You Caught Me Love Dancin'

While I was thumbing through some of my records this weekend, I came across a bootlegged twelve-inch of Loose Joints' originally unreleased full-length version of "Is It All Over My Face". I realized that I had forgotten that I even owned this record. I immediately played the 1980 classic and was obviously blown away, almost recapturing the same great feeling I had when I first heard the female version of the track years ago. Now this wasn't my first time listening to this record or track, it just obviously had been a while and I definitely needed a refresher on how great of song this eleven-plus minute male vocal lead version is.

From the stories I've been told, this extended version of the track was the original version that Arthur Russell and Steve D'Aquisto, under the name Loose Joints, wrote and recorded before Mel Cheren of West End Records suggested replacing the lead vocals with a female singer. This version, which focuses more on free form instrumentation of horn arrangements and funky percussion, might not have the same dancefloor or club appeal that the A-side female version has, however it does have a unique groove that stands all by itself, providing a more sophisticated musical take on one of dance music's greatest songs.

Loose Joints - Is It All Over My Face (Unreleased original full length version)