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Donna Summer – 40th Anniversary Edition Coloured 2LP + CD Mediabook – Donna Summer Mediabook 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 thenbspgenrersquosnbspglobal popularity, rightly earning the titlenbspldquoQueennbspOfnbspDiscordquonbspand becoming one of the most successful recording artists of the entire decade, now having sold more than 130 Million records worldwideDonna 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 1980nbspand the second album released for Geffen is this 1982 classicnbspldquoDONNA SUMMERrdquo, which saw production duties by Quincy Jones. This proved to be a masterstroke, as the next album that Quincy produced was MichaelnbspJacksonrsquos lsquoThrillerrsquo.Thenbspalbumrsquosnbsprampbpop dynamic featured anbsplsquoWhorsquos Whorsquonbspof the recorded music industry, from thenbspalbumrsquosnbsplead singlenbsplsquoLovenbspIs In Control Finger On ThenbspTriggerrsquo, to the All Star Chorus on the Jon amp Vangelis writtennbsplsquoStatenbspOf Independencersquo, the beautifulnbsplsquoThenbspWoman InnbspMersquo, the Bruce Springsteenpenned and performednbsplsquoProtectionrsquonbspandnbsplsquoIfnbspIt Hurts Just AnbspLittlersquo, which was heavily sampled in 1999 by Cassius innbsplsquoCassiusnbsp1999rsquo.To celebrate thenbspalbumrsquosnbsp40thnbspAnniversary,nbsplsquoMysterynbspOfnbspLoversquonbspwith 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 newly mastered vinyl 2LP set also contains 7rdquonbspsingle versions of the hits, a nonAlbumnbsplsquobrsquoside, as well as the 12rdquonbspDance Mix ofnbsplsquoLovenbspIs 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 withnbspDavid Foster,nbspPhillip Ingram,nbspLe Flex,nbspSteve Lukather,nbspBill Meyers,nbspRichard Page,nbspGreg Phillinganes,nbspBruce Roberts,nbspBrenda Russell,nbspDionne Warwick, and the latenbspJames Ingram.This sublime masterpiecenbspdoesnrsquotnbspneed 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,nbspitrsquosnbspstill being played….nbsp Donna Summer Mediabook is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only £37
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