Richard Marx – Chains Around My Heart (US Promo CD Maxi Single)
February 3, 2010 at 10:34 PM | In Richard Marx | 4 CommentsTags: Richard Marx
“Chains Around My Heart” was the fourth and final single from Richard Marx’s third album, “Rush Street“. The song reached number 44 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the week of November 14 1992.
Label:
Catalog Number:
DPRO-79085
Track Listing and Details:
1. Remix 1 Edit (4:43)
2. Remix 2 Edit (4:44)
3. LP Version (5:12)
All tracks produced by Richard Marx
Tracks 1,2 remixed by Mike Shipley
Listed tracks are wrong. Tracks 1 and 2 are the same and play the remix edit. Track 3 plays the full remix. Thanks to eLeMeNOhPeaQ, more details on the comments section of this post.
Rip Information:
Source: CD
Format: mp3
Bitrate: 320 kbps
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Heart – There’s The Girl (UK CD Maxi Single)
January 19, 2010 at 1:38 AM | In Heart | 6 CommentsTags: Ann Wilson, Heart, Nancy Wilson, Ron Nevison
READER REQUEST
“There’s The Girl” is a song recorded by the American rock band, Heart. Released in November 1987, it was composed by Holly Knight and Heart band member Nancy Wilson. “There’s The Girl” was released as the third single from Heart’s ninth studio album, Bad Animals. Knight is known as a very successful songwriter who was responsible for penning many hit singles during the 1980s.
Like Heart’s 1986 #1 single “These Dreams“, the lead vocals on “There’s the Girl” were performed by Nancy Wilson, rather than Ann Wilson, the usual lead singer for the group. The single climbed to #12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and was also a Top-40 single on the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at #34.
The Remixes
The version released for the single was called 7″ Remix, and was basically the album version with added vocals sung by Nancy Wilson: “She’s setting you up my friend…She’s gonna break your heart again”. This is by far my favorite version!
An extended version was commissioned to Tom Lord-Alge, who worked for other artists such as OMD, and Steve Winwood. It was heavily remixed, “popped-up” you could say. In my opinion too bad, it lost fluidity, as well as the unique “rock & pop” sound Heart had in their Ron Nevison era.
I’m including a bonus track from their 2000 “Greatest Hits” compilation, which covers 1985-1995. It is a different remix of “There’s The Girl”. There are no remix credits, but because it sounds similar to the 12″ Remix, I would think it was done by Tom Lord-Alge at the time of the single’s release.
Label:
Catalog Number:
CDCL473
Track Listing and Details:
1. There’s The Girl (12″ Remix) (7:22)
2. Alone (3:41)
3. Bad Animals (B-Side) (4:53)
4. There’s The Girl (7″ Remix) (3:44)
5. There’s The Girl (Remix) (3:55) STEP TO THE BEAT BONUS TRACK
All tracks produced and engineered by Ron Nevison
Track 1 remixed by Tom Lord-Alge
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Source: CD
Format: mp3
Bitrate: 320 kbps
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The Beloved – Sweet Harmony (Germany CD Maxi Single)
January 16, 2010 at 7:59 PM | In The Beloved | 7 Comments
“Sweet Harmony” is a 1993 hit single by UK band The Beloved, comprised at that time by vocalist Jon Marsh and his wife, Helena Marsh. It became one of their biggest hits, peaking at #8 in the UK. None of the band’s other singles have made into the Top 10, which is why many consider this the band’s signature song. In the US, it charted moderately well on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, peaking at 23.
Music Video
The song gained notoriety for its controversial music video, which consisted of a naked Jon Marsh and a bevy of other equally naked females – including Tess Daly – lipsynching the lyrics. In an interview, Marsh pointed out that the video was “not intended to be sexual” and was “as A-sexual as you can get”. The video is supposed to represent unity between humans.
Label:
Catalog Number:
YZ709CD, 4509-91482-2
Track Listing and Details:
1. Sweet Harmony (5:02)
2. Sweet Harmony (Live The Dream Mix) (7:15)
3. Motivation (Exercised) (7:11)
4. Sweet Harmony (Love The Dub Mix) (5:14)
Track 1, 2, 4 produced by Jon and Helena Marsh, mixed by Ren Swan
Track 3 produced and remixed by Adam & Eve
Rip Information:
Source: CD
Format: mp3
Bitrate: 320 kbps
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Lisa Stansfield – Real Woman (Hip Selection) (Japan CD Maxi Single)
December 10, 2009 at 10:10 PM | In Lisa Stansfield | 11 CommentsTags: Frankie Knuckles, Ian Devaney, Lisa Stansfield
This fantastic CD single was a Japan only release from 1992. It features tracks from her Real Love era. The artwork is taken from the “Time To Make You Mine” single.
“All Around The World” was released in late 1989 for her album Affection. It is her biggest hit to date. Written and produced by Lisa Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andy Morris the debut solo single became a massive international hit. It spent two weeks at #1 on the UK singles chart in November 1989 and reaching the top in 11 other countries. In January 1990, it peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 but is the second single by a white female singer to top the Billboard R&B chart after Teena Marie’s “Ooo La La La” completed this feat for the first time in 1988. The track also topped the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, and reached #7 on the Adult Contemporary chart. I was never a huge fan of this song, it reminded me too much of Soul II Soul’s “Keep On Movin”’s rhythm and string arrangements.
“Change” was the first single from her second album, Real Love, released in 1991. It achieved major success in the UK, peaking at number 10, but only moderate success in other European countries, but it also topped the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play in the U.S. In the United States, the radio promo was frequently “flipped”, with the Frankie Knuckles remix receiving airplay in key radio markets.
“All Woman” was the second single from Real Love. It spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart, also reaching #56 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #20 on the UK Singles chart. It was written by Lisa Stansfield, her husband and producer Ian Devaney, and Andy Morris.
“Everything Will Get Better” was the b-side to “All Woman”.
“Time To Make You Mine” was the third single from Real Love. It became another top 20 hit for Stansfield in the UK.
Label:
Catalog Number:
BVCA-9003
Track Listing and Details:
1. Change (Knuckles Mix) (6:31)
2. Everything Will Get Better (Extended Mix) (8:04)
3. All Around The World (Duet With Barry White) (4:36)
4. All Woman (4:47)
5. Time To Make You Mine (Push & Slide Mix) (6:32)
6. Change (Driza Bone Mix) (6:10)
Original versions produced by Andy Morris and Ian Devaney
Track 1 remixed by Frankie Knuckles
Track 5 remixed by Bobby Boughton
Track 6 remixed by Driza Bone
Rip Information:
Source: CD
Format: mp3
Bitrate: 320 kbps
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AWAY FOR A FEW DAYS
December 4, 2009 at 11:54 AM | In *News* | Leave a CommentI will be away until next Thursday, have a great weekend everybody!
Madonna – Rescue Me (The Dub Remixes)
November 30, 2009 at 7:30 PM | In Madonna | 6 CommentsTags: Madonna, Remix, Rescue Me, Shep Pettibone
After the positive response to the first “Rescue Me” post, I decided to create a second one with the rare dub versions, three of which are only available on this US promotional 12″ single. They are all excellent in my opinion, and as with all dub versions, quite refreshing when you’ve listened to the main club mixes a million times.
This 12″ vinyl double pack came in a white sleeve with a sticker, pictured above.
Definition of Dub In Pop/Dance Music
Dub is genre of music that involves revisions of existing songs. The dub sound consists predominantly of instrumental remixes of existing recordings and is achieved by significantly manipulating and reshaping the recordings, usually by removing the vocals from an existing music piece, emphasizing the drum and bass parts or, in other words, ‘riddim‘, adding extensive echo and reverb effects, and dubbing occasional snippets of lyrics or instruments from the original version.
The “Rescue Me” Dub Versions
All dub versions were created by Shep Pettibone. The two dubs named after their vocal counterparts are alternative versions of them. The Demanding Dub contains elements mostly from the S.O.S. Mix, and the Disaster Dub could be considered a second dub of the Houseboat Vocal.
My favorite is probably the Lifeboat Dub. This one features a very acid-house reminiscent synth sound not present on any of the other mixes (it can be heard at 1:05 and is repeated throughout the track).
The Demanding Dub is the only one otherwise available. It was released on CD and 12″ vinyl in Germany and Australia.
Enjoy them!
Label:
Catalog Number:
PRO-A-4710
Track Listing and Details:
1. Rescue Me (Houseboat Dub) (5:24)
2. Rescue Me (Lifeboat Dub) (6:02)
3. Rescue Me (Demanding Dub) (5:20)
4. Rescue Me (Disaster Dub) (3:20)
All tracks produced by Madonna and Shep Pettibone
All tracks remixed by Shep Pettibone
Rip Information:
Source: vinyl
Format: mp3
Bitrate: 320 kbps
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Donations Are Welcome
November 30, 2009 at 7:29 PM | In *News* | Leave a CommentI decided to implement a donation button to help maintain and improve Step To The Beat.
The next step in that direction is to improve picture quality, especially of 12″ vinyl covers. My scanner has limited performance and a platen layout which does not allow me to evenly scan vinyl sleeves. This results in blurry areas, diminishing the overall quality of the scan, and making it hard or impossible to read the back of sleeves which usually house all the single information. It is my current goal to purchase a new scanner for clearer, higher resolution photos.
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Sade – By Your Side (UK CD Maxi Single)
November 27, 2009 at 1:54 AM | In Sade | 12 CommentsTags: Ben Watt, Cottonbelly, Everything But The Girl, Naked Music, Neptunes, Sade
READER REQUEST
“By Your Side” is the lead single from English group Sade’s fifth studio album, Lovers Rock. It was released in October 2000. The track was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, losing out to Nelly Furtado’s “I’m Like a Bird“. The video for this single was directed by Sophie Muller.
Chart Performance
“By Your Side” reached number seventy-five on the US Billboart Hot 100 chart, the week of January 20, 2001. It did better on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart landing at forty-one, and number two on the Dance/Club Play charts.
The Remixes
The Neptunes remix was the work of by now ultra famous Pharrell Williams, along with Chad Hugo. They are credited with contributing the sound for some successful Hip hop, R&B and Pop artists in the late-90s and 2000s.
I have no information on the producers of the Yard and Reggae remixes.
The Cottonbelly remix was created by one of Sade’s band members, Stuart Matthewman. He remixed other artists like Janet Jackson, Maxwell, and P.M. Dawn.
The Lazy Dog Remix was created by Ben Watt, best known as member of Everything but the Girl, along with his wife Tracey Thorn. He also remixed tracks by Zero 7, Maxwell, Meshell Ndegeocello.
The Naked Music Mix was produced by Naked Music. They have remixed artists such as Kelis, Maxwell, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Britney Spears. This mix was not released on Sony, but I suspect it was officially licensed. Some sources claim it was created by Naked Music co-founder Jay Denes, also known as Bluesix, while others credit Miguel Migs, who has collaborated with Naked Music.
Single Information:
Comes in slimline jewelcase. As with most european Sony releases, this cd single was made in Austria for distribution in the UK and the rest of Europe.
Track 1 is an edit of the album version. Tracks 2, 3, and 4 are remixes.
Track 5 contains a CDRom section which features the “By Your Side” video.
Label:
Epic, Sony Music Entertainment (UK)
Catalog Number:
669912 2
Track Listing and Details:
1. By Your Side (4:17)
Produced by Sade and Mike Pela
2. By Your Side (The Neptunes Remix) (3:57)
Remix by The Neptunes
3. By Your Side (Yard Mix 1) (4:18)
Remix by Christopher Miller and Rowan Dwyer
4. By Your Side (Reggae Mix 1) (3:57)
Remix by Bobby O’Hare
BONUS TRACKS
5. By Your Side (Cottonbelly Remix) (3:57)
Remix by Cottonbelly
6. By Your Side (Ben Watt’s Lazy Dog Remix) (8:58)
Remix by Ben Watt
7. By Your Side (Naked Music Mix) (8:06)
Remix by Naked Music
Rip Information:
Source: CD
Format: mp3
Bitrate: 320 kbps
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No Doubt – It’s My Life (Remixes) (UK Promo CD Maxi Single)
November 25, 2009 at 7:32 PM | In Gwen Stefani, No Doubt | 7 CommentsTags: David Lachapelle, Gwen Stefani, Jacques Lu Cont, No Doubt, Stewart Price, Tony Kanal
“It’s My Life” is a song by the British synthpop band Talk Talk. In 2003, No Doubt recorded a cover version of the song to promote their greatest hits album The Singles 1992–2003. Because the band was on hiatus, while lead singer Gwen Stefani recorded her solo debut album Love. Angel. Music. Baby., they decided to record a cover to avoid having to write a new song. The band listened to hundreds of songs and narrowed it down to “It’s My Life” and INXS‘ 1982 song “Don’t Change“.
No Doubt had doubts on recording a cover and contemplated writing new material. However, they decided on “It’s My Life” after rehearsing it with producer Nellee Hooper, referring to it as a “feel good” song. The track was nominated for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the 47th Grammy Awards.
Chart Performance
The cover was successful in the United States, reaching number ten on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and remaining on the chart for twenty-eight weeks. It was moderately successful on adult contemporary stations, reaching number twenty on the Adult Contemporary chart, but had high longevity and appeared atop the Adult Top 40’s recurrent chart. The single was more successful in clubs, peaking at number sixteen on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, and had some play on modern rock stations, reaching number thirty-two on the Modern Rock Tracks. The Recording Industry Association of America certified the digital download gold for selling half a million copies.
On the UK Singles Chart, “It’s My Life” debuted at number twenty but was unable to reach a higher position until it was released with a remix of the No Doubt song Bathwater which boasted the single up to number 17. The single dropped off the chart after seven weeks. It was more of a success across Europe, reaching the top ten in Italy, Finland, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden and the top twenty in Austria, Belgium, France, and Switzerland. The single reached number seven on the ARIA Singles Chart, lasting seventeen weeks on the chart, and was listed at number eighty-one on the 2004 end-of-year chart. The Australian Recording Industry Association certified the single platinum in 2004 for shipping 70,000 copies.
Music Video
The 1930s-style music video was directed by David LaChapelle. In the song’s music video, Stefani portrays a black widow whose look closely resembles that of actress Jean Harlow, who is put on trial and sentenced to die for the murders of three men she knew, portrayed by the other members of the band. In between the death scenes are scenes of Stefani in court and being dragged to the gas chamber where she is executed. The video ends with the three murder victims in the afterlife, laughing and watching her televised execution.
The music video was moderately successful on video chart programs. On MTV’s Total Request Live, it reached number seven in November 2003 and was on the countdown as late as January 2004. The video peaked at number eight on MuchMusic’s Countdown and remained on the program through March 2004. At the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards, “It’s My Life” won the awards for Best Group Video and Best Pop Video. It also received nominations for Best Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Art Direction.
The Remixes
Stuart Price, producer and remixer of artists like Madonna, Missy Elliott, The Killers, Gwen Stefani, Seal, and Keane, created the Thin White Duke mix of “It’s My Life”, which won the award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical. This version was featured on the video game Karaoke Revolution Volume 2. On December 9, 2008 it was also made available as downloadable content for the Rock Band series.
The Chocolate O’Brian Remix was produced by Stephen Bradley and Dave Tweedie. Bradley plays the trumpet, keyboard, and is a backup singer for No Doubt. In addition to his work with No Doubt, he collaborated with Green Day, Gwen Stefani, Sugar Ray as well as performing with Outkast, Black Eyed Peas, The Specials, Sly and Robbie, Sting, Bounty Killer, Eve, Phantom Planet, and Josh Groban. In 2002 Tweedie and Bradley formed Chocolate O’Brian Productions.
I don’t have producer information on The Great People Club Remix. If anybody does, please let me know and I will add it. As far as I know, this version is commercially unavailable on compact disc.
Label:
Catalog Number:
NODOUBTCDP2
Track Listing and Details:
1. It’s My Life (Jacques Lu Cont’s Thin White Duke Remix) (6:59)
2. It’s My Life (Chocolate O’Brian Remix) (6:28)
3. It’s My Life (Great People Club Remix) (6:27)
Original version produced by Nellee Hooper and No Doubt
Tracks 1 remixed by Thin White Duke
Track 2 remixed by Chocolate O’Brian
Track 3 remixed by Great People
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Source: CD
Format: mp3
Bitrate: 320 kbps
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Soldier Of Love: New Sade Album In 2010!
November 25, 2009 at 4:06 PM | In *News* | 4 CommentsTags: Sade
Sade, the “quiet storm” R&B group featuring vocalist Sade Adu, has completed its long-awaited sixth studio album. “Soldier of Love,” the band’s first collection of new material since 2000’s “Lover’s Rock” will be released Feb. 8, 2010 worldwide on Epic.
As first revealed on Billboard.com in July, Sade and her longtime bandmates including Stuart Matthewman, a.k.a. Cottonbelly, regrouped in a U.K. recording studio in June and were recording and mixing into October.
Though no details about Sade’s new music have yet been revealed, one artist heard early versions of several songs: Maxwell, a fellow Sony recording artist and longtime friend and collaborator with Matthewman. The R&B singer sent a message to fans in March via his private Facebook page in which he indicated that he’d heard some of his labelmate’s new recordings. “Trust me, it’s so monolithic it’ll shake you in your shoes!” he wrote.
Sade’s 2000 release, “Lovers Rock,” sold 3,881,000 copies in the U.S. and the prior album, 1992’s “Love Deluxe,” sold 3,407,000. Since 1985’s “Diamond Life” debut, Sade has sold nearly 17 million units in the U.S. alone according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Source: Billboard
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