At 18, Brown was invited to an open audition for VH1 divas by friends and was stopped outside the venue by an executive from London Records. Brown was offered a development deal by London records. The development soon came to an end and, at 19, Brown was offered a deal by Polydor records in the UK and A&M records in the US. Her debut single was "Whipped".
She relocated to Los Angeles to work on her debut album Back To The Music. In preparation she performed at LA's Mint Club. A five track promo CD was released to executives but the album was then shelved.
'Back To The Music' which was set to be released in the UK in 2006 was executive produced by Ron Fair - the man who discovered Christina Aguilera and turned Black Eyed Peas into multi-million sellers by A&Ring their Elephunk album. Vanessa wrote almost every track on the album. Some were written in Northampton when she was still a pre-teen.
In preparation Vanessa performed to a packed crowd in LA's Mint Club where she showcased songs from 'Back To The Music' to the US music industry in mid 2005. A five track promo CD was released to executives but the album was then shelved and has not been released to date. The tracks on the unreleased Promotional album were "Whipped", "Nobody Loves Me", "Dangerous Love", "Back To The Music", and "Calling Out Your Name". Six other known tracks from these recording sessions are "Eternal Life", which is a b-side for the 2 track Whipped Single released in 2005, "Angel", "Imagination", "Loverboy", "Never The Less" and "Whatever It Takes" (which along with Whipped and Back To The Music were arranged with David Campbell). Clips of those 5 tracks have been found but not the full length versions to date. The hook for standout track 'Nobody Loves Me' was written when Vanessa was just 11 - it was recorded in West Hollywood a decade later.
Here .. for all you VV Brown/Vanessa Brown fans is that 5 Track Promo, including the B-side from the two track single. I hope you enjoy and please comment below if you download.
Tracklisting:
1. Whipped (Single Version)
2. Nobody Loves Me
3. Dangerous Love
4. Back To The Music
5. Calling Out Your Name
6. Eternal Life (B-side)
256 VBR MP3
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3 comments:
Wow!
Many thanx for sharing this rare release: I didn't know existence of it!
Bye!
I wanted to thank you for sharing it. It's amazing to see what she did a few years ago.
Where did you find this album ? Have you other unreleased songs like "Ice Cream" ?
Thanks.
Hi, is it possible to share this again, I can't find it anywhere else online?
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