Burning The Ground Exclusive 1988
“Dancing Under a Latin Moon” is the debut single recorded by Canadian pop band Candi & The Backbeat (initially named Candi) fronted by lead vocalist Candita “Candi” Pennella. “Dancing Under a Latin Moon” became a hit in Canada reaching #24 on the Canadian pop chart, and #8 on the Canadian Dance Chart. In the United States the record peaked at #68 on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 19, 1988, spending seven weeks on the survey “Dancing Under a Latin Moon” also reached #46 on the U.S. Dance chart.
SIDE A:
Dancing Under A Latin Moon (Vocal Club Mix) 8:10
Dancing Under A Latin Moon (Bonus Beats) 3:17
SIDE B:
Dancing Under A Latin Moon (Power Radio Single Mix) 4:36
Dancing Under A Latin Moon (Instrumental Dub Mix) 6:17
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Dancing Under A Latin Moon | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | #46 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Somersault Records – SOM-112
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: Canada
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: Latin, Synth-pop, Freestyle
CREDITS:
- Backing Vocals – Nino*, Rich*
- Bass – Nino*
- Drums, Percussion – Paul*
- Engineer – Brian Nevin
- Engineer [Remix] – Ron Cristopher*
- Executive-Producer – Bruce Bradley, Michael McCarthy
- Keyboards – Rich*
- Lead Vocals – Candy*
- Producer – David Shaw (12)
- Remix, Edited By – Howard Prince
- Written-By – Alan Scott*, Michael Jay, Robbie Seidman
NOTES:
A Somersault / SBK Production.
Produced and engineered for Katalist Music Inc.
Recorded at Video Sound Studios.
Remixed at Mastersound, Atlanta, Georgia.
Remixed and edited for Prime Cuts Productions.
From the LP “CANDI”
Buy the 12″ at DISCOGS
VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
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THE GEAR:
Turntable: Technics SL-1200MK7
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Black PnP MkII
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
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi
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This music was awesome!
I forgot to mention, I’m 23 and this is way better than today’s ‘hit’ music that most people hear. I wish we had more of this happy style music today. I wish I grew up in the 80’s.
Thank you so much for this, do you also have Candi’s “Love Makes No Promises” 12” to share? has the long version, edited version and the instrumental. Thanks
Hi Brian, sorry I don’t have that one at this time. It looks like it was only released on 12″ in the UK so it is a bit harder to get. I will keep an eye out for a copy though.
Thank You Paul, this was & still is a great trak, they don’t make music like this anymore which is too bad.
You’re welcome, Nicki 🙂
The 80s were over by the late 80s. Popular music started the 80s decade with incredible music and amazing artists, then, we got this. And Debbie Gibson, Tiffany, Back Street, Paula, Milli Vanilli, Poison, etc. etc. What happened?!?!
That’s true, but we did also have more socially conscious artists like Tracy Chapman, Indigo Girls, Suzanne Vega, along with old stalwarts like Carly Simon, Bonnie Raitt, Springsteen, Bowie, Stones, Aerosmith, Guns N’ Roses, etc. etc. Still tons of great music to be found.
Unfathomable that she wasn’t a bigger hit in North America. I sense there’s a bigger story, somewhere.
Thanks for more nifty tunes, PaulT!
Most of the time it is due to the label not backing or promoting the artist. Candi recorded two albums and then disappeared.
Thanks Paul!! Love this, it’s so catchy!! Nice to see it was a bigger hit in her native Canada, but how was it not bigger here in the States?! It’s got a little of everything – Miami Sound Machine, Madonna, Debbie Gibson… I’m honestly surprised she didn’t make a bigger impression here, but so grateful to you for putting her back in the spotlight. Thank you again Paul!!
She had a great band behind her with great production. She had what it takes. I wish they made joyful infectious music like this nowadays. I am happy you like it 🙂
You’re so right. Joyful and infectious… what used to be the standard has now sadly gone missing. Boy were we spoiled.
This is something that is definitely in my wheelhouse! I loved your previous post of her “Under Your Spell” record, so this is a very welcomed post! Paul, thanks for sharing these great records with us! They keep me dancing all season long!!
Jeff
Major earworm here 🙂 Enjoy!
So right, Paul!! This is quite infectious in every way!! Reminded me of Madonna with that joyful energy her early records had! Gosh, I miss music like this. Great production and beats. No sluggish tempos like a lot of Hip Hop records have these days!! Just music to make one go out dancing in the streets!!
Jeff
Couldn’t agree more Jeff!