STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - VILLAGE PEOPLE - LIVE AND SLEAZY

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Good morning Wednesday warriors and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we celebrate Harlem born disco vocalist, Alexander Briley, best known as the original  G.I. and later the Sailor in the Village People, as he celebrates his 72nd Birthday. Happy Birthday Alex ! He was born in 1951 and as the son of a Christian minister, got an early start singing in church and later studied voice at the University of Hartford. Today we have him on the group's 5th studio album/ 1st live album, Live And Sleazy. The double LP was released September 1979 on the  Casablanca and and was produced by  Jacques Morali. It peaked at #80 in Japan, #69 in Australia, #32 on the Billboard 200, #25 in Sweden, #23 in Canada, and #13 in Norway. Two singles were released ; "Ready for the 80's" (#52 Hot 100, #30 France, #26 Billboard Disco Top 100) and "Sleazy" (#76 Japan, #26 Disco Top 100) . The first record in the set is labeled Live and the second one Sleazy. The Village People are backed by the band Bittersweet. 

Live

1. "Fire Island" J. Morali, H. Belolo, B. Whitehead, P. Hurtt 4:01

2. "Hot Cop" J. Morali, H. Belolo, V. Willis 6:00

3. "Medley: San Francisco (You've Got Me) / In Hollywood (Everybody is a Star)" J. Morali, H. Belolo, B. Whitehead, P. Hurtt 11:07

4. "Macho Man" J. Morali, H. Belolo, V. Willis, B. Whitehead 6:00

5. "In the Navy" J. Morali, H. Belolo, V. Willis 6:25

6. "Y.M.C.A." J. Morali, V. Willis[4] 8:00

Sleazy

1. "Sleazy" 6:10

2. "Rock and Roll Is Back Again" 7:00

3. "Ready for the 80's" 6:38

4. "Save Me" (Ballad) 4:00

5. "Save Me" (Uptempo Version) 5:07

Village People

Victor Willis – lead vocal on "Live" (album)
Ray Simpson – lead vocals on "Sleazy" (album)
David "Scar" Hodo – backing vocals, lead vocals on "Sleazy" (song)
Alex Briley – backing vocals, lead vocals on "Save Me (Ballad)"
Randy Jones – backing vocals
Felipe Rose – backing vocals
Glenn M. Hughes – backing vocals

Bittersweet

Albert Finney - Guitar
Keith Starkey - Bass
Greg Baker - Drums
Chuck Kentis -Synthesizer
Zack Stephens - Synthesizer
Lawrence Killian - Percussion

Additional Percussion and background vocals

L.Waymer - Percussion
C. St. Charles - Percussion
Ray Simpson - Percussion
Milt Grayson - Percussion
Peter Whitehead - Percussion
D. Andres - Percussion

Production

Jacques Morali – producer
Henri Belolo – executive producer
Horace Ott – string and horn arrangements, conductor
Michael Hutchinson – mixing on "Sleazy" side
Joe Barbaria – engineer
Michael Hutchinson – engineer
Steve Mitchell – engineer
Carla Bandini – assistant engineer
Chris Fergesen – assistant engineer
Derek Du Nann – assistant engineer
Doug Grinbergs – assistant engineer
Jon Smith – assistant engineer
Matthew Weiner – assistant engineer
Stephen Lumel – art direction
Lynn Goldsmith – photography