Burning The Ground Exclusive 1984
“Don’t Stand Another Chance” is a song by American recording artist Janet Jackson, included on her second studio album, Dream Street (1984). It was written by Marlon Jackson and John Barnes. Marlon also produced it, and provided backing vocals along with his brothers Michael, Jermaine, Tito, and Jackie. “Don’t Stand Another Chance” was released as the lead single from Dream Street on August 13, 1984, by A&M Records.
“Don’t Stand Another Chance” received generally positive reviews from critics. Although it did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100, the song managed to reach number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles. “Don’t Stand Another Chance” became Jackson’s second single to enter the top ten of the Hot R&B Songs chart, reaching number nine. To promote Dream Street and the single, Jackson performed the song on American Bandstand. She later included the song on her 2008 Rock Witchu Tour and her performance at the 2010 Essence Music Festival.
“Dream Street” is both the lowest charting studio album of Janet Jackson’s career in the US, and her only studio album to not spawn any hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
There was not a music video filmed for “Don’t Stand Another Chance”.
SIDE A:
Don’t Stand Another Chance (Specially Remixed Version) 6:55
SIDE B:
Don’t Stand Another Chance (Dub Version) 6:52
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Don’t Stand Another Chance | U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Songs | #9 |
| 1984 | Blue Jean | U.S. Billboard Dance Music/Club Play | #23 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: &M Records – SP-12105
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: US
Released: Aug, 1984
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Style: Funk, Synth-pop
CREDITS:
- Co-producer, Written-By – John Barnes
- Engineer – Bill Bottrell
- Mixed By – Bill Bottrell
- Producer, Written-By – Marlon Jackson
- Remix – John McClain
NOTES:
Produced by Marlon Jackson for V.B.M Productions
Associate Producer: John Barnes
Engineered and Mixed by: “Big Bucks” Bill Botrell
Mixologist: John McClain
Original version appears on the A&M album “Dream Street”
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VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
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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
**24bit FLAC Only Available For Seven Days!
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Paul, wanted to offer my genuine thanks for your efforts over the years!!! Your work has brought back many great childhood memories for me.
Thank you fift I appreciate you taking the time to post this comment really means a lot 🙂
Such a great post, Paul! Love this early JJ track. Can’t believe it wasn’t a big hit. And Michael was so obvious throughout. Thank you for sharing – this is a rare gem indeed!
You’re welcome, MusicMan3 thanks for being a long-time BTG follower 🙂
Did you know? Going 24 bits doesn’t bring anything to the table? Monty Montgomery, a fellow engineer, did a marvelous video on this: https://youtu.be/cIQ9IXSUzuM Cheers!
And by the way, thanks for your posts!
It does allow for “superior” sound shaping when dithering Not ot mention other aspects. SQ of course is in ear of beholder.
Ref: Alan J. Oppenheimer – Discrete Time Signal Processing. Undergrad Electrical Engineering.
Thanks for the discussion that has been had here on BTG in the past. I give two options: either you can choose 16-bit if you like or 24-bit if you prefer that. This all comes down to preference; in my opinion, there is no right or wrong. I prefer 24/96. I can hear the difference, but my ears are pretty sensitive. Heck, I can hear a click or pop when others don’t hear it at all. Just choose what you like. 🙂
Well, technically speaking, 16/44.1 is already better than your ears! Anyway, it was just to help saving space & bandwidth. If you ear a difference, then there’s something in your recording settings / transcoding / dsp. Thx.
Thanks, Paul! I haven’t heard this in awhile and I’m a big JJ fan!! On a side note to everyone here, if you like Garbage’s When I Grow Up, I edited the Danny Tenaglia mix from 11:08 down to 5:48 and then also a Radio Edit at 4:11. He did a great job remixing it, but it was just sooooo long. Here is the link: https://we.tl/t-NcqjoW2U5g Feedback is welcome! Thanks again, Paul for the great post and all your effort!
Love it! #Garbage
Hey Fred, Thanks for the link. I’ll be honest, I am in no way a Danny Tenaglia fan. Probably, because, like you said, his mixes were just sooooo long!! Plus, I don’t like mixes where there are “air beats” for long periods. The great Joseph Watt, of the remix service, Razormaid, always corrected them so the breaks wouldn’t go on that long with a solid beat underneath. I do want to tell you though; I love how you corrected the horrible length of the original single. I actually like what you’ve done. It’s a vast improvement over Mr. Tenaglia’s mix.… Read more »
Most 12” mixes created for mixing on the dance floor don’t translate well to radio or a listening environment. 7” mixes usually take out the energy of a dance mix; so I like a mix like yours that has the elements not on the 7” but removes the redundant repetition of the usual 12” mix that gets boring.
I’m not aware of Janet Jackson’s earlier singles. I guess Control in 86 was my first introduction to her.
Thanks Paul, for this earlier single 🙂
You’re welcome, Marco 🙂
Thank you for this, it would be awesome if you did the 7″ single as well as it has a b-side that has never been available on CD or digitally called “Rock ‘N’ Roll” Janet is my favorite of all time and that would be so awesome. Thank you.
You’re welcome 🙂
Love these fresh beats!! I didn’t realize Janet’s brothers (including Michael) provided backing vocals. From little Penny on Good Times to Charlene on Diff’rent Strokes to this, the baby sister was growing up! Thank you Paul!!
You’re welcome, Retro Hound 🙂
I really like these early Janet recordings. I loved watching her on the television show, “Fame” which had her performing, “Dream Street” as her swan song for that show. Such magical memories for me. I love tracking an artists” early discography. Thank you, Paul, for taking us back to “the beginnings.”
Jeff
I have this 12” and I saw that episode while at my Grandma’s! It’s my first memory of knowing who “Michael’s little sister” was! (I also have the 12” for “Fast Girls” also from this album and produced by Jesse Johnson, who did a version with, a bit different lyrics, shall we say, for a b-side.). This song, Dream Street and Say You Do from her first album are essential pre-Control tracks!
Thanks Paul!
Jeff, I was checking to see who did the editing and remixing on this single, just to make sure you didn’t need an emergency back up! LOL.
Hey, Retro Hound!!
What you said made me break into a hearty laugh! Thanks for thinking of me!!
Jeff
I love how on this release the remixer John McClain was referred to as “Mixologist” really wish that term had stuck.
I really love this term too, Paul. Let’s bring it back!!!
Jeff
Thanks so much for this, Paul! If you ever come across the 7″, that’s great too for the non-LP b-side “Rock ‘n’ Roll” which has never been released digitally. In fact, high quality digital versions of many of Janet’s pre-Rhythm Nation singles are very hard to find. Even most of the short versions released on compilations are slightly different from the original 7″ singles. Early Janet Jackson is always much appreciated by me.
I will see what I have in my collection.
Looking forward to it! And a very belated thanks for previously uploading other early Janet singles, Young Love, Start Anew and especially The Pleasure Principle with the rare 7″ remix!
the beginning!