Let Me Take You Dancing (Instrumental Version) – Burning The Ground: DjPaulT's 80's and 90's Remixes

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1979

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Originally posted December 6, 2011

“Let Me Take You Dancing” is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian artist Bryan Adams. It was written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance and was later remixed by John Luongo. It is notable for being Adams’ first solo single and his first ever release as a solo artist when he was 19.

A disco influenced pop song in its original mix, the popular remixed version of the song is even more disco-oriented. It was one of the first songs that Adams and Vallance wrote together and was based on a rag-time piano riff that Vallance had written. The writing took place during February 1978 and the song was recorded at Pinewood Studios by Geoff Turner. The song was originally released as a pop song, but was taken by his record company and remixed.

Although the single had some minor radio success, respected remixer John Luongo was recruited to make it sound like a proper disco track ready for release in the United States. The song went to number 22 on the disco chart.

Luongo chose to increase the tempo of the song, but there was no time-compression technology at that time so this increased the pitch of Adams’ vocals. Adams was disappointed with the speeded-up sound.[1] Adams has only performed it live on a handful of occasions.

Co-writer Jim Vallance stated that “I don’t doubt the single’s success contributed to Bryan eventually being signed directly to the label [A&M Records]”.

SIDE A:
Let Me Take You Dancing (Disco Version) 5:33
Remix – John Luongo

SIDE B:
Let Me Take You Dancing (Instrumental Version) 3:01

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1979	Let Me Take You Dancing	U.S’ Billboard Hot Dance/Disco	#22

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: A&M Disco – SP-12014
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 1979
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Disco

CREDITS:
Producer, Written-By – Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance

NOTES:
Printed in U.S.A.

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

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