ALWAYS THERE the disco holy grail

The original 12" of Always There came out on Fantasy Records in 1976. It was by Side Effect and has become one of the major disco holy grails often fetching hundreds of dollars on Ebay, discogs, musicstack, etc. if you can even find it.

In 1978 it was covered by latin jazz percussionist Willie Bobo. This is the version that is now even more coveted then the Side Effect original.

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I'd have to admit that I discovered these versions working backwards cause when I was in New York clubbing and partying we had the fabulous version by Incognito featuring Jocelyn Brown which came out in 1991 and then was re-visited with re-mixes in 1996. Those were posted in old night by the way.

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When is the Luther Vandross version not the best one? Georgy Porgy perhaps.

GEORGY PORGY


SIDE EFFECT VERSION



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In 1978 Cheryl Lynn dropped from the heavens onto the stage of the Gong Show. She won and was soon in the studio with the brothers from Toto, David and Marty Paich who produced, arranged and played on her debut album. Which incidentally is one of the most impressive debuts in disco history.


They also brought Cheryl in to record the vocals for Georgy Porgy which David Paich incidentally wrote and included on their own debut l.p. This version remains the definitive version. An out and out disco classic. The mesh of the smooth vocals and the vocal supremacy of Cheryl Lynn is disco history on the jazz tip.

The next version by Charme with uncredited vocals by Luther Vandross was released in 1979 on RCA Records. Luther's voice is as always a rich cup of hot chocolate and the accompaniment of Deborah McDuffie is under-stated. But the package simply sounds flat and tame when held up against the Toto and Cheryl Lynn original. But this didn't stop the label from re-releasing it in 1982 with a Jonathan Fearing mix. At this point Luther Vandross had become a bona fide star in his own right.

A year later in 1980 Side Effect, best known for their own 1976 seminal disco classic, Always There, recorded their own version. It was produced by Wayne Henderson, another name for Roy Ayers. This solid version was released on Elektra and so therefore is not included on their Fantasy records greatest hits release. It too features over the top screaming female vocals but is a bit more R and B then Toto's disco version.