Gloria Gaynor – Never Can Say Goodbye
Label: | MGM Records – 2315 321 |
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Format: | Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
Country: | Germany |
Released: | |
Genre: | Funk / Soul |
Style: | Soul, Disco |
Tracklist
| A1 | Honey Bee | 6:00 | |
| A2 | Never Can Say Goodbye | 6:28 | |
| A3 | Reach Out, I'll Be There | 6:15 | |
| B1 | All I Need Is Your Sweet Lovin' | 2:47 | |
| B2 | Searchin' | 2:55 | |
| B3 | We Belong Together | 2:51 | |
| B4 | False Alarm | 3:40 | |
| B5 | Real Good People | 3:02 |
Companies, etc.
- Licensed From – MGM Records, Inc.
- Printed By – Gerhard Kaiser GmbH
- Recorded At – Mediasound
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – MGM Records, Inc.
- Copyright © – MGM Records, Inc.
- Lacquer Cut At – Phonodisc GmbH
Credits
- Art Direction – Bill Levy
- Bass – Babbitt*
- Congas – Carlos Martin
- Cover, Design – David Krieger
- Drums – Alan Schwartzberg*
- Engineer – Tony Bongiovi
- Guitar – Jeff Mironov, Jerry Freidman*, Lance Quinn
- Keyboards – Pat Rebillot
- Photography By – Bernie Block
- Producer – Jay Ellis (tracks: A2 to B5), Meco Monardo (tracks: A2 to B5), Tony Bongiovi (tracks: A2 to B5)
Notes
On label:
℗ 1974 MGM Records, Inc. side A
℗ 1975 MGM Records, Inc. side A and B
Made in Germany
Original American Recording Licensed by MGM Records, Inc. Los Angeles, USA
On back cover:
℗ 1974 MGM Records, Inc. A1 & A2
℗ 1975 MGM Records, Inc.
© 1975 MGM Records, Inc.
Printed in Germany by Gerhard Kaiser GmbH, Essen
US rights society :
BMI = A1, B2, B5.
ASCAP = A2, A3, B1, B3, B4.
Gold/blue labels.
Side A is a medley without track gaps.
Stamped runouts.
℗ 1974 MGM Records, Inc. side A
℗ 1975 MGM Records, Inc. side A and B
Made in Germany
Original American Recording Licensed by MGM Records, Inc. Los Angeles, USA
On back cover:
℗ 1974 MGM Records, Inc. A1 & A2
℗ 1975 MGM Records, Inc.
© 1975 MGM Records, Inc.
Printed in Germany by Gerhard Kaiser GmbH, Essen
US rights society :
BMI = A1, B2, B5.
ASCAP = A2, A3, B1, B3, B4.
Gold/blue labels.
Side A is a medley without track gaps.
Stamped runouts.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society (Boxed): GEMA
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): 2315 321 S1 320
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): 2315 321 S2 320
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): 2315 321 S1 320 1 L
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): 2315 321 S2 320 1 M
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): 2315 321 S1 320 1Λ N
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): 2315 321 S1 320 1Λ AF
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 4): 2315 321 S1 320 1A BH
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4): 2315 321 S2 320 3A CS
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 5): 2315 321 S1 320 1A A B
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 5): 2315 321 S2 320 BH 3
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 6): 2315 321 S1 320 1 S
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 6): 2315 321 S2 320 1B B V
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 7): 2315 321 S1 320 1 F
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 7): 2315 321 S2 320 1 G
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 8): 2315 321 S1 320 1A V I
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 8): 2315 321 S2 320 1B B D
Other Versions (5 of 97)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Recently Edited | Never Can Say Goodbye (LP, Album, Partially Mixed, Stereo) | MGM Records | M3G 4982 | US | 1975 | ||
Recently Edited | Never Can Say Goodbye (Cassette, Album) | MGM Records | 3110 321 | Germany | 1975 | ||
Recently Edited | Never Can Say Goodbye (LP, Album, Partially Mixed) | MGM Records | ACB 198 | UK | 1975 | ||
Recently Edited | Never Can Say Goodbye (LP, Album, Partially Mixed) | MGM Records | 2353 106 | Netherlands | 1975 | ||
| Never Can Say Goodbye (LP, Album, Stereo) | MGM Records | 2315 321 A | Italy | 1975 |
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Reviews
Edited 8 years agoTwo seriously strong DJ tracks on this album even 40 years later. "Real Good People" is a legit dance floor bomb body mover that I believe is a Loft (NYC) classic and the cover of "Reach Out, I'll Be There" is fun material as well that is sure to get a response from a crowd.
Most other tracks seem to have a bit of a Motown vibe, but as if transported into the mid-70s disco era. "Searching," "We Belong," and the cover of "All I Need Is Your Sweet Lovin'" all work pretty well in this regard. "Never Can Say Goodbye" and is the one I'd least likely play out, unless you're in playing at a particular type of party.
Good ;)- An absolutely groundbreaking album. Not only because of Gloria's voice, her full orchestra backup or all tunes on one side of a record to become hit singles, but also from something behind the scenes:
"A Tom Moulton Mix".
For the first time, songs were not presented as separate pieces of music, but as an uninterrupted, 18-minute-plus, side-long composition optimised for dancing. There were other albums that had side-long tracks (Tubular bells, In-a-gadda-da-vida), but here, we have a new piece of music composed out of already recorded pieces of music, making it the very first "DJ mix".
It is interesting to note that the order of the tracks was chosen to add feel, power and energy during the composition. Later on, this technique would be refined by measuring the "beats per minute", and DJs started to create similar uninterrupted compositions of disco tunes by "beatmixing" them into each other. 
Edited 12 years agoSmoothly produced, discolike tracks are rather a dime a dozen although more inspired than the bulk of the German Hansa disco factory at the end of the seventies. The more unpolished "Real Good People" (3:02) stays a refreshingly strong track.
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