Tag: Colin Thurston

Duran Duran – My Own Way (Night Version) (UK 12″ Promo)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1981

“My Own Way” is the fourth single by Duran Duran, originally released as a single on 16 November 1981.

The single was designed as a stop-gap release to capitalize on the Top 5 success of the band’s previous single, “Girls on Film”, but prior to the recording and release of the band’s second album Rio (which was recorded in the early months of 1982).

**This UK 12″ Promo contains the rare “Instrumental Night Version” of “My Own Way”, and is exclusive to this release. The track was officially released on mp3 as part of the remastered digital version of the album “RIO”. The track has never appeared officially on CD.

SIDE A:
My Own Way (Night Version) 6:35

SIDE B:
My Own Way (Short Version) 3:40
My Own Way (Instrumental Night Version)** 6:33

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI – PSLP 348
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Promo, Blue Label
Country: UK
Released: 1981
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave

CREDITS:
Producer, Engineer – Colin Thurston
Written-By – Duran Duran

NOTES:
UK 12″ promo issue has plain blue labels on both sides with exclusive “Instrumental Night Version”.

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

THE GEAR:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Black
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
DAC: Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

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

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


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Duran Duran – Nite Romantics (Japan 12″ EP)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1981

“Nite Romantics” is a 12″ vinyl EP by the British new wave band Duran Duran, released in Japan by Toshiba EMI Ltd during 1981.

Featuring four Duran Duran album-related recordings, the EP was released in a unique promo stickered picture sleeve with a black Japanese New Romantics obi-strip and lyric insert. The sleeve includes a band biography in Japanese text, with Duran Duran photography taken at the Rum Runner nightclub in Birmingham.

Nite Romantics includes the Night Version’s of “Planet Earth”, and “Girls On Film”, tracks released on 12″ single editions in various countries.

There is also a cover version of David Bowie’s “Fame”, an artist who Duran Duran supported during his 1987 US leg of The Glass Spider Tour.

“Nite Romantics” was the first-ever 12″ EP released by Duran Duran, and became a highly imported record all over the world due to Duran Duran’s popularity by 1982. This was also the first Japanese import record that I ever bought.

This is also the first post using the new Ortofon 2M stylus.

SIDE A:
Planet Earth (Night Version) 6:17
Written-By – Duran Duran

Khanada 3:26
Written-By –Duran Duran

SIDE B:
Fame 3:17
Written-By –  Alomar*, Bowie*, Lennon*

Girls On Film (Night Version) 5:30
Written-By – Duran Duran

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI ‎– EMS-41005
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Stereo
Country: Japan
Released: 01 Sep 1981
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Synth-pop, New Wave

CREDITS:
Liner Notes – Gaku Torii
Liner Notes [訳詩] –山本安見*
Performer [Duran Duran] –Andy Taylor, John Taylor, Nick Rhodes, Roger Taylor (2), Simon Le Bon
Photography By [Back Cover] – Gered Mankowitz
Photography By [Front Cover] – Harbie Yamaguchi*
Producer – Colin Thurston

NOTES:
With OBI and double sided lyric / info insert.
デュラン・デュラン (Duran Duran)

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

THE GEAR:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Black
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
DAC: Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

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

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


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Kajagoogoo – Ooh To Be Ah (The Construction Mix) (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983

“Ooh to Be Ah” is a song by English band Kajagoogoo, released in 1983 as the second single from their debut album White Feathers, and was produced by Duran Duran keyboardist Nick Rhodes and producer Colin Thurston. It was the band’s second-biggest hit, peaking for two weeks at number 7 on the UK Singles Chart. It was the follow-up single to “Too Shy” and describes the fact that the clothes you wear do not make you famous.

SIDE A:
Ooh To Be Ah (The Construction Mix) 6:38
Lyrics By – Limahl

SIDE B:
Ooh To Be Ah 3:36
Lyrics By – Limahl

Interview Rooms 3:23
Lyrics By – Nick Beggs

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI ‎– 12 EMI 5383, EMI ‎– 12EMI 5383
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Design [Cover] – Nick Beggs, Shoot That Tiger!
Engineer –  Colin Thurston
Lacquer Cut By –Jeff*
Music By, Arranged By, Written-By – Kajagoogoo
Producer – Colin Thurston, Nick Rhodes

NOTES:
A side dead wax says “Concrete Mix”.
B side dead wax says “Kaja Mix”.
Tritec Music Ltd.

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

THE GEAR:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
DAC: Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

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

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


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The Human League – Empire State Human (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1980

“Empire State Human” is a song by the British synthpop group The Human League. The song was written by Philip Oakey, Martyn Ware, and Ian Craig Marsh. It was co-produced by The Human League and Colin Thurston and recorded at Monumental Studios in Sheffield.

The song was the third single to be released by the original line-up of the Human League, and the first and only single from the band’s 1979 debut album Reproduction. Upon its first release in October 1979, the single failed to chart. However, it was re-released in June 1980 and fared slightly better, reaching number 62 in the UK Singles Chart. For the re-release, Virgin Records included a free copy of the single “Only After Dark” with the first 15,000 copies as a sweetener.

Lyrically, “Empire State Human” is a song about becoming powerful using the analogy of size, with Oakey declaring that he wants to be “tall” a total of 60 times in 3 minutes. The uncut magazine drew a comparison with Oakey’s own personal ambition:

“ “I wanna be tall, tall, tall, as big as a wall, wall, wall”. Oakey’s Nietzschian pop fantasy reflected his own burgeoning full-on pop ambitions… ”

The B-side, “Introducing”, is an instrumental produced by The Human League. Oakey sang on the original recording but the vocals were not used on the released version.

The open-shirted man on the cover artwork is band member Ian Craig Marsh’s father.

SIDE A:
Empire State Human 3:11
Producer – Colin Thurston, The Human League

SIDE B:
Introducing 3:14
Producer –The Human League

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Virgin ‎– VS 351-12
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single, Reissue
Country: UK
Released: Jun 1980
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Other [Clothes] – Colley
Written-By – Marsh*, Ware*, Oakey*

NOTES:
Reissue as 12″ with the same tracks as the original 7″ VS 294 (released 12 October 1979)

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck 
Phono Pre-amp: Schiit Mani
Soundcard: ESI Juli@ XTe Audio Interface
Monitiring: Novation Audiohub 2×4 Audio Interface
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2, ocenaudio
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: 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

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