London records Archives - Vinyl From The Vault https://vinylfromthevault.com/tag/london-records/ Thu, 07 Jul 2022 21:42:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 198238920 Bananarama “Venus” https://vinylfromthevault.com/bananarama-venus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bananarama-venus Thu, 07 Jul 2022 21:42:31 +0000 https://vinylfromthevault.com/?p=14787 Bananarama "Venus" 1986. 12" single, London Records. A smash dance pop/new wave hit, going to #1 in the US and a bunch of other countries, "Venus" is a cover of Shocking Blue's 1969 groovy psychedelic #1 hit. Bananarama reworked the song into a dance track and included it on their LP True Confessions. I adored "Venus" [...]

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]]> Bananarama “Venus” 1986. 12″ single, London Records. A smash dance pop/new wave hit, going to #1 in the US and a bunch of other countries, “Venus” is a cover of Shocking Blue’s 1969 groovy psychedelic #1 hit. Bananarama reworked the song into a dance track and included it on their LP True Confessions. I adored “Venus” in ’86 and imitated the wavy/flamey-arm thing the Bananarama women do on the dance floor (I still do!).

The 12″ single version we have (there are several out there) has four remixes of the single, which weirdly does not appear on the record. “Venus (The Hellfire Mix)” is pretty similar to the single, maybe just a bit more sparse in instrumentation and amplified percussion. “Venus (Fire & Brimstone Mix)” simply bleeds 80’s over-the-top production with big echoey and twanging basslines and synth work, stamping 1986 permanently into the record’s grooves. The only thing missing is a saxophone solo. “Venus (Extended Version)” is longer, obviously, with extra vocal samples and extended hooks giving it a hi-NRG vibe, perfect for the dance club. Finally, “Venus (Dub Version)” is the longest of the bunch, clocking in at over eight hypnotic, repetitive minutes.

 

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]]> 14787 The Rolling Stones “12 X 5” https://vinylfromthevault.com/the-rolling-stones-12-x-5/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-rolling-stones-12-x-5 Mon, 28 Feb 2022 18:04:57 +0000 https://vinylfromthevault.com/?p=14495 The Rolling Stones "12 X 5" 1964. London Records. Today, February 28th, would have been Stones founder and original guitarist Brian Jones' 80th birthday (b. 1942, d. 1969). 12 x 5 was The Rolling Stones' second US album release, an expansion of their UK EP Five by Five (1964) for the US market because EP's didn't sell [...]

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]]> The Rolling Stones “12 X 5” 1964. London Records. Today, February 28th, would have been Stones founder and original guitarist Brian Jones’ 80th birthday (b. 1942, d. 1969). 12 x 5 was The Rolling Stones’ second US album release, an expansion of their UK EP Five by Five (1964) for the US market because EP’s didn’t sell well in the States. It includes the three cover songs from the EP: “If You Need Me” (Wilson Pickett), “Confessin’ the Blues” (Jay McShann/Walter Brown) and “Around and Around” (Chuck Berry). It also has two Stones originals (credited to “Nanker Phelge,” a collective pseudonym used between 1963 and 1965 for several Rolling Stones group compositions; “Nanker” referring to “a revolting face that band members, Brian Jones in particular, would pull” – Bill Wyman): “Empty Heart” and the instrumental “2120 South Michigan Avenue.” 12 X 5 added a few other cover songs – “Time Is on My Side” (Norman Meade aka Jerry Ragovoy), “It’s All Over Now” (The Valentinos; the Stones version was their first #1 hit in the UK), “Under the Boardwalk” (The Drifters) and “Susie Q” (Dale Hawkins). There are also three Mick Jagger/Keith Richards originals – “Good Times, Bad Times,” “Congradulations” (that’s how it’s spelled on the back of the album’s cover) and “Grown Up Wrong.”

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