"Lady of the night" by Donna Summer (1974)

Very interesting curiosity,a complete album recorded before her disco glory and apparently released only in The Netherlands.

Moroder and Belotte were on board even than,playing around with different music genres and trying new things all over the place. It's all very mild and relatively innocent (compared to what's around the corner), wholesome 1970s pop that appealed to locals who liked it well enough to chart the album high.

Summer uses her real voice,deep and powerful alto that blows the studio walls away - she was a really strong singer even than and it is a pity that producers very soon transformed her into moaning & groaning disco marionette who sings with "feminine" falsetto,before she got successful enough to go back to her real voice.

First disco hits like "Love to love you baby", "Try me I know we can make it" or "I feel love" were all done in annoying high register,because that is what producers probably wanted (whispering sex fantasy) but Summer did not need any gimmicks as she already had a strong talent and experience behind her, I am really glad that later she started singing normally again later.

Phil Spector - influenced "Lady of the night" and blaxploitation movie that-never-was "The Hostage" were hits.