12 single...

**rendur** · May 9th, 2005, 10:54 PM

Anyone really now when the 1st 12 single was made and by whom??

**Karlos** · May 10th, 2005, 06:10 AM

An often discussed topic on this forum!
Legend has it that sometime in 1975 Tom Moulton was pressing Al Dowling's "i'll keep holding on" onto Vinyl and his engineer Jose Rodrigues said to Tom "we've run out of 7 inch plates and only have the regular LP sized 12 inch one's". Tom asked Jose to press the track onto a 12 inch plate and spread the grooves, adjust the sound etc. When they played it back on a record deck they couldn't believe how much better it sounded than a conventional 7 inch and thus the 12 inch single was born! It was several months later however (April 1976) before 12 inch singles were made available for the public to buy, the first of these was 10% by Double Exposure...

I do own however a 12 inch single by JB and the all stars I think which actually says 1973 on the label (Polydor Canada as it was not released in UK or USA)....

**Davicillo** · May 10th, 2005, 01:02 PM

I was under the impression that the story above was about a Moment of Truth track 'So much for love', but the main concensus of opinion is that Calhoun's 'Dance dance dance' was the first 12" single in Spring 1975.

**markydefad** · May 10th, 2005, 01:48 PM

The story is told by Mel Cheren in his book ("Keep On Dancin': My Life and the Paradise Garage")...the record is "I'll Be Holding On" by Al DowNing...I looked this up last weekend in prep for a Tom Moulton tribute in the chart column.

The other story is about extending Don Downing's ( he and Al are/were brothers) "Dreamworld" by stripping it down to just a beat after the key change in the end of the record ("modulation") to extend the song...I may not be explaining this very well...but I plan to get the facts and report this later.

**discofresh** · May 17th, 2005, 06:08 PM

You're getting into a can of worms with this question.

Is Spanish Hustle a contender?

DJ Boogie Badness :D

**Karlos** · May 18th, 2005, 03:34 AM

"Is Spanish Hustle a contender"...

A very early 12 inch (1975), but not the first....believe there were around 70-80 12 inch singles from that year (all promo releases only for DJ's/radio stations so not available for the public to buy), I own 60+ of these but won't stoop so low to buy Bette Midler etc :D

**Noman** · May 18th, 2005, 04:31 AM

Originally Written by Karlos

"Is Spanish Hustle a contender"...

I own 60+ of these :D

:D :D Good for you :D :D
:evil: :evil: I'm envious :evil: :evil:

**Karlos** · May 18th, 2005, 04:32 AM

"I'm envious"

I'm bankrupt...

**Noman** · May 18th, 2005, 06:42 AM

:D :D
Still if you spent all your cash you have done so in a good investment.
Eat porridge for a couple of decades and then sell your "black gold" and eat caviar the rest of your life. :lol: