Record #0635: Summer of ‘69 / The Best Was Yet To Come – BRYAN ADAMS

A&M AM2739 (original) USA, Jun.17, 1985
Words & Music by:  Side A – Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance; Side B – Adams, Vallance
Musicians: Bryan Adams (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Keith Scott (guitar, backing vocals), Tommy Mandel (keyboards), Dave Taylor (bass), Pat Steward (drums)
Recording sessions: Produced by Bob Clearmountain and Bryan Adams at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, B.C., Canada; side A March – August 1984, side B Aug.13-Oct.20, 1982
Highest chart positions:  US #5, US Rock #40, UK #42, Canada #11, Norway #9, Belgium #7, Netherlands #4 (in 1990)

Side A is a summer song if any, but it’s not about 1969. Adams revealed in an interview with CBSN in 2008:
“A lot of people think it's about the year, but actually, it's more about making love in the summertime. It's using '69 as a sexual reference.”

List price:  Bryan Adams’ records are not listed in Goldmine catalogs.

Record #0634: Heaven / Heaven (Live) – BRYAN ADAMS

A&M AM2729 (original) USA, Apr. 9, 1985
Words & Music by:  Side A – Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance; Side B – Adams, Vallance
Musicians: Bryan Adams (lead vocals, piano, percussion), Keith Scott (guitar), Rob Sabino (keyboards), Dave Taylor (bass), Steve Smith (drums on side A), Mickey Curry (drums on side B)
Recording sessions: Produced by Bob Clearmountain and Bryan Adams; side A at The Power Station, New York, NY, USA on June 6-7,1983; side B at Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA, USA on February 1, 1985
Highest chart positions:  US #1, US Rock #27, UK #38, Canada #11, Norway #3

Bryan Adams got his third #1 single with this one. “Heaven” appears on his fourth studio album “Reckless” (1984), from which it almost got dropped out for being too light for it.

Mickey Curry was replaced in the studio with Journey drummer Steve Smith.

List price:  Bryan Adams’ records are not listed in Goldmine catalogs.

Record #0633: Run To You / I’m Ready – BRYAN ADAMS

A&M AM2686 (original) USA, Oct. 16, 1984
Words & Music by:  Side A – Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance; Side B – Adams, Vallance
Musicians: Bryan Adams (lead vocals, backing vocals, rhythm guitar), Keith Scott (rhythm & lead guitar, backing vocals), Jim Vallance (percussion on side A), Tommy Mandel (keyboards), Dave Taylor (bass), Mickey Curry (drums)
Recording sessions: Produced by BobClearmountain and Bryan Adams at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, Canada; side A in April 1984, side B in August – October 1982.
Highest chart positions:  US #6, US Rock #1 (for 4 weeks), UK #11, Canada #4, side B US Rock #26

Here’s Adams’ first of the four #1 hit singles (thus far) and an 80’s classic. “Run To You” builds a lot on Scott’s clever lead guitar and the catchy chorus. The song was originally written for Blue Öyster Cult, but they turned it down.

“Run To You” has been covered by other artists, but the only cover version to hit the charts internationally was recorded by Rage (English group) in 1992 (UK #3, Ireland #4, Germany #14, US #118).

List price:  Bryan Adams’ records are not listed in Goldmine catalogs.

Return of the Blog

After a fairly long pause I'm re-starting the blog. The collection has now been alphabetically sorted and I may now start with "A". Need to take some photos and also recall how I did this before - where to dig for the information etc.