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BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

Re-Rip Remastered

Originally I posted this one back in September of 2011. But for those who may have missed it or if you are a new reader just discovering BTG. I decided to give this one a new rip with my newer equipment. This 12″ is also being posted in 24 bit flac for the very first time!

Written by Graham Lyle and Terry Britten “Toughen Up” was the second single released from Olivia’s 1985 album Soul Kiss. The reggae influenced track was originally intended for Tina turner but rejected by her as inferior. “Toughen Up” failed to make a dent on the Billboard charts but was quite popular in dance clubs due in part to a 12″ dance remix by John “Jellybean” Benitez. “Toughen Up” did chart in Australia peaking at #69.

The music video opens showing a topless Olivia wearing riding pants and holding a horse whip. Olivia plays the part of a head mistress for a girls school where she teaches her female students to “Toughen Up” against the men that have done them wrong.

SIDE A:
Toughen Up (Dance Remix) 8:04

SIDE B:
Toughen Up (Instrumental Remix) 5:15

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: MCA Records – MCA-23606
Format: Vinyl, 12″
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic, Pop, Rock
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Artwork By [Designed By] – Norman Moore
Engineer [Remix] – Michael Hutchinson
Photography – Sam Emerson
Producer – John Farrar
Remix – John “Jellybean” Benitez
Written-By –G. Lyle*, T. Britten*

NOTES:
From The Olivia Newton-John LP “SOUL KISS” MCA-6151
Management By Roger Davies Management Inc

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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

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BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

“Soul Kiss” was the first single and title track from Olivia Newton-John’s thirteenth studio album. Released in 1985 the single reached #20 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts, Newton-John’s last U.S. Top 40 Pop single to date in the U.S. and her second-to-last in Canada, and “Bubbled Under” the UK singles chart at #100.

“Soul Kiss” was a continuation of Olivia’s move into more sexually suggestive territory that had begun four years earlier with “Physical”. Newton-John was pregnant at the time of the single’s release and was therefore unable to promote it. A music video was produced and recieved heavy rotation on MTV and VH-1, the video features a very pregnant Olivia mostly filmed on a bed of red satin sheets, the video also featured Olivia’s husband at the time Matt Lattanzi.

Definition: Soul Kiss

–noun

An open-mouthed kiss in which the tongue of one partner is manipulated in the mouth of the other.
Also called deep kiss, French kiss.

SIDE A:
Soul Kiss (Extended Dance Mix) 6:54

SIDE B:
Soul Kiss (Dub Mix) 6:15
Soul Kiss (Instrumental Mix) 5:01

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: MCA Records – MCA-23593
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic, Pop
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Producer – John Farrar
Remix – Steve Thompson & Michael Barbiero
Written-By – Mark Goldenberg

NOTES:
Original version appears on the Olivia Newton-John album “SOUL KISS” MCA-6151

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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

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BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1981

“Physical” is a 1981 song written by Steve Kipner and Terry Shaddick and performed by Olivia Newton-John.

Recorded in early 1981, it first rose to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in America  in November 1981 and stayed there for 10 weeks, until near the end of January 1982. In terms of chart placement, it was the most popular single of her career, as well as her final number-one (to date). Billboard ranked it as the number one pop single of 1982 (since the chart year for 1982 actually began in November 1981), and it was also the most successful song on the Hot 100 during the entire decade of the 1980s. The famous guitar solo is performed by Toto’s guitarist Steve Lukather.

“Physical” was both preceded and followed in the #1 chart position by recordings of the duo Hall & Oates. “Private Eyes” yielded its top spot to “Physical” in November 1981, and “Physical” yielded to “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)” the following January.

The single, slightly edgier than she had been known for in the past (such as her songs from Grease and her country-pop ballad “I Honestly Love You”), proved to be immensely popular both in America and in the United Kingdom, despite the fact that the song was censored and even banned by some radio stations, particularly Adult Contemporary stations; in spite of Newton-John’s status as the reigning queen of soft-rock music at the time, “Physical” peaked at only number twenty-nine on the AC chart (its follow-up, the slightly softer-edged “Make a Move on Me,” found more acceptance at AC radio and went to number six AC as well as number five pop.) The song was a big dance  hit and spawned a music video.

The video featured a lusty Olivia, dressed in a tight leotard, working out in a gym with several overweight men, who eventually transform into attractive muscular young men. The gym setting may have been partly an attempt to divert attention from the overt sexual connotations of the term “physical”. This was further emphasised by the twist comedy ending of the video, when the transformed men who are now oblivious to Newton-John’s advances are ultimately revealed to be gay (this was also a source of controversy; MTV frequently cut the ending when it aired the video, and the sometimes sensuous nature of the video also led to it being banned outright by some broadcasters in Canada and the United Kingdom). The video won a Grammy Award for Video Of The Year in 1983. The song was banned in South Africa for its suggestive lyrics.

Like her first number-one single, “Physical” sold over two million copies, being certified platinum.

The Billboard rankend the song at #6 on All Time Top 100 and #1 on Top 50 Sexiest Songs Of All Time.

A Newton-John duet with Jane Lynch will air on the “Bad Reputation” episode of the television series Glee on May 4th, 2010 on the FOX television network in the US.

This scarce French 12″ is the only 12″ other than the Mexican 12″ release, to contain the official 7:04 “Special Disco Mix” of “Physical”.

SIDE A:
Physical (Special Disco Mix) 7:04
Written By – Steve Kipner , Terry Shaddick-

SIDE B:
The Promise (The Dolphin Song) 4:30
Written By- Olivia Newton-John

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint

CHARTS:

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label:Pathé Marconi EMI, EMI
Catalog#: 2C 052 52904 Z
Format: Vinyl, 12″
Country: France
Released: 1981
Genre: Electronic
Style: Pop Rock, Synthpop
Credits: Producer – John Farrar
Mixed By – David J. Holman
Photography – Herb Ritts

NOTES:
From the LP “PHYSICAL”

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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 1978

Olivia Newton-John AO, OBE (born 26 September 1948) is an English-born, Australian-raised singer/actress and song writer. She is a four-time Grammy award winner who has amassed five No. 1 and ten other Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles   and two No. 1 Billboard 200 solo albums. Eleven of her singles (including two platinum) and 14 of her albums (including two platinum and four double platinum) have been certified gold by the RIAA. Her music has been successful in multiple formats including Pop, Country and Adult Contemporary. She co-starred with John Travolta in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical, Grease, which became the highest grossing movie musical and one of the most successful film soundtracks in Hollywood history.

The transformation of Olivia Newton-John’s character in the film, Grease, from goody-goody “Sandy 1″ to spandex-clad “Sandy 2″ emboldened Olivia to do the same with her music career. In November 1978, she released her eleventh studio album, “Totally Hot”, which became her first solo Top 10 (No. 7) Pop album since 1975′s “Have You Never Been Mellow”. Dressed on the cover all in leather, the albums second single “Deeper Than The Night” demonstrated a more aggressive and uptempo sound for Newton-John.  The song showed a greater depth and power in her vocals. “Deeper Than The Night”  peaked at #11 on the US Billboard Hot 100, #4 on US Adult Contemporary Tracks Chart as well as peaking on the US Country Charts at #87. Olivia also filmed a promotional video for the song.

This particular 12″ features the extended version of Deeper Than The Night and is exclusive to this 12″ and was only released in the Netherlands. The b-side “Please Don’t Keep Me Waiting” is just simply fierce!

I hope that you enjoy this rare gem. Now let Olivia take you “Deeper Than The Night”.

SIDE A:
Deeper Than The Night (12″ Version) 4:56

SIDE B:
Please Don’t Keep Me Waiting 5:48

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint

CHARTS:

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI Music (Netherlands)
Catalog#: 5C K052Z-62814
Format: Vinyl, 12″
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1978
Genre: Pop, Rock
Style: Pop Rock, Disco
Credits: Producer – John Farrar
Written-By – Joe Falsia (tracks: B) , Johnny Vastano (tracks: A) , Stephen Sinclair (tracks: B) , Tom Snow (tracks: A)

NOTES:
Though it is not credited the Side A is an ‘extended version’ of ‘Deeper Than The Night’, as reflected in the track duration. Both tracks taken from the album “Totally Hot”

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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.

PW: burningtheground

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