Arpeggio - Breakout (1980) (vinyl Lp) - €10,00

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Disco group popular from 1977 to 1980

Simon Soussan had prior experience with DISCO acts, having produced and developed SHALIMAR and PATTI BROOKS.

In the summer of 1977 he got vocalists Jason Reed, Jerry Scott, Fred Sawyers and Jessica Williams together and created ARPEGGIO. 

Arpeggio's 1980 album Breakout is an "straight ahead Disco" album that is considered a "good disco collection" by some listeners. 

While the album was released during the disco backlash and didn't achieve the same chart success as previous albums, it still has some "great moments to discover". 

The album's commercial single "You Killed The Magic" was released in January 1980. 

And so, after churning out 8 disco albums over a period of just two years, Simon Soussan too fell victim of the dreaded disco backlash in America and crashed and burned with his second Arpeggio album, lead by the Jessica Williams-Freddie Sawyers-Jerry Scott line-up. 

Polydor shipped out 12" singles of Saturday Night/Breakout in December 1979 - Saturday Night being a cover of Bay City Rollers' No. 1 hit from 1975. It stalled at No. 46 at the Disco Charts where Soussan's albums had previously figured in the Top 20. 

You Killed The Magic was the commercial single in January and seemed to be ominious title for the group themselves. Showdown was a second 12" single in May but fared even worse than the previous, going no further than No. 62. 

Even so, Breakout has some great moments to discover. Simon Soussan's career in music pretty much fizzled after that.

A good Disco collection from the group Arpeggio - straight ahead Disco!!

Side one

1.  You Killed The Magic - 5:39

2.  Saturday Night - 4:06

3.  Breakout - 6:52

4.  Ask The Lonely - 4:12

Side two

1.  Showdown - 8:34

2.  Breakaway - 3:33

3.  Let’s Get Down And Boogie - 6:30

4. J ust Once In My Life - 4:40

Singles:

-  Saturday Night/Breakout" was released as a 12" single in December 1979, but only reached No. 46         on  the Disco Charts. 

-  You Killed The Magic" was the commercial single, released in January 1980. 

-  Showdown" was the second 12" single, released in May 1980, but it fared even worse than the 

   previous single.

Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – Polygram Dischi S.p.A.

Credits

• Arranged By, Conductor, Orchestrated By – Sam Brown III
• Cover [Concept] – Bill Levy
• Design – Stephanie Zuras
• Management – Kessler & Grass Management
• Photography By – Aaron Rapoport
• Producer – Simón Soussan

Notes

Release:  1980

Format:  LP, Vinyl

Genre:  Funk, Sou, Disco

Label:  Polydor

Catalog#  PD-1-6230

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)

Cover:  Goed (VG)

Prijs: €10,00