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Donna Summer – Winter Melody/Spring Affair (US 12″)

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Originally posted December 21, 2010

“Winter Melody” is a song by Donna Summer released as a single in late 1976 from her Four Seasons of Love album. It became a top 30 hit in the UK, where it peaked at #27.

By this time Summer was making her name as the queen of disco music, though this song is a soul ballad. The song represents the “winter” phase of the concept album, and speaks of a woman struggling to come to terms with the fact that her relationship has ended. As with much of Summer’s material at that time (particularly with songs found on her concept albums), the song played for a considerable amount of time (over six minutes), however, the song was edited for its release as a single. “Winter Melody” peaked at #43 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart.

The flip side “Spring Affair” (which represents the “spring” phase of the concept album) tells of the beginning of a new relationship. “Spring Affair” is more than eight minutes long, though it was edited for release as a single. The song peaked at number 15 on Spain’s singles charts and number 3 on Spain’s Radio chart. “Spring Affair” peaked at #43 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart.

SIDE A:
Winter Melody (Edit) 4:00

SIDE B:
Spring Affair (Edit) 3:41

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1977 Winter Melody U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #43
1977 Winter Melody U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles #24
1977 Spring Affair U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #43
1977 Spring Affair U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary #8
1977 Spring Affair U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles #21

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Casablanca – NBD 100, Casablanca – NBD-100
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1977
Genre: Electronic
Style: Disco

CREDITS:

NOTES:
From the Casablanca LP, “Four Seasons Of Love”

An Oasis Recording

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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

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Donna Summer – Supernatural Love (US 12″)

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Originally posted October 25, 2011

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“Supernatural Love” is the second single from Donna Summer’s 1984 Cats Without Claws album. The song released on October 23, 1984 by Geffen Records (US) and Warner Bros. Records (UK). It was written by Summer, Michael Omartian and Bruce Sudano, and produced by Omartian. The typically 1980s synthesized song was remixed for its release as a single and became a minor hit in the US. It was accompanied by a very colourful video again featuring Donna and husband Bruce Sudano as a star-crossed couple chasing each other through time when he is abducted by an evil enchantress—from the stone age into current 1980s New Wave, where Donna pursues the enchantress in order to save him.

While the single only peaked at #75 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, it fared better on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart at #39.

SIDE A:
Supernatural Love (Extended Dance Remix) 6:12
Remix – Juergen Koppers*

SIDE B:
Face The Music 4:14

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1984 Supernatural Love U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #75
1984 Supernatural Love U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #39
1984 Supernatural Love U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles #61

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Geffen Records – 0-20273, Geffen Records – 9 20273-0 A
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synthpop

CREDITS:

NOTES:
From the LP “Cat’s Without Claws”

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Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
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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

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Donna Summer – Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger) (US 12″)

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Originally posted April 14, 2011

“Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)” is a Grammy-nominated single from Donna Summer’s self-titled 1982 album. The single was her 12th top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Summer’s 1980 The Wanderer album — her inaugural release on Geffen Records — had been certified gold in America although it did not enjoy numerous hit singles as some of her ’70s releases had enjoyed. Summer had prepped her next album, which would be released in 1996 as I’m a Rainbow — a double set which continued her association with Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, but David Geffen, decided to cancel the project, and assigned Summer to record an album with producer Quincy Jones. Jones was a much sought-after producer at the time, particularly due to his association with Michael Jackson’s album Off the Wall.

“Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)” was the lead single off the Jones’ produced album Donna Summer. It was written by Jones and Rod Temperton (formerly of funk band Heatwave) — who’d also written Jackson’s “Rock with You”. Summer reported that the recording process for this album was challenging, as she was pregnant at the time and unhappy over I’m a Rainbow’ being shelved by Geffen Records.

The single was issued in three different versions: the 7″ single release (3:42), the LP version (4:19), and a 12″ single version (7:04). The 12″ version features a “Dance Remix” on Side One and an “Instrumental Version Featuring Ernie Watts On Sax Solo” on Side Two. Both are remixes by Craig Kostich and Bruce Swedien.

“Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)” became a major hit, peaking at no. 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on the week of September 25, 1982, giving Summer her sixteenth top 40 hit, and reaching no. 4 on the US R&B Chart. It was Summer’s best R&B showing since “Bad Girls” in 1979—even using police whistles in the song as in “Bad Girls”. Although the parent album was certified gold in the US, it did not produce any more major hits and did not prove the powerhouse album Geffen Records had hoped for.

SIDE A:
Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger) (Dance Remix) 7:04

SIDE B:
Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger) (Instrumental) 7:04
Featuring, Soloist [Sax Solo], Saxophone – Ernie Watts

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1982 Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger) U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #10
1982 Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger) U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs #4
1982 Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger) U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #3

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Geffen Records – O-29938, Geffen Records – 9 29938-0 B
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, ARC Pressing
Country: US
Released: 1982
Genre: Funk / Soul, Pop
Style: Synthpop

CREDITS:
Mastered By [Runout Etching ❀] – Brian Gardner
Producer, Written-By – Quincy Jones
Remix [Remixed By] – Bruce Swedien, Craig Kostich
Written-By – Merria RossRod Temperton

NOTES:
(Instrumental Version Featuring Ernie Watts on Sax Solo)

*Remixed From The Original 4:20 Version
Available On The Geffen Album Donna Summer – Donna Summer

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DAC:
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Record Cleaning
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Artwork Scans
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SOFTWARE:
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Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
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Donna Summer – She Works Hard For The Money (UK 12″)

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“She Works Hard for the Money” is a song by American singer Donna Summer from her eleventh studio album of the same name. Written by Michael Omartian and Summer, the song was released as the lead single from the album on May 1983, by Mercury Records.

It became a hit for Summer and is one of her signature songs, reaching number one for a three-week stay atop the Billboard R&B singles chart (her first since 1979), number three on the Billboard Hot 100, and number three on the Dance Club Play chart. The single-ended up as Billboard’s fifteenth-best performing song of 1983. Summer performed the song live as the opening of the 1984 Grammy Awards.

SIDE A:
She Works Hard For The Money (Special Long Version) 6:18

SIDE B:   
She Works Hard For The Money (Instrumental) 5:49

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1983 She Works Hard For The Money U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #3
1983 She Works Hard For The Money U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles #1
1983 She Works Hard For The Money U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #3

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Mercury ‎– DONNA 12, Mercury ‎– 812 370-1
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1983
Genre: Pop/Rock
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Engineer – John Guess
Management – Susan Munao Management Co., Inc.
Photography By – Harry Langdon
Producer – Michael Omartian
Written-By – D. Summer*, M. Omartian*

NOTES:
from the forthcoming Donna Summer album
“She Works Hard For The Money”

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EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
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Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
DAC/Phono Pre-amp:
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 USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2, ocenaudio
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)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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