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Bionic Boogie – Bionic Boogie
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Artist……………: Bionic Boogie
Album…………….: Bionic Boogie
Genre…………….: Disco
Source……………: CD
Year……………..: 1977
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Quality…………..: Lossless, (avg. compression: 65 %)
Channels………….: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
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Covers……………: Front Back

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Tracklisting
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1. Bionic Boogie – Dance Little Dreamer [03:48]
2. Bionic Boogie – Risky Changes [06:21]
3. Bionic Boogie – Don’t Lose That Number (Mumbo Jumbo) [04:55]
4. Bionic Boogie – Boogie Boo [05:21]
5. Bionic Boogie – We Must Believe In Magic [05:00]
6. Bionic Boogie – Stop The Music [04:56]
7. Bionic Boogie – Feel Like Dancing [04:00]
8. Bionic Boogie – Big West [04:58]
9. Bionic Boogie – Dance Little Dreamer (12” Extended) [05:15]
10. Bionic Boogie – Risky Changes (12” Extended) [07:17]

Playing Time………: 51:55
Total Size………..: 339.54 MB

NFO generated on…..: 12/5/2012 8:56:36 PM

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By Patrick Frierson Amazon.com

After years of this album being out of print and an extended delay in
its reissue, funky town grooves has finally blessed us with Bionic
Boogie- the official debut of Gregg Diamond’s disco oriented projects in
the late 70’s. Categorizing Gregg Diamond’s music can be as mind
boggling as it sounds on record. While many of the formulaic disco
arrangements that were typical of a late 70’s record were prevalent in
his releases (Strings, synths, funky guitar licks, deep bouncing
basslines), Gregg attacks the dancefloor with an audio ferocity that’s
only matched by Patrick Adams and Larry Levan at their peak. This is
emphasized by his use of loopy breaks, melodies, and big arena rock
styled hooks that are made for the 12 and 1AM crowd at nightclubs.
While the sonic delivery is raw, it has the clean and concise execution
of Giorgio Moroder and the top flight musicality of Salsoul at its best-
yet Gregg Diamond’s sound is totally original.

The whole album is fair game but “Dance Little Dreamer” and “Risky
Changes” are the key cuts on this album. “Risky Changes” in particular
is probably the dance record that Rod Stewart and KISS wished they
would’ve made when they were attempting to get a piece of this
market. If you strip away the disco arrangements and add guitars and
drums, it could a pop rock record. The song itself is marvelous as it
got the high energy to throw one into mind warped frenzy on the
dance floor. Dance little Dreamer has a warm feel of a intergalactic
adventure with its floating piano loop and easy going hook. “Don’t lose
that Number” and “We Must Believe in Magic” continues in that same
vein. Even if the latter record kind of comes off as sounding like theme
music for a 70’s amusement park, all of the crucial elements that
makes Gregg diamond’s tracks addictive is still prevalent. While the last
two tracks on the original album sound basic compared to the others
(“Feel like Dancing” and “Big West”) they’re still solid.

Also noteworthy are the short but informative liner notes by Brian Chin-
which puts Gregg Diamond’s sound into perspective, the stellar
remastering job from Tom Moulton himself straight from the original
master tapes, and the 12″versions of “Dance little Dreamer” and Risky
Changes included as bonus tracks. This reissue is perfect in every
way. Grab this while you can get a hold of it because there’s no telling
when this will go out of print (also grab Hot butterfly which was also
reissued by funky town grooves). To the people at funky town
grooves, keep up the good work. Now that this and Hot Butterfly have
been released, bring on Starcruiser and Hardware.
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Let’s Get Away From The Bull$#it And Move On To The Boogie!
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Gregg Diamond & Bionic Boogie – Hot Butterfly (Expanded Edition)
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Artist……………: Gregg Diamond – Bionic Boogie
Album…………….: Hot Butterfly (Expanded Edition)
Genre…………….: Disco
Source……………: CD
Year……………..: 1978
Ripper……………: Exact Audio Copy (Secure mode) &
Codec…………….: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version…………..: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
Quality…………..: Lossless, (avg. compression: 66 %)
Channels………….: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
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Ripped by…………: goodgroove on 7/27/2010
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Included………….: NFO, M3U, LOG, CUE
Covers……………: Front Back

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Tracklisting
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1. Gregg Diamond – Bionic Boogie – Hot Butterfly [05:21]
2. Gregg Diamond – Bionic Boogie – Chains [06:00]
3. Gregg Diamond – Bionic Boogie – When The Shit Hits The Fan[05:29]
4. Gregg Diamond – Bionic Boogie – Paradise [05:20]
5. Gregg Diamond – Bionic Boogie – Cream (Always Rises To The Top) (Remix Number Two)[06:44]
6. Gregg Diamond – Bionic Boogie – Fess Up To The Boogie [05:29]
7. Gregg Diamond – Bionic Boogie – Hot Butterfly (Jim Burgess Mix)[08:17]
8. Gregg Diamond – Bionic Boogie – Chains (Gregg Diamond Mix)[06:49]
9. Gregg Diamond – Bionic Boogie – Fess Up To The Boogie (Gregg Diamond Mix)[07:56]
10. Gregg Diamond – Bionic Boogie – Chains (Jim Burgess Mix)[08:26]

Playing Time………: 01:05:55
Total Size………..: 438.02 MB

NFO generated on…..: 12/5/2012 8:33:02 PM

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From Brian Chin’s Liner Notes

With enthusiasm running high after the club success of his 1977
concept album Bionic Boogie, Diamond instantly forgot the just-
completed album (as he always did) and began writing for the next.
For the second Bionic Boogie project, Hot Butterfly, he fashioned a
truly unique fusion of funk, romanticism and street-verite. In “Chains”
and “Cream (Always Rises to the Top),” especially, Diamond’s East
and West Village roots were clearly showing. Diamond later called these
compositions a “PG” version of what his imagination actually held, but,
to be real, any number of New York bands of the time, whether
glittery, glammy or punkish, would have wished they could deliver this
level of gritty urban flash. As for the songs’ tone of surrealistic sleaze,
you can just forget about competition. There was none. And to think
that these lyrics were delivered with romance and gospel warmth in the
matchless lead and assembled voices of Luther Vandross, Cissy
Houston and David Lasley!

Vandross and Diamond met at Philadelphia’s Sigma Sound Studio,
where Luther, just tagging along with friends Robin Clark and Carlos
Alomar hired on David Bowie’s Young Americans sessions, was
overheard by Bowie improvising the “I heard the news today, oh boy”
lick in the chorus of the title song, and found himself pulled right into
the vocal booth. Teaming with Gregg as an unsigned featured vocalist,
after two unsuccessful Cotillion albums, Luther was immediately cast in
his first true star appearance on record. His suave, assured and fully
evolved presence on “Hot Butterfly” not only calls to mind the Marvin
Gaye and Spinners records that echo in the production, but, more
appropriately, recalls the deep impressions left by accomplished actors
cast in unconventional roles under the scripting and direction of
innovative young lions: say, Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction, or Burt
Reynolds in Boogie Nights.
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