The Brief: Today is May 27, 2013 and in the United States this day is dedicated to all Americans who lost their lives fighting for this country. Memorial Day is a day set aside for the appreciation of those who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of freedom. The holiday occurs on the last Monday of May and [...]
The Brief: I always think people love Amy Grant as much as they hate her. She’s too tame for regular folks, but too rebellious (although not) for the Christian crowd. Yet through all that, somehow she’s found a middle ground, and her audience has stayed with her. I’m in that audience. I’ve been an Amy [...]
The Brief: Coming this Saturday, April 20th, is Record Store Day 2013. This week we will take a look at some of the records I picked up at previous Record Store Days and Record Store Day’s Black Fridays in November. Here’s the press release announcing today’s record: Universal Music Group has announced that The Rolling [...]
Posted in FWV, Rolling Stones 
Tags: 2011, 7 Inch, A&M Records, Record Store Day, Rock, Rolling Stones Records 
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The A Side: (Baby Tell Me) Can You Dance (Club Mix) 6:58 (Baby Tell Me) Can You Dance (Instrumental) 5:44 The B Side: (Baby Tell Me) Can You Dance (Radio Mix) 5:44 (Baby Tell Me) Can You Dance (The Shep Pettibone Mix) 6:53 The Brief: Shanice Wilson or just Shanice, is a Pittsburgh, PA born [...]
Posted in FWV, Shanice Wilson Tags: 12 Inch, 1987, A&M Records, Bryan Loren, Promo, R&B, Shep Pettibone 6 Comments »
The A Side: Oh Girl (Specially Remixed Version) 6:07 The B Side: Oh Girl (Album Version) 4:18 The Brief: Before you met George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam on the radio, you had already heard from them but, may not have known it. As a songwriting team they wrote two number one hits for Whitney Houston: [...]
Posted in Boy Meets Girl, FWV Tags: 12 Inch, 1985, A&M Records, George Merrill, Pop, Promo 11 Comments »
The A Side: Once Bitten Twice Shy (Extended Version) 6:01 The B Side: Once Bitten Twice Shy (Dub Version) 3:41 Once Bitten Twice Shy (A Cappella Version) 3:56 The Brief: “Once Bitten Twice Shy” is the first single from Vesta Williams’ debut album ‘Vesta’. It was the first of 6 Top 10 hits for Vesta [...]
Posted in FWV, Vesta Williams Tags: 12 Inch, 1986, A&M Records, Flyte Tyme Productions, John McClain, R&B, Steve Hodge 16 Comments »
The A Side: Keep Your Eye On Me (Extended Version) 5:53 The B Side: Our Song 3:54 The Brief: This record was pretty much already covered on the blog during the previous postings of Herb Alpert records but, I had it ripped and ready to go so, for completion’s sake, here’s the US release featuring an extended [...]
Posted in FWV, Herb Alpert Tags: 12 Inch, 1987, A&M Records, Flyte Tyme Productions, Jazz, R&B, Steve Hodge 9 Comments »
The A Side: Making Love In The Rain 5:53 The B Side: Making Love In The Rain (Remix) 5:50 The C Side: Diamonds (Cool Summer Mix) 6:16 Diamonds (Cool Summer Dance Mix) 5:51 The D Side: Diamonds (Instrumental) 5:23 Diamonds (Dub Version) 4:20 Diamonds (7″ Edit) 3:50 The E Side: Keep Your Eye On Me (Extended Version) 5:53 [...]
Posted in FWV, Herb Alpert, Janet Jackson, Lisa Keith Tags: 12 Inch, 1987, A&M Records, Flyte Tyme Productions, Jazz, John McClain, Promo, R&B, Steve Hodge 40 Comments »
The A Side: Making Love In The Rain 5:56 The B Side: Diamonds (Cool Summer Mix) 6:16 Keep Your Eye On Me (Extended Version) 5:53 The Brief: Once again, the team of Herb Alpert, Lisa Keith and Janet Jackson under the production of Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis came up with a Top 40 hit. [...]
Posted in FWV, Herb Alpert, Janet Jackson, Lisa Keith Tags: 12 Inch, 1987, A&M Records, b-side, Flyte Tyme Productions, Jazz, John McClain, R&B, Steve Hodge 20 Comments »
The A Side: Diamonds (Dance Mix) 6:45 The B Side: Diamonds (Instrumental) 5:10 Diamonds (Beats Dubcappella) 3:10 The Brief: In addition to enlisting producers Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis for his ‘Keep Your Eye On Me’ LP, Herb Alpert also called upon Janet Jackson and Lisa Keith to lay down vocals on some of the [...]
Posted in FWV, Herb Alpert, Janet Jackson, Lisa Keith Tags: 12 Inch, 1987, A&M Records, Flyte Tyme Productions, Jazz, John McClain, R&B, Steve Hodge 8 Comments »
The A Side: Stay With Me Tonight (Extended Remixed Version) 5:52 The B Side: Plane Love (Specially Remixed Version) 6:17 The Brief: From an A&M Records “Extended Memories” re-issue, we get two of Jeffrey Osborne’s more danceable tunes in their full on extended mixes. Both songs came from the former LTD front man’s second LP [...]
Posted in FWV, Jeffrey Osborne Tags: 12 Inch, 1983, A&M Records, Bill Bottrell, Larry Levan, R&B 6 Comments »
The A Side: You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song) (Extended Version) 6:20 The B Side: You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song) (Dubstrumental) 5:52 Who Would Have Guessed (Duet with Portia Griffin) 5:00 The Brief: Jeffrey Osborne’s fourth solo LP was ‘Emotional’, a Top 5 R&B album from 1986. The record produced [...]
Posted in FWV, Jeffrey Osborne Tags: 12 Inch, 1986, A&M Records, Arthur Baker, Mix Busters, R&B 10 Comments »
The A Side: Every Shade Of Love (Keith Cohen Remix) 7:34 The B Side: Every Shade Of Love (Original Version) 4:44 Love Struck (House Mix) 6:40 The Brief: The UK 12” for Jesse Johnson’s “Every Shade Of Love” single included the 12” West Coast Remix by Keith Cohen and Steve Beltran and a House Mix [...]
The A Side: Every Shade Of Love (East Coast) (7″ Edit) Every Shade Of Love (East Coast) (12″ Remix) The B Side: Every Shade Of Love (West Coast) (7″ Edit) Every Shade Of Love (West Coast) (12″ Remix) The Brief: Only two singles were released from the ‘Every Shade Of Love‘ LP. The title track [...]
Posted in FWV, Jesse Johnson Tags: 12 Inch, 1988, A&M Records, Keith Cohen, MPLS, Promo, R&B, Shep Pettibone, Steve Beltran, Steve Peck 1 Comment »
The A Side: Love Struck (Dance Mix) 8:00 Love Struck (7″ Mix) 4:30 The B Side: Love Struck (Dub Mix) 6:48 Love Struck (Instrumental) 6:15 Love Struck (A Cappella) 3:59 The Brief: In April of 1988, Jesse Johnson released his third solo album: ‘Every Shade Of Love‘. The first single released was “Love Struck”. This [...]
Posted in FWV, Jesse Johnson Tags: 12 Inch, 1988, A&M Records, Jesse Johnson, Keith Cohen, MPLS, R&B, Steve Beltran 4 Comments »
The A Side: Love Struck (7″ Version) 4:30 The B Side: Do Yourself A Favour 5:16 The Brief: In April of 1988, Jesse Johnson released his third solo album: ‘Every Shade Of Love‘. The first single released was “Love Struck”. This 45 contains the 7″ version of the single plus, on the B-Side, an extended [...]
Posted in FWV, Jesse Johnson Tags: 1988, 7 Inch, A&M Records, b-side, Jesse Johnson, Keith Cohen, MPLS, R&B, Steve Beltran 3 Comments »
The A Side: Baby Let’s Kiss (Extended Version) 7:38 The B Side: Baby Let’s Kiss (7″ Edit) 3:58 Fool’s Paradise 5:23 The Brief: Today’s post is the 12” release of Jesse Johnson’s single “Baby, Let’s Kiss” in an extended version along with the 7” edit and “Fool’s Paradise”. The Billboard Charts: Chart Debuted Debut Pos. [...]
Posted in FWV, Jesse Johnson Tags: 12 Inch, 1986, A&M Records, b-side, Jesse Johnson, MPLS, R&B 5 Comments »
The A Side: Baby Let’s Kiss (Remix) 3:58 The B Side: Fool’s Paradise 5:23 The Brief: Jesse Johnson‘s ‘Shockadelica‘ LP reached #70 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, #15 on the Hot Black Albums chart and sold over 1 million copies worldwide. The third single released from the album was a remix of “Baby Let’s [...]
Posted in FWV, Jesse Johnson Tags: 1986, 7 Inch, A&M Records, b-side, Jesse Johnson, MPLS, R&B 3 Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in FWV, Jesse Johnson Tags: 12 Inch, 1986, A&M Records, Bruce Forest, Frank Heller, MPLS, R&B 8 Comments »
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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in FWV, Jesse Johnson Tags: 12 Inch, 1986, A&M Records, Bruce Forest, Frank Heller, MPLS, R&B 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Posted in FWV, Jesse Johnson Tags: 12 Inch, 1986, A&M Records, b-side, MPLS, R&B, Steve Hodge 9 Comments »
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 [...]
The A Side: Let’s Have Some Fun 4:00 The B Side: She’s A Doll 4:58 The Brief: The fourth and final single released from the ‘Jesse Johnson‘s Revue’ album is “Let’s Have Some Fun”. The final tally for the LP was a peak of #43 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and #15 on the [...]
The A Side: I Want My Girl 4:46 The B Side: Fast Girls 6:40 The Brief: And, today we present the 12” release of “I Want My Girl” from Jesse Johnson’s Revue. The a side is the LP version of the song while the b side is an extended version of “Fast Girls”. The Billboard [...]
The A Side: I Want My Girl (Specially Remixed Version) 3:38 The B Side: Fast Girls 4:16 The Brief: The third single released from the ‘Jesse Johnson‘s Revue’ album is a specially remixed version of “I Want My Girl”. On the other side is the non-album B-Side track, Jesse’s version of “Fast Girls” that he [...]
The A Side: Can You Help Me (Extended Version) 6:09 The B Side: Free World (Extended Version) 7:00 The Brief: Here is the 12” version of “Can You Help Me” by Jesse Johnson’s Revue featuring extended versions of both “Can You Help Me” and “Free World”. The Billboard Charts: Chart Debuted Debut Pos. Peak Pos. [...]
The A Side: Can You Help Me 4:10 The B Side: Free World 4:20 The Brief: After posting a Top 5 on the R&B charts with his first single as a solo artist, Jesse Johnson followed that up with “Can You Help Me” in support of the ‘Jesse Johnson’s Revue’ album. The single also featured [...]
The A Side: Be Your Man (Specially Remixed Version) 7:05 The B Side: Special Love 4:25 The Brief: Today’s post is a 12” release of Jesse Johnson’s Revue debut single release with a specially remixed version of “Be Your Man”. The Billboard Charts: Chart Debuted Debut Pos. Peak Pos. Wks on Chart Hot 100 3/16/85 [...]
The A Side: Be Your Man 3:45 The B Side: Special Love 4:25 The Brief: In 1981, Jesse Johnson hooked up with Morris Day in a band called Enterprise. Enterprise and the band Flyte Tyme were later brought together by Prince to form The Time. Jesse took the role of lead guitarist in The Time [...]
The A Side: Jesse Johnson and Stephanie Spruill – Heart Too Hot To Hold 3:49 The B Side: Gary Chang – Dream Montage (Instrumental) The Brief: So, where were we? Oh yeah… If you don’t like Jesse Johnson… you’re going to hate February… In February of 1985, the John Hughes directed movie, The Breakfast Club [...]
Posted in FWV, Jesse Johnson, Stephanie Spruill Tags: 1985, 7 Inch, A&M Records, MPLS, R&B 15 Comments »
The A Side: True Ecstasy 4:47 The B Side: True Ecstasy 4:47 The Brief: The follow-up single to “Blueberry Gossip” was “True Ecstasy”. The song was promoted as a “Quiet Storm” type song as you can see by this promo 12” that is noted as an A&M Night play record. Despite that, the song failed [...]
The A Side: Blueberry Gossip (12″ Vocal) 8:45 Blueberry Gossip (Ta Mara’s Groove) 5:13 The B Side: Blueberry Dub 7:19 Blueberry Gossip (7″ Single Version) 5:35 Blueberry Gossip (Radio Edit) 4:55 The Brief: Ta Mara and The Seen’s lead singer Margaret “Margie” Cox, is a native of Kenitra, Morocco where she lived until age seven, [...]
Posted in FWV, Ta Mara and The Seen Tags: 12 Inch, 1988, A&M Records, Keith Cohen, MPLS, Promo, R&B, Steve Beltran 6 Comments »
The A Side: Thinking About You (Long Version) 6:06 The B Side: Thinking About You (Single Version) 3:26 The Brief: The third and final single from the Jesse Johnson produced debut album by Ta Mara and The Seen was “Thinking About You”. This promo 12” features an extended “Long Version” on one side and the [...]
The A Side: Affecttion (Specially Remixed Version) 4:52 The B Side: You Turn Me Up 5:43 The Brief: “Affecttion” is the second single from Ta Mara and The Seen‘s self-titled, Jesse Johnson produced, debut album released in 1985. “You Turn Me Up” is a non-album track on the B-Side. The Billboard Charts: Chart Debuted Debut [...]
Posted in FWV, Ta Mara and The Seen Tags: 12 Inch, 1985, A&M Records, b-side, MPLS, R&B 5 Comments »
The A Side: Everybody Dance 5:41 Affecttion 4:29 Summertime Love 4:58 Lonely Heart 3:20 The B Side: Thinking About You 5:22 Got To Have You 6:09 Long Cold Nights 5:09 Lonely Heart (Reprise) 1:00 The Brief: Margaret “Margie” Cox along with bassist Keith Woodson, guitarist Oliver Leiber, keyboardist Gina Fellicetta, and drummer Jamie Chez were [...]
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 [...]
Posted in FWV, Human League Tags: 12 Inch, 1986, A&M Records, Flyte Tyme Productions, Pop, Steve Hodge 3 Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in FWV, Human League Tags: 12 Inch, 1986, A&M Records, Flyte Tyme Productions, Pop 9 Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in FWV, Human League Tags: 12 Inch, 1986, A&M Records, Flyte Tyme Productions, Pop 27 Comments »
The A Side: She’s On The Left (12″ Version) 7:29 The B Side: She’s On The Left (Dub) 7:29 She’s On The Left (Acappella) 4:58 The Brief: “She’s On The Left” was the last single by Jeffrey Osborne to chart on Billboard’s Hot 100. Despite that, it was also his only #1 on the Hot [...]
Posted in FWV, Jeffrey Osborne Tags: 12 Inch, 1988, A&M Records, Keith Cohen, Promo, R&B, Steve Beltran 3 Comments »
The A Side: Runaway (G.man’s Hip Hop Mix Featuring Coolio) 4:13 Runaway (G.man’s Hip Hop Extended) 4:21 Runaway (Silk’s Old Skool Radio) 4:11 Runaway (G.man’s Club Mix) 3:51 The B Side: Runaway (Kelly’s Bump & Run 12″) 8:08 Runaway (Kelly’s Bump & Run Radio) 4:31 Runaway (Silk’s Old Skool 12″) 4:56 The C Side: Runaway [...]
The A Side: Baby Baby (12″ Heart In Motion Mix) 6:02 Baby Baby (12″ No Getting Over You Mix) 5:57 The B Side: I’m So Cool (12″ Coolin’ Extended Mix) 6:40 I’m So Cool (Blow The House Down Mix) 7:37 I’m So Cool (Urban Radio Mix) 4:28 The Brief: In 1991 Amy Grant shed her [...]
Posted in Amy Grant, FWV, Tabu Tags: 12 Inch, 1991, A&M Records, Amherst Records, Pop, R&B 3 Comments »