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With its third album, Big Fun, Shalamar unveiled its best-known and most successful lineup. Jody Watley and Jeffrey Daniels were still on board, but Gerald Brown had been replaced by the charismatic Howard Hewett. Both creatively and commercially, this album would take Shalamar to new heights and establish the trio as one of the best soul-pop units of 1979-1983. The single that made Hewett famous and really sent Shalamar into orbit was "Second Time Around," but the classic Hewett/Watley/Daniels lineup also excels on everything from the insistent "Right in the Socket" to the playfully funky "Take Me to the River" (not the 1974 Al Green classic) and the smooth, Philadelphia soul-type ballad "Let's Find the Time for Love." Definitely one of Shalamar's essential releases, Big Fun was reissued on CD by The Right Stuff in 1996.
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Leon Sylvers III, Composer, Producer - Shalamar, MainArtist - Kossi Gardner, Organ - Stephen Shockley, Guitar - Dick Griffey, Composer - Ernest Reed, Guitar - Ernest Biles, Bass Guitar
© 1979 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1979 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Leon Sylvers III, Producer - Shalamar, MainArtist - Renaldo Benson, Composer - Kossi Gardner, Organ - Stephen Shockley, Guitar - Ernest Reed, Guitar - Ernest Biles, Bass Guitar - Roquel Payton, Composer
© 1979 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1979 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Leon Sylvers III, Composer, Producer - Shalamar, MainArtist - Kevin Spencer, Composer - Sylvers, Composer, Lyricist - Spencer, Composer, Lyricist - Kossi Gardner, Organ - Stephen Shockley, Guitar - Dick Griffey, Composer - Ernest Reed, Guitar - Griffey, Composer, Lyricist - Ernest Biles, Bass Guitar
© 1979 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1983 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Leon Sylvers III, Composer, Producer - Shalamar, MainArtist - Kossi Gardner, Organ - William Shelby, Composer - Stephen Shockley, Guitar - Ernest Reed, Guitar - Ernest Biles, Bass Guitar
© 1979 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1979 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Leon Sylvers III, Composer, Producer - Shalamar, MainArtist - Joey Gallo, Composer - Kossi Gardner, Organ - Stephen Shockley, Guitar - Ernest Reed, Guitar - Ernest Biles, Bass Guitar
© 1979 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1979 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Leon Sylvers III, Composer, Producer - Shalamar, MainArtist - Kevin Spencer, Composer - Kossi Gardner, Organ - Stephen Shockley, Guitar - Ernest Reed, Guitar - Ernest Biles, Bass Guitar
© 1979 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1979 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Leon Sylvers III, Producer - Shalamar, MainArtist - John Lennon, Composer - Paul Mccartney, Composer - Kossi Gardner, Organ - Stephen Shockley, Guitar - Ernest Reed, Guitar - Ernest Biles, Bass Guitar
© 1979 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1979 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Leon Sylvers III, Composer, Producer - Shalamar, MainArtist - Kossi Gardner, Organ - William Shelby, Composer - Stephen Shockley, Guitar - Ernest Reed, Guitar - Ernest Biles, Bass Guitar
© 1979 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1979 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Leon Sylvers III, Composer, Producer - Shalamar, MainArtist - Kevin Spencer, Composer - Sylvers, Composer, Lyricist - Spencer, Composer, Lyricist - Kossi Gardner, Organ - Stephen Shockley, Guitar - Dick Griffey, Composer - Ernest Reed, Guitar - Griffey, Composer, Lyricist - Ernest Biles, Bass Guitar
© 1979 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1979 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Leon Sylvers III, Composer - Shalamar, Performance, MainArtist - Joey Gallo, Composer
© 1979 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1980 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Album review
With its third album, Big Fun, Shalamar unveiled its best-known and most successful lineup. Jody Watley and Jeffrey Daniels were still on board, but Gerald Brown had been replaced by the charismatic Howard Hewett. Both creatively and commercially, this album would take Shalamar to new heights and establish the trio as one of the best soul-pop units of 1979-1983. The single that made Hewett famous and really sent Shalamar into orbit was "Second Time Around," but the classic Hewett/Watley/Daniels lineup also excels on everything from the insistent "Right in the Socket" to the playfully funky "Take Me to the River" (not the 1974 Al Green classic) and the smooth, Philadelphia soul-type ballad "Let's Find the Time for Love." Definitely one of Shalamar's essential releases, Big Fun was reissued on CD by The Right Stuff in 1996.
© Alex Henderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:59
- Main artists: Shalamar
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sanctuary Records
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Disco
© 1979 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1979 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
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