Grace Jones – On Your Knees (US 12″)

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“On Your Knees” is a 1979 single by a Jamaican singer Grace Jones.

The song was the first and in most parts of the world the only single release from Grace Jones’ third album Muse (1979). In most territories it was credited as a double A-side with “Don’t Mess with the Messer”. The 7″ single featured edited versions of both tracks while the 12″ included a very slightly different mix of “On Your Knees” and an extended remix of “Don’t Mess with the Messer”. None of these mixes and edits have been re-issued on CD. Originally released in the year of the so-called anti-disco backlash. The single was ignored by the record-buying public and left no impact on music charts.

The record cover artwork, designed by Richard Bevistein, was featured in Michael Ochs’ 1996 book 1000 Record Covers.

SIDE A:
On Your Knees (Tom Moulton Mix) 6:30
Arranged By – Thor Bauldursson*
Written-By – D.C. LaRue, J. Corbetta*

SIDE B:
Don’t Mess With The Messer (Tom Moulton Mix) 6:27
Arranged By – John Davis (5)
Written-By – G. Jones*, P. Papadiamandis*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1979	On Your Knees	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	#28

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Island Records – DISD 8869
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1979
Genre: Electronic
Style: Disco
Credits: Mastered By – Jose Rodriguez*
Producer, Mixed By – Tom Moulton

NOTES:
Mastered at Sterling Sound.
From the Island Records LP “MUSE”

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January 27, 2012

The Sisters Of Mercy – Temple Of Love (UK 7″)

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The Sisters of Mercy are an English Gothic Rock band that formed in 1980. After achieving early underground fame in UK, the band had their commercial breakthrough in mid-1980s and sustained it until the early 1990s, when they stopped releasing new recorded output in protest against their record company. Currently, the band is a touring outfit only.

On 15th October 1983 Temple Of Love entered the UK Independent Charts peaking at #1. After the success of “Temple of Love”, the band signed a contract with major record label WEA.

This 7″ contains the original 1983 version of “Temple Of Love” which has not been released on CD.

SIDE A:
Temple Of Love 3:52

SIDE B:
Heartland 4:42

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Merciful Release – MR 027
Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Goth Rock
Credits: Producer – Andrew Eldritch
Recorded By – Chris Nagle, Richard Scott (2)

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January 26, 2012

Adam Ant – Puss’N Boots (UK 12″)

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Recorded at Polar Studios in Stockholm in the late summer of 1983 with Phil Collins as both drummer and producer, “Puss ‘N’ Boots” was released as a single in October of 1983. It was backed by “Kiss The Drummer”. The A side appeared on his second solo album, Strip. The B side was a non-LP track. The single reached the #5 spot on the U.K. singles chart.

SIDE A:
Puss’N Boots (Extended Version) 5:04
Bass, Vocals, Guitar – Adam*
Drums, Percussion – Phil Collins
Engineer – Hugh Padgham
Guitar – Marco*
Producer – Phil Collins

SIDE B:
Kiss The Drummer (Extended Version) 5:25
Drums – Paris
Engineer – Paris
Guitar, Keyboards – Marco*
Producer – Ant*, Marco*
Vocals, Bass, Keyboards, Percussion – Adam*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: CBS – TA3614
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 24 Oct 1983
Genre: electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Design – Adam Ant, J.B. (19)
Photography By – Alan Ballard*
Written-By – Ant*, Marco*

NOTES:
Phil Collins appears courtesy of Virgin Records
“Puss’N Boots” taken from the forthcoming album “Strip”
“Antmusic For Sex People”

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January 23, 2012

Ian Dury And The Blockheads – Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick (US 12″)

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“Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick” is a song and single by Ian Dury & The Blockheads, first released 23 November 1978 and was first released on the 7″ single BUY 38 Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick / There Ain’t Half Been Some Clever Bastards by Stiff Records. It went to number one on the UK Singles Chart in January 1979, and is the band’s most successful single ever. It also was named best single of 1979 in the Pazz & Jop poll.

Its lyrics mix various locations across the world and a number of phrases in non-English languages (including French and German). According to its author Ian Dury, the song has an anti-violence message.

On radio Rhythm Stick was a popular song from its release, but the single was initially kept from the number one spot in the charts by The Village People’s smash hit YMCA, which was at number one for five consecutive weeks. However, on the 27th of January 1979, Watt-Roy, Turnbull and Charley Charles (drums) were waiting outside the Gaumont State Cinema, Kilburn, London, listening to a car radio when it was announced that Rhythm Stick was the new number one. Ian Dury was on holiday in Cannes, where he was at the beach when the hotel staff brought him a bottle of champagne and told him the news. For their appearance on Top of the Pops the whole band bought Moss Bros suits. Laurie Lewis, a friend of Ian Dury’s from college, shot the promotional video for the single; while it simply showed the band playing on stage, it was an important piece of footage for Ian Dury, who for the first time appeared in public without his pink jacket or another long sleeved shirt hiding his left arm, withered by Poliomyelitis as a child.

SIDE A:
Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick (Disco Version) 5:20

SIDE B:
Reasons To Be Cheerful (Pt. 3) 4:53

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1978	Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	#79

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic – 48 50799
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1979
Genre: Funk / Soul, Rock
Style: Leftfield, Disco

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