REISSUE: "Don't Lose That Number (Mumbo Jumbo)" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Bionic Boogie

 

REISSUE: "Don't Lose That Number (Mumbo Jumbo)" - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix - Bionic Boogie Gregg Diamond's Bionic Boogie was a sign of thing to come in 1977 - disco music had begun to take it form and shape with many of the soulful recordings - it was the glitter that the strings, bass and light celebratory themes added to create the real atmosphere. The samba is "Mumbo Jumbo" in "Don't Lose That Number" and the production from Gregg Diamond's magic along with Brad Baker is now history. The vocals are provided by Gwen Guthrie, Zach Sanders and Yolanda McCullough - who at the time were session singers. The track is bright and has a feel of uplifting power when it reaches the ever building chorus. It is also the start of Gregg Diamond's ability to take parts of grooves and crescendos and work a track around them. I have taken the LP version and have given it a fading into and then extended the verses and that fabulous Fender Rhodes piano, which sounds familiar to Diamond's magic with Andrea True Connection's "More More More". This song has always been a favorite and this opportunity gives it an extended and alternate version.