Tag: Joseph Watt

Nick John – Planet Nine (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

“Planet Nine” is the debut single by American singer, composer and musician Nick John (Born Nickolas Johnathan Kovaleski). The single was released on Megatone Records when Nick was just 22 years old. In the Billboard magazine issue dated December 13, 1986 “Planet Nine” was listed as the #6 breakout dance track for that week.

SIDE A:
Planet Nine (Club Mix) 6:51

SIDE B:
Planet Nine (Instrumental) 6:50
Planet Nine (Bonus Dub Mix) 4:47

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Megatone Records ‎– MT 142, Megatone Records ‎– MT142
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Hi NRG

CREDITS:
Backing Vocals – Jolo
Coordinator [Project] – Karen Beason
Engineer [Additional] – Ken Kessie
Engineer [Second] – Devon Bernardoni
Executive-Producer – Marty “Buckwheat” Blecman*
Mastered By – Herbie Powers*
Mixed By, Engineer – Joseph Watt
Photography By – Mark Guerra
Producer, Performer, Written-By – Nick John
Recorded By – Carry Krafton
Sampler [Digital Guitar Samples] – Floyd Hyman

NOTES:
Mixed & engineered at Starlight Studios, Richmond, CA
Mastered at Frankford Wayne, NY
Recorded at Studio West, Austin, TX
Jacket Made in Canada

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VINYL RESTORATION BY:
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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
DAC/Phono Pre-amp: 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 USED:
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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Nick John – We Stand Together (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1989

“We Stand Together” is a rousing peak-of-the-night Hi-NRG dance track perfect for kicking off Pride month. Recorded by Megatone Records recording artist Nick John, and remixed by one of the Razormaid Remix service founders Joseph Watt. “We Stand Together” also features backing vocals by Patrick Cowley singer Jo-Carol.

“We Stand Together” was the last of the five singles released by Nick John. There is no further information about him and he seemed to vanish sometime during the early 1990s.

This 12″ is pressed on beautiful translucent blue vinyl.

SIDE A:
We Stand Together 6:38

SIDE B:
We Stand Together (Instrumental) 5:32

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Megatone Records ‎– MT-177
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Blue
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Electronic
Style: Hi NRG

CREDITS:
Engineer – Donnie Whitbeck, Mike Hersh, Vale Crossley
Mixed By – Joseph Watt
Producer – Jo-Carol, Joe Quesada, Nick John
Vocals – Jo-Carol, Kim Cataluna, Nick John
Written-By – Nick John

NOTES:
128 BPM
Masculine/
Planet Nine Music

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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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Red Flag – If I Ever (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1989

“If I Ever” is a song by the American synthpop band Red Flag. It was released in 1989 as the third single from their debut album “Naive Art”. The song charted highly on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, peaking at #12. The song was remixed by Razormaid Remix Service founders Joseph watt and Art Maharg.

SIDE A:
If I Ever (12″ Dance Mix) 6:50
If I Ever (LP Version) 3:40

SIDE B:
If I Ever (Instrumental) 4:43
If I Ever (Dub Mix) 6:38

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1989 If I Ever U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #12

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Enigma Records (3) ‎– 7 75527-0
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Engineer, Mixed By – Joseph Watt
Producer – Paul Robb
Remix – Art Maharg
Written-By – Reynolds*, Reynolds*

NOTES:
Taken From The Enigma Release “Naive Art”
East engraved clockwise in the spindle area on the B side (as shown) <=E ^=A >=S v=T

Mastered by Capitol.

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VINYL RESTORATION BY:
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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: 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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Sylvester – Someone Like You (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

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Today is World AIDS Day an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people who have died. World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day, held for the first time in 1988. I thought it fitting to feature one of the many artists who were taken from us in the 1980’s by this horrible disease.

 

“Someone Like You” is a 1986 dance single by Sylvester. The song was written by Len Barry and McKinley Horton. It was produced by Ken Kessie and Morey Goldstein. The single was Sylvester’s second and last entry to reach number one on the dance charts, where it stayed for one week. “Someone like You”, also went to number nineteen on the soul chart, and was Sylvester’s highest chart entry, since 1978.

An activist who campaigned against the spread of HIV/AIDS, Sylvester died from complications arising from the virus in 1988, leaving all future royalties from his work to San Francisco-based HIV/AIDS charities.

The single sleeve was designed by artist Keith Harring who was an American artist and social activist whose work responded to the New York City street culture of the 1980s by expressing concepts of birth, death, sexuality, and war.

Haring’s work was often heavily political and his imagery has become a widely recognized visual language of the 20th century.

The theme of AIDS permeates Haring’s late work, most likely because it had a heavy influence on his personal life. Midway through Haring’s journals there is mention of the disease claiming his friends’ lives, and later passages show Haring worrying increasingly about his own HIV status.

Haring died on February 16, 1990 of AIDS-related complications.

WEST SIDE:
Someone Like You (Remix) 6:15
Mixed By – Ken Kessie, Marty Blecman

Someone Like You (Joseph Watt Remix) 5:40
Engineer – Joseph Watt
Remix – Joseph Watt

EAST SIDE:
Someone Like You (Larry Levan Remix) 6:01
Engineer – Robert Kaster
Mixed By – Larry Levan

Someone Like You (Larry Levan Dub Remix) 6:36
Engineer – Robert Kaster
Mixed By – Larry Levan

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1986 Someone Like You U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #1
1986 Someone Like You U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles #19

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Warner Bros. Records – 0-20548
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Disco

CREDITS:
Executive Producer – Marty Blecman, Sylvester
Illustration – Keith Haring
Producer – Ken Kessie, Morey Goldstein
Recorded By [Originally] – Ken Kessie
Written-By – Len Barry, McKinley Horton

NOTES:
Original version available on Sylvester’s album “MUTUAL ATTRACTION” on Warner Bros. Records.

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EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck 
Phono Pre-amp: Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube: Tung-Sol 12AX7ECC803-S Gold Electron Tube
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: 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)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi