The Brief: I think the theme of the rest of this week will be, “hey, why didn’t you post…?” Back in April of 2011 I posted a string of Club Nouveau records with the exception of this one. It has since been added to the collection and now the Club Nouveau ‘Life, Love And Pain’ [...]
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Tags: 12 Inch, 1986, Morales and Munzibai, R&B, Tommy Boy Records 
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The A Side: I Didn’t Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock and Roll) (Vocal) 6:57 The B Side: I Didn’t Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock and Roll) (Instrumental) 6:15 Play At Your Own Risk (Acapella Version) 6:06 The Brief: “I Didn’t Know I Loved You (Till I Saw [...]
Posted in FWV, Planet Patrol Tags: 12 Inch, 1983, Arthur Baker, Electro-Funk, R&B, Tommy Boy Records 2 Comments »
The A Side: The Humpty Dance (Mini-Hump Radio Mix) 4:40 The B Side: The Humpty Dance (Bonus Hump Mix) 6:28 The Humpty Dance (Humpstrumental Mix) 3:16 The Brief: As the 80s ended and the 90s began, a change began in popular music or a change in my perception of popular music began. A change I [...]
The A Side: Heavy On My Mind (12″ Vocal) 7:00 Heavy On My Mind (12″ Dub) 7:20 The B Side: The Club Nouveau Sky King Mini-Medley 4:38 Heavy On My Mind (Radio Mix) 4:00 Heavy On My Mind (Heavy Beats) 3:55 The Brief: “Heavy On My Mind” was the fifth and final single released from [...]
Posted in Club Nouveau, FWV Tags: 12 Inch, 1987, Foster & McElroy, Gail “Sky” King, Jay King, Junior Vasquez, R&B, Tommy Boy Records 2 Comments »
The A Side: Lean On Me (Remix) 7:42 Lean On Me (LP Version) 5:56 The B Side: Pump It Up (Lean On Me) Reprise (Remix) 4:51 Pump It Up (Lean On Me) Reprise (LP Version) 2:38 The Brief: In 1972, Bill Withers wrote and released “Lean On Me” as a single. The song reached #1 [...]
Posted in Club Nouveau, FWV Tags: 12 Inch, 1986, Foster & McElroy, Jay King, R&B, Tommy Boy Records 7 Comments »
The A Side: Situation #9 (Vocal) 4:54 Situation #9 (Instrumental) 5:18 The B Side: Bad Situation (Club Mix) 8:13 The Brief: Club Nouveau’s follow up to “Jealousy” is “Situation #9”. The Billboard Charts: Chart Debuted Debut Pos. Peak Pos. Wks on Chart Hot Black Singles 12/20/86 4 14 The Source: Label: Tommy Boy Records [...]
Posted in Club Nouveau, FWV Tags: 12 Inch, 1986, Foster & McElroy, Jay King, R&B, Tommy Boy Records 3 Comments »
The A Side: Jealousy (Green-Eyed Vocal) 4:45 Jealousy (Instrumental) 4:31 The B Side: Malicious Jealousy (Vicious Vocal) 6:35 The Brief: After tasting success with Timex Social Club, Jay King and Denzil Foster joined up with Thomas McElroy, Valerie Watson and Samuelle Prater to form the “new club”… Club Nouveau. The first single for the band [...]
Posted in Club Nouveau, FWV Tags: 12 Inch, 1986, Foster & McElroy, Jay King, R&B, Tommy Boy Records 1 Comment »
Side A: Cheap Thrills Danger Zone I Didn’t Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock And Roll) Side B: Play At Your Own Risk It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference Don’t Tell Me The Brief: Planet Patrol was an electro group led by Arthur Baker and John Robie that released their one and [...]
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Side A: We Are The Jonzun Crew (Vocal) 5:56 Side B: We Are The Jonzun Crew (Instrumental) 8:08 The Brief: The fourth single from The Jonzun Crew’s ‘Lost In Space’ album. “We Are The Jonzun Crew”, managed to get to #37 on the Hot Black Singles chart. It entered the chart on July 2, 1983 [...]
Side A: Information Society – What’s On Your Mind (Pure Energy) (Club Mix) 8:00 Information Society – What’s On Your Mind (Pure Energy) (The 54 Mix) 5:12 Information Society – What’s On Your Mind (Pure Energy) (Percappella) 4:09 Side B: Information Society – What’s On Your Mind (Pure Energy) (Pure Energy Mix) 4:33 Information Society – [...]
Posted in FWV, Information Society Tags: 12 Inch, 1988, Fred Maher, Latin Rascals, Little Louie Vega, Paul Robb, Pop, Roey Shamir, SynthPop, Tommy Boy Records Comments Off