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patrick adams - master of the masterpiece vol 2 - p&p - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Disco

1. Bumble Bee Unlimited - "I Got A Big Bee"
2. Inner Life - "Ain't No Moutain High Enough"
3. Sine - "Happy Is The Only Way"
4. The P Crew - "Nasty Rock"
5. Center Stage - "Never"
6. The P Crew - "Busy Body"
7. The Tribe - "Jungle Rock"
8. Sine - "Rotation"
9. Bumble Bee Unlimited - "Everybody Dance"
10. Universal Robot Band - "Dance and Shake Your Tambourine" (original demo version)
11. Debbie Taylor - "No Deposit No Return"
12. The Eight Minutes - "Looking For A Brand New Game"

Compilation of twelve rare and unreleased tracks from the P&P vaults by the legendary Patrick Adams !

The cleverly deceptive genius Patrick Adams was born March 17, 1950 in New York City.
Some people are just destined for greatness and Adams was one of those. He wrote his
first song at 12, recorded his first record at 16 and produced his first track at 17. It would
take several more years for the world to realize his genius.
In 1966 Patrick joined a neighborhood group and they immediately auditioned for a role in
“Up The Down Staircase”. The boys won the part of the high school dance band and are
featured in a segment of the Warner Brothers film. Two months later, the guys, now known
as “The Sparks,” were signed to Curb/MGM. But after failing to chart the label quickly
dropped them. The Sparks continued performing and touring together for four more
years. Patrick’s next success came the following year (1967) when he wrote “You’ve Got
To Learn Something” for the children’s show “Sesame Street”.
In 1970 Adams left the group to take a job as A&R Vice-President of Perception/Today
Records. During that period he also worked as a sideman with numerous artists like
Astrud Gilberto and Les Variations.
In 1974 Patrick teamed up with Peter Brown to form P&P Records. The label was
distributed by Morris Levy’s Roulette Records and housed the sub-labels Queen
Constance, Heavenly Star, Jay Star, Chocolate Star Records and many more. He also
started Papmus, his own production company. During the next four years, as disco was
emerging, Adams became a key figure in its growth scoring countless hits including:
“Atmosphere Strut” with Cloud One, “My Baby’s Got E.S.P.” with Four Below Zero, and
“Lady Bug” by Bumblebee Unlimited.
1978 was Patrick’s breakthrough year. The infamous song was “In The Bush”. “I did not
sit down and invent the phrase “Push Push In The Bush” in a moment of meditative
genius. I was in the recording studio looking for a chant to put on the chorus of this last
hot track for the Musique album. I was thinking out loud of my older brother and his
friends. Sometimes they would chant - “To The Bush”. This was a reference to a dance
club that they frequented.
Over the course of the next three years Patrick Adams racked up an impressive 22 hits.
As the disco-era changed, so too did Adams. In the 1980’s he would lend his creative
genius to such notable acts as Salt ‘N’ Pepa, Keith Sweat and Carol Lynn Townes. In the
1990’s he helmed recordings by Eric B. & Rakim, Paul Lekakis and Morris Day.
Patrick has received the ASCAP “Songwriter Of The Year” award 3 times and has multiple
Gold and Platinum awards and now a follow up to his very own ‘Best Of’ collection.