Amanda Lear.. 80`s period

[Energyguy]

Not got very much in my collection from this lady (apart from the odd CD single and a rather dire "greatest hits" CD. Can anyone tell me about her 80`s output (especially hi-nrg recordings) ? - I have heard a track called NO CREDIT CARD but nothing else.

[Andy Farley]

Hi Neil she did No Regrets in 83 which was a nice laid back Italian Gazebo type affair, and also Love Your Body which is probably my all time favourite of hers

[Energyguy]

Hi Andy
I dont recall those tracks but I will have to keep my eyes peeled on e-bay.

[JussiK]

Queen Lear has a very good site, nose around the google. Everything you need to know about the volume of her 80's output is there. My personal fave is Love Your Body, and Les Femmes is a killer as well, as is Assassino. Hell, they're all good!

[Energyguy]

Originally Posted by JussiK

Queen Lear has a very good site, nose around the google. Everything you need to know about the volume of her 80's output is there. My personal fave is Love Your Body, and Les Femmes is a killer as well, as is Assassino. Hell, they're all good!

Thanks friend. Will have a search !

[SandraDee]

Assassino is a favourite of mine also.

[Energyguy]

Originally Posted by SandraDee

Assassino is a favourite of mine also.

hey Dave :D
Not heard that track - what year was it released ?

[gunbuck]

did she have a few Ian Levine remixed tracks in the 80s too? Unfortunately I've never been able to find them but I've heard they were good. I think they were for 'Follow Me' and 'Gold'?

[SandraDee]

Originally Posted by Energyguy

what year was it released ?

1984

[discokicks]

Originally Posted by gunbuck

did she have a few Ian Levine remixed tracks in the 80s too? Unfortunately I've never been able to find them but I've heard they were good. I think they were for 'Follow Me' and 'Gold'?

I have a remix of 'Follow Me' that came out in 1987 on Canada's Power Records label. It was actually the B-side of her cover version of the Troggs' 'Wild Thing' which, in my opinion, was horrendous. The remix of 'Follow Me', however, is gorgeous!

Unfortunately, the label doesn't say who did the remix :-? however, 'Wild Thing' was remixed by Coolwhip and Christian De Walden. Both sides were arranged and produced by Christian De Walden and Steve Singer for Zig Zag Productions. I'm assuming that the remix was not by Ian Levine.

[neonlights]

Originally Posted by Energyguy

I have heard a track called NO CREDIT CARD but nothing else.

I love this track! Such a strange song though.. "I've been living in a jungle.. where to live is so hard.. living in a jungle.. where there is no credit card" :-? Add her unusual voice to the mix, strangely catchy and compelling..

Not part of her '80s period, but I really like her new single: "Paris By Night". I think it could be classified as Euro-trance.. love it either way though..

[Nrgfan125]

Well my fave has to be follow me,superb cross disco/Hi nrg track from 1979,i think,have a couple of mixes of this song,so haunting!!!!

[Energyguy]

I found a 12" copy of WILD THING in a second hand shop yesterday.. In mint condition as well - been listening to it today.

[gunbuck]

For anyone who is curious, I was able to find these pages with more info on the Amanda Lear tracks that Ian Levine remixed:

http://amandalear.tripod.com/maxi_19..._follow_me.htm

http://amandalear.tripod.com/mcds_01...llow_me_89.htm