The next abandoned disco album produced by Ian Levine in 1979 is by Loretta Stokes. Stokes was working as an air stewardess when she was discovered by DJ Rick Gianatos in Chicago in 1979, who presented her to his partner, British producer Levine, who already had a number of hits on his hands with James Wells, Barbara Pennington, Seventh Avenue and others. Levine signed Stokes to United Artists and recorded the 'Kidnap Me' album, only to find executive Artie Mogul of United Artists backing out of the contract, and with the erupting disco backlash of late 1979, Levine soon found himself with an album he couldn't sell, and Stokes' album remained in the can. By 1987, Levine was a successful Hi-NRG producer with his own label, Nightmare Records, when he decided to create the sub-label Nightmare Gold to release a series of 34 12"s with all his lost disco material from the late 70's. All 5 tracks from Stokes' album had been scheduled for individual 12" releases, and although four of them were actually pressed, only 'You'll Never Escape My Love' eventually came out, to minimal attention. The album did make a limited appearance on VCD in 1996, but it too passed most people by, and so here it is in full in this short celebration of Levine's productions.
Track listing
01 Kidnap Me
02 You'll Never Escape My Love
03 Restless For You
04 My Conscience Won't Let Me
05 Falling Off The Edge Of The World
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