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Donna Summer – 40th Anniversary Edition CD Media Book CD Collectors Pack – Donna Summer Pack from Vinyl Records London
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DONNA SUMMER gained prominence during the 1970s disco era, propelled by her incessant and creative driving force behind the genrersquos global popularity, rightly earning the title ldquoQueen Of Discordquo and becoming one of the most successful recording artists of the entire decade, now having sold more than 130 Million records worldwide Donna was the first Artist to have three consecutive DoubleAlbums reach No. 1 on the US Billboard charts and also became the first artist to achieve four No. 1 singles in a thirteen month period. Donna Summer became the first Artist signed to the new Geffen Records label in 1980 and the second album released for Geffen is this 1982 classic ldquoDONNA SUMMERrdquo, which saw production duties by Quincy Jones. This proved to be a masterstroke, as the next album that Quincy produced was Michael Jacksonrsquos lsquoThrillerrsquo. The albumrsquos rampbpop dynamic featured a lsquoWhorsquos Whorsquo of the recorded music industry, from the albumrsquos lead single lsquoLove Is In Control Finger On The Triggerrsquo, to the All Star Chorus on the Jon amp Vangelis written lsquoState Of Independencersquo, the beautiful lsquoThe Woman In Mersquo, the Bruce Springsteenpenned and performed lsquoProtectionrsquo and lsquoIf It Hurts Just A Littlersquo, which was heavily sampled in 1999 by Cassius in lsquoCassius 1999rsquo. To celebrate the albumrsquos 40th Anniversary, lsquoMystery Of Loversquo with those memorable James Ingram vocal harmonies has been given a contemporary rampbdance feel, with respect to the original version, by producer Le Flex, who has produced and worked on a number of chart hits. This CD format, packaged in a beautiful A5 Mediabook, also contains 7rdquo single versions of the hits, a non Album lsquobrsquoside, as well as the 12rdquo Dance Mix of lsquoLove Is In Control….rsquo, a newly authored 8,000 word essay, with Foreword by Bruce Sudano, by noted US writer Christian John Wikane, featuring new and his own archive interviews conducted with David Foster, Phillip Ingram, Le Flex, Steve Lukather, Bill Meyers, Richard Page, Greg Phillinganes, Bruce Roberts, Brenda Russell, Dionne Warwick, and the late James Ingram. This sublime masterpiece doesnrsquot need a specific mood or weather climate to hear. It can be listened to any time of the day night, any day of the year and 40 years later, itrsquos still being played….nbsp Donna Summer Pack is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only £21
£24.52 £23.74
1: Intro 2: Californian Soil 3: Missing 4: Lose Your Head 5: Lord It's a Feeling