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December 13, 2021

The Parachute Club – Rise Up US 12″ Promo)

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“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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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

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December 2, 2021

C-Bank – One More Shot (US 12″)

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“One More Shot” is a 1982 single by Freestyle/electro studio project C-Bank helmed by various producers including John Robie. The song includes lead vocals by American R&B singer Jenny Burton. “One More Shot”, is notable for record producer John Robie’s use of a “non-linear” approach to its production. the song is often refered to as the first Freestyle jam.

“One More Shot”, would later resurface in a reworked form as “Shellshock”, a non-album track by New Order that John Robie produced, which appears on the Pretty in Pink soundtrack. This followed his work with Arthur Baker and Jellybean Benitez on the New Order song “Confusion” in 1983.

“One More Shot” dubeted on the US Billboard Dance Chart on January 23, 1983 peaking at #5 after spending fifteen weeks on the survey.

SIDE A:
One More Shot 8:18
Vocals [Uncredited] – Jenny Burton

SIDE B:
One More Shot (Instrumental) 7:29

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	One More Shot	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#5

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Next Plateau Records Inc. – NP 50011
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1982
Genre: Electronic
Style: Electro, Freestyle

CREDITS:
Engineer – Andy Wallace, Mark Berry
Producer, Arranged By, Mixed By, Written-By – John Robie

NOTES:
MANUFACTURED IN CANADA BY QUALITY RECORDS

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December 1, 2021

Herbie Hancock – Rockit (Extended Dance Version) (US 12″)

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“Rockit” is a composition recorded by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock and produced by Bill Laswell and Michael Beinhorn. Hancock released it as a single from his 1983 album Future Shock. The selection was composed by Hancock, Laswell, and Beinhorn.

The track was driven by its deejay scratch style, performed primarily by DXT, and its music video created by Godley & Creme, which was put in high rotation on MTV. “Rockit” won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance in 1983, and it won five MTV Video Music Awards in 1984.

“Rockit” peaked at #8 on the UK singles chart, and #71 on the US Billboard Hot 100, in addition the single reached the #1 position on the US Dance chart while peaking at #6 on the R&B chart.

SIDE A:
Rockit (Long / Album Version) 5:24

SIDE B:
Rockit (Short Version) 3:41

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	Rockit	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#71
1983	Rockit	U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles	#6
1983	Rockit	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#1

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Columbia – 44-03978
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Electro

CREDITS:
Bass – Bill Laswell
Drums [Bata] – Daniel Ponce
Electronics [DMX], Electronic Drums [Synare], Programmed By [Mini-Moog] – Michael Beinhorn
Engineer [Assistant, RPM Studios] –Mike Krowiak
Engineer [Garage Sale Recording] – Billy Youdelman, Bryan Bell, Dave Jerden
Engineer [OAO Studios] – Martin Bisi
Engineer [RPM Studios] – Dominic Maita
Management – Adam’s Dad Management
Management [Administration For Material] – Roger Trilling
Mastered By – Howie Weinberg
Mixed By – Dave Jerden
Producer – Herbie Hancock, Material
Producer [Associate] –Tony Meilandt
Synthesizer [Fairlight CMI, Mini-Moog], Electric Piano [Rhodes Chroma], Vocoder [Sennheiser], Clavinet [Clavitar], Electronics [Dr. Click Rhythm Controller], Keyboards [E-mu 4060 Digital] – Herbie Hancock
Turntables – Grand Mixer D.ST.*
Written-By – B. Laswell, H. Hancock, M. Beinhorn*

NOTES:
Basic tracks recorded at OAO Studios, Brooklyn, N.Y.
New York overdubs recorded at RPM Studios, N.Y.C.
Keyboard overdubs and additional recording at Garage Sale Recording, Los Angeles, CA
Mixed at Eldorado Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Mastering: Masterdisk, N.Y.C.
Adam’s Dad Management, San Francisco, CA
Bill Laswell and Michael Beinhorn appear courtesy of OAO/Celluloid – Elektra Records
Grand Mixer D.ST. appears courtesy of Celluloid Records
Daniel Ponce appears courtesy of OAO/Celluloid Records

Special version from the Columbia LP “Future Shock”

Printed in U.S.A.

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November 19, 2021

KISS – I Was Made For Lovin’ You (US 12″ Promo)

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Originally posted November 23, 2012

“I Was Made for Lovin’ You” is a song by American hard rock band Kiss, originally released on their 1979 album Dynasty. It was released as the A-side of their first single from the album.

The single reached #11 on the US Billboard singles chart. The song also became a hit in Australia reaching #1 on the ARIA charts in 1979. The song also charted in Western Europe, it became a top 20 hit in Sweden, a top 10 hit in Norway, made it to the number 2 position in France, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. In the Netherlands it was a #1. In the UK it stalled at number 50.

This special single sided US 12″ promo features the “Disco rock Mix” mixed by Jim Burgess.

SIDE A:
I Was Made For Lovin’ You (Disco Rock Mix) 7:54

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1979	I Was Made For Lovin’ You	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#11
1979	I Was Made For Lovin’ You	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Disco	#37

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Casablanca – NBD 20169 DJ
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single Sided, Promo, 56 – Pitman Pressing
Country: US
Released: 1979
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Disco

CREDITS:
Credits: Mixed By – Jim Burgess
Producer – Vini Poncia
Written-By – D. Child, P. Stanley, V. Poncia*

NOTES:
“A Jim Burgess Mix”
Promotional copy, not for sale. From the Casablanca LP “Dynasty”

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