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The A Side:
Rock Steady (Extended Version) 9:14
Rock Steady (A Cappella) 6:20
The B Side:
Rock Steady (Radio Edit) 6:00
Rock Steady (Instrumental) 9:14
Rock Steady (Dub) 7:00
Rock Steady (Bonus Beats) 3:00
The Brief:
Aretha Franklin released the album ‘Young, Gifted and Black’ in 1971 which contained the song “Rock Steady”. The single reached the #9 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and peaked at #2 on the Best Selling Soul Singles chart.
In 1988, Sue Ann Carwell worked with Jesse Johnson and several other producers including Robert Brookins and Mtume to produce the album ‘Blue Velvet’. One of those Jesse produced tracks was a cover of “Rock Steady” which was released as a single and is featured on this 12” with remixes by Louil Silas, Jr.
The Source:
Label: MCA Records
Catalog#: L33-17551
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 1/3 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1988
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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The mp3 download is FLAC
Patrick
Oops! Fixed. That was easy.
Thank you,
Patrick
Thank you very much for sharing