BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985
“Can You Feel the Beat” is a song recorded by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force from their 1985 album Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force. The song hit number 69 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 40 on the R&B singles chart in December 1985. It achieved its biggest success on the Billboard Dance chart, where it peaked at number six.
SIDE A:
Can You Feel The Beat 6:51
SIDE B:
Beat The Feel You Can (Slick Mix) 6:11
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Can You Feel The Beat | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #69 |
| 1985 | Can You Feel The Beat | U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles | #40 |
| 1985 | Can You Feel The Beat | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | #9 |
| 1985 | Can You Feel The Beat | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | #6 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Columbia – 44-05295
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Freestyle, Electro
CREDITS:
Engineer, Mixed By – Glenn “Partay” Rosenstein*
Executive-producer – Don Oriolo, Jurgen S. Korduletsch*
Producer, Written-By, Arranged By, Mixed By – Full Force
NOTES:
Special versions from the Columbia LP ” Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam With Full Force “
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: Mullard 12AX7 Preamp Vacuum Tube 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
Thank you very much Paul.
This …this… aberration…. marked exactly when popular music started to sink in the 80s. Before that, stellar music, unforgettable magic, then this… Full Force.. thing.
YOU ARE A TROLL I REMEMBER YOU FROM THE DEBBIE GIBSON POSTS YOU NEVER COMMENT UNLESS ITS RUDE OR NEGATIVE. IF YOU DONT LIKE WHAT IS POSTED KEEP IT TO YOURSELF NOBODY IS FORCING YOU TO COME HERE. DISAPPEAR TROLL!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for reminding me about Debbie, she was the post-result after the lowering of standards Cult Lisa Full Force. Later it was Tiffany and then Boys On The Block. It was a new market and it sold many records but did nothing to advance popular music. I’ve had in person conversations with profession musicians who have directly collaborated with a certain great 80s star, and they have said the same thing as I. As for me being a “TROLL”, it seems that anyone with an opposing or different view these days is marked by labels to suppress and keep things… Read more »
I was born in 1970 and grew up remembering the 80s extremely well…especially as a dj and huge music collector. The 80s had many turning points when new genres came. I would say there were about 3 genres introduced in the 80s…80-83 was the alternative/light rock stuff, 83-86 was very pop-py, and 86-89 was very dance-oriented stuff…dance meaning club-ish music which also kicked off house music. Those are my 3 categories, in general, without writing and explaining in far more detail with actual examples. This song came out in 1985 and I would not say that pop music began to… Read more »
Well this is a more civil response. We disagree and that’s okay. Very good points about technology and the audiences that the labels realized they could sell and appeal to with these acts. Debbie of course came from a more ambitious DIY musical background and I can appreciate her for really going out and achieving her dreams. I saw the appeal was a younger middle America type mall teenage girl demographic, and I think Madonna set the stage as well for her to follow a similar path but as a nicer girl type of image at the time. As for… Read more »
I think in most decades, proportionally there is a very small percentage of true musicianism that lasts and lasts. In the 80s, those groups to me were (as you named a few and some here that spilled over from the 70s) Prince, U2, Janet, Whitney, Madonna, ABC, Billy Idol, Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, The Cars, Bowie, Duran Duran, Fleetwood Mac, and Hall & Oates, The Police/Sting to name a bunch. All the other artists and their hits were, in my opinion, 1 or 2-hit wonders that were fun songs. However, I find that it’s hard for me to, for example,… Read more »
Oh, we need more Full Force records on Burning The Ground. I really loved their 12″es on CBS with radio play extra versions. They also did one of these with LisaLisa as “Spanish Fly (The Full Force Groove)” on the “Someone To Love Me For Me” 12″.
Any chance that we could hear “Kiss Those Lips” by Full Force? And for Fred there’s even “All I Wanna Do…” with Sam Fox on the flip side. 😉
I do have more Lisa Lisa and will happily post it over time. Thank you for commenting 🙂
Paul, I so loved this record. The frenetic beats always held my attention. This song gets lumped into the Freestyle genre, but I never liked that label for Latin Hip Hop. The genre got very simplistic to me with records rushed into production without good singers and producers. This song is very high-class and very well produced and performed. These guys I thought were amazing. I never had the 12-inch, so I’m grateful to you for posting it. I always can count on you for original versions of songs I’m familiar with. I loved Cameron Paul’s Hot Tracks mix to… Read more »
You’re welcome Jeff :0
Great 12″! I was just listening to Full Force last night with their work with Samantha Fox.
Jeff: I left you a message today on yesterday’s post.
-Fred