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Kiss Me Again - Black 12"
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11/01/2024
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Catalog Number: WE15 Color: Black Format: 12" UPC: 4250101473456 Week-End Records is proud to release the first ever reissue of this outstanding disco production. Remastered from the original tapes. With liner notes by David Byrne, Nicky Siano, Peter Gordon and Peter Zummo. Arthur Russell first visited The Gallery in 1976 with his then boyfriend Louis, who introduced him to Nicky Siano. Arthur became a regular at the space and one night as Siano was playing "Turn the Beat Around", which had just been released, Arthur waved at him from outside the booth and asked to come in. Nicky opened the door and Arthur suggested they make a record like this together. This ended up being a huge step for Siano as it marked the first ever production by a DJ making a record from scratch. Arthur had written a song and had an arrangement for it so they assembled a band featuring Wilbur Bascomb who was one of Nicky's favorite bassists, as well as, Allan Schwartzberg, David Byrne, Miriam Valle, Peter Gordon and Peter Zummo who were all friends of Arthur's. Russell played the cello and piano - and that was the band. They recorded throughout 1977 and the "Kiss Me Again" 12 inch was finally released in 1978 on Sire Records selling more than 300,000 copies.