BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

“Invisible Touch” is the title track of the 1986 Genesis album of the same name. It is the most successful single in the band’s lengthy history and was their first and only #1 single in the United States. It went to number four in Canada, but only reached number 15 in the United Kingdom.

Its B-side is the second part of “Domino”, titled “The Last Domino”. (The album includes both parts of “Domino” combined together.)

“Invisible Touch” came about during a jam for the second part of “Domino,” Rutherford playing a riff while Collins improvised the line “She seems to have an invisible touch”. It was recorded at The Farm in Surrey during 1984, 1985 and 1986.

In the summer of 1986, “Invisible Touch” was succeeded in the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 by the Multi-Grammy nominated “Sledgehammer”, performed by Genesis’ former lead singer, Peter Gabriel.

SIDE A:
Invisible Touch (Special Remix Version) 5:55
Engineer – Tokes*
Remix – John Potoker

SIDE B:
Invisible Touch 3:26
Engineer – Hugh Padgham

The Last Domino 6:15
Engineer – Hugh Padgham

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Atlantic – 0-86816
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Pop Rock
Credits: Producer – Genesis, Hugh Padgham
Written-By – M. Rutherford*, P. Collins*, T. Banks*

NOTES:
From the Atlantic album “Invisible Touch”

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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

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Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
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MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

“Take Me Home” is the 10th track on Phil Collins’ third solo album, No Jack Required. The song was released as a single in the UK in July 1985 and in the USin March 1986. It did reasonably well in the UK, peaking there at #19. It wasn’t as successful as other singles from the album, like “Sussudio” or “One More Night”in the United States, but managed to peak at #7 there.

“Take Me Home” is considered one of Collins’ more well known songs, and has been in all of his tours since the No Jacket Required Tour. The song has remainedpopular among fans and is very popular at his live shows. Common misconceptions regarding the song’s topic are that it is about a man returning home, or that it is about the psychological manipulations of the totalitariangovernment from George Orwell’s novel 1984. In reality, however, Collins has stated that the song lyrics refer to a patient in a mental institution, and that it is very much based on the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. While recording “Long Long Way to Go”, Collins asked Sting to provide backing vocals for this song as well. The song also features Collins’ old Genesis band mate, Peter Gabriel, and Helen Terry on backing vocals.

SIDE A:
Take Me Home (Extended Version)  8:03
Remix – John Potoker

SIDE B:
12″ Medley (Mega Mix Special)  7:31
Includes:
a) Sussudio
b) Don’t Lose My Number
c) You Can’t Hurry Love
Remix – Jens Lissat , Peter Harder

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint

CHARTS:

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: WEA Musik GmbH
Catalog#: 258 670-0
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Limited Edition
Country: Germany
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

NOTES:
“Limited Edition Both Sides Extended Dance Tracks”

DISCOGS

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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 1984

“Easy Lover” is a song written by Philip Bailey, Phil Collins, and Nathan East, and accredited to both singers Bailey and Collins when released as a single. The song appeared on Bailey’s solo album Chinese Wall. Collins has also performed the song in his live shows and it appears on his 1990 album Serious Hits… Live!, as well as his 1998 compilation album, …Hits.

The song was a hit in the UK, reaching #1 and staying there for four weeks and also reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. “Easy Lover” was very successful commercially, selling over a million copies. It has only been certified Gold — not Platinum — since the RIAA requirement for a Platinum single wasn’t lowered to 1,000,000 units until 1989.

“Easy Lover” won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Overall Performance in 1985 and was Grammy nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo or Group.

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint

SIDE A:
Easy Lover (Extended Remix Version)  6:18
Vocals [Duet With] – Phil Collins

SIDE B:
Woman 5:04
Vocals – Philip Bailey

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: CBS
Catalog#: TA 4915
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Pop Rock, Synth-pop
Credits: Engineer – Nick Tokes
Producer – Phil Collins
Remix – John Potoker

NOTES:
Easy Lover (Duet with Phil Collins). Produced by Phil Collins for Kalimba Productions. Phil Collins appears courtesy of Virgin Records Ltd.
Both tracks: Special versions from the album Chinese Wall CBS 26161. Engineered by Nick Tokes.

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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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