7″: A I Need A Prince (Radio Edit) 3:58 B I Need A Prince (Radio Edit) 3:58 Label: Epic Records Catalog#: 34-06582 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM Country: US Released: 1986 12″: A I Need A Prince (Extended Radio Mix) 5:15 I Need A Prince (Radio Edit) 4:11 B I Need A Prince (Club Mix) [...]
The A Side: Knockin’ Boots (Radio Mix) 4:07 Knockin’ Boots (12″ Mix) 4:35 Knockin’ Boots (Instrumental) 4:05 The B Side: Knockin’ Boots (St. James Remix) 5:10 Keep On Watcha Doin’ 3:36 Keep On Watcha Doin’ (Instrumental) 3:36 The Brief: Candell Manson is best known as Candyman, the rapper who hit the Top 10 in 1990 [...]
The A Side: Get It Up (12″ Remix) 6:36 Get It Up (12″ Hip-Hop Remix) 5:49 Get It Up (Radio Edit) 4:00 The B Side: Get It Up (LP Version) 4:23 Get It Up (Hip-Hop Radio Mix) 4:00 Get It Up (Quiet Storm Mix) 4:20 The Brief: T-Boz, Left Eye and Chilli were Tionne Watkins, [...]
The A Side: The Smurf 6:05 The B Side: I Need Love 5:15 The Brief: “The Smurf” was a popular dance in the 80s that was popularized in song by numerous R&B and rap artists. Tyrone Brunson’s first single from his 1983 ‘Sticky Situation’ LP capitalizes on the fad with his electro instrumental take on [...]
The A Side: The Mistletoe Jam (Everybody Kiss Somebody) (D-Man Club Mix) 10:11 The Mistletoe Jam (Everybody Kiss Somebody) (Lord-G Man Dub Mix) 6:47 The B Side: The Mistletoe Jam (Everybody Kiss Somebody) (D-Man Jam Mix) 10:41 The Mistletoe Jam (Everybody Kiss Somebody) (D-Man’s Beats) 4:37 The Brief: Luther Vandross released his one and only [...]
The A Side: What Is This Thing Called Love (One World Club Remix) 7:01 The B Side: What Is This Thing Called Love (One World Club Dub) 7:01 The Brief: The second single released from Alexander O’Neal‘s ‘All True Man’ LP is “What Is This Thing Called Love?”. The single was relatively successful on the [...]
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Tags: 12 Inch, 1991, Epic Records, Flyte Tyme Productions, Promo, R&B 
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The A Side: This Is Radio Clash / Radio Clash 8:30 The B Side: Outside Broadcast / Radio Five 11:07 The Brief: The Clash formed in 1976 and primarily consisted of Joe Strummer (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Mick Jones (lead guitar, vocals), Paul Simonon (bass guitar, vocals) and Nicky “Topper” Headon (drums, percussion). In 1981, [...]
The A Side: Super Hero (InDaSoul Mix) 4:00 Super Hero (Silk’s House Mix) 4:38 Super Hero (Hero Slow Motion Mix) 4:53 The B Side: Super Hero (Denair Old Skool Mix) 4:12 Super Hero (New Power Hero Mix) 7:15 Super Hero (Silk’s Deep House Mix) 4:37 The Brief: Today we take a look at the 1994 [...]
Posted in FWV, New Power Generation Tags: 12 Inch, 1994, Chronic Freeze, Denair, Epic Records, InDaSoul, Kirk Johnson, MPLS, Promo, R&B, Ray Hahnfeldt, Soundtrack, Steve "Silk" Hurley 5 Comments »
The A Side: Big Heart (Turbo 12″ Mix) 5:27 The B Side: Big Heart (7″ Mix) 3:40 Big Heart (Extended Album Version) 3:48 The Brief: Yee-haw! It isn’t often that you see extended mixes of country songs so, this kind of a rare treat or prolonged torture, depending on your feelings about country music! During [...]
Side A: Fading Away (Power House Mix) 8:42 Fading Away (Power House Dub) 6:43 Side B: Fading Away (Big Beat Mix) 8:35 Fading Away (The Rhythm Dub) 6:12 The Brief: Here’s another “Bus Stop” song, Will To Power’s “Fading Away” would always bring the line dancers out on the floor to do the “Bus Stop” [...]
Side A: Thigh Ride (Whisker Burn Mix) Side B: Thigh Ride (Dub Mix) The Brief: The lead voice you heard on Mtume’s smash hit “Juicy Fruit” was Tawatha Agee’s. Her one and only solo album, ‘Welcome To My Dream’, was released in 1987. The first single was “Thigh Ride” and it entered the Billboard Hot [...]
Side A: Bad Boy (Remix) 6:11 Side B: Bad Boy (Dub Version) 6:43 The Brief: “Bad Boy” was from Miami Sound Machine’s 9th studio album, ‘Primitive Love’, their second English language album. “Bad Boy” broke into the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart on April 26, 1986 and spent 8 weeks on the chart getting only [...]
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Side A: (You Said) You’d Gimme Some More 7:33 Side B: (You Said) You’d Gimme Some More (Instrumental) 5:27 The Brief: In 1982 KC & The Sunshine Band released their ninth studio album, ‘All In A Night’s Work’. The first single released from that LP was “(You Said) You’d Gimme Some More”. The song didn’t [...]
Posted in FWV, KC and the Sunshine Band Tags: 12 Inch, 1982, Disco, Epic Records, John Luongo, Pop 5 Comments »