Tag: Love Or Money (Extended Version)

Prince And The Revolution – Kiss (US 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1986

“Kiss” is a song composed, written, and produced by American musician Prince. Released by the Paisley Park label as the lead single from Prince and the Revolution’s eighth studio album, Parade (1986), on February 5, 1986, it was a No. 1 hit worldwide, holding the top spot of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks. The single was certified gold in 1986 for shipments of 1,000,000 copies by RIAA.

The song is ranked at No. 85 on the Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2021, No. 464 in 2010, and No. 461 in 2004. NME ranked the song at No. 4 in their list of The 150 Greatest Singles of All Time,and voted “Kiss” the best single of 1986.

Following Prince’s death in April 2016, the song re-charted on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 28 and jumped to No. 23 a week later. The song also reached No. 2 on the French Singles Chart. As of April 30, 2016, it has sold 1.33 million digital copies in the U.S.

Age of Chance and Art of Noise also released versions of the song that were critical and chart successes.

SIDE A:
Kiss (Extended Version) 7:14
Arranged By –  David Z.
Backing Vocals – Mazarati
Producer, Composed By, Performer – Prince And The Revolution
Written-By – Prince

SIDE B:
Love Or Money (Extended Version) 6:51
Producer, Arranged By, Composed By, Performer – Prince And The Revolution
Written-By – Prince And The Revolution

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1986 Kiss U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #1
1986 Kiss U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles #1
1986 Kiss U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #1

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label Paisley Park – 9 20442-0 A, Paisley Park – 0-20442
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single, Specialty Records Corporation Pressing
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Funk / Soul, Pop
Style: Funk

NOTES:
Original version of “Kiss” available on the 4thcoming album Parade, Music From The Warner Bros. motion picture Under The Cherry Moon .

Made in USA.

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VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
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THE GEAR:
Turntable:Technics SL-1200MK7
Cartridge/Stylus:  Ortofon 2M Black PnP MkII
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro Spin Acrylic Mat
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

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