RICHIE WEEKS / THE LOVE MAGICIAN ARCHIVES - DISCO - NEW YORK CITY 1978-79 VOL.2 (3LP) / レコード

ニューヨーク・ディスコシーンの礎を築いたRICHIE WEEKSの未発表音源をまとめたコンピレーションの第2弾が登場!!

PATRICK ADAMSと並びニューヨーク・ディスコシーンの礎を築いた人物として知られる"RICHIE WEEKS"。
シンガー/プロデューサー/作曲家としてWEEKS & CO.やJAMMERSといったグループを率いたことが有名だが、それ以外でも数多くの作品に関わっており、名実ともにニューヨークのダンスミュージック界のレジェンドとして名を馳せた人物。
1978年から1985年にかけて制作された彼の300曲(!)以上に及ぶ未発表曲からセレクトしたコンピレーションアルバムが2022年リリースされ全世界のディスコフリークを歓喜の渦に巻き込んだが、早くも第2弾が登場!

今作もPATRICK ADAMSやLEROY BURGESSも参加した楽曲が収録されるなど、ディスコファンには圧巻の内容になっており、全ダンスミュージックリスナー必聴のコンピレーションアルバムに仕上がっている。
この未発表曲コンピシリーズはおよそ全部で10枚ほどのリリースを予定されており、今後もどんな名曲が現れるのか非常に楽しみだ。

Track Listing:

A1 - Richie Weeks - So Much Funkin' Fun (Version 2) 7:24
Written by Richie Weeks. Recorded & produced in 1979 at Minot Studios, NYC.
Drums: R. Tannenbaum, Bass: Norbert Sloley, Keyboards & Background Vocals: Harris Punyon, Lead & Background Vocals: Richie Weeks

A2 - Richie Weeks - Loose Joints (Version 6) 7:24
Written by Richie Weeks. Recorded & produced in 1979 at Minot Studios, NYC.
Drums: R. Tannenbaum, Bass: Norbert Sloley, Keyboards & Background Vocals: Harris Punyon, Lead & Background Vocals: Richie Weeks

B1 - Richie Weeks - Lover Lover, You Found The Groove 5:28       
Written by Richie Weeks. Recorded & produced in 1979 at Right Track, NYC.
Drums: J. Suswell, Bass: Norbert Sloley, Keyboards & Background Vocals: Harris Punyon, Lead & Background Vocals: Richie Weeks

B2 - Richie Weeks - Fire Down Below (Version 3) 6:56       
Written by Richie Weeks. Recorded & produced in 1979 at Minot Studios, NYC.
Drums: R. Tannenbaum, Bass: Norbert Sloley, Keyboards & Background Vocals: Harris Punyon, Lead & Background Vocals: Richie Weeks

C1 - Richie Weeks & Co - My Baby Loves To Freak              9:37       
Written by Richie Weeks. Recorded & produced in 1979 at Platinum Factory, Brooklyn.
Drums: W. Benbow, Bass: T.Bridges, Keyboards: Harris Punyon, Lead & Background Vocals: Richie Weeks, Lead Vocals: Tanyayette Whilloughby
                                               

C2 - Richie Weeks - Do It Do It Again (Vocal) 4:52
Written by Richie Weeks. Recorded & produced in 1979 at Platinum Factory, Brooklyn.
Drums: W. Benbow, Bass: T.Bridges, Keyboards: Harris Punyon, Keys & Lead Vocals: Richie Weeks, Background Vocals: A. Temple & Co
                                                               

D1 - Richie Weeks - Praying For A Slow Dance (Version 3) 7:31
Written by Richie Weeks. Recorded & produced between 1978-79 at Minot Studios, NYC.
Drums: R. Tannenbaum, Bass: Norbert Sloley, Keyboards & Background Vocals: Harris Punyon, Lead Vocals: Richie Weeks
 

D2 - Richie Weeks Feat. Tanyayette Whilloughby - At The Disco (Version 3) 8:36
Written by Richie Weeks. Recorded & produced in 1979 at Right Track, NYC.
Drums: J. Suswell, Bass: T. Bridges,  Keyboards: Harris Punyon, Background Vocals: Richie Weeks, Lead Vocals: Tanyayette Whilloughby
                                                               

E1 - Richie Weeks - Can't Fight The Feeling 7:02
Written by Richie Weeks. Recorded & produced in 1979 at Right Track, NYC.
Drums: J. Suswell, Bass: T. Bridges, Keyboards: Harris Punyon, Lead & Background Vocals: Richie Weeks
                                                                               

E2 - Richie Weeks - Fire Down Below (Version 2) 5:33
Written by Richie Weeks. Recorded & produced in 1979 at Minot Studios, NYC.
Drums: R. Tannenbaum, Bass: Norbert Sloley, Keyboards & Background Vocals: Harris Punyon, Lead & Background Vocals: Richie Weeks
                                                                 

F1 - Richie Weeks Feat. Leroy Burgess - Who Cares? (Version 3)   9:04
Written by Richie Weeks. Recorded & produced in 1978 at XXX, NYC.
Drums: Patrick Adams, Bass: Patrick Adams, Keyboards: Harris Punyon, Keys, Arp, Strings, Horns & Vocals: Richie Weeks, Vocals: Leroy Burgess 
Executive Producer: Richie Weeks           
                                                               

F2 - Richie Weeks - Loose Joints (Version 3) 5:58                                                  
Written by Richie Weeks. Recorded & produced in 1979 at Minot Studios, NYC.
Drums: R. Tannenbaum, Bass: Norbert Sloley, Keyboards & Background Vocals: Harris Punyon, Lead & Background, Vocals: Richie Weeks

All songs produced and arranged by Richie Weeks for Love Magician Music.

Executive Producer: Patrick Adams for Patrick Adams Productions between 1978-79.
All songs previously unreleased.