Genre: disco
Rating: 3 stars ***
Title: Disco Wedding
Company: Casablanca
Catalog: NBD
20162 DJ
Year: 1979
Country/State: Brooklyn, New York
Grade (cover/record): VG+/VG+
Comments: one sided 12"
Available: 1
Catalog ID: 181
Price: $10.00
I don't usually buy disco material and I don't usually buy 12" singles, but how can you turn down a 12" picture sleeve entitled "Disco Wedding" ... ya' can't get much more '70s than that !!!
Casablanca catalog number NBLP 7163
There's plenty of material on the web about Jabara, so I won't waste time rehashing existing biographical information. Both Wikipedia and a Jabara site (shown below) are good sources for anyone wanting an overview of his career. Anyhow, this 12" was pulled from Jabara's third album - 1979's cleverly titled "Third Album" which was itself apparently intended as a disco concept piece (that thought makes me smile). I can't say I'm a big disco fan, but I'm told this track has a big fan base. To my ears the medley's pretty pedestrian. The 'DIsco Wedding' part sounded like it was assembled from a 'build-hit-kit' with scratchy lead guitar, female backing singers, punchy T.K.-styled horns, and a cute, but mindless lyric. Jabara had a decent enough voice, but there wasn't much of his voice on display. The 'Honeymoon In Puerto Rico' segment was actually a stronger composition with an semi-exotic feel - the accents sounded a bit over-the-top, but then this was prime '70s camp.
"Disco
Wedding" track listing:
(side 1)
1.) Disco Wedding/Wedding In Puerto Rico (Paul Jabara) / (Paul Jabara - G. Mathieson) - 11:17
(side
2)
1.) none
Only 44, sadly Jabara died of AIDS in September 1992. For you hardcore fans, there's an extensive Jabara website at: