Toto Coelo – Dracula’s Tango (Sucker For Your Love) (UK 12″)
Posted by DjPaulT on October 22nd, 2010
BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1982
Toto Coelo (renamed Total Coelo in the U.S.) was a 1980s British new wave vocal group, masterminded by producer Barry Blue. The original members were the singers Anita Mahadervan, Lacey Bond, Lindsey Danvers, Ros Holness (daughter of TV host Bob Holness) and Sheen Doran.
The group is known for its 1982 hit single “I Eat Cannibals Part 1″, They also issued a less successful follow-up, “Dracula’s Tango (Sucker For Your Love)” which peaked at #54 in the UK ans US #19.
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint
SIDE A:
Dracula’s Tango (Sucker For Your Love) (Extended Dance Version) 6:01
Written-By – B. Blue* , P. Greedus*
SIDE B:
Mucho Macho (Extended Dance Version) 5:03
Written-By – J. Littman*
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Radialchoice
Catalog#: TIC 11-12
Format: Vinyl, 12″
Country: UK
Released: 1982
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop
Credits: Producer – Barry Blue
NOTES:
From the LP “Man O’ War”
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super 20
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 16bit 44kHz using Adobe batch processing
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi PNG format, resized to JPEG format for posting.
PW: burningtheground
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October 22nd, 2010 at 11:42 am
thanks a million times! i’ve been looking for this for a while. i love ‘i eat cannibals’ but unfortunately it’s very hard to find their stuff.
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DjPaulT Reply:
October 22nd, 2010 at 11:44 am
@Jonas your welcome. I have I Eat Cannibals’ too I will try to get it posted. Hopefully before the end of the month but I can’t make any promises.
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October 22nd, 2010 at 12:35 pm
Thanks again for this post. One thing, I don’t think it charted in the US.
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matracas Reply:
October 22nd, 2010 at 12:58 pm
Yeah, that also made me twitch…it probably made it to that position in the U.S. but on the dance charts.
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October 22nd, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Paul, You’re really pulling out a bunch of gems this Halloween…I love it!
This is such a fun song, and it reminds me of a couple songs from the 70s and 80s. Listen closely, as there’s a short a guitar riff towards the beginning of the Extended Dance Version that is similar to “Baba O’Riley” by The Who. I am also slightly reminded a bit of “Run Runaway” by Slade, and ABBA with the vocals.
Thanks for the awesome quality and your hard work!
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October 22nd, 2010 at 2:14 pm
I have finally listend to this song. I had never heard it before but one thing I noticed (not sure if the album version is the same) but it includes interpolations of the song “Rasputin” by Boney M. 3 times throughout the song I can clearly identify the riff from the Boney M. song. Also, I don’t see Mr. Frank Farian (creator of Boney M. & Milli Vanilli) credited anywhere (which is strange because this guy is like Gene Simmons, they want to collect on ANYTHING that may even smell like something that’s theirs).
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October 22nd, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Paul, how did you know that I was looking for this?
It’s so crazy lately because you have been posting a lot of material that I’ve been looking for, and I haven’t even requested it! Thank you! Toto Coelo material is nearly impossible to find on CD or in high quality. “Dracula’s Tango” is a great song! This is very, very rare! This will be my first time hearing the “Extended Dance Version”.
Note that Barbarella did a cover of this song in 1989 with the title of just “Sucker For Your Love”.
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October 22nd, 2010 at 8:17 pm
It was quite a pop female group battle between Toto Coelo and Belle Stars during that period. I’d give Belle Stars the slight edge, especially since they produced the utterly utterly brilliant Sign Of The Times.
That is not to say I dislike Toto Coelo. I’m a fan of their campy New Wave Disco, and thought the sexually oral innuendo in their seemingly ditzy hits is just as utterly utterly brilliant!
Thanks Paul, for the making the best rip of this rare treat available!
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October 22nd, 2010 at 10:27 pm
PAUL!!!! Thanks for posting this!!! I LOVE TOTO COELO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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October 23rd, 2010 at 11:42 am
Never knew there was an extended mix of “Mucho Macho” — leave it to you to unearth it, in all its kooky glory!
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October 23rd, 2010 at 12:50 pm
Thank you DJ PaulT for this post. Didn’t know about this group until now. =)
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October 23rd, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Never heard before 2. Cool, cool, cool! See the video in youtube. Fun! Perfect to Halloween VvvvV
Thank you, Paul!
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October 26th, 2010 at 9:32 am
I have “I Eat Cannibals & Other Tasty Trax” on CD if you want it, Paul. I know you only put vinyl rips up, but I figured that since it’s Halloween you’d want some of their other songs. Let me know and I’ll email you the mp3′s.
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DjPaulT Reply:
October 26th, 2010 at 10:07 am
@SkaryMoviez thank you for the offer but I already have the CD. Have a great Halloween
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January 20th, 2012 at 1:57 am
Thanks Paul. I can now replace another 12″.
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April 16th, 2013 at 3:44 pm
can u PLEASE reupload toto coelo’s files? i just discovered them afew months ago and i am obssesed with them! thanks in advance!!
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