The Brief: I purposely scheduled this record right after George Michael because listening to this song always brought to my mind the Wham! sound from ‘Make It Big’. I never paid much attention to this duo other than knowing this song and was curious what I would find out about them when I looked them up [...]
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Tags: 12 Inch, 1988, Bruce Forest, Gail “Sky” King, Polydor Records, Pop 
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The A Side: Heartache (Remix) 7:40 Heartache (Bonus Beats) 5:08 The B Side: Heartache (Original Version) 7:45 Heartache (7″ Edit) 3:32 The Brief: Helen “Pepsi” DeMacque and Shirlie Holliman were backing vocalists for Wham! before striking out on their own. The British duo released their debut album as Pepsi and Shirlie in 1987. It was [...]
Posted in FWV, Pepsi and Shirlie Tags: 12 Inch, 1987, Phil Harding, Polydor Records, Pop, Promo, SAW 12 Comments »
The A Side: Kiss (Art Of Noise Mix) 8:09 The B Side: Kiss (Battery Mix) 8:16 Kiss (7″ Version) 3:30 The Brief: Art Of Noise’s one-off collaboration with Tom Jones provided the group with their biggest mainstream hit. The song hit #5 on the UK Singles Chart, which was higher than Prince charted with the [...]
Posted in Art Of Noise, FWV Tags: 12 Inch, 1988, China Records, Nigel Green, Polydor Records, Pop 14 Comments »
Side A: Cry (Extended Remix) 7:25 Side B: Cry (Single Version) 3:55 Cry (Extended Version) 6:30 The Brief: “Cry” was promoted with one of the most memorable music videos of the 80’s. Using a technique known as analog cross-fading which was a forerunner of the digital technique known as morphing. The song itself entered the [...]
Posted in FWV, Godley and Creme Tags: 12 Inch, 1985, JJ Jeczalik, Nigel Gray, Polydor Records, Pop, Promo 2 Comments »