David Bowie – Let's Dance
Label: | EMI America – 1C 064-400 165, EMI America – 400165 |
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Format: | Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
Country: | Europe |
Released: | |
Genre: | Rock, Funk / Soul, Pop |
Style: | Pop Rock |
Tracklist
| A1 | Modern Love | 4:46 | |
| A2 | China Girl | 5:32 | |
| A3 | Let's Dance | 7:36 | |
| A4 | Without You | 3:09 | |
| B1 | Ricochet | 5:13 | |
| B2 | Criminal World | 4:24 | |
| B3 | Cat People (Putting Out Fire) | 5:05 | |
| B4 | Shake It | 3:51 |
Companies, etc.
- Mastered At – Masterdisk
- Published By – Jones Music
- Published By – Bug Music
- Published By – James Osterberg Music
- Published By – Fleur Music Ltd.
- Published By – Logo Songs Ltd.
- Published By – Hudson Bay Music Co.
- Published By – MCA Music
- Record Company – Capitol Records, Inc.
- Record Company – Fast Forward Productions
- Record Company – MCA Inc.
- Record Company – Music Corporation Of America, Inc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – David Bowie
- Licensed To – EMI America Records
- Copyright © – David Bowie
- Pressed By – EMI Electrola GmbH
- Printed By – 4P NICOLAUS GmbH
Credits
- Arranged By [Horn Arrangements] – Bowie*, Rodgers*
- Baritone Saxophone, Flute – Steve Elson
- Bass – Carmine Rojas
- Design [Package Design] – Mick Haggerty
- Drums – Omar Hakim, Tony Thompson (2)
- Engineer – Bob Clearmountain
- Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Dave Greenberg
- Guitar – Nile Rodgers
- Keyboards – Rob Sabino
- Lead Guitar – Stevie Ray Vaughn*
- Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
- Mixed By – Bob Clearmountain
- Mixed By [Assisted By] – David Bowie, Nile Rodgers
- Painting [Painting On Cover] – Derek Boshier
- Percussion – Sammy Figueroa
- Photography By – Greg Gorman
- Producer – David Bowie, Nile Rodgers
- Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Robert Arron*, Stan Harrison
- Trumpet – Mac Gollehon
- Vocals – David Spinner, Frank Simms, George Simms
Notes
Glossy cover
Engineered for Fast Forward Productions.
Mastered at Masterdisk, New York City.
Omar Hakim appears courtesy of Columbia Records.
Bernard Edwards appears courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corporation.
Nile Rodgers appears courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corporation.
Tracks A1, A3 to B1 and B4 © Jones Music ASCAP.
Track A2 © 1977 Bug Music/James Osterberg Music/Jones Music/Fleur Music Ltd. BMI.
Track B2 © 1978 Logo Songs Ltd.
All rights for the U.S. and Canada administered by The Hudson Bay Music Company BMI.
Track B3 © 1982 MCA Music, a division of MCA, Inc/Music Corporation of America, Inc, New York, New York.
Made in EEC.
℗ 1983 David Bowie under license to EMI America Records © David Bowie
Pressed in Germany by EMI Electrola GmbH, Köln.
Printed in Germany by 4P NICOLAUS GmbH, Köln.
Includes printed and pictured inner sleeve with lyrics and credits.
First cat#: spine, label and cover.
Second catalog#: vinyl runout and inner sleeve.
Runouts are stamped. Possible trailing numbers are etched.
Engineered for Fast Forward Productions.
Mastered at Masterdisk, New York City.
Omar Hakim appears courtesy of Columbia Records.
Bernard Edwards appears courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corporation.
Nile Rodgers appears courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corporation.
Tracks A1, A3 to B1 and B4 © Jones Music ASCAP.
Track A2 © 1977 Bug Music/James Osterberg Music/Jones Music/Fleur Music Ltd. BMI.
Track B2 © 1978 Logo Songs Ltd.
All rights for the U.S. and Canada administered by The Hudson Bay Music Company BMI.
Track B3 © 1982 MCA Music, a division of MCA, Inc/Music Corporation of America, Inc, New York, New York.
Made in EEC.
℗ 1983 David Bowie under license to EMI America Records © David Bowie
Pressed in Germany by EMI Electrola GmbH, Köln.
Printed in Germany by 4P NICOLAUS GmbH, Köln.
Includes printed and pictured inner sleeve with lyrics and credits.
First cat#: spine, label and cover.
Second catalog#: vinyl runout and inner sleeve.
Runouts are stamped. Possible trailing numbers are etched.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society (Boxed): GEMA
- Rights Society: STEMRA
- Rights Society: ASCAP
- Rights Society: BMI
- Label Code: LC 5717
- Other (Embossed logo stamp on back cover): EMI
- Matrix / Runout (Label side A): 1C 064-400 165 A
- Matrix / Runout (Label side B): 1C 064-400 165 B
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): 400165-A2
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): 400165-B1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): 400165-A1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): 400165-B1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3): 400165-A1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3): 400165-B2
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 4): 400165-A2
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 4): 400165-B2
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 5): 400165-A2 1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 5): 400165-B1 2
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 6): 400165-A1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 6): 400165-B1 2
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 7): 400165-A1 2
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 7): 400165-B1 1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 8): 400165-A1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 8): 400165-B1 1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 9): 400165-A1 2
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 9): 400165-B1 2
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 10): 400165-A1 1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 10): 400165-B1 2
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 11): 400165-A1 2.
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 11): 400165-B1 3.
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 12): 400165-A1 8
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 12): 400165-B1 2
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 13): 400165-A2 1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 13): 400165-B2 3
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 14): 400165-A2 1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 14): 400165-B2 2
Other Versions (5 of 303)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| Let's Dance (LP, Album, Winchester Pressing) | EMI America | SO-17093 | US | 1983 | |||
Recently Edited | Let's Dance (LP, Album) | EMI America, EMI America | ST.17093, ST-17093 | Australia | 1983 | ||
Recently Edited | Let's Dance (Cassette, Album, Stereo) | EMI America, EMI America | 2C 266-40 0165, 2C 266 400165 | France | 1983 | ||
Recently Edited | Let's Dance = Bailemos (LP, Album) | EMI America, EMI America | 10C 072 400.165, 10C-072 400165 | Spain | 1983 | ||
Recently Edited | Let's Dance (LP, Album, Stereo) | EMI America, EMI America | 2C 070-400165, 2C 070-400.165 | France | 1983 |
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Reviews
Sounds great. Shame about the songs, or lack of.
Back in the day, when this album was released, I vividly remember my heart sinking as I dropped the needle onto the groove and Modern Love blasted out, in all of its unsubtle racket. The title track, i.e the single, had left me cold, and I preferred Iggy’s China Girl, so straight away Side One was done and dusted as far as I was concerned.
Then we had the horrible remake of Cat People on Side Two, a fairly mediocre cover of an old Metro song, Ricochet, which at least tried to be different, and the horribly inconsequential Shake It finishing the album off.
I had waited nearly 3 years for this. My ears were still getting excited by Low, “Heroes” etc etc so this felt like an aural bucket of cold water tipped over the head. And just to add insult to injury you were bashed around the head by the bucket at the same time.
Even the artwork and typography looked naff. I think part of me hoped that this would be a one-off and with the next album DB would be back with his usual pioneering, exciting output.
How wrong I was :(
All in all a very good sounding vinyl record from 83 dynamic, punchy and clear. Pressed in Germany. Self-produced by Bowie and the outstanding guitar of Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Runout of my version with same specs (made in EEC, printed in Netherlands) 400165-A3 & -B3