Love in C Minor [Import]

Cerrone | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 8, 1993)
• Original Release Date: 1976
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Unidisc Records
• ASIN: B00001ZT5K
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #488,629 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Love in "C" Minor

2. Black Is Black

3. Midnite Lady

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sumptuous Disco Classic, March 23, 2003

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dominodancing "dominodancing" (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Love in C Minor (Audio CD)

Cerrone, for the uninitiated, was a French hairdresser that one fine day put down his blow dryer long enough to release what is perhaps the finest non-Giorgio Moroder eurodisco record, and in his very first attempt at the genre to boot. I own this record on vinyl, and even in that sonically inferior but sentimentally superior medium, it comes across beautifully. To be found on the record are, in no particular order, lively strings, funky bass, programmed beats, breathy & ethereal female vocals, and cheesy chatter. From the memorable, solidarity-affirming cover to the mesmerizing strains of "Midnite Lady", disco never had it so good.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the most influential eurodisco ever gets it's release on CD, September 14, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Love in C Minor (Audio CD)

Love In C Minor was perhaps the most influential piece of disco ever, considering it's early release, and groundbreaking style. Released alongside tracks such as Moroder's brilliant "Love To Love You Baby", released under Donna Summer's name, and Jumbo's "Turn On To Love"... Love In C Minor, written by Alec R. Costandinos, and blatantly stolen by Cerrone (prompting Alec to produce a copycat, Love & Kisses, which resulted in two massive pieces, "I've Found Love" and "Accidental Lover", with Accidental Lover being an almost note for note copy of Love In C Minor), was first released in France as a white label when Cerrone was unable to attract a record company daring enough to pick up the track. The first copies of this record started circulating in October 1975, and Cerrone picked it up on his own record label, Malligator, in early 1976. The track was picked up on Cotillion, a subsidiary of Atlantic Records, for release in January, 1977 in the United States.

History aside, one must appreciate the lush orchestra, the driving tones, and the layered vocals, all trademarks of the Alec Costandinos sound. A pure work of art... this release must never be forgotten. It's place in disco history, as one of the few tracks to shape the late eurodisco sound (1978-1982), is assured. It sounds as fresh today as it did when it was released. It's timeless... Alec R. Costandinos and Jean-Marc Cerrone created the most melodic, beautiful, timeless, and lush eurodisco to ever grace this reviewer's ears.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Euro-Disco at it's finest, January 14, 2001

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Ern (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Love in C Minor (Audio CD)

I bought this LP back in 1977. The Song "Love In 'c' Minor" has to be one of the top disco songs of all time. When the song gets to the percussion break with the Congas and other Instrumentation going... OMG! What a Gem... I recomend this CD.