Cover submission
Fever by Billie Jo Spears
Submitted by
On May 17, 2017
Performance
Fever
Cover of
Written by Eddie Cooley, Otis Blackwell
Completeness
Processed by
On October 16, 2019
Created performance
Created release
by Billy Jo Spears
1976
- Language
- English
- Release
- Fever
Fever
- Release date
- 1984
- Label
- Premier [US1]
- Catalog number
- CBR 1005
- Format
- Album 12" LP
Additional comments and sources
History
Indeed. We'll need a bit more info to confirm this is the first release of this cover.
Looked into this, too. Fever is a compilation released in 1982 and again in 1984, so the track must have been released even earlier elsewhere...
Spears was contracted to Capitol between 1967 and 1972 and to United Artists resp. Liberty from 1974 to 1981.
A track appearing on a budget release during such a contractual period is likely to have been recorded prior to the artist's signing a real contract (f. ex. as a demo) or, in this case, in the year of no contract.
"Fever", alongside other tracks first found on that 1976 budget LP, also appears on various subsequent cheapo compilations, but neither on any by her official labels nor as a single B side.
The budget LP might therefore actually constitute the 1st release.
Erik - good reasoning.
Eduardo - could you look into this case?
Honestly, i can't find it on an earlier record besides the one already mentioned from 1976.
The track was licensed by Bursa Promociones to the "Taratino Experience" Vol.1 and released by MusicBrokers.
Funny thing, it's not the first cover on these compilations that i can't find where the original was first released.
Sorry, but i can't be more helpful.
The "Tarantino Experience" series having been released by an Argentinian company specialized in low price compilations and a. o. licensing tracks from a Spanish company going for cheap one-off licenses, it's no wonder some tracks may be of unclear origin...
Sebastian, instead of filing an 'error' report:
I'm not so sure we should use "Golden Dozen" for the title. That appears on other TSG releases, too, and seems to have been a semi-series. Also, the CD re-releases of this one are simply titled "Billy Jo Spears" (too). Up to you...
PS: I extended your TSG label entry a bit. Hope you're OK with that.
Last updated by camembert electrique on 2019-10-16 01:48:16 UTC - Show original message