5013929951426

Night Cruiser / Happy Hour

Deodato

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Format: CD

Cat No: WROBIN14CD

Release Date:  12 January 2024

Label:  Robinsings / Cherry Red

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5013929951426

Genres:  R&B  Funk  

  • Description

    RE-PRESS: CD ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 2017 .



    • Robinsongs are proud to present two of (Eumir) Deodato’s greatest Jazz Funk albums “Night Cruiser” and “Happy Hour” on one CD.

    • “Night Cruiser” was originally released in 1980, The lead-off title track ‘Night Cruiser’ begins with syncopated chords from a solo electric piano that initiates a four-on-the-floor disco-funk groove, the tune is a vibrant, get-down party piece that filled dance floors back in 1980. It was issued as a single (in both 7- inch and 12-inch formats) and rose to #23 in the US dance charts.

    • The Album also features the stand out tracks ‘East Side Strut’ and ‘Uncle Funk’, as a bonus track you get the 7” version of ‘Uncle Funk’.

    • The “Happy Hour” album was released in 1982 and features the track ‘Keep On Movin'’, a Deodato original that has been sampled by several dance and hip-hop artists (including Olav Basoski and Le Tropical). The track was the first single from “Happy Hour” (it came out in both 7-inch and 12-inch formats with 'Keep It In The Family' on the B-side) in the spring of 1982 and dented the US dance charts, stalling at #41. The 7” version is included in this package as a bonus track.

    • ‘Happy Hour’ was issued as the second single from the album in June 1982 and was something of a minor crossover hit, But it blew up even bigger in the American dance charts. You can definitely hear the influence for the 80’s Kool & The Gang albums within ‘Happy Hour’.

    • The '80s had been a hectic decade for Deodato which had seen plenty of outside production projects, they were mostly R&B acts such as Kool & The Gang, Con- Funk-Shun, Juicy, One Way, Gwen Guthrie and the Dazz Band.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. NIGHT CRUISER
      • 2. EAST SIDE STRUT
      • 3. SKATIN
      • 4. UNCLE FUNK
      • 5. LOVE MAGIC
      • 6. GROOVITATION
      • 7. UNCLE FUNK (7” VERSION)
      • 8. KEEP ON MOVIN
      • 9. HAPPY HOUR
      • 10. JUST THIS ONE NIGHT
      • 11. TEARS OF A CLOWN
      • 12. SWEET MAGIC
      • 13. KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY
      • 14. I NEVER GET ENOUGH
      • 15. KEEP ON MOVIN (7” VERSION)