With its third album, Big Fun, Shalamar unveiled its best-known and most successful lineup.
Jody Watley and Jeffrey Daniels were still on board, but Gerald Brown had been replaced by the charismatic Howard Hewett.
Both creatively and commercially, this album would take Shalamar to new heights and establish the trio as one of the best soul-pop units of 1979-1983.
The single that made Hewett famous and really sent Shalamar into orbit was "Second Time Around," but the classic Hewett/Watley/Daniels lineup also excels on everything from the insistent "Right in the Socket" to the playfully funky "Take Me to the River" (not the 1974 Al Green classic) and the smooth, Philadelphia soul-type ballad "Let's Find the Time for Love." Definitely one of Shalamar's essential releases, Big Fun was reissued on CD by The Right Stuff in 1996.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Right Time for UsDick Griffey, Leon Sylvers III | Shalamar | Play | 05:52 | 13 MB | 37 MB |
| 2 | Take Me to the RiverRenaldo Benson, Al Green, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges | Shalamar | Play | 04:55 | 11 MB | 31 MB |
| 3 | Right in the SocketDick Griffey, Leon Sylvers III, Kevin Spencer | Shalamar | Play | 04:38 | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| 4 | The Second Time AroundLeon Sylvers III, William Shelby | Shalamar | Play | 07:08 | 16 MB | 47 MB |
| 5 | I Owe You OneJoey Gallo, Leon Sylvers III | Shalamar | Play | 03:36 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 6 | GirlKossie Gardner | Shalamar | Play | 05:24 | 12 MB | 34 MB |
| 7 | Let's Find Time For Love | Shalamar | Play | 04:36 | 10 MB | 28 MB |
| 36 mins | 82 MB | |||||
| 36 mins | 237 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ron Artists | Keyboards |
| 2 | John Barnes | Keyboards |
| 3 | Renaldo Benson | Composer |
| 4 | Ernest Biles | Bass |
| 5 | Bob Brown | Engineer |
| 6 | Freeman Brown | Drums |
| 7 | Jeffrey Daniel | Vocals |
| 8 | James "Thunderbird" Davis | Bass |
| 9 | Greg Dawkins | Conductor |
| 10 | Gene Dozier | Guest Artist, Keyboards |
| 11 | Joey Gallo | Composer, Keyboards |
| 12 | Kossie Gardner | Composer, Keyboards |
| 13 | Al Green | Composer |
| 14 | Dick Griffey | Composer |
| 15 | Howard Hewett | Vocals |
| 16 | Steve Hodge | Engineer |
| 17 | Mabon "Teenie" Hodges | Composer |
| 18 | Frederick Lewis | Percussion |
| 19 | Eddie Gip Noble | Keyboards |
| 20 | Wardell Potts | Drums |
| 21 | Ernest "Pepper" Reed | Guitar |
| 22 | Fred Rheimert | Guitar |
| 23 | Shalamar | Primary Artist |
| 24 | William Shelby | Composer, Keyboards |
| 25 | Stephen Shockley | Guitar |
| 26 | Kevin Spencer | Composer, Keyboards |
| 27 | Leon Sylvers III | Bass, Composer, Producer |
| 28 | Rev. Gerald Thompson | Drums |
| 29 | Jody Watley | Vocals |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |