19 September, 2009

Don't Tell Me

from the LP Central Line, Mercury Records, 1981



This song mimics the style of American producers Peter Brown & Patrick Adams so closely that I still have a hard time believing their fingerprints can’t be found on this release somewhere---truly though, this London crew had no official connection to P & P, instead standing as a prime example that the US didn’t necessarily have the whole market on boogie tunes. Central Line were a foursome, and they may have very well slipped into oblivion had it not been for the fact that beloved New York DJ/producer Larry Levan was sweet on their vibe, spinning them often at the Garage and remixing a few of their tracks, this being one of them. I’m such a slut for nasty synthesizers, I admit it…