Jody Watley – Girls Night Out (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

“Girls Night Out” is the second solo single by American singer, songwriter, record producer, and trendsetting artist in music, video, and style whose music crosses genres including pop, R&B, jazz, dance, and electronic soul. In 1987, she won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. and has been nominated for three Grammy awards.

“Girls Night Out” was Watley’s second solo recording after leaving Shalamar, and also the follow up to her debut solo single “Where The Boys Are”. Both singles were only released in the UK on Mercury Records. The b-side track “My House (4-Free)”, later became a club hit in 1990 for Paul Lekakis, the famed singer of “Boom, Boom (Let’s Go Back To My Room)”.

SIDE A:
Girls Night Out (Dance Mix) 5:53
Engineer – Gary Langan
Producer – Bruce Woolley , Gary Langan
Written-By – B. Woolley* , J. Watley*

SIDE B:
My House (4-free) 4:50
Engineer – Simon Sullivan
Producer – Bruce Woolley
Written-By – B. Woolley* , J. Watley*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Mercury – Merx 196
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Design – Laurence Stevens
Photography – Brian Aris

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck 
Phono Pre-amp:
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube:
Tung-Sol 12AX7 TubeGold Pins
Soundcard:
Novation Audiohub 2×4 Audio Interface
Record Cleaning:
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans:
Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2, ocenaudio
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

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David Miller
David Miller
June 5, 2023 12:59 am

Please Please Please re-up this, I’m begging!!! I missed these two pre debut album singles when you posted them and would love love love to have them. Thank you

Muff Diver
Muff Diver
January 22, 2021 2:44 pm

I’ve heard of Shalamar and Jody Watley, but I”m unfamiliar with her music. Since there’s so many entries here under her name, I figure I almost missed out on something good.
Thanks Paul, for keeping her links open for us stragglers 🙂

johan gruyters
johan gruyters
May 6, 2018 3:00 pm

One of my favorie jody records,
Thanks Paul.

Kaex
Kaex
May 4, 2018 5:54 pm

Love Jody Watley !

Actually just spun up my copy of “Friends” last night

Thanks Paul !

Mark
Mark
May 4, 2018 2:36 pm

Always a pleasure to see a Jody Watley post on here.

Thanks Paul 🙂

Walter C
Walter C
May 4, 2018 1:37 pm

Jody Watley, what a great artist… and she’s touring the US right now!

Jeff
Jeff
May 4, 2018 1:26 pm

Always a highlight for me Paul is when you post something from one of your favorite artists. You are such a completest when it comes to your favorites. I enjoy filling in the gaps of my music collection with records that you hold near and dear. It’s always a sonic smorgasbord with you. Lately, I’m going back through your discography artists and nabbing the 24 bit flac downloads because of their wonderful fidelities. I love the MP3s, but there is nothing better than the lossless varieties of the tracks you post. Thanks for another splendid week of musical thrills! I… Read more »

Daniel
Daniel
May 4, 2018 1:12 pm

Thanks Paul. I didn’t know about this early single of Jody Watley. The Dance mix is awesome. Have a great weekend.