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My name is Patrik Andersson, a Swedish funkateer deeply in love with soul, funk, disco, boogie and R&B since the early 80s.

I'm glad that you found this place and I hope you'll enjoy the amazing story being told on my website from a time when everything that Fred Petrus, Mauro Malavasi, Davide Romani and the rest of the incredible staff(!) touched turned to gold.

Here you'll find a brief introduction to the site and contact-, technical- and general information.

www.jacquespetrus.com is a long-term project presented on the web about the music producer Jacques Fred Petrus life and music. The reason to write about him is simple; he was for sure one of the most talented and important musical businessmen in the Disco/R&B music genre in the late 70s to mid 80s.

The ambition is to give an as accurate biography about his life and productions as possible in the light of his work as the executive producer of Goody music productions and later Little Macho. All the work is based on scientific methods and a common critical look on sources. As no such biography ever been written before as presented here, the work is in many ways groundbreaking.

English and Italian

All articles are written in English. A few articles however are also available in Italian. When such articles are available an Italian flag will indicate the access. My intention is to present as much in Italian as possible.

You'll most likely find spelling and gramatical errors on this website but as I'm from Sweden you have to live with it! =D

Contact

You are welcome to write in English or Swedish to:

Publisher & editor in chief: Patrik Andersson

Email:

Technical information

For a pleasant view follow these simple steps:

  • Use an iPad or PC. Avoid your cell phone.
Sources

Obvious sources like text material on album covers etc. have not been included.

B. B. & Q. band

  • Bova, Jeff, interview on PSFS. 2001.
  • Colombo, Stefano, liner notes from the "Disco connection" booklet. 2004.
  • Depuydt, Francis [Freestyle roots] (Website)
  • Ford, Paris
  • Jazzreview [Jazzreview] (Website)
  • JT from Soul FM
  • Jörg aus Bremen
  • Minucci, Chieli, interview on jacquespetrus.com. 2003.
  • Murphy, Mic, interview on jacquespetrus.com 2005.
  • Nazar, George, liner notes from "The very best of Change" booklet. 1998.
  • Robinson, Kevin, email 2007-2009
  • Romani, Davide, interview on PSFS. 2002.
  • Silverlight, Terry, interview on PSFS. 2002.
    [Terry Silverlight] (Website)
  • Smoth & Soul [Smooth & Soul] (Website)

Change

  • Bova, Jeff, interview on PSFS. 2001.
  • Brauer, Michael H. [MHB productions] (Website)
  • Burgess, Leroy, interview on "Soul", Swedish national radio P3. 2001.
  • Colombo, Stefano, liner notes from the "Disco connection" booklet. 2004.
  • Depuydt, Francis [Freestyle roots] (Website)
  • DISCO MAGAZINE 1990 [Provided by Yves Le Page]
  • Henry, Vince
  • Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia. 1998
  • Minucci, Chieli, interview on jacquespetrus.com. 2003.
  • Murphy, Mic, interview on jacquespetrus.com 2005.
  • Nazar, George, liner notes from "The very best of Change" booklet. 1998.
  • Robinson, Kevin, email 2007-2009
  • Romani, Davide, interview on PSFS. 2002
  • Romo
  • Silverlight, Terry, interview on PSFS. 2002.
    [    Terry Silverlight] (Website)
  • Urban Mediamakers [Urban Mediamakers] (Website)

High fashion

  • Bova, Jeff, interview on PSFS. 2001.
  • Coffey, Dennis, Soulful Detroit forum, 2007
  • Colombo, Stefano, liner notes from the "Disco connection" booklet. 2004.
  • Brauer, Michael H. [MHB productions] (Website)
  • Soul express online [Soul express online] (Website)
  • Murphy, Mic, interview on jacquespetrus.com 2005.
  • Nazar, George, liner notes from "The very best of Change" booklet. 1998.

Jacques Fred Petrus

  • Bargeron, Dave [Dave Bargeron] (Website)
  • Billboard magazine; issue of the 21th of july 1979 [Provided by René de Leeuw]
  • Bova, Jeff, interview on PSFS. 2001
  • Brauer, Michael H. [MHB productions] (Website)
  • Burgess, Leroy, interview on "Soul", Swedish national radio P3. 2001.
  • Chew, Ray [Ray Chew] (Website)
  • Chin, Brian, liner notes from "The Disco beatmasters: From the studio to the dancefloor". [Rhino records] (Website)
  • Ciao 2001, 1977 [Provided by Paolo Caroselli]
  • Colombo, Stefano, liner notes from the "Disco connection" booklet. 2004.
  • Depuydt, Francis [Freestyle roots] (Website)
  • DiscOmusic booklet. 1979 [Provided by Paolo Caroselli]
  • DISCO MAGAZINE. 1990 [Provided by Yves Le Page]
  • Ford, Paris
  • Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia. 1998
  • Minucci, Chieli, interview on jacquespetrus.com. 2003
  • Murphy, Mic, interview on jacquespetrus.com 2005.
  • Musica & Dischi. 1980 [Provided by Yves Le Page]
  • Nazar, George, liner notes from "The very best of Change" booklet. 1998.
  • Nileskär, Mats
  • Page, Yves Le
  • Petrus, Claude
  • Rizzi, Phil [Phil Rizzi] (Website)
  • Robinson, Kevin, email 2007-2009
  • Romani, Davide, interview on PSFS. 2002
  • Silverlight, Terry, interview on PSFS. 2002.
    [    Terry Silverlight] (Website)
  • Stadio, [Stadio - Official web site] (Website)
  • WJ Prism times

Peter Jacques band

  • Brauer, Michael H. [MHB productions] (Website)
  • Colombo, Stefano, liner notes from the "Disco connection" booklet. 2004.
  • Depuydt, Francis [Freestyle roots] (Website)
  • Girlposse.com [Girlposse.com] (Website)
  • HamptonRoads.com [HamptonRoads.com] (Website)
  • Mic Murphy
  • Model management international [MMI] (Website)
  • Spears family papers, 1930-1986
  • Musica & Dischi. 1980
  • Soultrain Archival library [Soultrain] (Website)

Silence

Use of sources

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To use a source without mentioning it is not only illegal but also most of all a shameful and low action against the authors and their hard work during months and years, so therefore, name the source you're using.

Copying parts or whole articles from www.jacquespetrus.com is illegal without a written permission from a PBA production.

It's free to quote smaller parts (maximum 12 words) and use the material as a fundament for own research however as long as you mention the source and the writer of the material. The same rules are on the Internet with the difference that the source is written as a link followed by the writers name like the example beneath.

Source: www.jacquespetrus.com (written as a link)

Written by: Patrik Andersson

Credits

Of course there are many people to thank for this site, directly and indirectly. I better start.

First of all I wanna thank God without anything of this wouldn't have been possible! All music is a shining light from heaven, and if you just remember its source and thank him from your heart, your path will be enlighten forever.

Also, I thank my cousin Johan for introducing me to the soul funk music in 1980. All the Dj:s at Disco 91, MRS, FMAK and Funkdepartment for the outstanding radioshows and choice of music including, Mike Bike, Jocke B, Mangan S. Tommy T, Miss Funkyflyy, Gagarin and many more. Anders and Peter from the former recordshop Groove records in downtown Stockholm, Space records and California records, all now closed, where I found many good and inspiring records, and had, especially at Groove records, many interesting talks about music. Also a great thanks to CD now, Amazon and Gemm for having black music at their warehouses.

To Anna for inspiring and pushing me to learn HTML. Computer research for the great computer lessons given there, including Magnus and Susanne.

All the groovy people at Napster, DJ Ed, $Baron$, Carro, David and all the rest.

Also a very special thanks to Jeff Bova, Davide Romani, Terry Silverlight (you're help is always there), Michael Brauer, Chieli Minucci, Mats Nileskär and Stefano Colombo for valuable information.

A very special thanks to all my net friends that with great openness and unselfishness have contributed with very valuable comments and new information; Francis Depuydt (you're a rock man), Maarten Albarda (the original inspiring force), Yves Le Page (always accurate), ROMO (full of energy), Paolo Caroselli (professional) and many more, a great thanks for your contributions and inspiration!

At last but not at least, Microsoft, Telenordia and Telia.

Legal notice

www.jacquespetrus.com is a non-commercial site produced by a PBA productionTM. All design, graphics and text material are exclusive properties of a PBA productionTM and are protected by Swedish (chapter 1, 1§) and international copyright laws and can only be used with permission. Used without such permission will result in legal actions. For more details contact a PBA production below.

All pictures and art are scanned from album covers or magazines and are not used with permission however, except the photos of Michael Brauer and Terry Silverlight. But as they are used in full advantage of each persons work together with the fact that it is near impossible to get such permission from all copyright holders today, the material has to be seen in that perspective.