29 november, 2015

Jim Steinman With Karla Devito - Dance In My Pants b/w The New York Philharmonic Orchestra Storm (Prologue To The Album "Bad For Good" (1981)













"Dance in My Pants" is a song, written and produced by Jim Steinman. It featured female vocalist Karla DeVito (which is also singer on Meat Loaf's "Paradise by the Dashboard Light".

The song repeat the “Bat Out of Hell” formula instead of building upon it; the obvious culprit in this arena is "Dance In My Pants," a duet that gratuitously recycles the battle of the sexes verbal sparring and the multi-part structure to less-impressive effect.

"Dance in My Pants" was the 3rd single taken from Steinman´s “Bad For Good” album. 

A - Jim Steinman With Karla Devito - Dance In My Pants  (4:58) 
Written-By – Jim Steinman, Producer – Jim Steinman, John Jansen, Todd Rundgren
B - The New York Philharmonic Orchestra - Storm (Prologue To The Album "Bad For Good"  (4:26)
Written-By – Jim Steinman, Producer – Andrew Kazdin


Notes
Orchestrated By, Conductor – Steve Margoshes
Genre:  Rock
Label - Epic Records


1981

Peter En Zijn Rockets - Mij Oh Mij b/w De Hele Stad Is Gek En Dol (1972)


Peter Cornelis Koelewijn (Eindhoven, 29 december 1940) is een Nederlands zanger, producent en radio-dj. Vanaf de jaren zestig heeft hij regelmatig hits gescoord, als uitvoerend artiest en als producent van het uitvoerend werk van andere artiesten.

Na enkele jaren als producent en diskjockey te hebben gewerkt, begon Koelewijn in 1970 ook weer met het opnemen van muziek met zijn Rockets (in een nieuwe samenstelling).

Allereerst kwam het nummer “Kom van dat dak” af opnieuw uit. Andere succesvolle single uit deze periode is “Mij Oh mij” wat nr. 15 bereikte in de Top-40 in 1972.

A - Mij Oh Mij  (4:41)
Written-By – P. Koelewijn / Producer – Peter Koelewijn
B - De Hele Stad Is Gek En Dol  (2:43)
Written-By – P. Koelewijn / Producer – Peter Koelewijn

Notes
Genre: Rock
Label - Philips Records

1972

23 november, 2015

The Blue Ridge Rangers ‎- Blue Ridge Mountain Blues b/w Have Thine Own Way, Lord (1972)


As CCR was coming to an end, Fogerty began working on a solo album of country & western covers. Fogerty played all of the instruments on the album, which was released in 1973 as “The Blue Ridge Rangers”.
Upon its initial release by Fantasy Records in 1973, the album was credited to "The Blue Ridge Rangers" with no mention of Fogerty on the cover. Fogerty chose to do this in order to distance himself from his Creedence legacy.
"Blue Ridge Mountain Blues" was the first of five songs released as a single from the album.

A - Blue Ridge Mountain Blues  (2:30) 
Arranged, Produced and Performed by John Fogerty
B - Have Thine Own Way, Lord  (2:59) 
Arranged, Produced and Performed by John Fogerty

Notes
Genre - Blues, Bluegrass
Label - Fantasy Records

1972

22 november, 2015

Blue Guitars ‎- A Fool Is A Star b/w On The Way Home (1992)


Members: Dick Dijkman, Bert Dijkman, Eric van Loo, Ben Heersping, Marty Frank
Profile: Rockband from Deventer, The Netherlands.

A - A Fool Is A Star  (2:00)
Mixed By – Mayo Thompson
B - On The Way Home  (2:13)
Written by - Neil Young / Mixed By – Sander Janssen

Notes
Recorded at Banana Studio, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Recorded By – Sander Janssen
Label - Solid

1992

21 november, 2015

Van Halen - Poundcake b/w Pleasure Dome (1991)


"Poundcake" is a Van Halen song and the opening track on their 1991 album "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge".
"Poundcake" was the first song to be released as a single from the album making #1 on U.S. Billboard Album Rock Tracks.

A - Poundcake  (5:22)   
Written-By – Alex Van Halen, Edward Van Halen, Michael Anthony, Sammy Hagar
B - Pleasure Dome  (6:57)
Written-By – Alex Van Halen, Edward Van Halen, Michael Anthony, Sammy Hagar

Notes
Producer – Andy Johns, Ted Templeman, Van Halen
Label - Warner Bros.


1991

Barrelhouse ‎- The Sudden Stop b/w Bye Bye Baby (1985)


Na het ter ziele gaan van de Oscar Benton Bluesband richten muzikanten Johnny LaPorte, Han van Dam, Jan Willem Sligting en Art Bausch de groep Barrelhouse op. De bandnaam is afkomstig van de artiestennaam Barrelhouse Baily die pianist Han van Dam had bij Oscar Benton.
Het wederom door Van Donselaar geproduceerde album “Every Night In The Week”, eveneens meer een rock- dan een bluesplaat, verschijnt in 1985. Afkomstig van dit album de single “The Sudden Stop”.

A - The Sudden Stop  (4:12)  
Written - by: Bobby Russell
B - Bye Bye Baby  (3:55)
Written-by: J. Laporte, B. Dros

Notes
Producer - Michiel Jansen
Label - Munich Records

1985

Alicia Bridges - Body Heat b/w We Are One (1978)


Alicia Bridges (born July 15, 1953) is an American singer who co-wrote and performed her international hit "I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round)" in 1978.
Bridges' second single, "Body Heat", was a rock song with strong electric guitar rhythms. It was a "rock/dance" song released at a time when there was some rivalry between disco fans and rock fans; this time period began to see more songs which mixed the genres of rock and disco to create a "rock/disco" flavor.

A - Body Heat  (2:36) 
Written-By – Alicia Bridges, Susan Hutcheson
B - We Are One  (4:20) 
Written-By – Alicia Bridges, Susan Hutcheson

Notes
Producer – Steve Buckingham
From the Polydor LP 'Alicia Bridges' - 2391 364
Label - Polydor Records

1978

The Beach Boys - Marcella b/w Hold On Dear (1972)


"Marcella" is a song written by Brian Wilson, Tandyn Almer and Jack Rieley for the American rock band The Beach Boys about a massage therapist. It was released on their 1972 album “Carl and the Passions” - "So Tough". It is the last song to feature Bruce Johnston during his original tenure in the band.
The song branched from an earlier track entitled "I Just Got My Pay" recorded during sessions for “Sunflower”. This early version appears on the box set “Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys”.
Brian Wilson has said of "Marcella": "It represents one of the first times we tried to emulate The Rolling Stones. In my mind, it was dedicated to the Stones, but I never told them that. It's one of the rockingest songs I ever wrote." According to Jack Rieley, the tune was named for a woman who was working as Brian's masseuse at the time.

A - Marcella  (3:52)
Written-By – Wilson, Rieley
B - Hold On Dear Brother  (4:21)
Written-By – Chaplin, Fataar

Notes
Producer – The Beach Boys
Taken from the album 'So Tough'
Label - Reprise Records

1972

B.T. Express - Give Up The Funk (Let's Dance) b/w Better Late Than Never (1980)



B.T. Express (originally named Brooklyn Transit Express) was an American funk/disco group, that had a number of successful songs during the 1970s.
From their album “1980” from 1980, the big track that people remember from this album, the one that charted, is "Give Up The Funk," which sports another profoundly unoriginal title. 
Thankfully there are no Parliament ripoffs to be found here, and no references to "the bomb," as the sound is 100% B.T. Express with an updated sound, including the ray gun 'pew pew pew' of electric tom tom drums. 
The tune also brings back the Express's best trademark:  long, darkly-hued horn phrases used to punctuate the jams in a an understated  way, as if Maceo Parker took a few Valium.

A - Give Up The Funk (Let's Dance)  (3:28)
Written-By – C. Ward
B - Better Late Than Never  (4:30)
Written-By – J. Rasool

Notes
Executive Producer – Fred Frank
Producer – Morrie Brown
Produced for Mighty M Productions
Label - Columbia Records

1980