Track-by-Track: From Please to Nonetheless

[tottenhammattspurs]

The 12” version of Paninaro was also available On the 12” single that was released only in Italy.

That, I believe, was released AFTER Disco. Happy to be proven wrong....

[daveid]

The 12” version of Paninaro was also available On the 12” single that was released only in Italy.

That, I believe, was released AFTER Disco. Happy to be proven wrong....

The release date for Paninaro remains a mystery to this day

[Lush]

The 12” version of Paninaro was also available On the 12” single that was released only in Italy.

That, I believe, was released AFTER Disco. Happy to be proven wrong....

The release date for Paninaro remains a mystery to this day

I have done a lot of research on release dates for singles dating all the way back to the early 60s, and while the exact date is sometimes lost in the mists of time, you can usually find the month of release. Not so with the limited Italian "Paninaro" release. No one appears to know, except that it was 1986. You'd think the information was available somewhere in the vaults of EMI Italia.

[daveid]

That, I believe, was released AFTER Disco. Happy to be proven wrong....

The release date for Paninaro remains a mystery to this day

I have done a lot of research on release dates for singles dating all the way back to the early 60s, and while the exact date is sometimes lost in the mists of time, you can usually find the month of release. Not so with the limited Italian "Paninaro" release. No one appears to know, except that it was 1986. You'd think the information was available somewhere in the vaults of EMI Italia.

It was Autumn 1986 and that's the closest guess.

[davidctecno]

Track 164 : Party Song FL Release CD2 :5

The group's funniest song?

The song stands out for its danceable rhythm and incorporates interpolations and songwriting credits from the disco classic "That's the Way (I Like It)" by KC and the Sunshine Band.

[Morse]

The release date for Paninaro remains a mystery to this day

I have done a lot of research on release dates for singles dating all the way back to the early 60s, and while the exact date is sometimes lost in the mists of time, you can usually find the month of release. Not so with the limited Italian "Paninaro" release. No one appears to know, except that it was 1986. You'd think the information was available somewhere in the vaults of EMI Italia.

It was Autumn 1986 and that's the closest guess.

Anyone who owns a copy of the Italian Paninaro 12" can check, too, but if you look at the wax runout on either side it should have "2015626-A 3-11-86 I" and "2015626-F 3-11-86 I" pressed into it. Both lacquers (for my copy at least - I've only ever had one!) were prepared on 3 November 1986, and “I” identifies the first lacquer/cut. EMI Italiana normally used things such as A and B as side/master identifiers rather so you don't interpret F as meaning the sixth pressing, sixth lacquer or such like. The "I" is the part that appears to identify the first lacquer generation.

Anyway, that means we can effectively rule out the often repeated September 1986 date for the release of the Paninaro Italian 12-inch edition. The physical master from which the record was cut didn't exist until 3 November 1986.

To corroborate this, around that time the Italian EMI 12-inch of Duran Duran's Notorious has a catalogue number of 14 2015686 which is only six catalogue increments after Paninaro's (which is 14 2015626). That 12" has an EMI Italiana A-side matrix dated 6-11-86, just three days after Paninaro.

[NotInvisible]

Track 164 : Party Song FL Release CD2 :5

In contention for their worst track. Why anyone would voluntarily listen to this I've no idea.

[leesmapman]

I made a funny mashup with Party Song and Nirvana's Smells like teen spirit. Needless to say, I made the Nirvana track a 100 times better.

[Gabby]

I think it's one of those things where if Neil hadn't explained it, it wouldn't be nearly as interesting a song, a bit like someone having to explain a joke that nobody understands.

Its fun in its own way. I don't dislike it.