BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983
DISCO FRIDAY
Re-Rip Newly Remastered!
Originally I posted this one on April 14, 2010. But for those who may have missed it or if you are a new reader just discovering BTG. I decided to give this one a new rip with my newer Ortofon Super 30 stylus. This 12″ is also being posted in 24 bit flac for the very first time!
“The Woman in You” is one of five songs the Bee Gees contributed to the film, Staying Alive, the sequel to Saturday Night Fever. Director Sylvester Stallone used the Bee Gees songs in the movie more as background music rather than the prominent way Saturday Night Fever had featured them. The single received more airplay than the Bee Gees previous two singles, though not enough to reach a Top 10 position.
The video, directed by Brian Grant and conceptualised by Keith Williams, which did air in rotation on MTV, featured each brother in a working class job where they all come in contact with the same woman who lures them away.
In interviews following the release of the film, the brothers expressed their displeasure at the way their songs were edited and revealed that their hearts were not in the music. By 1983, the Bee Gees were focusing their talents on solo projects and productions of other artists, so it is not surprising that they were not all enthusiastic about the Staying Alive movie.
The Woman In You peaked at #24 in the US and #81 in the Uk. The 12″ single featued the extended version of the song and a nine minute megamix called Saturday Night Mix, whichcontained songs from Saturady Night Fever.
SIDE A:
The Woman In You (Extended Version) 5:44
SIDE B:
Saturday Night Mix 9:00
(a) More Than A Woman
(b) Stayin’ Alive
(c) Night Fever
(d) Jive Talkin’
(e) You Should Be Dancing
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
---|---|---|---|
1984 | Blue Jean | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #24 |
1984 | Blue Jean | U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | #31 |
1984 | Blue Jean | U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles | #77 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: RSO. – RSOX 94
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Pop Rock, Disco
Crdits: Written-By – Barry, Robin And Maurice Gibb*
NOTES:
Taken from the forthcoming RSO Soundtrack “STAYING ALIVE”
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
Excellent blog!
Do you have Bee Gees / Yvonne Elliman special disco versions?
Kind Regards
Thank you soooo much for this!
Super exciting! I have never heard of this saturday night mix. Can’t wait to play it. THANK YOU!
Thank you, Paul! Gotta have that mega-mix on the B-side!
Thank you very much Paul! You can never have enough Bee Gees songs 🙂
As usual Lovely Crystal Clear rip.
But the Mega Mix is just awful , All the individual songs I love but the mixing is so …… plain bad !
Oh, I don’t know, I’ve heard medley mixes that were much worse than this. 🙂 (Go find the 45RPM single version of Chicago’s “Make Me Smile / More Than Ever” sometime; the edits are so jarring it’s like somebody just hacked their way through it with a chain saw.) I do often find myself listening to certain mixes from the 80s and thinking “geez, I could remix it more smoothly than that, and I’m just an amateur with a desktop PC and a ten-year-old copy of Cool Edit Pro”… and then I realize that even that ten-year-old software represents a… Read more »
Great choice of a re-rip. Thanks Paul!
It’s really tough to live up to the Saturday Night Live legacy. While no songs match the brilliance of the original soundtrack, I do enjoy this and Far From Over, and love the ballads Someone Belonging To Someone and I Never Gonna Give You Up.
Thanks Ric! Yeah it wouuld almost be impossible to follow up such an iconic movie and soundtrack with anything. Still I like “Staying Alive” the movie and the music.Hard to beleive it was directed by Sylvester Stallone 🙂
Oh dear, I meant the Bee Gees…
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🙂
Thanks Paul, big fan of the Eurythmics…
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Gotcha Ex15 🙂
nice. very nice. thank you.
You’re welcome Hofgeest 🙂
excellent bro, have a nice weekend
Thank you Lordofvhs. Have a nice weekend 🙂
Paul!
Thank you very much for this Bee Gees single! 🙂
You’re welcome Spring 🙂
Very great choice for a re-rip, Paul! Hope the other BeeGees 12 inches get the same treatment soon. They are dead on this blog for too long now! The BeeGees catalogue should always be available, period. Love their music.
Thanks Stefano! The others are on my radar 🙂
Yeah, they really need a new rip with your new equipment.
But in the meantime: thanks for this one!
Very cool! Thanks!
You’re welcome Mike 🙂