BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1978
DISCO FRIDAY!
Hot Shot was the name of a popular disco single recorded by American singer Karen Young. The single, which is also the name of her 1978 album, reached number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart the week of August 5, 1978 and spent two weeks there.
The track also crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it only got as far as number 67 that same year. Although this single would make Young a one-hit wonder, “Hot Shot” is still considered by many as a club classic and an Old School radio staple to this day. “Hot Shot” was also featured in the 1990 movie “Reversal of Fortune” and was later used as a sample in Daft Punk’s song “Indo Silver Club” on their 1996 album Homework.
n 2007, nearly 30 years after the original charted and 16 years after Young’s death (in 1991), MaxRoxx Music released “Hot Shot: The Karen Young Reheat,” which is an updated version of “Hot Shot,” this time with new mixes using the original’s vocals. This version, which charted as “Hot Shot 2007,” also reached the Hot Dance Club Play chart, where it peaked at number 7 in March 2008. Also, in 1999, Blondie recorded a cover of the song and included it on the Japanese edition of their album No Exit and “No Exit” single.
Karen Young died of a bleeding ulcer in January 1991, at age 39.
SIDE A:
Hot Shot (Vocal) 8:40
SIDE B:
Hot Shot (Instrumental) 8:24
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint (company)
CHARTS:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Hot Shot | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #67 |
| 1978 | Hot Shot | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/ Club Play | #1 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: West End Records – WES 12111
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1978
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Style: Disco
Credits: Producer, Arranged By, Written-By – Andy Kahn, Kurt Borusiewicz
NOTES:
Recorded at Queen Village Recording Studios, Phila., PA.
Mastered at Frankford/Wayne Labs., Phila., PA.
Find The 12″ On DISCOGS
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi
Still on my alltimedance-freesaturdaymorns-longdrives-danceablecompany-outoftunemumbling-and beforegoingintotown-playlists. Oh, and the Blondie-version is on youtoobe, great fun, they made it into an ska/rocksteady!
Thanks man, one of the greatest disco tracks. hugs
thank you so much for all great work
What a great find!
Huge thanks from Brazil!
You’re welcome David 🙂
TGIDF! thanks so much, djpaul! my favorite posts of yours (historically, anyway) are of the synth-pop variety, but i’ve been REALLY digging your disco posts recently. a lot of the music i’ve never heard before (having been born at the end of that era). thanks!!
You’re welcome Mike! I’m diggin’ that you found my site and are enjoying the music 🙂
UN GRAN TEMA DISCO, ESTE VINILO AUN LO CONSERVO PERO EL PASO DE LOS AÑOS LO HA DETERIORADO UN POQUITO, QUE SUERTE QUE PAUL LO SUBA CON TAN EXCELENTE CALIDAD….MIL GRACIAS.
Manuel Andaluz Lozano
Guayaquil=Ecuador
Usted es muy agradable. Manuel Lozano Andaluz 🙂
MIL GRACIAS = THANKS A LOT
PaulT.
Dear Paul,
I 1st ‘Disco-Vered’ this when I was flicking through ‘the channels’ on TV.
{quite easy as we only had 4 in the UK @ the time !)
When I caught sound of an ‘obvious DISCO track’
& thought ‘I thought ‘The Snooker’ was on’.
It was, only they had been using this track to play behind the best shots in the snooker game -so far.
[hence ‘Hot-Shot !]
Never ‘knew by whom’ till years later.
Great story Andrew thank you for sharing. Enjoy the weekend 🙂
Great posting. Still waiting for a new link from Cerrone. It will be the next?
Big hug …
FINALLY, some good disco sound! The obvious value of this 12″ is the instrumental, since the vocal can be found in numerous CD compilations. But I look forward to experience the BTG treatment of the vinyl sound, which most of the times is a lot better of “remastered” equivalents. A powerful smash which conquered the dancefloors in its era, still creates a difference on many dancefloors around the world. Although it has been remixed (and covered) many times over the years, nothing compares to the original. Another favourite of mine from the same LP is “Bring on the boys”, also… Read more »
I hope that you like my transfer George E. Have a great weekend 🙂
I will be sure to check out her other singles and hopefully feature them on BTG in the future 🙂
Oh, Paul, that would be just GREAT! I have this release: http://www.discogs.com/Karen-Young-Bring-On-The-Boys/release/1335342 The pressing is excellent, on heavy vinyl and features TWO extended versions of the rest of the (disco-interesting) tracks of the album. Note: They both actually time at 7:22 (!) (Not a type-error as I first thought). By the way, your transfer of “Hot Shots” sounds better than ever. Thanks again!
Thank you for the info George E. I am also happy that you like my transfer 🙂
Great disco track!
thanks!
You’re welcome Drake. Have a nice weekend 🙂