Word up , knights of Cameolot ,

How did ya dig this change in set-up ?
From a 10 to a 5-piece unit .

Both era's had their strong points ( imo) .
Personally , i grew up with the "Style" album ( 1983 ) .
This was a continued concept which they started with Alligator Woman ( as they told in interviews ) .
Less horns and more synths , but they still were in a fully armed unit on stage .

And eventhough their 70's work is of classic quality , my personal 3 albums go to "Alligator Woman" , "Style" and "She's Strange".
The "She's Strange"-concept had excellent jams , with some slightly jazz-vibe .

Because i'm living in Europe , i unfortunately never had a chance to see their concerts during the 70's and early 80's in the USA .
From what i've read , the mega-tour during "Knights Of The Soundtable" had a lot of impact over there .

Luckily i saw them later for 3 times .
The very first time in my country was their 1987 "She's Mine" Tour .
It was a whirlwind and rollercoaster .... literally .
They blew the audience away .... as Larry always told in interviews : "We respect the stage" ... well , nothing less said ....
Even after years that they released a commercial well-sold album or single , they still got awarded by VIBE-magazine for "best live-group".

Aiight , let's take a dive into memory lane .....
http://funk4ever.free.fr/dl/flirt.asf


[Edited 2/19/06 3:21am]

I' never seen that video before!

RipHer2Shreds said:

Hey Rip ,
I heard from some US-fans that it was played then at BET .

This clip and a few other classics were commercially around 1984
on BETA-videotape ( SONY ) and Laserdisc ( PIONEER )

All I know is that the way the title track segues into Secrets of Time...

BSK3601 said:

RITE !

The clip of the Alligator Woman-track is also on that video-compilation .
But too bad that they didn't put the sequel of "Secrets ..." behind it .
On the 1987 show which i saw , they played "Secrets ... " , with Charlie Singleton and Tomi Jenkins on lead vocals .
Larry played specially for this live-track on the drums .... that was a one of the many impressive moments during the concert .
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This is my fave Cameo album and Charlie Singleton is one of my favorite guitarists. I remember Right On Magazine had a drawing contest for the "Alligator Woman" album cover.

JesseDezz said:

Hey Jesse ,
Did you ever check this track by Charlie , from 1981 ?

http://cgi.ebay.com/CHARL...dZViewItem



Another great guest-performance from Charlie is on this 70's album

http://cgi.ebay.com/Billy...dZViewItem



And i recently found out that there excists a videoclip of this track from 1985 :

JesseDezz said:

Yeah man ,
I bought that back-issue a few years ago on eBay .
Great that such contests were happening
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[Edited 2/19/06 4:32am]

What other videos are on that compilation?

jjam said:

From :

1980 - Shake Your Pants
1980 - We're Going Out Tonight

1982 - Alligator Woman
1982 - Be Yourself
1982 - Flirt

1984 - She's Strange
1984 - Talkin' Out The Side Of Your Neck

Damn! That sounds like a great compilation...

I'm surprised the video actually played on this computer. So many things have a message that says "Blocked by Websense". Anyway, great video. I've never seen that one before.

As for the album "Alligator Woman", I consider it Cameo's last "great" album. The ones that followed were "decent" but not near as funky as the ones before it.
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"Alligator Woman" is a ridiculous album."Soul Army" may be the funkiest track I've ever heard.

jjam said:

Whoa, that was great. Thanks alot
Easily one of my favourite bands ever, Alligator Woman is a bona-fide funk landmark in my house !!

100MPH said: