Most people know this record as the track from which that Daft Punk stole that sample. That’s a bit of a shame, because in my opinion it’s a solid little French disco record.
I bought it purely to add to the collection of “uninteresting records with interesting stories” that I seem to be subconsciously accumulating. However it’s such a lovely sounding record that it’s a little more deserving than that.
There’s a solid cover of “My Girl”, and “Fire And Soul” is a four to the floor stomper. The title track “More Spell On You” is by far the best, and is well on par with anything Chic done of a similar vintage. It’s quite a rare record just now, but well worth picking up.
It did, however get me wondering if “Studio De La Grande Armée” where this thing was recorded, was owned by Thomas Bangalter’s father, hence them being able to rip off the sample with no acknowledgement or royalties. Hmm…