Tag: UK

January 16, 2024

Red Box – For America (UK 12″)

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“For America” is a 1986 single recorded by British pop group founded by Simon Toulson-Clarke and Julian Close. The song was taken from their debut LP The Circle & the Square.

During this period the group found themselves at odds with their record company regarding what it perceived as a lack of mainstream appeal in their choice of material, despite the success of of their previous single “Lean on Me” in the UK and Europe.

Toulson-Clarke responded to WEA’s request for something to appeal to American radio with the sardonic “For America”, which criticized what he saw as the style-over-content approach of the American media, as well as alluding to American military involvement in Grenada and Nicaragua. The song was not a hit in the United States, though it did outsell “Lean on Me” worldwide, reaching number one in six countries and the top ten in several others including the UK, where it spent twelve weeks in the chart peaking at number ten.

SIDE A:
For America (Bazooka Mix) 6:00
Mixed By – Red Box
Mixed By [Mixmaster] – Phil Harding
Producer – David Motion

SIDE B:
Ain’t Got No..I Got Life (From The Musical HAIR) 2:52
Arranged By – The Famous 6
Engineer – Chris Baylis
Producer – Red Box

R’n A 4:02
Engineer – Chris Baylis
Producer – Red Box

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Sire – YZ84T, Sire – 248583/0
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Stereo
Country: UK
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:

Written-By – MacDermot* (tracks: B1), Ragni* (tracks: B1), Rado* (tracks: B1), Julian Close (tracks: B2), Simon Toulson-Clarke (tracks: A1, B2)

NOTES:
From The Circle & the Square

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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
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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January 3, 2024

Roger Daltrey – Hearts Of Fire (UK 12″)

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“Hearts of Fire” was the first single taken from the seventh solo studio album “Can’t Wait To See The Movie” by The Who frontman Roger Daltrey. “Hearts Of Fire” was the only single from the album to chart reaching #88 on the UK singles chart.

“Hearts of Fire”, was written by Russ Ballard. Ballard played guitar on this track, as well as providing backing vocals.

The flip-side includes an exclusive remix of “Quicksilver Lightning” which was written by Dean Pitchford and composed by Giorgio Moroder. The track is the theme song for the 1986 film Quicksilver starring Kevin Bacon, Jami Gertz, Paul Rodriguez, Louie Anderson, Laurence Fishburne, and Rudy Ramos. The film was directed by Thomas Michael Donnelly. The film went quite unnoticed, so both the song and the film are not easily remembered.

The song was released as a single in April 1986, and was a minor success on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Charts, reaching number 11.

SIDE A:
Hearts Of Fire (Extended Version) 5:31
Producer – Alan Shacklock
Written-By – Russ Ballard

SIDE B:
Lovers Storm 4:01
Producer – Alan Shacklock
Written-By – Gary Usher, Tom Kelly

Quicksilver Lightning (Remix) 9:04
Producer – Alan Shacklock, Giorgio Moroder
Remix – Alan Shacklock, Giorgio Moroder
Written-By – Dean Pitchford, Giorgio Moroder

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: 10 Records – TENT 147
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: Jun 22, 1987
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock

NOTES:
From the LP “CAN’T WAIT TO SEE THE MOVIE”

“Quicksilver Lightning” from the Motion Picture “QUICKSILVER”

For Multi Media, London

“Quicksilver Lightning” is an extended remix not listed on the sleeve or labels.

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December 13, 2023

The Waitresses – Christmas Wrapping (UK 12″)

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Originally posted December 19, 2013

“Christmas Wrapping” is a Christmas song by the American new wave band The Waitresses. First released on ZE Records’ 1981 compilation album A Christmas Record, it later appeared on the band’s 1982 EP I Could Rule the World If I Could Only Get the Parts and numerous other holiday compilation albums. It was written and produced by Chris Butler, with vocals by Patty Donahue. The song received positive reviews; AllMusic described it as “one of the best holiday pop tunes ever recorded”.

In 1981, ZE Records asked each of its artists to record a Christmas song for a compilation album, A Christmas Record. The Waitresses were in the middle of a difficult tour and the Christmas song commission was “the last thing we wanted”, Butler said later.

Butler wrote the song that August, assembling it from assorted unused riffs. He finished the lyrics in a taxi on the way to the recording studio, Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village. Butler said the lyrics came from his hatred of Christmas: “Everybody I knew in New York was running around like a bunch of fiends. It wasn’t about joy. It was something to cope with.” The bassist, Tracy Wormworth, was inspired by Bernard Edwards’ bassline on the recently released “Good Times” by Chic.

Written while hip hop music was beginning to gain prominence, “Christmas Wrapping” is “almost rapped” by Donahue. Its title, a pun on “rapping”, alludes to the 1979 song “Christmas Rappin'” by Kurtis Blow. Butler said he also “liked the idea of the word ‘wrap,’ like a wraparound, because the story is circular”.

“Christmas Wrapping” is told from the perspective of an unpartnered woman, who was determined not to participate in the exhausting holiday season after a year that was so busy, she has been unable to go on a date with an appealing gentleman she met months ago. Preparing to dine alone on Christmas Eve, she runs into the fellow in a grocery store, bringing “the year to a very happy ending”.

“Christmas Wrapping” was released as a single in the UK in 1981 on Island Records. It did not initially make the charts, but was reissued in 1982 and reached No. 45 on the UK Singles Chart that December. It remains the Waitresses’ highest-charting single in the UK.

Butler said the reception was a rejuvenating gift for the band: “We do the Christmas song, forget about it and go back on the road. The next thing I know when calling back to New York is that it’s all over the radio and much to our surprise it leaps over our heads and hits all the cities where we’re heading and all of a sudden we’re back on an upswing again.”

** The 7″ Single Version has not appeared on CD as far as I know most compilations use the longer version. 7″ Single Version was taken from the UK 7″ single.

SIDE A:
Christmas Wrapping (Long Version) 5:23
Arranged By – Mars Williams
Bass – Tracy Wormworth
Drums – Billy Ficca
Engineer – Mike Firondelli*
Guitar – Chris Butler
Trumpet – Dave Buck
Vocals – Patty Donahue, Tracy Wormworth

SIDE B:
Hangover 1/1/83 4:29
Engineer – Mark Mandlebaum*, Rick Dailey
Guitar – Rick Dailey
Reeds – Mars Williams

BONUS WRAPPING:
Christmas Wrapping (7″ Single Version) 3:52
Arranged By – Mars Williams
Bass – Tracy Wormworth
Drums – Billy Ficca
Engineer – Mike Firondelli*
Guitar – Chris Butler
Trumpet – Dave Buck
Vocals – Patty Donahue, Tracy Wormworth

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: ZE Records – 12WIP 6821
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: 1983
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: New wave

CREDITS:
Producer – Chris Butler

NOTES:
Long Version from the LP “A CHRISTMAS RECORD”

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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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