Midnight Sunrise by Midnight Sunrise
Released on Prelude Records in 1976.
Here is the story about this album that was originally an unreleased album:
By now I have posted about 20 disco albums, produced by Ian Levine between 1976 and 1979. This collection here is a bit of odd ends from 1976 when Levine was still an unexperienced producer and unfamiliar with the ins and outs of the record industry. Midnight Sunrise was a group Levine put together for his friend Sheila Hart who was a stunning dancer on the Northern Soul scene. Although the 20-year-old Sheila was no experienced singer, Levine described how she attacked the material with gusto. When The Beat Gets In Your Feet was released on Mercury Records, September 1976, but flopped, and the label was not interested in releasing any follow-ups, so three recordings were left unreleased at the time. Sheila married one of the 4 guys from the group, Leon Goff, and moved to California and lived there for many years before returning to the UK. Levine revived the Midnight Sunrise brand as a house group in the 80s, having a club hit with the song On The House in 1986.
Tracklist
| 1. | When The Beat Gets In Your Feet | 3:36 |
| 2. | All He Has To Do Is Snap His Fingers | 5:04 |
| 3. | Ready When You Are | 5:55 |
| 4. | Sugar's No Sweeter Than You | 2:45 |
| 5. | Time on My Hands | 3:30 |
| 6. | Danger Zone | 4:40 |
Credits
Lead Vocals: Sheila Hart
Bass: Les Hurdle
Drums: Clem Cattini
Percussion: Frank Ricotti
Keyboards: Thor Baldursson
Piano: Larry Knechtel
Vocals: Midnight Sunrise
License
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Along with Fiachra Trench, his songwriting partner, Ian Levine helped develop the Hi-NRG dance sound courtesy of hits such as "High Energy" by Evelyn Thomas, "So Many Men, So Little Time" by Miquel Brown, and "(I Can't Believe It) It's a Miracle" by Moonstone. By the 1970s, he began recruiting American soul singers like Evelyn Thomas and Hazell Dean to storm Britain's charts (and America's).