Category: The Earons

The Earons – Land Of Hunger (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984

A. Front

2015 Re-Rip!
Meticulously Remastered!
First Time In 24 Bit Flac!

Originally posted May 22, 2011

The Earons are a self-described “astro-funk” band from “Earon Earth.” They were inspired by the cosmic mythology of Sun Ra with a bit of Anthony Braxton’s mathematica.

Group members use the following stage names: .28 (a.k.a. Henry Pizzicarola, vocals), .22 (Percival Prince, guitar), .33 (Kevin Nance, keyboards), .69 (Melvin Lee, bass) and .18 (Lonnie Ferguson, drums). In 1984 they topped the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart with “Land of Hunger.” To date, they have only released one album, “Hear on Earth”, on LP and cassette (it has never been released on CD).

SIDE A:
Land Of Hunger (Extended Version) 7:01

SIDE B:
Land Of Hunger (Dub Version) 5:45
Land Of Hunger (Edited Version) 4:30

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1984 Land Of Hunger U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #1
1984 Land Of Hunger U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles #36

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Island Records -0-96958
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul, Reggae
Style: Dub, Disco

CREDITS:
Lyrics By – .28
Lyrics By, Written-By [Music] – .22, .33, .69
Mixed By – Steven Stanley
Producer – Earons, The
Written-By [Music] – .18

NOTES:
From the LP “HEAR ON EARTH”

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B. Back

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck 
Speed Control:
Pro-Ject Speed Box S
Phono Pre-amp:
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube:
Tung-Sol 12AX7ECC803-S Gold Electron Tube
Soundcard:
ESI Juli@
Record Cleaning:
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans:
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removeal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi