Tag: 1983

December 1, 2021

Herbie Hancock – Rockit (Extended Dance Version) (US 12″)

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“Rockit” is a composition recorded by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock and produced by Bill Laswell and Michael Beinhorn. Hancock released it as a single from his 1983 album Future Shock. The selection was composed by Hancock, Laswell, and Beinhorn.

The track was driven by its deejay scratch style, performed primarily by DXT, and its music video created by Godley & Creme, which was put in high rotation on MTV. “Rockit” won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance in 1983, and it won five MTV Video Music Awards in 1984.

“Rockit” peaked at #8 on the UK singles chart, and #71 on the US Billboard Hot 100, in addition the single reached the #1 position on the US Dance chart while peaking at #6 on the R&B chart.

SIDE A:
Rockit (Long / Album Version) 5:24

SIDE B:
Rockit (Short Version) 3:41

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	Rockit	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#71
1983	Rockit	U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles	#6
1983	Rockit	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#1

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Columbia – 44-03978
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Electro

CREDITS:
Bass – Bill Laswell
Drums [Bata] – Daniel Ponce
Electronics [DMX], Electronic Drums [Synare], Programmed By [Mini-Moog] – Michael Beinhorn
Engineer [Assistant, RPM Studios] –Mike Krowiak
Engineer [Garage Sale Recording] – Billy Youdelman, Bryan Bell, Dave Jerden
Engineer [OAO Studios] – Martin Bisi
Engineer [RPM Studios] – Dominic Maita
Management – Adam’s Dad Management
Management [Administration For Material] – Roger Trilling
Mastered By – Howie Weinberg
Mixed By – Dave Jerden
Producer – Herbie Hancock, Material
Producer [Associate] –Tony Meilandt
Synthesizer [Fairlight CMI, Mini-Moog], Electric Piano [Rhodes Chroma], Vocoder [Sennheiser], Clavinet [Clavitar], Electronics [Dr. Click Rhythm Controller], Keyboards [E-mu 4060 Digital] – Herbie Hancock
Turntables – Grand Mixer D.ST.*
Written-By – B. Laswell, H. Hancock, M. Beinhorn*

NOTES:
Basic tracks recorded at OAO Studios, Brooklyn, N.Y.
New York overdubs recorded at RPM Studios, N.Y.C.
Keyboard overdubs and additional recording at Garage Sale Recording, Los Angeles, CA
Mixed at Eldorado Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Mastering: Masterdisk, N.Y.C.
Adam’s Dad Management, San Francisco, CA
Bill Laswell and Michael Beinhorn appear courtesy of OAO/Celluloid – Elektra Records
Grand Mixer D.ST. appears courtesy of Celluloid Records
Daniel Ponce appears courtesy of OAO/Celluloid Records

Special version from the Columbia LP “Future Shock”

Printed in U.S.A.

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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

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FLAC (Level Eight)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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October 26, 2021

A Flock Of Seagulls – Nightmares (UK 12″)

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Originally posted July 28, 2011

“Nightmares” was the 7th single released by the synth-pop band A Flock Of Seagulls. The single was taken from the band’s second album “Listen.” “Nightmares” peaked at #53 on the UK singles chart on April 16, 1983, and #62 on the US Billboard Dance Chart.

The two B-sides reveal the often-overlooked experimental side of A Flock of Seagulls. Slightly edited versions of “The Last Flight of Yuri Gagarin” and “Rosenmontag” appeared on the original cassette and CD pressings of “Listen.” Both tracks are extended for this 12″ and have never appeared on CD.

Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin was a Russian cosmonaut and the first man in space. He orbited the earth in April 1961, a humiliating blow to the U.S. spaceflight team which at the time was in heated competition with its communist counterparts. His “last flight” took place on March 27, 1968, when the UTI MiG-15 (an experimental jet he was piloting) crashed. He was 34 years old. The Apollo 15 astronauts put a plaque on the moon naming all of the men who’d died in the space race. Gagarin was honored among them.

“Rosenmontag” (German for “Rose Monday”) is a festival that takes place in Cologne, Germany in the days leading up to Lent. Rosenmontag is the Monday prior to Ash Wednesday. It is likely that the band learned about this Catholic holiday while in Germany during the recording of “Listen.” Coincidentally, it is also the title of a 1930 film directed by Hans Steinhoff.

SIDE A:
Nightmares (12″ Version) 5:02
Producer – Mike Howlett

The Last Flight Of Yuri Gagarin 6:59
Producer – Mike Howlett, Mike Score

SIDE B:
Rosenmontag 8:02
Producer – Conny Plank, Dave Hutchins, Mike Howlett

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	Nightmares	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Plat	#62

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Jive – JIVE T 33
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: Apr 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Bass, Vocals – Frank Maudsley
Composed By [All Material], Performer – A Flock Of Seagulls
Design [Sleeve] – Pete Watson (2)
Drums – Ali Score
Lead Guitar, Vocals – Paul Reynolds
Lead Vocals, Keyboards – Mike Score
Management – Checkmount Ltd.
Mastered By – BilBo (3)
Photography – Eric Watson
Written-By – A. Score, F. Maudsley, M. Score, P. Reynolds

NOTES:
Recorded at Conny Plank’s Studio, Neunkirchen, W.Germany.
Mixed at Union Studios, Munich.

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September 10, 2021

Agnetha Fältskog – The Heat Is On (Special Maxi Version) (Netherlands 12″)

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“The Heat Is On” is a song written by Florrie Palmer and Tony Ashton, and recorded by Swedish singer Agnetha Fältskog in 1983 as part of her first English-language solo album, Wrap Your Arms Around Me.

The song had previously been recorded in 1979 by Noosha Fox, which failed to chart when Fox released it as a single. It had also been rewritten by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band as “On the Run” for their 1980 album Chance. Fältskog’s version reached No.1 in Sweden and Norway and peaked at No.2 in Belgium and the Netherlands. In the UK, “The Heat Is On” peaked at No.35, making it Faltskog’s highest-charting solo single in Britain until the release of her 2004 comeback single, “If I Thought You’d Ever Change Your Mind”, which reached No.11.

The B-side of “The Heat Is On” was the song “Man”, written by Fältskog herself. Compared to her pre-ABBA albums where most of the songs were self-penned, this was the only song on the Wrap Your Arms Around Me album that she wrote herself.

In some countries, the record companies also released a 12″-single featuring an extended version of “The Heat Is On” instead of the album version.

SIDE A:
The Heat Is On (Special Maxi Version) 7:57
Written-By – Florrie Palmer, Tony Ashton

SIDE B:
Man 3:30
Written-By – Agnetha Fältskog

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Polydor – 813 192-1
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, EP, Maxi-Single
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1983
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Pop Rock, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Engineer – Michael B. Tretow
Producer – Mike Chapman

NOTES:
Recorded and mixed at Polar Music Studios, Stockholm
A Polar Music International Production
From the album “Wrap Your Arms Around Me”.

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August 26, 2021

Pretty Poison – Laced (US 12″ EP)

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“Laced” is the debut EP by the American Synth-pop band from Philadelphia, Pretty Poison formed by Jade Starling and Whey Cooler. The EP is well before the band had their biggest hit in 1987 “Catch Me (I’m Falling)” which became a top-ten hit in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100.

“Laced” is a much less produced sound for the band with tracks like “Seal It With A Kiss” which sounds like a track that Company B would have recorded on their debut record, but Starling’s vocals bring it home as a Pretty Poison track. “Let Freedom Ring” was re-recorded for their debut album in 1987, it’s stripped to little more than Starling’s voice, a drum machine, and a warbly (but not overpowering) synth. “Expiration” is a cool Halloween song and sounds very 1983. “Temptest Nightmare” is the biggest shocker on the EP, an electronic new wave cut deeply rooted in goth rock, a sound which is nowhere to be found in the band’s later work.

SIDE A:
Seal It With A Kiss 4:03
Let Freedom Ring 6:11

SIDE B:
Expiration 4:01
Tempest Nightmare 5:27

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Svengali Records – SRPP 1
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic, Rock, Funk / Soul
Style: Electro, New Wave, Goth Rock

CREDITS:
Artwork, Layout – Cheryl Knowles
Bass – Patrick Callen (tracks: B2), Antonio Romeo*
Cover [Cover Concept] – Graham*
Drums – Bobby Correy*
Engineer – Larry Spivack
Guitar, Bass [Synthetic Bass], Synthesizer, Chimes – Whey Cooler
Mastered By [Digital] – Nimitr Sarikanarda*
Music By, Producer – Cooler*
Percussion – Kaya Pryor*
Photography By – Jim Graham
Producer, Cover [Cover Concept], Lyrics By – Starling*
Producer, Engineer – Spivack*
Programmed By [Rhythms], Synthesizer [Additional] – David Lunt
Transferred By [Digital Transfer], Mastered By [Digital Mastering] – Chas. Gerber*
Vocals – Jade Starling

NOTES:
Recorded January through March ’83

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Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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