The Dance Collection: A Compilation of Twelve Inch Singles
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The Dance Collection is a compilation album by Donna Summer
released in 1987 (see 1987 in music
). Summer had become the biggest star of the disco
era in the 1970s when signed to Casablanca Records
. By 1987, Summer was signed to the Geffen
label, and Casablanca had long since been bought out by Polygram. This album was released on Polygram's [Casablanca]] label. It features some of her most famous songs from the disco era in their extended 12" versions, as they would often have been played in the clubs during their popularity.
In 2003, "With Your Love" was replaced with "On The Radio", and released as a bonus disc of the remastered Bad Girls set.
Side B
Side C
Side D
Donna Summer
LaDonna Adrian Gaines , known by her stage name, Donna Summer, is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Summer is a five-time Grammy winner and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach...
released in 1987 (see 1987 in music
1987 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1987.See also:Record labels established in 1987-January-February:*January 3 – Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
). Summer had become the biggest star of the disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
era in the 1970s when signed to Casablanca Records
Casablanca Records
Casablanca Records was an American record label started by Neil Bogart, who partnered with Cecil Holmes, Larry Harris, and Buck Reingold in 1973, and based in Los Angeles. The label was formed after all of them had left Buddah Records and secured financing by Warner Bros. Records to start the venture...
. By 1987, Summer was signed to the Geffen
Geffen Records
Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...
label, and Casablanca had long since been bought out by Polygram. This album was released on Polygram's [Casablanca]] label. It features some of her most famous songs from the disco era in their extended 12" versions, as they would often have been played in the clubs during their popularity.
In 2003, "With Your Love" was replaced with "On The Radio", and released as a bonus disc of the remastered Bad Girls set.
Vinyl
Side A- "I Feel LoveI Feel Love"I Feel Love" is a song by Donna Summer, taken from her 1977 concept album I Remember Yesterday.The song constituted the "future" segment of the album, which represented a stylistic progress through time...
" (Promo 12" Mix) (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer) - 8:14 - "With Your Love" (Promo 12" Mix) (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer) - 7:30
- "Last DanceLast Dance (song)"Last Dance" is a hit 1978 song by singer Donna Summer. The song appeared on the Thank God It's Friday movie soundtrack. It was written by Paul Jabara and was co-produced by Summer's regular collaborator Giorgio Moroder, along with Bob Esty...
" (12" Mix) (Jabara) - 8:11
Side B
- "MacArthur Park Suite" (Live and MoreLive and MoreLive and More was the seventh vinyl long-playing album recorded by Donna Summer, and it was her second double album. The live concert featured on the first three sides of this double LP album was recorded in the Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, California in 1978...
Album Version) (Bellotte, Mathieson, Moroder, Summer, Webb) - 17:47- "MacArthur ParkMacArthur Park (song)"MacArthur Park" is a song by Jimmy Webb, originally composed as part of an intended cantata. The song was initially rejected by The Association. Richard Harris was the first to record it, in 1968; the song was subsequently covered by numerous artists. Among the best-known covers are Donna Summer's...
" / "One of A Kind" / "Heaven Knows" / "MacArthur Park" (Reprise)
- "MacArthur Park
Side C
- "Hot StuffHot Stuff (Donna Summer song)"Hot Stuff" is a hit single released by American singer Donna Summer in 1979 as the first single release from her Bad Girls album through Casablanca Records...
" (12" Mix) (Bellotte, Faltermeyer, Forsey) - 6:46 - "Bad GirlsBad Girls (song)"Bad Girls" is a 1979 single released by American singer Donna Summer, co-written by Summer and the Brooklyn Dreams. The inspiration for her to write the song came after one of her assistants was offended by a police officer who thought she was a street prostitute.A rough version of the song had...
" (Summer, Esposito, Hokenson, Sudano) – 4:55 - "Walk AwayWalk Away (Donna Summer song)"Walk Away" is a song by Donna Summer from her highly successful Bad Girls album. The album had been released on Casablanca Records, who had given Summer some of her biggest hits during the disco era. However after a dispute Summer left the label and filed a lawsuit against them in 1980 which was...
" (12" Mix) (Bellotte, Faltermeyer) - 7:15
Side D
- "Dim All the LightsDim All the Lights"Dim All the Lights" is a song by Donna Summer released as a single in the latter half of 1979. Taken from her Bad Girls album and produced by longtime collaborator Giorgio Moroder with Pete Bellotte, the track combines Summer's trademark disco beats with a more soulful/R&B-esque sound...
" (12" Mix) (Summer) - 7:10 - "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)No More Tears (Enough is Enough)"No More Tears " is a duet from 1979 by Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand. While Summer was famous for her disco material and Streisand for her more easy listening and soundtrack work , this song fused both sounds with a slow beginning which then develops into a disco song...
" (On the RadioOn the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2-Charts:AlbumSingle- Certifications :...
Album Version) (with Barbra StreisandBarbra StreisandBarbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,...
) - 11:46
CD
- "I Feel LoveI Feel Love"I Feel Love" is a song by Donna Summer, taken from her 1977 concept album I Remember Yesterday.The song constituted the "future" segment of the album, which represented a stylistic progress through time...
" (Promo 12" Mix) (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer) - 8:14 - "With Your Love" (Promo 12" Mix) (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer) - 6:06
- "Last DanceLast Dance (song)"Last Dance" is a hit 1978 song by singer Donna Summer. The song appeared on the Thank God It's Friday movie soundtrack. It was written by Paul Jabara and was co-produced by Summer's regular collaborator Giorgio Moroder, along with Bob Esty...
" (12" Mix) (Jabara) - 8:11 - "MacArthur Park Suite" (Live and MoreLive and MoreLive and More was the seventh vinyl long-playing album recorded by Donna Summer, and it was her second double album. The live concert featured on the first three sides of this double LP album was recorded in the Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, California in 1978...
Album Version) (Bellotte, Mathieson, Moroder, Summer, Webb) - 17:47 - "Hot StuffHot Stuff (Donna Summer song)"Hot Stuff" is a hit single released by American singer Donna Summer in 1979 as the first single release from her Bad Girls album through Casablanca Records...
" (12" Mix) (Bellotte, Faltermeyer, Forsey) - 6:46 - "Walk AwayWalk Away (Donna Summer song)"Walk Away" is a song by Donna Summer from her highly successful Bad Girls album. The album had been released on Casablanca Records, who had given Summer some of her biggest hits during the disco era. However after a dispute Summer left the label and filed a lawsuit against them in 1980 which was...
" (12" Mix) (Bellotte, Faltermeyer) - 7:15 - "Dim All the LightsDim All the Lights"Dim All the Lights" is a song by Donna Summer released as a single in the latter half of 1979. Taken from her Bad Girls album and produced by longtime collaborator Giorgio Moroder with Pete Bellotte, the track combines Summer's trademark disco beats with a more soulful/R&B-esque sound...
" (12" Mix) (Summer) - 7:10 - "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)No More Tears (Enough is Enough)"No More Tears " is a duet from 1979 by Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand. While Summer was famous for her disco material and Streisand for her more easy listening and soundtrack work , this song fused both sounds with a slow beginning which then develops into a disco song...
" (On the RadioOn the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2-Charts:AlbumSingle- Certifications :...
Album Version) (with Barbra StreisandBarbra StreisandBarbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,...
) - 11:46