Switch-This Is My Dream
Formed in Mansfield, Ohio in 1974 under the name First Class. Featuring brothers Bobby and Tommy DeBarge, Greg Williams all from Grand Rapids, Michigan along with Ohio natives Phillip Ingram (brother of James Ingram), Eddie Fluellen and Jody Sims. At the time, they called themselves First Class.

Eventually changing their name to Switch due to their ability to 'switch' to different instruments during a song, the group got the attention of Jermaine Jackson, former member of The Jackson 5, who heard the group's demo tape and within days the group was promptly signed to the Motown Records subsidiary label, Gordy. There, they recorded and released their self titled debut album in 1978. The album featured their first Top 10 R&B hit single entitled "There'll Never Be". Depending on whom was singing lead on the songs, their songs were written by Williams, Ingram and Bobby DeBarge and often in collaboration with Jermaine Jackson. Though they were a consistent presence on the R&B charts through the late 1970s with albums such as Switch II from 1979 (their second release), This Is My Dream and Reaching For Tomorrow in 1980. Their final release on Gordy was Switch V which was released in 1981.

The actual CD „This is my dream“ was their first prduction the group produced totally by themselves. Bobbby Debarge, Greg Williams, Eddie Fluellen and Jody Sims share all the Credits. The best single taken from this album titled „Love over and over again“ reached the top position in the Billboard Soul Charts.

* Switch - This Is My Dream



Tracklist: Switch - This Is My Dream

01. Believe In Yourself (4:26)
02. Love Over And Over Again (4:11)
03. Just Imagine (4:15)
04. All I Need Is You (3:26)
05. You And I (5:02)
06. What A Feeling (4:44)
07. Without You In My Life (4:07)
08. Why’d You Let Love Fall (4:20)
09. We Can Make It Better (1:43)
10. This Is My Dream (4:47)

http://www.vinyl-masterpi...am-PTG-CD/

80s R&B smooth groove of the day: "Love Over And Over Again" by Switch (1980)


This is my FAVORITE Switch song!

So is Motown releasing this?

My sister had this album back in the day,it is superb! A couple of great uptempo jams on Side One:



and a wonderful ballad "You And I".Listen to the spoken intro by Bobby DeBarge....is he referring to LaToya Jackson,who had a single at the time called "Nighttime Lover"??

bboy87 said:

I can't see a label listed on the CD,but I'm pretty sure it's a Motown/Universal release.

It seems for some reason this album is believed to be there third when actually it was there fourth after "Reaching For Tomorrow". I remember hearing " I Finally Found Somebody New","My Friend In The Sky","Don't Take My Love Away", long before hearing "Love Over and Over Again" I remember buying them both at the same time at a Kmart in Raleigh N.C. on December 23rd 1980.

daingermouz2020 said:

Strangely enough,I don't remember hearing anything from the 'Reaching For Tomorrow' album.It seems like that album didn't get much attention/promotion,at least not in my area.

SoulAlive said:

I guess that's the reason for them hurrying back into the studio and releasing "This Is My Dream" in the same year. The RFT album wasn't cutting it commercially

daingermouz2020 said:

yup yup

Thanks to this post and the other one for "Friend in the Sky." I discoverd some Switch gems that I didn't know existed.

TD3 said:

Here's my playlist.....

http://www.youtube.com/my...9E1BEFEB16

bellanoche said:

They were a great band.I wish the first three albums were available on CD.

It's time for the heads at Motown to stop being simps and start doing some real re-releases! No more compilations and re-issuing of compilations, release full albums!

bboy87 said:

Preach!

bboy87 said:

Unless you're Marvin, Stevie, Doss and Supremes, J5, Tempts, Smoke and 4T's, no way. Only first tier artist get that right.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Shiiiiit, they're just now getting off their asses and re-issuing The Jackson 5's full albums

You know it's a hot ass shame they haven't re-released the discographies of Rick James, Syreeta, Jermaine Jackson, Switch, Debarge, and Teena Marie

bboy87 said:

A Switch Box Set would be nice.

I would urge everyone to be proactive about your favorite artist/music and organize a campaign of letters to Apples Inc, Amazon.com, and the respective record conglomerates that own all the music. I'm certain that's how most of the Sylvers discography came to be on iTunes ...even if it's bootleg copies. Fans organized a letter campaign.


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bboy87 said:

They not worrying about "2nd Tier" artist.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Rick James was a 2nd tier artist?!

grabs shank

bboy87 said:

and the Commodores!

I'm sick of compilations!! I want the original albums,newly remastered.It's a damn shame that most of Rick James' Motown albums aren't available on CD

bboy87 said:

He most certainly wasn't In the late 70s and early 80s,he damn near saved Motown.

TD3 said:

Great idea! I used to post on the Motown message boards and a bunch of us were always pestering the folks in charge to get on the ball and remaster this stuff,lol.Maybe I need to go back to that forum and raise some hell.

SoulAlive said:

People need to be like Michael Jackson fans and send people letters

How do you think we knew about a possible expanded edition of "I Want You Back!: The Unreleased Masters" coming out?

bboy87 said:

Not too me, to the "others"

Due to Vibe and Unsung, there has been renewed interest in Debarge.Whereas before they were on their way to becoming somewhat obscure, but now, damn near everyone in the black community knows who they are and are appreciating their music.

scriptgirl said:

What's going on with El these days? Is he out of jail yet?

Yes, El has been out of jail for 3 months now. He will be on a show about Soundtracks next week on Tv One and was recently on Kiss FM where he sang and according to everyone who heard him, his voice sounds the same as ever.

scriptgirl said:

That's good to hear.He should do a new album.

I hear he is working on that