Author: DjPaulT

June 28, 2021

Robin Gibb – Boys (Do Fall In Love) (Canada 12″)

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“Boys (Do Fall in Love)” is a song by British singer-songwriter Robin Gibb. It was released as the lead single from his 1984 third solo album Secret Agent.

The single was released on Polydor Records in the UK and Mirage Records in the US.

Gibb wrote “Boys Do Fall in Love” with his brother Maurice along with six other songs on the album Secret Agent. The song was recorded between March and June 1984 and was registered in April that year. The song is memorable for its synthesizer riff played by Rob Kilgore and Maurice Gibb.

The song reached #37 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and $8 on the Billboard Dance Chart becoming Robin’s biggest solo hit in America. In the UK the song peaked at #70.

SIDE A:
Boys (Do Fall In Love) (Extended Version) 4:35

SIDE B:
Boys (Do Fall In Love) (New Dub Version) 5:20

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1984	Boys (Do Fall In Love)	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#37
1984	Boys (Do Fall In Love)	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#8

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Polydor ‎– PDSX 2253
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Maxi-Single, 45 RPM
Country: Canada
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Co-producer – Chris Barbosa, Mark Liggett
Engineer – Dennis Hetzendorfer
Producer – Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb
Written-By – Robin Gibb

NOTES:
From the LP “SECRET AGENT”

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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

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June 25, 2021

Madonna – Into The Groove/Everybody (US 12″ Promo)

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Originally posted February 4, 2012

“Into the Groove” is a song by American singer Madonna from the 1985 film Desperately Seeking Susan originally released in 1984.

In 1987 The song was remixed by Shep Pettibone for Madonna’s remix compilation You Can Dance. In the United States, a promotional 12″ single was issued containing exclusive unmixed versions without the inclusion of the fade in and outs that are present on the album.

The 12″ also includes a remix of Madonna’s debut single”Everybody” remixed by Bruce Forest, and Frank Heller with additional keyboards by David Cole of C + C Music Factory. This version is also taken from the You Can Dance remix compilation and is exclusive to this 12″ promo.

** Also of note at the end of both versions of “Into The Groove” during the fade ot there is a bump sound this is not a flaw I have two copies of this 12″ and this is present in both copies. This is also present in the promo CD which contains the single edits of the songs.

SIDE A:
Into The Groove (Extended Remix) 8:35
Into The Groove (Dub) 6:22

SIDE B:
Everybody (Extended Remix) 7:06
Keyboards – David Cole
Producer – Mark Kamins
Producer [Additional Production], Remix – Bruce Forest, Frank Heller

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Sire – Sire ‎– PRO-A-2906, Sire ‎– PRO-A-1-2906, Sire ‎– PRO-A-2-2906
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic, Pop
Style: Dance-pop

CREDITS:
Edited By – The Latin Rascals (tracks: A1, A2)
Edited By, Producer [Additional Production], Remix – Shep Pettibone (tracks: A1, A2)
Engineer [Remix] – Andy Wallace (tracks: A1, A2)
Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ❀], Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ⁀⁀ ⁀⁀] – Brian Gardner
Producer – Madonna (tracks: A1, A2), Stephen Bray (tracks: A1, A2)
Written-By – Madonna, Stephen Bray (tracks: A1, A2)

NOTES:
PROMOTIONAL COPY.
NOT FOR SALE.
A1 & B: From the Sire album YOU CAN DANCE
A2: From the Sire CD/Cassette YOU CAN DANCE

US Promo 12″ issued with picture sleeve exclusive to this release (and back of sleeve is completely white). Tracks A1 & B are exclusive to this release. They are complete and unmixed with no fades at the beginning or end of the tracks.

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VINYL RESTORATION:
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Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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June 24, 2021

Cyndi Lauper – True Colors (UK 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1986

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This post is for all of you who have had the courage to come out live your truth, and be yourself you are an inspiration to so many.

“True Colors” is a song written by American songwriters Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly. It was both the title track and the first single released from American singer Cyndi Lauper’s second album. It was the only original song on the album that Lauper did not help to write. Released late in the summer of 1986, the song would become a major hit for Lauper, spending two weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her last single to occupy the top of the U.S. chart. It received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

The single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on October 25, 1986, beating Tina Turner’s “Typical Male” to the top spot. It also peaked at number three in Australia and New Zealand, and number 12 on the UK Singles Chart.

“True Colors” also became a standard in the gay community. In various interviews, Lauper elaborated that the song had resonated with her because of the recent death of her friend, Gregory Natal, from HIV/AIDS. Years later, Lauper co-founded the True Colors Fund, a non-profit organization dedicated to eradicating LGBTQ youth homelessness.

SIDE A:
True Colors 3:46
Written-By – T. Kelly/B. Steinberg*

SIDE B:
Money Changes Everything (Live) 6:21
Engineer, Mixed By – Ed Thacker
Written-By – T. Gray*

Heading For The Moon 3:18
Written-By – A. Stead, C. Lauper, S. Broughton Lunt*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1986	True Colors	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#1
1986	True Colors	U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	#5

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Portrait ‎– 650026 6, Portrait ‎– 650026•6
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Stereo
Country: UK
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Pop Rock, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Executive-Producer – David Wolff
Photography By – Annie Leibovitz
Producer – Cyndi Lauper, Lennie Petze

NOTES:
Track A taken from the Portrait LP: “True Colors”

Track B1 produced for Red Sox Music Productions, Inc. and is a special live version from the Portrait LP “She’s So Unusual”

Made in England.

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VINYL RESTORATION:
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June 22, 2021

Dead Or Alive – You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) (Performance Mix) (Japan 12″)

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Originally posted August 8, 2016

Released one month after the “Murder Mix” this is the second Japan 12″ release for “You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) issued on July 21, 1985.

Dead or Alive’s vocalist Pete Burns states in his autobiography that he composed “You Spin Me Round” by using two existing songs as inspiration for creating something new:

How did I write “Spin Me”? I listened to Luther Vandross’s ‘I Wanted Your Love’. It’s not the same chord structure, but then that’s the way I make music – I hear something and I sing another tune over it. I didn’t sit and study the Luther Vandross album – I heard the song and it locked. I’m trying to structure the music and I know what I want. It’s like do this, do this, do this – and suddenly it hits. I don’t want to do Luther Vandross’s song, but I can still sing the same pattern over it. And there was another record, by Little Nell, called “See You ‘Round Like A Record”. So I had those two, Van Dross and Little Nell and – bingo! – done deal.

— Pete Burns, Freak Unique (2007)

According to Burns, the record company was unenthusiastic about “You Spin Me Round”, to such an extent that Burns had to take out a £2,500 loan to record it, then once it had been recorded “the record company said it was awful. It was unanimous – it was awful, it was rubbish.” Burns states that the band had to fund the production of the song’s video themselves.

The strings were based on Richard Wagner’s classical piece “Ride of the Valkyries”.

Interviewed for BBC Radio 4’s The Reunion: The Hit Factory, in April 2015, Burns said that the confrontational attitude of the producers was met with an equally confrontational attitude from the band and that this led to “quite a bad vibe” for the entirety of the studio time, describing the experience as “a time of intense friction”.

SIDE A:
You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) (Performance Mix) 7:27
Producer – Stock, Aitken & Waterman

SIDE B:
Mighty Mix(Part 2) 7:47
Engineer – Tim Palmer
Producer – Zeus B. Held

Ba Wish You Were Here
Bb What I Want
Bc Do It
Bd Misty Circles

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
OBI: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#11
1985	You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#4
1985	You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)	U.S. Billboard Hot DanceMuisic Maxi-Singles Sales	#4

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic/Sony ‎– 12・3P-635
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: Japan
Released: 21 Jul 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Artwork – Satori (14)
Photography By – Peter Brown (23)
Written-By – Dead Or Alive

NOTES:
Also available the LP “YOUTHQUAKE”

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Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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