Shalamar

Disco Gardens is the second album by American R&B group Shalamar, released in 1978 on the SOLAR label. It features the line-up of Gerald Brown, Jeffrey Daniel and Jody Watley, and was the only Shalamar album on which Brown appeared. Disco Gardens was less successful than Shalamar’s debut Uptown Festival, peaking at #52 on the R&B chart and #171 on the Billboard chart, although it is considered a superior recording to its predecessor, and contains early indications of what was to become the distinctive “SOLAR sound”, most notably on the single release “Take That to the Bank”.

Track listing

Side One

1. “Tossing, Turning and Swinging” (Leon Sylvers III/James Sylvers/Ricky Sylvers, Edmund Sylvers) 5:47
2. “Shalamar Disco Gardens” (Jeffrey Daniel) 3:44
3. “Take That to the Bank” (Kevin Spencer/Leon Sylvers III) 6:14

Side Two

1. “Stay Close to Love” (Herman Brown/Leon Sylvers III) 3:49
2. “Leave It All Up to Love” (Malcolm Anthony/Merlin Bell/Wayne Bell) 3:46
3. “Lovely Lady” (Kossi Gardner) 5:36
4. “Cindy, Cindy” (Malcolm Anthony/Merlin Bell/Wayne Bell) 2:56