Pink Floyd ~ Another Brick in the Wall (PartII)

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Forty-six years ago today, on Friday, May 2, 1980, The South African government banned the Pink Floyd song Another Brick in the Wall (PartII). Written by Roger Waters, Part 2 is a protest song against corporal punishment in schools, rigid and abusive schooling, and features a children's choir.        

 

Part 2 was the second UK single for Pink Floyd, sold more than four million copies worldwide, topped singles charts in 14 countries, including the UK and the US, and was the UK Christmas No. 1 of 1979. It was nominated for a Grammy Award and ranked number 384 on the Rolling Stone list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".      

In Part 2, traumas involving abusive schoolteachers become bricks in the wall. In the sequence, children enter a school and march in unison through a meat grinder, becoming "putty-faced" clones, before rioting and burning down the school. The lyrics attracted controversy. The Inner London Education Authority described the song as "scandalous", and according to Renshaw, then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher "hated it". It was banned in South Africa in 1980 after it was adopted by supporters of a nationwide school boycott protesting instituted racial inequities in education under apartheid.   

 

At the suggestion of the producer Bob Ezrin, Pink Floyd added elements of disco, which was popular at the time. When Ezrin heard the song with a disco beat, he was convinced it could become a hit but felt it needed to be longer and added two verses and two choruses. Engineer Nick Griffiths recorded children singing the second verse at Islington Green School, close to the Pink Floyd studio. Alun Renshaw, the head of music at the school, was enthusiastic, and said later: "I wanted to make music relevant to the kids – not just sitting around listening to Tchaikovsky. I thought the lyrics were great – 'We don't need no education, we don't need no thought control' ... I just thought it would be a wonderful experience for the kids." The children's choir in the recording featured 23 students, who practiced for about a week to prepare. Renshaw hid the lyrics from the headteacher, Margaret Maden, fearing she might stop the recording.  Maden said: "I was only told about it after the event, which didn't please me. But on balance it was part of a very rich musical education." When Ezrin played the children's vocals to Waters, "There was a total softening of his face, and you just knew that he knew it was going to be an important record."       

 

The children of Islington School received tickets to a Floyd concert, an album and a single. Though the school received a payment of £1,000, there was no arrangement for royalties for the children. Following a change to the copyright law of the United Kingdom in 1996, they became eligible for royalties from broadcasts. After the royalties agent Peter Rowan traced the choir members through the social network service Friends Reunited and other means, they successfully lodged a claim for royalties with the Performing Artists' Media Rights Association in 2004. For later shows, Waters employed local school choirs to perform the song with him.       

 

Gilmour recorded his guitar solo using a 1955 Gibson Les Paul Gold Top guitar with P-90 pickups.     

Part 2 performers

• Roger Waters – bass guitar, vocals (unison with Gilmour)
• David Gilmour – guitar, vocals (unison with Waters)
• Nick Mason – drums
• Richard Wright – Hammond organ, Prophet-5 synthesiser
• Islington Green School students (organised by Alun Renshaw) – vocals

A live version of Another Brick in the Wall (PartII), with Cyndi Lauper on vocals, recorded on 21 July 1990 at Potsdamer Platz, was released as a single on the 10th of September, 1990. Korn recorded a decent cover in 2004.           

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
      

     
     

    

 

      

     

     

      

     

     

     

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Die Dreigoschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)                                                                         

      

On August 31, 1928, Die Dreigoschenoper (The Threepenny Opera) by Bertolt Brecht with music by Kurt Weill, premiered in Berlin. The play has been represented on the Viewfinder (links below) several times. There have been hundreds of presentations of the work but there are two very interesting interpretations I have found fascinating.         

 

The first was adapted by playwright Wallace Shawn and brought back to Broadway by the Roundabout Theatre Company at Studio 54 in March 2006 with Alan Cumming playing Macheath, Nellie McKay as Polly, Cyndi Lauper as Jenny, Jim Dale as Mr Peachum, Ana Gasteyer as Mrs Peachum, Carlos Leon as Filch, Adam Alexi-Malle as Jacob and Brian Charles Rooney as a male Lucy. Included in the cast were drag performers. The performances, set design by Derek McLane, costumes by Isaac Mizrahi and choreography by Aszure Barton are astounding! It is also heavy on LGBTQ references. 

      

There is a video of the complete performance on YouTube; although the quality of it sucks royally, it is worth watching even with all it's imperfections. There is a good quality video of the Tango-Ballad performed by Lauper (as Jenny) and Alan Cumming (as Macheath) during the 2006 Tony Awards (link below).        

 

 

Alan Cumming & Cyndi Lauper - 2006 Tony Awards
 

 

While Cummings and Lauper sing the Tango-Ballad, they are joined by the cast dancing to the tango, men with men, women with women; this is appropriate as the dance originated in Argentina and was performed in the brothels of Buenos Aires where men danced with each other while they waited for the women who were busy with other clients. The anticipation aroused sexual tension between two male dancers. Eventually it developed into the aggressive movements and struggle for dominance that define the dance.  

During tango’s early days, Argentina was largely populated by male, working-class immigrants. One statistic claims there were seven men to every woman in the country, making marriage and companionship both competitive and a prize awarded only to a few. 

 

Due to Argentina’s draught of X chromosomes, even heterosexual brothers danced with one another. Same-sex dancing was simply a fun way to pass time, a chance to brush up on moves before a potential female suitor came along. It put two men chest to chest, moving strong hips to the alluring beat while fighting for dominance on the floor, just good fun.        

 

In 1903, the very first photo of the tango was published in the magazine Caras y Caretas. The dancers were both men.          

Two men dancing the tango - February, 7 1903

Caras y Caretas magazine

Two women dancing the tango - ca 1920 

Soviet postcard

 

In 2001, the world’s first official queer milonga opened in Hamburg, Germany. Argentina’s inaugural International Queer Tango Festival sashayed onto the scene that same year.   These two simultaneous events marked the beginning of the Queer Tango movement—a distinct style deliberately tossing gendered movements aside in favour of giving and receiving ‘impulses.’         

 

The second version by the Berliner Ensemble, Berlin, Germany, opened on September 27, 2007, by director Robert Wilson. It had all the wonderful qualities, but different, of the Roundabout production of the previous year (links below).       

Berliner Ensemble - 2007

photo by Lesley Leslie-Spinks

     
      

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20,000 vinyl LPs 337: Cyndi Lauper ~ She's So Unusual @ 40

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Cyndi Lauper ~ She's So Unusual

vinyl LP front cover 

cover photo by Annie Liebovitz  

photo of album cover by Styrous®

It seems incrdible that it's been forty years since Portrait Records released She's So Unusual, the debut studio album, by Cyndi Lauper, on October 14, 1983.          

 

 

Cyndi Lauper ~ She's So Unusual

vinyl LP back cover 

back cover photo by Annie Liebovitz  

photo of album backcover by Styrous®

 

   

Six singles were released from the album, with Girls Just Want to Have Fun becoming a worldwide hit and her first song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. Time After Time became her first number-one hit on the chart and experienced similar success worldwide. Lauper found success with the next two singles as well, with both She Bop and All Through the Night peaking in the top five. This makes Lauper the first female singer to have four top five singles on the Hot 100 from one album.             

 

 

Cyndi Lauper ~ She's So Unusual

vinyl LP record sleeve

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I love every song on the album but, as usual I have a favorite or two, one is the wonderfully exuberant, She Bop. What a fantastic song to just let yourself go with and dance your head off.       

 

 

 

 Cyndi Lauper ~ She's So Unusual

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My other favorite song was written by Prince; it is When You Were Mine. Lauper's cover is slower and not as frantic sounding. All Through the Night written by Jules Shear is a beautiful breath of fresh air. Time After Time is a sweet and romantic melody.      

           

The album is primarily new wave-based, with many of the songs being influenced by synthpop and pop rock. Upon its release, the album received positive reviews from music critics, who noted Lauper's unique vocals. Lauper earned several awards and accolades for the album, including two Grammy Awards at the 27th Grammy Awards, one of which was for Best New Artist.         

        

 

 

 

 

 

She's So Unusual peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 chart and stayed in the chart's top forty for 65 weeks. It has sold over 6 million copies in the United States and 25 million copies worldwide. This makes it Lauper's best-selling album to date and one of the best-selling albums of the 1980s. In 2003, The album was ranked at number 494 on the Rolling Stone list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and it subsequently placed at number 184 in a 2020 reboot of the list. In 2019, the album was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".           

      

 

 

 

She's So Unusual peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 chart and stayed in the chart's top forty for 65 weeks. It has sold over 6 million copies in the United States and 25 million copies worldwide. This makes it Lauper's best-selling album to date and one of the best-selling albums of the 1980s. In 2003, The album was ranked at number 494 on the Rolling Stone list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and it subsequently placed at number 184 in a 2020 reboot of the list. In 2019, the album was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".              

   

Tracklist:
       
Side 1:

        

A1 - Money Changes Everything, written by  Tom Gray - 5:02

A2 - Girls Just Want To Have Fun, written by  Robert Hazard - 3:55

A3 - When You Were Mine, Arranged By William Wittman, written by Prince - 5:07

A4 - Time After Time, written by  C. Lauper*, R. Hyman* - 3:59

       
Side 2:
       
B1 - She Bop, written by  C. Lauper*, G. Corbett*, R. Chertoff*, S. Lunt* - 3:43

B2 - All Through The Night, written by – Jules Shear - 4:29

B3 - Witness, written by  C. Lauper*, John Turi - 3:38

B4 - I'll Kiss You, written by  C. Lauper*, J. Shear* - 4:05

B5 - He's So Unusual, written by  Abner Silver, Al Lewis, Al Sherman (2) - 0:45

B6 - Yeah Yeah, written by H. Huss*, M. Rickfors* - 3:17
       
Companies, etc.
       
    Record Company – CBS Inc.
    Manufactured By – Portrait Records (4)
    Published By – Gray Matter Publishing Company
    Published By – ATV Music Corp.
    Published By – Heroic Music
    Published By – Ecnirp Music Inc.
    Published By – Rellla Music Corp.
    Published By – Noyb Music
    Published By – Wall To Wall Music Co.
    Published By – Hobbler Music
    Published By – Funzalo Music
    Published By – Juters Music Co.
    Published By – Turalaura Music
    Published By – Turi Music
    Published By – Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
    Published By – Stainless Music Corp.
    Recorded At – Record Plant, N.Y.C.
    Mastered At – Sterling Sound
    Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
       
Credits:
       
    Arranged By – Cyndi Lauper, Eric Bazilian (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B6), Rick Chertoff, Rob Hyman (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B6)
    Art Direction, Design – Janet Perr
    Backing Vocals – Cyndi Lauper, Eric Bazilian, Rob Hyman
    Backing Vocals [Additional] – Dianne Wilson, Ellie Greenwich, Jules Shear, Krystal Davis, Maeretha Stewart
    Bass – Eric Bazilian, Neil Jason
    Design Concept [Cover Concept] – Cyndi Lauper, Janet Perr
    Drums, Percussion – Anton Fig
    Engineer [Additional] – John Jansen, Rod O'Brien
    Engineer [Assistant] – John Agnello
    Executive-Producer – Lennie Petze
    Guitar – Eric Bazilian, Neil Jason, Rick DiFonzo, William "Rock Pygmy" Wittman*
    Keyboards – Rob Hyman
    Lead Vocals – Cyndi Lauper
    Management – David Wolff, Joseph Zynczak
    Other [Clothes] – Screaming Mimi’s
    Other [Hair Design] – Justin Ware, Ralph Scibelli
    Other [Product Manager] – Dan Beck
    Other [Road Manager] – George Jordan
    Other [Stylist] – Laura Wells
    Photography By – Annie Liebovitz*
    Producer [Associate], Engineer – William Wittman
    Producer, Percussion [Extra] – Rick Chertoff
    Saxophone, Other [Hooter] – Eric Bazilian
    Synthesizer – Peter Wood (2), Richard Termini
       
Notes:
       
Recorded at Record Plant, New York, NY.

© 1983 CBS Inc. / ℗ 1983 CBS Inc.
Executive produced for Red Sox Music Productions, Inc.

A1: (c)1978 Gray Matter Publishing Company. All rights for the U.S.A., Canada and Mexico controlled by ATV Music Corp. (BMI)

A2: (c)1979 Heroic Music (ASCAP)

A3: (c)1980 Ecnirp Music (BMI)

A4: (c)1983 Rellla Music Co. (BMI) and Dub Notes (ASCAP)

B1: (c)1983 Rellla Music Co., Noyb Music Co., Wall To Wall Music Co. (BMI) and Hobbler Music (ASCAP)

B2: (c)1982 Funzalo Music/Juters Music Co. (BMI)

B3: (c)1982 Turalaura Music and Turi Music (BMI)

B4: (c)1983 Rellla Music Co., Funzalo Music / Juters Music Co. (BMI)

B5: (c)1929 Renewed. Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. Inc. (ASCAP)

B6: (c)1983 Stainless Music Corp. (BMI)

Anton Fig appears courtesy of Chrysalis Records
Jules Shear appears courtesy of EMI America Records, A Div. of Capitol Records Inc.

Inner sleeve with lyrics

       
Barcode and Other Identifiers
       
Barcode (Text): 0 7464-38930-1
    Barcode (Scanned): 074643893015
    Rights Society: BMI
    Rights Society: ASCAP
    Pressing Plant ID: P
    Matrix / Runout (Side 1, Etching, variant 1): P AL 38930 GIH [aura (in cursive/handwriting)]
    Matrix / Runout (Side 2, Etching, variant 1): P BL 38930-IE
    Matrix / Runout (Side 1, Etching, variant 2): (H-MP) P AL-38930 G1Q
    Matrix / Runout (Side 2, Etching, variant 2): P BL 38930-IE
    Matrix / Runout (Side 2, Stamped, variants 1 & 2): STERLING
    Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Runout, etched, variant 3): (H-MP) P AL-38930 G1Q I
    Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Runout, etched, variant 3): o P <J-MP> BL-38930 GIH

Cyndi Lauper ‎– She's So Unusual
Label: Portrait ‎– FR 38930
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style:Pop Rock, Synth-pop        

 

 

 

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      All Through the Night      

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      Time After Time       

      When You Were Mine       

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USA For Africa ~ We Are The World 

vinyl LP front cover detail 

front cover photo by Harry Benson

detail photo of album cover by Styrous®

We Are The World is a charity single originally recorded by the supergroup "USA (United Support of Artists) for Africa" in 1985.  It was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and produced by Quincy Jones and Michael Omartian for the album We Are the World. The single was recorded on January 28, 1985.     

The song was released on March 7, 1985, as the first single from the album. I remember when the song came out; the uplifting felling I got from the message it delivered. We are a nation that welcomes the world to come and be one with us. It was one of the times in my life I was proud to be an "American." Van Cliburn was one of those times (link below).         
             
A worldwide commercial success, topping music charts throughout the world and becoming the fastest-selling American pop single in history. The first ever single to be certified multi-platinum, We Are The World received a Quadruple Platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America.     

With sales in excess of 20 million copies, it is one of fewer than 30 retail singles to have sold at least 10 million copies worldwide.        

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USA For Africa ~ We Are The World 

vinyl LP front cover 

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photo of album cover by Styrous®

The idea for the creation of an American benefit single for African famine relief came from activist Harry Belafonte. The historic event brought together some of the most famous artists in the music industry at the time: Al Jarreau, Anita Pointer, Bette Midler, Bill Gibson, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Bob Geldof, Bruce Springsteen, Chris Hayes, Cyndi Lauper, Dan Aykroyd, Daryl Hall, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, Harry Belafonte, Huey Lewis, Issa Pointer, Jackie Jackson, James Ingram, Jeffrey Osborne, John Oates, Johnny Colla, Kenny Loggins, Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes, La Toya Jackson, Lindsey Buckingham, Lionel Richie, Mario Cipollina, Marlon Jackson, Michael Jackson, Paul Simon, Randy Jackson, Ray Charles, Ruth Pointer, Sean Hopper, Sheila Escovedo, Steve Perry, Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Waylon Jennings, William Robinson, Jr., Willie Nelson.           

USA For Africa ~ We Are The World 

vinyl LP front cover detail 

front cover photo by Harry Benson

detail photo of album cover by Styrous®

The first take had a mysterious jingling in it, so had to be redone. It was discovered the jingling was caused by the jewelry Cyndi Lauper was wearing during the recording session; leave it to Cyndi!     

Cyndi Lauper: jingling caused by jewelry

 Datebook, SF Chronicle

Tuesday, March 12, 1985

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USA For Africa ~ We Are The World 

vinyl LP back cover
photos by Ken Lei Chung & Sam Emerson

photo of album back cover by Styrous®

In addition to the title track, the album includes nine previously unreleased songs by donating artists, including Prince And The Revolution, Chicago, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Tina Turner, The Pointer Sisters, Huey Lewis & The News, Steve Perry, and Kenny Rogers. In addition, Grace, by Quincy Jones, is not included in this album but appeared as the B-side of the title track when it was released a month earlier.        

USA For Africa ~ We Are The World 

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photos by Ken Lei Chung & Sam Emerson

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The album includes a 1985 charity single, Tears Are Not Enough, recorded by a supergroup of Canadian artists, under the name Northern Lights (Canadian All Stars). It was recorded to raise funds for relief of the 1983–85 famine in Ethiopia.

Both songs were part of a series of such supergroup singles recorded between December 1984 and April 1985, along with Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid in the United Kingdom,  Cantaré, cantarás by a supergroup of Latin American and Spanish singers, Éthiopie by Chanteurs sans Frontières in France, and Les Yeux de la faim by Fondation Québec-Afrique in Quebec.    

USA For Africa ~ We Are The World 

vinyl LP gatefold cover 

front cover photo by Harry Benson
back cover photos by Ken Lei Chung & Sam Emerson   

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We Are The World, the album, sold over 3 million copies. According to Billboard on April 27, 1985, it reached number one in 2 weeks, something only formerly accomplished by The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.        

USA For Africa ~ We Are The World 

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interior photos by
Harry Benson, Ken Lei Chung
and Sam Emerson 

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Tracklist:

Side 1:

A1 – USA For Africa - We Are The World, Conductor – Quincy Jones, Handclaps – Cathy Worthington, Elaine Phillinganes, James Ingram, Khaliq Glover, Marcel East, Steve Ray*, Performer – David Paich, Humberto Gatica, Ian Underwood, John Barnes, John Robinson, Louis Johnson, Michael Omartian, Michael Melvoin*, Paulinho Da Costa, Tom Bahler, Performer, Handclaps – Greg Phillinganes, Programmed By [Oberheim-8] – Marcus Ryles, Programmed By [Synclavier] – Kevin Maloney, Programmed By [Synclavier], Handclaps – Mark Ross  Programmed By [Synthesizer] – John Barnes, Michael Boddicker, Steve Porcaro, Vocals – Al Jarreau, Bette Midler, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Bob Geldof, Bruce Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper, Dan Aykroyd, Hall & Oates*, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, Harry Belafonte, Huey Lewis & The News, Jackie Johnson, James Ingram, Jeffrey Osborne, Kenny Loggins, Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes, La Toya Jackson, Lindsey Buckingham, Lionel Richie, Marlon Jackson, Michael Jackson, Paul Simon, The Pointer Sisters*, Randy Jackson, Ray Charles, Sheila E., Smokey Robinson, Steve Perry, Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Tito Jackson, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, written by L. Richie*, M. Jackson* - 7:02

A2 – Steve Perry - If Only For The Moment, Girl, Bass – Bob Glaub, Drums – John Robinson, Guitar – Mike Landau*, Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa, Piano – Randy Goodrum, Saxophone – Joel Peskin, written by R. Goodrum*, S. Perry* - 3:44

A3 – The Pointer Sisters* - Just A Little Closer, Guitar – Dennis Herring, Pual M. Jackson, Jr.*, Percussion – Terry Santiel*, Synthesizer, Drums [Fills] – Howie Rice, Synthesizer, Programmed By [Drum Machine], Keyboards [Mini Moog] – Jeff Lorber, written by M. Mueller*, R. Nevil* - 3:53

A4 – Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band* - Trapped, Bass – Garry Tallent, Drums – Max Weinberg, Guitar, Backing Vocals – Nils Lofgren, Organ – Danny Federici, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Patti Scialfa, Saxophone, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Clarence Clemons, Synthesizer – Roy Bittan, Vocals, Guitar – Bruce Springsteen, written by J. Cliff* - 5:11

Side 2:

B1 – Northern Lights (Canadian All Stars)* - Tears Are Not Enough, Acoustic Guitar – David Sinclair, Drums – Jim Vallance, French Horn – Steven Denroche, Guitar – Paul Dean, Keyboards – David Foster, Synthesizer – Doug Johnson, Vocals – Aldo Nova, Anne Murray, Baron Longfellow, Brian Good, Bruce Cockburn, Bruce Murray, Bryan Adams, Burton Cummings, Carole Pope, Carroll Baker, Catherine O'Hara, Claude Dubois, Colina Phillips, Corey Hart, Dan Hill, Don Gerrard*, Eugene Levy, Frank Mills, Geddy Lee, Gordon Deppe, Gordon Lightfoot, Graham Shaw, Ian Thomas, Jane Siberry, John Candy, Joni Mitchell, Kim Mitchell, Leroy Sibbles, Liberty Silver, Liona Boyd, Dalbello*, Lorraine Segato, Marc Jordan, Mark Holmes, Martha Johnson, Mike Reno, Murray McLauchlan, Neil Young, Oscar Peterson, Paul Hyde, Paul Shaffer, Richard Manuel, Robert Charlebois, Robin Duke, Ronnie Hawkins, Salome Bey, Sharon Lee Williams, Sylvia Tyson, Tom Cochrane, Tommy Hunter, Veronique Beliveau*, Wayne St. John, Zappacosta, written by D. Foster*, written by B. Adams*, J. Vallance* - 4:21

B2 – Prince And The Revolution - 4 The Tears In Your Eyes, written by Producer – Prince - 2:45

B3 – Chicago - Good For Nothing, Bass, Vocals – Peter Cetera, Drums – Danny Seraphine*, Guitar – Paul M. Jackson, Jr.*, Horn – Jimmy Pankow*, Lee Loughnane, Walt Parazaider*, Keyboards, Synthesizer – David Foster, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocals – Bobby Lamm*, Vocals – Bill Champlin, written by D. Foster*, R. Marx*, R. Lamm* - 3:35

B4 – Tina Turner - Total Control, Bass – John Trivers, Drums – Jack Bruno, Guitar – Paul Warren, Keyboards – Jimmy Phillips, written by M. Davis*, M. Jourard* - 3:38

B5     –Kenny Rogers - A Little More Love, Backing Vocals – Kin Vassy, Marc Beeson, Terry Williams, Bass – Joe Chemay, Drums – Paul Leim, Guitar – Billy Joe Walker*, Keyboards – Steve Goldstein, written by F. Knoblock*, T. Schuyler* - 2:54

B6 – Huey Lewis & The News - Trouble In Paradise, Bass – Mario Cipollina, Drums – Bill Gibson, Guitar, Vocals – Chris Hayes, Horns – Tower Of Power Horn Section, Keyboards, Vocals – Sean Hopper, Saxophone, Guitar, Vocals – John Colla*, Vocals, Harmonica – Huey Lewis, written by H. Lewis*, J. Colla* - 4:34

Companies, etc.

    Phonographic Copyright (p) – United Support Of Artists For Africa
    Copyright (c) – United Support Of Artists For Africa
    Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Inc.
    Phonographic Copyright (p) – Planet Records (5)
    Phonographic Copyright (p) – Bruce Springsteen
    Phonographic Copyright (p) – Northern Lights For Africa Society
    Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
    Phonographic Copyright (p) – Capitol Records, Inc.
    Phonographic Copyright (p) – RCA Records
    Phonographic Copyright (p) – Chrysalis Records
    Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
    Published By – Security Hogg Music
    Published By – Random Notes
    Published By – Street Talk Tunes
    Published By – MCA Music
    Published By – Music Corporation Of America, Inc.
    Published By – Controversy Music
    Published By – DebDave Music, Inc.
    Published By – Briarpatch Music
    Published By – Good Sport Music
    Published By – Montage Music
    Published By – Island Music
    Published By – Frettssongs
    Published By – Clean Sheets Music
    Published By – Foster Frees Music, Inc.
    Published By – Adams Communications, Inc.
    Published By – Calypso Toonz
    Published By – Irving Music, Inc.
    Published By – Mijac Music
    Published By – Brockman Music
    Recorded At – Record One, Los Angeles
    Recorded At – Studio 55, Los Angeles
    Recorded At – Meadowlands Arena
    Recorded At – Manta Sound
    Recorded At – Little Mountain Sound Studios
    Recorded At – Record Plant, N.Y.C.
    Recorded At – Black Truck
    Recorded At – Sunset Sound
    Recorded At – Lion Share Recording Studios
    Mixed At – Studio 55, Los Angeles
    Mixed At – Clover Recorders
    Mixed At – Lion Share Recording Studios
    Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering

Credits:

    Art Direction – John Coulter
    Executive-Producer – Ken Kragen
    Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
    Photography By – Harry Benson (2), Ken Lei Chung, Sam Emerson
    Supervised By – Humberto Gatica

Notes:

"P" in runouts denotes a Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman pressing.

Includes an order postcard for merchandise (sleeve includes pictures of available merch).

Gatefold sleeve: inside USA For Africa information, 25 session photos
Inner sleeve: track credits, thank you's, session photo of all/most artists

A2 recorded at Record One, Los Angeles, CA
A3 recorded and mixed at Studio 55, Los Angeles, CA
A4 recorded live at the Meadowlands, August 6, 1984 on the Record Plant (L.A.) remote truck. Mixed at Clover Recorders, Los Angeles, CA
B1 recorded at Manta Sound, Toronto and Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver
B2 recorded at Record Plant, New York and Black Truck, New Orleans
B3 recorded and mixed at Lion Share Studios, Los Angeles, CA
B4 recorded at Sunset Sound Studios, Los Angeles, CA
B5 recorded at Lion Share Studios and Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, CA. Mixed at Lion Share Studios.
B6 recorded live in San Francisco on February 21, 1985 on the Westwood One remote truck

℗ 1985 United Support Of Artists For Africa
© 1985 United Support Of Artists For Africa

A1: ℗ 1985 United Support Of Artists For Africa
A2: ℗ 1985 CBS Inc.
A3: ℗ 1985 Planet Records
A4: ℗ 1985 Bruce Springsteen
B1: ℗ 1985 Northern Lights For Africa Society
B2, B3: ℗ 1985 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
B4: ℗ 1985 Capitol Records Inc.
B5: ℗ 1985 RCA Records
B6: ℗ 1985 Chrysalis Records
Barcode and Other Identifiers

    Barcode (Scanned): 074644004311
    Barcode (Text): 0 7464-40043-1
    Matrix / Runout (Label side A): AL 40043
    Matrix / Runout (Label side B): BL 40043
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched, variant 1): PAL 40043-1AD P-AP
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched, variant 1): PBL 40043-1AN P-AP
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched, variant 2): P (T) PAL 40043-1B
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched, variant 2): P-AP PBL 40043-1AD
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched, variant 3): P (T) PAL 40043-1B
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched, variant 3): P (T) PBL 40043-1B
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched, variant 4): P (T) PAL 40043-1B
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched, variant 4): P AP PBL 40043-1AH
    Rights Society: ASCAP
    Rights Society: PROC
    Rights Society: BMI

USA For Africa ‎– We Are The World
Label: Columbia ‎– USA 40043
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Pitman Pressing
Country: US
Released: January 28, 1985
Genre: Electronic, Rock, Pop
Style: Soft Rock, Pop Rock, Synth-pop, Ballad

       
Viewfinder links:     
   
Harry Belafonte         
Van Cliburn & Sputnik ~ 1958       
Bob Dylan                 
Michael Jackson         
Al Jarreau           
Waylon Jennings     
Quincy Jones          
Cyndi Lauper          
Bette Midler       
The Pointer Sisters       
Lionel Richie         
Kenny Rogers        
Diana Ross         
Paul Simon     
Bruce Springsteen         
Tina Turner           
Dionne Warwick         
    
Net links:     
     
ABC News ~ We Are the World: 30 Years After Recording the Classic Song 
The Atlantic ~ We Are the World Stars Will Never Be That Earnest Again  
CNN ~ We Are the World at 30: Where are they now?             
RollingStone ~ We Are the World: Minute-by-Minute Breakdown 
Songfacts ~ We Are The World        
usaforafrica ~ We are the World turns 35       
Vulture ~  Ranking the 37 Contributors to We Are the World       
We Are The World lyrics         
WTVR ~ Why Prince was not part of We Are the World         
    
YouTube link:     
       
USA For Africa ~ We are the World         
       
        
         

I wonder if I will ever have that pride again? 

      

             
Styrous® ~ Tuesday, January 28, 2020 
         
       

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