The A Side: Every 1′s A Winner (12″ Disco) 7:17 The B Side: Put Your Love In Me 5:48 The Brief: Today we are going to step back to the late 70s and take a listen to Hot Chocolate’s Top 10 song on the Hot 100 and Hot Black Singles charts. The Hot Chocolate Band [...]
The A Side: Please Come Home For Christmas 2:57 Funky New Year 3:58 The B Side: Please Come Home For Christmas 2:57 Funky New Year 3:58 The Brief: Blues singer and pianist Charles Brown wrote “Please Come Home for Christmas” with Gene Redd and released the tune as a single in 1960. The song entered [...]
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Tags: 12 Inch, 1978, Asylum Records, b-side, Christmas, Promo 
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The A Side: What A Fool Believes (A Jim Burgess Mix) 5:31 The B Side: Don’t Stop To Watch The Wheels 3:26 The Brief: The Doobie Brothers released their first LP in 1971 on Warner Brothers Records. In 1978, their eighth studio release, ‘Minute By Minute’, spawned the single “What A Fool Believes” which became [...]
Posted in Doobie Brothers, FWV Tags: 12 Inch, 1978, Jim Burgess, Rock, Warner Brothers Records 7 Comments »
The A Side: Do Ya Think I’m Sexy (Special Disco Mix) 6:29 The B Side: Scarred And Scared 4:50 The Brief: As the disco craze reached its peak in the late seventies, various artists such as The Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, KISS and Ethel Merman tried their hands at pumping out a disco hit. Sadly, [...]
Posted in FWV, Rod Stewart Tags: 12 Inch, 1978, Disco, Jim Burgess, Rock, Warner Brothers Records 2 Comments »
The A Side: Miss You (Re-Mix by Bob Clearmountain) 8:36 The B Side: Miss You (Re-Mix by Bob Clearmountain) 8:36 The Brief: Critics hailed The Rolling Stones’ 1978 release, ‘Some Girls’, as a return to form for the band. The album produced 3 Top 40 hits on the US Billboard Hot 100 including the last [...]
Posted in FWV, Rolling Stones Tags: 12 Inch, 1978, Bob Clearmountain, Disco, Promo, Rock, Rolling Stones Records 1 Comment »
The A Side: Georgy Porgy 5:07 The B Side: Child’s Anthem 4:55 The Brief: Members of the band Toto started out as session musicians and played on many popular albums in the seventies backing such artists as Steely Dan, Seals and Crofts, Sonny and Cher, and Boz Scaggs. The band formed in 1977 and released [...]
Side A: Andy Gibb – Shadow Dancing (Special Disco Version) 6:07 Side B: David Shire – Manhattan Skyline – Instrumental 4:43 The Brief: The first three singles released in Andy Gibb’s music career hit #1, making him the first solo artist in the history of the U.S. pop charts to have their first three [...]
Side A: Over The Rainbow Cyclone Munchkinland Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead Munchkinland (Again) We’re Off To See The Wizard (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz) Side B: Poppies The Spell Optimistic Voices The Merry Old Land Of Oz The Haunted Forest March Of The Winkies Dorothy’s Rescue If I Were King Of The Forest Over [...]
Side A: Just As Long As We’re Together (Disco Mix) 6:32 Side B: Soft And Wet (Disco Mix) 3:04 The Brief: This is post #99 of the Fun With Vinyl blog, part 1 of a 3 post celebration of my 100th blog post! If you have sought out and downloaded the ‘Fun With Vinyl’ series [...]
Posted in FWV, Prince Tags: 12 Inch, 1978, Jim Burgess, MPLS, Promo, R&B, Warner Brothers Records 2 Comments »