Burning The Ground Exclusive 1977
NEW 2023 Transfer!
NEW Meticulous Audio Restoration!
Originally posted December 21, 2010
“Winter Melody” is a song by Donna Summer released as a single in late 1976 from her Four Seasons of Love album. It became a top 30 hit in the UK, where it peaked at #27.
By this time Summer was making her name as the queen of disco music, though this song is a soul ballad. The song represents the “winter” phase of the concept album, and speaks of a woman struggling to come to terms with the fact that her relationship has ended. As with much of Summer’s material at that time (particularly with songs found on her concept albums), the song played for a considerable amount of time (over six minutes), however, the song was edited for its release as a single. “Winter Melody” peaked at #43 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart.
The flip side “Spring Affair” (which represents the “spring” phase of the concept album) tells of the beginning of a new relationship. “Spring Affair” is more than eight minutes long, though it was edited for release as a single. The song peaked at number 15 on Spain’s singles charts and number 3 on Spain’s Radio chart. “Spring Affair” peaked at #43 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart.
SIDE A:
Winter Melody (Edit) 4:00
SIDE B:
Spring Affair (Edit) 3:41
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Winter Melody | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #43 |
| 1977 | Winter Melody | U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles | #24 |
| 1977 | Spring Affair | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #43 |
| 1977 | Spring Affair | U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | #8 |
| 1977 | Spring Affair | U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles | #21 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Casablanca – NBD 100, Casablanca – NBD-100
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1977
Genre: Electronic
Style: Disco
CREDITS:
- Producer – Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte
- Written-By – Summer*, Moroder*, Bellotte*
NOTES:
From the Casablanca LP, “Four Seasons Of Love”
An Oasis Recording
Buy the 12″ at DISCOGS
VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net
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
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
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi
**24bit FLAC Only Available For Seven Days!
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