BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

Happy Birthday Freddie Mercury! A day after what would have been Queen icon Freddie Mercury’s 65th birthday, I decided to post this rare 12″. The mixes included here are only available on the US and Brazilian 12″ singles.

“Living on My Own” was originally included on Freddie Mercury’s first solo album Mr. Bad Guy. It was released as a single in September 1985 in the United Kingdom where it peaked at number 50. “Living On My Own” was also released in the US in July 1985 where it did not chart.

In 1993, almost two years after Mercury’s death, the No More Brothers Mix of the song was released and reached number 1 in the UK, becoming Mercury’s only solo number 1 hit. It remained at the top for 2 weeks and was in the charts for a total of 13 weeks.

The video for “Living on My Own” featured footage of Mercury’s 39th birthday party in 1985 in Munich.

SIDE A:
Living On My Own (Extended Mix) 6:42
Mixed By – Ed Stasium

SIDE B:
Living On My Own (Single Mix) 3:03

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Columbia – 44 05314
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Pop Rock
Credits: Producer – Freddie Mercury, Mack (2)
Written-By, Composed By – F. Mercury*

NOTES:
Special Versions from the Columbia Lp: “Mr. Bad Guy”
Original sound recording made by Raincloud Productions Ltd.
Barcode: 7464-05314-1

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EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984

In 1984, Fritz Lang’s classic silent sci-fi hit Metropolis was reissued in tinted color and sporting a rock and pop soundtrack. It immediately developed a cult following, with its blue, green, violet, and red tints, along with a host of songs written by famed disco producerGiorgio Moroder.

Queen frontman Freddie Mercury released “Lpve Kills” as a single and video to promote the reissued movie. Continuing the electronic experimentation Queen dabbled with on “The Works”, released that same year, “Love Kills” would have sat nicely on that album right next to “Radio Ga Ga.”

“Love Kills” peaked at #69 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart and at #44 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play Chart as well as UK #40 in 1984.

SIDE A:
Love Kills (Extended Dance Remix)   5:21
Producer – Giorgio Moroder
Vocals – Freddie Mercury

SIDE B:
Rotwang’s Party (Robot Dance)   5:21
Producer – Giorgio Moroder
Performed By – Giorgio Moroder

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint

CHARTS:

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Columbia
Catalog#: 44 05098
Format: Vinyl, 12″
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic
Style: Electro, Synth-pop

NOTES:
From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack “Metropolis”

Find the 12″ on DISCOGS

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super 20
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 16bit 44kHz using Adobe batch processing
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi PNG format, resized to JPEG format for posting.

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BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

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“I Was Born to Love You” is a 1985 song by Freddie Mercury, and was released as a single and on the Mr. Bad Guy album. After Mercury’s death, Queen remixed this song for their album Made in Heaven in 1995, by having the other members play their instrumental parts over the original track.

The song peaked at #76 on the US Billboard Hot 100, #10 Grmany and #11 in the UK.

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint

SIDE A:
I Was Born To Love You (Extended Mix)  7:03

SIDE B:
Stop All The Fighting 3:17

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Columbia
Catalog#: 44-05197, FRED 1
Format: Vinyl, 12″
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Producer – Mercury* , Mack (2)
Written-By – F. Mercury*

NOTES:
Track A: Special version from the Columbia Lp:
“Mr. Bad Guy” FC 40071

DISCOGS

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super 20
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 16bit 44kHz using Adobe batch processing
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi PNG format, resized to JPEG format for posting.

PW: burningtheground

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