On its original release, the single reached number 51 on the UK Singles Chart and number 70 on the U.S. Will Jennings reportedly wrote the lyrics while thinking about Valerie Carter, singer songwriter, whose career was declining because of drugs. The song deals with a man reminiscing about a lost love he hopes to find again someday. “Valerie” is a song written by Steve Winwood and Will Jennings and originally recorded by Winwood for his third solo album Talking Back to the Night, in 1982. Other associated artists include Swing Out Sister, Johnny Hates Jazz, Icehouse and Sade. This song was one of a number of singles, many by British and Australian bands, that helped to shape the smooth jazz radio format in the US in the mid to late 1980s. The song also reached #4 in Norway and #14 in Sweden. “Hands to Heaven” also peaked at #2 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart. In the US, it logged two weeks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart that same month (kept from the summit by “Roll with It” by Steve Winwood) and spent 16 weeks in the Top 40. The ballad peaked at #4 on the UK Singles Chart in August 1988. “Hands to Heaven” was, however, Breathe’s breakthrough hit in both the UK as well as the United States. One of these songs, “Don’t Tell Me Lies”, reached #77 on the UK Singles Chart in 1986 before being included on Breathe’s debut album and subsequently being reissued.
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Soundcard: ESI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machineīrother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scannerĭownsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2Īlthough it was released as the first single from the group’s debut album All That Jazz, “Hands to Heaven” was not Breathe’s debut single the group had recorded and released songs prior to signing an album deal with A&M Records. In a Rolling Stone magazine album review, the critic John Milward described the musical style of the song as: “a hot rock-funk tune, with guitar tracks as slick as an icy dance floor.” “Back Chat”, the title, is an English idiom referring to a “impertinent or impudent replies, especially to a superior”. The track was performed on the Hot Space tour at a faster tempo, with a more rock-orientated arrangement. After heated debate, the band finally decided to include a guitar solo on “Back Chat”. This act of defiance caused friction amongst fellow band members, particularly Brian May, who fought to retain at least some rock sensibilities in their funk diversions. Deacon (who differed from his band-mates, in that he was the only one raised on soul instead of rock and roll) had chosen a no-compromise method of eliminating any rock elements from his songs for Hot Space.
For anybody wishing to investigate the wealth of flute recordings made during that period I can do no better than recommend Susan Nelson’s discography The Flute on Record: The 78 RPM Era .“Back Chat”, written by the bass guitarist John Deacon, is the track most influenced by black music on the 1982 Queen album Hot Space. The music and the recordings themselves are all in the public domain in Europe. A technical note: I have used a number of computer programs to reduce the distraction of clicks and crackles from the recordings, including the remarkable ClickRepair by Brian Davies ( ). All the recordings were originally released on 78 RPM discs except for the recordings of Gareth Morris and Julius Baker. This is part of a series of web pages on which I present some examples of early recordings. When, some time later, I started to acquire recordings from the first half of the twentieth century I discovered that this variety was even more pronounced, and fascination with different personal and national styles has remained with me ever since.
I also found that the sounds and styles of the professional players that I heard varied very noticeably. Early recordings of the flute By Christopher Steward When I started to play the flute at school I became aware that my wooden instrument sounded somewhat different from my friends’ metal ones.
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