Tag: Our Game

Barbie – Barbie Dance Club (US Cassette Single)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1988

BTG BARBIE Rewind: Bubblegum Pop Inspired by BARBIE!

“Barbie Dance Club” is a cassette single released in 1988 featuring three exclusive songs written for Barbie herself that were included as part of a 30-minute direct-to-video promotional VHS tape released in 1989. The video featured a Dance Club consisting of kids, ranging from 8-12 years of age, essentially giving promotion to outfits for the Mattel Barbie doll. There was also a special line of Dance Club dolls released all wearing club fashions the dolls included Barbie, Ken, Kayla, and Devon.

In the video you could learn to do the Barbie dance created by pop mega-star Paula Abdul. Watch the video

Singer/songwriter Stacey Piersa who would later write “Didn’t I Say I Love You” (from the Paula Abdul single “My Love Is For Real”) with Elliot Wolff appears in the video as a dancer. Elliot Wolff wrote Paula Abdul’s hit songs, “Straight Up” and “Cold Hearted.”

I was not able to find any information on who the female vocalist is on these tracks. None of these songs have ever been released digitally.

SIDE A:
Doin’ The Barbie (Dance Mix) 4:14

SIDE B:
Our Game 2:16
Dreamin’ 2:12

Cassette Grade:
Cassette: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Mattel – none
Format: Cassette, Single
Country: USA & Canada
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: Dance-pop, Synth-pop

CREDITS:

NOTES:
Made in Hong Kong

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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)
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