Tag: 1983

Damian – Adios – My Love (Mexico 12″)

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“Adios – My Love” is a 1983 12″ single recorded by Latino singer Damian also known as Bob Blansjaar not to be confused with the British singer Damian who recorded “Time Warp”. “Adios – My Love” was the only single released by Damian, therefore, there is hardly any information available about him or the song making this one a truly Totally Obscure 80s release. The record was only released as a 12″ in Mexico ,and Netherlands.

SIDE A:
Adios – My Love (English Version) 8:00

SIDE B:
Adios – My Love (Spanish Version) 7:43

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: L/P Records – LBB 222
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: Mexico
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Hi-NRG, Disco

CREDITS:

NOTES:
Latino Productions
1355 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

This giant dance single is distributed and promoted in the U.S.A. by Moby Dick Records, Inc.

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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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Pseudo Echo – Listening (Australia 7″)

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In TIn my opinion “Listening” is one of the best New Wave songs to come out of the 80s a shame this band is so overlooked. The b-side “In Their Time” is an epic New Wave non-lp track.

“Listening” is the debut single from Australian pop group Pseudo Echo. The song was released in November 1983 as the lead single from their debut studio album, Autumnal Park (1984). The song peaked at number 4 on the Australian Kent Music Report. Following the international success of “Funky Town”, a remixed version of “Listening” was released in America in 1987 for the movie “North Shore” starring Nia Peeples.

Pseudo Echo was formed in Melbourne in 1982 and performed around Melbourne when music journalist Molly Meldrum attended one of their shows at Melbourne’s ‘Jump Club’. Meldrum was impressed, spoke highly of the group, and convinced them to perform on the music TV show Countdown where they performed a demo version of “Listening” on 28 June 1983. While it wasn’t unusual for Meldrum to speak in glowing terms about an up-and-coming artist, Pseudo Echo was the first unsigned artist to perform live on the show.

Meldrum’s introduction was: “We’re about to present a group, a local group, who have got no record contract. We saw them at a gig. I think they have loads of potential, so all you record companies out there, have a look at them, and the public, you judge for yourselves. We think they’re pretty good. A young group, they go under the name of Pseudo Echo. Here they are with “Listening”. Go boys!”

Shortly after, Pseudo Echo were signed by with EMI Music and producer Peter Dawkins (who had worked with Australian Crawl, Dragon) was at the helm at the studio to re-record “Listening”. The single made an immediate impact upon its release in November 1983.

SIDE A:
Listening 2:57

SIDE B:
In Their Time 5:42

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI – EMI.1158, EMI – EMI-1158
Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: Australia
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Engineer – Dave Marett
Lacquer Cut By –DB*
Photography By – Cathy Hayton
Producer – Peter Dawkins
Written-By – B. Canham, T. Lugton

NOTES:
Recorded at Studios 301, Sydney, Australia.
An Australian Composition and Recording
Manufactured and distributed by EMI Music Group of Companies, Sydney, Australia and Lower Hutt, New Zealand.

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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
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Culture Club – I’ll Tumble 4 Ya! (Special Extended Version Remix) (US 12″)

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Originally posted July 7, 2014

“I’ll Tumble 4 Ya!” was a hit single from Culture Club’s Platinum-plus debut album Kissing to Be Clever.

The single was released only in North America, peaking at #9 in both the U.S. and #5 in Canada. In Australia, it was released in September 1983 as a Double A-side single with Karma Chameleon, peaking at #1 and receiving substantial airplay. With this single, in America, Culture Club was the first band to have three Top 10 singles from a debut album since The Beatles. Much like the group’s two prior American hits, this song was aided by a hugely popular MTV music video.

++ Of note this remix of “I’ll Tumble 4 Ya!” was omitted from the recent Japan Deluxe Re-issue of “Kissing To Be Clever”.

SIDE A:
I’ll Tumble 4 Ya! (Special Extended Version Remix) 4:40

SIDE B:
Man Shake 2:35

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Very Good +

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1983 I’ll Tumble 4 Ya U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #9
1983 I’ll Tumble 4 Ya U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks #33
1983 I’ll Tumble 4 Ya U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #14
1983 I’ll Tumble 4 Ya U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles #70

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic ‎– 49-03913
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Backing Vocals – Helen Terry
Design [Cover] – Nick Egan
Mixed By – Jon Moss, Steve Levine
Photography By – Mark Lebon
Producer, Engineer – Steve Levine

NOTES:
From the LP “KISSING TO BE CLEVER”

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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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Irene Cara – Fame (Netherlands 12″)

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Originally posted December 6, 2013

“Fame” is a pop song, written by Michael Gore (music) and Dean Pitchford (lyrics)[1] and released in 1980, that achieved chart success as the theme song to the Fame film and TV series. The song was performed by Irene Cara, who played the role of Coco Hernandez in the original film. It was also her debut single as a recording artist. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1980, and the Golden Globe Award the same year. In 2004, it finished at number 51 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.

“Fame” earned Cara a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. The movie became an “overnight sensation”. The song won an Oscar for best film theme song in 1981. In July 1982, it was re-released on the back of the successful TV series and topped the charts in several countries, including the Netherlands, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The movie was adapted into a TV series, which achieved notable ratings success in the latter country, and stage show which toured Europe.

“Fame” rose to number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1980. It also reached number one on the Billboard dance chart for one week. The song was re-released in the United Kingdom in July 1982, where it peaked at the top of the UK Singles Chart for three weeks following the debut of the Fame TV series on the British television network BBC One the previous month, becoming Britain’s third best-selling song of 1982 behind “Eye of The Tiger” by Survivor and “Come On Eileen” by Dexys Midnight Runners and the Emerald Express, the latter of which dethroned “Fame” from the top of the UK Singles Chart. It has over sold 1.07 million copies in Britain. as of September 2017. The song also reached number one in Flanders, Ireland, the Netherlands and New Zealand, and number three in Australia and Sweden.

This rare 12″ contains a special mix by Disconet remixer Ed Smith and is exclusive to this release.

SIDE A
Fame (Special Mix) 7:34
Remix – Ed Smith*

SIDE B:
Fame (Extended Version) 5:14
Hot Lunch Jam 4:11

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1980 Fame U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #4
1980 Fame U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play #1

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: RSO – 810 724-1
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Maxi-Single, 45 RPM
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1980
Genre: Electronic
Style: Disco

CREDITS:
Producer – Michael Gore

NOTES:
A: Special mix made by Ed Smith of Disconet
From the original soundtrack “FAME”

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VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
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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

 

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