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Empress - Dyin to Be Dancin

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Empress

Dyin' To Be Dancin' (12")

RECORD LABEL / RELEASE INFO:

Prelude Records (US) 1981 / PRL D 607
12" Disco Single 33 1/3 rpm vinyl

STUDIO CREDITS:

Producer(s) : William Anderson and Raymond Reid

TRACKLISTING:

Side A
Dyin' To Be Dancin' (6:18)

Side B
Dyin' To Be Dancin' (Instrumental 4:50)

NOTES:

"Dyin' To Be Dancin'" by Empress showcased Prelude Records bold move to the newer urban sound coming out of New York at the turn of the 1980's. An undeniable Disco classic.

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Never gonna get enough, get enough, get enough....

Excellent!!!
 
Posted by: Delmar Browne | Nov 05, 05 | 2:14 am

Note that "Empress" didn't sing the "urban coloratura" lead on this record, but actually a singer named Heidi Dudley. No matter: it is a sexy, sultry, insinuating tease, well suited for a sudden drop in the morning by advenrurous DJs who know a horny crowd when they see it.

Whatever happened to these talented kids who turned up for one or two hits on Prelude and West End (and to a lesser degree Salsoul, which relied on and did a much better job developing professional talent)?
 
Posted by: Fred | Feb 20, 06 | 3:05 pm

Greeeeaaaaaat track. Beautiful desperate-sounding voice. The only downer is the way the record was mixed, muffling the vocals.
 
Posted by: KoolChris | Jan 31, 07 | 4:42 pm

KoolChris, you might try the LP, which as I call didn't mix-down that vocal. It also has a short counterpoint chorus going into the bridge; some hated that, I liked it.
 
Posted by: freddyinptown | Jan 31, 07 | 7:24 pm

This is a DISCO CLASSIC, yet only the die-hards know of it! Never a radio hit, not even too successful a** a seller. Not the anticipated revenue that was expected. But we deejays ate this up. On my scale from 1-10 it gets a 9.
 
Posted by: vyniljunkie | Mar 13, 08 | 5:16 pm

This song is so good, the only thing that brings it down from 10 to 9 is the the horns from around 1:06 to 1:08 in this YouTube clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIlApqvC_uE

Can't believe the did that part several places in the song when the rest is a classic.
 
Posted by: DJ Donkfish | Oct 03, 08 | 2:40 am

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