[1985] Peter Gallway - Proof (Full Album)

Tracklist: 1. Out In The Parking Lot [0:00] 2. Shorty Is A Bad Boy [3:49] 3. Hard Time [7:47] 4. A Grown-up American Dream [12:00] 5. Boot Camp [16:07] 6. The Burden Of Proof [20:03] 7. Are You Good [23:26] 8. Almost Grown [28:10] 9. Someone Said [32:17] 10. Like A Rolling Stone [36:07] 11. Testify [41:09] 12. Rhythm & Blues [45:15] Purchased by me, ripped/scanned by squidlin When I was examining the credits for Bread & Butter's "Missing Link" album (which I posted onto my channel recently), I noticed a name on there which caught my attention—Peter Gallway, who had helped compose some of the tracks on the album as well as produce the album alongside Bread & Butter. It's not often that non-Japanese people get heavily involved in old JP albums to that extent, so I decided to investigate him further. During my search, I saw that he had put out an album in 1985 titled "Proof". Despite having a dual release in both Japan & the US, this had only ever gotten a CD release in Japan... There's an album upload of "Proof" on YT from around 7 months ago (as of me writing this out). The audio quality was so low that I was convinced it sounded like that because it was a needle-drop, but regardless, I had really enjoyed what I heard and this was what ultimately motivated me to get a copy of the CD myself. Now here's where things get a little bit funny: it wasn't until the CD arrived when I realized that that upload on YT isn't even from the same album. Basically, most of the tracks in "Proof" were already recorded & performed by Peter Gallway back in 1981, but none of those 1981 recordings were ever released until 2016, when they were thrown up on streaming. The versions in "Proof" are not those 1981 recordings, but rather newly-arranged/performed versions created specifically for that album. As for that YT upload of "Proof"... despite coming off as the original 1985 album, it does not contain any music from that album at all and instead compiles together the original versions from 1981 and the tracks in "Proof" that weren't on that 2016 streaming release. So... having said that... what do I think of Proof? Honestly, I was pretty letdown and disappointed. I don't think the album is bad but I was really expecting it to be the 1981 versions instead. The newly-arranged versions made for "Proof" didn't catch my ear at all. Oh well, can't be helped. Nevertheless, enjoy.