The Chantoozies – Witch Queen (German 12″)
Posted by DjPaulT on October 20th, 2011
BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986
The Chantoozies were an Australian pop group active from 1986 to 1991. The band featured four female singers: Eve von Bibra, Angie La Bozzetta, Ally Fowler and Tottie Goldsmith; and four male musicians: Brett Goldsmith (bass guitars, keyboards, programming), Scott Griffiths (keyboards, programming), Frank McKoy (lead vocals, guitars) and David Reyne (drums, backing vocals). Their name is an intentional mispronunciation of the French word for female singer “chanteuse”. Tottie Goldsmith, Ally Fowler and musician David Reyne were well known television celebrities who had acted in Australian soap operas at the time the band started.
Chantoozies first single was a #4 Australian hit “Witch Queen” released on Mushroom Records in 1986.
Brett and Tottie Goldsmith are brother and sister; their father is restaurateur and nightclub owner Brian Goldsmith, their mother is actress Rhona Newton-John, and their aunt is English / Australian actress and pop singer Olivia Newton-John.
SIDE A:
Witch Queen 6:40
SIDE B:
Witch Queen (7″ Mix) 4:09
The Chantoozie Shuffle 3:03
**BONUS CUT
Witch Queen (Halloween Mix) 6:55
Remix – Steve Bourasa
Written-By – L. Vegas*, P. Vegas*
*Taken from Hot Tracks Remix Service Series 6, Issue 9
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: RCA Records - PT41280
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Maxi-Single, 45 RPM
Country: Germany
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Engineer – Ian McKenzie (tracks: A, B1)
Photography – Andrew Lehmann
Producer – Chantoozies, The (tracks: B2), David Courtney (tracks: A, B1)
NOTES:
Tracks A1 & B1 recorded at Platinum Studios, Melbourne Australia, November 1986.
Track B2 recorded at Brett’s Bedroom, Melbourne Australia, November 1986.
Find The 12″ On DISCOGS
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
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 20th, 2011 at 8:21 pm
So nice that you featured an act from Down Under!
These girls were famous for quite a bit in the second half of the 80s there, and were sort of an Aussie answer to Bananarama.
Thanks for their biggest single.
Great stuff, Paul!
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DjPaulT Reply:
October 20th, 2011 at 8:39 pm
Another cool thing about this group is the ONJ connection. Tottie Gildsmith and her brother keyboardist Brett Goldsmith are Olivia’s neice and nephew I did’nt know this until researching the group. I actually thought that this was Bananarama when I first heard it.
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October 21st, 2011 at 6:59 pm
The back of the sleeve screams ”80′s.”
And NOT in a good way.
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