The A Side: The Bird (Remix) 6:25 The B Side: My Drawers 3:42 The Brief: Welcome to another Monday, Fun With Vinyl readers. Today continues our “Paisley June” where we are taking a look at vinyl releases from Prince and related artists. We just had 10 days of Prince 12” releases, now we are going [...]
Side A: Chocolate (Edit) 4:23 Side B: My Drawers (Album Version) 4:04 The Brief: “Chocolate” is the final single released from the ‘Pandemonium’ album and, to date, it is the last single released by The Time. The single edit on this record is timed at 4:23. The B-Side “My Drawers” is the full album version [...]
Side A: Jerk Out (Edit) 3:54 Side B: Mo’ Jerk Out 4:30 The Brief: The first of two singles from The Time’s 1990 reunion album ‘Pandemonium’. The single “Jerk Out” made its debut on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart on June 30, 1990. It became The Time’s first and only #1 hit on the [...]
Side A: Jungle Love 3:27 Side B: The Bird 3:41 The Brief: Part of Warner Brothers Records’ series of 7″ singles called Back To Back Hits. This record contains the edited, single versions of The Time’s smash hits from the movie ‘Purple Rain’: “Jungle Love” and “The Bird”. The Source: Label: Warner Brothers Records Catalog#: [...]
Side A: The Bird 3:41 Side B: My Drawers 3:42 The Brief: “The Bird” is the second of two songs by The Time featured in the 1984 blockbuster movie, ‘Purple Rain’. It is also the third and final single from the ‘Ice Cream Castle’ LP. Chartwise, it didn’t do as well as its predecessor but, [...]
Side A: Jungle Love 3:27 Side B: Oh, Baby 4:57 The Brief: “Jungle Love” was the second of three singles from 1984’s ‘Ice Cream Castle’ album. It also enjoyed tremendous exposure from being featured in the movie ‘Purple Rain’. Offered here as a single edit, clocking in at 3:27, “Jungle Love” enjoyed chart success The [...]
Side A: Ice Cream Castles 3:37 Side B: Tricky 3:12 The Brief: “Ice Cream Castles” is the opening track from The Time’s third album, ‘Ice Cream Castle’. It’s the first of three singles from the album released in 1984. It debuted on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart on June 30, 1984 and spent 15 [...]
Side A: Gigolos Get Lonely Too 3:45 Side B: I Don’t Wanna Leave You 2:45 The Brief: The third and final single release from ‘What Time Is It?’, “Gigolos Get Lonely Too” did not perform as well on the charts as the 2 previous singles. The single edit shaved almost 1:00 minute off the track [...]
Side A: The Walk 3:24 Side B: OneDayI’mGonnaBeSomebody 2:27 The Brief: The second of three singles from the 1982 album ‘What Time Is It?’. “The Walk” made its debut on the Billboard R&B Singles chart on 11/20/82. It only made it to #24 on the chart and spent a total of 11 weeks there. It [...]
Side A: 777-9311 3:20 Side B: Grace 2:37 The Brief: The first of three singles released from The Time’s sophomore effort ‘What Time Is It?’. Released in 1982, “777-9311″ debuted on the Billboard R&B chart on August 21, 1982. It climbed to a peak position of #2, where it stayed for 3 weeks, and spent [...]
Side A: Girl (edit) 3:40 Side B: The Stick 3:06 The Brief: “Girl” is the third and final single from their 1982 LP ‘The Time’. As with the 2 previous singles, “Girl” has been edited to a shorter run time than it appears on the album. From a time of 5:36 down to 3:40. The [...]
Side A: Cool (Part I) 3:12 Side B: Cool (Part II) 3:06 The Brief: The second of three singles from The Time’s eponymous first album in 1982. “Cool (Part I)” is edited down to 3:12 from its 10:06 running time on the album. The B-Side, “Cool (Part II)”, is just a continuation of the song [...]
Side A: Get It Up 3:01 Side B: After High School 2:48 The Brief: Today begins our trip through all the commercially released 7″ vinyl singles by The Time in the U.S. We begin with the first of three singles from The Time’s self-titled first album in 1982. “Get It Up” is edited down to [...]
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