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Jacques Fred Petrus & Mauro Malavasi
Producer Discography *
A.N.T.I. Rock: single “D.I.S.C.O.”, Goody Music, 1980.
B.B.&Q. Band, The: LP/CD The Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens Band, EMI-Capitol, 1981 - singles: “On The Beat”, “Starlette”, “Time For Love”, "Mistakes". B.B.&Q. Band, The: LP/CD All Night Long, EMI-Capitol, 1982 - singles: “Imagination”, “All Night Long (She’s Got The Moves I Like)”. B.B.&Q. Band, The: LP/CD Six Million Times, EMI-Capitol, 1983 - singles: “Keep It Hot”, “She’s A Woman”. B.B.&Q. Band, The: LP/CD Genie, Break, 1985 / Elektra, 1986 - singles: “Genie”, “Dreamer”, “On The Shelf”, “Riccochet”, "Minutes Away", "Main Attraction".  B.B.&Q. Band, The: LP/CD The Best Of B.B.&Q. Band, Italo Heat, 1988.
Change: LP/CD The Glow Of Love, Goody Music/RFC-Warner Bros., 1980 - singles: “A Lover’s Holiday”, “The Glow Of Love”, “Searching”, "Angel In My Pocket". Change: LP/CD Miracles, Goody Music/RFC-Atlantic, 1981 - singles: “Paradise”, “Hold Tight”, “Miracles”. Change: LP/CD Sharing Your Love, Memory/RFC-Atlantic, 1982 - singles: “The Very Best In You”, “Hard Times (It’s Gonna Be Alright)”, “Oh What A Night”. Change: LP/CD This Is Your Time, RFC-Atlantic, 1983   - singles: “Got To Get Up”, “This Is Your Time”,  “Don’t Wait Another Night”, “Magical Night”.  Change: LP/CD Change Of Heart, Five/RFC-Atlantic, 1984 - singles: “Change Of Heart”, “You Are My Melody”,  “It Burns Me Up”. Change: LP Greatest Hits, Five, 1984. Change: LP Greatest Hits, Renaissance International, 1985. Change: LP/CD Turn On Your Radio, RFC-Atlantic, 1985  - singles: “Let’s Go Together”, “Oh What A Feeling”, “Mutual Attraction”, "Examination".  Change: CD The Very Best Of Change, Rhino-Atlantic, 1998. Change: 2CD The Best Of Change, Warner Music, 2003. Change: single “You Miss My Love”, Yanis, 2004. Change: 2CD The Final Collection, Fonte, 2007.
Elvin Shaad: LP Live For Love, Goody Music, 1978 - single: “Live For Love”. **
Goody Music Orchestra, The: LP Hits Of The World Vol. 1 - Best Of Goody, Goody Music, 1980.
High Fashion: LP/CD Feelin’ Lucky, EMI-Capitol, 1982 - singles: “Feelin’ Lucky Lately”, “Hold On”. High Fashion: LP/CD Make Up Your Mind, EMI-Capitol, 1983 - single: “Break Up”.
Jumpers, The: single “Coke And Roll”, Goody Music, 1980.
M Like Moon: single “Sunlight”, Flarenasch/Ariola, 1984.
Macho: LP/CD I’m A Man, Goody Music/Prelude, 1978 - singles: “I’m A Man”, “Hear Me Calling”. Macho: LP/CD Roll, Goody Music, 1980 - singles: “Roll”, “Mothers Love”, "Not Tonight".
Midnight Gang: LP Love Is Magic, Goody Music, 1979 - singles: “Love Is Magic”, “Midnight Game”.
Peter Jacques Band: LP/CD Fire Night Dance, Goody Music/Prelude, 1979 - singles: “Walking On Music”, “Fire Night Dance”, “Devil’s Run”, “Fly With The Wind”. Peter Jacques Band: LP/CD Welcome Back, Goody Music, 1980 - singles: “Is It It”, “Counting On Love (One-Two-Three)”, “The Louder”. Peter Jacques Band: LP/CD Dancing In The Street, Polydor, 1985 - singles: “Going Dancin’ Down The Street”, “Mexico”, “Drive Me Crazy”, "This Night". Peter Jacques Band: CD The Very Best Of Peter Jacques Band, Fonte, 2006.
Persuader: single "So Decide", Renaissance International, 1985.
Revanche: LP/CD Music Man, Goody Music/Atlantic, 1979 - singles: “Music Man”, “Revenge”, “You Get High In N.Y.C.”, “1979 It’s Dancing Time”.
Ritchie Family, The: LP I’ll Do My Best, RCA, 1982 - singles: “I’ll Do My Best (For You Baby), “Walk With Me”,  “Alright On The Night”.
Rudy: LP/CD Just Take My Body, Goody Music/Polydor, 1979 - singles: “White Room”, “Just Take My Body”, “Thank You Baby”.
Silence: LP Goodtime Baby, Memory, 1982. Silence 2: LP The Beast In Me, Flarenasch/Five, 1984 - single: ”The Beast In Me”.
Tato: single "Crazy Boy", Renaissance International, 1985.
Theo Vaness: LP Bad Bad Boy, Goody Music/Prelude, 1979 -  single: “I’m A Bad Bad Boy”. **
Zinc: LP/CD Street Level, Memory/Jive, 1982  - singles: “Street Level”, “Punkulation”, "Amazon", "I'll Never Stop".  Zinc: single “I’m Livin' A Life Of Love”, Jive, 1983.
Goody Music/Little Macho Music compilations: 2CD Disco Connection - The Great Disco '70/'80, Fonte, 2004. (a fine collection of the greatest productions by Malavasi & Petrus and a bonus of 3 more Italian disco-funk classics) 2CD Goody Music - Golden Age - Best Of Vol. 1, Goody Music Production-Antibemusic, 2005. (a fine collection of the greatest productions by Malavasi & Petrus between 1978 and 1980) 5CD BOX Album Collection - Peter Jacques Band / Macho / Revanche / Rudy, Fonte, 2005. 5CD BOX Album Collection - Change, Fonte, 2005. 5CD BOX Album Collection - B.B.&Q. Band / High Fashion, Fonte, 2005. 5CD BOX Album Collection - The Armed Gang / Firefly / Flowchart / Zinc, Fonte, 2005. * Producer Mauro Malavasi does no longer collaborate on the releases from 1984 onwards. ** Published by Goody Music Production but no musicians of the Goody Music Orchestra involved.
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Similar Artists - selective discography
The list below shows a selective discography of albums and singles that were distinctly influenced by, or built on the legacy of Jacques Fred Petrus & Mauro Malavasi. It’s no coincidence that several productions were Italian. The achievements of Goody Music Production clearly inspired other Italian producers to add Soul and Funk to their dance music. Read more about them in the next chapter about Italian Disco-Funk. Advance: single “Take Me To The Top” (Energy, 1983). Alec Mansion: single “Trop Triste” (Warner Bros., 1982). Baiser: single “Summer Breeze” (No Parking, 1983). Curtis Hairston: LP/CD Curtis Hairston (Atlantic, 1986) - single: “The Morning After”. Dayton: LP/CD Hot Fun (Liberty-Capitol, 1982) - single “Meet The Man”. Delia Renee: single “You’re Gonna Want Me Back” (Airwave, 1981). Elusion feat. Limon Wilson: LP/CD Show And Tell (Cotillion, 1982) - single “Lay Back In The Groove”. Flowchart: LP/CD The New Harlem Funk (Maximus, 1983) - single: “Ask The Boss”. Flowchart: LP/CD A Little Love A Little Wine (City, 1983) - single: “Ask The Boss”. Game: LP Gotta Take Your Love (Maximus, 1982) - single: “Gotta Take Your Love”, "Never Get Enough". Gino Soccio: LP/CD Outline (RFC-Warner Bros., 1979) - singles: “Dancer”, “The Visitors”. Gino Soccio: LP/CD Closer (RFC-Atlantic, 1981) - singles: “Try It Out”, “Hold Tight”. Jimmy Ross: LP/CD First True Love Affair (Full Time, 1981) - single: "My Life". Kano: LP New York Cake (Full Time, 1981) - single: “Can’t Hold Back”. Kano: LP Another Life (Full Time, 1983) - single: “Dance School”. Kasso: LP Kasso (Banana, 1981) - single: “Walkman”. Kasso: LP Kasso 2 (F-1 Team, 1984) - single: “Dig It”. Lenny White: LP/CD Attitude (Elektra, 1983) - singles: “Fascination”, “My Turn To Love You”. Leroy Burgess: single “Heartbreaker” (Salsoul, 1983). Luther Vandross: LP/CD Never Too Much (Epic, 1981) - single: “Never Too Much”. Luther Vandross: LP/CD Forever, For Always, For Love (Epic, 1982) - single: “Better Love”. Orlando Johnson: LP/CD Turn The Music On (Zig Zag, 1983) - single: "Can't Break Loose". Selection: single “Madly” (Full Time, 1980). Serge Ponsar: LP Back To The Light (Warner Bros., 1983) - single: “Out In The Night”. Vivien Vee: LP With Vivien Vee (Banana, 1983) - singles: “Destiny”, “Wanna Feel”
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Italian Disco-Funk - selective discography
Whether they cloned the style of pioneer Malavasi or not, Italian musicians succeeded in making a typical Italian Funk sound that could easily stand the test with funky U.S. productions. The artists listed in the following discography all delivered some heavy Italian disco-funk during the early eighties (notice that some names already occured in the discography above). Successful Italo-Funk producers were: Claudio Simonetti & Giancarlo Meo (Vivien Vee, Easy Going, Capricorn, Kasso), Celso Valli (Tantra, Azoto, Passengers), Stefano Pulga & Luciano Ninzatti (Kano, Jimmy Ross), Tiziano Mazzilli (J.M.T. Band, Jimmy Ross, Vin-Zee), Laurent Van Meerhaeghe (J.M.T. Band , Jimmy Ross, Vin-Zee), Dario Raimondi & Alvaro Ugolini (Advance), Claudio Donato (Selection, Tom Hooker, Jago), Franco Donato (Selection, Orlando Johnson), A. Candelora (Electric Mind), Fio Zanotti (Game, Flowchart), Romano Trevisani (Game, Flowchart, Cruisin' Gang), Luigi 'Luis' Figini (Dr. Togo, Kano), Leonardo Re Cecconi (Dr. Togo, Koxo), Michele Violante (Korja, Rainbow Team, Jago, Ago), Kynsha (Korja, Ago, Jago), R. Cucinotta (Boeing), Maurice Cavalieri (Rainbow Team, Firefly, Ago, Korja), Maurizio "Sangy" Sangineto (Firefly, The Armed Gang, The Creatures, The Passengers), Paul Micioni (Mike Francis, Amii Stewart, Gary Low), Peter Micioni (Mike Francis, Gary Low), Tony Carrasco (The Gong's Gang), Matteo Bonsanto (Kano) and Victorio Pezzola (Asso). The tasteful Italian R&B-Disco or Disco-Funk not only appealed to the European dance public but also seduced the American dancefloors. Many Italian disco artists like Vin-Zee, Jimmy Ross, Kano and Firefly reached high positions on the U.S. Billboard Disco/Dance Charts and Billboard R&B Charts. The artists and producers involved in this thriving and vibrant Italian music scene were like one great family. Illustrative for this Italian funk in-crowd is perhaps the figure of Luigi 'Luis' Figini. He produced Dr. Togo’s soulgem “Be Free” and enrolled Kano-singer Glen White as Dr. Togo’s lead vocalist in 1983. Figini also produced Kano and participated in projects of Peter Jacques Band, Change and B.B.&Q. Band in 1985. Luigi Figini is a close friend of Mauro Malavasi too. And did you know that Paolo Gianolio conducted and mixed the Vivien Vee disco album With Vivien Vee in 1983, on the sleeves of which both Kano-singer Glen White and Davide Romani get a special thanks? Davide Romani also played bass guitar on Flowchart’s rare New Harlem Funk / A Little Love A Little Wine album under the pseudonym of Dav. Mandingos! On Flowchart's single "Ask The Boss" we can even hear Mauro Malavasi on keyboards, uncredited because, just like Davide Romani, he had signed exclusively with the production company of Jacques Fred Petrus. The Italian Disco-Funk scene was one great family indeed! In 1983 the term Italo-Disco was launched to label Italian dance music in general. Advance: single “Take Me To The Top” (Energy, 1983). Ago: LP/CD For You (Full Time, 1982) - singles: “For You”, “Trying Over”, “You Make Me Do It”.  Armed Gang: single “All I Want” (Chaz Ro, 1982) Armed Gang: single “Love Shot” (Musix, 1983). Armed Gang: single “Everybody Celebrate” (Sun & Sea, 1984). Asso: single “Don’t Stop” (Ace, 1983). Azoto: LP/CD Disco Fizz (Modulation, 1980) - single: "San Salvador". Boeing: single “Dance On The Beat” (Full Time, 1982). Cela: single “I'm In Love” (Derby, 1980). City Group’s Band: single “Our Time”. Dr. Togo: single “Be Free” (Derby, 1982). Electric Mind: single “Summing Up” (Full Time, 1982). Electric Mind: singles “Can We Go”, “Zwei” (Full Time, 1983). Fascination: single “Out To Get You” (Banana, 1983). Firefly: LP/CD Firefly (Mr. Disc, 1980) - single: “Love And Friendship”. Firefly: LP/CD My Desire (Mr. Disc, 1981) - singles: “Love (Is Gonna Be On Your Side)”, “My Desire”, “You Can Lead Me”. Firefly: LP 3 (Mr. Disc, 1982) - single: “I Just Want To Be Your Lover”.  Firefly: LP Double Personality (Mr. Disc, 1984) - single: “Stay (No Time)”. Flowchart: LP/CD The New Harlem Funk (Maximus, 1983) - single: “Ask The Boss”. Flowchart: LP/CD A Little Love A Little Wine (City, 1983) - single: “Ask The Boss”.  Game: LP Gotta Take Your Love (Maximus, 1982) - singles: “Gotta Take Your Love”, "Never Get Enough". George Aaron: single "Silly Reason" (Full Time, 1983) Gong's Gang: single “Gimme Your Love” (Phoenix Records, 1983). Herbie: single "You Don't Love Me" (Renegades Of Planet Earth). Jago: single "I'm Going To Go" (Full Time, 1983) James Otis White: single “Baby Come On” (Musix, 1983). J.M.T. Band: single “Just Your Love” (Spice 7/Full Time, 1981). Jimmy Ross: LP/CD First True Love Affair (Spice 7/Full Time, 1981) - singles: “First True Love Affair”, “Fall Into A Trance”. Kano: LP Kano (Full Time, 1980) - singles: “It’s A War”, “Holly Dolly”, “I’m Ready”. Kano: LP New York Cake (Full Time, 1981) - singles: “Can’t Hold Back”, "Baby Not Tonight", "Don't Try To Stop Me", "Round And Round". Kano: LP Another Life (Full Time, 1983) - singles: “I Need Love”, “Dance School”, “Another Life”. Kano: LP The Best Of Kano (Full Time, 1983) - new single: “Queen Of Witches”. Kasso: LP Kasso (Banana, 1981) - single: “Walkman”. Kasso: LP Kasso 2 (F-1 Team, 1984) - single: “Dig It”. Kenny Claiborne And The Armed Gang: LP/CD The Armed Gang (Musix, 1982) - single: “Are You Ready”. Korja: single “My Mind” (Flop, 1981). Koxo: single “Step By Step” (Sugar Music, 1982). Matakena: single "Nuts On Me / Aphrodisiac" (Matakena, 1983). Maurice McGee: single "Do I Do" (Full Time, 1983). Metropole: single “Miss Manhattan” (Derby, 1981). Michael Baker: single "Don't You Want My Lovin'" (Premo, 1984). Mike Francis: LP Let’s Not Talk About It (Concorde, 1984) - singles: “Cover Girl”, “Let’s Not Talk About It”. Orlando Johnson & Trance: LP/CD Turn The Music On (Full Time, 1983) - singles: “Turn The Music On”, “Chocolate City”, "Somebody Save Me". Pino D’Angio: single “Ma Quale Idea” (Flarenasch, 1980). Point Blank: single “Sign Of The Times” (Full Time, 1983). Rainbow Team: LP/CD Rainbow Team (Full Time, 1981). Rainbow Team: LP/CD A Song For You (Full Time, 1982) - singles: “Hope He Wants”, “Bite The Apple”. Selection: single “Madly” (Full Time, 1980). Selection: LP Selection (Full Time, 1982) - singles: “Got To Be Real”, “Ride The Beam”. Tantra: LP The Double Album (Import 12, 1980) - single: “The Hills Of Katmandu”, “Get Ready To Go”, “Wishbone”. Tantra: LP Tantra II (Import 12, 1981) - single: “Macumba”. Toba: single “Movin' Up” (Connection, 1982). Tom Hooker: single “Talk With Your Body” (Full Time, 1982). Tom Hooker: single “Love Attack” (BMC, 1983). Trance: single "Hang On It" (Good Vibes, 1982). Vin-Zee: single “Funky Bebop” (Spice 7/Full Time, 1981). Vivien Vee: