Jacques Fred Petrus

http://jacquespetrus.com/

I just picked up the "Change of Heart" 12" (http://www.discogs.com/Change-Change-Of-Heart/master/82582) at a fleamarket for a euro, more or less on a whim -- nice graphics, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis production, why not? It's great stuff -- especially "A Lover's Holiday" on the B-side, really deep, sort of happysad R&B infused with strings and chorus, but with a really plucky feel to the rhythm section. Couldn't find any other references to Change's svengali (?) Jacques Petrus on ILM. But I figured the record was worth a mention, given the current threads on proto-house. Anyone else into this?

i love Change. i've got a few LPs and a 7". most of their stuff is great boogie/electro soul. but the bside of the 7" 'The End' is great italo.

i also posted a track from the Peter Jacques Band album i have just a few days ago. great hi nrg italo
http://www.robotsinheat.com/trax/FlyWithTheWind.mp3

xpost Yes, sure, of course I'm into this! "Paradise" and especially the Luther-helmed "The Glow of Love" are two of the most luscious disco tracks extant. Janet Jackson/Jam/Lewis showed the latter the respect it deserved bu superbly interweaving a sample of it on "All For You" (and while you're at it, you might as well scarf up Luther's appropriately titled "Never Too Much" too). Be sure to plumb the Change albums for obscure gems like "On Top."

Then there's The B. B. & Q. Band's "On The Beat" which lives and dies with its high-res production and, right, happysad whale song hook.

High Fashion's "Feelin' Lucky Lately" is good high-res faux Chic.

And he apparently had a hand in Macho's (no bio on the Petrus website lol) menacing epic discofication of "I'm a Man."

And there's this which I've never heard:

http://bibabidi.net/images/MACHO_ROLL_COVER_A.jpg

nice, thanks for all the tips! i see that we have a ton of Change material in the rhapsody catalog, so i guess i'll do some browsing.

I like how "Change of Heart" is basically a re-write of "Paradise" (Jam and Lewis ripping off Petrus [or maybe they were given too much credit?]) and then BB & Q Band's "Genie" swipes SOS Band (the other way around).

The Ritchie Family's "I'll Do My Best" is up there -- not too dissimilar from the High Fashion stuff.

Has anyone heard Silence's Goodtime Lady? Looks like a post-punk album.