Donna Summer – Once Upon A Time...
| Label: | Casablanca – NBLP 7078, Casablanca – NBLP 7078-2 |
|---|---|
| Format: | 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Santa Maria Pressing |
| Country: | US |
| Released: | |
| Genre: | Funk / Soul |
| Style: | Disco |
Tracklist
| Act 1 | |||
| A1 | Once Upon A Time | 4:02 | |
| A2 | Faster And Faster To Nowhere | 3:34 | |
| A3 | Fairy Tale High | 4:25 | |
| A4 | Say Something Nice | 4:44 | |
| Act 2 | |||
| B1 | Now I Need You | 6:09 | |
| B2 | Working The Midnight Shift | 5:07 | |
| B3 | Queen For A Day | 5:59 | |
| Act 3 | |||
| C1 | If You Got It Flaunt It | 4:43 | |
| C2 | A Man Like You | 3:34 | |
| C3 | Sweet Romance | 4:31 | |
| C4 | (Theme) Once Upon A Time | 0:48 | |
| C5 | Dance Into My Life | 4:10 | |
| Act 4 | |||
| D1 | Rumour Has It | 4:57 | |
| D2 | I Love You | 4:43 | |
| D3 | Happily Ever After | 3:51 | |
| D4 | (Theme) Once Upon A Time | 3:48 |
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured By – Casablanca Record And Filmworks, Inc.
- Distributed By – Casablanca Record And Filmworks, Inc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Casablanca Record And Filmworks, Inc.
- Copyright © – Casablanca Record And Filmworks, Inc.
- Copyright © – Rick's Music, Inc.
- Copyright © – Edition Intro
- Copyright © – Say Yes Music
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
- Published By – Rick's Music, Inc.
- Recorded At – Musicland Studios
- Lacquer Cut At – Allen Zentz Mastering
Credits
- Arranged By – Bob Esty
- Arranged By [Electronic Arrangements By] – Giorgio Moroder
- Art Direction – Gribbitt!, Stephen Lumel
- Backing Vocals [Back-up Vocals] – Bob Esty, Edo Zanki, Gitta Walther, Jerry Rix, Judy Cheeks, Lucy O'Neale
- Bass – Les Hurdle
- Brass – Benny Gebauer, Cap Etienne, Dino Solera, Hanus Berka, Herman Breuer*, Jef Coolen, Lee Harper, Rick Blanc
- Concept By [Based On An Idea By] – Al Bogatz
- Concept By [Story Concept By] – Donna Summer, Joyce Bogart, Susan Munao
- Coordinator [Photo Session Coordinator] – Alice Gellis
- Drums – Keith Forsey
- Engineer [Assistant] – Gerhard Vates
- Engineer [Recording Engineer], Mixed By [Mix-Down Engineer] – Juergen "Quantity" Koppers*
- Guitar – Geoff Bastow, Mats Bjoerklund*
- Keyboards – Allen Hawkshaw*, Bob Esty
- Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ❀] – Brian Gardner
- Liner Notes – Donna Summer
- Management [In Association With] – Joyce Bogart
- Management [Personal Management] – Wald, DeBlasio, Nanas & Associates
- Mastered By – Allen Zentz
- Other [Hair Preparation] – Louise Harris
- Other [Hair Stylist] – Suga
- Other [Make-up] – Way Bandy
- Other [Stylist] – Sean Byrnes
- Percussion – Bob Conti, Bob Esty, Josef Spector*, Keith Forsey, Pete Bellotte
- Photography By – Francesco Scavullo
- Producer – Giorgio Moroder & Pete Bellotte
- Programmed By [Moog Programmer] – Dan Wyman
- Saxophone [Sax], Soloist [Solos] – Dino Solera
- Synthesizer [Moog] – Giorgio Moroder
- Written-By – Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte
Notes
Gatefold sleeve.
Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria pressing.
Recorded At: Musicland Studios, Munich
Equipment: Music Shop, Munich
All compositions published by Rick's Music, Inc. (BMI)
(Original publisher Ed. Intro / Say Yes Music)
℗ © 1977 Casablanca Record and FilmWorks, Inc.
Made in U.S.A.
LP's housed in lyric sleeves.
Printed in U.S.A.
This album is auto-coupled (sides A & D on first record, sides B & C on second record).
Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria pressing.
Recorded At: Musicland Studios, Munich
Equipment: Music Shop, Munich
All compositions published by Rick's Music, Inc. (BMI)
(Original publisher Ed. Intro / Say Yes Music)
℗ © 1977 Casablanca Record and FilmWorks, Inc.
Made in U.S.A.
LP's housed in lyric sleeves.
Printed in U.S.A.
This album is auto-coupled (sides A & D on first record, sides B & C on second record).
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: BMI
- Price Code (On spine and inner sleeves): 11.98
- Matrix / Runout (Side A label): NBLP 7078 AS
- Matrix / Runout (Side B label): NBLP 7078 BS
- Matrix / Runout (Side C label): NBLP 7078 CS
- Matrix / Runout (Side D label): NBLP 7078 DS
- Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout, variant 1): NBLP-7078-AS SM-1 AZ 🌼 A8 1S
- Matrix / Runout (Side D Runout, variant 1): NBLP-7078-DS SM-2 AZ 🌼 A4 1S
- Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout, variant 2): NBLP-7078-AS SM-2 AZ 🌼 C4 1S
- Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout, variant 2): NBLP-7078-BS SM-2 AZ 🌼 A3 1S
- Matrix / Runout (Side C Runout, variant 2): NBLP-7078-CS SM-2 AZ 🌼 B1 S2
- Matrix / Runout (Side D Runout, variant 2): NBLP-7078-DS SM-1 AZ 🌼 1S
- Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout, variant 3): NBLP-7078-AS SM-1 AZ ❀ A4 1S
- Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout, variant 3): NBLP-7078-BS CSM-4 AZ ❀ A2 1 S
- Matrix / Runout (Side C Runout, variant 3): NBLP-7078-CS SM-2 AZ ❀ A6 S 2
- Matrix / Runout (Side D Runout, variant 3): NBLP-7078-DS SM-1 AZ ❀ A1 1S
Other Versions (5 of 112)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| Once Upon A Time... (2×LP, Album, Stereo) | Atlantic, Atlantic | ATL 60 132, NBLP 7078-2 | Germany | 1977 | |||
Recently Edited | Once Upon A Time... (2×LP, Album, Partially Mixed, Stereo, Gatefold) | Casablanca | CALD 5003 | UK | 1977 | ||
Recently Edited | Once Upon A Time... (2×Cassette, Album) | Casablanca | NBL5 7078 | US | 1977 | ||
Recently Edited | Once Upon A Time... (2×LP, Album) | Casablanca | NB 7038 | Germany | 1977 | ||
Recently Edited | Once Upon A Time... (2×LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) | Atlantic, Atlantic | 60 132, (NBLP 7078) | France | 1977 |
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Reviews
- The songs 'Now I Need You' and 'Working The Midnight Shift' (both songs morph into each other) are the most futuristic electronic synth techno - whatever you want to call it, you will not be able to stop moving! If you liked 'I Feel Love' you MUST hear these two songs! SO ahead of its time thanks to producer Giorgio Moroder.
- The ethereal 'Now I Need You' and 'Working The Midnight Shift' which segue into each other are brilliant late seventies electro-glam disco, and by far the best pieces on the album. 'Now I Need You' sounds like some sort of disco religious hymn. But the other tracks aren't to be looked over, 'Rumour Has It' is one of Donna's best tracks. And they're overly produced giving them a nice sheen that still sounds fresh today. This is one of my favorite LPs and this is coming from someone who mostly listens to noise and industrial bands.
- Edited 19 years agoAn all-round good disco LP with some sort of modern-day Cinderella theme. For me, however, all the real action takes place on side B where Moroder and Bellotte steal the show with some truly epic electronics. "Working The Midnight Shift" and "Queen For A Day" are both excellent, but the real 24-carat track is "Now I Need You", where Donna's emotional vocals and an almost gospel-like chorus are underpinned by the trademark minimal Munich groove. The track closes with an instrumental section which is pure synth-and-sequencer heaven; sounds like something Blue Planet Corporation could have done 17 years later. As much as I dig "I Feel Love", this is even better. Magic, simply magic.
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