Change - Paradise (LP Version)

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LP Credits:
Produced by Jacques Fred Petrus and Mauro Malavasi
Executive producers: Jacques Fred Petrus and Mauro Malavasi
for little macho music co. inc. NY.
Composed, arranged and conducted by David Romani - Mauro Malavasi - Paolo Gianolio. Vocals conducted by Tanyayette Willoughby / Ready productions and Jocelyn Shaw. Lyrics by Paul Slade / Tanyanette Willoughby.
Recorded at Fonoprint studios, Bologna, Italy.
Engineered by Maurizio Biancani / Michael H.Brauer.
All vocals recorded and mixed art Media sound studios, New York city.
Engineered by Michael H. Brauer.
Assistent Engineer - Andy Hoffman.
Mastered at Sterling sound, inc., New york city.
Engineered by Greg Calbi.
Art and design by Frank Porto.
Special thanks to Ray Caviano, Vonce Aletti and Bob Siegel for their ongoing support.
Change int'l. fan club: 233 West 26th street, New York, NY 10001.
Players: Mauro Malavasi - piano, synhesizer; David Romani - bass; Paolo Gianolio - guitar; Rudy Trevisi - saxophone; Doc Powell - guitar; Terry Silverlight - drums; Onage Allen Gumbs - keyboards; Maurizio Biancani - asst. synthesizer.
Horns: Trumpet - Victor Paz; trumpet - Earl Gardner; sax - Denny Trimboli; trombone - Bob Alexander.
Strings played by: The Goody music string ensamble.
Lead vocals: James Crabs Robinson; Diva Gray.
Solo vocals: Gordon Grody; Diva Gray.
Background vocals: Jocelyn Shaw; Crystal Davis; Diva Gray, Ullanda McCullough (coutesy of Atlantic records); Luther Vandross; Benny Diggs (courtesy of Handshake records); Dennis Collins; Fonzi Thornton
(courtesy of Atlantic records).

[@JoseAlvesFariasJr]

Bass outstanding !

[@taylordottie5858]

That bass!!

[@chrislyall6251]

" BASSLINE " LORD HAVE MERCY PREACH !!!!

[@needahandle]

Absolutely

[@angiewilson3192]

What a bass!All time my fav music.❤

[@littlebluedaewoo]

Some of the best bass playing ever recorded. I love it..!!

[@PatrikStarFunk]

littlebluedaewoo The art of the master Davide Romani

[@whitballiett1441]

I remember 1982, the parachute pants, my Douglas Snider dance boots (roller skates), jumping over barrels in Central Park in NYC and skating in dance circles--not a care in the world as a 16 year old--loved it all. It was true "Paradise" Thank you.

[@rondellfrancis430]

This song came out during my innocence of a 16/17 young man….. great memories…. For some reason it stayed in the roller deck of my mind music catalog….THE GREAT LUTHER VANDROSS❤……what is it about this song that keeps me coming back to it?!!!

[@Vejur9000]

Change’s Paradise, is a masterpiece. In pop music history, the opening of this song (featuring a brilliant slap bass guitar performance) is instantly recognizable . The lead vocalist, had the voice of an angel. You’ll wanna hear it, over and over again. One of the best songs of the 80’s. Unforgettable music. Awe inspiring, spiritual, magical, epic pop music history. Music to climb mountains to.... Is Change.

[@Calvin375]

Even though this is written seven (7) years later, the lead singer of "Paradise" was Diva Gray; not Deborah Cooper. Deborah Cooper did background on this song and fronted the band in live performances.

[@Vejur9000]

@@Calvin375 Thanks Cal. She had the voice of an angel. So uplifting.

[@user-user-user-user]

隠れた名曲だと思います。

[@michaelbrown2638]

Club music not pop

[@spencersmommy1]

Because of my parents I know this music and more. You don't have to be older to appreciate this!!

[@juandavila182]

That's right ✅️

[@paoloravera3018]

Simply no equals. Change ever lasting music and Paradise is a testament to their talent. It makes me drift back to my Teenager times.

[@charlesgold9016]

Change of Heart - "I have opened up my eyes..." Paradise - "If you touch me with your smile..."

[@vixapphire]

Also Wendy and Lisa, "Honeymoon Express" -- THAT BASSLINE!!!

[@NickyTimeMagic9]

listen to that bass !!!!!!! gawd i love this song.. makes me think of my days as a courier for FedEx ..driving out in Antelope Valley with my boom box on the passenger seat... just me and the miles and this great amazing music... i miss it all

[@sandrinebarthelemy9553]

très bon groupe de funk la belle époque que du bonheur a écouter je m'en lasse pas 👍♥🎧

[@coolio0000007]

I wish the music of today was more like this!

[@michaelbrown2638]

I was a Senior in HS Newark,New Jersey and this was my favorite song of time and still today.Hootaville

[@rondellfrancis430]

Yes bro!

[@donnalewis4774]

I remember this awesome song when I was in High School. Great moment in my life Change. God bless you real good. Donna M. Lewis

[@juandavila182]

Amen ✝️

[@kayvancooten4657]

Have always adored that slammin' bass!♡♡♡

[@gloriasmith7797]

Who's listening to this in 2020?!?!.

[@philligirl]

On constant rotation

[@SteveWeiland-h6h]

2024 and found this and listening to it now.

[@m.ducati7807]

the 80's - one of the best time ever ...

[@ThaBrooklynHurricane2]

just thinking the exact same thing!

[@bryanalker8265]

Graduated end of 70s. Fortunate to be able to Club through the 80s. And man did we have a time. Told my wife don't ask.

[@funkysexy69]

Damn right!! 👍🏾🖤😎💯💃

[@luke-dc5ti]

The bass line is sick !!!

[@cherellbelton2790]

MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MarioCastro-zs6bt]

Such a suck sick bass... WOW...all the way through...and angelic voices 💞💞💞...such a feel good song .. dancing all night..

[@reggiestarke437]

ANY N EVERYTHING from the 80s will Last FOREVER...THE GOLDEN ERA!!!!!!!!! ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

[@monicatranquilli8566]

album fntastico, tanti ricordi, grandissimi change, vi amo.

[@giovannimariatavano9699]

ciau moky.anch'io la penso come te....ascoltando "paradise" mi sembra di tornare agli anni d'oro della musica di qualità quando avevo solo sette anni e sentivo le prime volte in radio questo brano stupendo e meraviglioso.....!!!! buona giornata mia cara!!!!

[@samuelreyes4736]

Me too

[@septemberquest6393]

I recall this great jam by Change...when I came out of high school in the summer of 1982 (nyc) and I took my big JVC.boombox to the "circle " and played my box for the rollerskaters...good times...

[@mrtnt4120]

Hard...i think my grand parents used to dance to this

[@AntonioRossi-q9z]

1981! W gli anni 80!

[@septemberquest6393]

Underrated band with major players at that time..more powerful now because music listeners realize the great sounds that this great production group gave out.

[@fab_fourr]

Great bassline!!!

[@KennethKetchum]

fucking right. that bass line was madness. damn. it rocked. and the vocals../..... ou la la

[@TeeRock70]

Yessssss

[@bartygriffa1]

Davide Romani

[@ericbear2514]

The best bass intro I have ever heard!

[@atomic-fox]

i love it when i think i've heard all the funk/disco classics, and then THIS happens.

[@craigmarshall3386]

Change was one of the most unrated groups out. Funky band, baddasss singers & Luther.

[@taylordottie5858]

Wow! I didn't know that Luther sang with them.

[@dj-soulfunk]

Simply the best piece of music ever recorded IMO.

[@jollyjules77]

Wicked song. Love it!!! Only heard it for the first time a few months ago. I've been playing it non-stop since.

[@danielafotia3973]

Che voce meravigliosa.....non è da tutti cantare donna summer

[@ronwess]

This traQ is awesome yesterday and is awesome today (" the intro bass is unforgettable and all through. The lyrics and vocals...it's all good together. This song gives me a good feeling ...it always takes me somewhere good (" Great Group ("

[@juandavila182]

Agree

[@stefanlemarr6307]

Change Paradise This music is just SO Exotic and SO beautiful..!! It's simply music for Body & Soul in Heaven.!! 😀 ❤️

[@c-5terminator367]

a beautiful,beautiful song.🎼

[@steveblanchard9473]

That bass playing!! Yes........

[@ronnywhite-ri6nu]

Seems there’s many versions of this and every one of them KICKS ASS!!! 👍😅😅😅👍

[@josefilipecardosodiasteixe6983]

Great music and a great time !!!!!!! 👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍

[@roysanders7245]

This was the first song by the group I heard when I was in preschool in the fall of 1981 on the radio.

[@rodneysnell7402]

this song is a true classic I won't you more.I tack you there

[@asdfjklm1155]

Italian disco music ❤

[@1012CRAIG]

My group My Jam!

[@nasreddineazzimani3452]

mo

[@jiffyjim4038]

awesome at the most extreme.....this is inspiring at the utmost!

[@58dhart]

I don't know if folks are truly capable of feelin' all this

[@KennethKetchum]

no they are not unless you were on the dance floor when it came out PARADISE GARAGE FOREVER. this is a classic. I FEEL IT THEN AND NOW MINUS the Richard Long sound system.

[@vincentsmith1203]

Lets just say this music needs to come back

[@PaoloGameplayX]

This is the True music!!! Not the trash of today.

[@rouelborja6960]

This song popularized one of the 80s dance craze in the Philippines, METALLIC GIGOLO. 😎

[@billhunt2732]

Pinoy!!!!!!!! 🇵🇭

[@quirinoyapiii4242]

Reach for the skyyyyyyyyyy!!! I want you I want you loooooooooooove!! ❤❤❤

[@thejmc1961]

This is brilliant.just the amount of effort put in producing these classics.❤

[@renatodavalo2592]

Wonderful..magnifique..grupo italo-americano...❤

[@jipougaucho4578]

Mercredi, Jeudi, Vendredi, Samedi......les nights de folie ! Je me suis funkisé avec ce groupe !!! excellent thank you

[@jean-pierreleherissier5591]

Je suis transporté dans les années 80 . Une folie . Nice , Very nice .

[@OlivierRessy]

Un des meilleurs morceaux de musique qui existent _ MAGNIFIQUE -

[@danielchetman9889]

Du lourd très lourd puissant chefs d'œuvre absolu immense ❤ c'est pas la nullité la puanteur les guignols d'aujourd'hui à vomir 👎. Dany 54 ans

[@KennethKetchum]

i wish people would NOT call this disco - this was CLUB music before House music went public. I was there. I know the difference. There was a great article I read in Philly in 1990 about how disco transitioned to club music and then into House music. Gotta find that article. That said it all.

[@Avi-Levkovich]

This is actually what italo disco happened to be in 1981, as a rip-off the Chic, and later a rip off Zapp & Roger Eventually Sangy of Firefly, another Chic rip-off, made out in 1983, Valery Allington - Stop which was indeed a house music precursor also Celso Vali of Passengers (another rip-off) was behind Peter Richard with 1983 Walking In The Neon (and worked along with Tony Carrasco of the 1982 Klein & MBO)

[@FriendofDorothy]

I agree; it is neither disco nor classic house music. Cuts like "Paradise" represent a sophisticated form of dance club music whose producers sought to avoid the "disco" label in the early '80s while appealing to urban R+B fans and also the hard-core dance crowd that turned the group's debut into a hit album. Yes, they were influenced by Chic, as were many other artists, but it's over-stating it to call their music "Chic rip-offs" etc. Even a cursory listen to the two groups' sound reveals the difference in their approaches. The producers of Change realized that dance music (or "disco") was no longer a fad so they opted for a polished and appealing brand of love-oriented slick R+B-lite. As a result they began to alienate their dance music following by joining the crowded field of up-scale R+B acts with loads of mid-temp ballads that were lush and...quite frankly, a bit bland and sleepy. They never did another track that got the street buzz of "Searching" or "A Lover's Holiday". Instead, they went with a sound more similar to "The Glow of Love" (minus the magic of Luther Vandross). Listen to their new album; it's beautifully produced up-scale R+B with a few tasty concessions to the dance crowd that gave them their initial success.

[@lavernethornton4363]

House DJ's all talk about the music their parents listened and danced to. Dancing is what propelled the music!

[@vincentsmith1203]

I agree 💯 i was too that was real music

[@user-pr9ln3rh6b]

This was definitely not disco.

[@jamesmagnum4161]

Great Music,,, YEAH!!!!!

[@andreasbielo]

Ricordiamoci che questa e' la dance music al 100% italiana

[@chloejones1983]

Never heard this in my life. Thanks, KZbin!

[@carmencolor]

FANTASTIQUE.

[@littlebluedaewoo]

AWESOME.!!

[@MonarchGuy974]

OMG I searched forever without knowing the title of this song! The memories! I remember being in 7th grade and this guy named Verbano was so popular caus ehe could dance the Metallic Gigolo!

[@aracelimanjarrezcardoso6379]

fueron los tiempo a más bonitos de mi adolescencia.

[@AlansNewMutant]

I've forever thought it was called "Reach For The Sky" hahaha!

[@scottharrison3391]

nice bass groove

[@mackdaddy8739]

The sound of a Fender Jazzmaster on fire......DAYUM

[@wilmarbenavidessalazar8139]

Buen Grupo Musical con buenas composiciones musicales. Recordar es vivir

[@teaser1950]

Thank you very much for post this great song! :D

[@cavansherland1872]

nice music right here ,,, bring back this kind of music ,, the music nowadays no good

[@gusspacedisco5677]

Fire on the dance floor!!!!!!!!!

[@KylesVacations]

I still love this song.

[@johnnyy1964]

Bonds International on Broadway and 45th...We used to JAM to this...sigh the good old dayz!

[@reubenpadayachee]

Love it such a tune ! ! !

[@kelvinhardy6711]

This group never got the respect they did ,( all they ever did was drop tight smooth dance grooves )! Damn I miss the 80's.

[@patriciacochard7118]

Super que de souvenirs merci 🙏🙏

[@ricardobanderasfierro1222]

2 years searching for this song , God bless youtube

[@SholaBaby]

One of the evergreen best… :) They ain't making them like this anymore, huh!

[@juandavila182]

True

[@retroman2298]

DISCO is my life

[@bogus8713]

Retroman disco is where the true love is

[@frankrobinson8664]

The best music the 80th

[@santebucci8146]

wow... best best best unforgettable

[@Johnbronx-j3o]

This song, D trains song keep on, and central lines song walking into sunshine are great mood pick me ups songs.

[@hommerecorder7003]

great disco funk

[@仲嶋貞広]

最高です^_^ 若い頃！思い出しましね〜^_^

[@1azianxter]

1980 boite de nuit avec ce single en tête que de fête !!!!

[@delayoff]

And Paolo Gianolio, Davire Romani...the first example of global music

[@maurotamietto8517]

The Very Best offerte music

[@modeltrainsjapan9610]

最高にカッコいい音楽ですね！

[@cedricodom2356]

Remember this playing out my dads brown pontiac 2 door catalina,at the lakefront 67th as a kid ,bongos playing ,kids playing people selling the neon necklaces green or purple,the ice cream truck dat passed thru snowballs with the gum at the bottom ,bomb pops,barb que grills ,tents everywhere I was a kid maybe 8 or 9g ,playing with other kids ,Ella n Carl or Brayant n Sabrina my parents friends meet us there early 1980s, this song makes me reminisce n cry my childhood !!!

[@LULOPATA1983]

that sounds great

[@veroniquevandenberghe8823]

cette musique rappel de tres bonnes années!!!

[@martinbisson2552]

De tres tres belles annees!

[@ugoginko9581]

il basso è grandioso

[@davidwalker2058]

Man...all these mentions...with only ONE reference to Luther. This is where he started!!! #RIP

[@crimpoleneman]

+David Walker Actually he started singing jingles for KFC and backing vocals for David Bowie...

[@op80op1]

No no no Luther had an album 4 years before his guest appearance on changes first album in which was the glow of love look up his song the 2nd time around that was on his album which was on Cotillion records the same label as Slave Mass Production and Sister Sledge. 🤘🏾

[@cavansherland1872]

the group is called LUTHER ,,, TWO ALBUMS ON COTILLION

[@KennethKetchum]

Luther was on the other track on that album which does not compare to this one. this is a dance floor filler.

[@francoferro3786]

Avevo ¹⁸ anni che ricordi

[@myklehicks32]

I am still trying to play this bass line on this song Paradise by Change.

[@sharonhawthorn8542]

If you can't dance to this, you can't dance.

[@blaze0073]

AMEN say it again 🤣😄👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@MarcG7424]

That bass intro is absolute 🔥

[@buffalosoldier4045]

My song masterpiece

[@wendelladair127]

This was it! Bit N Apple San Vicente & Wilshire

[@kevinpaschal5224]

Man they were a great band and luther took them over the top.

[@azizbentayeb2164]

Le kiff par excellence 🇲🇦🇲🇦💸📢📢🆘🏆💥🙏

[@javierbarrucz7755]

Love ❤️ 👂 this dance 🪩 song 🎧 ❤❤❤ 3:43

[@azizbentayeb2164]

Up les plaisirs à vous tous 😜😜😜😜😜📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦😂☀️☝️💥🔫🆘✌️😇🚾✌🍀