![]() Part 3 is the only album where you have a half way decent chance of finding a well pressed copy. Regrind and just awful pressing quality all around. I put an enormous effort into getting the very best pressings possible of all their TK Records releases, though I have all KC’s albums following his departure from TK as well (admittedly, not really worth owning.clearly Richard Finch was essential to their success and KC stopped working with him for the most part when he left TK.I don’t know anything about Finch except for the comments here that he wasn’t great to work with).Īnyway, TK must have put a lot of effort into finding the worst possible record plants to press their albums because they are uniformly awful. This is a band I know a lot about regarding their music as it was a top five band for me growing up. There hasn’t been much discussion about sound quality and their vinyl output, curious as all their hit albums came out while vinyl was the main medium. Nothing was left to chance, it seemed, in this sterile environment - except maybe what he imagined happening in the bedroom.Click to expand.I am pretty particular about sound quality. This had been arranged perhaps on the one hand to save the Scottis money, but I'm guessing this also was something Rick had pushed to the Scotti brothers to agree to for his own more private, lascivious purposes. We soon arrived at his home, where, as it turned out, I stayed for two months. And now, to his seeming delight, I was in his hands. This guy, the co-founder, bassist and co-producer of KC and the Sunshine Band, had sold literally millions of records. He was in his mid-twenties, kind of scrawny, with stringy hair and a face that looked vaguely Asian.and who could forget those sweat pants, which left nothing to the imagination? My first thought was, "Dude, next time you might want to think about underwear before wearing those things again." But, hey, this was Rick Finch who had some out to pick me up, so I didn't want to judge too quickly or too harshly. He looked excited to see me, with a leering ear-to-ear grin. So, he's apparently not trying to hide anything in his day-to-day life, but publicly he's staying closed-mouth about his sexuality. ![]() In any case, there have been frequent sightings of KC at gay bars over the years, accompanied by young men. Then there was Rick's sex conviction, which had KC going into damage-control mode and distancing himself from Rick as much as possible, even saying that Rick was never an integral part of the band (which is ridiculous). Rick had a HUGE role in the ground-breaking sound of those original albums, but I believe that most of the writing was done by KC. I personally believe that KC originally gave Rick that 50% share as a gift, and my theory is backed up by a former TK employee who was in the office the day KC came in and asked that Rick be given co-writing credits for all future songs. ![]() There was some legal ugliness after they split, when KC took back Rick's 50% of song rights, which Rick claims he was duped into relinquishing. Their relationship was known to those in the music business, but wasn't talked about openly in those days, presumably because it could be a career-ender. Rick and KC lived together for many years, in a house where KC still resides. He is gay, and apparently doesn't want to make this known to his (mostly female) fans. About KC's private life, the reason there is so little info about his personal life, like the names of any women he's dated, is because there aren't any. ![]()
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