James Wells - Explosion [Full Album + Bonus] (1979)
Following James Wells's big hit with My Claim To Fame was not an easy task, and while the follow-up album Explosion (released on AVI Records, 1979) was an equally solid piece of soulful disco, the title track could not repeat the success of Fame and True Love Is My Destiny. Double Dose Of Love was a song that caused a creative clash between producer Ian Levine and mixer Rick Gianatos. Gianatos, finding some of Wells's vocal style too OTT on the first record, had edited out a lot of his vocals to tone it down - Levine had to admit it worked when My Claim To Fame sold 100,000 copies - but on Double Dose Levine wanted Wells's voice to continue wailing when the beat stopped and then picked up again and was furious when he heard the final mix that came out on the album. Years later, Levine had Tom Moulton mix the track the way Levine wanted it to sound.
Wells went on to record three duets with his sister Susan (that Levine also recorded an album on in 1979) for Simon Cowell's Fanfare label in the 80s. They also recorded a solo single each for Levine's Nightmare Records in 1987. Wells sadly passed away around 1990 from AIDS-related symptoms.
