DOWNLOAD NO.161 - PETER ALLEN

PETER HAD AN INTERESTING CAREER WHICH HAD TWO PHASES. FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF HIS STORY SEE DOWNLOAD NO.92.

BETWEEN HIS TWO MAJOR PHASES PETER HAD A QUIET SPELL WHICH HE SPENT HONING HIS SONG WRITING SKILLS. "I HONESTLY LOVE YOU" SUNG BY OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN WAS ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN SONGS WHICH EMERGED FROM THIS QUIET PERIOD.

PETER'S CAREER IGNITED AGAIN AFTER THE RELEASE OF "I GO TO RIO" WHICH USED A DRIVING CHROMATIC PIANO RIFF USING A LATIN RHYTHM SECTION COMPLETE WITH WHISTLES AND MARACAS. PETER'S HIGH-ENERGY LIMBER PERFORMANCE IN THE POP FILM CLIP AND HIS 1977 APPEARANCES ON THE AUSSIE T.V. SHOW "COUNTDOWN" ENSURED CHART SUCCESS.

"I GO TO RIO" HIT NUMBER ONE IN 1977. AT THE TIME THE SINGLE VERSION WAS ONLY 3 MINUTES LONG WHICH DIDN'T REALLY ALLOW THE DANCE FLOOR CROWD MUCH TIME TO SHOW OFF THEIR MOVES.

THERE WAS A 12" DISCO VERSION RELEASED IN FOREIGN LANDS WHICH I ORDERED HOPING TO BE ABLE TO USE IN MY MOBILE DISCO COMPANY BUT SADLY IT WAS NOT ANY LONGER THAN THE ORIGINAL VERSION - IN FACT ITS ONLY DIFFERENCE WAS THAT IT WAS A LIVE STAGE VERSION WHICH CAPTURED PETER'S ENERGETIC PERFORMANCE ALL OVER AGAIN.

TO RECTIFY THIS SITUATION I DECIDED TO RE-EDIT THE ORIGINAL 7" SINGLE AND WITH A FEW DRUM OVERDUBS EXTEND THE 3 MINUTE SINGLE TO 5 MINS.

HERE FOR DOWNLOAD IS THE TOM MIX 12" OF "I GO TO RIO":

http://rapidshare.com/files/201866671/peter_allen_-_i_go_to_rio__ultimate_tom_mix_.mp3