The Brief: On day 2 of our look at Record Store Day goodies we have The Clash’s “London Calling 2012″. Here’s a brief promotional item announcing the release: THE CLASH TO RELEASE LIMITED EDITION ‘LONDON CALLING’ SINGLE FOR RECORD STORE DAY THE CLASH will release a limited-edition 7″ single to mark Record Store Day on [...]
The Brief: Guest Blogger: Ernest L Sewell, IV Proprietor of: www.ErnestRadioNetwork.com I’ve long said, and still say, that George Michael is still one of the top five voices in the industry alive today. People look forward to Michael’s smooth & heart-centered emotional ballads as much as they crave his dance songs. His unabashed truth telling [...]
The Brief: I’ve said it before and I will say it again, I shouldn’t buy remixes done after the early 90s. They never sound like the original song and they just go on and on with seemingly no purpose. The standard radio version of this song is a really good song. These remixes alter the song [...]
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Tags: 12 Inch, 1999, Columbia Records, Johnny Vicious, Pop, The Dronez 
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The Brief: The power of a great single can do wonders for album sales. There’s probably a clever saying for that but, I don’t know what it is. What I do know is that prior to the release of “Butterfly” as a single, Crazy Town had sold about 100,000 copies of their debut album ‘The Gift [...]
Posted in Crazy Town, FWV Tags: 12 Inch, 1999, Columbia Records, Jay Baumgarner, Jazzy Jim, Justin Warfield, Larry Funk, Ricky Brown, Rock 7 Comments »
The A Side: Survivin’ In The 80′s 4:44 M.O.T.F. 4:22 Make Me Wanna Dance 4:54 Lovedog 3:17 The B Side: Body Thang 3:42 Stay 3:14 What Are We Doing Here 3:40 Don’t Let The Future (Come Down On You) 5:08 The Brief: As with his first LP, Andre Cymone wrote and produced all the tracks [...]
The A Side: Livin’ In The New Wave 4:07 Kelly’s Eyes 3:47 All I Need Is You 4:42 Trouble 5:36 The B Side: Get It Girl 4:18 Baby Don’t Go 4:06 So Fine 4:16 Voice On The Radio 4:08 Ritz Club 3:18 The Brief: A childhood friend of Prince, Andre Cymone figured prominently in Prince’s [...]
The A Side: Hard Day (The Shep Pettibone Mix) 8:31 Hard Day (Radio Edit) 4:11 The B Side: Hard Day (The Shep Pettibone Mix) 8:31 Hard Day (Radio Edit) 4:11 The Brief: This promotional 12” of “Hard Day”, a track from George Michael’s 1987 album ‘Faith’, is a bit misleading based on the info on [...]
Posted in FWV, George Michael Tags: 12 Inch, 1987, Columbia Records, Latin Rascals, Pop, Promo, Shep Pettibone 26 Comments »
The A Side: Lipstick Lover (Club Version) 7:25 The B Side: Lipstick Lover (Radio Version) 5:30 The Brief: The third and final single from Andre Cymone‘s ‘AC‘ LP was “Lipstick Lover”. This is hands down my favorite song from Andre and I really love the Club Version. The final chart tally for ‘AC’ was a [...]
Posted in Andre Cymone, FWV Tags: 12 Inch, 1985, Columbia Records, MPLS, R&B, Victor Flores 4 Comments »
The A Side: Satisfaction (Special Version) 5:54 The B Side: Satisfaction (Dub Mix) 3:52 Satisfaction (Edited Version) 4:14 The Brief: After “The Dance Electric” gave Andre Cymone his best charting single of his career, he followed that up with a self-penned track entitled “Satisfaction”. Chart success was not as fruitful but, it did garner some [...]
Posted in Andre Cymone, FWV Tags: 12 Inch, 1985, Columbia Records, Latin Rascals, MPLS, R&B, Victor Flores 4 Comments »
The A Side: Make Me Wanna Dance (Special Version) 4:49 The B Side: Make Me Wanna Dance (Instrumental) 4:49 The Brief: The second single from ‘Survivin’ In The 80s‘ got Andre Cymone his first taste of chart success as a performer. Of course, his biggest chart success would come later as a producer for other [...]
The A Side: Party Rebels (7″ Version) 3:58 Party Rebels (Dance Mix) 6:09 The B Side: Party Rebels (Instrumental) 3:43 Party Rebels (Nicolette Avenue Mix) 5:18 The Brief: “Party Rebels” is from the 1988 self titled album by Centerfold. Centerfold consisted of Keni Towns and Phil Jones. The LP was produced by Monte Moir and [...]
The A Side: Just Another Night (Extended Remix) 7:12 The B Side: Just Another Night (Edit) 4:42 Just Another Night (Dub Mix) 5:57 The Brief: “Just Another Night” is the highest charting single on the Billboard Hot 100 for Mick Jagger as a solo artist (I am not counting the duets he did with The [...]
Posted in FWV, Mick Jagger Tags: 12 Inch, 1985, Arthur Baker, Columbia Records, Francois Kevorkian, Rock, Ron St Germain 8 Comments »
The A Side: Your Thing Is Your Thing (Special Version) 7:45 The B Side: Your Thing Is Your Thing (Special Version) 7:45 The Brief: New Horizons were Varges Thomas, Mark Thomas, Bart Thomas, Tim Abrams and Art Thomas. The group recorded and released 2 albums on Columbia Records in 1983 and 1984. Both records were [...]
The A Side: Alice, I Want You Just For Me! (Special Version) 6:09 The B Side: Alice (Bang Zoom) 5:50 Alice (Ecrof’s Special Mix) 5:42 The Brief: Full Force are an R&B group probably more notable for their production and songwriting work for other artists as they are for their own recordings. The group produced [...]
The A Side: Dancing In The Sheets (Special Version Mixed by John “Jellybean” Benitez) 6:17 The B Side: Dancing In The Sheets (Instrumental) 5:00 The Brief: When Shalamar first came to prominence, the group consisted of Jody Watley, Jeffrey Daniel and Howard Hewett. The group ran up a string of R&B and pop hits from [...]
Posted in FWV, Shalamar Tags: 12 Inch, 1984, Columbia Records, Jellybean Benitez, R&B, Soundtrack 9 Comments »
The A Side: Still Waiting 3:40 The B Side: Still Waiting 3:40 The Brief: Denise Lorraine Davis is known by her stage name Rainy Davis. At the request of Amir Bayyan, (personal friend of the Jacksons), Rainy Davis wrote “Sweetheart” with producer Pete Warner for Janet Jackson. When the demo was finished all the songs [...]
The A Side: Don’t Fight The Feeling 3:53 The B Side: Don’t Fight The Feeling 3:53 The Brief: Enchantment toured and played together for the better part of the early 1970’s before getting a record contract and releasing their first LP in 1977. The 45 single in today’s post comes from the last LP the [...]
The A Side: Turbo Lover (Hi-Octane Mix) 5:33 The B Side: Turbo Lover (Short Version) 3:59 The Brief: “Turbo Lover” comes from the tenth studio LP released by the English band Judas Priest entitled ‘Turbo‘. The single made no noise on the charts but, the LP was a platinum selling Top 20 album on the [...]
Posted in FWV, Judas Priest Tags: 12 Inch, 1986, Columbia Records, Freddy Bastone, Rock 13 Comments »
The A Side: The Sex Of It (Extended Remix Version) 6:26 The Sex Of It (House Version) 6:38 The B Side: The Sex Of It (Radio Version) 3:30 The Sex Of It (House Dub Version) 6:24 The Brief: Kid Creole is August Darnell and the Coconuts are a trio of female backing vocalists. “The Sex [...]
Posted in FWV, Kid Creole and The Coconuts Tags: 12 Inch, 1990, Columbia Records, Justin Strauss, MPLS, Pop, Richie Jones 4 Comments »
The A Side: The Globe (12″ Mix) 7:42 The Globe (Dub Version) 5:43 The Globe (By The Orb) 9:22 The B Side: The Globe (LP Version) 6:05 The Globe (Instrumental) 4:54 Rush (12″ Mix) 7:57 The Brief: The Clash. Big Audio Dynamite. Big Audio Dynamite II. Mick Jones, the former guitarist and singer of The [...]
Posted in Big Audio Dynamite II, FWV Tags: 12 Inch, 1991, Andre Shapps, Columbia Records, Danny Rampling, Mark Plati, Mick Jones, Rock, The Orb 6 Comments »
The A Side: I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down (Ya Ya Mix) 6:15 The B Side: The Man In The Iron Mask 3:08 Broken Man (Live) 4:23 The Brief: ‘The Secret Of Association’ is the second album released by Brit Paul Young. “I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down” was the first and fifth single release [...]
Posted in FWV, Paul Young Tags: 12 Inch, 1984, b-side, Columbia Records, John Potoker, Pop, Rock 5 Comments »
The A Side: Do You Love Me Like You Say? (Rude Boy Dub) 6:18 Do You Love Me Like You Say? (Original Rude Boy Mix) 5:57 The B Side: Do You Love Me Like You Say? (Album Version) 5:31 Do You Love Me Like You Say? (Version Excursion Mix) 7:33 The Brief: In 1993, Terence [...]
Posted in FWV, Terence Trent D'Arby Tags: 12 Inch, 1993, Columbia Records, Promo, R&B, RON TOM 1 Comment »
The A Side: Dance Little Sister 8:45 Dance Little Sister 3:45 The B Side: Dance Little Sister 8:36 The Brief: Over a year after the release of ‘Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D’Arby’, D’Arby was still hitting the Top 40 with singles from the LP. “Dance Little Sister” was the last single from [...]
Posted in FWV, Terence Trent D'Arby Tags: 12 Inch, 1987, Columbia Records, Phil "Foghorn" Legg, R&B, Shep Pettibone 7 Comments »
The A Side: If You Let Me Stay 6:03 The B Side: If You Let Me Stay (Hardline Mix) 3:17 Loving You Is Another Word For Lonely 2:22 The Brief: The US commercial 12” release of “If You Let Me Stay” contains remixes by Michael H. Brauer and a non-album b-side entitled “Loving You Is [...]
Posted in FWV, Terence Trent D'Arby Tags: 12 Inch, 1987, b-side, Columbia Records, Michael Brauer, Phil "Foghorn" Legg, R&B 4 Comments »
The A Side: Wishing Well (The Cool In The Shade Mix) 7:50 The B Side: (What A) Wonderful World 3:55 Elevators & Hearts 4:04 The Brief: For the second single from ‘Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D’Arby’, D’Arby hit a home run, capturing the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 and the [...]
Posted in FWV, Terence Trent D'Arby Tags: 12 Inch, 1987, b-side, Columbia Records, Francois Kevorkian, R&B, Ron St Germain 9 Comments »
The A Side: If You Let Me Stay (The Shep Pettibone Mix) 6:30 If You Let Me Stay (Dub) 7:25 The B Side: If You Let Me Stay (Voice Version) 3:20 If You Let Me Stay (Radio Edit) 3:58 The Brief: In July of 1987, Terence Trent D’Arby released the album ‘Introducing the Hardline According [...]
Posted in FWV, Terence Trent D'Arby Tags: 12 Inch, 1987, Columbia Records, Promo, R&B, Shep Pettibone 12 Comments »
The A Side: Are You My Baby (My Man’s 12″) 7:34 Are You My Baby (Radio Edit) 4:00 The B Side: Are You My Baby (My Baby’s Dub) 5:38 Are You My Baby (Bonus Beats) 2:26 The Brief: Wendy & Lisa released the LP ‘Fruit At The Bottom” in 1989 and saw the album reach #119 [...]
Posted in FWV, Wendy and Lisa Tags: 12 Inch, 1989, Columbia Records, MPLS, Pop, Steve Beltran, Susan Rogers, Wendy & Lisa 4 Comments »
Next Love 7″: A Next Love 3:46 B Picking Up The Pieces 3:28 Label: Columbia Records Catalog#: 38-04537 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM Country: US Released: 1984 Next Love 12″: A Next Love (Extended Dance Remix) 7:07 B Next Love (Instrumental) 4:51 Label: Columbia Records Catalog#: 44-05043 Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 1/3 RPM Country: US Released: 1984 The Brief: “Next Love” was the follow up to Deniece [...]
Posted in Deniece Williams, FWV Tags: 12 Inch, 1984, 7 Inch, Columbia Records, Jellybean Benitez, Michael Hutchinson, R&B, Soundtrack 9 Comments »
The A Side: Misunderstood (Special Version) 7:33 The B Side: Misunderstood (Dub) 7:20 The Brief: Mico Wave is the stage name for Michael K. Lane. In 1987 he teamed up with alums from George Clinton’s P-Funk to record an album that was released under the title ‘Cookin’ From The Inside Out’. Pitching in to provide [...]
The A Side: Honeymoon Express (Special Honeymoon Mix) 3:53 Honeymoon Express (Honeymoon Express 12″) 4:57 The B Side: Honeymoon Express (Honeymoon Instrumental) 5:32 To Trip Is To Fall (Full Length Version) 6:53 The Brief: This is the first record by Wendy & Lisa to grace the Fun With Vinyl blog and it took a year [...]
Posted in FWV, Wendy and Lisa Tags: 12 Inch, 1987, b-side, Chris Lord-Alge, Columbia Records, MPLS, Pop 12 Comments »
The A Side: Survivin’ In The 80′s (Special Version) 6:04 The B Side: Survivin’ In The 80′s (Instrumental) 6:04 The Brief: Well, happy birthday to the blog. Yep, one year ago, the first Fun With Vinyl blog post was put online with very little fanfare and not much notice. Since then, I have made a [...]
The A Side: I Want Your Sex (Rhythm 1 Lust) 4:44 The B Side: I Want Your Sex (Rhythm 2 Brass In Love) 4:43 The Brief: “I Want Your Sex” appeared on both George Michael‘s first solo LP ‘Faith’ and the soundtrack to the movie Beverly Hills Cop II. On June 6, 1987 it was [...]
The A Side: Heartbreak Beat (Extended Mix) 8:04 The B Side: Heartbreak Beat (Dub) 5:41 New Dream 4:54 The Brief: Sometime around 1980 when I was about 15 or so years old… I went on a vacation with my family to Busch Gardens in Tampa FL. One morning while we were eating breakfast in the [...]
Posted in FWV, Psychedelic Furs Tags: 12 Inch, 1987, Columbia Records, Rock, Thompson and Barbiero 3 Comments »
The A Side: Fidelity (Special Version) 7:15 The B Side: High Fidelity (Dub Mix) 6:03 The Brief: These guys were everywhere in the 80s weren’t they? The song “Fidelity”, from Cheryl Lynn‘s 1985 album ‘It’s Gonna Be Right’, was produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. What was so amazing about their output in the [...]
Posted in Cheryl Lynn, FWV Tags: 12 Inch, 1985, Columbia Records, Flyte Tyme Productions, R&B, Steve Weise 2 Comments »
The A Side: S-E-S-E-X (Vocal) 6:00 The B Side: S-E-S-E-X (Instrumental) 5:20 The Brief: “S-E-S-E-X” was the second single released from The Girls one and only 1984 LP. Written and produced by Andre Cymone, The Girls would not enjoy the success that Andre’s later collaboration with Jody Watley would produce. The Source: Label: Columbia Records [...]
The A Side: Women And Men 3:37 Don’t Waste My Time 5:06 Someone Shoulda Told Me 5:34 What Do I See In You 4:13 The B Side: S-E-S-E-X 4:10 Nu Boy 4:56 Girl Talk 3:57 My Man 4:07 The Brief: from AllMusic.com written by Alex Henderson Assembled by Prince associate Andre Cymone in Minneapolis [...]
The A Side: The Kid Is Hot Tonite (Live) 4:46 The B Side: Teenage Overdose (Live) 4:25 Lady Of The 80′s (Live) 6:16 The Brief: Loverboy, the greatest headband sporting rock group to ever get onstage! Hailing from Canada, Loverboy originally signed with Columbia Records of Canada in early 1980, recorded and released their [...]
The A Side: Fall In Love With Me (Special Remix Extended Version) 5:40 The B Side: Fall In Love With Me (Special Remix Extended Version) 5:40 The Brief: Earth, Wind and Fire formed as a band in 1969 and have released 19 studio albums in their career. “Fall In Love With Me” comes from [...]
The A Side: Georgy Porgy 5:07 The B Side: Child’s Anthem 4:55 The Brief: Members of the band Toto started out as session musicians and played on many popular albums in the seventies backing such artists as Steely Dan, Seals and Crofts, Sonny and Cher, and Boz Scaggs. The band formed in 1977 and released [...]
Side A: 808 (LP Version) 4:15 808 (Instrumental) 4:13 Side B: 808 (Remix) 3:53 808 (Remix Instrumental) 3:53 The Brief: Blaque was formed in Altanta, GA in the late 90′s and consisted of three members, Shamari Fears-Devoe, Natina Reed, and Brandi Williams. Blaque is an acronym for Believing in Life and Achieving a Quest [...]
Side A: C’mon Every Beatbox (Extended Mix) 5:48 Side B: Badrock City 7:00 Beatboxes At Dawn 4:30 The Brief: Big Audio Dynamite was formed in 1984 by former Clash guitarist Mick Jones. ‘No. 10, Upping St.’ was their second album and featured a reuniting of Jones with ex-Clash bandmate Joe Strummer. “C’Mon Every Beatbox” was [...]
Posted in Big Audio Dynamite, FWV Tags: 12 Inch, 1986, Columbia Records, Rock, Sam Sever 1 Comment »
Side A: I Feel The Earth Move (Seismic Rhythm Mix) 7:10 I Feel The Earth Move (Dub Mix) 6:23 Side B: I Feel The Earth Move (Club Mix) 6:35 The Brief: Marta Marrero, better known as Martika, released her debut, self-titled album, on CBS Records in 1988. “I Feel The Earth Move” was the third [...]