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September 5, 2022

45 RPMs 71: Dire Straits ~ Money For Nothing

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front cover 
photo of front cover by Styrous®

    
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.    


Dire Straits ~ Love Over Gold
front cover 
photo of front cover by Styrous®


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.

    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* 
 
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        
        
 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
 
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

        
        
        
        
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'desert island' vinyl LP list              
Dire Straits          
Trevor Horn         
Mark Knopfler         
     
Net links:       
         
Dire Straits        
         
        
     
YouTube links:      
        
Dire Straits ~  
      Love Over Gold           
      Money For Nothing          
      Money For Nothing (video)         

        
        
        
         
        
        

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March 23, 2021

Lynn Goldsmith articles/mentions

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The Cars ~ Ric Ocasek: Moving In Stereo 
Sting       
     
     
     
     
      
     
      
     
     
     
      
     
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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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 vinyl LP front cover
cover photo by Roger Stowell
photo of album cover by Styrous®
 
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.    
 
 
 
 vinyl LP front cover sticker detail 
detail photo of album cover by Styrous®
 
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).                    
 
 
U. K. Squeeze
 vinyl LP back cover detail 
detail photo of album cover by Styrous®

 
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
 
 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.    
 

 vinyl LP back cover detail 
album photo by George Greenwood
photo of album cover by Styrous®
 
 
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).     
 
 
 vinyl LP back cover detail 
album photo by George Greenwood
detail photo of album cover by Styrous®


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

  



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 Rock


Viewfinder links:        
        
B Bumble & The Stingers        
John Cale        
Tim Curry        
Eric Clapton        
Earl Palmer        
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov        
Sting        
        
Net links:        
        
Christina Rocks ~ Squeeze: Take Me I'm Yours documentary  
Progrography ~ U.K. Squeeze (1978) review         
Punk News ~ Squeeze
Songfacts ~ Take Me I'm Yours by Squeeze        
Squeeze website        
        
YouTube links:        
        
Andrea Corr ~ Take Me I'm Yours        
Tim Curry ~ Take Me I'm Yours        
Jools Holland ~ Bumble Boogie        
U. K. Squeeze ~              
        Complete album            
        The Call       
        First Thing Wrong       
        Hesitation (Rool Britannia)      
        Model      
        Out Of Control        
        Strong In Reason          
        Take Me I'm Yours          
        Take Me I'm Yours (live)         
        Take Me I'm Yours (NY 1999) (5 mins., 29 secs)     
        Wild Sewerage Tickles Brazil
        
        
        
"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   


 





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Sting articles/mentions

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Klaus Nomi       
     
     
     
      
     
      
     
Sting - 1979    
photo by Lynn Goldsmith     
      
     
      
     
      
     
      
     
      
     
      
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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January 24, 2017

20,000 Vinyl LPs 76: Klaus Nomi









photos by Styrous®




Klaus Nomi vinyl lp
front cover photo by Michael Halsband



Klaus Nomi, was born, Klaus Sperber on this day, January 24, in 1944, in Immenstadt, Bavaria, Germany. He was a countertenor who had an astounding vocal range and whose stage persona was visually elegant and ethereal. He only produced two studio albums but they are stellar in their unique interpretations of standards and rarely heard music. His second album was called, Simple Man. More on that album in a future article.   


Klaus Nomi vinyl lp
  back cover

This is the first album I bought by Nomi and it is my favorite of the two albums he produced. One of my favorite songs on it is his interpretation of The Cold Song from the Baroque opera, King Arthur, by Henry Purcell. Purcell wrote the song for a bass, but numerous countertenors have performed the piece in homage to Nomi. Sting recorded it on his 2009 album, If on a Winter's Night... (links below to music on YouTube).   


 Side 1


Another one of my favorites is his rendition of the aria, Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix ("My heart opens to your voice"), from the Camille Saint-Saëns 1877 opera, Samson et Delilah. In interviews with Page Wood, Ann Magnuson and Kristian Hoffman, from "The Nomi Song" (2004), they describe about Nomi performing the song. (links below).   
 


                            Klaus Nomi vinyl lp
                                       side 2       



His take on Lightning Strikes by Lou Christie is striking (pun intended) and his version of, The Twist, written by Hank Ballard and made famous by Chubby Checker, is, well . . .  twisted.    

Then there is the powerful song, Wasting My Time ("I'm wasting my time on you, on you!") What a terrific song this one is! It has a moderate-speed but determined beat that thrusts with force his statement about, well, the title says  it.  

Of course, there has never been anything like, Keys of Life! VERY short and VERY weird, it is slow, dreamy and scary, as it could describe what is happening today. The lyrics . . .

From ancient worlds I come
To see what man has done
What's fact and what is fiction
To judge the contradictions

The future has begun
Much work has to be done
You're running out of time
Beware the silent sign

Exploring new dimension
New lifestyle my intention
Do not ignore advice
You hold the keys of life 




Klaus Nomi


Klaus Sperber, ca 1960
photographer unknown


In the 1960s, Nomi worked as an usher at the Deutsche Oper in West Berlin where he sang for the other ushers and maintenance crew on stage in front of the fire curtain after performances. Around that time he also sang opera arias at the Berlin discothèque Kleist Casino. The Kleist Casino, often abbreviated as KC, was a gay bar in Kleiststrasse in Berlin. It was founded in 1921 and existed until October 2002, interrupted only from 1933 to 1950 as a result of the closure by the national socialists. During its existence, the KC room offered the opportunity to live out gay sexuality and was also the meeting place for prominent guests such as Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Hanns Eisler and Stefan Wolpe.    

Nomi moved to New York City in 1972 and his big break came in 1979 when David Bowie caught him and fellow NYC performance artist, Joey Arias, at the Mudd Club in TriBeCa. Bowie was so impressed with them that he hired them as his back-up singers for his December 15, 1979 appearance on Saturday Night Live (link below). Bowie, flanked by Klaus and Arias, performed three songs that ultimately marked a turning point in Bowie's career. New wave was the genre du jour, so Bowie was keeping up with the times. It was time to get weird(er), and Klaus' eccentric aesthetic was perhaps the greatest entrée (and cosign) for Bowie into that world.   


December 15, 1979
video still




It was a mutually beneficial relationship that lasted just one evening. Klaus was enamored with the giant plastic tux Bowie wore during the performance, and later made it his own. The exposure also garnered him a record deal with Bowie's label RCA. As for Bowie, he had a new muse, but the adoration would come from afar. Convinced that Bowie would deliver upon a loose promise to work together after their first and last time on stage, Klaus waited for his call. His phone never rang.  

photographer unknown 


     
The Nomi Song is a 2004 documentary about the life of singer Klaus Nomi, written and directed by Andrew Horn. The film debuted at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2004, where it won a Teddy Award for "Best Documentary Film."


The Nomi Song poster 




Lady Gaga drew fashion inspiration from Nomi



Klaus Nomi died on August 6, 1983 at the Sloan Kettering Hospital Center, New York, one of the first celebrities to die of complications from AIDS. His ashes were scattered over New York City.     



Klaus Nomi vinyl lp label details  
sides 1 & 2



Track listing:

Side one:
  1. "Keys of Life" (Klaus Nomi) – 2:26
  2. "Lightning Strikes" (Lou Christie, Twyla Herbert) – 2:59
  3. "The Twist" (Hank Ballard) – 3:10
  4. "Nomi Song" (Kristian Hoffman) – 2:47
  5. "You Don't Own Me" (John Medora, David White) – 3:39
Side two:
  1. "The Cold Song" (Henry Purcell, John Dryden) – 4:03
  2. "Wasting My Time" (Klaus Nomi, Scott Woody) – 4:16
  3. "Total Eclipse" (Kristian Hoffman) – 3:29
  4. "Nomi Chant" (Man Parrish) – 1:53
  5. "Samson and Delilah (Aria)" (Camille Saint-Saëns) – 3:43

Personnel









Klaus Nomi on the net: 
          
After the Fall: Klaus Nomi 30 Years Later    
The Curious Career of Klaus Nomi      
"The Nomi Song" (2004) interviews               
    
Links to music on YouTube:    
    
Henry Purcell - The Cold Song       
Henry Purcell - The Cold Song (concert film)
Henry Purcell - The Cold Song (TV video)       
Nanette Scriba sings The Cold Song             
Camille Saint-Saëns, Samson et Dalila  
                                    (TV broadcast with interview)    
After The Fall (concert video)      
After The Fall (1981 video)                    
Wasting my time         
Keys of Life       
The Twist        
Lightning Strikes          
David Bowie, December 15, 1979, Saturday Night Live   


       



photographer unknown


"Elvis Presley is my spiritual father and 
Maria Callas is my spiritual mother.” 
                    - Klaus Nomi




Styrous® ~ Tuesday, January 24, 2017 



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