BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983

DISCO FRIDAY!

“Dear Santa (Bring Me A Man This Christmas)” is a song written by Paul jabara and Paul Schaffer and recorded by The Weather Girls also known as Two Tons o’ Fun for their album Success in 1983. The song was only released in the US and UK as promotional singles and failed to chart despite their being a music video filmed for the song.

The Weather Girls was composed of singers, Izora Armstead and Martha Wash. The duo charted several dance hits over the course of its career, with its peak in popularity having occurred in 1982, when the group released the hit song “It’s Raining Men.”

SIDE A:
Dear Santa (Bring Me A Man This Christmas) (Vocal) 6:29

SIDE B:
Dear Santa (Bring Me A Man This Christmas) (Instrumental) 6:15

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint\
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE/ INFORMATION:
Label: Columbia – AS 1790
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Style: Hi NRG, Disco
Credits: Executive Producer – Charles Koppelman
Producer – Paul Jabara
Written-By – P. Jabara*, P. Schaffer*

NOTES:
Demonstration Not For Sale
Taken From The Columbia/Entertainment Co. LP
“SUCCESS”

Find The 12″ On DISCOGS

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Speed Control: Pro-Ject Speed Box S
Phono Pre-amp: Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube: Tung-Sol 12AX7ECC803-S Gold Electron Tube
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removeal: ClickRepair (DeClick Level 3)
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi