Lost In Space

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Despite including most of Jonzun Crew's best tracks, their debut album, Lost in Space, wasn't a successful LP. The Boston group with roots in funk were lousy songwriters at this point (more was to come from Maurice Starr), and what's worse, they insisted on writing songs instead of sticking with solid electro party jams like their singles classics "Pack Jam" and "Space Is the Place." Admittedly, the process did pay minor commercial dividends; "Space Cowboy" became a moderate R&B hit, though its electric interpolation of the trademark whistle from "The Good, the Bad & the Ugly" was hardly the stuff of legend. They sounded appropriately cool on the opener "We Are the Jonzun Crew," but the rest of the non-singles material was stiff and formulaic. Far better to find Jonzun Crew's two landmarks on an old-school/electro compilation. A 2001 reissue on Tommy Boy enticed consumers with two bonus tracks, one of which was Grooverider's drum'n'bass update of "Pack Jam (Look out for the OVC)." Credits▼ Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Steve "Stevo" Thorpe* Engineer – Frank Heller Engineer – Fred Torchio, Jimmy Mace*, Maurice Starr, Oscar Gerardo, Sidney Burton Executive Producer, Co-producer – Thomas Silverman* Lead Vocals, Programmed By, Drums, Bass, Vocals, Effects, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Backing Vocals – Michael "Spaceman" Jonzun* Mastered By – Herb Powers, Jr.* Producer, Engineer – Michael Jonzun Synthesizer, Bass, Drums, Backing Vocals – Gordon "Gordo" Worthy* Synthesizer, Effects, Backing Vocals, Engineer – Soni Jonzun Written-By – Starr* (tracks: A1, B1 to B3), M. Jonzun* Notes▼ Recorded at Unique Recording, N.Y. and Boston. International Recorders, Boston. Mastered at Frankford/Wayne, NY.

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