Magazine 60 – Don Quichotte (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

Side 1

R E Q U E S T

Magazine 60 is a French synth-pop band founded by music producer, Jean-Luc Drion. Other members are Dominique Régiacorte and Véronique Oliver. The group was best known for the 1984 song, “Don Quichotte,” which hit the Top 10 in France and the Top 60 in the United States in 1986.

SIDE A:
Don Quichotte (U.S. Remix) 6:29
Remix – Martin Rodriguez

SIDE B:
Don Quichotte 5:05

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint (company)

CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1986 Don Quichotte U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #56
1986 Don Quichotte U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play #16

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Baja Records ‎– B-54
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Producer – D.J.L. Productions*
Written-By –J.L. Drion-D. Regiacorte*

NOTES:
Pressed on black transparent vinyl.
A D.J.L. Production Licensed from: RKM
Special Thanks to: Patrick Jenkins
Etching on both sides: “S.S. TEAM IS GOSHO” & a small flower.

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Side 2

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

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Devotion
June 23, 2013 3:23 am

Thanks…. I remember too, “rendez-Vous sur la costa del sol”

JonEthin
JonEthin
June 20, 2013 11:01 am

Good request I guess, right Paul 🙂 …Thank you for putting this one up. I still play this one everytime I am booked to play some 80’s. Nice floor filler. Another request: More Dead Or Alive please… 🙂 🙂 🙂

dazz22
dazz22
June 20, 2013 3:46 am

im going blind here curious never heard of it then again i may have lets try it

musicdivaSF
musicdivaSF
June 20, 2013 1:53 am

Si, Si, Si, Senor PaulT! Don Quichotte was a favorite of mine back in the day, and to see this was such europop treat from you today. Thank you!

ric
ric
June 19, 2013 10:17 pm

Thanks Paul!
Great 80s euro classic, but I was surprised it crossed over and cracked the Hot 100. Was it due to MTV play?

antbee
antbee
June 19, 2013 8:31 pm

Thanks so much, Paul! Love this song!

Doug
Doug
June 19, 2013 7:15 pm

This is one of those songs I would not have heard without this blog! Thanks!!

cdmaniac
June 19, 2013 6:15 pm

I love this track!! One of my faves!!!

Lordofvhs
June 19, 2013 2:20 pm

great blog I’ll find just now. awesome stuff and prettiest maxis -greetings from spain

Diego
Diego
June 19, 2013 1:10 pm

Many thanks for this 12″!!
Greetings from Uruguay.

JonEthin
JonEthin
June 19, 2013 1:01 pm

AWESOME PAUL!!!!! Thank you!!! Awesome Tune!

alex
alex
June 19, 2013 12:54 pm

Thank you!!!!

Ivica
Ivica
June 19, 2013 12:22 pm

Thank You very much for this post…Magazin 60 is one of my favourite…Best wishes to you…Regards from veerrryyy hot Croatia…