BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983

Toto Coelo (Total Coelo in the US) were brought together by producer Barry Blue. Original members were Anita Mahadervan, Lacey Bond, Lindsey Danvers, Ros Holness and Sheen Doran. The group’s name is Latin and means ‘by the whole extent of the heavens’ or ‘heaven-wide’, but is commonly translated as ‘completely’, ‘entirely’ or ‘utterly’. Of the name, Sheen Doran said, ‘It has a number of meanings, such as ‘heart and soul’, ‘root and branch’ and ‘totally different’. It seemed to describe what we were. Plus, it’s strange-sounding and hard to pronounce, so it sticks in your mind.’

In the US “Milk From The Coconut” was the follow up single to “I Eat Canibals” but the song failed to ahieve the same success and did not chart in the UK or the US but did peak at #100 in Australia.

SIDE A:
Milk From The Coconut (Part One Extended Version) 6:54

SIDE B:
Milk From The Coconut (Part Two Extended Version) 4:25

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis
Catalog#: 4V9 42709
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop, New Wave
Credits: Design [Sleeve Design] – Rob O’Connor
Management – Radialchoice Ltd
Other [Stylist] – Carol Graham
Performer – Anita*, Lacey*, Lindsey*, Ros*, Sheen*
Photography – Eric Watson
Producer – Barry Blue
Written-By – B. Blue*, P. Greedus*

NOTES:
Taken from the forthcoming album “Man O’ War.”
Produced for Blueytunes Productions Ltd for Radicalchoice Ltd.

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Known in the USA as “TOTAL” Coelo (to avoid confusion with the pop band “TOTO”) and most everywhere else as “TOTO” Coelo.

“I Eat Cannibals” reached #8 in the UK, AUS #4, US #66, NZ #38 the song was also a hit in South Africa where it was named the 17th biggest selling single of 1983. The solid drum sound that under pins the single were provided by session drummer Peter Boita. Peter received a demo cassette from producer Barry Blue and proceeded to score out a drum part that fitted the song. Peter programmed his Linndrum Computer with the basic drumbeat that’s heard throughout the record Peter thenoverdubbed Simmons SDS7 electronic drums over the top of the basic drumbeat to add extra weight to the already exciting drum beat. Peter, by this time, had perfected a technique of playing all four Simmons pads simultaneously to produce an amazing depth of drum sound with just one hit of his drumsticks. Peter Boita also used this same technique on the follow up song Mucho Macho, but, apart from a few television appearances by the girls, the single failed to make much impression on the charts of the day.

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Very Good Plus

SIDE A:
I Eat Cannibals (Extended Version – Pt. 1)  6:34
I Eat Cannibals (Extended Version – Pt. 2)  5:14

SIDE B:
I Eat Cannibals (Short Version)  3:28
Mucho Macho 5:03
Written By – J. Littman

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis
Catalog#: 4V9 03545
Format: Vinyl, 12″
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop
Credits: Arranged By – Barry Blue , Julian Littman
Artwork By [Photos] – Chris Craymer
Producer – Barry Blue
Written By – B. Blue – R. Nicolson – P. Greedus (tracks: A1 to B1)

NOTES:
On back of picture sleeve, A-side is only referred to as a single track, “I Eat Cannibals (Extended Version)”. However, it is broken up into two on the A-side label and record itself.

Mucho Macho is also the extended version but not listed on sleeve or label.

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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.

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BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1982

Toto Coelo (renamed Total Coelo in the U.S.) was a 1980s British new wave vocal group, masterminded by producer Barry Blue. The original members were the singers Anita Mahadervan, Lacey Bond, Lindsey Danvers, Ros Holness (daughter of TV host Bob Holness) and Sheen Doran.

The group is known for its 1982 hit single “I Eat Cannibals Part 1″, They also issued a less successful follow-up, “Dracula’s Tango (Sucker For Your Love)” which peaked at #54 in the UK ans US #19.

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint

SIDE A:
Dracula’s Tango (Sucker For Your Love) (Extended Dance Version)  6:01
Written-By – B. Blue* , P. Greedus*

SIDE B:
Mucho Macho (Extended Dance Version)  5:03
Written-By – J. Littman*

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Radialchoice
Catalog#: TIC 11-12
Format: Vinyl, 12″
Country: UK
Released: 1982
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop
Credits: Producer – Barry Blue

NOTES:
From the LP “Man O’ War”

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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