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Side A:
Pop Life (Extended Version) 9:07
Side B:
Girl 7:34
The Brief:
This is post #101 of the Fun With Vinyl blog, part 3 of a 3 post celebration of my 100th blog post! This 12” was not in my record collection while I was putting together the original ‘Fun With Vinyl’ series but, I have since found an excellent copy of it at eil.com . “Pop Life” was the second single from Prince’s 1985 #1 album ‘Around The World In A Day’. It hit the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart on August 3, 1985 and went all the way up to #8 as it popped along on the chart for 13 weeks. It was the second highest debut on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart on July 27, 1985 at #46 and jumped to a height of #7 amid a 14 week chart run. Considering that no video was filmed to support this single, #7 was quite a strong showing during the height of music video and MTV’s influence. On the UK Singles Chart it went to #60 and was the last single released in the UK in support of this album.
The Source:
Label: Paisley Park Records
Catalog#: W8858T
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1985
The Equipment:
Spin Clean Record Washer
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
The Software:
Cool Edit Pro
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Microsoft Digital Image Suite 2006
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What a version, out of 10….ahhh 10!
Didn’t know this mix even existed! THANKS!!!
you’re welcome, enjoy it!
This is one of your greatest posts. This was only released in the UK and this vinyl costs at least $30 on the used market