The Earons – Land Of Hunger (US 12″)
Posted by DjPaulT on 22nd May 2011
BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984
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).
Recently the band surfaced again on a new official website which proclaimed that the Earons were still “hear on Earth”. Four new songs – “Future”, “Numbers and Wires”, “Juliana’s Cloth”, and “Written in America” – were posted, along with the video for “Land of Hunger”.
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
Cover: Near Mint
CHARTS:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Land Of Hunger | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | #1 |
| 1984 | Land Of Hunger | U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles | #36 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Island Records
Catalog#: 0-96958
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul, Reggae
Style: Dub, Disco
Credits: Mixed By – Steven Stanley
Producer – Earons, The
NOTES:
From the LP “HEAR ON EARTH”
Find the 12″ on 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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