Hardware is one of the studio projects from Gregg Diamond who made the disco world stand still with his 1977 project Bionic Boogie which featured Gwen Guthrie and Yolanda McCullough in the chorus section. The big hit “Risky Changes” created a new blend of soul/funk and the new sound of disco music during its release and was highly respected by music audiophiles and reviewers. It became the starting point for disco releases to be compared to. Of course we also know that Gregg Diamond also produced “More, More, More” by The Andrea True Connection. Hardware is a Bionic Boogie project he created for Mercury Records as he did for Marlin with his group Starcruisin’. “Eighth Of Your Love” is played out in Diamond’s fabulous method where phrases are turned inside out and then used to reference a chorus tie-line. This uplifting number has the horns that we know Diamond for and a sweet chorus introducing a hard delivery for the initial chant eventually becoming a beautiful disco crescendo. A nice closing for Diamond’s work during the disco era and a much anticipated album for myself being a big fan of his projects.
I have taken the album version of “Eighth Of Your Love” and brought it into a ReStructure Mix with what was originally laid down. A new rhythm track is laid on the foundation to grab the percussion and new segments of the chants are pieced among the new arrangement.
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