Tag: 1978

Raindolls – Disco Santa Claus (US 12″)

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Originally posted December 7, 2012

Disco Friday!

Season’s Greetings, this year you’ll be hanging the Christmas stockings with cheer, as boogie fever fills the air!Disco

“Disco Santa Claus” is a one-off Disco single by the studio group Raindolls. Produced and arranged by Eric Matthew one of the co-founders of the Disco group Gary’s Gang the song also includes drums by Gary’s Gang drummer Gary Turner. “Disco Santa Claus” was produced by Profile Records founder Cory Robbins. The b-side “Santa’s Theme” is an instrumental of “Disco Santa Claus”.

SIDE A:
 Disco Santa Claus 6:50
Written-By – Stan Cleveland

SIDE B:
Santa’s Theme 6:37
Written-By – C. RobbinsE. MatthewG. Turnier*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: AVI Records – AVI-12-242-D
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1978
Genre: Funk/Soul
Style: Disco, Holiday

CREDITS:

NOTES:
Produced for Our First Time Production Company, Inc.
BPM 120

Housed in a “Giant Disco Single” custom Christmas AVI records sleeve.

Buy the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
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THE GEAR:
Turntable: Technics SL-1200MK7
Cartridge/Stylus:  Ortofon 2M Black PnP MkII
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro Spin Acrylic Mat
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp:
Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
Tubes: Genalex Gold Lion 12AX7 ECC83/B759 Gold Pins Vacuum Tube – Matched Pair
DAC:
Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Record Cleaning
: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans
: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

SOFTWARE:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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Cheryl Lynn – Got To Be Real/Star Love (US 12″)

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Originally posted December 7, 2011

The Harlem drag ball scene — described by the social activist and writer Langston Hughes as “the strangest and gaudiest of all Harlem’s spectacles in the 1920s” — fragmented along racial lines in the early 1960s when Black queens became tired of having to “whiten up” if they wanted to have a chance of winning any in-house beauty contest. By the early 1970s, Black drag houses started to multiply and soon outstripped their white counterparts in terms of glamour, style and popularity. As contests expanded, categories multiplied and competition intensified, with prizes awarded to entrants whose drag was the most believable, the most real. Released in 1978, Cheryl Lynn’s feisty, upbeat disco track “Got to Be Real” became an instant ballroom classic.

In 2020 The Bew York Times named “Got To Be Real” one of the 15 Songs That Shook New York’s Queer Dance Floors in the 1970s and ’80s.

“Got to Be Real” is the debut single by American singer Cheryl Lynn. Written by Lynn, David Paich and David Foster, and produced by Paich and Marty Paich, the song was recorded for Lynn’s 1978 self-titled debut studio album. Columbia Records released the song as the album’s lead single in August 1978.

For the recording, David Shields played bass, David Paich played keyboards, James Gadson played drums and Ray Parker Jr. was the session guitarist.

In the United States, “Got to Be Real” peaked at position number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Hot Soul Singles chart in early 1979. Along with the album cuts “Star Love” and “You Saved My Day”, “Got to Be Real” peaked at number 11 on the National Disco Action Top 40 chart. In the United Kingdom, “Got to Be Real” did not chart upon its original release – it was used for a TV advertising campaign for Marks & Spencer in 2010 and it entered the main charts for the first time at position number 78 for the week ending April 4, the next week peaking at number 70.

“Star Love” was released as the second single from Lynn’s self-titled debut album reaching a peak position of number 62 on the Billboard Hot 100, and number 16 on the R&B chart in the spring of 1979.

SIDE A:
Got To Be Real 5:07
Written-By – C. Lynn*, D. Foster*, D. Paich*

SIDE B:
Star Love 7:24
Written-By – J. Footman*, J. Weider*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year Single Chart Position
1978 Got To Be Real U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #12
1978 Got To Be Real U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles #1
1978 Got To Be Real U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Disco #11
Year Single Chart Position
1979 Star Love U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #62
1979 Star Love U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles #16
1979 Star Love U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Disco #11

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Columbia – 23-10869
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single, Pitman Pressing
Country: US
Released: 1978
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Disco

CREDITS:

NOTES:
Special Disco Versions From The Columbia Lp: “Cheryl Lynn”
℗ 1978 CBS Inc.
Printed in U.S.A.

Buy the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
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THE GEAR:
Turntable: Technics SL-1200MK7
Cartridge/Stylus:  Ortofon 2M Black PnP MkII
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro Spin Acrylic Mat
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp:
Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
Tubes: Genalex Gold Lion 12AX7 ECC83/B759 Gold Pins Vacuum Tube – Matched Pair
DAC:
Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Record Cleaning
: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans
: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

SOFTWARE:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

**24bit FLAC Only Available For Seven Days!


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Dolly Parton – Dance With Dolly (US 12″)

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Originally posted November 8, 2013

“Dance With Dolly” is  a 1978 12″ single by country music legend Dolly Parton released on hot pink vinyl by RCA Records. The 12″ features two disco mixes of tracks from Dolly’s twentieth solo studio album Heartbreaker. The release was Parton’s first ever 12″ single, and Disco hit.

“Baby I’m Burnin'” was written by Parton who also produced the track with Gary Klein and Charles Koppelman who served as executive producer. The song was first released on Parton’s twentieth solo studio album Heartbreaker in July 1978. “Baby I’m Burnin'” was released as the first single from the album on November 6, 1978, by RCA Victor.

Billboard reviewed the single and called it “a high-energy change of pace for Parton.” The review went on to say Parton’s vocals “punch against the cooking groove of a track” which is “highlighted by horns and syn drums.”[1] Billboard reviewed the single again the following week, this time calling the song “a fiery rocker” and saying that it had “a disco edge at times.” They added that “Parton’s crispy, high-pitched vocals add to the rockish feel.

“Baby I’m Burnin'” peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 48 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, and number 11 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. The disco remix peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart her first-ever entry on that chart.

The 12″ single was backed with the album track “I Wanna Fall In Love” extending the two-minute track to a sweltering five-minute Disco anthem.

SIDE A:
Baby I’m Burnin’ (Disco Mix) 4:32

SIDE B:
I Wanna Fall In Love (Disco Mix) 5:17

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

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1979 Baby I’m Burnin’ U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles #1
1979 Baby I’m Burnin’ U.S. Billboard 100 #25
1979 Baby I’m Burnin’ U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks #11
1979 Baby I’m Burnin’ U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Disco #15

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: RCA – PD-11425
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Pink
Country: US
Released: 1978
Genre: Funk/Soul, Pop
Style: Disco

CREDITS:

NOTES:
from the “Heartbreaker” album

Made in U.S.A.

Buy the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
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THE GEAR:
Turntable: Technics SL-1200MK7
Cartridge/Stylus:  Ortofon 2M Black PnP MkII
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro Spin Acrylic Mat
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp:
Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
Tubes: Genalex Gold Lion 12AX7 ECC83/B759 Gold Pins Vacuum Tube – Matched Pair
DAC:
Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Record Cleaning
: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans
: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

SOFTWARE:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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Nicolette Larson – Lotta Love (US 12″ Promo)

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Originally Posted: February 7, 2015

“Lotta Love” is a song written and originally recorded by Neil Young and released on his 1978 Comes a Time album. “Lotta Love” was also covered by American singer Nicolette Larson in 1978. Larson’s version reached No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 8 on the Cash Box Top 100 in February 1979. It also hit No. 1 on the Easy Listening chart and was a hit in Australia (No. 11) and New Zealand (No. 22).

“Lotta Love” served as the lead single for Larson’s Ted Templeman-produced Nicolette album. Due to a delay in release, Comes a Time was released on the same day — in October 1978 — as Nicolette. The release of a single from the Nicolette album was held off until October 31 when it was clear Young’s version would not have a single release as an A-side (although Young’s “Lotta Love” was released as the B-side of a non-charting “Comes a Time” single).

Much as extended dance versions of hits by the Doobie Brothers — who Templeman also produced — were released, a promotional 12″ single of Larson’s “Lotta Love” was issued, with Jim Burgess performing remixing duties: this disco version differentiated from the album track and 7″ single in its pure “four on the floor” disco drum track (replacing the radio version’s “pop heartbeat” drum rhythm) and a sax solo on the bridge, replacing the 7″ single’s bridge flute solo which was shifted to an extended intro. The track did not heavily impact the club scene. Its meager length for a 12″ single — at 4:20 barely a minute longer than the 7″ — a likely deterrent. The B-side of the 7″ single was “Angels Rejoiced” featuring a harmony vocal by Herb Pedersen while on its 12″ single “Lotta Love” was backed by Larson’s rendition of “You Send Me”.

SIDE A
Lotta Love (Disco Stereo Mix) 4:20
Remix – Jim Burgess
Written-By – Neil Young

SIDE B
You Send Me 3:55
Written-By – Sam Cooke

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1979 Lotta Love U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #8
1979 Lotta Love U.S. Billboard Easy Listening #1

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Warner Bros. Records – PRO-A-781
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1978
Genre: Funk / Soul, Pop, Rock
Style: Soft Rock, Vocal, Disco

CREDITS:
Arranged By [Strings] – Jimmie Haskell*
Engineer – Donn Landee
Producer – Ted Templeman

NOTES:
“PROMOTION COPY – NOT FOR SALE”

“DISCO STEREO MIX” printed on A side above the title.

“From the Warner Bros. Album “NICOLETTE”

Find The 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
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THE GEAR:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Black
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp:
Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
DAC:
Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Record Cleaning
: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans
: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

SOFTWARE:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

**24bit FLAC only available for seven days!


Password: burningtheground

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