The Cover Girls – Better Late Than Never (US 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1988

“Better Late Than Never” is a 1988 single by New York City-based freestyle girl group The Cover Girls, the song was recorded for the soundtrack to the Eddie Murphy film “Coming To America”.

The song failed to have any of the success of the group’s previous singles and did not chart.

SIDE A:
Better Late Than Never 5:15

SIDE B:
Better Late Than Never (Dub Version) 4:50

Show Me (The Nest Mix) 7:36
Producer – The Latin Rascals
Written-By – A. CabreraA. TripoliB. KhozouriT. Moran

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Fever Records – SF 826
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: Freestyle, House, Electro, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Mastered By – cg ☮*
Photography By –Sal Abbatiello
Producer – Andy “Panda” Tripoli
Written-By – Alan Scott* (tracks: A, B1), Freddie Washington (tracks: A, B1)

NOTES:
From the Motion Picture Soundtrack “Coming To America”

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

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

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi


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Muff Diver
Muff Diver
October 12, 2021 12:41 pm

Thank you Paul, for sharing this non-charting release. I’m intrigued 🙂

Erik
Erik
October 8, 2021 12:33 pm

Hi Paul, Thanks for The Cover Girls. You and Vinny need to remaster The Cover Girls and Sweet Sensation. Especially Sweet Sensation! They had fantastic freestyle club music and us that grew up in central Florida just loved them. These two groups deserve the same treatment Vinny gave Expose’. Please someone remaster these girl groups!!!! Erik

Mark
Mark
October 8, 2021 3:10 am

A shame that the single fell under the radar, although it’s cool of you to post it on here. I liked the cover version the trio did in 1992 on Wishing On A Star with some interesting House dubs by Masters At Work.

Thanks Paul 🙂

Malik Jefferson
Malik Jefferson
October 7, 2021 10:50 pm

Can you post LeVert Addicted to you 12” Promo with dance remix And Straight Radio Mix Please Remixed And Edited By Shayne Sealy Timmy Regisford Merlin Bobb And Freddy Sanon Please

Jeff
Jeff
October 7, 2021 12:06 pm

Keep the good stuff coming Paul. Brings me back to happier times when this style of music ruled the NYC airwaves. It was all banging beats and frenetic rhythm. Whenever the Latin Rascals were involved it was of the highest quality.

Jeff