BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1978

R E Q U E S T

“Chase” is an electronic instrumental by Italian synth-pioneer Giorgio Moroder from the Academy Award-winning soundtrack and film Midnight Express (1978). In January 1979 “Chase” peaked at #33 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Although originally branded as disco, the song is considered to be, along with Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love”, a pioneer of the HI-NRG genre that came to prominence in the early 1980s. For the 12″ single the song was extended to an epic thirteen minutes and reached #31 on the US Dance Charts.The music was arranged by Giorgio Moroder with Harold Faltermeyer.

This 12″ is a special one-sided single.

SIDE A:
Chase 13:06

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint (company)

CHARTS:

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Casablanca Records – NBD 20146 DJ
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM, Single Sided, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1978
Genre: Electronic
Style: Disco
Credits: Arranged By – G. Moroder*, H. Faltermeier*
Producer – Giorgio Moroder
Written-By – Giorgio Moroder

NOTES:
Promotional Copy
Not For Sale
Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Of “MIDNIGHT EXPRESS”

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Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

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BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1982

“Cat People (Putting Out Fire)” is a song by David Bowie. It was recorded for Paul Schrader’s 1982 remake of the film Cat People with producer Giorgio Moroder.

Schrader engaged Bowie for a theme song in 1981, with Moroder having already recorded most of the music. Bowie was to put lyrics to the main theme. The words only had a basic relation to the film. The B-side is a Moroder-only instrumental which featured no input from Bowie.

The song itself, in keeping with the dark tone of the film, has some slight goth rock influences, with Bowie singing in a deep croon while being backed up by a female chorus, a combination that The Sisters of Mercy would commonly employ years later.

Due to Moroder’s contract, the single was issued by MCA. The full-length version appeared on the soundtrack album, and the 12″ single, while a 4:08 edited version was made for the 7″ release. The single reached #26 in the UK, and #67 in the US – Bowie’s biggest hit there since “Golden Years”. It peaked at #1 in New Zealand, remaining there for three weeks. It was also #1 in Norway for seven consecutive weeks, and then returned to the top for a further week.

The single was released three separate times by MCA. First with “Cat People” as the A-side, then again two months later with “Paul’s Theme” as the A-side, and finally in November 1982 with “Cat People” back on the A-side. Notable contribution as orchestrator was made by Hungarian-born composer, Sylvester Levay.

In 1983, Bowie re-recorded the song for his Let’s Dance album. This version was also released as the B-side to the title track’s single release, and performed on Bowie’s Serious Moonlight Tour.

SIDE A:
Cat People (Putting Out Fire) 6:41
Written-By – Bowie*, Moroder*
Performed By- David Bowie

SIDE B:
Paul’s Theme (Jogging Chase) 3:52
Written-By – G. Moroder*
Performed By- Giorgio Moroder

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: MCA Records Ltd. – MCAT 770
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1982
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Producer – Giorgio Moroder

NOTES:
Taken from the soundtrack to the film “Cat People”

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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 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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