The Brief: In early 1980, Lipps, Inc. made a huge splash on the music charts with their Hot 100 #1 smash “Funkytown”. The group was formed and based in Minneapolis, Minnesota and was one of the revolving doors of talent in the Minneapolis music scene. Several members who were with Lipps, Inc., over the group’s period of [...]
The A Side: Thief Of Hearts (Dance Mix) 6:12 The B Side: Thief Of Hearts (Instrumental) 4:32 Thief Of Hearts (Short Version) 4:00 The Brief: Melissa Manchester released her first album in 1973 and has remained a popular adult contemporary artist to this day. In 1984, she contributed the title song to the soundtrack of [...]
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Tags: 12 Inch, 1984, Casablanca Records, Jellybean Benitez, Pop, Promo, Soundtrack 
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The A Side: Dirty Livin’ (A Jim Burgess Mix) 5:58 The B Side: 2000 Man 4:53 The Brief: “Dirty Livin’” is the third and final single released in support of the ‘Dynasty’ LP. KISS only released the single in Germany and today’s post spotlights the 12″ release that contains a 5:58 extended mix of the [...]
The A Side: I Was Made For Lovin’ You (A Jim Burgess Mix) 7:54 The B Side: Charisma 4:26 The Brief: From 1974-1977, KISS released eight studio and live albums. In 1978, the group took a “sort of” break from recording as a band and released four separate solo albums, albeit, still under the KISS [...]
Side A: Maniac (Vocal) (Re-Mix) 5:53 Side B: Maniac (Instrumental) 5:08 The Brief: Flashdance… Maniac… Jennifer Beals… Dancing… Training… Hot! If you’ve seen ‘Flashdance’, then all that made sense. If you haven’t, why the heck not? “Maniac” was the second of two singles from the soundtrack. Both singles went to #1 on the Billboard Hot [...]
Posted in FWV, Michael Sembello Tags: 12 Inch, 1983, Casablanca Records, Disco, Jellybean Benitez, Pop Comments Off
Side A: Mr. Popularity (Club Mix) 5:36 Side B: Mr. Popularity (Dub Mix) 3:59 The Brief: I remember why I bought this record. I read in a magazine, possibly Billboard, that he and the song sounded a lot like Prince. Yeah, I can hear the similarity with Prince’s falsetto, take a listen and see what [...]
Posted in FWV, Winston Ford Tags: 12 Inch, 1983, Casablanca Records, Danny Weiss, Promo, R&B 1 Comment »
Side A: Hell On Wheels 7:13 Side B: Git Down (Guitar Groupie) 7:14 The Brief: The first single from Cher’s 1979 LP “Prisoner”. The song also appeared on the soundtrack to the movie “Roller Boogie”. The b-side is from Cher’s 1978 LP “Take Me Home”. Both appear here in extended versions. The only chart success [...]