Tag: 1981

August 31, 2021

Spandau Ballet – Paint Me Down (UK 12″)

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“Paint Me Down”, released November 2, 1981, was the second single taken from the album Diamond by British New wave band Spandau Ballet. “Paint Me Down” broke the band’s run of UK top 20 hits by stalling at No.30.

SIDE A:
Paint Me Down 7:05

SIDE B:
Re•Paint 6:54

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Reformation – CHS 12 2560, Chrysalis – CHS 12 2560
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: Nov 1981
Genre: Electronic
Style: New wave

CREDITS:
Composed By – Gary Kemp
Design [Sleeve Design] – Graham Smith (5)
Producer – Richard James Burgess

NOTES:
From the LP “DIAMOND”

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VINYL RESTORATION:
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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

August 30, 2021

Duran Duran – My Own Way (Night Version) (UK 12″ Promo)

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“My Own Way” is the fourth single by Duran Duran, originally released as a single on 16 November 1981.

The single was designed as a stop-gap release to capitalize on the Top 5 success of the band’s previous single, “Girls on Film”, but prior to the recording and release of the band’s second album Rio (which was recorded in the early months of 1982).

**This UK 12″ Promo contains the rare “Instrumental Night Version” of “My Own Way”, and is exclusive to this release. The track was officially released on mp3 as part of the remastered digital version of the album “RIO”. The track has never appeared officially on CD.

SIDE A:
My Own Way (Night Version) 6:35

SIDE B:
My Own Way (Short Version) 3:40
My Own Way (Instrumental Night Version)** 6:33

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI – PSLP 348
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Promo, Blue Label
Country: UK
Released: 1981
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave

CREDITS:
Producer, Engineer – Colin Thurston
Written-By – Duran Duran

NOTES:
UK 12″ promo issue has plain blue labels on both sides with exclusive “Instrumental Night Version”.

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June 16, 2021

Kelly Marie – Feels Like I’m In Love (US 12″)

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Celebrating Pride 2021

“Feels Like I’m In Love” is a song written and originally recorded by Ray Dorset with his band Mungo Jerry in 1977.

In 1979, Scottish singer Kelly Marie recorded the song for Pye Records. The song was a sleeper hit on the Scottish club scene before breaking through nationally in the summer of 1980, reaching the top of the UK Singles Chart in September. The following year, aided by a number of remixes the song became a club hit in the US, reaching number ten on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart.

Re-released on the Calibre record label with a new B-side “New York at Night”, it followed a rare breed of record labels who gained a chart-topping success after their debut release.

Charged with cheeky, campy horn flourishes, the song oozes a kind of carefree, shoulder-shimmying joy that won Kelly Marie a sizeable gay following becoming an instant gay anthem.

SIDE A:
Feels Like I’m In Love 6:21
Written-By – R. Dorset*

SIDE AA:
New York At Night 5:05
Rap – Bobby ‘DJ’ Guttadaro, Lance Wise
Written-By – P. Yellowstone, S. Voice*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1980	Feels Like I’m In Love	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#10

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Coast To Coast (2) ‎– 4Z8 02023, Roadshow ‎– 4Z8 02023
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1981
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Style: Disco

CREDITS:
Producer – Peter Yellowstone
Remix – Bobby ‘DJ’ Guttadaro*

NOTES:
Manufactured and distributed by CBS Records/CBS Inc.

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April 8, 2021

Billy Idol – Don’t Stop (US 12″ EP)

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“Don’t Stop” is the first solo release by rock singer Billy Idol. Released in the US in 1981, it contains a cover of Tommy James and the Shondells’ UK #1 “Mony Mony,” which would become a later hit for him as a live version in 1987.

It also contains the song “Dancing with Myself”, which had previously been a commercially unsuccessful single release for Idol’s former band Gen X in the United Kingdom in 1980. “Dancing With Myself” (from that band’s LP Kiss Me Deadly) was not re-recorded for the Don’t Stop EP release but was remixed from Gen X’s 6:05 minute long extended version of the song and edited down into 4:50 minutes, from which a drum solo and chorus section was removed.

“Untouchables” is another Gen X song taken from the 1980 album Kiss Me Deadly, which was re-recorded for Don’t Stop.

The EP peaked at #71 on the Billboard 200 and generated considerable anticipation for the full-length album Billy Idol, released the following year.

For this promo release, the tracklisting is in a different order on the vinyl than on other releases and what is listed on the sleeve.

SIDE A:
Dancing With Myself (Long Version) 4:51
Backing Band [with] – Generation X (4)

Untouchables 3:36

SIDE B:
Mony Mony 5:02
Baby Talk 3:12

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
Poster: Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis ‎– PV 44000 DJ
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, EP, Promo, Poster
Country: US
Released: 1981
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock, New Wave

CREDITS:
Engineer – Brian Reeves, Nigel Walker (tracks: A1)
Producer [Produced By] – Keith Forsey

NOTES:
Label: “FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY”

Matrix/Runouts/Cat No: “DJ”

Issued with large folded poster

The back cover lists songs in a different order on different sides. Label and actual play order is listed here.

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