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ARTIST
KEADY & VALLINS
TITLE
Keady & Vallins
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
LION PRODUCTIONS
CATALOG #
LION 202LP
LION 202LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
4/19/2024
"Teeming with infectious hooks and delicate textures,
Keady & Vallins
stacks up favorably against now heralded titans of soft pop/yacht rock and pop disco-lite, living in the intersection between
Bobby Caldwell
,
Steely Dan
, and
Saturday Night Fever
-era
Bee Gees
.
Keady & Vallins
is an all-too-familiar story of potential left unfulfilled -- glorious pop music shunted by the impetuous thrums of a music industry stricken by decadence and a preference for high turnover and rigorous proprietorship. A tour with the Bee Gees by
Vallins
and help from
Robert Stigwood
resulted in a deal with Polydor. After a pair of singles produced by a young, upstart (now hugely important head of Universal Music Group)
Lucien Grange
achieved moderate success in France, an album was next: taped by
Keady
and Vallins during downtime from other sessions. They pulled world class talent from the studio, from the pub down the street from the studio, while also (temporarily) pilfering instruments from the shop below the studio (price tags still affixed) -- to create a striking blend of sepia-toned soft pop/yacht rock and pop disco-lite. Born out of a quick friendship turned decades long songwriting partnership between Gary Keady and John Vallins, the full-length record was meant to be a mark of the duo's growing promise as songwriters at Chappell -- the publishing house's self-proclaimed Australian facsimile of the American duo
Hall & Oates
(or maybe a two-person Bee Gees?). But that's not what happened, is it. Dormant since its completion in 1979, the
Keady & Vallins
album slots in perfectly amongst its contemporaries as a classic. To further cement its much-belated legacy,
Keady & Vallins
contains the original version of
Johnny Mathis
and
Deniece Williams
' smash #1 hit 'Too Much, Too Little, Too Late' (written by Vallins), and features a coterie of preeminent musicians, including
Tommy Emmanuel
(guitar) and
John Altman
(strings)."
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