The A Side: If I Was Your Girlfriend 4:54 The B Side: Shockadelica (Extended Version) 6:12 The Brief: “If I Was Your Girlfriend” was the second of four ‘Sign “O” The Times’ singles and the only one of the four that didn’t deliver Prince a Top 10 hit on the US Hot 100 [...]
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 [...]
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 A Side: Paisley Park She’s Always In My Hair The B Side: Paisley Park (Remix) The Brief: Today we have another UK 12” that features the remix of “Paisley Park”. It’s another track that has not been made available on CD. This is the title track from ‘Around The World In A Day’ the [...]
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The A Side: Purple Rain (Long Version) The B Side: God (Instrumental) (Love Theme From ‘Purple Rain’) God (Vocal) The Brief: In 1984, Prince was riding high on top of the song charts and at the box office. The title song from the soundtrack to ‘Purple Rain’ was released in the UK on a 12” [...]
Posted in FWV, Prince Tags: 12 Inch, 1984, b-side, MPLS, R&B, UK Pressing, Warner Brothers Records 9 Comments »
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 [...]
The A Side: 13 (The Paisley Park Mix) 7:49 Thirteen and ¼ 5:47 The B Side: 13 (LP Version) 4:46 Four (LP Version) 2:24 The Brief: Today’s post wraps up the series on Prince’s jazz project, Madhouse, with the 12” release of the track “Thirteen”. Featured on this release is “The Paisley Park Mix” and [...]
Posted in FWV, Madhouse Tags: 12 Inch, 1987, b-side, Jazz, MPLS, Paisley Park Records, R&B 9 Comments »
The A Side: 10 (The Perfect Mix) 7:13 The B Side: (The Perfect) 10 (7″ Version) 3:51 Ten and ½ 3:18 Two 5:28 The Brief: The 12” release of Madhouse’s “Ten” features “The Perfect Mix”. The Billboard Charts: Chart Debuted Debut Pos. Peak Pos. Wks on Chart Hot Black Singles 11/14/87 66 10 The Source: [...]
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The A Side: (The Perfect) 10 (Edit) 3:51 The B Side: Ten and ½ 3:18 The Brief: The second Madhouse album was entitled ’16′ and was released on November 18, 1987. Again, Eric Leeds contributed on saxophone and flute. Others were credited in the album’s liner notes including Sheila E. on drums, Levi Seacer, Jr. [...]
Posted in FWV, Madhouse Tags: 1987, 7 Inch, b-side, Jazz, MPLS, Paisley Park Records, R&B 4 Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in FWV, Madhouse Tags: 12 Inch, 1986, b-side, Jazz, MPLS, Paisley Park Records, R&B 11 Comments »
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… [...]
Posted in FWV, Madhouse Tags: 1986, 7 Inch, b-side, Jazz, MPLS, Paisley Park Records, R&B 3 Comments »
The A Side: Let’s Go Crazy 3:46 The B Side: Erotic City (“make love not war Erotic City come alive”) 3:53 The Brief: Released on July 18, 1984 “Let’s Go Crazy” became Prince‘s second number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and also topped the Hot Black Singles and Hot Dance/Disco charts as well as [...]
The A Side: G-Spot (Remix) 6:23 The B Side: Baby Cries (Ay Yah) (Extended Version) 6:40 The Brief: “G-Spot” was the second single release from the ‘Jill Jones’ LP. This commercially released 12″ has an extended version of the single as well as an extended version of the non-album track “Baby Cries (Ay Yah)”. The [...]
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The A Side: Mia Bocca (Extended Version) 6:04 The B Side: Mia Bocca (Dub Version) 5:48 77 Bleeker St. (Extended Version) 4:34 The Brief: The story is that Jill Jones first met Prince in 1980 when she was 18 years old. From that point, she and Prince kept in touch and soon Prince was bringing [...]
Posted in FWV, Jill Jones Tags: 12 Inch, 1987, Arthur Baker, b-side, Gail “Sky” King, MPLS, Paisley Park Records, Promo, R&B 5 Comments »
The A Side: Mia Bocca (Edit) The B Side: 77 Bleeker St The Brief: Technically, this is the 200th post at Fun With Vinyl but, technically it’s the 190th record posted at Fun With Vinyl but, still a milestone so, thanks to everyone that have sent words of encouragement and appreciation. And now, as promised, [...]
The A Side: Let’s Work (Dance Remix, Long Version) 8:02 The B Side: Gotta Stop (Messin’ About) 2:55 The Brief: Before the pop success of ’1999′ and the purple explosion of ‘Purple Rain’, Prince released an album in 1981 entitled ‘Controversy’. At this point in his career, Prince was more accepted by R&B radio [...]
The A Side: Koo Koo 3:24 The B Side: Paradise Gardens 3:59 The Brief: “Koo Koo” was the second and final US single release in support of the ‘Sheila E.’ album. The b-side is a non-album track entitled “Paradise Gardens”. The Billboard Charts: Chart Debuted Debut Pos. Peak Pos. Wks on Chart Hot Black Singles [...]
The A Side: Hold Me (Edit) 4:10 The B Side: The World Is High 3:25 The Brief: Sheila E.’s third album release was simply titled ‘Sheila E.’ It peaked at #56 on the Billboard 200 albums chart during a 12 week run. The first single in support of the LP was “Hold Me” backed [...]
The A Side: The Belle Of St. Mark 3:38 The B Side: Too Sexy 5:03 The Brief: Tonight’s post is Sheila’s second career single, “The Belle Of St. Mark”. This was the second single released in support of her debut LP ‘Sheila E. in The Glamorous Life’. On the flip side is the non-album [...]
Side A: Pop Life (Extended Version) 9:07 Side B: Girl 7:34 The Brief: This is post #101 of the Fun With Vinyl blog, part 3 of a 3 post celebration of my 100th blog post! This 12” was not in my record collection while I was putting together the original ‘Fun With Vinyl’ series but, [...]
Posted in FWV, Prince Tags: 12 Inch, 1985, b-side, MPLS, Paisley Park Records, R&B, UK Pressing 4 Comments »
Side A: Who Wears These Shoes (Extended Version) Side B: I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Recorded Live At Wembley) (Previously Unavailable) Tortured (Previously Unavailable) The Brief: Elton John’s eighteenth studio album was ‘Breaking Hearts’ in 1984. From that album came the single “Who Wears These Shoes” which was the highest debuting new entry on [...]
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Side A: Ice Cream Castles 3:37 Side B: Tricky 3:12 The Brief: “Ice Cream Castles” is the opening track from The Time’s third album, ‘Ice Cream Castle’. It’s the first of three singles from the album released in 1984. It debuted on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart on June 30, 1984 and spent 15 [...]
Side A: 777-9311 3:20 Side B: Grace 2:37 The Brief: The first of three singles released from The Time’s sophomore effort ‘What Time Is It?’. Released in 1982, “777-9311″ debuted on the Billboard R&B chart on August 21, 1982. It climbed to a peak position of #2, where it stayed for 3 weeks, and spent [...]
Side A: High Fashion 3:45 Side B: Susannah’s Pajamas 3:58 The Brief: I have read that this single was a promo only release but, the labels on the single appear to be of a commercial release. I bought this 45 used many years after its release so, I can’t say for sure. Anyway, “High Fashion” [...]
Side A: The Screams Of Passion 3:10 Side B: Yes 4:27 The Brief: Here we have the first of two singles from their one and only album, ‘The Family’. The album’s material was composed nearly entirely by Prince but, credits were given to band members. This single, “The Screams of Passion” is credited to St. [...]
Side A: Stroke 4:06 Side B: Champagne Saturday 4:05 The Brief: The last of three singles from the debut album ‘Mazarati’. Side A and B were written, arranged and produced by Brown Mark. No chart success at all for this single release. Side A is listed on the 45 label as “Edited from the Paisley Park [...]
Side A: 100 MPH 3:09 Side B: Don’t Leave Me Baby 4:00 The Brief: The second of three singles from their eponymous debut album. “100 MPH” was written by Prince for the band and was their best charting single. It entered the Hot Black Singles chart on May 17, 1986 and crested at #19. It [...]
Side A: Goin’ Crazy! 3:21 Side B: Loco Del Calor! (Spanish Version of “Goin’ Crazy!”) 3:21 The Brief: The second of four singles from Dave’s 1986 album ‘Eat ‘Em and Smile’. It was backed on the B-Side by “Loco Del Calor!” which was from the Spanish language version of the ‘Eat ‘Em and Smile’ album [...]
Side A: Just A Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody (Medley) 4:17 Side B: Just A Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody (Medley) (Remix Version) 4:53 The Brief: The second of three singles from DLR’s 1985 ‘Crazy From The Heat’ EP. “Just A Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody (Medley)” debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on March 23, 1985 at [...]
Side A: California Girls 2:50 Side B: California Girls (Remix Version) 3:10 The Brief: The first of three singles from his 1985 ‘Crazy From The Heat’ EP. “California Girls” is a cover of the Beach Boys classic tune from 1965. It was the highest entry for the week of January 19, 1985 on the Billboard Hot [...]
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