Pall Mall Groove

Pall Mall Groove is an album released by Switch, under the name of Hot Ice. After the White Heat fiasco, the band recorded this album for Bernd Lichters. It was initially released only in Germany, Bernd's home country, in 1977. It was eventually released in the US in 1979, now re-named Smash. In 2007, it was released again (still titled Smash) on a limited edition CD through Bernd's own Burndsman Records. This album appeared a year before their Motown debut as Switch. Hot Ice was Gregory Williams, Jody Sims, Phillip Ingram, Bobby DeBarge, Tommy DeBarge, T.C. Brown, Stanley Brown and Arnett Hayes. The album incudes a re-recording of "Funk Freak" from the previous White Heat album.

Track listing

Side One:

1. "Pall Mall Groove" (instrumental)
2. "Anyway" (feat. Darnell Wyrick and Gregory Williams)
3. "I'm Gonna Give (My Whole Life To Music)" (feat. Arnett Hayes)
4. "Don't Waste My Time" (feat. T.C. Brown)

Side Two:

1. "Where's The Party" (feat. Tommy DeBarge)
2. "Your Love" (feat. T.C. Brown)
3. "Please Don't Let Me Go" (feat. Bobby DeBarge)
4. "Funk Freak" (feat. Stanley Brown)

References

Michael A. Gonzales: "Broken Dreams", Vibe, October 2007, pages 108-115

Links

• Pall Mall Groove's Discog page
• Bernd Lichters' website