Tag: John “Jellybean” Benitez

December 13, 2021

The Parachute Club – Rise Up US 12″ Promo)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1983

“Rise Up” is a pop song recorded by the Canadian group Parachute Club on their self-titled 1983 album. It was produced and engineered by Daniel Lanois, and written by Parachute Club members Billy Bryans, Lauri Conger, Lorraine Segato and Steve Webster, with additional lyrics contributed by filmmaker Lynne Fernie.

An upbeat call for peace, celebration, and “freedom / to love who we please,” the song was a national hit in Canada, and was hailed as a unique achievement in Canadian pop music:

Rarely does one experience a piece of music in white North America where the barrier between participant and observer breaks down. Rise Up rises right up and breaks down the wall.

According to Segato, the song was not written with any one individual group in mind, but as a universal anthem of freedom and equality; Fernie described the song’s lyrics as having been inspired in part by West Coast First Nations rituals in which young girls would “rise up” at dawn to adopt their adult names as a rite of passage.

It remains the band’s most famous song, and has been adopted as an activist anthem for causes as diverse as gay rights, feminism, anti-racism and the New Democratic Party. As well, the song’s reggae and soca-influenced rhythms made it the first significant commercial breakthrough for Caribbean music in Canada.

The song’s first ever live public performance took place at the 1983 Toronto Pride parade.

SIDE A:
Rise Up (Extended Dance Version) 6:45
Remix – Daniel Lanois

SIDE B:
Rise Up (Jellybean Mix) 5:58
Engineer [Remix] – John “Tokes” Potoker*
Remix – John “Jellybean” Benitez

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	Rise Up	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#26

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: RCA – JD-13655
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Daniel Lanois

NOTES:
From the LP “The Parachute Club”

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August 11, 2021

ZZ Top – ZZ Top Club (Japan Mini-LP)

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In memory of bassist Dusty Hill 1949-2021. Dusty Hill joined ZZ Top in 1970 and played on all of the band’s albums, the last of which was La Futura in 2012. Along with bass, Dusty Hill also contributed to keyboards and backing, and lead vocals.

“ZZ Top Club” is a twelve-Inch mini-LP released only in Japan, Australia, and New Zealand on vinyl and cassette. The limited-edition project includes rare remixes from the band’s 1980s output. Three of the tracks were US Billboard Dance Hits Legs #13 (1984), Velcro Fly #43 (1986), and #41 (1986).

This project was released to coincide with the Japan tour of that period as shown on the obi-strip in Japanese (来日記念盤).

Unlike many Rock bands, ZZ Top embraced the Twelve-Inch single format releasing many during their long career. ZZ Top has sold over 25 million albums in the US with additional sales internationally.

SIDE A:
Velcro Fly (Extended Mix) 6:33
Legs (Special Dance Mix) 7:50

SIDE B:
Sleeping Bag (Extended Mix) 6:12
Stages (Extended Version) 5:04
Velcro Fly (Dub Version) 5:46

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
OBI: Mint
Insert: Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Warner Bros. Records – P-6249
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Mini-Album
Country: Australia
Released: Feb 16, 1987
Genre: Rock, Blues
Style: Pop, Rock

CREDITS:
Design –Yasuo Mochida
Engineer [Assistant] – Mark Roule
Photography By – Hiro Ito
Producer – Bill Ham
Remix – John “Jellybean” Benitez (tracks: A1, B3)
Remix, Engineer – Michael Hutchinson

NOTES:
A Lone Wolf Production

Includes OBI, and Insert

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July 22, 2021

Huey Lewis & The News – The Power Of Love (US 12″)

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“The Power of Love” is a 1985 single by Huey Lewis and the News, written for and featured in the 1985 blockbuster film Back to the Future. It gave the band their first number-one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and their second number-one hit on the U.S. Top Rock Tracks chart; and as a double-A side, it was a top ten hit on the Official UK Singles Chart, where it appeared on UK editions of the band’s fourth studio album, Fore!.

The song appears early in Back to the Future as Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) skateboards to school. Later in the film, McFly and his band play a hard rock version of the song for a Battle of the Bands audition (at which a character played by Huey Lewis himself is judging and tells Marty’s group that they are “just too darn loud”) and later when Marty returns to his neighborhood. In the sequel, Back to the Future Part II, the 2015 version of Marty attempts to play the song on his guitar just after being fired but ends up playing it very poorly due to his damaged hand from his 1985 accident with a Rolls-Royce. Finally, it can be briefly heard playing in the car where Needles and his buddies are driving when Needles challenges Marty to the fate-determining car race near the end of Back to the Future Part III.

At the 13th Annual American Music Awards, the song was nominated for “Favorite Single” and “Favorite Video Single”, winning in both categories. The song was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 58th Academy Awards but lost to Lionel Richie’s “Say You, Say Me”.

SIDE A:
The Power Of Love (Long Version) 7:10
Remix – John “Jellybean” Benitez

SIDE B:
The Power Of Love (Instrumental) 4:13

The Power Of Love (Short Version) 4:20
Remix – John “Jellybean” Benitez

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	The Power Of Love	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#1
1985	The Power Of Love	U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	#1
1985	The Power Of Love	U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	#6
1985	The Power Of Love	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#22

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis ‎– 4V9 42889
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock

CREDITS:
Producer – Huey Lewis And The News*
Written-By – C. Hayes, H. Lewis, J. Colla*

NOTES:
From the Motion Picture “Back To The Future”.

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July 19, 2021

Madonna – Crazy For You (Europe 12″)

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“Crazy for You” is a song recorded by American singer Madonna for the film Vision Quest (1985). It was released on March 2, 1985, by Geffen Records as the lead single from the film’s soundtrack album. Film producers Jon Peters and Peter Guber, along with music director Phil Ramone, decided to use Madonna after listening to her previous recordings, employing John Bettis and Jon Lind to write the song. After reading the script of the film, Bettis and Lind wrote the song about the situation in which the lead characters meet at a nightclub. Initial recording sessions did not impress Bettis and Lind, and they felt that “Crazy for You” would be dropped from the soundtrack. However, a new version was recorded to their liking.

John “Jellybean” Benitez was the record producer of “Crazy for You”, and it was a challenge for him, as previously he was associated with recording dance-pop songs only. Initially, Warner Bros. Records did not want the song to be released as a single, since they believed that it would take away the attention from Madonna’s second studio album Like a Virgin (1984). In the end, Peters and Guber convinced Warner officials to greenlight its release. “Crazy for You” ushered a new musical direction for Madonna, as she had not previously released a ballad as a single. The track features instrumentation from snare drums, harp, bass synthesizer, and electric guitar. Lyrically, the song speaks of sexual desire between two lovers and consists of innuendos.

“Crazy for You” received positive responses from music critics and earned Madonna her first Grammy Award nomination in the Best Female Pop Vocal Performance category. The song became Madonna’s second number-one single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and reached the top of the charts of Australia and Canada. It also peaked at number two in Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, where it was released twice, in 1985 and 1991.

The single featured different artists from the film’s soundtrack on its b-side.

SIDE A:
Madonna – Crazy For You 4:13
Arranged By – Rob Mounsey
Producer – John “Jellybean” Benitez

SIDE B:
Sammy Hagar – I’ll Fall In Love Again 4:13
Producer – Keith Olsen

Journey – Only The Young 4:03
Producer – Kevin Elson, Mike Stone
Remix – Bob Clearmountain

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	Crazy For You	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#1
1985	Crazy For You	U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	#2
1985	Crazy For You	U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	#80

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Geffen Records ‎– A 12-6323, Geffen Records ‎– GEFA 12-6323, Geffen Records ‎– GEFA 12.6323
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single, Stereo
Country: Europe
Released: 1985
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Pop Rock

NOTES:
Songs are taken from the motion picture “Vision Quest”.

B2 is not mentioned on the back cover.

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