ReStructure Mix Update (7/30/20) “Y.M.C.A.” - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix – Glamorama

ReStructure Mix Update (7/30/20) “Y.M.C.A.” - Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix – Glamorama

Glamorama is a project on Almighty Records from 1993 produced by Graham Wilcocks and Richard Cottie. This project featured a cover of the Village People classic “Y.M.C.A.” – done in complete camp featuring the vocals of high energy diva Ms. Earlene Bentley. It is a wonderful twist with a whole lot of essence on the disco diva stance and of course the disco era itself. The production is laid out in the 1993 fashion with the Euro-disco flair utilizing heavy bass (house) and plenty of interjected pieces of orchestrations. It is much more uplifting with Ms. Bentley at the helm and the play on words during this arrangement is simply magnificent. This one always reminds me of a great dear music friend (who left us) Mr. Marty Parriott who always referred to this version as the Kate Smith version – as if were here following the “Star Spangled Banner” salute.

I have taken the 12” version of Glamorama’s “Y.M.C.A.” and dressed it up for this ReStructure Mix. There are pieces of the Village People original scattered around this edit and more dub effects to  give the length of the mix more opportunities to get lost in.