Raquel – This Girl’s Back in Town (US 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1987

  • NEW 2022 Transfer!
  • NEW Meticulous Audio Restoration!
  • Originally posted October 5, 2011

“This Girl’s Back In Town” is a 1987 dance single released by American actress and model Raquel Welch. Written by Paul Jabara and Bob Esty, the song was produced and arranged by Michael Zager. “This Girl’s Back In Town” peaked at #29 on the US dance chart.

SIDE A:
This Girl’s Back In Town (Extended Vocal Remix) 6:45

SIDE B:
This Girl’s Back In Town (Extended Rhythm Remix) 5:25

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year Single Chart Position
1987 This Girl’s Back In Town U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #29

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Columbia – 44 07477
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Art Direction –  Tony Lane And Nancy Donald
Lyrics By [Additional Lyrics By] – Raquel Welch
Mixed By, Producer [Additional Production] –Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero

Photography By –  Greg Gorman
Producer, Arranged By – Bob EstyMichael Zager
Vocals – Raquel Welch
Written-By – Bob EstyPaul Jabara

NOTES:
Additional lyrics by Raquel Welch
Produced and arranged for Raquel Welch Productions, Inc.
Precious jewels by The House of harry Winston, Necklave by Van Cleel & Arpels.

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

THE GEAR:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Black
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp:
Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
DAC:
Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Record Cleaning
: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans
: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

SOFTWARE:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2
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)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

**24bit FLAC only available for seven days!


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R2D2
R2D2
July 11, 2022 9:11 pm

OMG THANKS MAN THIS IS SICK SONG!

Retro Hound
Retro Hound
July 8, 2022 7:58 pm

Thanks for this one from the Queen Diva! She rocked that video too btw.

Jeff
Jeff
July 8, 2022 5:02 pm

So sorry about being late to respond. Very excited about this song as I missed it the first time around. Anything that Paul Jabara gets involved in I usually LOVE!! Thanks a million Paul for this treat!!

Have a great weekend!!

Jeff

Todd Tomorrow
Todd Tomorrow
July 8, 2022 4:50 pm

Thank you!

DJ Mike Brady
July 8, 2022 12:28 pm

This sounds familiar enough that I’m *sure* I heard it at least once back in the day… but it’s been a good 35 years since then, so thanks for bringing it back, Paul!