Canadian rocker
Bryan A.'s debut single is a disco classic. He hates it. Previous to it's release he had been in a band called Sweeney Todd. Let Me Take You Dancing was co-written with Jim Vallance from the rock band Prism. The original version released in 1978 went nowhere. But the next year when legendary re-mixer John Luongo got his hands on it he sped up the vocals to near chipmunk style and it broke into the U.S. Disco charts managing to climb all the way up to #22. It's one of those disco happy songs that just makes you smile from cheek to cheek when you're out on the dance floor feeling oh so carefree.
Unfortunately for Bryan it didn't make him very happy. Now he's mostly known for his work with animal rights group
PETA. He hasn't had a hit single in years. Though he has recorded some of the schmaltziest pop ballads of the last century. I suggest he go for the Electronica sound like Madonna! Perhaps he can bring in Lady Ga Ga and record a duet.
In this tasty zip I include both the vocal 12", the instrumental and a cool mix a Belgian buddy of mine Erwin did called the E man mix, an 8 minute remix. Erwin recently left us and just a couple weeks before I mentioned my intention to share his remix and so in his honor I am exposing him for the great talent he was.
I also couldn't let you down by not letting you have the link to this 12" in my Ebay store. Unless of course it's sold by the time you pop over to check it out. Just click on the title of this blog and it will take you right there. It's even on sale at the moment.
Canadian rocker Bryan A.'s debut single is a disco classic. He hates it. Previous to it's release he had been in a band called Sweeney Todd. Let Me Take You Dancing was co-written with Jim Vallance from the rock band Prism. The original version released in 1978 went nowhere. But the next year when legendary re-mixer John Luongo got his hands on it he sped up the vocals to near chipmunk style and it broke into the U.S. Disco charts managing to climb all the way up to #22. It's one of those disco happy songs that just makes you smile from cheek to cheek when you're out on the dance floor feeling oh so carefree.
Unfortunately for Bryan it didn't make him very happy. Now he's mostly known for his work with animal rights group PETA. He hasn't had a hit single in years. Though he has recorded some of the schmaltziest pop ballads of the last century. I suggest he go for the Electronica sound like Madonna! Perhaps he can bring in Lady Ga Ga and record a duet.
In this tasty zip I include both the vocal 12", the instrumental and a cool mix a Belgian buddy of mine Erwin did called the E man mix, an 8 minute remix. Erwin recently left us and just a couple weeks before I mentioned my intention to share his remix and so in his honor I am exposing him for the great talent he was.
I also couldn't let you down by not letting you have the link to this 12" in my Ebay store. Unless of course it's sold by the time you pop over to check it out. Just click on the title of this blog and it will take you right there. It's even on sale at the moment.
3 comments:
Hey there, good post I actually didn't know the whole story of the song, I though Adams was just really young when he composes this song, Abby way you could share the zip file again? I'll appreciate it. Thanks!
Be careful. Bryan's subscribed to Web Sheriff. He wants to wipe all trace of this song, original 45 and remix, off the face of the Earth. If this is linked to any download site anywhere in the world, he and his lawyers will stop at nothing to shut down the file hosting service, torrent, or web link.
All traces of his recording on YouTube are gone. Anyone posting either the original single or the John Luongo remix are hit with a copyright infringement strike. Universal Music Group (the owner of the A&M and A&M Canada masters) has deleted this from the catalogue -- no re-releases on vinyl, CD or MP3.
Thanks I edited the post.
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