{"product_id":"donna-summer-the-casablanca-years","title":"DONNA SUMMER - THE CASABLANCA YEARS","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"184\"\u003eThis deluxe 7-inch format collection features 4CD and 3CD gatefold digisleeves housed in an outer rigid slipcase, alongside a 24-page booklet containing a brand new 3,500-word essay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"186\" data-end=\"494\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"186\" data-end=\"202\"\u003eDonna Summer\u003c\/strong\u003e rose to prominence during the disco era, earning the title “The Queen of Disco” and becoming one of the most successful recording artists of the 1970s, as well as one of the best-selling female artists of all time, with more than 130 million records sold and billions of streams worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"496\" data-end=\"768\"\u003eMore than fifty years after the release of her debut international hit, this career-defining albums box set celebrates Donna Summer’s extraordinary legacy through the seven studio and live albums she released internationally for Casablanca Records between 1975 and 1979.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"770\" data-end=\"1241\"\u003eDonna’s groundbreaking anthem \u003cem data-start=\"800\" data-end=\"823\"\u003eLove To Love You Baby\u003c\/em\u003e was first issued in the Netherlands in June 1975 under the shortened title \u003cem data-start=\"899\" data-end=\"917\"\u003eLove To Love You\u003c\/em\u003e before being released worldwide later that year following her signing to Casablanca Records. The single reached #2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1976, famously held from the top spot by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1105\" data-end=\"1119\"\u003ePaul Simon\u003c\/strong\u003e’s \u003cem data-start=\"1122\" data-end=\"1151\"\u003e50 Ways To Leave Your Lover\u003c\/em\u003e, though Donna simultaneously ruled the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart for four weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1243\" data-end=\"1409\"\u003eIts parent album, \u003cem data-start=\"1261\" data-end=\"1284\"\u003eLove To Love You Baby\u003c\/em\u003e, became the first album she recorded for \u003cstrong data-start=\"1326\" data-end=\"1341\"\u003eNeil Bogart\u003c\/strong\u003e’s Casablanca label and reached #11 on the Billboard Albums Chart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1411\" data-end=\"1894\"\u003eOver the next three years, Donna released a remarkable run of albums including \u003cem data-start=\"1490\" data-end=\"1506\"\u003eA Love Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"1508\" data-end=\"1530\"\u003eFour Seasons Of Love\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"1532\" data-end=\"1554\"\u003eI Remember Yesterday\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"1559\" data-end=\"1580\"\u003eOnce Upon A Time...\u003c\/em\u003e, cementing her status as a global icon. 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