BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987
“Let Me Be the One” is a single by Exposé, released on May 15, 1987. Written and produced by Lewis Martineé and appears on their debut album, Exposure. The lead vocals on the song were performed by Gioia Bruno.
Released as a single in August 1987, “Let Me Be the One” became the group’s third consecutive top-ten single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in October of that year, when it peaked at No. 7. The song also reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. In the United Kingdom, the song reached No. 76 on the British pop chart.
SIDE A:
Let Me Be The One (Extended Mix) 8:04
Let Me Be The One (Crossover Mix) 4:57
SIDE B:
Let Me Be The One (Radio Edit / Single Version) 4:08
Let Me Be The One (Dub Mix) 8:34
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Let Me Be The One | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #7 |
| 1987 | Let Me Be The One | U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles | #23 |
| 1987 | Let Me Be The One | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | #2 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Arista – AD1-9618
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: Freestyle, Downtempo, Synth-pop
CREDITS:
Executive Producer – Fancisco J. Diaz
Mastered By – Michael Fuller*
Mixed By – Mike Couzzi, Rick “Billy Bob” Alonso*
Performer – Ann Curless, Gioia Bruno*, Jeanette Jurado
Photography – Iraida Icaza, Lewis Ziolek, Sam Emerson
Producer, Written-By, Arranged By, Mixed By – Lewis A. Martineé
NOTES:
Mixed at New River Studio, Ft. Lauderdale
Mastered at Fullersound, Inc., Miami
From the Arista LP “EXPOSURE”
Find the 12″ on DISCOGS
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
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 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
Thanks for this!!! Greatly appreciated. Do you have the US 12″ of their Tell Me Why? Please post.
Oh those wonderful 1980’s girl groups!! Paul, thank you for continuing the discography of Expose on your page. This was always a great track and again, I am breathless because of the dub version you’ve posted. Lewis A. Martineé is such a great producer and his Latin Hip Hop tracks are so good compared to a lot of other inferior Freetstyle records. This is high quality stuff with excellent thought, mix and production and musicality. I do so love it all!!
Bravo!
Jeff
Surprising 12 inch. Many versions are on this that I did not yet have on cd releases. thanks!
I have a few singles by Expose, but not this one. I remember hearing the aforementioned “Dub Mix” and was bowed over straight away.
Thanks Paul 🙂
You’re welcome Junior 🙂
Thankyou for this Paul. I hope you post “Stop Listen Look & Think” by Expose’ sometime. That was released as a single only on 12″ promo.
Dan I have “Stop Listen Look & Think” in a box so I will dig it out and try to post it when I can 🙂
🙂
Thank you so much Paul for this sublime rip. I love the songs of their debut album. My favorite track is “Come go with me”. I also have the Cherry Red Remastered edition. It’s great to get the Dub Mix for the first time in pristine audio quality.
You’re most welcome Daniel I think “Come Go Wth Me” is my favorite too 🙂
Ooo — fab! CHEERS. 🙂
Thank you! 🙂
Thx Paul,
another great post!
the Dub mix is missing from the Cherry Red remastered edition
and your audio quality is superior.
Regards.
The “Dub Mix” is awesome a really good mix 🙂