The Brief: The only release from ‘Larger Than Life’ that I don’t have on 12″ is “Everything”. None of the releases I’ve ever seen of “Everything” have much in the way of remixes or extended tracks so, I just never picked one up. This was the third of four single releases from the album ‘Larger [...]
The Brief: The 12″ release of “Friends” features an Extended Version and an Instrumental that were remixed by Hank Shocklee, Eric Sadler and Paul Shabazz of The Bomb Squad, a hip hop production team, most famously known for their work with the rap group Public Enemy. The A Side: Friends (Extended Version) 8:05 The B [...]
The Brief: Have you grown utterly sick and tired of hearing a good song on the radio only to have it interrupted by someone breaking in and rapping in the middle of the song? Or do you find that to be totally cool and think that it adds a great element, making the song even [...]
The Brief: Just a little over two years after the release of her solo debut, Jody Watley returned with the album ‘Larger Than Life’ which was released March 27, 1989. The first single chosen to promote the album was “Real Love” which spent two weeks at #1 on the CashBox Top 100 in 1989 but [...]
The Brief: As previously noted, this was the final single release from the ‘Jody Watley’ LP. It was the second of the five single releases that failed to reach the Top 40 despite doing well at dance and R&B. This promo 45 release from Canada features a single remix and instrumental by Francois Kevorkian and [...]
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Tags: 1988, 7 Inch, Francois Kevorkian, MCA Records, Michael Hutchinson, Promo, R&B 
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The Brief: For the release of “Some Kind Of Lover”, Louil Silas, Jr. was brought in to do the remixing for the single releases. This song is the third Watley/Cymone composition paired with Cymone/David Z. production and the 2nd Top 10 hit for that combination of writers and producers from the album. This post contains [...]
Posted in FWV, Jody Watley Tags: 10 Inch, 1987, 7 Inch, Louil Silas Jr, MCA Records, R&B, UK Pressing 12 Comments »
The Brief: The 12″ release of “Don’t You Want Me” features remixes by Francois Kevorkian and Michael Hutchinson. Jody co-wrote this track with Franne Golde and D.P. Bryant. Franne’s songs have appeared on records worldwide including The Pussycat Dolls – “Stickwitu”, Randy Travis – “A Man Ain’t Made of Stone”, Selena – “Dreaming of You” [...]
Posted in FWV, Jody Watley Tags: 12 Inch, 1987, Francois Kevorkian, MCA Records, Michael Hutchinson, R&B 14 Comments »
The Brief: Today features the 7″ release of “Don’t You Want Me” which was Jody’s second Top 10 single (right Marc?) and the third single released from her self-titled solo LP debut. The song was number 55 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the year of 1988. Chic alumni Bernard Edwards was behind the knobs for [...]
Posted in FWV, Jody Watley Tags: 1987, 7 Inch, Francois Kevorkian, MCA Records, Michael Hutchinson, R&B, Timmy Regisford 4 Comments »
The Brief: The second single release from the ‘Jody Watley’ album was “Still A Thrill”. The Andre Cymone/David Z. produced song did not fare as well on pop radio as the first single. It failed to reach the Top 40 despite going Top 10 in the dance and R&B markets. Watley and Cymone share songwriting [...]
The Brief: Back in November I gave you guys a taste of my Jody Watley collection, we’re gonna take the next two weeks and visit the remaining records I have from her. Jody’s birthday is Jan 30, which is on Wednesday of this week so, this will be a mini Jody-bration! “Looking For A New [...]
The A Side: Precious Love (Tongue In Groove Mix) 6:48 Precious Love (Dub Instrumental) 5:00 The B Side: Precious Love 5:14 Precious Love (Instrumental) 4:45 The Brief: Jody Watley’s second solo LP release was ‘Larger Than Life‘ in 1989 and “Precious Love” was the fourth and the final single to be released from the album. [...]
Posted in FWV, Jody Watley Tags: 12 Inch, 1990, Brian "Chuck" New, MCA Records, Promo, R&B, The Dynamic Duo 9 Comments »
The A Side: Most Of All (Remix) 8:15 The B Side: Most Of All (7″ Version) 4:10 Most Of All (Dub) 7:20 The Brief: The final single that Jody Watley released from her debut LP came over a year after the release of the album. “Most Of All” did well on the R&B and Dance [...]
Posted in FWV, Jody Watley Tags: 12 Inch, 1988, Francois Kevorkian, MCA Records, Michael Hutchinson, R&B 13 Comments »
The A Side: Some Kind Of Lover (Extended Version) 7:18 The B Side: Some Kind Of Lover (Instrumental) 7:18 Some Kind Of Lover (Dub) 4:18 The Brief: “Some Kind Of Lover” got Jody Watley back on track on the pop charts as it earned her a second third Top 10 single. The Charts: Chart Debuted Debut [...]
The A Side: Still A Thrill (Extended Version) 8:39 The B Side: Still A Thrill (Radio Edit) 6:15 Still A Thrill (Instrumental) 5:16 Still A Thrill (A Cappella) 4:41 Still A Thrill (Bonus Beats) 4:34 The Brief: Jody Watley’s follow up to “Looking For A New Love” didn’t fare as well on the pop charts, [...]
The A Side: Looking For A New Love (Extended Club Version) 7:28 The B Side: Looking For A New Love (Radio Edit) 5:06 Looking For A New Love (Instrumental) 7:28 Looking For A New Love (A Cappella) 5:06 Looking For A New Love (Bonus Beats) 4:33 The Brief: A Grammy Award Winner as Best New [...]
The A Side: Nia Peeples – Trouble (Serious Trouble Edit) 7:00 Dale – Simon Simon (Simon Says Edit) 7:15 The B Side: Eurythmics – Shame (Dance Floor Edit) 7:38 Jody Watley – Most Of All (Extended Edit) 6:56 The Brief: Same deal as volume one, bought this one used and only record #1 was to [...]
Posted in Dale, Eurythmics, FWV, Jody Watley, Nia Peeples Tags: 12 Inch, 1988, Prime Cuts, Promo 6 Comments »