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Baltimore native Debbie Jacobs only released two albums but after that she had a few successful dance singles. Her best tune is the disco classic Don't You Want My Love from her debut l.p. in 1979. Ironically it was a b side that took off and overshadowed the A side of her maxi single. She originally worked with the sassy Paul Sabu.
Her singles released as Debbie Jacobs Rock were more on the Hi Nrg tip and definitely less successful their her initial splash as a disco singer. But her version of Maybe This Time from 1982 was the definitive one at The Saint (you can grab one on Discogs for a mere $500). Unfortunately it ended up not being officially released and was only to be found on a very limited release promo only single. I wrote about this a few years ago and you can check that out by using the search function up above.
DEBBIE JACOBS ROCK VERSION BUY A COPY ON DISCOGS FOR HALF A GRAND In the early 80's Viola Mae Wilkerson (Viola Wills) had two big disco hits Gonna Get Along Without You Now and If You Could Read My Mind. Both remakes of old pop songs. Her third discofied remake in a row was released on a new label called Sunergy, Stormy Weather.
It's follow-up was to be Viola's remake of Maybe This Time. But unfortunately they offered her a shit contract and she, tired of being dicked around by labels and getting the short end of the stick put up a stink. She didn't sign it and they couldn't release it. So they quickly tried to capitalize on the success of Stormy Weather by bringing in Debbie Jacobs to re-record Maybe This Time. 50 test pressings were sent to key d.j.'s and it became a hit at The Saint in New York.
When Viola got wind of this she brought in the big guns and the lawyers stopped the release of Maybe This Time by Debbie Jacobs.
The Sunergy fiasco made Viola decide to start her own label RVA. On this label her Space l.p. was released which included her own new recording of Maybe This Time. But at this point the momentum was lost as the Norma Lewis version had already been released on ERC Records. Viola's hot moment had passed. A HUGE MAYBE THIS TIME ZIP Here's a zip so you can mix and match the versions and get your hands on the impossible to find, even on Ebay, Debbie Jacobs version. There's even a version by the Glee cast in there!
The white label promo was previously quite collectible but has become more common over the years. Ironically it was the B side to Undercover Lover though it was far more popular.
She later came to be known as Debbie Jacobs Rock and had a few more club hits. The most rare of which is her fantastic take on the Hi Nrg classic Maybe This Time. Which ended up with a very limited promo only release. Due to some complications with the label it was not formally released and so the far less enchanting versions by Norma Lewis, Viola Wills and others are the ones which got the most play. There are some copies of Debbie's version to be found however but they cost a few hundred dollars.
I'm providing you with a tasty zip file. It includes the extended promo twelve inch version, the alkalino edit and the extra long Clausell edit which is not easy to come by, and Italian DJ Moplen's edit.
