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Exile – How Could This Go Wrong (US 12″)

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“How Could This Go Wrong” is a 1979 song performed by the American group Exile. Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn wrote it. The song was included on the band’s fourth studio album All There Is, and it was the first of three singles released from the LP. After spending only two weeks on the survey, the song reached #88 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on April 29, 1979. In the U.K. the song reached #46. “How Could This Go Wrong” also charted in Australia #68, and New Zealand #67.

The pop and country music group, formed in Richmond, Kentucky, in 1963 as the Exiles. They toured with Dick Clark Caravan of Stars from 1965 to 1968. In 1972 they changed their name to Exile. In 1978 they had a US #1 pop hit with “Kiss You All Over”. They evolved into country music in 1983 with many subsequent country chart hits.

The “Disco Mix” is only available on this U.S. 12″.

SIDE A:
How Could This Go Wrong (Disco Mix) 6:20
Written-By – Mike Chapman/Nicky ChinnJames P. PenningtonLynda Lawley*

SIDE B:
Being In Love With You Is Easy 5:37
Written-By – James P. Pennington*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1979 How Could This Go Wrong U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #88

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Warner Bros. Records – WBSD 8797, Curb Records – WBSD 8797
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1979
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Pop Rock, Disco

CREDITS:

NOTES:
From the LP “All There Is”

Disco – Stereo

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Leif Garrett – Feel The Need / New York City Nights (US 12″ Promo)

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“Feel The Need” is a hit song originally recorded by the American R&B group Detroit Emeralds in 1972 titled “Feel The Need In Me”. The group re-recorded the song and re-released a disco version in 1977 as “Feel the Need”.

In 1979 American singer Leif Garrett released a cover of the song from his second studio LP of the same name. “Feel The Need” was the follow-up to his top ten single “I Was Made For Dancin ” released in October 1978. “Feel The Need” peaked at #57 on the U.S. Billboard Singles chart on June 2, 1979, after spending eight weeks on the survey. The single reached #38 in the U.K. “Feel The Need” represented the last success on the pop charts for Leif Garrett who had an 18-month run with several singles and two albums.

The b-side “New York City Nights” is a non-album track.

SIDE A:
Feel The Need (Disco Mix) 5:38
Written-By – Abrim Tilmon

SIDE B:
New York City Nights 2:47
Written-By – Andrew J. DiTaranto*Guy Hemric

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1979 Feel The Need U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #57

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Scotti Bros. Records – DSKO 164
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1979
Genre: Electronic
Style: Disco

CREDITS:

NOTES:
Side A is from the LP Feel The Need
Side B is a Non-Album track.

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Cliff Richard – We Don’t Talk Anymore (Germany 12″)

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Originally posted January 11, 2013

“We Don’t Talk Anymore” is a song recorded by Cliff Richard, written by Alan Tarney, and produced by the Shadows’ rhythm guitarist, Bruce Welch. It was released in 1979 as a single and reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in August 1979, remaining there for four weeks, Richard’s tenth UK number one and his first since “Congratulations” in 1968.

Tarney wrote the song in 1979, planning to use it on an album with the Tarney/Spencer Band. However, Tarney played a demo of the song to Welch during a break in recording sessions for Where to Now by Charlie Dore (which the two were producing). Welch instantly knew it was going to be a hit and phoned up Richard’s manager Peter Gormley, as he believed “there was only one person who could record it — Cliff Richard”. It was then quickly recorded in May 1979 at RG Jones Recording Studios in Wimbledon.

It was released as a stop-gap single between the albums Green Light and Rock ‘n’ Roll Juvenile. However, it wasn’t meant to be included on Rock ‘n’ Roll Juvenile, as Richard didn’t think it was appropriate for “an energy-packed album of progressive rock ‘n’ roll”. However, record label EMI were insistent on including it after it became a massive hit and Richard reluctantly conceded. Due to the single’s success, Tarney was brought in to produce Richard’s next two albums I’m No Hero and Wired for Sound, and has said that “‘We Don’t Talk Anymore’ should have been on I’m No Hero”.

The single release featured the B-side “Count Me Out” written by Terry Britten and Welch and taken from Green Light. In several European countries, a 12-inch single was released, featuring an extended slightly remixed version of the song that runs to seven minutes long. This version has never been released on CD. The US release of the single features an edited version of “We Don’t Talk Anymore”, which fades over half a minute early.

In December 1990, a remixed version of “We Don’t Talk Anymore” was released as a single in continental Europe and in Australasia in November 1991. Taken from the live album From a Distance: The Event, it was remixed by Ian Curnow and Phil Harding at the PWL Studios. The single failed to chart.

Coming just before his 39th birthday, and just when it was announced that he was to receive the OBE for services to music, the record cemented his comeback, which continued well into the 1980s and 1990s. The single was his biggest worldwide seller; it was number one in Germany for five weeks (his only English-language German chart-topper, though he had two German-language number ones there in the 1960s), and reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the United States. The fact that its chart run extended beyond the end of 1979 meant Richard became the first act to reach the Hot 100’s top 40 in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

The single sold over 4 million copies worldwide, topping the charts in the UK, Austria, Belgium (Flanders), Finland, West Germany, Ireland, Norway and Switzerland. The song spent 4 weeks atop the Irish Singles Chart in September 1979. The song was certified Gold in both the UK and West Germany.

During the single’s run at the Number 1 position on the UK Singles Chart, Norrie Paramor, Richard’s original producer who guided his early career in the late 1950s and 1960s, died on 9 September 1979.

The song was the sixth video aired on MTV on its launch on 1 August 1981.

SIDE A:
We Don’t Talk Anymore (Long Version) 6:54
Written-By – Tarney*

SIDE B:
Count Me Out 4:13
Written-By – WelchBritten

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1979 We Don’t Talk Anymore U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #7
1979 We Don’t Talk Anymore U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Tracks #5

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI – 1C 052-07 076 YZ
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: Germany
Released: 1979
Genre: Rock
Style: Disco, Pop Rock

CREDITS:

NOTES:
Made in Germany

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Stephanie Mills – You Can Get Over (US 12″)

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“You Can Get Over” is a 1979 Disco hit by American singer and songwriter Stephanie Mills taken from her third LP ‘What Cha’ Gonna Do with My Lovin”. The song was written and produced by James Mtume & Reggie Lucas. Lucas also produced several tracks for Madonna’s debut LP including “Borderline”, and “Lucky Star”, while James Mtume formed the R*B group Mtume best known for their hit “Juicy Fruit”.

“You Can Get Over” peaked at #8 on the Billboard Dance/Club Play chart in September 1979 (co-charting with “Put Your Body In It”) and just missed the Hot 100. The song also reached #55 on the Billboard R&B chart in December.

SIDE A:
You Can Get Over 8:58

SIDE B:
Deeper Inside Your Love 3:56

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1979 You Can Get Over U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #8
1979 You Can Get Over U.S. Billboard Black singles #55

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: 20th Century Fox Records – TCD-99
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Goldisc Pressing
Country: US
Released: 1979
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Style: Disco

CREDITS:

NOTES:
from the “What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin'” album, T-583
Printed in U.S.A.

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Tubes: Genalex Gold Lion 12AX7 ECC83/B759 Gold Pins Vacuum Tube – Matched Pair
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Artwork Scans
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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
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