The Brief: In 1988 The Gap Band along with Four Tops, Jermaine Jackson, Curtis Mayfield and others contributed songs to the blaxploitation parody movie I’m Gonna Git You Sucka which was directed by and starred Keenen Ivory Wayans. The movie featured a large cast of characters including some veterans of the blaxploitation genre such as [...]
The Brief: I don’t know who to write about more on this release, the artist it is credited to or the song writers and producers of the song. I’ll try to intertwine them all. Tom Browne was born in Queens in 1954. He was a regular player in the New York jazz scene in the [...]
The A Side: Everything Your Heart Desires (54th Street Extended Remix) 9:12 Everything Your Heart Desires (If You Want The World Extended Remix) 7:53 The B Side: Everything Your Heart Desires (7th Avenue Remix) 4:26 Everything Your Heart Desires (No Words Can Help Dub Mix) 5:57 Realove 4:39 The Brief: By 1988, the hits machine [...]
The A Side: (Bigger & Better) Lies 6:35 (Long) Beach Culture 6:48 The B Side: (Dub) Lies 6:10 The Brief: At one point, Thompson Twins, who were neither twins, a duo or siblings, was a six-member band. But, when the group pared down to Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie and Joe Leeway, they got their first [...]
The A Side: Seasons Change (Extended Remix) 7:45 Seasons Change (Crossover Mix) 5:20 The B Side: Seasons Change (Radio Mix) 4:15 Megamix (Point of No Return) (Come Go With Me) (Exposed To Love) 10:00 The Brief: Ann Curless, Jeanette Jurado, and Gioia Bruno became the first group to have four top ten hits on the [...]
The A Side: Dynamite 3:58 The B Side: Tell Me I’m Not Dreamin’ (Too Good To Be True) (Instrumental) 4:10 The Brief: Jermaine was the fourth child born to Joseph and Katherine Jackson. He handled lead vocal duties for the Jackson Brothers band until Michael began assisting with lead vocals. Eventually they shared the lead [...]
The A Side: Missed Opportunity (Unlimited Mix) 6:58 Missed Opportunity (Radio Mix) 4:39 The B Side: Missed Opportunity (Smooth Mix) 8:57 Soul Love 3:56 The Brief: Four years after the release of their top 5 charting LP ‘Big Bam Boom’, Hall & Oates returned to the studio and released ‘Ooh Yeah!’ in June of 1988. [...]
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Tags: 12 Inch, 1988, Arista Records, Gary Wright, Mary Kessler, Pop, Robby Kilgore 
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The A Side: Talking All Night (Extended Remix) 6:08 Talking All Night (A Cappella) 3:49 The B Side: Talking All Night (Radio Remix) 4:38 Talking All Night (Dub Mix) 4:55 Talking All Night (Album Version) 4:38 The Brief: In 1988 Hall & Oates released their 13th studio album, ‘Ooh Yeah’. It came four years after [...]
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Side A: The Power (Switch Mix) The Power (Power Dub) Side B: The Power (Ful Mix) The Power (Potential Mix) The Power (Single Version) The Brief: Snap! released the album ‘World Power’ in the U.S. in 1993 and it featured the smash single “The Power”. The single hit the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart on [...]
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Side A: We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off (Dance Re-Mix) 5:45 Side B: We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off (Dub Mix) 6:40 We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off (Short Version) 4:05 The Brief: The smash hit that made Jermaine a household name. Lifted from his 1986 sophomore release, ‘Frantic [...]
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Side A: Lily Was Here (DNA Extended Remix) 5:59 Lily Was Here (Bonus Beats) 2:31 Side B: Lily Was Here (DNA Remix) 4:09 Lily Was Here (Horn Without Scorn) 4:59 The Brief: Actually listed on the 12” as David A. Stewart Introducing Candy Dulfer, “Lily Was Here” is from a Dutch movie bearing the same [...]
Side A: The Word Is Out (Extended Version) 6:52 Side B: The Word Is Out (Dub Version) 7:04 The Brief: Jermaine’s first major single and first to chart, “The Word Is Out” came from his 1984 debut album of the same name. Stewart previously worked as a backing vocalist for Shalamar, Millie Jackson, Tavares, the [...]