Tag: Dancing With Myself (Long Version)

Billy Idol – Don’t Stop (US 12″ EP)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1981

“Don’t Stop” is the first solo release by rock singer Billy Idol. Released in the US in 1981, it contains a cover of Tommy James and the Shondells’ UK #1 “Mony Mony,” which would become a later hit for him as a live version in 1987.

It also contains the song “Dancing with Myself”, which had previously been a commercially unsuccessful single release for Idol’s former band Gen X in the United Kingdom in 1980. “Dancing With Myself” (from that band’s LP Kiss Me Deadly) was not re-recorded for the Don’t Stop EP release but was remixed from Gen X’s 6:05 minute long extended version of the song and edited down into 4:50 minutes, from which a drum solo and chorus section was removed.

“Untouchables” is another Gen X song taken from the 1980 album Kiss Me Deadly, which was re-recorded for Don’t Stop.

The EP peaked at #71 on the Billboard 200 and generated considerable anticipation for the full-length album Billy Idol, released the following year.

For this promo release, the tracklisting is in a different order on the vinyl than on other releases and what is listed on the sleeve.

SIDE A:
Dancing With Myself (Long Version) 4:51
Backing Band [with] – Generation X (4)

Untouchables 3:36

SIDE B:
Mony Mony 5:02
Baby Talk 3:12

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
Poster: Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis ‎– PV 44000 DJ
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, EP, Promo, Poster
Country: US
Released: 1981
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock, New Wave

CREDITS:
Engineer – Brian Reeves, Nigel Walker (tracks: A1)
Producer [Produced By] –  Keith Forsey

NOTES:
Label: “FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY”

Matrix/Runouts/Cat No: “DJ”

Issued with large folded poster

The back cover lists songs in a different order on different sides. Label and actual play order is listed here.

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Billy Idol – Eyes Without A Face (Japan 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984

B. Front (Obi)

A. Front

“Eyes Without a Face” is a song by Billy Idol, co-written with guitarist Steve Stevens from Idol’s 1983 album Rebel Yell. The song is softer and more ballad-like than most of the album’s other singles.

Released on 29 May 1984, this was the second single from the Rebel Yell album. It reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Idol’s first Top 10 hit in the US. In the UK the single peaked at #18.

In the liner notes for the Expanded Edition of Rebel Yell, Idol notes that this song was one of the first three written for the album (the other two being the title track and “(Do Not) Stand In The Shadows.”) The original track was recorded in Studio A at Electric Lady Studios in New York, with a Linn drum machine and the bass parts played by Steve Webster.

The song is notable for the female voice of Perri Lister that sings ‘Les yeux sans visage’ (French for ‘eyes without a face’) as a background chorus.

The title of the song refers to French director Georges Franju’s movie Les yeux sans visage (1960).

In a retrospective review of the single, Allmusic journalist Donald A. Guarisco praised the song. He wrote: “The music plays against the dark tone of the lyrics with a ballad-styled melody comprised of yearning verses that slowly build emotion and a quietly wrenching chorus that relieves the emotional tension in a cathartic manner.

SIDE A:
Eyes Without A Face (Single Version) 4:10
Love Calling (Dub Version) 5:37

SIDE B:
Dancing With Myself (Long Version) 6:03
Rebel Yell 4:47

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1984 Eyes Without A Face U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #4
1984 Eyes Without A Face U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks #5

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis ‎– WWS-50143
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: Japan
Released: 21 Sep 1984
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop/Rock, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Arranged By – Steve Stevens
Producer – Keith Forsey
Written-By – Billy Idol, Steve Stevens

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