tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20748548.post9156687587703833634..comments2024-02-23T18:09:21.909-05:00Comments on Disco Delivery: Disco Delivery #39: Penthouse Presents The Love Symphony Orchestra (1978, Talpro)Tommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01631387187116034184noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20748548.post-71077475503230927752009-02-20T18:31:00.000-05:002009-02-20T18:31:00.000-05:00Many thanks for a detailed look at this gem!!!I st...Many thanks for a detailed look at this gem!!!<BR/>I still recall looking for this gem while in my teens at a central London record shop (Bluebird Records, I think). I'd heard the track "Let Me Be Your Fantasy" at a party and was desperate to obtain a copy...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20748548.post-35615850572484356252007-04-15T20:23:00.000-04:002007-04-15T20:23:00.000-04:00Thanks for kind words jam on revenge! :) DDJ and F...Thanks for kind words jam on revenge! :) <BR/><BR/>DDJ and Funky Chris - glad you liked 'em :) Yeah, love the bass drum in that break there! The beautiful instrumentation is definitely one of the best parts of the record - there's no messing with those strings and not to mention that great drummer they had. Checking the credits, the drummer on the record was Andy Newmark, whom I just found out played with none other than Sly Stone himself (I'll have to add Newmark's name to the entry somewhere)..<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for the comments!Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01631387187116034184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20748548.post-27280478868022039082007-04-14T05:02:00.000-04:002007-04-14T05:02:00.000-04:00Sounds great! Especially the lyrics. Nice break @ ...Sounds great! Especially the lyrics. Nice break @ 8.25 in "Let's Make Love in Public Places".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20748548.post-30826847307289693082007-04-12T19:46:00.000-04:002007-04-12T19:46:00.000-04:00I'm listening to these, right now, as I comment. ...I'm listening to these, right now, as I comment. I love the point-blank, exploitive context of "Let's Make Love..." and the ample use of whistles, cowbells, etc. It's sooo Disco! There's no mistaking the use of actual, musical instruements on these tracks too (another big plus). There seems to be a subtle, vocal, approach despite the subject matter which, enhances the whole feminine aspect of these tracks. Wow, making love at a packed, football, stadium! Now that's taking the "Let Me Be Your Fantasy" concept to the extreme end and, it's a nice reprise of the opening track. Nice selections here.BoogieManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698816631623647779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20748548.post-15785713093023601542007-04-12T05:36:00.000-04:002007-04-12T05:36:00.000-04:00Excellent, well-researched and well-written blog y...Excellent, well-researched and well-written blog you got there. I'll be back often.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20748548.post-54750262046283474522007-04-11T21:45:00.000-04:002007-04-11T21:45:00.000-04:00Thanks so much for the feedback, Enrique! :) Glad ...Thanks so much for the feedback, Enrique! :) <BR/><BR/>Glad you liked "Love In Public Places".. Delicious, Naughty and camptastic indeed.. And thanks to you, I just found out what a key party was.. :O lol<BR/><BR/>Thanks also for the tip on "Pinball Playboy".. Now that's one I rarely hear about, even on the disco sites.. After reading your description, it's definitely one that I gotta find!<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, I don't have the Saint Tropez "Belle de jour" album yet, so I'm afraid I can't confirm anything regarding the photo. Although on a similar note, I remember the cover of Claudja Barry's "Trippin' On The Moon" 12" which was evidently taken from a German edition of Playboy.. Definitely want to put that up sometime.. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, thanks again for the kind words and feedback :)Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01631387187116034184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20748548.post-58734662287782265382007-04-11T01:12:00.000-04:002007-04-11T01:12:00.000-04:00Tommy. Though these tracks may not be as heavily s...Tommy. Though these tracks may not be as heavily sexy-fied as Love in C Minor, Love to Love You Baby, Try Me I Know We Can Make It (or even Love is the Ultimate/Touch Me Baby), they are quite dee-li-cious and v.v. camp-tastic! Making Love in Public Places makes me want to have a "key party" with lots of bourbon, illicit substances and a hot tub.<BR/><BR/>There were other men's magazines that tied into disco projects of the time. I've already told you about the Cook County album on Motown called Pinball Playboy. This album came out around the same time that Bally's introduced their Playboy-licensed pinball machine in 1978 or 79. The lead track Pinball Playboy was a discofied version of the Playboy theme that incorporated sound effects from the pinball machine. And it had such brilliant lyrics: "Pinball Playboy, Shoot your shot; Pinball Playboy, Give it all you got!"<BR/><BR/>Another stroke mag tie-in (if my memory serves correctly) was Saint Tropez's Belle De Jour album. I don't have the original gatefold album any longer, but I remember that Oui Magazine had photo credits for the album artwork. [Someone please correct me if I'm mistaken.]<BR/><BR/>At any rate, I highly recommend that you track down Cook County's Pinball Playboy. (And this Playboy tie-in was a good 20 years prior to Dimitri from Paris' A Night at the Playboy Mansion projects.)<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for tracking down these rarities and oddities. True gems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com