Name: Donna Summer - 40th Anniversary Edition
Brand: Donna Summer

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

DBTMCD210

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

A5 Mediabook.

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-11-04

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Demon

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

654378626623

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

DBTMLP210

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Red and Blue

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Double 140 Gram Vinyl. 

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654378626524

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2 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / red

Artist

Donna Summer

Genre GB

Disco / Balearic

Label GB

Driven by the Music

Donna Summer was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, painter, and actress. She was born on December 31, 1948 in Boston, Massachusetts and passed away on May 17, 2012 in Englewood, Florida at the age of 63 due to lung cancer. Known as the "Queen of Disco," "Boston Panther," and "First Lady of Love," Donna Summer gained her stage name from Helmut Sommer, an Austrian actor whom she was married to for two years. She had a daughter named Mimi Sommer with him. Donna's sisters are Dara Bernard and Mary Bernard. In 1980, she married Bruce Sudano and they have two daughters together: Brooklyn and Amanda Grace Sudano. In recognition of her contributions to music, Donna Summer was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2013 by Kelly Rowland.

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 Jackson’s Thriller.

The album’s r&amp;b/pop dynamic featured a ‘Who’s Who’ of the recorded music industry, from the album’s lead single ‘Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)’, to the All Star Chorus on the Jon and Vangelis written ‘State Of Independence’, the beautiful ‘The Woman In Me’, the Bruce Springsteen-penned and performed ‘Protection’ and ‘(If It) Hurts Just A Little’, which was heavily sampled in 1999 by Cassius in ‘Cassius 1999’. 

To celebrate the album’s 40th Anniversary, ‘Mystery Of Love’ with those memorable James Ingram vocal harmonies has been given a contemporary r&amp;b/dance feel, with respect to the original version, by producer Le Flex, who has produced and worked on a number of chart hits. 

This re-issue contains 7” single versions of the hits, a non- Album ‘b’-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.