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February 9, 2023

Stevie Wonder – Part-Time Lover (12″ Version) (US 12″)

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In The Name Of LOVE Week!
Celebrating BLACK HISTORY MONTH

“Part-Time Lover” is a song by American R&B singer and songwriter Stevie Wonder, released as the first single from his twentieth studio album, In Square Circle (1985). The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, R&B, dance, and adult contemporary charts, becoming Wonder’s final number one hit to date. The song’s simultaneous chart successes made Wonder the first artist to score a number-one hit on four different Billboard charts. The song was also released as a special 12″ version. Lyrically, it tells the story of a man who is cheating on his wife with a mistress, only to find out in the end that his wife is cheating on him as well.

“Part-Time Lover” also reached number three on the UK Singles Chart thanks in large part to a performance by Wonder on Top of the Pops in late 1985.

The song featured R&B singer Luther Vandross singing the ad-libs and backing vocals, in addition to Syreeta Wright and Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind and Fire. Wonder earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in 1986, for the song. Wonder is noted in the liner notes of the 4-CD set Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection Volume 2 1972-1992 as describing the music for the song as an ode to “You Can’t Hurry Love” and “My World Is Empty Without You”, both by the Supremes, former Motown labelmates of Wonder.

SIDE A:
Part-Time Lover (12″ Version) 8:19

SIDE B:
Part-Time Lover (Instrumental) 8:16

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	Part-Time Lover	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#1
1985	Part-Time Lover	U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles	#1
1985	Part-Time Lover	U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary	#1
1985	Part-Time Lover	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#1

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Tamla – 4548TG
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul, Pop
Style: Soul, Synthpop

CREDITS:
Engineer – Gary Olazabal

Engineer [Additional Overdubs By] – Brad Buxer
Engineer [Assistant] – Bob Harlan, Steve Van Arden
Mixed By – Gary Olazabal, James Allen
Producer [Associate Producer] – Gary Olazabal
Producer, Written-By, Arranged By – Stevie Wonder
Remix [Specially Remixed By] – Stevie Wonder
Words By, Music By – Stevie Wonder

NOTES:
Special 12″ Single

The Awesome New 8-Minute 20-Second Version of the Classic Hit

Album version in, “In Square Circle”

Printed in U.S.A.

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February 8, 2023

Bon Jovi – You Give Love A Bad Name (US 12″ Promo)

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In The Name Of LOVE Week!

“You Give Love a Bad Name” is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi, released as the first single from their 1986 album Slippery When Wet. Written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and Desmond Child about a woman who has jilted her lover, the song reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on November 29, 1986, and became the band’s first number one hit. In 2007, the song reentered the charts at No. 29 after Blake Lewis performed it on American Idol. in the UK the song peaked at No.14.

The song was placed at No. 20 on VH1’s list of the 100 Best Hard Rock Songs.

**For fun I created an edit of the song omitting the acapella intro. The same 3:43 version appears on both sides of this promo. The front cover photo was also banned and not used for the US market.

SIDE A:
You Give Love A Bad Name 3:43

SIDE B:
You Give Love A Bad Name (Edit) 3:35

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1986	You Give Love A Bad Name	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#1
1986	You Give Love A Bad Name	U.S. Billboard Album Rock Tracks	#9

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Mercury – PRO 434-1
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Rock
Style: Hard Rock, Pop Rock

CREDITS:
Engineer, Mixed By – Bob Rock
Producer – Bruce Fairbairn
Written-By – D. Child (tracks: A), J. Bon Jovi, R. Sambora*

NOTES:
Banned Cover promo only

3:43 version appears on both sides

From the LP “SLIPPERY WHEN WET”

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February 6, 2023

Donna Summer – Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger) (US 12″)

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In the name of LOVE week. To celebrate Valentine’s Day all posts up until February 14 will feature LOVE in the title. Additionally, to celebrate BLACK HISTORY MONTH all through February I will be featuring some great black artists from the decade of excess!

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Originally posted April 14, 2011

“Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)” is a Grammy-nominated single from Donna Summer’s self-titled 1982 album. The single was her 12th top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Summer’s 1980 The Wanderer album — her inaugural release on Geffen Records — had been certified gold in America although it did not enjoy numerous hit singles as some of her ’70s releases had enjoyed. Summer had prepped her next album, which would be released in 1996 as I’m a Rainbow — a double set which continued her association with Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, but David Geffen, decided to cancel the project, and assigned Summer to record an album with producer Quincy Jones. Jones was a much sought-after producer at the time, particularly due to his association with Michael Jackson’s album Off the Wall.

“Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)” was the lead single off the Jones’ produced album Donna Summer. It was written by Jones and Rod Temperton (formerly of funk band Heatwave) — who’d also written Jackson’s “Rock with You”. Summer reported that the recording process for this album was challenging, as she was pregnant at the time and unhappy over I’m a Rainbow’ being shelved by Geffen Records.

The single was issued in three different versions: the 7″ single release (3:42), the LP version (4:19), and a 12″ single version (7:04). The 12″ version features a “Dance Remix” on Side One and an “Instrumental Version Featuring Ernie Watts On Sax Solo” on Side Two. Both are remixes by Craig Kostich and Bruce Swedien.

“Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)” became a major hit, peaking at no. 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on the week of September 25, 1982, giving Summer her sixteenth top 40 hit, and reaching no. 4 on the US R&B Chart. It was Summer’s best R&B showing since “Bad Girls” in 1979—even using police whistles in the song as in “Bad Girls”. Although the parent album was certified gold in the US, it did not produce any more major hits and did not prove the powerhouse album Geffen Records had hoped for.

SIDE A:
Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger) (Dance Remix) 7:04

SIDE B:
Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger) (Instrumental) 7:04
Featuring, Soloist [Sax Solo], Saxophone – Ernie Watts

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1982	Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#10
1982	Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)	U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	#4
1982	Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#3

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Geffen Records – O-29938, Geffen Records – 9 29938-0 B
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, ARC Pressing
Country: US
Released: 1982
Genre: Funk / Soul, Pop
Style: Synthpop

CREDITS:
Mastered By [Runout Etching ❀] – Brian Gardner
Producer, Written-By – Quincy Jones
Remix [Remixed By] – Bruce Swedien, Craig Kostich
Written-By – Merria Ross, Rod Temperton

NOTES:
(Instrumental Version Featuring Ernie Watts on Sax Solo)

*Remixed From The Original 4:20 Version
Available On The Geffen Album Donna Summer – Donna Summer

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January 31, 2023

Taxxi – Still In Love (US 12″)

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“Still In Love” is a 1985 song by English rock band Taxxi. They first came to prominence in the early 1980s with a few minor AOR hit singles and some MTV airplay.

Scottish-born singer and guitarist David Cumming, keyboardist Colin Payne, and drummer Jeffrey Nead formed the band in London in the late-1970s.

“Still In Love” was remixed for a 12″ single which received minor club airplay in the U.S. The song was taken from the band’s third studio LP “Expose”. “Still In Love” reached #36 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

SIDE A:
Still In Love (Dance Mix) 6:58

SIDE B:
Still In Love (Dub Mix) 5:57
Still In Love (Unavailable Anywhere Else Mix) 3:49

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	Still In Love	U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	#36

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: MCA Records – MCA-23561
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock

CREDITS:
Edited By – The Latin Rascals
Producer – John Ryan
Remix – Jay Burnett, Mark Kamins
Written-By – C. Payne, J. Nead

NOTES:
From The Album “Expose”

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