Tag: 1989

Thompson Twins – Sugar Daddy (US 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1989

“Sugar Daddy” is a song by British pop group Thompson Twins, which was released in 1989 as the lead single from their seventh studio album Big Trash. The song was written and produced by Tom Bailey and Alannah Currie. “Sugar Daddy” reached number 28 on the US Billboard Hot 100 (their final Top 40 hit in the US) and number 97 in the UK Singles Chart.

In a 1989 interview on MuchMusic, Bailey described the song as sounding “quite sugary” but added “the message is quite disturbing”. He added, “It’s about sexual manipulation, affection traded for power, and as with all those sort of power-gain relationships, there’s always a sugar coating, so that’s why the song is so sugary but the message so bizarre.”

Speaking on MuchMusic, Currie revealed some of the unused sequences of the video, “The video was funny. I wanted to be the angel of death in it, with a black guitar and wings, but I kept getting stuck up there and screaming to get down, so we had to lose some of those shots. And then they built this enormous 12 foot skirt, I wanted to have these men coming out from under my skirt, and they edited that down to make it a bit more acceptable. I wanted to be the original hell’s angel, it didn’t quite come off. I always get disappointed by our videos.”

++ “Big Daddy’s Dub”, and “Velvet Rail Dub” have not appeared on CD.

SIDE A:
Sugar Daddy (Sweet N’ Low Mix) 5:37
Sugar Daddy (Big Daddy’s Dub) 5:14
Sugar Daddy (7″ Remix) 3:38

SIDE B:
Sugar Daddy (Velvet Rail Mix) 7:42
Sugar Daddy (Velvet Rail Dub) 5:49
Monkey Man 3:34
Engineer, Mixed By – Keith Fernley

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1989 Sugar Daddy U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #28
1989 Sugar Daddy U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks #16
1989 Sugar Daddy U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #2

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Warner Bros. Records – 0-21320, Red Eye (2) – 9 21320-0
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: House, Pop Rock, Synth-pop

CREDITS:

NOTES:
From the LP “BIG TRASH”

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Boy George – Don’t Take My Mind On A Trip (US 7″ Promo)

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“Don’t Take My Mind On A Trip” was the second single taken from the third solo LP, “Boyfriend” by Boy George. The song was arranged by Teddy Riley, and produced by Gene Griffin. “Don’t Take My Mind on a Trip” was released in February 1989 the single was a disappointment to Virgin Records when it only made No. 68 on the UK Singles Chart, it peaked at No. 5 on the US Billboard R&B Charts and No. 26 on the Billboard Dance Charts.

In the USA “Don’t Take My Mind On A Trip” was included on the LP “High Hat” which compiled tracks from Boy George’s second and third UK and European solo albums, Tense Nervous Headache and Boyfriend.

SIDE A:
Don’t Take My Mind On A Trip (Edit) 4:02

SIDE B:
Don’t Take My Mind On A Trip (Naked Beat Mix) 3:55
edited By – Boris GranichChrister Modig

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1989 Don’t Take My Mind On A Trip U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs #5
1989 Blue Jean U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #26

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Virgin – 7-99229
Format: Vinyl, 7″, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop
Style: RnB/Swing, Acid House

CREDITS:

NOTES:
Side B: for Power Mix Productions

Promotional Copy Not For Sale

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Machinations – Cars & Planes (Australia 7″)

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“Cars & Planes” was the fourth single taken from the third and final album “Uptown” by Australian synthpop band Machinations. “Cars & Planes” failed to chart while the album reached #50 on the ARIA Charts the main Australian music sales chart.

The group had become a popular band on the Australian touring circuit. Their activities were curtailed in April 1989 when a hit-and-run car accident left bandmate Fred Loneragan with a broken neck, multiple cuts, bruises, and concussion. He spent several months recuperating in the hospital. Initially, fellow band members intended to continue whilst Loneragan recovered, however, the group disbanded as various members left to join other local groups.

SIDE A:
Cars & Planes (Remix) 3:24
Remix – Mark Berry

SIDE B:
Cars & Planes 4:24

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: White Label Records – K708
Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single, Limited Edition
Country: Australia
Released: 1989
Genre: Electronic, Pop
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:

NOTES:
From the LP “UPTOWN”

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Tubes: Genalex Gold Lion 12AX7 ECC83/B759 Gold Pins Vacuum Tube – Matched Pair
DAC:
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Record Cleaning
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Artwork Scans
: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

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Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
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Band Aid II – Do They Know It’s Christmas? (Canada Cassette Single)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1989

“Do They Know It’s Christmas?” is a charity song written in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia. It was first recorded by Band Aid, a supergroup assembled by Geldof and Ure consisting of popular British and Irish musical acts.

A second version of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” was recorded under the name of Band Aid II in 1989, overseen by the most successful British production team of the late 1980s, Stock Aitken Waterman. Geldof had telephoned Pete Waterman to ask him to produce a new version of the song to aid the ongoing situation in Ethiopia, and within 24 hours the recording session had been arranged at Stock Aitken Waterman’s studios on London’s South Bank. The recording took place over the weekend of 2 and 3 December, and featured several artists who had already been produced by SAW, including Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Bananarama, Sonia, and Cliff Richard, as well as other artists who had big hits in 1989, such as Lisa Stansfield, Jimmy Somerville, Wet Wet Wet and Bros. Bananarama’s Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward became the only artists to appear on both the 1984 and 1989 versions of the record. Siobhan Fahey, who had been part of Bananarama’s line-up at the time the first recording of the song was released, had left the group in 1988.

The lyrics were rearranged for a more traditional ‘verse and chorus’ structure, with the opening verse being split in two with a short repeat of the ending chorus being played at the end of both, followed by the “here’s to you” section and a final lengthened version of the closing chorus (with commentary by Michael Buerk played over the outro in the music video).

Released on 11 December 1989, the Band Aid II version spent three weeks at number one in the UK, becoming the Christmas number one single and the last number one single of the 1980s, and ended the year as the ninth biggest selling single of 1989.

SIDE A:
Do They Know It’s Christmas? 4:26

SIDE B:
Do They Know It’s Christmas? (Instrumental) 4:26

CASSETTE GRADE:
Cassette: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: PolyGram – 873 646-4
Format: Cassette, Single
Country: Canada
Released: 1989
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:

NOTES:
Cassette plays identical tracklisting on both sides.

DOLBY NR Enabled

Personnel:
(adapted from credits on the back cover of the single sleeve)

Bananarama
Big Fun
Bros
Cathy Dennis
D Mob
Jason Donovan
Kevin Godley
Glen Goldsmith
Kylie Minogue
The Pasadenas
Chris Rea
Cliff Richard
Jimmy Somerville
Sonia
Lisa Stansfield
Technotronic (incorrectly listed as “Technotronics” on the sleeve)
Wet Wet Wet

Musicians:

Matt Aitken – keyboards, guitar
Luke Goss – drums
Chris Rea – guitar
Mike Stock – keyboards
The sleeve also credits “A Linn” with playing drums on the record, a joking reference to the programmed Linn drum machine.

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