John WAITE: Deal For Life 7″ Special version adapted from the soundtrack of Days Of Thunder. Check video

Description

a soundtrack appearance in 1990 from Days of Thunder with “Deal for Life”, written by Martin Page and Bernie Taupin.

1990 7 p s.epic,656516
A SIDE – DEAL FOR LIFE (FROM THE MOTION PICTURE DAYS OF THUNDER)

B SIDE – TERRY REID – GIMME SOME LOVIN’.  first recorded by the Spencer Davis Group. Released as a single in 1966, it reached the Top 10 of the record charts in several countries. Later, Rolling Stone included the song on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs.

“Deal for Life” is a song by English musician John Waite, which was released in 1990 on the soundtrack to the Tom Cruise film Days of Thunder. The song was written by Martin Page and Bernie Taupin, and produced by Page and Ron Nevison.

“Deal for Life” was the sixth and final single to be issued from the soundtrack and reached No. 80 in the UK Singles Chart in December 1990.  The song’s release as a single was included as a ‘priority release’ for Epic in the spring of 1991. 

In 2018, Martin Page shared his and Taupin’s 1990 demo recording of the song on SoundCloud

1. “Deal for Life” – 4:06
2. Terry Reid – “Gimme Some Lovin’” – 4:50

Production

• Martin Page – producer of “Deal for Life”
• Ron Nevison – producer and mixing on “Deal for Life”
• Trevor Horn – producer of “Gimme Some Lovin'”

nicknamed “Superlungs”, Terry is an English rock vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist best known for his emotive style of singing in appearances with high-profile musicians as vocalist, supporting act and session musician. As a solo recording and touring artist, he has released six studio albums and four live albums. His songs have been recorded by numerous artists including The Hollies, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Jackson Browne, Arrival, Marianne Faithfull, Cheap Trick, Jack White with The Raconteurs, Joe Perry, Rumer and Chris Cornell.

Reid’s music career began in the early 1960s performing in a local British club where he was invited to join Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers as lead vocalist, opening for The Rolling Stones 1966 tour. In the latter ’60s, Reid was the solo supporting act for the Rolling Stones, Cream, Jethro Tull and Fleetwood Mac tours. He is known to have turned down an offer by Jimmy Page to be the lead vocalist of the band that became Led Zeppelin as well as an offer from Ritchie Blackmore to front Deep Purple.