I keep getting Emails from people asking me to re-upload the links and music etc. I think people are just getting to those particular pages so are not reading the reason for the dead links.
So I am putting this in place so hopefully people will read it and stop Emailing me about it.
The reason the links are dead is that my account with Media Fire has been closed with all 11,000 files lost. That is why you can not download the things and No I can not re-upload them.
Eventually I will start doing that again when I have found something suitable. In the meantime this blog will be information only blog.
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Michaael
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'Do Ya Wanna Funk' is a dance song recorded by American recording artist Sylvester.
The song was released in 1982 and it was produced by Patrick Cowley, who incidentally died the same year.
'Do Ya Wanna Funk' was mostly successful in Europe, especially Switzerland - number 12, Netherlands - number 17, Norway - number 8 and even the United Kingdom where it made number 32.
The song is heard briefly in the movie Trading Places, a comedy-drama movie starring Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd.
Click the link below to download the following: Radio Edit Remix Instrumental Version
'All I Need' was the 8th studio album rleased by Sylvester. Released in 1982 it features the big hit single 'Do You Wanna Funk'.
Released by the San Francisco dance label Megatone, which was owned by legendary (revolutionary) Synth dance producer Patrick Cowley.
Songs where written and produced by James Tip Wirrick who also performed everything.
The song 'Do you Wanna Funk' which is written and produced by Cowley was added to the album becuase it had become a hit months before the album release.
Tracklisting: 01 - All I Need 02 - Be With You 03 - Do You Wanna Funk 04 - Hard Up 05 - Don't Stop 06 - Tell Me 07 - Wont You Let Me Love You
Well I am going to do something a little different for this post. Dave Brummer requested the Belinda Carlisle - Band Of Gold (Extended Mix) version. Mark has this so I've put it up for Dave (hope you like it). I remember the single from the original version by Freda Payne, and just loved the song, so I thought it would be good to do a post with some of the various versions of the song that have been released. Starting with the original. So here is a post dedicated to one song with different artists who have covered it. Hope you like this.
'Band of Gold' is a popular song written by Holland, Dozier and Holland, under the pseudonym Edith Wayne and Ron Dunbar, and first recorded by Freda Payne.
A smash hit for Payne in 1970, the song has been covered by numerous artists, notably dueling 1986 versions by contrasting pop divas Belinda Carlisile and Bonnie Tyler, and a 2007 version by Kimberley Locke.
When Holland, Dozier and Holland first offered the song to Freda Payne, she balked at the idea of recording it, finding the material more appropriate for a teenager or very young woman. Payne reluctantly gave in after much persuasion by Dunbar. Almost immediately following its release the Payne record became an instant pop smash, reaching number 3 in the US and hitting number 1 on the UK singles chart and remaining there for six weeks in September 1970, giving Payne her first gold record.
The song tells a story of a recently married woman whose husband is incapable of loving her (even though he tried), resulting in the couple sleeping in separate rooms on their honeymoon, to her dismay. It would appear that the marriage ended in the husband's abandoning his bride, leaving her with no more than the titular 'band of gold'. Possible interpretations of the lyrics might include an allusion to the husband's impotence, or perhaps his homosexuality.
Despite both coming off major hits and working with noted musicians, neither the Belinda Carlisle nor the Bonnie Tyler versions were major hits.
Bonnie Tyler's 1986 version was produced by Jim Steinman with the track being given a slew of Hi-NRG remixes helping it make it to number 83 in the UK Singles Chart. The song was the third single off her Secret Dreams And Forbidden Fire album. Belinda Carlisle 1986 Version was also given dance remixes featuring vocals by Freda Payne herself, that appear on a 2003 CD re-issue of the album Belinda. The single did not chart in the UK but made it to number 26 in the US Dance Club Play, 38 on the US Hot Dance singles Chart and number 91 on the Canadian singles Chart. In 1983, 'Band of Gold' was recorded by Disco/Hi-NRG singer Sylvester on Megatone Records and released as a 12" single. Sylvester's version reached number 18 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Pla chart and number 67 on the UK Singles Chart.
Kimberley Locke released her version of 'Band of Gold' to radio in 2007 as the second single from her album 'Based on a True Story'. It became Locke's second single to hit number 1 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart and her seventh to go top 10 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart.
Click the link below to download the following:
Freda Payne Soul Train - Live 1971 Single Version Almighty Anthem Radio Edit Almighty Pop'd Up Radio Edit Almighty 12 inch 1993 Club Mix Almighty 12 inch Anthem Mix Almighty 12 inch Pop'd Up Mix Almighty 1993 Club Radio Edit
Belinda Carlisle Live on Solid Gold with Freda Payne - Video Extended Mix
Bonnie Tyler Live Performance - Video Album Version
Sylvester Dub Version - Shawn Ryan Edit Album Version 12 inch Version
Kimberley Locke Almighty Remix Dave Aude Radio Mix Almighty Radio Edit
A true superstar, Sylvester represented the black and gay cultural origins of disco and made it possible for RuPaul's success. His body of work includes crucial contributions to the disco songbook, but his ballads proved he was a versatile stylist who brought a realness and depth to all material. Oddly enough, after years of paying dues with small record companies, Sylvester found himself on Warner Brothers for his album 'Mutual Attraction'. The single 'Someone Like You', released in 1986, had a Larry Levan mix, but Sylvester was unable to take full advantage of his new resources as he was diagnosed with AIDS. He stopped performing, but stayed in the spotlight to raise awareness about the disease. He died in 1988, only 40 but with a legacy that will forever endure.
'Do Ya Wanna Funk' is a dance song recorded by American recording artist Sylvester.
tar, Sylvester represented the black and gay cultural origins of disco and made it possible for RuPaul's success. His body of work includes crucial contributions to the disco songbook, but his ballads proved he was a versatile stylist who brought a realness and depth to all material. Oddly enough, after years of paying dues with small record companies, Sylvester found himself on Warner B
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