Posts Tagged ‘1986’

Jesse Johnson – She (I Can’t Resist) 12″

Jesse Johnson - She (I Can't Resist) 12"

The A Side: She (I Can’t Resist) (Remix) 7:22 She (I Can’t Resist) (Dub) 4:47 The B Side: She (I Can’t Resist) (Live Remix) 7:06 She (I Can’t Resist) (7″ Edit Live Remix) 4:26 The Brief: Jesse Johnson‘s second single in support of the ‘Shockadelica‘ LP was “She (I Can’t Resist)”. This 12″ single release [...]

Jesse Johnson – She (I Can’t Resist) 7″ Promo

Jesse Johnson - She (I Can't Resist) 7" Promo

The A Side: She (I Can’t Resist) 4:50 The B Side: She (I Can’t Resist) (Edit Live Remix) 4:26 The Brief: Jesse Johnson‘s second single in support of the ‘Shockadelica‘ LP was “She (I Can’t Resist)”. This promo 7″ single contains the album version on Side A and an edit of the “Live Remix” on [...]

Jesse Johnson – Crazay (Remix) 12″

Jesse Johnson - Crazay (Remix) 12" R

The A Side: Crazay (Featuring Sly Stone) (Remix) 8:18 Crazay (Featuring Sly Stone) (Dub Version) 6:45 The B Side: Crazay (Featuring Sly Stone) (Paul Edit) 4:21 Crazay (Featuring Sly Stone) (7″ Remix) 4:32 The Brief: Jesse Johnson returned to the charts in 1986 with his sophomore solo album ‘Shockadelica‘. The first single from the album [...]

Jesse Johnson – Crazay 12″

Jesse Johnson - Crazay 12"

The A Side: Crazay (Featuring Sly Stone) (Extended Version) 7:08 The B Side: Drive Yo Cadillac 6:12 The Brief: Jesse Johnson returned to the charts in 1986 with his sophomore solo album ‘Shockadelica‘. The first single from the album brought Sylvester Stewart, better known as Sly Stone, out of retirement to duet with Jesse on [...]

Jesse Johnson – Crazay 7″

Jesse Johnson - Crazay 7"

The A Side: Crazay (Featuring Sly Stone) 3:59 The B Side: Drive Yo Cadillac 4:49 The Brief: Jesse Johnson returned to the charts in 1986 with his sophomore solo album ‘Shockadelica‘. The first single from the album brought Sylvester Stewart, better known as Sly Stone, out of retirement to duet with Jesse on “Crazay”. The [...]

Vanity – Animals 12″ Promo

Vanity - Animals 12" Promo

The A Side: Animals (12″ Version) 5:26 The B Side: Animals (Dub) 4:46 Animals (Single Version) 3:58 The Brief: Vanity’s second LP, ‘Skin on Skin’, produced three singles including today’s 12″ post, “Animals”. The song failed to chart on any of Billboard’s major charts. The LP itself reached a peak of #66 on the Billboard [...]

Vanity – Under The Influence 12″

Vanity - Under The Influence 12"

The A Side: Under The Influence (Mid-Day Mix Vocal) 6:25 Under The Influence (Early Morning Mix Dub) 5:41 The B Side: Under The Influence (Late Night Mix Vocal) 5:45 Wild Animal 4:39 The Brief: The second long playing solo release by Vanity was 1986’s ‘Skin On Skin’. The first single from the album was “Under [...]

Kool Moe Dee – Go See The Doctor 12″

Kool Moe Dee - Go See The Doctor 12"

The A Side: Go See The Doctor (Uncensored Version) 3:57 Go See The Doctor (Almost Clean Version) 3:57 The B Side: Monster Crack (Street Mix) 5:27 Monster Crack (Radio Edit) 3:50 The Brief: Kool Moe Dee was an original member of the influential group the Treacherous Three. In 1985 the group parted ways and Moe [...]

Curiosity Killed The Cat – Misfit 12″

Curiosity Killed The Cat - Misfit 12"

The A Side: Misfit (Extended Version) 7:03 Misfit (7″ Edit) 4:02 The B Side: Misfit (Club Mix) 5:23 Misfit (Dub Mix) 4:06 The Brief: Curiosity Killed The Cat were a British pop band made up of vocalist Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot, bass guitarist Nick Thorp, drummer Migi Drummond and guitarist Julian Godfrey Brookhouse. “Misfit” was the group’s [...]

Belinda Carlisle – Mad About You 12″

Belinda Carlisle - Mad About You 12"

The A Side: Mad About You (Extended Version) 5:03 The B Side: Mad About You (Single Version) 3:30 Mad About You (Instrumental Version) 3:30 The Brief: Belinda Jo Carlisle got her first taste of the music business with a brief stint as Dottie Danger, the drummer for the punk band The Germs. After that brief [...]

Focus – Zero In July 12″

Focus - Zero In July 12"

The A Side: Zero In July (Extended Version) 6:08 Zero In July (Instrumental) 4:40 The B Side: Zero In July (Edited Version) 4:22 Zero In July (Dub Version) 5:52 The Brief: By 1987, the funk outfit known as the Bar-Kays was slowly splitting up and grinding to a halt. In 1988, the band released their [...]

Human League – Love Is All That Matters 12″

Human League - Love Is All That Matters 12"

The A Side: Love Is All That Matters (Extended Version) 7:45 Love Is All That Matters (7″ Edit) 4:06 The B Side: Love Is All That Matters (A Cappella) 2:45 Love Is All That Matters (Instrumental) 4:09 The Brief: The third and final single from the 1986 LP ‘Crash’ by Human League was “Love Is [...]

Human League – I Need Your Loving 12″

Human League - I Need Your Loving 12"

The A Side: I Need Your Loving (Extended Version) 7:12 I Need Your Loving (A Cappella Version) 3:40 The B Side: I Need Your Loving (Dub Version) 6:40 I Need Your Loving (Instrumental) 3:40 The Brief: Despite the smash success of the first single from Human League’s ‘Crash’ LP, the two singles that followed were [...]

Human League – Human 12″

Human League - Human 12"

The A Side: Human (Extended Version) 5:00 The B Side: Human (A Cappella Version) 2:00 Human (Instrumental Version) 5:00 The Brief: OK, granted, I do a lot of reading online when I am wasting my time writing up this drivel I put with each post on the blog. I suppose some of you indulge me [...]

Prince – Mountains 7″

Prince - Mountains 7"

The A Side: Mountains 3:58 The B Side: Alexa de Paris 3:20 The Brief: The second single released from the ‘Parade’ album was written by Wendy & Lisa together with Prince. The tune is called “Mountains” and is presented here in its 7” version. This is the only track from Parade that features the entire [...]

The Rolling Stones – One Hit (To The Body) 12″

The Rolling Stones - One Hit (To The Body) 12"

The A Side: One Hit (To The Body) (London Mix) 7:00 The B Side: One Hit (To The Body) (Edit) 4:04 Fight 3:08 The Brief: Over the course of their career that has spanned nearly half a century, The Rolling Stones have released 29 studio albums, 10 live albums and 31 compilation albums. In 1983, [...]

Age Of Chance – Kiss 12″ Promo

Age Of Chance - Kiss 12"

The A Side: Kiss (Vocal) 3:06 The B Side: Kiss Collision (Vocal) 4:10 Crash Conscious (Vocal) 2:54 The Brief: For this write-up I went to thesaurus.com and looked up all the synonyms I could find for godawful to describe this release by Age of Chance. Here’s a sample: awful, bad, barbaric, beastly, desperate, diabolical, fiendish, [...]

Kool and the Gang – Victory 12″

Kool and the Gang - Victory 12"

The A Side: Victory (12″ Version) 5:55 The B Side: Victory (7″ Version) 3:58 Bad Woman 5:35 The Brief: By 1986, Kool and the Gang had been recording and releasing music for 17 years. The LP ‘Forever’ was their 18th album release of original material. Promotion for the album was kicked off by the release [...]

Sheila E. – Hold Me 12″

Sheila E. - Hold Me 12"

The A Side: Hold Me 5:04 The B Side: The World Is High 3:25 The Brief: The third long playing release from Sheila E. was the simply titled “Sheila E.” album of 1987. The first single from the record was “Hold Me” which went on to be Sheila’s last Top 5 R&B hit. On the [...]

Mazarati – Players’ Ball 12″

Mazarati - Players' Ball 12"

The A Side: Players’ Ball (Extended Version) 8:10 The B Side: I Guess It’s All Over (LP Version) 4:56 The Brief: Former bassist for Prince & The Revolution, Brownmark worked with his former high school classmates, Mazarati, and got them signed to Prince’s Paisley Park Records in 1985. He produced their self-titled debut album that [...]

Prince – Anotherloverholenyohead UK 12″

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    The A Side: Anotherloverholenyohead (Extended Version) 7:52 The B Side: I Wanna Be Your Lover (LP Version) 5:47 The Brief: Fifty-three years ago today, in 1958, Prince Rogers Nelson was born to John L. Nelson and Mattie Shaw. Twenty-eight years later, a young djrichiep, at the age of 16, bought his first Prince [...]

Prince – Mountains 12″

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The A Side: Mountains (Extended Version) 10:03 The B Side: Alexa de Paris (Extended Version) 4:54 The Brief: Today’s post kicks off a full week of Prince 12” releases as part of “Paisley June” at Fun With Vinyl, in celebration of Prince’s birthday. This 12” features a 10:03 extended version of “Mountains”, the second single [...]

Prince – Kiss 12″

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The A Side: Kiss (Extended Version) 7:16 The B Side: Love Or Money (Extended Version) 6:50 The Brief: Those of you who have, or have heard of, the Fun With Vinyl collections that I released prior to starting this blog, may be noticing that some of those songs are starting to show up as posts. [...]

The Blow Monkeys – Digging Your Scene 12″ Promo

The Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene 12" Promo B

The A Side: Digging Your Scene (Extended Mix) 6:25 The B Side: Digging Your Scene (Lp Version) 6:25 Digging Your Scene (Dub Cosmic Mix) 5:42 The Brief: The Blow Monkeys are a British band that scored their one and only US Top 40 hit in 1986 with “Digging Your Scene”. The single came from their [...]

The Blow Monkeys – Digging Your Scene 7″

The Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene 7"

The A Side: Digging Your Scene (U.S. Mix) 4:40 The B Side: Digging Your Scene (U.K. Mix) 4:13 The Brief: The Blow Monkeys are a British band that scored their one and only US Top 40 hit in 1986 with “Digging Your Scene”. The single came from their second album release entitled ‘Animal Magic’ which [...]

Gavin Christopher – One Step Closer To You 12″

Gavin Christopher - One Step Closer To You 12"

The A Side: One Step Closer To You (Club Version) 7:44 One Step Closer To You (Acapella Plus) 4:24 The B Side: One Step Closer To You (Short Version) 4:27 One Step Closer To You (Instrumental) 6:04 The Brief: Gavin Christopher‘s first experience in the music business came as a member of the band Lyfe [...]

Madhouse – 6 12″

Madhouse - 6 12"

The A Side: 6 (End Of The World Mix) 5:45 The B Side: Six 3:37 Six and ½ 2:30 The Brief: The 12″ version of “Six” from Prince’s Madhouse project was recorded and mixed by Susan Rogers. The Billboard Charts: Chart Debuted Debut Pos. Peak Pos. Wks on Chart Hot Black Singles 2/7/87 5 13 [...]

Madhouse – 6 7″

Madhouse - 6 7"

The A Side: 6 3:19 The B Side: Six and ½ 2:34 The Brief: Back in March, we ran a poll to see what series of 7″ singles everyone would like to see here on Fun With Vinyl.  This week I’m running the second place finisher from that poll, Madhouse.  Gonna include the 12″ releases also… [...]

Club Nouveau – Lean On Me 12″

Club Nouveau - Lean On Me 12"

The A Side: Lean On Me (Remix) 7:42 Lean On Me (LP Version) 5:56 The B Side: Pump It Up (Lean On Me) Reprise (Remix) 4:51 Pump It Up (Lean On Me) Reprise (LP Version) 2:38 The Brief: In 1972, Bill Withers wrote and released “Lean On Me” as a single. The song reached #1 [...]

Club Nouveau – Situation #9 12″

Club Nouveau - Situation #9 12"

The A Side: Situation #9 (Vocal) 4:54 Situation #9 (Instrumental) 5:18 The B Side: Bad Situation (Club Mix) 8:13 The Brief: Club Nouveau’s follow up to “Jealousy” is “Situation #9”. The Billboard Charts: Chart Debuted Debut Pos. Peak Pos. Wks on Chart Hot Black Singles 12/20/86   4 14 The Source: Label: Tommy Boy Records [...]

Club Nouveau – Jealousy 12″

Club Nouveau - Jealousy 12"

The A Side: Jealousy (Green-Eyed Vocal) 4:45 Jealousy (Instrumental) 4:31 The B Side: Malicious Jealousy (Vicious Vocal) 6:35 The Brief: After tasting success with Timex Social Club, Jay King and Denzil Foster joined up with Thomas McElroy, Valerie Watson and Samuelle Prater to form the “new club”… Club Nouveau. The first single for the band [...]

Timex Social Club – Rumors 12″

Timex Social Club – Rumors 12″

The A Side: Rumors (Short Version) 4:30 The B Side: Vivious Rumors (Long Version) 7:10 The Brief: Do any songs bring back memories of cruising down the road, with the windows down and the cassette deck blasting out a jam for all within earshot to hear? This is one of those songs that does it for [...]

The Georgia Satellites – Battleship Chains 12″ Promo

The Georgia Satellites - Battleship Chains 12" Promo

The A Side: Battleship Chains (Vocal/LP Version) 2:55 The B Side: Battleship Chains (Vocal/Party Mix) 3:10 The Brief: After years of playing the bars and small clubs, The Georgia Satellites blasted on to the music scene in 1986 with the #2 charting song “Keep Your Hands To Yourself”. The single came from their self-titled debut [...]

Doug E. Fresh And The Get Fresh Crew – Lovin’ Ev’ry Minute Of It (Cyclone Ride) 12″

Doug E. Fresh And The Get Fresh Crew – Lovin’ Ev’ry Minute Of It (Cyclone Ride) 12″

The A Side: Lovin’ Ev’ry Minute Of It (Cyclone Ride) (Vocal) 4:23 The B Side: Lovin’ Ev’ry Minute Of It (Cyclone Ride) (Short Vocal) 4:17 Lovin’ Ev’ry Minute Of It (Cyclone Ride) (Dub) 4:32 The Brief: In 1986, after the success of the 12″ release “The Show” backed with “La-Di-Da-Di”, Doug E. Fresh And The [...]

Various – Prime Cuts Volume 1, Issue 1

Various - Prime Cuts Volume 1, Issue 1

The A Side: Pet Shop Boys – Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money) (Edit by Mark Bailey) 7:35 Bananarama – Venus (Edit by Mike Carroll) 7:28 The B Side: Janet Jackson – You Can Be Mine (Edit by Mike Carroll) 7:55 Joyce Kennedy – Activate My Love (Edit by Mike Carroll) 6:07 The Brief: Prime [...]

Nu Shooz – Point Of No Return 12″

Nu Shooz - Point Of No Return 12"

The A Side: Point Of No Return (Vocal/Long Version) 5:50 The B Side: Point Of No Return (Vocal/Special Mix) 6:27 Point Of No Return (Dub Mix) 5:10 The Brief: “Point Of No Return” is the second single from the Nu Shooz gold-selling LP ‘Poolside’. The album was released in 1986 and “Point Of No Return” [...]

Georgio – Sexappeal (Remix) 12″

Georgio - Sexappeal (Remix) 12"

The A Side: Sexappeal (Remix Version) 4:27 The B Side: Sexappeal (Original Edit Version) 4:30 Sexappeal (Instrumental) 4:25 The Brief: On this day, 24 years ago, “Sexappeal” by Georgio debuted on the Hot 100 Singles chart. I normally don’t just lift my write-ups verbatim from a site but, in this case, I thought the info [...]

General Kane – Crack Killed Applejack 12″

General Kane - Crack Killed Applejack 12"

  The A Side: Crack Killed Applejack (LP Version) 5:52 The B Side: Applejack’s Theme 4:52 Crack Killed Applejack (Club Mix) 5:22 The Brief: In 1986, General Kane underwent a slight name change turning Caine into Kane. The band had just inked a recording contract with Motown Records and released their first album for the [...]

The Fixx – Secret Separation 12” Promo

The Fixx - Secret Separation 12” Promo

The A Side: Secret Separation (Long Version) 6:58 The B Side: Secret Separation (Short Version) 3:50 The Brief: The single “Secret Separation” was The Fixx‘s fifth Top 40 single on the Billboard Hot 100 in their career. It came from the LP ‘Walkabout’ which was their fourth studio album. ‘Walkabout’ went to #30 on the [...]

Pieces Of A Dream – Joyride 12”

Pieces Of A Dream - Joyride 12”

The A Side: Joyride (Joy Mix) 6:39 The B Side: Joyride (Devastating Dub) 6:03 Joyride (Radio Version) 4:04 The Brief: Formed in 1976, Pieces of a Dream are a R&B/Jazz group that have released 15 albums since 1981. Their 1986 LP, ‘Joyride’ went to #3 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.  This is the [...]

Strafe – Set It Off II 12”

Strafe - Set It Off II 12”

Side A: Set It Off (Vocal Version) 9:22 Side B: Set It Off (The Hot Club Version) 9:32 The Brief: This was a popular tune for the crowd to line dance to back in the day. The Bus Stop line dance would always break out when I threw this tune on. The Bus Stop goes [...]

Loose Ends – Stay A Little While, Child 12”

Loose Ends - Stay A Little While, Child 12”

Side A: Stay A Little While, Child (Extended Version) Side B: Stay A Little While, Child (Radio Edit) Stay A Little While, Child (Dub Version) Stay A Little While, Child (Instrumental) Stay A Little While, Child (Bonus Beats) The Brief: Loose Ends are an English R&B band that was formed in London in 1980. In [...]

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