Wow! DON DOWNING - "Doctor Boogie" [[2023 CD Release)

[Philles/Motown Gary]

Look what I just discovered is available on a Japanese import CD! It's 2023 release somehow managed to sneak right past me.

DON DOWNING - Doctor Boogie [[1978)

Tracks:

1) Dream World
https://youtu.be/ebeXy-r5HAg?si=SR6zZ5m-XHkf_VYY

2) Lonely Days, Lonely Nights
https://youtu.be/9nkuzZu48iE?si=n7cGwFVjJ31NCzY5

3) Doctor Boogie
https://youtu.be/xusIeWR7AgA?si=yADVwSkL79_H36LM

4) I Don't Love You Like I Used To
https://youtu.be/96xzAytxpvE?si=Q-tH3TJJeBNBkYGd

5) Playtime
https://youtu.be/tiX49t1sdWo?si=3XtrBwD1D7kBgsW7

6) Sugar & Spice
https://youtu.be/PnxE2DQDz24?si=GWPuEWaw-Qo4plZv

7) Love Doctor
https://youtu.be/jG-AngC8NOA?si=ho4dQ5JBv5F773oX

8) Half-Past Love
https://youtu.be/mARFdggWkU0?si=USfvpSclGFd1ylfE


The CD credits read like a family reunion of Motown meets Disco!

Producer: Tony Bongiovi

Arranger: Meco Monardo [[Tracks 1 & 2)

Bass: Bob Babbitt [[Motown Bass Player)

Arranger: David Van Depitte [[Motown Arranger) [[Tracks 1, 4 & 7)

Here's a photo of the original album cover and complete credits. [[Can't help but notice that the lady in the red dress looks amazingly like Nedra Talley of The Ronettes!)

https://www.discogs.com/release/4480...-Doctor-Boogie

I never had the album, nor did I know that one existed until now. In fact, I had never even heard of the Club hit "Dream World" until the past 20 years or so when I discovered it on a Various Artists "Tom Moulton Mix" CD. Better late than never, as "Dream World" and the entire "Doctor Boogie" CD sounds like it would have fit right at home on the Philly Soul Salsoul label.

I found my CD copy last night on eBay when I ordered it from get_importcds for $13.79 from whom I've ordered lots of CDs before. His shipping is absolutely FREE, yet you'll have the CD in your hands in like 3 business days! I don't know how he does it!