With its anthemic backing track and trippy sped up vocals, Lady Bug is considered by many to be a definitive disco banger. I have always been somewhat dubious of the chipmunk style vocals but Patrick Adams and Greg Carmichael's incredible production work definitely breaks through. There were many 12" versions pressed upon its release in 1978, including the original on Greg Carmichael's Red Greg and a later RCA pressing featuring remix work from two of New York City's hottest DJ's at the time: John Morales and Larry Levan. These were both very early remix gigs for Morales and Levan and in my humble opinion Morales's hypnotic dancefloor mix shines brighter than Levan's more sparse version. UK label BBE recently issued a stellar comp featuring classic Morales remixes and a bunch of unreleased M&M session mixes from the era.
Bumblebee Unlimited - Lady Bug (John Morales Mix)
Bumblebee Unlimited - Lady Bug (Larry Levan Mix)
Hi guys, any chance you could post John Morales mix of The Aleems "Hooked On Your Love"? Was hoping it'd be on his remix compilation.:(
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for these tunes, great stuff !
ReplyDeleteGreat tune, thanks for posting these mixes. Boogie heads out there might like to know that Leroy Burgess gets backing vocal credit on the LP this comes from.
ReplyDeleteIt was awesome to hear these for the first time--reminds very much of Madlib's alter ego Quasimoto. I wonder if he's heard this cut
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This track really grows. Great stuff.
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