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, Tommy DeBarge, T.C. Brown, Stanley Brown, Darnell Wyrick and Arnett Hayes. Williams, Sims and Bobby DeBarge and Darnell Wyrick were formerly known as ''White Heat''. The album appeared a year before their

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debut as ''

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''. The album was commissioned by Bernd Lichters and was initially released only in Germany, Lichters' home country, through

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. The album includes a re-recording of "Funk Freak" from the previous ''

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'' album. It was eventually released in the US in 1979, under the group name ''Smash'', on the

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-distributed Source label. In 2007, it was released again (still renamed "Smash") on a limited edition CD through Bernd's own Burndsman Records.

Track listing

Side One: #"Pall Mall Groove" (instrumental) #"Anyway" (feat. Darnell Wyrick and Gregory Williams) #"I'm Gonna Give (My Whole Life To Music)" (feat. Arnett Hayes) #"Don't Waste My Time" (feat. T.C. Brown) Side Two: #"Where's The Party" (feat. Tommy DeBarge) #"Your Love" (feat. T.C. Brown) #"Please Don't Let Me Go" (feat. Bobby DeBarge) #"Funk Freak" (feat. Stanley Brown)

References

External links

Pall Mall Groove's Discog page

Bernd Lichters' website
{{Authority control 1977 albums Polydor Records albums