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September 5, 2022
45 RPMs 71: Dire Straits ~ Money For Nothing
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On September 4, 1986, the Dire Straits song, Money for Nothing, won the music television MTV award for Best Video. The 1985 Brothers In Arms album, which features this song, is one of my "Desert Island" (link below) picks.
Published By – Chariscourt Ltd.
Published By – Almo Music Corp.
Published By – Virgin Music, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Phonogram Ltd. (London)
Mastered At – Masterdisk
Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
Mastered By – RL*
YouTube links:
Dire Straits ~
front cover
On September 4, 1986, the Dire Straits song, Money for Nothing, won the music television MTV award for Best Video. The 1985 Brothers In Arms album, which features this song, is one of my "Desert Island" (link below) picks.
The song was produced by Mark Knopfler and features a guest appearance by Sting singing background vocals, providing both the signature falsetto introduction and backing chorus of "I want my MTV."
"Weird Al" Yankovic did a pretty good cover of the song that featured Buddy Ebsen and Irene Ryan from the television show The Beverly Hillbillies.
Side 1
The "B" side has a live version of Love Over Gold, also produced by Mark Knopfler, which was originally on the fourth studio album by the same name released in 1982.
Side 2
Tracklist:
Side 1:
A - Money For Nothing (Long Edit)
Producer – Mark Knopfler, Neil Dorfsman, written by Mark Knopfler, Sting - 4:38
Side 2:
B - Love Over Gold (Live)
Engineer – Nigel Walker
Producer – Mark Knopfler, written by Mark Knopfler - 3:41
Companies, etc.
Side 1:
A - Money For Nothing (Long Edit)
Producer – Mark Knopfler, Neil Dorfsman, written by Mark Knopfler, Sting - 4:38
Side 2:
B - Love Over Gold (Live)
Engineer – Nigel Walker
Producer – Mark Knopfler, written by Mark Knopfler - 3:41
Companies, etc.
Published By – Almo Music Corp.
Published By – Virgin Music, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Phonogram Ltd. (London)
Mastered At – Masterdisk
Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
Mastered By – RL*
Notes:
Specialty pressing packaged in picture sleeve. Company sleeve is Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
A: Full length version available on Warner Bros. album "Brothers In Arms" (1-25264)
A: Chariscourt Ltd. Adm. by Almo Music Corp./Virgin Music, Inc. ASCAP
B: Chariscourt Ltd. Adm. by Almo Music Corp. ASCAP
A: ℗ 1985 Phonogram Ltd. (London)
B: ℗ 1984 Phonogram Ltd. (London)
© 1985 Phonogram Ltd. (London)
By arrangement with Phonogram Ltd.
Made in U.S.A.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Specialty pressing packaged in picture sleeve. Company sleeve is Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
A: Full length version available on Warner Bros. album "Brothers In Arms" (1-25264)
A: Chariscourt Ltd. Adm. by Almo Music Corp./Virgin Music, Inc. ASCAP
B: Chariscourt Ltd. Adm. by Almo Music Corp. ASCAP
A: ℗ 1985 Phonogram Ltd. (London)
B: ℗ 1984 Phonogram Ltd. (London)
© 1985 Phonogram Ltd. (London)
By arrangement with Phonogram Ltd.
Made in U.S.A.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Rights Society: ASCAP
Pressing Plant ID (Stamped in runouts): SRC logo
Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): DAA 2983VIIS
Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): BAA 3044
Matrix / Runout (A-Side Runout Etching): SRC 7-28950-D-AA-2983-V2-S-SR1 MASTERDISK RL 1-1
Matrix / Runout (B-Side Runout Etching): SRC 7-28950-B-AA-3044-S-SR1 1-2
Pressing Plant ID (Stamped in runouts): SRC logo
Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): DAA 2983VIIS
Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): BAA 3044
Matrix / Runout (A-Side Runout Etching): SRC 7-28950-D-AA-2983-V2-S-SR1 MASTERDISK RL 1-1
Matrix / Runout (B-Side Runout Etching): SRC 7-28950-B-AA-3044-S-SR1 1-2
Dire Straits – Money For Nothing
Label: Warner Bros. Records – 7-28950, Warner Bros. Records – 9 28950-7
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Specialty Pressing
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock, Classic Rock
Label: Warner Bros. Records – 7-28950, Warner Bros. Records – 9 28950-7
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Specialty Pressing
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock, Classic Rock
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Dire Straits ~
Money For Nothing (video)
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January 24, 2021
20,000 vinyl LPs 267: U. K. Squeeze ~ Take Me I'm Yours on red vinyl
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Julian (Jools) Miles Holland was born on this date in 1958. He was an original member of the band Squeeze and has worked with many artists including Jayne County, Sting, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, George Harrison, David Gilmour, Magazine, The The and Bono.
I
have hundreds of albums I have bought over the years only because of
the album cover. This is one of them; well, also because it was pressed
as a limited edition on red vinyl.
I
took the record home and slapped it on the turntable. I liked the songs
well enough but when it got to the last cut on the first side . . . I
was dubfounded! Take Me I'm Yours started playing and I was completely blown away!
Take Me I'm Yours was written by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook. Difford later named the song one of the only tracks on the album that was representative of Squeeze. The song has been covered several times, including a unique take by Tim Curry on his 1981 album Simplicity. Curry's version is the same tempo but it is more sensual with an almost jungle feeling to it. Andrea Corr covered it on her album Ten Feet High. Her version is a tiny bit slower in tempo but is more electronic rock. Both versions are great (links below).
Take Me I'm Yours
I've come across the desert
To greet you with a smile
My camel looks so tired
It's hardly worth my while
To tell you of my travels
Across the golden East
I see your preparations
Invite me first to feast
Take me I'm yours
Because dreams are made of this
Forever there'll be a heaven in your kiss
Amusing belly dancers
Distract me from my wine
Across Tibetan mountains
Are memories of mine
I've stood some ghostly moments
With natives in the hills
Recorded here on paper
My chills and thrills and spills
Take me I'm yours
Because dreams are made of this
Forever there'll be a heaven in your kiss
It's really been some welcome
You never seem to change
A grape to tempt your leisure
Romantic gestures strange
My eagle flies tomorrow
It's a game I treasure dear
To seek the helpless future
My love at last I'm here
Take me I'm yours
Because dreams are made of this
Forever there'll be a heaven in your kiss
I've come across the desert
To greet you with a smile
My camel looks so tired
It's hardly worth my while
To tell you of my travels
Across the golden East
I see your preparations
Invite me first to feast
Take me I'm yours
Because dreams are made of this
Forever there'll be a heaven in your kiss
Amusing belly dancers
Distract me from my wine
Across Tibetan mountains
Are memories of mine
I've stood some ghostly moments
With natives in the hills
Recorded here on paper
My chills and thrills and spills
Take me I'm yours
Because dreams are made of this
Forever there'll be a heaven in your kiss
It's really been some welcome
You never seem to change
A grape to tempt your leisure
Romantic gestures strange
My eagle flies tomorrow
It's a game I treasure dear
To seek the helpless future
My love at last I'm here
Take me I'm yours
Because dreams are made of this
Forever there'll be a heaven in your kiss
date & photographer unknown
Squeeze is an English rock band that came to prominence in the United Kingdom during the new wave period of the late 1970s, and continued recording in the 1980s, 1990s and 2010s. In the UK, their singles Cool for Cats, Up the Junction and Labelled with Love were top-ten chart hits. Though not as commercially successful in the United States, Squeeze had American hits with Tempted, Hourglass and 853-5937, and were considered a part of the Second British Invasion.
This, their first album, was produced by John Cale for A&M Records.
Cale had been a member of Velvet Underground from whose album Squeeze
took their name. However, the debut album's two hit singles, Take Me I'm Yours and Bang Bang were produced by the band themselves, as the label found Cale's recordings were not commercial.
Jools left the UK group, Squeeze in 1982 to pursue a solo career having
released the album, Jools Holland & His Milionaires. Bumble Boogie was featured on the US release of this album in 1982. A UK 45
was released on A&M in 1981.
Despite the writing credits on the label, the song was based on a theme by Rimsky Korsakov, Flight of the Bumble Bee which appeared in his
opera, The Tale of Tsar Saltan in 1900. In the rock and roll era, B
Bumble & The Stingers reached #21 on the Hot-100 with their version
of Bumble Boogie in 1961 (link below).
This is definitely an album that belongs on my 'desert island' list; the albums I would take if stranded somewhere alone (link below).
red vinyl LP, side 1
Tracklist:
Side 1:
A1 - Sex Master - 2:20
A2 - Bang Bang - 2:03
A3 - Strong In Reason - 4:12
A4 - Wild Sewerage Tickles Brazil - 3:49
A5 - Out Of Control - 4:41
A6 - Take Me I'm Yours - 3:48
Side 2:
B1 - The Call - 5:18
B2 - Model - 3:02
B3 - Remember What - 2:51
B4 - First Thing Wrong - 3:51
B5 - Hesitation (Rool Britannia) - 3:49
B6 - Get Smart - 2:06
Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – A&M Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) – A&M Records, Inc.
Recorded At – Morgan Studios
Recorded At – Pathway Studios
Recorded At – Surrey Sound Studios
Record Company – A&M Records, Inc.
Published By – Almo Music Corp.
Published By – Javeberry Music
Credits:
Art Direction – Michael Ross (3)
Bass – Harry Kakoulli*
Design – Nick Marshall (7)
Drums – Gilson Lavis
Engineer – Greg Jackman*, John Wood
Keyboards – Jools Holland
Lead Guitar, Vocals – Glenn Tilbrook
Photography By – George Greenwood, Roger Stowell
Producer – John Cale (tracks: A1, A3 To A5, B1 To B6), U.K. Squeeze* (tracks: A2, A6)
Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – Chris Difford
Written-By – C. Difford* (tracks: A1 To A3, A5 to B6), G. Tilbrook* (tracks: A1 To A3, A5 to B6), U.K. Squeeze* (tracks: A4)
Notes:
Translucent red vinyl edition.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Matrix Side A, On Label): SP-5111
Matrix / Runout (Matrix Side B, On Label): SP-5112
Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched): AM SP 5111 K1
Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched): AM SP 5112 K1
Rights Society: ASCAP
U.K. Squeeze* – U.K. Squeeze
Label: A&M Records – SP-4687
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Red Translucent
Country: US
Released: 1978
Genre: Rock
Style: Pub RockViewfinder links:Net links:Christina Rocks ~ Squeeze: Take Me I'm Yours documentaryProgrography ~ U.K. Squeeze (1978) reviewPunk News ~ SqueezeSongfacts ~ Take Me I'm Yours by SqueezeSqueeze websiteudiscovermusic ~ Take Me I’m Yours: Squeeze Make A Chart StartYouTube links:Andrea Corr ~ Take Me I'm YoursTim Curry ~ Take Me I'm YoursJools Holland ~ Bumble BoogieU. K. Squeeze ~"Without the piano my life would be a disaster -
nobody would hold me in any regard.
It's the thing that saved me."
~ Jools Holland
Styrous® ~ Sunday, January 24, 2021
October 23, 2017
20,000 Vinyl LPs 112: "Weird Al" Yankovic ~ UHF
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (/ˈjæŋkəvɪk/ YANG-kə-vik;) was born on October 23, 1959. He
is an American singer, songwriter, parodist, record producer, satirist,
actor, voice actor, music video director, film producer, and author. He
is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts, original songs that are style pastiches of the work of other acts, and polka medleys of several popular songs, featuring his favored instrument, the accordion.
The title refers to the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) analog television broadcasting band on which such low-budget television stations often were placed in the United States.
It is a satire of the television and film industries, the film starred Yankovic as George Newman, a man who stumbles into managing a low-budget UHF television station and finds success with his eclectic programming choices. It brought the floundering studio Orion their highest test scores since the movie RoboCop. Although the movie made slightly over US $6 million domestically — out of a budget of $5 million — it was considered unsuccessful.
UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff, featured songs (and commercials) from the movie as well as his own new, unrelated studio material.
Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies is a great cover of the song by Dire Straits with some nice anime.
Spam is an excellent parody of the song, Stand, by R. E. M. The lyrics are hysterical! I'm not sure Spam liked it, however.
UHF (released internationally as The Vidiot from UHF) is a 1989 American comedy film starring "Weird Al" Yankovic, David Bowie, Fran Drescher, Victoria Jackson, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Richards, Gedde Watanabe, Billy Barty, Anthony Geary, Emo Philips and Trinidad Silva;
the film is dedicated to Silva who died shortly after principal
filming. The film was directed by Jay Levey, Yankovic's manager, who
also co-wrote the screenplay with him. It was released by Orion Pictures on July 21, 1989, and is currently owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
The title refers to the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) analog television broadcasting band on which such low-budget television stations often were placed in the United States.
It is a satire of the television and film industries, the film starred Yankovic as George Newman, a man who stumbles into managing a low-budget UHF television station and finds success with his eclectic programming choices. It brought the floundering studio Orion their highest test scores since the movie RoboCop. Although the movie made slightly over US $6 million domestically — out of a budget of $5 million — it was considered unsuccessful.
UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff, featured songs (and commercials) from the movie as well as his own new, unrelated studio material.
Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies is a great cover of the song by Dire Straits with some nice anime.
Spam is an excellent parody of the song, Stand, by R. E. M. The lyrics are hysterical! I'm not sure Spam liked it, however.
Tracklist:
Side 1:
A1 - Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies, written by M. Knopfler*, P. Henning*, Sting - 3:10
A2 - Gandhi II - 1:00
A3 - Attack Of The Radioactive Hamsters From A Planet Near Mars - 3:29
A4 - Isle Thing, written by A.T. Smith*, M. Young*, M. Dike*, M. Ross*- 3:38
A5 - The Hot Rocks Polka, written by M. Jagger & K. Richards* - 4:51
A6 - UHF - 5:10
Side :2
B1 - Let Me Be Your Hog - 0:17
B2 - She Drives Like Crazy, written by D. Steele*, R. Gift* - 3:42
B3 - Generic Blues - 4:35
B4 - Spatula City - 1:08
B5 - Fun Zone - 1:45
B6 - Spam, written by W. Berry*, J. Stipe*, M. Mills*, P. Buck* - 3:00
B7 - The Biggest Ball Of Twine In Minnesota - 6:48
Companies, etc.
Record Company – Scotti Bros. Entertainment
Manufactured By – CBS Records
Distributed By – CBS Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Records Inc.
Credits:
Arranged By – Al Yankovic*
Producer – Rick Derringer
Written-By – A. Yankovic*
Barcode and Other Identifiers:
Barcode: 0 7464-45265-1
Other (Side A label): AL 45265
Other (Side B label): BL 45265
- Band members and production:
- "Weird Al" Yankovic – accordion, keyboards, vocals, backing vocals, arranger
- Jim West – banjo, guitar, backing vocals, background music
- Rick Derringer – guitar, backing vocals, producer
- Steve Jay – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz – drums, percussion
- Tony Papa – engineer
- Daryll Dobson – engineer
- Jamey Dell – assistant engineer
- Bill Malina – assistant engineer
- Other personnel:
- Kim Bullard – synthesizer
- Jimmy Z. – harmonica
- Mark Knopfler – guitar on "Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies"
- Guy Fletcher – synthesizer on "Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies"
- Warren Luening – trumpet
- Jim Rose – vocals, announcer
- Donny Sierer – saxophone
- The Step Sisters – vocals
- The Waters Sisters – vocals, backing vocals
"Weird Al" Yankovic – UHF Original Motion Picture Soundtrack And Other Stuff
Label: Rock'n'Roll Records – SZ 45265, Rock'n'Roll Records – Z 45265
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Rock, Stage & Screen
Style: Parody, Soundtrack
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