Limited 40th Anniversary record Store Day 2022 Picture Disc Edition. HYPE-STICKERS on front. Import from UK. Unopened/new vinyl, factory sealed, and in excellent condition. A few creases near edges. (Not a cut-out.)
Donna Summer (RSD Picture Disc), features the Top 10, Grammy-nominated Love is in Control (Finger on the Trigger) single. Since the disco era, Summer's work had covered a variety of musical genres and this album was no exception. It had quite a strong soul and R&B influence, and featured a couple of gospel-styled tracks, namely (If It) Hurts Just a Little and a version of Jon and Vangelis' State of Independence, which featured an all-star choir. Rock music was also found in the form of the Bruce Springsteen-penned Protection which features Springsteen on guitar. The album concluded with Summer's take on the Billy Strayhorn torch standard Lush Life. Having left Casablanca Records, with whom she had had some of the most popular hits of the disco era, Summer had signed to Geffen Records in 1980. Label owner David Geffen had Summer record the new album with Quincy Jones, whose work included Michael Jackson. Geffen felt the combination of Summer and Jones would guarantee a commercial smash. Several very popular songwriters were also used on this album. A period of six months elapsed between the first session and the completion of the tracks. Summer has since stated that this was one of the hardest albums ever to record. It has been reported that she found producer Quincy Jones to be rather controlling; and soon after the album's release she opened up to the Los Angeles Times: "Sometimes I feel it's a Quincy Jones album that I sang on". The Donna Summer album was released 19 July 1982 with the advance single: Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger) having been issued six weeks previous. The Donna Summer album would reach No. 20 in Billboard.