Comments for Duke Jupiter, Duke Jupiter 1

This was Duke Jupiter''s national recording debut into straight-ahead mainstream rock and roll featuring a new band line-up that dropped the jazz-latin-funk guitar sound of Don Maracle as well as the jazz-funk drumming of Dave Hanlon. The band wanted to present themselves as brand new and named this, their fourth album, "I" aka "Duke Jupiter I". Previously the band released three albums on Mercury Records and featured a soulful and upbeat, classy jazz rock sound that centered around lead vocalist and main songwriter Marshall Styler and balanced by songwriting and vocals from Greg Walker, both with the band throughout the bands entire existence. This album also saw the transition from original bassist George Barajas who was replaced by Rickey Ellis due to an illness that lead to Barajas'' death just as Duke Jupiter was about to embark on national exposure. New drummer Dave Corcoran was added to the band, not only as a rock drummer, but as a third vocalist and songwriter. The tracks on this album are rich, rock and roll music, and the album plays as a snapshot of greatest hits at this point in time for the band. The album also has a perfect balance of songs and lead vocalists which keeps the album from sounding anything but repetitious. The album kicks off with the anthematic "I''ll Drink To You", which became Duke Jupiter''s signature song in their hometown Upstate New York area for the rest of their career. Other spotlights should be set for "Don''t You Look at Me Like That", later covered by Meat Loaf on the album "Midnight at the Lost and Found". By far the most underrated track on the album, and probably the most haunting, is Greg Walker''s "Sugar Blues" which speaks of a lover''s surrender to the love of another over all else (especially the "sugar"). Continuing through the albums tracks are then the dues of the travelling band revealed in the timeless Styler classic "Rock and Roll Band" . The one cover on the album is Harry Vanda and George Young''s ("Friday on My Mind" by the Easybeats and "Where Now St. Peter" by Flash And The Pan) "Don''t You Walk That Way", and then the album closes out with a Dave Corcoran gem, "Baby I Do". Other tracks from this era include the B-side of the single "I''ll Drink to You": "Begin Again" which features an accapella intro, different from the track released by Powerglide Records on the EP "Begin Again". Also of note is the edited version of "Rock and Roll Band" on the single approximately 45 seconds shorter (less the guitar solo), still different from the 2-minute version on the "Begin Again" EP. The album was produced by Glen Kolotkin, who also produced "Taste The Night" on Mercury in 1979. Although the material on this album is some of the best in rock, the mix lacks imaging and do not measure up to the band''s live performances. The album was released on Coast to Coast Records, owned by Fred Frank, and distributed by CBS Records (Epic in Canada). written by Sam Scozzari, 2-5-00, former house DJ at the Red Creek Inn, Rochester, NY; --now residing in Suffield, CT

Marshall James Styler-Keyboards/Lead Vocals/Background Vocals -- Greg Walker-Guitars/Lead Vocals/Background Vocals -- David Corcoran-Drums/Percussion/Lead Vocals/Background Vocals -- George Barajas-Bass/Background Vocals -- Rick Ellis - Bass

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