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The A Side:
Tour de France (Radio Mix) 6:23
Tour de France (Dub) 4:25
The B Side:
Tour de France (Radio Mix Edit) 3:26
Tour de France (Instrumental) 4:16
The Brief:
In 1983, Kraftwerk released a 12″ single entitled “Tour de France” that went to #4 on the Billboard Hot Dance/Disco chart. It was also featured prominently in a memorable scene in the movie Breakin’ but, did not appear on the soundtrack. Later that year, 10 Speed released their own 12″ covering the tune. “Tour de France” is a legendary 80′s tune despite minimal chart success.
The Billboard Charts:
| Chart | Debuted | Debut Pos. | Peak Pos. | Wks on Chart |
| Hot Black Singles | 2/4/84 | 84 | 4 |
The Source:
Label: Quality Records
Catalog#: QUS 052
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 1/3 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1983
The Equipment:
Technics SL-1200MK2 Turntable
Audio Technica AT440MLa Phono Cartridge
Yamaha RX-Z1 A/V Receiver
Sony PCM-R300 DAT Deck
Turtle Beach Catalina sound card
Mustek Scan Express A3 1200 Scanner
Spin Clean Record Washer MKII
The Software:
Cool Edit Pro
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Microsoft Digital Image Suite 2006
Microsoft ICE
The Links:
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password is: funwithvinyl
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Interesting. A seemingly note-for-note copy of the Kraftwerk song. Yet (blasphemy!) my wife and I like it better. Seems like it is faster paced somehow, and has more electro-feel to it. Quality Records had a number of these knock-offs: the Slingshot version of AC/DC’s “You Shook Me All Night Long” – I found that used a few years ago and it actually has a lot of charm. I’d love the hear the Nighthawk version of “Eye of the Tiger” though….
I have that AC/DC cover to post here one of these days. Haven’t heard of the Nighthawk track.