Keeping Time is the second studio album by American actor, singer and songwriter Paul Jabara

Paul Jabara

Paul Jabara was an American actor, singer, and songwriter of Lebanese ancestry. He wrote Donna Summer's "Last Dance" from Thank God It's Friday and Barbra Streisand's song "The Main Event/Fight" from The Main Event...

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The album which was released on Casablanca Records

Casablanca Records

Casablanca Records was an American record label started by Neil Bogart, who partnered with Cecil Holmes, Larry Harris, and Buck Reingold in 1973, and based in Los Angeles. The label was formed after all of them had left Buddah Records and secured financing by Warner Bros. Records to start the venture...

 in 1978 includes Jabara's song "Trapped in a Stairway" from the movie Thank God It's Friday

Thank God It's Friday

The triple album was, unlike the movie, a commercial success. It contained contributions from some of the biggest names in disco at the time, including Donna Summer, Diana Ross, Thelma Houston, The Commodores, and many others....

, his own version of the Grammy Award

Grammy Award

A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

 winning "Last Dance

Last Dance (song)

"Last Dance" is a hit 1978 song by singer Donna Summer. The song appeared on the Thank God It's Friday movie soundtrack. It was written by Paul Jabara and was co-produced by Summer's regular collaborator Giorgio Moroder, along with Bob Esty...

" (originally recorded by Donna Summer

Donna Summer

LaDonna Adrian Gaines , known by her stage name, Donna Summer, is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Summer is a five-time Grammy winner and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach...

) as well as the duets "Something's Missing" (with Summer) and "Take Good Care of My Baby / What's a Girl to Do" (with Pattie Brooks

Pattie Brooks

Pattie Brooks is an American singer most frequently associated with the disco era. She was born in Fort Riley, Kansas to a military family. Her first break came in 1968 when she auditioned for the chorus on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour". In the next decade she became a sought-after backing...

). The lead single from the album was "Dancin' (Lift Your Spirits Higher)".

Keeping Time remains unreleased on CD.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Didn't the Time Go Fast" - 4:17
2. "Saturday Matinee" - 3:24
3. "Trapped in a Stairway" (from the Original Soundtrack Album Thank God It's Friday) - 3:13
4. "Take Good Care of My Baby / What's a Girl to Do" (duet with Pattie Brooks
   Pattie Brooks
   Pattie Brooks is an American singer most frequently associated with the disco era. She was born in Fort Riley, Kansas to a military family. Her first break came in 1968 when she auditioned for the chorus on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour". In the next decade she became a sought-after backing...
   
   ) - 4:47
5. "Dancin' (Lift Your Spirits Higher)" - 3:39

Side two

1. "Last Dance
   Last Dance (song)
   "Last Dance" is a hit 1978 song by singer Donna Summer. The song appeared on the Thank God It's Friday movie soundtrack. It was written by Paul Jabara and was co-produced by Summer's regular collaborator Giorgio Moroder, along with Bob Esty...
   
   " - 3:10
2. "Pleasure Island" - 10:40
3. "Something's Missing" (duet with Donna Summer
   Donna Summer
   LaDonna Adrian Gaines , known by her stage name, Donna Summer, is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Summer is a five-time Grammy winner and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach...
   
   ) - 3:02