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<blockquote data-quote="Grant Jennings" data-source="post: 288302" data-attributes="member: 746">Karen&#039;s solo album also has an interesting story behind it. Richard insists Karen was disappointed with it and never wanted it to be released but Phil Ramone, who produced it, and several of the musicians who worked on said Karen was pleased with the album and hoped it would be a hit. Quincy Jones was a fan of the album and thought it only needed to be remixed to be a hit. Rod Temperton, who frequently collaborated with Jones, worked on the album and wrote three songs for it (two of which were released). I suspect it was through Temperton that Jones became aware of the album. Despite Jones&#039; enthusiasm, Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss were not persuaded and the album was shelved for 16 years.Of the 22 songs Karen recorded, my favorite didn&#039;t make it onto the album. I first heard &quot;Something&#039;s Missing (In My Life)&quot; when it was recorded by Paul Jabara (who wrote it with Jay Asher). Jabara is best known for writing Disco hits like &quot;Last Dance&quot;, &quot;Enough is Enough&quot; and &quot;It&#039;s Raining Men&quot;; he wrote and produced several big hits for Donna, Barbra and Diana; Whitney&#039;s first recording is on one of Jabara&#039;s albums. Karen having a hit with a Paul Jabara song would have made sense at the time but it never happened. It&#039;s a shame because Karen did a great job with the song (I think she excelled at melancholy material), I wish someone would record new backing tracks (it sounds like a demo to me, not a finished recording):[MEDIA=youtube]mif7pn82hTM[/MEDIA]The other unreleased songs are also out there, posted to Youtube and other sites.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Grant Jennings, post: 288302, member: 746"] Karen's solo album also has an interesting story behind it. Richard insists Karen was disappointed with it and never wanted it to be released but Phil Ramone, who produced it, and several of the musicians who worked on said Karen was pleased with the album and hoped it would be a hit. Quincy Jones was a fan of the album and thought it only needed to be remixed to be a hit. Rod Temperton, who frequently collaborated with Jones, worked on the album and wrote three songs for it (two of which were released). I suspect it was through Temperton that Jones became aware of the album. Despite Jones' enthusiasm, Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss were not persuaded and the album was shelved for 16 years. Of the 22 songs Karen recorded, my favorite didn't make it onto the album. I first heard "Something's Missing (In My Life)" when it was recorded by Paul Jabara (who wrote it with Jay Asher). Jabara is best known for writing Disco hits like "Last Dance", "Enough is Enough" and "It's Raining Men"; he wrote and produced several big hits for Donna, Barbra and Diana; Whitney's first recording is on one of Jabara's albums. Karen having a hit with a Paul Jabara song would have made sense at the time but it never happened. It's a shame because Karen did a great job with the song (I think she excelled at melancholy material), I wish someone would record new backing tracks (it sounds like a demo to me, not a finished recording): [MEDIA=youtube]mif7pn82hTM[/MEDIA] The other unreleased songs are also out there, posted to Youtube and other sites. [/QUOTE]

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