megatone was label that released a lot of sylvesters work, patrick cowley may well have been behind it (so to speak ;)
the record you have there sounds very "hi-nrg" especially if ian levine is involved - he was a big uk northern soul dj that swtiched on to disco in the late 70's and then onto to what he termed 'hi-nrg' in the early 80's (basically a fast and cheesy synth-oriented version of disco).. -j ---------------------- www.suenomartino.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eli Bingham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 5:49 AM Subject: [313] speaking of sylvester... (was Re: [313] song id) > ...i wonder if anyone could comment or shed some light on an > old 12" that i found the other day. i sometimes make a habit > of trolling the used soul and rock vinyl bins in out the > way record stores - you'd be amazed what you can find sometimes. > in this case i was in the rasputin's in beautiful downtown > pleasant hill, california. along with some $1 morris day > and the time twelves (ahem), i found an old sylvester record. > its a double a side 12" on "megatone records," apparently > based in the castro in san francisco. its dated 1985. one > side is "take me to heaven," the other side is called "sex." > now, its definitely inna '80s eurodisco stylee - cheap > unsequenced drum machine programs and live synth playing. > the production is by "ken kessie and morey goldstein" (?) with > remix by "ian levine" (???). really really long tracks with > typical campy sylvester vocals, but tons of great '80s synth > basslines and over-the-top linndrum drumrolls to sample. the > funny part is that "take me to heaven" is ludicrously fast for > a disco record. i played it with house and it came in at -8, > so i'm guessing its close to 140bpm (but with sylvester being > the way he is, at -8 he sounds just fine). > > anyway, anyone know what the deal with this record is? who are > these people? who the heck is "megatone records"? i've seen one > other record on megatone and it was a patrick cowley production, > something i-f would drop. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
