The Reissue Thread!

Yes, I'm quite liking that there'll be stuff new to my ears. His rise seemed to slide pretty quick post-Erotica but I'd love to hear a new Shep Pettibone mix if he ever gets back into such things.

I also wonder who else in the series they have planned. An Arthur Baker one is my last hope of getting Pet Shop Boys' In The Night (7'' Mix) in more than potato quality.
 
His rise seemed to slide pretty quick post-Erotica but I'd love to hear a new Shep Pettibone mix if he ever gets back into such things.
Erotica was widely seen as a commercial disappointment at the time. His work with both Cathy Dennis and Taylor Dayne didn’t catch fire either. The backlash against dance music by that time was pretty intense. I’m not surprised he decided to take it easy and live off royalties. I’d have done the same.
 
Shep was also supposed to work on Bedtime Stories. He and Madonna recorded a demo of "Secret" which has never been released. I guess Madonna changed course (like she did with Babyface before Ray of LIght) and decided to go in a different direction. But Secret was reworked with Dallas Austin. In the liner notes for Bedtime Stories, Madonna thanks Shep for being understanding.
 
Shep was also supposed to work on Bedtime Stories. He and Madonna recorded a demo of "Secret" which has never been released. I guess Madonna changed course (like she did with Babyface before Ray of LIght) and decided to go in a different direction. But Secret was reworked with Dallas Austin. In the liner notes for Bedtime Stories, Madonna thanks Shep for being understanding.
Would have been interesting to see what their work would have been like had they gone forward.
 
Erotica was widely seen as a commercial disappointment at the time. His work with both Cathy Dennis and Taylor Dayne didn’t catch fire either. The backlash against dance music by that time was pretty intense. I’m not surprised he decided to take it easy and live off royalties. I’d have done the same.
To be fair Taylor Dayne's Soul Dancing is a terrible album after her first two great ones.
 
Erotica was widely seen as a commercial disappointment at the time. His work with both Cathy Dennis and Taylor Dayne didn’t catch fire either. The backlash against dance music by that time was pretty intense. I’m not surprised he decided to take it easy and live off royalties. I’d have done the same.

I guess he was more like a band, who had a distinctive sound/style, and where the public were concerned it had a finite shelf life. But what a run.
 
To be fair Taylor Dayne's Soul Dancing is a terrible album after her first two great ones.
It was a disappointment indeed. The lead single, Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love, and it’s b-side, Narada Michael Walden’s Let’s Spend The Night Together set us up for something truly wonderful, and then we got such run of the mill content. What a missed opportunity. But I found myself warming up to I’ll Wait after all these years.
 
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