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May your Christmas sparkle with moments of love, laughter and goodwill,
And may the year ahead be full of contentment and joy. Thank you for all of your support for Burning The Ground. I will be back to regular blogging on Monday, December 26, 2010.

Have a Merry Christmas
~ DjPaulT

BURNING THE GROUND DISCO EXCLUSIVE 1978

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Re-Rip Remaster

This year you’ll be hanging the Christmas stockings with cheer, as boogie fever fills the air. This classic disco single released in 1978 with Gary Turner (Gary’s Gang) on drums is pure disco fun. So hang that Christmas tinsel and dust off those platform shoes “Disco Santa Claus” will make you move and groove. Happy Holidays!

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint

SIDE A:
Disco Santa Claus 6:50
Written-By – Stan Cleveland

SIDE B:
Santa’s Theme 6:45
Written-By – C. Robbins* , E. Matthew* , G. Turnier*

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: AVI Records
Catalog#: AVI-12-242-D
Format: Vinyl, 12″
Country: US
Released: 1978
Genre: Electronic
Style: Disco
Credits: Arranged By, Producer – Eric Matthew
Drums – Gary*
Producer – Cory Robbins

NOTES:
Produced for Our First Time Production Company, Inc.
Track times are listed incorrectly on labels
BPM 120

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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The eighties have arrived for your Halloween pleasure wether you get a trick or a treat this compilation is sure to thrill. All of the monster tracks have been taken from the original CD sorce, there is one track that I ripped from vinyl can you guess which one it is? I hope that this compilation will make it’s way to your Halloween scare fest. Most of the tracks included in this package are out of print and difficult to find. I wanted to put together a blend of popular and obsure tracks. So go ahead turn out the lights and lock the doors then turn it up loud. Happy Halloween.

PLEASE NOTE: If downloading the FLAC version you must download both parts to unpack the files properly.

TRACKS:
01 – Opening 0:07
02 – Kim Carnes – Carzy In The Night (Barking At Airplanes) 3:32
03 – Olivia Newton-John – Electric 3:50
04 – Michael Jackson – Thriller (Remix Edit) 4:12
05 – Grace Jones – Demolition Man 4:03
06 – Diana Ross – Eaten Alive (Extended Remix) 5:51
07 – Goon Squad – Eight Arms To Hold You 4:15
08 – Oingo Boingo – Flesh ‘n Blood 4:17
09 – Pet Shop Boys – In The Night (Arthur Baker Extended Mix) 6:28
10 – Boys Next Door – Stop Watch Killer (12” DJ Version) 5:49
11 – Kon Kan – Harry Houdini (Remix) 3:47
12 – Flash & The Pan – Midnight Man (Extended Version) 6:59
13 – Elton John – Love is a Cannibal 3:54
14 – Sheena Easton – I Like The Fright 3:49
15 – David Essex – Moonlight Dancing 5:56
16 – Thompson Twins – Savage Moon 4:40
17 – Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love 3:02
18 – Duran Duran – New Moon On Monday 4:12
19 – Then Jerico – The Hitcher 5:52
20 – Samantha Fox – Now I Lay Me Down 4:20
21 – SSQ (Stacey Q) – Tonight (We’ll Make Love Until We Die) 3:38
22 – Queen – The Invisible Man (7” Version) 3:56
23 – Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (Hot Remix) 5:19
24 – Dead Or Alive – The Stranger 4:49
25 – Janet Jackson – Black Cat (’3 Snaps Up’ 7”) 4:23
26 – Maniacal End 0:13

RELEASE/INFORMATION:
Label: Not On Label
Catalog #: HALLO2010
Released: October 9, 2010
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Producer: DjPaulT
Design: DjPaulT
Photography: Russell Mulcahy

NOTES:
Compiled By: DjPaulT
All Tracks Digitally Mastered
Special Thanks to the original labels,producers,remixers and the artists

SOFTWARE USED:
Exact Audio Copy (EAC)
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Editing)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator

PLEASE NOTE: If downloading the FLAC version you must download both parts to unpack the files properly.
Part One

Part Two

PW: burningtheground

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This 12″ holds a special place for me, it was the first 12″ donated to Burning The Ground by one of my readers. I originally posted it on October 10, 2008 on the old blogger site. This is a completely new rip from the vinyl and I am happy to offer it in flac format for the first time.

Vesta Williams (born 1963, Coshocton, Ohio) is an American R&B singer. Originally credited by her full name, she has been billed simply as Vesta since the 1990s. She is known for her full four-octave voice range.

Vesta scored her first record deal in 1986 with A&M records which released her first self entitled album Vesta. The album featured her first Top 10 R&B hit “Once Bitten, Twice Shy”. The song peaked at #9 on Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and #45 Hot Dance Club Songs.

VINYL GRADE:
Cover: Near Mint
Vinyl: Near Mint

SIDE A:
Once Bitten Twice Shy (Extended Version) 6:01

SIDE B:
Once Bitten Twice Shy (Dub Version) 3:41
Once Bitten Twice Shy (A Cappella Version) 3:56

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: A&M Records
Catalog#: SP-12206
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Style: Soul
Credits: Engineer [Remix] – Steve Hodge
Executive Producer – John McClain
Producer – David Crawford

NOTES:
The “A Capella Version” is not listed on the sleeve.
Original version appears on the album “Vesta” SP-5118

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

You can help show your support for this blog by making a donation using PayPal. Thank you for your help.

The full moon shines bright and a crispness has filled the night. The trees have put on their colored masks and October has arrived. During this fright filled month, I will be posting some nightmarish 80s delights. So, brew up a Halloween party if you dare, and take some of these treats with you there.