The basic track had live drums & bass played to a click using session player friends of Trevor's. Craig then built up the many layers of synths, the main one used being an early ARP.

Once Chantal put her vocals on, everyone felt there was something special.

For the techies, recording was 48 track - utilising two synced Studer 24 track machines running 2 inch tape at 30 ips.

However, tracks are soon filled (unlike today's computer based systems with as many as you want!).

This meant that often, two or more tracks had to be bounced together, with exactly the right balance, so that some could then be wiped for re-using - a time consuming process.

When no more could be bounced, it was then down to looking for spare sections of tape in the right place for more overdubs.

If there was no available space for a particular overdub, it sometimes involved moving stuff around by recording it off the 2 inch to quarter inch & then flying it back in to another part of the 2 inch - again, time consuming!

The mix had to be 'choreographed' so that all knew which fader or button to manipulate at a precise moment. Due to the complexity, it was done in several sections & then spliced together.

It only took one person to forget something and a section would have to be started again - which happened quite a lot...

The mix went through the night and was finished by dawn with people dazed at the console...

RCA loved it & put a marketing campaign together.

It made the UK dance chart & was released around the world. It did well enough for RCA to ask Sylvia Love for a follow up.

It was back to the piano for Steve and Mike and this time it was "Extraterrestrial Lover" which materialised.

In the studio the track took shape over many hours & live congas and even a choir were added - this was going to be an extremely expensive production!

Chantal then gave another unique vocal performance.

The single was released, but suddenly the whole disco era was thought to be on the way out...

Until today - when Sylvia Love is not only back, but in fact never went away! The records have been club favourites ever since & recently there have been several remixes of 'ETL' including an excellent one by Glenn Rivera and an edit version which sold all over the world on 12".

There are also half a dozen clips on youtube & at least 200 links to her & her records on the Internet...

As well as existing fans, she is also finding a new audience - watch this Space!