Category: Will To Power

Will To Power – Fading Away (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1989

Side A

R E Q U E S T

“Fading Away” is a song by the Florida-based dance-pop group Will to Power. It appears on their 1988 self-titled debut album and was released as a single in early 1989.

The song reached #65 on the US pop chart chart in February 1989 and #84 on the UK pop chart in March of that year. The song was more successful on dance charts in the US, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales chart and spending two weeks atop the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. This was the group’s second Hot Dance Club Play chart-topper, following “Say It’s Gonna Rain” from 1988. Remixes for the track were done by Shep Pettibone.

SIDE A:
Fading Away (Power House Mix) 8:42
Fading Away (Power House Dub) 6:43

SIDE B:
Fading Away (Big Beat Mix) 8:35
Fading Away (The Rhythm Dub) 6:12

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint (generic)

CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1989 Fading Away U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #66
1989 Fading Away U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Maxi-Singles Sales #2
1989 Fading Away U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play #1

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic ‎– 49 08183
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Electronic
Style: Freestyle, House
Credits: Edited By – Chep Nunez*
Mastered By – Ted Jensen
Producer [Additional Production By], Remix [Re-remix By] – Shep Pettibone
Producer [Produced By] – Bob Rosenberg
Written-By – B. Rosenberg*

NOTES:
From the debut album:
“WILL TO POWER”

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Side B

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 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi