Interesting and quite rare LP from female duo Venise, produced by Jo Bisso, which contains 4 great dance tracks, and possibly the cheesiest ballad you will ever hear on a disco album!
The best track is "Love Is the Real Thing", which you will find yourself singing along to in no time.
Of greater interest to European readers is the track "The Mystery With Me" (on the cover wrongly spelled as "Mistery"), clearly sampled for the 2001 house track "Bel Amour" by Bel Amour, which got to number 23 in the UK pop charts. On this track, the girls sound a little like the Three Degrees circa 1978, and the backing track sounds a lot like Martin Circus's "Disco Circus".
The soppy ballad "If You Believe" starts with the lyrics "Do you believe in fairy tales, do you like puppy dogs with waggy tails..." need I say more?
Also of note is the LP cover - the budget was apparently quite low, as the photo of the singer was clearly cut out from a piece of paper and stuck on to a "disco lights" background!
From 1978.
Produced by Jo Bisso.
Recorded in Boston at Intermedia Sound Studio by Bob Schott.
Mixed in Paris, France, at Studio Damien by Dominique Do Espirito Santo assisted by J.P. Martin.
Vocals by Sharon Chriswell, Linda Henderson and extra vocals by Pamela Wood Fraley.
* Venise - Love Is The Real Thing.MP3
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Hi there! I listened to "don't think about it" from Venise a week ago in Barcelona (on a compilation by Kon & Amir) and fell in love with the song, cool and fresh, and still very modern (I heard it in a trendy bar in Barcelona). Any idea where I could listen to other tracks from Venise (among others "Love Is the Real Thing")? Thanks
Hi there! I listened to "don't think about it" from Venise a week ago in Barcelona (on a compilation by Kon & Amir) and fell in love with the song, cool and fresh, and still very modern (I heard it in a trendy bar in Barcelona). Any idea where I could listen to other tracks from Venise (among others "Love Is the Real Thing")? Thanks
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