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	<title>Marcy Levy &#8211; Robin Johnson</title>
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				<category><![CDATA["Times Square"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1980]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The singles from the soundtrack started coming out before the album, which came out before the film. It was here that I realized collecting everything to do with Times Square would be hideously expensive, so since my focus was Robin Johnson, items connected to the movie but which didn&#8217;t have a picture of her or [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The singles from the soundtrack started coming out before the album, which came out before the film.  It was here that I realized collecting everything to do with <em>Times Square</em> would be hideously expensive, so since my focus was Robin Johnson, items connected to the movie but which didn&#8217;t have a picture of her or mention her name were beyond my purview.  Therefore, I don&#8217;t have all the soundtrack tie-in singles, and some of these will be images from elsewhere on the Web.</p>
<p>The first single released was Suzi Quatro&#8217;s &#8220;Rock Hard.&#8221;  
<a href='https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Rock-Hard-Promo-Pack0001_1080px.jpg' title="" data-rl_title="" class="rl-gallery-link" data-rl_caption="" data-rel="lightbox-gallery-1"><img decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Rock-Hard-Promo-Pack0001_1080px-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-stateless-item" alt="The front of the picture sleeve for the single &quot;Rock Hard,&quot; cross-promoted by Dreamland and RSO Records, from the Suzi Quatro &quot;Rock Hard&quot; promo pack, 1980. Text: DL-104 SUZI QUATRO &quot;ROCK HARD&quot; FROM THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK TIMES SQUARE &#x2122; A ROBERT STIGWOOD PRODUCTION B/W &quot;STATE OF MIND&quot; ©℗ 1980 DREAMLAND RECORDS, INC. MANUFACTURED AND MARKETED BY RSO RECORDS, INC. DISTRIBUTED BY POLYGRAM DISTRIBUTION, INC. 810 7TH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PRINTED IN USA. UNAUTHORIZED DUPLICATION IS A VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE LAWS. [This digital surrogate was created by Sean Rockoff for www.robinjohnson.net.]" data-image-size="thumbnail" data-stateless-media-bucket="rjnet-wordpress" data-stateless-media-name="2015/08/Rock-Hard-Promo-Pack0001_1080px.jpg" /></a>
<a href='https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Rock-Hard-Promo-Pack0003_1080px.jpg' title="" data-rl_title="" class="rl-gallery-link" data-rl_caption="" data-rel="lightbox-gallery-1"><img decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Rock-Hard-Promo-Pack0003_1080px-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-stateless-item" alt="Back of the picture sleeve for the Suzi Quatro &quot;Rock Hard&quot; single included in the &quot;Rock Hard&quot; promo pack. Text: DL-104 SUZI QUATRO &quot;ROCK HARD&quot; FROM THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK TIMES SQUARE &#x2122; A ROBERT STIGWOOD PRODUCTION B/W &quot;STATE OF MIND&quot; DREAMLAND PRODUCED BY MIKE CHAPMAN [This digital surrogate was ceated by Sean Rockoff for robinjohnson.net.)" data-image-size="thumbnail" data-stateless-media-bucket="rjnet-wordpress" data-stateless-media-name="2015/08/Rock-Hard-Promo-Pack0003_1080px.jpg" /></a>
<a href='https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Rock-Hard-Promo-Pack0007_1080px.jpg' title="" data-rl_title="" class="rl-gallery-link" data-rl_caption="" data-rel="lightbox-gallery-1"><img decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Rock-Hard-Promo-Pack0007_1080px-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-stateless-item" alt="The stereo side of the single &quot;Rock Hard,&quot; cross-promoted by Dreamland and RSO Records, from the Suzi Quatro &quot;Rock Hard&quot; promo pack, 1980. Text: DREAMLAND&#x2122; Records, Inc. HOLLYWOOD Chinnichap Publishing, Inc. (Admin. in the U.S.A. &amp; Canada by Careers Music, Inc.) (BMI) Intro :17 3:23 PRODUCED BY MIKE CHAPMAN 25 PROMOTION COPY NOT FOR SALE STEREO DL 104 (DL 104 AS) Intl. # 2090 485 From the Soundtrack Album &quot;TIMES SQUARE&quot; RS-2-4203 and the Dreamland Album &quot;ROCK HARD&quot; DL-1-5006 ROCK HARD (M. Chapman-N. Quinn) SUZI QUATRO ℗ 1980 DREAMLAND RECORDS, INC. MANUFACTURED &amp; MARKETED BY RSO RECORDS, INC. 8335 SUNSET BLVD., LOS ANGELES, CA 90069 [This digital surrogate was ceated by Sean Rockoff for robinjohnson.net.)" srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Rock-Hard-Promo-Pack0007_1080px-150x150.jpg 150w, https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Rock-Hard-Promo-Pack0007_1080px-300x300.jpg 300w, https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Rock-Hard-Promo-Pack0007_1080px-1024x1020.jpg 1024w, https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Rock-Hard-Promo-Pack0007_1080px-768x765.jpg 768w, https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Rock-Hard-Promo-Pack0007_1080px.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-image-size="thumbnail" data-stateless-media-bucket="rjnet-wordpress" data-stateless-media-name="2015/08/Rock-Hard-Promo-Pack0007_1080px.jpg" /></a>
<a href='https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Rock-Hard-Promo-Pack0005_1080px.jpg' title="" data-rl_title="" class="rl-gallery-link" data-rl_caption="" data-rel="lightbox-gallery-1"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Rock-Hard-Promo-Pack0005_1080px-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-stateless-item" alt="The stereo side of the single &quot;Rock Hard,&quot; cross-promoted by Dreamland and RSO Records, from the Suzi Quatro &quot;Rock Hard&quot; promo pack, 1980. Text: DREAMLAND&#x2122; Records, Inc. HOLLYWOOD Chinnichap Publishing, Inc. (Admin. in the U.S.A. &amp; Canada by Careers Music, Inc.) (BMI) Intro :17 3:23 PRODUCED BY MIKE CHAPMAN 25 PROMOTION COPY NOT FOR SALE STEREO DL 104 (DL 104 AS) Intl. # 2090 485 From the Soundtrack Album &quot;TIMES SQUARE&quot; RS-2-4203 and the Dreamland Album &quot;ROCK HARD&quot; DL-1-5006 ROCK HARD (M. Chapman-N. Quinn) SUZI QUATRO ℗ 1980 DREAMLAND RECORDS, INC. MANUFACTURED &amp; MARKETED BY RSO RECORDS, INC. 8335 SUNSET BLVD., LOS ANGELES, CA 90069 [This digital surrogate was ceated by Sean Rockoff for robinjohnson.net.)" srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Rock-Hard-Promo-Pack0005_1080px-150x150.jpg 150w, https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Rock-Hard-Promo-Pack0005_1080px-300x300.jpg 300w, https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Rock-Hard-Promo-Pack0005_1080px-1024x1020.jpg 1024w, https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Rock-Hard-Promo-Pack0005_1080px-768x765.jpg 768w, https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Rock-Hard-Promo-Pack0005_1080px.jpg 1080w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-image-size="thumbnail" data-stateless-media-bucket="rjnet-wordpress" data-stateless-media-name="2015/08/Rock-Hard-Promo-Pack0005_1080px.jpg" /></a>
<a href='https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Rock-Hard-Promo-Pack0009_1080px.jpg' title="" data-rl_title="" class="rl-gallery-link" data-rl_caption="" data-rel="lightbox-gallery-1"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Rock-Hard-Promo-Pack0009_1080px-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-stateless-item" alt="B&amp;W photo of Suzi Quatro from the &quot;Rock Hard&quot; promotion pack Text: DREAMLAND&#x2122; Records, Inc. HOLLYWOOD SUZI QUATRO ATI booking" data-image-size="thumbnail" data-stateless-media-bucket="rjnet-wordpress" data-stateless-media-name="2015/08/Rock-Hard-Promo-Pack0009_1080px.jpg" /></a>
<a href='https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Rock-Hard-Promo-Pack0012_1080px.jpg' title="" data-rl_title="" class="rl-gallery-link" data-rl_caption="" data-rel="lightbox-gallery-1"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Rock-Hard-Promo-Pack0012_1080px-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-stateless-item" alt="Dreamland Records&#039; biography of Suzi Quatro, included with the &quot;Rock Hard&quot; promo pack, 1980. Text: DREAMLAND Records, Inc. HOLLYWOOD BIOGRAPHY PROFILE: SUZI QUATRO Suzi Quatro is a multi-talented international star and her music has become synonymous with the unbreakable spirit of genuine rock &#039;n&#039; roll. Not so very long ago, Suzi was appreciated mainly in England, Europe, Australia and Japan, where she&#039;s been racking up major chart space since 1973. By 1979, with the gold record, &quot;Stumblin&#039; In&quot;, American audiences joined the groundswell, culminating in 1980, when &quot;Rock Hard&quot;, her Dreamland debut, reached her widest audience ever. Now Suzi Quatro is recognized as the totally dynamic and influential rocker she always has been. Born Suzi Quatro on June 3, 1950, in the Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe, Michigan, the fourth of five children in a musical family, her father was a jazz pianist, her mother a singer. Suzi&#039;s passion for high-energy rock &#039;n&#039; roll was carved early out of the exploding &#039;60s sounds of the Motor City. Suzi always wanted to be a rock &#039;n&#039; roll star, nothing but. She began by singing and dancing to the latest hits in front of her mirror. It wasn&#039;t too long before Suzi, 14, and her sisters entered the music world forming an all-girl pop-soul group called the Pleasure Seekers, changing its name to Cradle in &#039;71 to take advantage of the swing to hard rock. By then Suzi had studied classical piano and played drums, but with Cradle the luck of the draw &quot;left&quot; her playing bass. Today, the sights and sounds of Suzi wielding her electric bass strike sheer excitement into the hearts of true rock lovers everywhere. In 1971, Suzi accepted an offer to make records in England, linking her up soon after with the top songwriting/production team of Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, with whom she&#039;s worked closely ever since. Chinn and Chapman who wrote and produced Suzi&#039;s first big hit, &quot;Can The Can&quot;, a triple-platinum single around the world, where it topped many charts" data-image-size="thumbnail" data-stateless-media-bucket="rjnet-wordpress" data-stateless-media-name="2015/08/Rock-Hard-Promo-Pack0012_1080px.jpg" /></a>
 This may not have been the one, but it&#8217;s the one I couldn&#8217;t help myself from getting, coming as it did with the photo and bio.  The front and back of the sleeve are nearly identical, and although it clearly states that the b-side is &#8220;State of Mind,&#8221; the b-side is really a monaural version of &#8220;Rock Hard.&#8221;  The non-promotional editions of this single were released world-wide and all of them were slightly different, but they nearly all featured a color version of the black-and-white photo, and actually had &#8220;State of Mind&#8221; on the flip side.<br />

<a href='https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/57.jpg' title="" data-rl_title="" class="rl-gallery-link" data-rl_caption="" data-rel="lightbox-gallery-2"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/57-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-stateless-item" alt="UK pressing of &quot;Rock Hard&quot; single, picture sleeve, front" data-image-size="thumbnail" data-stateless-media-bucket="rjnet-wordpress" data-stateless-media-name="2015/08/57.jpg" /></a>
<a href='https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/back.jpg' title="" data-rl_title="" class="rl-gallery-link" data-rl_caption="" data-rel="lightbox-gallery-2"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/back-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-stateless-item" alt="UK pressing of &quot;Rock Hard&quot; single, picture sleeve, back" data-image-size="thumbnail" data-stateless-media-bucket="rjnet-wordpress" data-stateless-media-name="2015/08/back.jpg" /></a>
<a href='https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/side-a.jpg' title="" data-rl_title="" class="rl-gallery-link" data-rl_caption="" data-rel="lightbox-gallery-2"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/side-a-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-stateless-item" alt="UK pressing of &quot;Rock Hard&quot; single, side a )" data-image-size="thumbnail" data-stateless-media-bucket="rjnet-wordpress" data-stateless-media-name="2015/08/side-a.jpg" /></a>
<a href='https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/side-b.jpg' title="" data-rl_title="" class="rl-gallery-link" data-rl_caption="" data-rel="lightbox-gallery-2"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/side-b-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-stateless-item" alt="UK pressing of &quot;Rock Hard&quot; single, side b" data-image-size="thumbnail" data-stateless-media-bucket="rjnet-wordpress" data-stateless-media-name="2015/08/side-b.jpg" /></a>
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<a href='https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/7-SUZI-QUATRO-ROCK-HARD-STATE-OF-MIND-MADE-IN-PORTUGAL-1980-TIMES-SQUARE-FILM.jpg' title="" data-rl_title="" class="rl-gallery-link" data-rl_caption="" data-rel="lightbox-gallery-3"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/7-SUZI-QUATRO-ROCK-HARD-STATE-OF-MIND-MADE-IN-PORTUGAL-1980-TIMES-SQUARE-FILM-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-stateless-item" alt="Suzi Quatro &quot;Rock Hard&quot; single, Portugal" data-image-size="thumbnail" data-stateless-media-bucket="rjnet-wordpress" data-stateless-media-name="2015/08/7-SUZI-QUATRO-ROCK-HARD-STATE-OF-MIND-MADE-IN-PORTUGAL-1980-TIMES-SQUARE-FILM.jpg" /></a>
<a href='https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/KGrHqNHJBUE9qBBhPokBPe7UocIrw60_57.jpg' title="" data-rl_title="" class="rl-gallery-link" data-rl_caption="" data-rel="lightbox-gallery-3"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/KGrHqNHJBUE9qBBhPokBPe7UocIrw60_57-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-stateless-item" alt="12&quot; 33 1/3 RPM &quot;Rock Hard&quot; single" data-image-size="thumbnail" data-stateless-media-bucket="rjnet-wordpress" data-stateless-media-name="2015/08/KGrHqNHJBUE9qBBhPokBPe7UocIrw60_57.jpg" /></a>

<p>The &#8220;Help Me!&#8221; single was one of the only two to feature an image of Robin and Trini on the sleeve.  It&#8217;s a collage of the two photos used on the inner sleeves of the soundtrack album.<br />

<a href='https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Help-Me-single0001_1080px.jpg' title="" data-rl_title="" class="rl-gallery-link" data-rl_caption="" data-rel="lightbox-gallery-4"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Help-Me-single0001_1080px-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-stateless-item" alt="The front of the picture sleeve for the single &quot;Help Me!&quot; by Marcy Levy &amp; Robin Gibb, RSO 2090 481, as released in Italy in 1980. Text: HELP ME! BY Marcy Levy &amp; Robin Gibb PRODUCED BY ROBIN GIBB AND BLUE WEAVER FROM THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK TIMES SQUARE A ROBERT STIGWOOD PRODUCTION [This digital surrogate created by Sean Rockoff for RobinJohnson.net.]" data-image-size="thumbnail" data-stateless-media-bucket="rjnet-wordpress" data-stateless-media-name="2015/08/Help-Me-single0001_1080px.jpg" /></a>
<a href='https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Help-Me-single0002_1080px.jpg' title="" data-rl_title="" class="rl-gallery-link" data-rl_caption="" data-rel="lightbox-gallery-4"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Help-Me-single0002_1080px-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-stateless-item" alt="The back of the picture sleeve for the single &quot;Help Me!&quot; by Marcy Levy &amp; Robin Gibb, RSO 2090 481, as released in Italy in 1980. Text: HELP ME! 2090 481 BY Marcy Levy &amp; Robin Gibb PRODUCED BY ROBIN GIBB AND BLUE WEAVER FROM THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK TIMES SQUARE A ROBERT STIGWOOD PRODUCTION RSO Records Inc. ℗ YAM, Inc. © 1980 Butterfly NV Distribuzione polyGram dischi S.P.A. - Made in Italy [This digital surrogate created by sean Rockoff for robinjohnson.net.]" srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Help-Me-single0002_1080px-150x150.jpg 150w, https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Help-Me-single0002_1080px-300x297.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-image-size="thumbnail" data-stateless-media-bucket="rjnet-wordpress" data-stateless-media-name="2015/08/Help-Me-single0002_1080px.jpg" /></a>
<a href='https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Help-Me-single0003_1080px.jpg' title="" data-rl_title="" class="rl-gallery-link" data-rl_caption="" data-rel="lightbox-gallery-4"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Help-Me-single0003_1080px-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-stateless-item" alt="&quot;Help Me!&quot; single, side A, Italian edition, 1980 Text: RSO S.I.A.E. MADE IN ITALY ℗ 1980 YAM, INC. STEREO 45 giri 2090 481 A Dalla Colonna Sonora Originale del Film «Times Square» HELP ME! (R. Gibb/B. Weaver) • (3&#039;26&quot;) MARCY LEVY AND ROBIN GIBB Produce by Robin Gibb and Blue Weaver ALL RIGHTS OF THE RECORD MANUFACTURER AND THE OWNER OF THE WORK RECORDED RESERVED. COPYING, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, BROADCASTING OF THESE RECORDS ARE FORBIDDEN. [This digital surrogate created by Sean Rockoff for RobinJohnson.net.]" srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Help-Me-single0003_1080px-150x150.jpg 150w, https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Help-Me-single0003_1080px-300x300.jpg 300w, https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Help-Me-single0003_1080px-1024x1021.jpg 1024w, https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Help-Me-single0003_1080px-768x766.jpg 768w, https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Help-Me-single0003_1080px.jpg 1080w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-image-size="thumbnail" data-stateless-media-bucket="rjnet-wordpress" data-stateless-media-name="2015/08/Help-Me-single0003_1080px.jpg" /></a>
<a href='https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Help-Me-single0004_1080px.jpg' title="" data-rl_title="" class="rl-gallery-link" data-rl_caption="" data-rel="lightbox-gallery-4"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Help-Me-single0004_1080px-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-stateless-item" alt="&quot;Help Me!&quot; single, side B (instrumental version), Italian edition, 1980 Text: RSO S.I.A.E. MADE IN ITALY ℗ 1980 YAM, INC. STEREO 45 giri 2090 481 B Dalla Colonna Sonora Originale del Film «Times Square» HELP ME! (Instrumental) (R. Gibb/B. Weaver) • (3&#039;55&quot;) MARCY LEVY AND ROBIN GIBB Produce by Robin Gibb and Blue Weaver ALL RIGHTS OF THE RECORD MANUFACTURER AND THE OWNER OF THE WORK RECORDED RESERVED. COPYING, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, BROADCASTING OF THESE RECORDS ARE FORBIDDEN. [stamp] RADIO PAOLA LOC. Paraspo tel.5553 Paola 93 M Hz [This digital surrogate created by Sean Rockoff for RobinJohnson.net.]" srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Help-Me-single0004_1080px-150x150.jpg 150w, https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Help-Me-single0004_1080px-300x300.jpg 300w, https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Help-Me-single0004_1080px-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Help-Me-single0004_1080px-768x767.jpg 768w, https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Help-Me-single0004_1080px.jpg 1080w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-image-size="thumbnail" data-stateless-media-bucket="rjnet-wordpress" data-stateless-media-name="2015/08/Help-Me-single0004_1080px.jpg" /></a>
This is an Italian pressing.  The sleeve&#8217;s front and back are nearly identical, and the b-side features an instrumental version of the song, which is just as exciting as you think. That does, however, make it the only single to feature a relevant non-album track.<br />
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<p>The first Japanese pressing of Roxy Music&#8217;s &#8220;Same Old Scene&#8221; is the other single to feature an image of the girls.  This photo appears on the inside of the soundtrack gatefold; if this single came out before the album, it may be its first appearance.<a id="SameOldScene"></a></p>

<a href='https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Same-Old-Scene-45-Polydor-7DM007-insert1_1080px.jpg' title="" data-rl_title="" class="rl-gallery-link" data-rl_caption="" data-rel="lightbox-gallery-5"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Same-Old-Scene-45-Polydor-7DM007-insert1_1080px-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-stateless-item" alt="7 in. 45 rpm single with &quot;Times Square&quot; tie-in picture insert (This digital surrogate created by Sean Rockoff for robinjohnson.net.)" srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Same-Old-Scene-45-Polydor-7DM007-insert1_1080px-150x150.jpg 150w, https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Same-Old-Scene-45-Polydor-7DM007-insert1_1080px-300x300.jpg 300w, https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Same-Old-Scene-45-Polydor-7DM007-insert1_1080px-1024x1021.jpg 1024w, https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Same-Old-Scene-45-Polydor-7DM007-insert1_1080px-768x766.jpg 768w, https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Same-Old-Scene-45-Polydor-7DM007-insert1_1080px.jpg 1080w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-image-size="thumbnail" data-stateless-media-bucket="rjnet-wordpress" data-stateless-media-name="2015/08/Same-Old-Scene-45-Polydor-7DM007-insert1_1080px.jpg" /></a>
<a href='https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Same-Old-Scene-45-Polydor-7DM007-insert-2_1080px.jpg' title="" data-rl_title="" class="rl-gallery-link" data-rl_caption="" data-rel="lightbox-gallery-5"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Same-Old-Scene-45-Polydor-7DM007-insert-2_1080px-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-stateless-item" alt="7 in. 45 rpm single with &quot;Times Square&quot; tie-in picture insert (This digital surrogate created by Sean Rockoff for robinjohnson.net.)" srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Same-Old-Scene-45-Polydor-7DM007-insert-2_1080px-150x150.jpg 150w, https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Same-Old-Scene-45-Polydor-7DM007-insert-2_1080px-300x300.jpg 300w, https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Same-Old-Scene-45-Polydor-7DM007-insert-2_1080px-1024x1019.jpg 1024w, https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Same-Old-Scene-45-Polydor-7DM007-insert-2_1080px-768x764.jpg 768w, https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/Same-Old-Scene-45-Polydor-7DM007-insert-2_1080px.jpg 1080w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-image-size="thumbnail" data-stateless-media-bucket="rjnet-wordpress" data-stateless-media-name="2015/08/Same-Old-Scene-45-Polydor-7DM007-insert-2_1080px.jpg" /></a>

<p><em>Times Square</em> is only mentioned at the top of both sides of the insert (the actual sleeve features a world map of the vast Polydor Empire): 東宝東和配給EMI映画「タイムズ•スクェア」オリジナル•サウンドトラック / Tōhōtōwa haikyū EMI eiga `Taimuzu• suku~ea&#8217; orijinaru• saundotorakku / Toho Towa distribution EMI movie &#8220;Times • Square&#8221; Original • Sound Track &#8212; thank you Google Translate.  Google Translate doesn&#8217;t do nearly as good a job when it comes to full sentences in Japanese, but the essay on the back doesn&#8217;t appear to mention <em>Times Square</em> at all.  It seems to be a biography of Roxy Music, extolling the band&#8217;s influence on the New Wave scene, and heralding this single and the <em>Flesh and Blood</em> album as a triumphant comeback which will ensure that Roxy Music will live forever.<br />
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<p>&#8220;Take This Town&#8221; by XTC, split with &#8220;Babylon&#8217;s Burning&#8221; by The Ruts, features a shot of 2 Times Square, similar but not identical to <a href="http://robinjohnson.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/press_folder-front_stitch_crop_1080px.jpg" data-rel="lightbox-image-18" data-rl_title="" data-rl_caption="" title="">the one on the outside of the Press Folder</a>.  On the front it&#8217;s been colored to match the inner sleeves of the album, and there&#8217;s a tiny <em>Times Square</em> logo at the bottom.<br />

<a href='https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/R-749843-1154961690.jpeg.jpg' title="" data-rl_title="" class="rl-gallery-link" data-rl_caption="" data-rel="lightbox-gallery-6"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/R-749843-1154961690.jpeg-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-stateless-item" alt="XTC &quot;Take This Town&quot; b/w The Ruts &quot;Babylon&#039;s Burning&quot; sleeve front" srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/R-749843-1154961690.jpeg-150x150.jpg 150w, https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/R-749843-1154961690.jpeg-300x300.jpg 300w, https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/R-749843-1154961690.jpeg.jpg 320w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-image-size="thumbnail" data-stateless-media-bucket="rjnet-wordpress" data-stateless-media-name="2015/08/R-749843-1154961690.jpeg.jpg" /></a>
<a href='https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/R-749843-1154961696.jpeg.jpg' title="" data-rl_title="" class="rl-gallery-link" data-rl_caption="" data-rel="lightbox-gallery-6"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/R-749843-1154961696.jpeg-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-stateless-item" alt="XTC &quot;Take This Town&quot; b/w The Ruts &quot;Babylon&#039;s Burning&quot; sleeve back" srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/R-749843-1154961696.jpeg-150x150.jpg 150w, https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/R-749843-1154961696.jpeg-300x300.jpg 300w, https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/R-749843-1154961696.jpeg.jpg 320w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-image-size="thumbnail" data-stateless-media-bucket="rjnet-wordpress" data-stateless-media-name="2015/08/R-749843-1154961696.jpeg.jpg" /></a>
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<p>And, finally, The Ramones&#8217; &#8220;I Wanna Be Sedated&#8221; was re-released in a combined Sire-RSO edition, and the Spanish pressing at least had a design matching the soundtrack album, using part of the pixellated image from the inside of the album gatefold and the bottoms of the promotional posters.<a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/12_undistorted.jpg" data-rel="lightbox-image-21" data-rl_title="" data-rl_caption="" title=""><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2015/08/12_undistorted-150x150.jpg" alt="&quot;I Wanna Be Sedated&quot; 1980 &quot;Times Square&quot; tie-in single picture sleeve" width="150" height="150" class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1665" /></a><br />
&#8220;I Wanna Be Sedated&#8221; was two years old.  The b-side of this single, &#8220;The Return of Jackie and Judy,&#8221; was taken from the Ramones&#8217; then-current album, the Phil Spector-produced <em>End of the Century</em>, and now that I think of it, would have made a good thematic fit with <em>Times Square</em>.<br />
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<p>And, I think those all the singles released from the soundtrack, if not nearly all the variant versions, especially of &#8220;Rock Hard.&#8221;  Let me know if I&#8217;m wrong, and if you want to translate the back of the &#8220;Same Old Scene&#8221; insert into English.</p>
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<div style="font-size:85%"><em>Suzi Quatro &#8220;Rock Hard&#8221; promo pack, consisting of 45 rpm record with picture sleeve, black and white photo, biographical page. 1980. DL-104 ©℗ 1980 DREAMLAND RECORDS, INC. (work)<br />
Rock Hard Promo Pack0001_1080px.jpg, Rock Hard Promo Pack0003_1080px.jpg, Rock Hard Promo Pack0005_1080px.jpg, Rock Hard Promo Pack0007_1080px.jpg, Rock Hard Promo Pack0009_1080px.jpg, Rock Hard Promo Pack0012_1080px.jpg (images)</em><br />
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<em>Suzi Quatro &#8220;Rock Hard&#8221; UK edition, 1980: $_57.JPG, back.JPG, side a.JPG, side b.JPG (images retrieved 16 June 2015 from eBay.com, URL not recorded)</em><br />
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<em>Suzi Quatro &#8220;Rock Hard&#8221; Portugal edition, 1980: 7-SUZI-QUATRO-ROCK-HARD-STATE-OF-MIND-MADE-IN-PORTUGAL-1980-TIMES-SQUARE-FILM.JPG (image retrieved 17 August 2014 from eBay.com, URL not recorded)</em><br />
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<em>Suzi Quatro &#8220;Rock Hard&#8221; promotional 12&#8243; single, Dreamland DPR 1204 1980: $(KGrHqNHJBUE9qBBhPokBPe7UocIrw~~60_57.JPG (image by &#8220;sugor,&#8221; retrieved 4 April 2012 from eBay.com, URL not recorded)</em><br />
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<em>Marcy Levy and Robin Gibb &#8220;Help Me!&#8221; b/w &#8220;Help Me! (Instrumental Version)&#8221;, 45 rpm record with picture sleeve, Italy, 1980. ℗ YAM, Inc.  © 1980 Butterfly NV / ©1980 YAM, INC. (work)<br />
Help Me single0001_1080px.jpg, Help Me single0002_1080px.jpg, Help Me single0003_1080px.jpg, Help Me single0004_1080px.jpg (images)</em><br />
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<em>Roxy Music &#8220;The Same Old Scene&#8221; b/w &#8220;My Only Love&#8221;, 45 rpm record with picture sleeve and color insert, Japan, 1980 (work);<br />
[front] 1080 px (W) x 1077 px (H), 96 dpi, 656 kb; [rear] 1080 px (W) x 1075 px (H), 96 dpi, 466 kb (images)</em><br />
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<em>XTC &#8220;Take This Town&#8221; b/w The Ruts &#8220;Babylon&#8217;s Burning&#8221;, UK, 1980: R-749843-1154961690.jpeg.jpg, R-749843-1154961696.jpeg.jpg (images retrieved 2 August 2015 from <a href="http://www.discogs.com/XTC-Ruts-Take-This-Town-Babylons-Burning/release/749843" target="_blank" rel="noopener">XTC / Ruts* &#8211; Take This Town / Babylon&#8217;s Burning (Vinyl) at Discogs</a>)</em><br />
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<em>Ramones &#8220;I Wanna Be Sedated&#8221;, Spain, 1980: $_12_undistorted.jpg (original image $_12.JPG by &#8220;virgitrout,&#8221; retrieved 23 March 2015 from http://www.ebay.com/itm/RAMONES-SG-TIMES-SQUARE-UNIQUE-SPAIN-ED-1980-/111627655734?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&#038;hash=item19fd86da36; lens distortion corrected and file renamed 2 August 2015)</em>
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