Tap Dancing (1976)

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TAP DANCING
Megaphone
released 1976

SIDE ONE

1            Tap Dancing
2            Big Bottom
3            Heavy Duty
4            High Heels, Hot Wheels
5            Stonehenge

SIDE TWO

1            Tap Dancing [reprise]
2            Break Like The Wind
3            (Listen To The) Flower People
4            Short 'N' Sweet

This album was a cheaply-produced album of new "disco" remakes of old Tap numbers, plus a newly-written title track. As one would suspect, the new versions are nauseatingly terrible, with the lengthy "Short 'N' Sweet" being the biggest offender.
The disco version of "Stonehenge" is unique in that it combines elements from both the familiar 1975 remake, as well as the rarely heard and very different 1970 version.
Collectors have noted this album's possible influence on the popular "Stars On 45" albums that appeared in the Eighties. Like those albums, "Tap Dancing" has a recurring title track that weaves in and out of the other songs, and the songs on each side are strung together in a continuous medley.
Fearing an extreme sales slump, Megaphone released every copy with a corner already cut from the cover. Needless to say, their predictions were correct, and this album failed to sell - in fact, many Tap fans aren't even aware of its existence. (The uncut cover image above was scanned from a very rare promotional copy.)