The A Side: Melody Cool (Extended LP Mix) 4:42 Melody Cool (Extended Remix) 6:06 The B Side: Melody Cool (Deep House Vocal) 6:22 Melody Cool (Mellow Dub Mix) 4:33 Time Waits For No One (Edit) 4:18 The Brief: It was two? TWO! years ago today that the first post was put online at blog.djrichiep.com. Since that [...]
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Tags: 12 Inch, 1990, David Bianco, Junior Vasquez, Keith Cohen, MPLS, Paisley Park Records, R&B, Soundtrack 
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The A Side: Jaguar 7:10 Jaguar (Radio Edit) 4:01 The B Side: Jaguar (Ferocious) 7:00 Jaguar (Ferocious/Radio Edit) 4:09 The Brief: Mavis Staples began her singing career as the lead vocalist for her family group, the Staple Singers, in the 60s. The band enjoyed hits in the 70s such as “I’ll Take You There” and [...]
Posted in FWV, Mavis Staples Tags: 12 Inch, 1989, David Morales, Frankie Knuckles, MPLS, Paisley Park Records, R&B 9 Comments »
The A Side: 20th Century Express (Extended Version) 5:30 The B Side: All The Discomforts Of Home 4:00 The Brief: “People say, `What are you doing with a guy who writes dirty songs?` But I never paid much attention to the lyrics. . . .” In 1989, Mavis Staples signed with Prince’s Paisley Park Records [...]