Donna Summer - Donna Summer (40th Anniversary Edition) [CD]

DONNA SUMMER gained prominence during the 1970 s disco era propelled by her incessant and creative driving force behind the genres global popularity rightly earning the title Queen Of Disco and becoming one of the most successful recording artists of the entire decade now having sold more than 130 Million records worldwide. Donna was the first Artist to have three consecutive Double Albums reach No 1 on the US Billboard charts and also became the first artist to achieve four No 1 singles in a thirteen month period. Donna Summer became the first Artist signed to the new Geffen Records label in 1980 and the second album released for Geffen is this 1982 classic DONNA SUMMER which saw production duties by Quincy Jones This proved to be a masterstroke as the next album that Quincy produced was Michael Jacksons Thriller. The albums rbpop dynamic featured a Whos Who of the recorded music industry from the albums lead single Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger) to the All Star Chorus on the Jon Vangelis written State Of Independence the beautiful The Woman In Me the Bruce Springsteen penned and performed and (If It) Hurts Just A Little which was heavily sampled in 1999 by Cassius in Cassius 1999. To celebrate the albums 40 th AnniversaryMystery Of Love with those memorable James Ingram vocal harmonies has been given a contemporary rbdance feel with respect to the original version by producer Le Flex who has produced and worked on a number of chart hits. This CD format packaged in a beautiful A 5 Mediabook also contains 7 single versions of the hits a non Album side as well as the 12 Dance Mix of Love Is In Control a newly authored 8 000 word essay with Foreword by Bruce Sudano by noted US writer Christian John Wikane featuring new and his own archive interviews conducted with David Foster Phillip Ingram Le Flex Steve Lukather Bill Meyers Richard Page Greg Phillinganes Bruce Roberts Brenda Russell Dionne Warwick and the late James Ingram. This sublime masterpiece doesnt need a specific mood or weather climate to hear It can be listened to any time of the day night any day of the year and 40 years later its still being played