Donna Summer "Heaven Knows" ...odd versio
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Topic: Donna Summer "Heaven Knows" ...odd versio
Posted By: MMathews
Subject: Donna Summer "Heaven Knows" ...odd versio
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 2:19pm
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Re: Heaven Knows
I've been going through old albums to digitize things i saved for posterity. Years ago, i was trying to "upgrade" a lot of my 45 versions to LP (pre-CD era) so I would buy clean LP's where i thought the 45 version might appear, like V/A comps. At that time, only the 45 had the proper intro, all her comps had it chopped off in some way. So i found the Brooklyn Dreams album "Sleepless Nights", and see it's on there ! Great! I bring it home only to find it is the "Bizarro world" version. (maybe to update that, i'll call it the "Fringe universe" version. It does indeed have the 45 intro, and is the hit backing track! But Brooklyn Dreams sings the all lead parts, and Donna Summer sings all their backing parts, repeating the lines in the verses. Anyone else ever hear this? It's a hoot. MM |
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Posted By: budaniel
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 2:24pm
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yes indeed. This album has recently been reissued on CD, with the 'normal world' version as a bonus track--in its full length 12" mix.
http://www.amazon.com/Sleepless-Nights-Brooklyn-Dreams/dp/B0 045U3AUS/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1301520255&sr=1-1 |
Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 3:07pm
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Mark, another artist on the Casablanca label, Brooklyn Dreams, had a group
member (Bruce Sudano) who was dating Summer at the time (they were married in 1980). I believe it was a label decision to have both acts take a shot at doing lead vocals on the song, and then "see which one comes out better." The label thought this could "break" Brooklyn Dreams into the hit column as a group, whereas Summer was already well established. Summer was also in favor of helping her boyfriend's group try to have a hit. I've heard both versions and, as you point out, they were quite similar musically, except that one featured Brooklyn Dreams doing lead and had Summer on background vocals, while the hit 45 had Summer on lead, and Brooklyn Dreams on background vocals. |
Posted By: EdisonLite
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 8:31pm
Had to laugh when I saw the "Seinfeld" and "Fringe" references! (I didn't know you watch "Fringe", Mark!) Anyway, I didn't know about this Brooklyn Dreams version, but from the way you describe it (the negative/reciprocal of the Donna Summer version), "Bizarro world" and "Fringe Universe" really do describe it! Actually, it's the Fringe "Alternate Universe". Perhaps on this version, Walternate oversaw the recording! (and maybe even contributed hand claps ... that are not there. :) |
MMathews wrote:Posted By: MMathews
Date Posted: 31 March 2011 at 12:44pm
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LOL, yes, Gordon I am a "Fringe" fan...altho unfortunately where are staying curently..no Fox! (we are very sad...) But we'll be moving in a few months and should have cable back by then(whew!).
Yes, Jim i knew her hubby was in the group, but it still threw me back when i had no idea they did that! It was quite a shock at the time. re: 12"! It is very cool they included the 12" version on the CD re-issue. Actually, the first i EVER heard the 12" was its inclusion on one of the Rebound "Disco Nights" V/A CD volumes. When the song was out, nor years after i NEVER found a 12" version on vinyl nor ever heard one on the radio. (only its common issue as part of the MacArthur Park Suite.) Hey, had i been clever and creative, i might have edited together the hit version with Brooklyn Dreams' alternate. That might work very well! They do sing it nicely. -MM |
Posted By: MMathews
Date Posted: 01 April 2011 at 1:30pm
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Ok
this is under the heading of "too much time on my hands"...in fact i have a couple of friends that read this board that might think "so this is what he was doing instead of..[something more productive]." HAD to do this for fun last night. I synchronized the hit version with the alternate version, one in each channel, all the way thru. So it's a strange double-duet, I'll call it the "Donna vs. Joe Esposito Franken-Fringe Mix." If anyone would like to have a copy for their "weird" file, welcome to. just PM me, or shoot me an email. MM |
Posted By: Loveland
Date Posted: 07 January 2020 at 7:59pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIhyoXxkHUw - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIhyoXxkHUw |