Gino Vannelli – Black Cars (Dance Mix) (US 12″)

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“Black Cars” was the first single taken from the album of the same name by Canadian singer/songwriter Gino Vannelli. Produced with his brothers Joe and Ross, the single peaked at #42 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and #4 in Canada.

The song was also a major club hit in the USA reaching #15 on the Billboard Dance/Club Chart.

SIDE A:
Black Cars (Special Dance Mix) 5:45

SIDE B:
Black Cars (Instrumental Dub Mix) 3:44
Black Cars (LP Version) 3:10

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1986	Black Cars	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#42
1986	Black cars	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#15

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: HME Records – 4W9 05205
Format:
Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Carrollton Pressing
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Pop Rock, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Art Direction, Design – Michael Hodgson (2)
Illustration – Ursula Brookbank
Management – Patrick Rains & Associates
Producer, Arranged By – Gino Vannelli, Joe Vannelli, Ross Vannelli
Written-By – Gino Vannelli, Roy Freeland

NOTES:
Manufactured by HME Records, Inc., New York.
From the LP “BLACK CARS”

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May 31, 2022

Kenny Loggins – Playing With The Boys (US 12″)

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Originally Posted: March 5, 2012

“Playing with the Boys” is a song by American singer Kenny Loggins for the Top Gun film, and featured in the volleyball scene toward the middle of the film prior to Maverick’s (Tom Cruise) dinner date with Charlie (Kelly McGillis).

Playing with the Boys debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on August 16, 1986 and peaked at the #60 position.

This song was also used for many scenes in the 1990 beach volleyball Side Out film featuring C. Thomas Howell, Peter Horton and Courtney Thorne-Smith.

Per Loggins’s memoir, the song was a hit among gay nightclubs. Spin magazine’s interviewer Jonathan Cohen called it “a sort of gay anthem”.

SIDE A:
Playing With The Boys (Dance Mix) 6:41

SIDE B:
Playing With The Boys (Dub Mix) 5:46

VINYL GRADE:
VINYL: Near Mint
SLEEVE: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1986	Playing With The Boys	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#60

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Columbia – 44-05940
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Maxi-Single, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Pop, Rock
Style: Pop Rock

CREDITS:
Engineer – Michael Hutchinson
Remix – Jellybean*
Written-By – Ina Wolf, Kenny Loggins
Written-By, Producer – Peter Wolf (3)

NOTES:
From The Motion Picture Soundtrack “Top Gun”

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May 26, 2022

R.I.P. Andrew Fletcher 1961-2022

Andrew John Leonard Fletcher (8 July 1961 – 26 May 2022), sometimes known as Fletch, was an English keyboard player, DJ and a founding member of the electronic band Depeche Mode. In 2020, Fletcher was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Depeche Mode.

In the late 1970s, Fletcher and schoolmate Vince Clarke formed the short-lived band No Romance in China, in which Fletcher played bass guitar. In 1980, Fletcher met Martin Gore at the Van Gogh pub on Paycocke Road in Basildon. With Clarke, the trio, now all on synthesizer, formed another group called Composition of Sound. Clarke served as chief songwriter and also provided lead vocals until singer Dave Gahan was recruited into the band later that year, after which they adopted the name Depeche Mode at Gahan’s suggestion. Clarke left the group in late 1981, shortly after the release of their debut album Speak & Spell.

Their 1982 follow-up album, A Broken Frame, was recorded as a trio, with Gore taking over primary songwriting duties. Musician and producer Alan Wilder joined the band in late 1982 and the group continued as a quartet until Wilder’s departure in 1995. Since then, the core trio of Gahan, Gore and Fletcher have remained active, most recently with the release of their 2017 album Spirit and ensuing world tour.

Fletcher died on 26 May 2022, aged 60.

May 24, 2022

Various Artists – The Jetsons Main Title / Jane, Get Me Off This Crazy Thing! (Canada 12″)

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After the success of the compilation album, “Tee Vee Toons presents Television’s Greatest Hits,” Ivan Ivan and Dave Erlanger teamed up with studio engineer Steve Peck and remixer Jay Burnett to produce this 1986 samplepalooza of old TV theme songs woven into a funky little novelty dance track. Called “Jane, Get Me Off This Crazy Thing!: The Tee Vee Toons Mastermix” it consisted of the music below:

“The Jetsons”
“The Flintstones”
“Howdy Doody”
“Yogi Bear”
“Magilla Gorilla”
“Top Cat”
“I Dream Of Jeannie”
“The many lives of Dobie Gillis”
“My Three Sons”
“The Dick Van Dyke Show”
“I Love Lucy”
“Mr. Ed”
“The Addams Family”
“Gilligan’s Island”
“Petticoat Junction”
“Dennis The Menace”
“Green Acres”
“The Andy Griffith Show”
“The Beverly Hillbillies”
“F-Troop”
“Bonanza”
“The Lone Ranger”
“Star Trek”
“The Twilight Zone”
“Flipper”
“Batman”
“Dragnet”
“Adam 12”
“Secret Agent”
“Mission: Impossible”
“The Tonight Show”

Also included, it has versions of “The Jetsons Main Title” theme by Hoyt Curtain, William Hanna & Joseph Barbera.

SIDE A:
The Jetsons Main Title (Original Version) 1:36
Written-By – Hoyt Curtin, Joseph Barbera, William Hanna

The Jetsons Main Title (Longplay Version) 2:12

Jane, Get Me Off This Crazy Thing! : The Tee Vee Toons Master Mix (Prime Time Radio Mix) 3:38
Mixed By – Jay Burnett

SIDE B:
Jane, Get Me Off This Crazy Thing! : The Tee Vee Toons Master Mix (Late Night Dance Mix) 6:48
Mixed By – Jay Burnett

Jane, Get Me Off This Crazy Thing! : The Tee Vee Toons Master Mix (Dubs) 3:36
Mixed By – Jay Burnett

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: A&M Records – AM 23038
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Maxi-Single, 45 RPM
Country: Canada
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Freestyle

CREDITS:
Engineer – Steve Peck
Executive-Producer –Steven Gottlieb*
Producer – Dave Erlanger, Ivan Ivan

NOTES:
Manufactured & Distributed by A&M Records Of Canada Limited

Mixed from the album : Television’s Greatest Hits – 65 TV themes from 50’s & 60’s (Records #: TVT 1100)

Tee Vee Toons Presents : Television’s Greatest Hits

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