Shiva
Never Gonna Give You Up
Two lost Disco classics appearing for the first time on a single 12" featuring soul legend Leon Ware and Jo Ann Harris,
a little known backing singer for Bob Dylan throughout the 80s.
Both songs originally appeared on the '20 Minute Workout' LP released in 1983 by Canadian label Ronco, hat Does It
Take' providing an uptempo crescendo to the third part of the workout and ever Gonna Give You Up' the final warm down
track. The songs have been licensed from producer Ira Newborn, Hollywood soundtrack royalty who composed the scores for
an incredible array of films including The Blues Brothers, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Naked Gun trilogy, Weird
Science, Ace Ventura and Uncle Buck. His lawyer persuaded him to get involved in the project for Ronco and it was Ira
who hand picked Leon Ware and Jo Ann Harris to add vocals to two tracks to aid the commercial potential of the album.
There are two original versions backed with extended instrumentals sourced from a rare Lazer Disc Version of the album.
It feels right to shine a light on one of Leon Ware's lesser known performances, whilst Jo Ann Harris has a distinct
Balearic air featuring sultry keys and sax at a tempo of 98 BPM.
A 140gram pressing in 3mm spine Disco Sleeve with sticker designed by Bradley Pinkerton.
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released June 16, 2023
Price
Genre
Format
12" - 1 disk
Release
16-06-2023
Label
Item-nr
989415
EAN
0000000000000
Availability
Not in stock
Tracks
Title
Artist
1
WHAT DOES IT TAKE (ORIGINAL)
SHIVA FEAT LEON WARE
2
WHAT DOES IT TAKE (INSTRUMENTAL)
SHIVA FEAT LEON WARE
3
NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP (ORIGINAL)
SHIVA FEAT JO ANN HARRIS
4
NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP (INSTRUMENTAL)
SHIVA FEAT JO ANN HARRIS