2.2 Die Casablanca Zeit (1975 - 1979)

 

(Donna Summer and Germany - 2.2 The Casablanca Time (1975 - 1979))

 

 

1975 album: Love To Love You Baby

D #23

LP WEA, a Warner company, (label GMG/Atlantic) ATL 50198 V

1.1      Love To Love You Baby (16:48 [Come On Over To My Place Version])

2.1      Lady Of The Night (3:58)

2.2      Pandoras’ Box (4:56)

2.3      Need-A-Man-Blues (3:09)

2.4      The Hostage (4:16)

LP Casablanca distributed by Bellaphon NB 7034 Z

USA-CD PolyGram (label Casablanca) 422-822792-2

1.1      Love To Love You Baby (16:48 [Come On Over To My Place Version])

2.2      Full Of Emptiness (2:27)

2.3      Need-A-Man-Blues (3:09)

2.4      Whispering Waves (4:57)

2.5      Pandoras’ Box (4:58)

2.6      Full Of Emptiness (2:22 [Reprise])

 

1974 single:

7’’ Atlantic distributed by WEA (label GMG/Atlantic) ATL 10533 N

The Hostage (album) / Full Of Emptiness (album 1st version)

 

 

1975.Aug single:

7’’ WEA, a Warner company, (label GMG/Atlantic) ATL 10582 N

Lady Of The Night (album) / Wounded (album)

D #40

 

1975 single:

7’’ WEA, a Warner company, (label GMG/Atlantic) ATL 10625 N

Love To Love You (3:21 [Part 1]) / Need-A-Man-Blues (album)

 

 

1976.Jan single:

7’’ WEA, a Warner company, (label GMG/Atlantic) ATL 10625 N

Love To Love You Baby (4:48 [US Chart Version]) / Need-A-Man-Blues (album)

 

Love To Love You Baby was rereleased in 1983 in GB.

D #6

 

D 1976 #28

 

 

 

D 1976 #2 of the most successful female singers at the album and single charts

 

1976 album: A Love Trilogy

D #24

LP WEA, a Warner company, (label GMG/Atlantic) ATL 50265 Z

USA-CD PolyGram (label Casablanca) 422-822793-2

1.1      Try Me, I Know We Can Make It (17:57)

2.2      Intro: Prelude To Love (1:06)

2.3      Could It Be Magic (5:15)

2.4      Wasted (5:09)

2.5      Come With Me (4:22)

 

1976.May single:

7’’ Atlantic distributed by WEA, a Warner company, (label GMG/Atlantic) ATL 10775 N

Could It Be Magic (3:15) / Come With Me (3:18)

D #23

 

1976.Aug single:

7’’ WEA, a Warner company, (label GMG/Atlantic) ATL 10794 N

Try Me, I Know We Can Make It (4:14) / Wasted (3:58)

D #42

 

1976 album: Four Seasons Of Love

D #31

LP WEA, a Warner company, (label GMG/Atlantic) ATL 50321

CD PolyGram (label Casablanca) 422-826236-2

1.1      Spring Affair (8:30)

1.2      Summer Fever (8:04)

2.3      Autumn Changes (5:29)

2.4      Winter Melody (6:28)

2.5      Spring Affair (3:50 [Reprise])

 

1976.Dec single:

7’’ WEA, a Warner company, (label GMG/Atlantic) ATL 10884 N

Spring Affair (3:39) / Winter Melody (3:51)

 

 

1977 album: I Remember Yesterday

D #7

 

D 1977 #48

LP WEA, a Warner company, (label GMG/Atlantic) ATL 50378

CD PolyGram (label Casablanca) 422-826237-2

1.1      I Remember Yesterday (4:45)

1.2      Love’s Unkind (4:26)

1.3      Back In Love Again (3:55)

1.4      I Remember Yesterday (3:04 [Reprise])

2.5      Black Lady (3:48)

2.6      Take Me (5:03)

2.7      Can’t We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over) (4:25)

2.8      I Feel Love (5:55)

 

WEA

 

Casablanca

1977.Jun single:

7’’ WEA, a Warner company, (label GMG/Atlantic) ATL 10963 N

7’’ Casablanca distributed by Bellaphon BF 18578 N (BZ 2167/8)

I Feel Love (album) / Can't We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over) (3:52)

 

The 8:14-USA-12’’-version of I Feel Love was released in D in 1987 on the album „The Dance Collection - A Compilation of Twelve Inch Singles“, in 2003 on the album „Bad Girls Deluxe Edition“, and in 2003 on the album „The Journey - The Very Best of Donna Summer“.

I Feel Love was rereleased in GB in 1982.

I Feel Love was rereleased in 1995 as a follow-up single of the album „Endless Summer - Greatest Hits“.

D #3

 

D 1977 #26

 

 

1977 single:

7’’ Casablanca distributed by Bellaphon BF 18548 N (BZ 2057/8)

Down, Deep Inside (Theme From The Deep) (4:22) / ~ (4:32 [Instrumental])

 

1977 album: Various Artists - O.S.T. The Deep

USA-LP Casablanca NBLP 7060

2.2      Down, Deep Inside (Theme From The Deep) (single)

2.3      ~ (single [Instrumental])

2.4      ~ (3:55 [A Love Song])

 

A 6:11-version of Down, Deep Inside (Theme From the Deep) was released on the USA-CD „Live & More“.

D #25

 

1977.Nov single:

7’’ WEA, a Warner company, (label GMG/Atlantic) ATL 11028 N

I Remember Yesterday (4:07) / Back In Love Again (album)

 

 

1977.Dec single:

7’’ WEA, a Warner company, (label GMG/Atlantic) ATL 11063 N

Love's Unkind (album) / Black Lady (album)

D #18

 

1978.May single:

7’’ WEA, a Warner company, (label GMG/Atlantic) ATL 11138 N

Back In Love Again (album) / I Remember Yesterday (single)

(Rerelease of the single ATL 11028 N.)

 

 

 

 

D 1977 #1: most successful female singer at the album and single charts

 

1977 album: Once Upon A Time

 

LP WEA, a Warner company, (label GMG/Atlantic) ATL 60132

CD Casablanca distributed by PolyGram 422-826238-2 M-1

1.1      Once Upon A Time (4.02)

1.2      Faster And Faster To Nowhere (3:34

1.3      Fairy Tale High (4:25)

1.4      Say Something Nice (4:44)

2.5      Now I Need You (6:09)

2.6      Working The Midnight Shift (5:07)

2.7      Queen For A Day (5:59)

3.8      If You Got It Flaunt It (4:41)

3.9      Man Like You (3:34)

3.10    Sweet Romance (4:31)

3.11    (Theme) Once Upon A Time (0:48 [Instrumental])

3.12    Dance Into My Life (4:10)

4.13    Rumour Has It (4:57)

4.14    I Love You (4:43)

4.15    Happily Ever After (3:51)

4.16    (Theme) Once Upon A Time (3:58 [Spoken])

 

1977.Dec single:

7’’ WEA, a Warner company, (label GMG/Atlantic) ATL 11057 N

Fairy Tale High (3:59) / I Love You (single)

 

 

1977 single:

7’’ Casablanca distributed by Bellaphon BF 18579 N (BZ 2169/70)

I Love You (3:17) / Once Upon A Time (album [Spoken])

 

 

WEA

 

Casablanca

1978.Mar single:

 

7’’ WEA, a Warner company, (label GMG/Atlantic) ATL 11103 N

Rumour Has It (4:25) / Say Something Nice (album)

 

7’’ Casablanca distributed by Bellaphon BF 18580 N (BZ 2171/2)

Rumour Has It (3:50) / Once Upon A Time (album [Spoken])

D #21

 

1977 album: Greatest Hits

 

Virgin Mary was first released in 1975 on NL-single (Groovy GR 1215) Virgin Mary / Pandoras Box.

LP WEA, a Warner company, (label GMG/Atlantic) ATL 50433 Z

1.1      I Feel Love (album)

1.2      Could It Be Magic (single)

1.3      Love To Love You Baby (single [Part 1])

1.4      Try Me, I Know We Can Make It (single)

1.5      Lady Of The Night (album)

2.6      I Remember Yesterday (album)

2.7      The Hostage (album)

2.8      Spring Affair (single)

2.9      Virgin Mary (4:59)

2.10    Winter Melody (single)

 

don’t know if released in D

1977 album: Paul Jabara: Shut Out

 

USA-LP Casablanca NBLP 7055

1.1      Shut Out / Heaven Is A Disco (9:30) (with Paul Jabara)

 

don’t know if released in D

1977 single:

F-7’’ Casablanca distributed by Vogue 45 CB 140303

Shut Out (3:15) (with Paul Jabara) / ...

 

 

don’t know if released in D

1977 album: Brooklyn Dreams: Brooklyn Dreams

 

USA-LP Millennium distributed by Casablanca MNLP 8002

2.4      Old Fashioned Girl (4:06) (additional vocals)

 

 

1978 album: Kiss - Gene Simmons

 

LP Casablanca distributed by Bellaphon NB 7051

CD PolyGram (label Mercury) 314-532384-2

1.2      Burning Up With Fever (4:19) (additional vocals)

 

don’t know if released in D

1978 album: Paul Jabara: Keeping Time

 

USA-LP Casablanca NBLP 7102

2.10    Something’s Missing (In My Life) (with Paul Jabara)

 

Casablanca

 

PolyGram

1978 album: Live And More

 

On the CD the studio recording MacArthur Park Suite has been replaced by the studio recording Theme From The Deep (Down, Deep Inside) in order to keep the CD release a single CD. MacArthur Park Suite was released on CD in D in 1987 on the album „The Dance Collection - A Compilation of Twelve Inch Singles“ and in 2003 on the album „Bad Girls Deluxe Edition“.

LP Casablanca distributed by Bellaphon NB 7044

USA-CD PolyGram (label Casablanca) 422-811123-2

1.1      Once Upon A Time (3:03 [Live])

1.2      Fairy Tale High (2:20 [Live])

1.3      Faster And Faster To Nowhere (2:09 [Live])

1.4      Spring Affair (2:34 [Live])

1.5      Rumour Has It (2:34 [Live])

1.6      I Love You (3:38 [Live])

2.7      Only One Man (2:06 [Live])

2.8      I Remember Yesterday (3:52 [Live])

2.9      Love’s Unkind (2:37 [Live])

2.10    My Man Medley (6:25 [Live]):

The Man I Love

I Got It Bad And That Ain’t Good

Some Of These Days

2.11    The Way We Were (3:23 [Live])

2.12    Mimi’s Song (4:33 [Live])

3.13    Try Me, I Know We Can Make It (4.24 [Live])

3.14    Love To Love You Baby (3:23 [Live])

3.15    I Feel Love (6:54 [Live ’78])

3.16    Last Dance (5:50 [Live ’78])