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[Alex_bog_13]

Peter Jacques band

One year after Jacques Fred Petrus' and Mauro Malavasi's first production together, 1979 was to become one of their most hectic year in their common career.

After a rather slow start in 1978 with their studio group "Macho" mini-album Petrus/Malavasi aimed much higher this time with four complete albums simultaneously produced. One of them was Petrus "own" group "Peter Jacques band" (PJB), a name that played a little bit with his own name reversing the order of it.

The first release of PJB was "Fire night dance" in 1979. PJB was, like all Petrus productions at the time, a pure studio concept and not a real band. Petrus simply recorded a few songs with his in house Italian songwriters, used some fancy photos on the album cover and hired a touring staff (that may alter) to act as the band on tour, and that was it. The touring staff in 1979 is unknown and the three persons on the cover seems to be there just for the looks of things. One that did get an offer though was Mic Murphy that acted as road manager of the funk band Kleeer at the time and later became the co-runner of Petrus Little Macho office in NYC. He was together with a few friends offered a touring contract but the money was ridiculously low so that was a no deal.

The release only included four extended tracks like most of the early albums of Petrus and Malavasi. The music breathes power and energy with sleek melodies even though the material is inconsistent. The first track "Walking on music" got the perhaps best hit potential with a fast tempo explotion of strings, hight pitched voices and a sleek melodie. "Devil's run" got a more modern and funkier sound palette showing a strong piece with a long appealing break. The tracks on the B-side continues in the same style, fast, energetic and polished disco but without making any major impression. Besides Malavasi as a lead character that composed, arranged and conducted the album fellow Italians of Gianolio and Trevisi played crucial roles. Trevisi even was the co-arranger, composer and conductor together with Malavasi. The engineer of Maurizio Biancani in the Bologna studio was also an important man at the time with his skillful technical knowledge that was well used by Petrus. Besides Malavasi, Gianolio and Trevisi no other musicians are mentioned on the album that instead refer to the musicians from Macho's album in 78 as the musicians on PJB. The most well known of them was Leroy Burgess that worked with many great disco acts during the late 70s and early 80s like "Black ivory", "Aleem" and "Inner life". Petrus himself was both the producer and executive producer even though all the productions practically were a thing that Malavasi handled. Petrus also contributed with the idea of the cover that was different on the European and American releases. The European was a bit dark an mystical and the US release more colorful and expressive.

The debut was musically not very interesting, the tracks sounded very much the same but the first two tracks showed a potential that also brought attention to the new band. Malavasi also had the chance to learn and develop the sound that led to even further and greater success later on. When it comes to PJB they were to come back one year later and this time with a more interesting and broader material. "Dire night dance" sold not bad though and in that perspective it was a relatively good affair. A better production of Goody music to catch that year was Revanche's one and only mini-LP "Music man" that showed some real disco potential, an album that can be highly recommended.

Among all the productions from the first period of Petus and Malavasi between 1978 and 1980 PJB's album in 1980 together with Change's debut the same year have to been seen as their two most successful ones, both musically and economically. After the minor success with "Fire night dance" in 79 their second and highly competitive, full-size, 6 track album "Welcome back", with its surprisingly modern sound, became a masterful result. What strikes you at first is the melodic and harmonic sound performed with a great amount of fluency, in other words a very nice and easy listening sound! The Chic influences are also more present than in 79 and perhaps best illustrated in the title track with its quirky hard slapping guitar sound. The whole album is competent but a few tracks exceeds the rest, like the funky "The louder", sing along and happy "Is it it" and the classy knocker "Mighty fine", maybe the most well balanced and tastefully arranged track from the album.

All in all this was PJB's most enjoyable set of music with enough quality and variation among the tracks to make it one of the better disco albums of the year and over all. This year PJB also did get a much more band like identity.

After five long years Petrus wanted to create just another PJB album. This time without his musical mastermind Malavasi and in a poor economical situation together with the new musical world that looked much different from the one back in 80. Wheeler, Bass, Washington and Shepard were not used again. Instead Petrus put together a whole new band for the third time on the third album comprising the Brazilian Ilto Sampaio, Betty Lami, Carin McDonald and the Swede Carmen Bjornald (the blonde to the left). Even though Petrus tried he couldn't revive the power and light from the early years and the album "Dancing in the street" in 85 was a weak effort. Petrus even managed to draw Romani back in action as songwriter and producer after his departure in 83. But even the talented Romani couldn't create a miracle that PJB so much needed. Despite rather good poptracks like the chartbusters "Going dancing down the street" and "All right let's go" (same tracks as "Let's go together on Change's album the same year) released the hot summer of 1985 PJB's last album couldn't lift it self in the hair and the rest was musically pending from average to poor. Both Change's album and B. B. & Q band's was better that year, especially B. B. & Q. band's groovy Jam/Lewis inspired eight piece gem but ironically PJB did get some slightly more media attention that year. This fact clearly showed the uncertainty and confusion in the black music inspired world during these years when main stream pop/synth music experienced more commercial attention and were the favorites among the record companies in favour of the musically more original and tight funk, soul and R&B productions.

One year after PJB's last album Jacques Fred Petrus was killed as a result of illegal affairs with the Mafia. It was a sad end for a rarely seen power force in dance music.

Дискография:
1979 - Fire Night Dance
1980 - Welcome Back
1985 - Dancing In The Street

Если бы в 1986 году в Гваделупе бандитская пуля не оборвала жизнь Jacques Fred Petrus'а, то дискография Peter Jacques band возможно была бы длинее...

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[Alex_bog_13]

Peter Jacques Band - Fire Night Dance (1979)



Исполнитель: Peter Jacques Band
Альбом: Fire Night Dance
Год: 1979
Тип: Remaser Vinyl LP, Tau Analyzer - 100% CDDA
Лейбл: Goody Music Records
Жанр: Electronic / Disco
Формат: потрековый APE / Extra High Compression
Размер: 4 части ~ 100 + 100 + 100 + 96 Мб

1. Walking On Music (8:24)
2. Devil's Run (8:27)
3. Fire Night Dance (8:40)
4. Fly With The Wind (8:43)
Bonus tracks:
5. Walking On Music (Edit version) (3:47)
6. Fire Night Dance (Edit version) (3:46)
7. Walking On Music (Disco edit) (5:24)
8. Fire Night Dance (Disco edit) (6:28)

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[Dymok]

Цитата: (Alex_bog_13 @ 3.3.2008, 17:54) Все альбомы Peter Jacques band будут выложены в APE.

Вот это подарочек. В таком отличном качестве редкость.

[Alex_bog_13]

Peter Jacques Band - Welcome Back (1980)



Исполнитель: Peter Jacques Band
Альбом: Welcome Back
Год: 1980
Тип: Remaser Vinyl LP, Tau Analyzer - CD conclusion: CDDA, Tracks 2, 7 - MPEG
Лейбл: Goody Music Records
Жанр: Electronic / Disco
Формат: потрековый APE / Extra High Compression
Размер: 4 части ~ 100 + 100 + 100 + 98 Мб

1. Counting On Love (One Two Three) (5:15)
2. Welcome Back (6:23)
3. The Louder (6:56)
4. Is It It? (5:07)
5. Exotical L.Y. (5:46)
6. Mighty Fine (5:18)
Bonus tracks:
7. Is It It? (Remix) (5:46)
8. Counting On Love (One Two Three) (Extended version) (6:12)
9. Is It It? (Single edit) (4:28)
10. Exotical L.Y. (Single edit) (4:23)

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[STOlet]

Спасибо за отличные релизы, только название выделенное жирным сменить бы надо было!!

[Alex_bog_13]

Цитата: (STOlet @ 13.3.2008, 19:30) Спасибо за отличные релизы, только название выделенное жирным сменить бы надо было!!

2 STOlet: Шапку подправил. Видать после Праздничка для "поправки здоровья" по пять капель в глаза закапал... Ну и остальное вылил за воротник... Не выбрасывать же!


Peter Jacques Band - Dancing In The Street (1985)



Исполнитель: Peter Jacques Band
Альбом: Dancing In The Street
Год: 1985
Тип: Remaser Vinyl LP, Tau Analyzer - 100% CDDA
Лейбл: Polydor
Жанр: Electronic / Disco
Формат: потрековый APE / Extra High Compression
Размер: 4 части ~ 95 + 95 + 95 + 67 Мб

1. All Right Let's Go (6:27)
2. This Night (5:43)
3. Mexico (4:35)
4. Everybody Have A Party (4:00)
5. Going Dancing Down The Street (5:49)
6. Drives Me Crazy (4:16)
7. High Time (4:57)
8. Don't Say You've Gotta Go (3:57)
Bonus tracks:
9. Drives Me Crazy (Extended version) (5:45)
10. This Night (Single edit) (4:20)

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