Village People – Renaissance

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Label:	RCA Victor – AFL1-4105, RCA Victor – AFL1 4105
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Indianapolis Pressing
Country:	US
Released:	1981
Genre:	Electronic, Funk / Soul, Pop
Style:	Disco, New Wave, Synth-pop

Tracklist

A1	5 O'Clock In The Morning	5:05
A2	(Do You Wanna) Spend The Night	4:59
A3	Fireman Bass – Karl Rucker Drums – Ollie Brown Guitar – Michael McGloiry Keyboards – Sylvester Rivers	4:59
A4	Jungle City	3:50
B1	Action Man	3:08
B2	Big Mac	2:27
B3	Diet	3:19
B4	Food Fight	2:31

Companies, etc.

Record Company – RCA Corporation
Produced For – Can't Stop Productions
Copyright © – RCA Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RCA Records
Published By – Can't Stop Music
Recorded At – Record Plant, Los Angeles
Lacquer Cut At – Masterdisk
Mixed At – The Hit Factory
Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis

Credits

Arranged By [Strings And Horns], Conductor – Willie Brown*
Art Direction, Design – Media Arts, Michele Hart, Phyllis Chotin
Band [V.P. Band] – Dan Schmidt, Dennis Frederiksen, Howard Epstein*, James Hunter*, Mark Maierhoffer
Bass – Howard Epstein* (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B4)
Drums – James Hunter* (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B4)
Executive-Producer – Henri Belolo
Guitar – Mark Maierhoffer (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B4)
Keyboards – Dan Schmidt (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B4)
Management – Anonymous Management, Can't Stop Productions, Inc., Denis Pregnolato
Mixed By [Assisted By] – Chris Tergesen
Mixed By [Engineer] – Bruce Tergesen
Performer – Alex Briley*, David Hodo, Felipe Rose, Glenn Hughes (2), Jeff Olson (3), Ray Simpson
Photography By – J. Steven Arnold*
Producer – Jacques Morali
Producer [Assistant] – Dennis Frederiksen
Recorded By [Assisted By] – K. Faye*
Recorded By [Engineer] – Gary Lubow
Written-By – D. Frederiksen*, H. Belolo*, J. Morali*, V.P. Band*

Notes

All songs published in the U.S.A. by Can't Stop Music (BMI)
Original worldwide publisher: Scorpio Music (Black Scorpio) SACEM

May include hype sticker on outer cover wrap.
Sticker reads: "Includes the Hits 5' O Clock In The Morning, Do you Wanna Spend The Night, Fireman, Action Man"

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 0 7863-54105-1
Barcode (Scanned): 078635410518
Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout (Side A label): AFL1-4105-A
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): AFL1-4105-B
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): AFL1-4105-A-3 MASTERDISK ↽ Λ2G
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): AFL1-4105-B-4 MASTERDISK ェ Λ1H
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): AFL1-4105-A-3 MASTERDISK I A3N
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): AFL1-4105-B-4 MASTERDISK I A4G

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Renaissance (LP, Album)	Arrival Records	DS 4144	Scandinavia	1981
Recently Edited	Renaissance (LP, Album)	VIP (2)	VIP 20268	Italy	1981
Recently Edited	Renaissance (LP, Album, Promo)	Can't Stop Productions	CSP 8015	US	1981
Recently Edited	Renaissance (LP, Album)	RCA	VPL1 6585	Australia & New Zealand	1981
Recently Edited	Renaissance (LP, Album, Stereo)	Black Scorpio	BS 11 113	France	1981

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Reviews

FlyNRyan305 May 27, 2023
I like how they changed it up, Very different than the previous disco stuff. Still love it from cover to cover.
lwa01 May 10, 2023
Hi does anyone know where I can find the 9 minute extended edit of 5 o'clock?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0f1ENYrS2U

Thanks
newmusicmark Feb 22, 2019
How did the Big Mac song never get used in a McDonalds commercial? "Nothing's better, nothing's better, nothing's better then a BIG MAC!" - Overall, not a bad rock album. Doesn't sound very new wave and it's not disco either. Worth a listen. The cover is awful though and not representative of what it sounds like.
thegroovyguru May 19, 2017
This album is so awful, but VERY catchy! I was walking around humming Action Man for two weeks after listening to it. The Village People tried their best to become a new wave band, but the disco keeps creeping into every song. This album is worth owning for the hilarious cover. What were they thinking?