BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1981

“Draw of the Cards” is a 1981 single release from Kim Carnes’s album Mistaken Identity. The single reached #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #49 on the UK singles chart. “Draw Of The Cards” failed to emulate the chart success of its predecessor, “Bette Davis Eyes”, missing out on Top 10 status in many of the countries that song had reached pole position.

The music video for the song is directed by Russell Mulcahy, who previous directed the “Bette Davis Eyes” video.

The “Special Long Version” is exclusive to the European releases of the 12″.

SIDE A:
Draw Of The Cards (Special Long Version) 6:50
Written-By – B. Como*, V. Garay*

SIDE B:
Break The Rules Tonight (Out Of School) 3:17
Written-By – W. W. Waldman*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Excellent
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI Electrola – 1C 052-86 400 YZ
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Maxi-Single, 33 RPM
Country: Germany
Released: 1981
Genre: Electronic
Style: Pop Rock
Credits: Producer, Recorded By – Val Garay
Written-By – D. Ellingson*, K. Carnes*

NOTES:
“Special Long Version”
Taken from the album “Mistaken Identity”.
Printed in Germany

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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 1983

“Invisible Hands” is a 1983 single and the lead release from Kim Carnes’s album Café Racers. Martin Page and Brian Fairweather wrote the selection’s words and composed its music; Keith Olsen was its music producer. Carnes released it and its source album, Café Racers, on the EMI America Records label, the label for which she then recorded.

Despite positive reviews in the music press and some rotation of the video, which James “Jim” Yukich directed, the single stalled at #40 on the Billboard Hot 100; it would be the highest charted of all the singles released from the album. John “Jellybean” Benitez, who would go on to produce Madonna’s breakthrough hit “Holiday,” was recruited to remix the track for the dance mix version.

The single’s B-side was “I’ll Be Here Where the Heart Is,” the principal ballad from the movie Flashdance.

In 1984, Carnes was nominated for a Best Pop Rock Performance (Female) Grammy Award for “Invisible Hands.”

VINYL GRADE:
Cover: Mint (generic)
Vinyl: Near Mint

SIDE A:
Invisible Hands (Dance Mix)  5:06
Mixed By – John “Jellybean” Benitez
Producer, Mixed By – Keith Olsen
Written-By – B. Fairweather* , M. Page*

SIDE B:
I’ll Be Here Where The Heart Is 4:36
Producer – Keith Olsen
Written-By – C. Krampf* , Hitchings* , K. Carnes*
From the Paramount film corporation film “Flashdance”

Invisible Hands (FM Mix)  3:09
Producer – Keith Olsen
Written-By – B. Fairweather* , M. Page*
Taken from the album “Cafe Racers”

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI America
Catalog#: 12EA 164
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

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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