Omnivore Basks in 'The Glow of Love' on Expanded Reissue by Change

Omnivore Basks in ‘The Glow of Love’ on Expanded Reissue by Change

September 29, 2025 By Joe Marchese — No Comments

Between 1980 and 1985, the group known as Change released six albums built around dance rhythms, big hooks, and powerful vocals. The group’s name was spot-on, as during that period, Change’s line-up was in constant flux – yet the quality of the music delivered consistently. On October 3, Omnivore Recordings will revisit Change’s debut album, 1980’s The Glow of Love, on CD in an expanded and remastered edition.

Originally appearing in Italy on Goody Music Records and throughout the rest of the world on the Warner Bros. label, The Glow of Love quickly gained traction in discos everywhere with its CHIC-inspired sound. Jacques Fred Petrus helmed the set which featured Davide Romani and Paolo Gianolo as composers, arrangers, and conductors; various other personnel contributed to the writing of the album’s six lengthy dancefloor anthems. Though the instrumental tracks were recorded in Italy, the vocals were cut at CHIC’s home base of the Power Station in New York City. The blend of Eurodisco and American styles proved to be a perfect match. Although he only appeared on two tracks, Luther Vandross – still on the verge of his own richly-deserved solo success – loomed large over the album. He supplied the typically velvety and passionate lead on the title song, ensuring that this was one dance record with deep soul. He also took the lead on the lithe, jazz-inflected “Searching.” But it was the buoyant “A Lover’s Holiday,” sung by Jocelyn Brown, Krystal Davis, Yvonne Lewis, and Alyson Williams that earned Change its only Top 40 hit on the U.S. Hot 100. (Moreover, it reached No. 1 on the Billboard Disco chart and No. 4 on the Hot Soul Singles survey.) Zachary Sanders (Schoolhouse Rock) provided the memorable ad libs on the track. Brown, later to make her mark on the Salsoul label as a voice of Inner Life, also was out front to lend her powerful pipes to “Angel in My Pocket” and “It’s a Girls’ Affair.” The Glow of Love reached No. 10 on the R&B Albums chart and made the top 30 of the Billboard 200.

Omnivore’s expanded reissue of The Glow of Love adds four bonus tracks: Jim Burgess and Tom Moulton’s unique mixes of “Searching” as well as the 12-inch extended version of “The Glow of Love” and Mike Maurro’s 2015 remix of “It’s a Girl’s Affair.” Soul and gospel historian Tim Dillinger (Loleatta Holloway, Double Exposure) provides the detailed new liner notes. You can bask in The Glow of Love on October 3. You’ll find the track listing and pre-order links below. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

Change, The Glow of Love (Expanded Edition) (Omnivore OVCD-606, 2025) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Omnivore)

A Lover’s Holiday (A Jim Burgess Mix)
It’s a Girl’s Affair
Angel in My Pocket
The Glow of Love
Searching
The End
Searching (A 12″ Jim Burgess Mix)
The Glow of Love (Long Version)
Searching (A Tom Moulton Mix)
It’s a Girl’s Affair (12″ Mike Maurro Classic Disco Remix)

Tracks 1-6 released as RFC/Warner Bros. RFC 3438, 1980
Tracks 7 and 9 released on vinyl reissue of album – Original Disco Culture ODCLP 04 (IT), 2020
Track 8 released on Warner Bros. 12″ promo PRO-A-914, 1980
Track 10 released on Reach for the Sky (Anthology) – Groove Line Records GLRCDXD 0003 (U.K.), 2015

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Disco/Dance, R&B/Soul

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Joe Marchese

JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song and beyond, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with labels including Real Gone Music and Cherry Red Records, has released newly-curated collections produced and annotated by Joe from iconic artists such as Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, The Spinners, Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Meat Loaf, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Liza Minnelli, Darlene Love, Al Stewart, Michael Nesmith, and many others.

Joe has written liner notes, produced, or contributed to over 200 reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them America, JD Souther, Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, BJ Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, Petula Clark, Robert Goulet, and Andy Williams.

Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray.

Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.