Philip Bailey & Phil Collins – Easy Lover (UK 12″)
Posted by DjPaulT on 3rd December 2010
BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984
“Easy Lover” is a song written by Philip Bailey, Phil Collins, and Nathan East, and accredited to both singers Bailey and Collins when released as a single. The song appeared on Bailey’s solo album Chinese Wall. Collins has also performed the song in his live shows and it appears on his 1990 album Serious Hits… Live!, as well as his 1998 compilation album, …Hits.
The song was a hit in the UK, reaching #1 and staying there for four weeks and also reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. “Easy Lover” was very successful commercially, selling over a million copies. It has only been certified Gold — not Platinum — since the RIAA requirement for a Platinum single wasn’t lowered to 1,000,000 units until 1989.
“Easy Lover” won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Overall Performance in 1985 and was Grammy nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo or Group.
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint
SIDE A:
Easy Lover (Extended Remix Version) 6:18
Vocals [Duet With] – Phil Collins
SIDE B:
Woman 5:04
Vocals – Philip Bailey
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: CBS
Catalog#: TA 4915
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Pop Rock, Synth-pop
Credits: Engineer – Nick Tokes
Producer – Phil Collins
Remix – John Potoker
NOTES:
Easy Lover (Duet with Phil Collins). Produced by Phil Collins for Kalimba Productions. Phil Collins appears courtesy of Virgin Records Ltd.
Both tracks: Special versions from the album Chinese Wall CBS 26161. Engineered by Nick Tokes.
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.
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