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Grace Jones ‎– Portfolio / Island Records ‎Audio CD 1977 / 842 614-2

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Grace Jones ‎– Portfolio / Island Records ‎Audio CD 1977 / 8426142

UPC 042284261425

 

Product Details:

Label: Island Records ‎– 842 614-2
Series: Island Masters
Format: CD, Album
Released: 1977
Genre: Electronic
Style: Disco
 
 
Editorial Review: 
Disco mix king Tom Moulton produced these tracks at Sigma Sound in Philadelphia using the same musicians Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff held hostage for their sessions. The results are quite different: though polished, these tracks don't jump out at you. It's really a producer's album. Moulton probably had these tracks completed long before he knew who was going to sing them. Give Grace Jones credit though, she gives credence to old fuddies like "Send in the Clowns," "La Vie en Rose" is lilting, and "I Need a Man," displays a vulnerable Jones.
 
 

Tracklist:

1 Send In The Clowns
Written-By – S. Sondheim
7:35
2 What I Did For Love
Written-By – E. Kleban, M. Hamlish
5:15
3 Tomorrow
Written-By – Chs. Strouse, M. Charnim
5:47
4 La Vie En Rose
Arranged By – Duke Williams, Written-By – E. Piaf, Louiguy
7:28
5 Sorry
Written-By – G. Jones, P. Papadiamondis
4:02
6 That's The Trouble
Written-By – G. Jones, P. Papadiamondis
3:39
7     
I Need A Man
Producer – Editions Orfeus, Written-By – P. Slade, P. Papadiamondis
3:23

 

 

More Details:

  • Arranged By – Vincent Montana Jr. (tracks: 1 to 3)
  • Arranged By [Horns, Strings], Conductor [Horns, Strings], Vibraphone – Vincent Montana Jr.
  • Backing Vocals – Sweethearts Of Sigma
  • Bass – Wilbur Bascomb
  • Congas – Larry Washington
  • Drums – Allen Schwatzberg
  • Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey
  • Engineer [Recording And Mixing] – Arthur Stoppe, Jay Mark
  • Graphics [Concieved], Design, Painting – Richard Bernstein
  • Guitar – Bobby Eli, Cliff Morris, Lance Quinn
  • Horns, Strings – Don Renaldo's Strings And Horns
  • Keyboards, Piano – Carlton "Cotton" Kent
  • Mastered By – Jose Rodriguez
  • Mixed By – Tom Moulton
  • Other [Dedicated in loving memory to] – Jimmy Stuard
  • Photography By – Antonio Lopez (3), Francis Jug
  • Producer – Tom Moulton (tracks: 1 to 6)
  • Tambourine – Moto (2)
  • Vocals [Sweethearts Of Sigma] – Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson, Evette Benton

 

 

About the Artist:

Grace Beverly Jones OJ (born 19 May 1948) is a Jamaican model, singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. In 1999, Jones ranked 82nd on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll, and in 2008, she was honored with a Q Idol Award. Jones influenced the cross-dressing movement of the 1980s and has been an inspiration for artists including Annie Lennox, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Solange, Lorde, Róisín Murphy, Brazilian Girls, Nile Rodgers, Santigold, and Basement Jaxx. In 2016, Billboard magazine ranked her as the 40th greatest dance club artist of all time.

Born in Jamaica, she moved when she was 13, along with her siblings, to live with her parents in Syracuse, New York. Jones began her modelling career in New York state, then in Paris, working for fashion houses such as Yves St. Laurent and Kenzo, and appearing on the covers of Elle and Vogue. She worked with photographers such as Jean-Paul Goude, Helmut Newton, Guy Bourdin, and Hans Feurer, and became known for her distinctive androgynous appearance and bold features.

Beginning in 1977, Jones embarked on a music career, securing a record deal with Island Records and initially becoming a star of New York City's Studio 54-centered disco scene. In the early 1980s, she moved toward a new wave style that drew on reggae, funk, post-punk and pop music, frequently collaborating with both the graphic designer Jean-Paul Goude and the musical duo Sly & Robbie. Her most popular albums include Warm Leatherette (1980), Nightclubbing (1981), and Slave to the Rhythm (1985). She scored Top 40 entries on the UK Singles Chart with "Pull Up to the Bumper", "I've Seen That Face Before", "Private Life", and "Slave to the Rhythm". In 1982, she released the music video collection A One Man Show, directed by Goude.

Jones appeared in some low-budget films in the US during the 1970s and early 1980s. In 1984, she made her first mainstream appearance as Zula in the fantasy-action film Conan the Destroyer alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sarah Douglas, and subsequently appeared in the 1985 James Bond movie A View to a Kill as May Day. In 1986, she played a vampire in Vamp, and acted in and contributed a song to the 1992 Eddie Murphy film Boomerang. She appeared alongside Tim Curry in the 2001 film Wolf Girl. For her work in Conan the DestroyerA View to a Kill, and Vamp, she was nominated for Saturn Awards for Best Supporting Actress.

 

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