Giorgio ‎– Son Of My Father

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That’d be Giorgio Moroder (last name not on LP cover), the Italy-via-Munich producer and songwriter probably best known for having a significant hand in every Donna Summer album from 1974 to 1981, and in particular for getting mechanical Teutonic dance-trance into the U.S. Top 10 with her 1977 “I Feel Love.” Including this album in a Eurodisco survey is cheating, since in 1972 disco didn’t quite exist yet. But you can still hear interesting seeds of the style, and not just because of Giorgio’s gargantuan only-in-the-’70s Fu Manchu on the cover. (His pet bloodhound is bodacious, too.) The hitlet (No. 46 in the U.S.) is the lead and title cut, a shouty bubbleglam stomper featuring a synth hook that Moroder would revive when he helped Blondie top the pop chart for six weeks with 1980’s blatant Eurodisco (via Black Sabbath “Children of the Grave” rhythm) move “Call Me.” “Underdog” and “Watch Your Step,” respectively and kind of hilariously about how bosses and cops keep the little man down, are more garage punk; “Lord Release Me” is an endearingly awkward Yurropean-accent gospel attempt that anticipates several future Boney M moments. But some of the more revealing selections reveal connections to kraut and art rock: “Automation” talks about being bored to death on the assembly line over a motorik blues progression that crosses Can with Canned Heat; “London Traffic” paves a monotonous roadway for Kraftwerk’s “Autobahn”; “Spanish Disaster” mixes Mediterranean exoticisms with hypnotic hints of prog. And the album closes with “Tears” — sad, recurring-keyboard-figure astronaut techno, well over a decade early.

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Hansa Records ‎– 86 055 IT Stereo Vinyl LP 1972 Germany

Side 1.

1. Son Of My Father
Written-By – Moroder, Holm, Bellotte

2. Lord (Release Me)
Written-By – Moroder, Bellotte

3. That’s How I See Her
Written-By – Moroder, Bellotte

4. Pauline
Written-By – Moroder, Bellotte

5. Automation
Written-By – Moroder, Bellotte

Side 2.

1. London Traffic
Written-By – Moroder, Bellote

2. Underdog
Written-By – Moroder

3. Spanish Disaster
Written-By – Moroder, Bellotte

4. Watch Your Step
Written-By – Moroder

5. Tears
Written-By – Daysenhof, Moroder

Credits:
Arranged By, Directed By, Guitar, Synthesizer [Moog] – Giorgio Moroder
Coordinator, Guitar – Pete Bellotte
Drums, Percussion – Keith Forsey
Engineer – Gunther Zipelius
Guitar – Paul Vincent
Keyboards – Max Greger Jr.
Producer – Giorgio Moroder
Synthesizer [Moog], Bass, Keyboards – F.B. Mushler

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Weight 0,5 kg
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