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In the twenty-sixth episode of Vinyl Vibes, Jack is joined by Dick St Nicklaus, possibly the greatest disco star you haven't heard.

You are probably more familiar with Dick as the drummer of The Kingsmen (known for their hit song "Louie, Louie"). This is a position he has had with the band since late 1963. The band took two brakes during its time in music, one during the psychedelic rock era of the late '60s and one during the disco era of the '70s. During the break the band had during the disco era, Dick released two disco-pop albums under the name Dick St Nicklaus. They were Magic in 1979 and Sweet and Dandy in 1980. In this episode Jack discusses at length with Dick his 1979 album Magic.

The album went to number one in Japan but was never released in the US. This makes Dick's album possibly one of the greatest what-ifs in Disco.

Jack phoned dick to discuss how his album Magic came to be, the writing process, his initial thoughts on disco, the recording process of the music, the album track by track, his fellow members of the Kingsmen thoughts on the album, why the album never came out in the US despite being number one in Japan, and some upcoming music work by him.

"The problem with record companies, in those days anyway...record companies were run by A&R people and I have never met an A&R person - and I'm telling you I've met a lot of them because I've worked for a lot of different tables- that I've never met one that wasn't a person who was musician who tired to make it but they couldn't...they throw everything up against the wall and then what ever hits they take credit for, they don't have an ear and my manager had arguments with them and it wasn't the album they wanted to put out, they were putting other stuff out and they couldn't sell it to MCA (records) because I was already released in Japan and they didn't want to release it in the states" - Dick St Nicklaus on this episode of Vinyl Vibes telling why his hit album in Japan never came out in the USA

To check out Jack's interview with Dick about his time in The Kinsmen you can find it here.

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