The A Side: Keep Your Eye On Me (Manic Mix) 7:35 The B Side: Keep Your Eye On Me (Dub Mix) 5:40 The Brief: Twenty-five years after the release of his first studio album, ‘Lonely Bull’, Herb Alpert went into the studio with the production team of Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis to lay down [...]
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Tags: 12 Inch, 1987, A&M Records, Flyte Tyme Productions, Jazz, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, R&B, UK Pressing 
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The A Side: Fast Girls (Specially Remixed Version) 6:59 The B Side: French Blue 6:22 The Brief: Janet Damita Jo Jackson was born May 16, 1966. 362 days after yours truly was born. She and I are practically brother and sister! LOL! There’s not much to be said about Ms. Jackson that hasn’t already been [...]
Side A: Stay With Me Tonight (Extended Remixed Version) 5:52 Side B: Stay With Me Tonight (Dub Version) 6:42 The Brief: Jeffrey Osborne started off as the drummer for LTD and eventually took over lead vocalist duties before departing the band in late 1980 for a solo career. “Stay With Me Tonight” is the title [...]
Posted in FWV, Jeffrey Osborne Tags: 12 Inch, 1983, A&M Records, Bill Bottrell, John McClain, R&B 7 Comments »
Side A: Lucky One (Kupper 12″Mix) 5:22 Lucky One (12″ Instrumental) 5:20 Lucky One (Remix) 4:09 Side B: Lucky One (Churban 12″ Mix) 5:42 Lucky One (Churban Instrumental) 5:41 Lucky One (The Lucky Street Mix) 4:03 The Brief: “Lucky One” was the first single from Amy Grant’s thirteenth album, ‘House Of Love’ in 1994. The [...]
Posted in Amy Grant, FWV Tags: 12 Inch, 1994, A&M Records, Eric Kupper, Keith Thomas, Pop, Promo 1 Comment »
Side A: Sleepy Maggie (LP Version) 5:35 Sleepy Maggie (The Deep Sleep Mix) 7:26 Sleepy Maggie (The Sandman Mix) 5:33 Side B: Sleepy Maggie (The BKS Chameleon Boom Mix) 6:33 Sleepy Maggie (The BKS Chameleon Boom Mix 2) 4:52 The Brief: The third album by an unconventional fiddler from the East Coast Maritime region of [...]
Posted in Ashley MacIsaac, FWV Tags: 12 Inch, 1995, A&M Records, BKS, Pop, Promo, The Boomtang Boys Comments Off
Side A: Good For Me (12″ So Good Mix) 6:02 Good For Me (Dub So Good Mix) 5:08 Side B: Good For Me (12″ You Like To Dance Mix) 5:40 Good For Me (You Like To Dub Mix) 4:09 Good For Me (7″ Good For You Mix) 4:02 The Brief: “Good For Me” was the [...]
Side A: Freak-A-Ristic (Special Dance Mix) 6:24 Side B: Freak-A-Ristic (Dub Mix) 6:50 The Brief: In 1985, Atlantic Starr released their seventh album entitled ‘As The Band Turns’. This was the first single from that album. It entered the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart at #90 on May 15, 1985. It got no higher than [...]
Side A: Packjammed (With The Party Posse) 7:35 Side B: Packjammed (With The Party Posse) (Writ Mix – Extended Version) 6:32 Packjammed (Dub) 4:05 The Brief: Stock Aitken Waterman’s second single only release from 1987. Again, failed to chart in the US but got to #41 on the UK singles chart. The Source: Label: A&M [...]
Posted in FWV, Stock Aitken Waterman Tags: 12 Inch, 1987, A&M Records, Pete Hammond, Pop, Promo, SAW Comments Off
Side A: Roadblock (Extended) 8:00 Roadblock (7″ Version) 3:18 Side B: Roadblock (Dub) 8:15 Roadblock (7″ Dub) 4:20 The Brief: A UK songwriting and record producing trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman. They had great success during the mid to late 80s and early 90s, scoring more than 100 UK top [...]
Side A: Don’t Stand Another Chance (Specially Remixed Version) 6:52 Side B: Don’t Stand Another Chance (Dub Version) 6:52 The Brief: Ms. Jackson’s second album, ‘Dream Street’ was released in 1984. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis had yet to work their magic with Janet but, this was a pretty good song itself. It was written [...]
Side A: 1. (Keep Feeling) Fascination-Extended 4:56 2. Mirror Man 3:48 3. Hard Times 4:54 Side B: 1. I Love You Too Much 3:18 2. You Remind Me Of Gold 3:35 3. (Keep Feeling) Fascination-Improvisation 6:12 The Brief: An EP released in 1983, it went to #22 on The Billboard 200 albums chart and spawned [...]
Side A: Say It, Say It (Extended Version) 6:52 Side B: 1. Say It, Say It (Single Version) 4:34 2. Say It, Say It (Dub Version) 4:40 The Brief: From E.G. Daily’s 1985 debut album ‘Wild Child’, “Say It, Say It” was the first of two singles released. It went to #70 on Billboard’s Hot 100, #4 [...]
Posted in E.G. Daily, FWV Tags: 12 Inch, 1985, A&M Records, Jellybean Benitez, Michael Hutchinson, Pop 2 Comments »