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BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

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Andy Taylor (born 16 February 1961) is an English guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was a member of Duran Duran and the Power Station. He has also performed as a solo artist, and served as a record producer for several other artists.

After six years with Duran Duran in the 1980s, Taylor collaborated with ex-Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones on his debut solo album Thunder.

In the mean time he recorded the hit single “Take It Easy” (US #24 Billboard – US #1 MTV), which was recorded as the theme song to the movie American Anthem. Ex-Missing Persons members Terry Bozzio and Patrick O’Hearn lent drums and bass, respectively, to the song and video.

The B-side “Angel Eyes” is an instrumental written by Andy Taylor and Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones specially for the soundtrack of the movie American Anthem during 1986. The instrumental was only available on the movie soundtrack until the 2008 re-release by the Fan Club of Andy Taylor’s first solo album Thunder, which included eight bonus tracks including “Angel Eyes”. The recording was produced by Roy Thomas Baker, who has also worked with artists including Queen and Ozzy Osbourne.

SIDE A:
Take It Easy (Dance Version) 5:45
Guitar – Steve James (5)
Backing Vocals – Andy*, Eddy (5), Flo (13)
Drums – Terry Bozzio

SIDE B:
Take It Easy (Rock Mix) 4:17
Guitar – Steve James (5)
Backing Vocals – Andy*, Eddy (5), Flo (13)
Drums – Terry Bozzio

Angel Eyes 3:25
Sitar – Steve Jones (2)
Keyboards, Drum Programming – Andy Taylor

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Atlantic – A 9414 T
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1986
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock
Credits: Bass – Bryant Simpson
Design – Frank Olinsky
Engineer – Jerry Napier, Roy Thomas Baker
Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Guitar [Electric] – Andy Taylor
Mixed By – Andy Taylor, Roy Thomas Baker
Music By, Lyrics By – Andy Taylor, Steve Jones (2)
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
Photography – Mousha Brahka
Producer – Roy Thomas Baker

NOTES:
From original Motion Picture Soundtrack “American Anthem”
available on Atlantic LP 781661-1 and Cassette 781661-4

Find The 12″ On DISCOGS

EQUIPMENT USED:
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

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

PW: burningtheground

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BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984

Lesson one in how to take a track that isn’t broke and fix it so it’s even less broke. The 1979 original is a classic in itself; Nile Rodgers somehow managed to improve it here, right from the a cappella intro and throughout the 6 minutes of bliss that follows it. “We’re lost in music / caught in a trap / no turnin’ back…” – this is a disco anthem you simply can’t live without.  – Discogs Review

Under the production skills of Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of Chic. This association gave Sister Sledge their biggest hits including “Lost In Music” the follow up single to the massive “We Are FamilY” but it failed to have the same chart success charting at #35 on the Billboard R&B chart in the US and #17 in the UK.

In 1984 “Lost In Music” was remixed and re-released this time doing better than the 1984 Remix of “We Are Family” peaking at #4 on the UK singles chart. The remix featured backing vocals by Andy Taylor and Simon Le Bon from Duran Duran who were very popular at the time.

SIDE A:
Lost In Music (Special 1984 Nile Rodgers Remix) 6:42
Remix – Nile Rodgers
Backing Vocals – Andy Taylor, Simon Le Bon
Producer – Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
Produced for the Chic Organisation

SIDE B:
Smile 5:12
Producer – George Duke
From the album 790 926-1 “Bet cha say that to all the girls”

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Atlantic
Catalog#: B 9718 (T)
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Style: Disco

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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