Number 42 in an occasional series of reviews of my favourite 80s 12″ records.
The fourth single from the Soft Cell boys, and a love letter from Marc Almond to all those songstresses in seedy bars from the 50s and 60s. The extended version takes the single mix and adds on a superb, seemingly touching rap exchange with the guy’s dealer in New York, a certain Cindy Ecstacy. The track reached number 2 in the UK singles charts. Originally intended to a double-A side single with Insecure Me.
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Inspired by all the lists you see on FaceBook saying “Post your favourite albums, but don’t say anything about them…” I thought, hell I’m gonna say a bit about them and why they’re special. As a general rule I have chosen particular extended vinyl versions of the tracks for various reasons, amongst them they extend the length I can listen to them, and they often add extra ambience to the Radio Friendly 7″ version.
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Legendary US record producer Tom Moulton was probably one of the prime movers in developing 12-inch releases, he had discovered that the 12-inch had vastly superior sound quality, producing grooves perfect for the discotheque. It was music for hedonistic dancers – for metronomic beats, fewer vocals, stripped back instrumentation, slow-fading echo effects, sustains, slow builds in pace and intensity to maximum peaks.
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