a lather till the Garage said good morning Then back out to Long Island to the west end of Jones Beach and smash the commandments in the dunes with my new “friend” 😉
That voice!! The arrangements are completely inspired by MFSB but this record held its own. Massive props to Janice McClain for providing a performance that transcended the brilliant production and musical performance. This teenager owned this whole thing. This is legend.
I pulled up in my expo to buy a beer in lower Manhattan and people the tears were just coming down we stood there and played janice and talked about the palladium and dancing they would not let me leave. oh those were the days.
Fall of '79 Freshman at Rutgers. Remember the dance parties with the cute Jersey Sisters! Long time ago but the memories are still fresh. It means it was a time of great aspirations and new horizions.
I was every bit of 9 years old when the song came out hitting the airwaves and WLBS 102.7 FM in Detroit/Mt Clemens wasn't quite yet a year-old radio station at the time but it was surely pumping out the hits... and THIS was one of em! Thank you J-Mac!
THIS SONG BRINGS SO MUCH JOY TO MY HEART BECAUSE I WAS AT THE WAREHOUSE 206 JEFFERSON WITH ALL OF MY WAREHOUSE JACKING OUR BODIES, THAT'S WHY WE LOOK SO FABE, TODAY 30 YEARS LATER, TO GLORY AND GRACE OF GOD.
This song gives me good goosebumps. I was 9yo when this song was played on the radio. I appreciate the melodies the drums, violins, bass drums, trumpets OOOO WEE. Did I miss anything? YES THANK YOU FOR THE POST❤
I found this 12” in great condition today at this new record store in San Francisco for only $7. I never heard it before but fell in love with it after the first 10 seconds . Didn’t know if it was a hit before or not, but the production and vocals were just perfect. Then I saw on the label tgat ot was mixed or produced by the legendary Larry Levan from the Garage. I said this is coming home with me and going into my disco vinyl collection.
I was only 6 yrs old. And to this day, I still hear the hook/chorus just like back then!! FINALLY, I found the name of the song AND the artist!!!! lol THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!!!!!
traveling from TORONTO to Fort Lauderdale, just on the US side, I was flipping around the fm dial, and this song came on. My favorite all time song, of the disco era.I got back to TO, and introduced it to a DJ at the Generator, a hot disco at the time, and all of a sudden, it's being played everywhere. Played it at a bbq, and everyone wanted to know where I got such an amazing song.
Oh baby the Latin Symbolics, me ,papo, walter, and the Cypress Ave, Crew 138st in the Bronx and of course Janice Mclain how fine she was. WE were all once kings of the Hustle. I miss the days now that was fun all night dancing away
THIS CAME OUT IN 1979,WHICH WAS THE YEAR I TURNED 16.MY HOW TIME SEEMS TO BE SPEEDING UP AS I GET OLDER.BUT THANK YOU JESUS FOR EVERY SINGLE DAY OF MY 55 YEARS SO FAR.GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERYONE ONE OF US.
Club Zanzibar Newark NJ Those Were The Good Old Days And I Love Larry Levan Too RIP My Brother The Best DJ Ever And DJ Quick From Newark NJ. PartyYaul/! 8/31/13.
I remember Larry Levan playing this at the Paradise Garage. I got "life" then and now...specifically because they play this on Studio 54 radio on Satellite. What a voice this young lady had. What happened to her?
She's still around! You can find her on Facebook. I sent her a message and she very kindly added me as a friend. She's super cool and nice, and smart! I'm a huge fan, ever since I bought this when it came out. Huge respect for her!
When you're hot, you're hot When you're not, you're not You've got to give a little To gain a lot Boy I'm gonna give you all I've got When you pick and choose Sometimes you lose But I choose you boy anyhow Nothing's gonna stop me now But I can go over it (So wide) But I'm gonna get around it (Too deep) Hey I can get under it (Too high) So high Smack dab in the middle of loving you Baby, baby, baby, baby Run and hide when love is on my side I give an inch boy to gain a mile Loving you is so worth while Playing hide and seek Till your heart gets weak One, two, three, tag on you No matter where you hide I'm gonna get you But I can go over it (So wide) But I'm gonna get around it (Too deep) Hey I can get under it (Too high) So high now boy Smack dab in the middle of loving you It's what I wanna do, it's what I wanna do Hey well I can't get over it But I'm gonna get around it Hey I can get under it So high Smack dab in the middle of loving you Can't get away, can't get away boy You can't get away, you can't get away boy You can run, you can hide I've got love on my side You can pick, you can choose Sometimes you're about to lose Give it up, give it up, give it on up Is what I wanna do Hey when you're hot, you're hot Hey baby when you're not, you're not You've got to pick and choose But you're bout to lose No matter what I'm coming thru the middle I'm coming thru the middle Give it up, give it up, give it on up Smack dab in the middle, in the middle
One of the greatest songs ever sung during the Disco era!!!!! Amazing vocals and boy/girl you can cut a rig on this one! You gonna be sore the next day from dancing yo ass. Off😍😂
This sister voice is amazing. I luv this song. The vocals is the sound that's missing in todays😢 🎶 music. Producers please listen and bring back the instruments and vocals to fix the puzzle ❤😅 to create a great song.
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