Tag: 1984

March 8, 2024

Rod Stewart – Infatuation (US 12″ Promo)

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“Infatuation” is a 1984 song by Rod Stewart from his thirteenth studio album Camouflage, written by Stewart, Duane Hitchings, and Rowland Robinson released as the first single from the album. It features guitar playing by Jeff Beck, who makes a cameo in the video.
For the song’s single release, the song was edited and remixed.

The song reached #6 on Billboard’s Hot 100 charts. On the US dance charts, “Infatuation” peaked at #19. in the UK the song reached #27.

The song’s video, directed by Jonathan Kaplan, is a story filmed mostly in black in white. In the video, a woman (played by Kay Lenz) moves into an apartment complex where Stewart lives. Shortly after she settles in, Stewart is accosted by the woman’s bodyguard (played by Mike Mazurki) asking about her, showing him a picture of her with two mobsters, one of the faces covered by the bodyguard’s thumb; Stewart denies knowing the woman, though his apartment walls are covered with numerous pictures he took of the woman in various stages of dress (and undress); he is constantly snapping additional pictures or peering into the woman’s apartment with his binoculars.

Eventually, Stewart’s obsession with the woman gets him in trouble; he is caught with his binoculars by the woman’s bodyguard, who punches him in the face. After Stewart falls back on his pillow the film changes from black and white to color, suggesting a dream sequence. The last scene takes a surreal turn, showing Stewart standing at a moving carousel with Lenz trapped in the center while one of the two mobsters (Dick Miller), riding a mount, taunts Stewart.

The video has two different endings. One ending shows the woman waving goodbye to Stewart as she and the other mobster (the one whose face was covered by the bodyguard’s thumb in the picture) drive away in a blue convertible, leaving Stewart riding the carousel alone. The other has the mobster driving away alone as Stewart and Lenz ride the carousel together in each other’s arms. In the first ending might, other ‘mobster’ is actually Stewart with his hair slicked down.

Mazurki later said that he got more fame in the making of this video than in any of the feature films or TV shows in which he’d starred.

SIDE A:
Infatuation (LP Version) 5:13

SIDE B:
Infatuation (Edit) 4:06

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1984	Infatuation	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#6
1984	Infatuation	U.S. Billboard Dance Music/Club Play	#19

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Warner Bros. Records – PRO-A-2148
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock

CREDITS:

Producer – Michael Omartian

NOTES:
From the Warner Bros. album Camouflage

Promotional Copy Not For sale

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Phono Pre-amp: Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
Tubes: Genalex Gold Lion 12AX7 ECC83/B759 Gold Pins Vacuum Tube – Matched Pair
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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December 8, 2023

Culture Club – The Medal Song (Extended) (UK 12″)

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Originally posted May 10, 2011

“The Medal Song” was the second single released from the 1984 album “Waking Up With The House On Fire” by British new wave band Culture Club. “The Medal Song” is about the 1930s American actress Frances Farmer, who was featured on the sleeve of the single. The single was only released in Europe, Japan, and Australia. “The Medal Song” peaked at #32 in the UK, #14 in Ireland, and #50 in New Zealand.

The b-side “Don’t Go Down That Street” features Japanese chatting by Miko, Boy George’s friend at the time. That song was recorded especially to be a B-Side after the other songs were made for the Waking Up album. There are two versions of the track: one short for the single in Japan, and another, around six minutes long, which can be found as the B-Side of various singles.

Even though the song was available as a B-side in most countries (it was also the B-side of “Mistake No. 3” in Canada and the U.S.), it still received a separate release in Japan as a single in 1985 for the Japan-only “Love Is Love EP”, where it peaked at number 69.

“The Medal Song (Extended Mix)” was omitted from the remastered re-issue of “Waking Up With The House On Fire”.

SIDE A:
The Medal Song (Extended Mix) 6:23

SIDE B:
Don’t Go Down That Street 6:30

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Virgin – VS 730-12
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Limited Edition, Poster
Country: UK
Released: Nov 19, 1984
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop

CREDITS:

Backing Vocals – Derek Green (tracks: A), Helen Terry (tracks: A), Mo Birch (tracks: B), Ruby Turner (tracks: B)
Illustration [Frances Farmer] – John Geary (2)
Keyboards [Additional] – Phil Pickett (tracks: A)
Mixed By – Jon Moss, Steve Levine
Photography By [B/w] – David Levine (11), Stevie Hughes
Photography By [Colour] – André Csillag*
Producer – Steve Levine
Saxophone – Steve Grainger (tracks: A)
Sleeve [Produced By] – Assorted iMaGes*
Voice [Japanese Talk Over] – Miko (12) (tracks: B)
Written-By – Culture Club

NOTES:
includes a Limited Edition Poster.

Produced for Do Not Erase Productions.

Taken From The Album “Waking Up With The House On Fire”

Manufactured in the UK

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December 7, 2023

Scritti Politti – Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) (UK 12″)

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“Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)” is the seventh single released by British pop band Scritti Politti, issued in the UK on 24 February 1984 by Virgin Records. It later appeared on the band’s second studio album Cupid & Psyche 85 (released in June 1985) and was produced by Arif Mardin. The song’s subtitle is a reference to “I Say a Little Prayer”, Aretha Franklin’s biggest UK hit; Mardin had also produced Franklin.

The single was Scritti Politti’s breakthrough hit on the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at No. 10 in a 16-week chart run. It was also a Top 30 hit in Australia and New Zealand. In the United States it reached No. 4 on the Billboard Dance Chart.

Two music videos were shot for the song. The first, shot in 1984, was directed by John Scarlett-Davis, who also directed the videos for “Absolute” and “The Word Girl” and features the dancing of Michael Clark. A second music video was released for the US in 1986, directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino and featuring model Veronica Webb (who also appeared in the video for “Perfect Way”). Both versions were featured on a video compilation simply titled “Scritti Politti”, released on VHS, Betamax and LaserDisc by Virgin Music Video in 1986. The 1984 version is simply titled “Wood Beez”, while the 1986 version is titled “Wood Beez – USA”.

SIDE A:
Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) 4:48

SIDE B:
Wood Beez (Version) 5:57

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1984	Wood Beez	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music Club’/Play	#4

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Virgin – VS 657-12
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: Feb 20, 1984
Genre: Electronic
Style: Electro, Synth-pop

CREDITS:

Arranged By – David Gamson, Green*
Backing Vocals – B.J. Nelson, Fonzi Thornton, Tawatha Agee*
Drums – Steve Ferrone
Guitar – Paul Jackson Jnr.*
Management – Bill Gerber, Lookout Management, Partisan Management Ltd., Robert Warr
Mixed By – Jason Corsaro
Producer, Edited By – Arif Mardin
Synthesizer – David Frank, David Gamson, Robbie Buchanan
Synthesizer [Fairlight Assistance] – Ned EBN*
Vocals, Written-By – Green*

NOTES:
Artwork:
1984
273cm x 273cm
Honeycomb, copper, cotton, acrylic, photo, beeswax, wood.

Recorded + Mixed at: Power Station + Atlantic Studios, New York.

Manufactured in the UK.

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December 5, 2023

Frankie Goes To Hollywood – The Power Of Love (UK Cassette Single)

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“The Power of Love” is a song originally recorded and released by British band Frankie Goes to Hollywood. It was written by Holly Johnson, Peter Gill, Mark O’Toole and Brian Nash, four of the five members of the band. It was released by the group as their third single.

Initially issued as a single in November 1984, and taken from the debut album, Welcome to the Pleasuredome (1984), “The Power of Love” followed its two predecessors, “Relax” and “Two Tribes”, to the top of the UK singles chart. It scored the band an early December number-one. “The Power of Love” was also a top 10 hit in several European countries, in Australia and New Zealand, and in Canada. “The Power of Love” is often regarded as a Christmas song, despite having no reference to Christmas within the song lyrics. However, the accompanying video features the Nativity of Jesus, and the single cover was The Assumption of the Virgin. The single spent just one week at Number One in the UK, outsold by the charity single “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” by Band Aid, which until 1997 was the best selling single ever in the UK.

Holly Johnson, who co-wrote the song, later reminisced: “I always felt like ‘The Power of Love’ was the record that would save me in this life. There is a biblical aspect to its spirituality and passion; the fact that love is the only thing that matters in the end”.

**I have chosen to leave this cassette un-edited to keep the integrity of the original cassette. I did clean up the audio manually removing clicks/pops along with adding fade-in at the beginning and end of the cassette. This was recorded with DOLBY NR enabled.

SIDE A: 22:43
The Power Of Love
The World Is My Oyster (Scrapped)
Holier Than Thou (The First)
The World Is My Oyster (Trapped)
Holier Than Thou (The Second)
The Power Of Love (Instrumental)

SIDE B: 22:43
The Power Of Love
The World Is My Oyster (Scrapped)
Holier Than Thou (The First)
The World Is My Oyster (Trapped)
Holier Than Thou (The Second)
The Power Of Love (Instrumental)

CASSETTE GRADE:
Cassette: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: ZTT – CTIS 105
Series: Action Series – 5, Incidental Series – 153
Format: Cassette, Single, Partially Mixed, Rough Edge
Country: UK
Released: Nov 1984
Genre: Electronic, Rock, Pop
Style: Pop Rock, Synth-pop, Ballad

CREDITS:

Arranged By [Strings] – Anne Dudley
Artwork By [Packaged By] – XLZTT
Composed By – Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Engineer [Assistant] – Bobby The K*
Producer – T.C. Horn*
Producer [Assistant] – Steve The Lippo*
Vocals – Holly Johnson
Written-By – Nash* (tracks: A1, A6, B1, B6), FGTH* (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B2, B3, B5), Johnson* (tracks: A1, A6, B1, B6), O’Toole* (tracks: A1, A6, B1, B6), Gill* (tracks: A1, A6, B1, B6), ZTT (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B2, B3, B5)

NOTES:
Issued in a standard case with a double-sided fold-out j-card inlay.
Shell is grey with a rough edge pattern and red on-body printing.
Recorded in Dolby.
Plays same on both sides.
Track listing in the liner notes is vague.
“This cassette is not a ‘cassingle’ anybody who calls it such will be shot. In combination with ZTAS 5 and 12 ZTAS 5 it forms number 5 in ZTTs movement-less Action Series. On it’s own it is number 153 in Zang Tuum Tumb’s sunshine Incidental Series.
What would you put in it’s place.”

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CASSETTE TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
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THE GEAR:
Cassette Deck: Nakamichi BX-300 Discrete 3-Head Cassette Deck
DAC/Phono Pre-amp Line In Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
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:
Cassette transfer was recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
Artwork scanned at

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