Month: February 2016

February 26, 2016

U2 – Night & Day (UK Ltd. Edition 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1990

“Night and Day” is a popular song by Cole Porter. It was written for the 1932 musical play Gay Divorce. It is perhaps Porter’s most popular contribution to the Great American Songbook and has been recorded by dozens of artists.

In 1990 Irish band U2 recorded the song for the compilation album Red Hot + Blue the first in the series of compilation albums from the Red Hot Organization. The Red Hot series was dedicated to fighting AIDS through pop culture.

U2 released the song as a promotional 12″ single in the UK limited to only 5000 numbered copies.

SIDE A:
Night & Day (Twilight Remix) 6:16

SIDE B:
Night & Day (Steel String Remix) 7:00

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Island Records ‎– RHB 1
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1990
Genre: Electronic
Style: House

CREDITS :
Engineer [Remix] – Ciaran Byrne*, Mary Kettle, Sean Leonard
Producer – The Edge, Paul Barrett
Remix, Producer [Remix] – Youth
Written-By – Cole Porter

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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

February 25, 2016

Level 42 – Hot Water (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

“Hot Water” is a single released in 1984 by the British musical group Level 42. It was released a couple of weeks before the album True Colours. The single reached #18 on the UK Singles Chart and was a top ten hit in the Netherlands and Norway. The song was produced by Ken Scott

In 1985, “Hot Water” and another True Colours song, “The Chant Has Begun”, were tacked onto the US version of Level 42’s breakthrough album, World Machine, in place of “I Sleep on My Heart,” “Dream Crazy” (which only appeared on the European CD version of the album), and “Coup D’Etat.” “Hot Water” was released as the US follow-up single to the World Machine breakthrough single, “Something About You” in 1986; it peaked at #87.

SIDE A:
A Hot Water (Mastermix) 10:11
Remix – Ken Scott

SIDE B:
Hot Water 3:38
Producer – Ken Scott

Hot Water (Live) 6:14
Mixed By – Gregg Jackman, Level 42

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1986	Hot water	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#87

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Polydor ‎– 885 155-1
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Rock, Funk / Soul
Style: Pop Rock

CREDITS:
Written-By – M. King*, M. Lindup*, P. Gould*, W. Badarou*

Find the 12″ on DISCOGS

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

February 24, 2016

Matt Bianco – Good Times (UK 12″)

strong>BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

“Good Times” is a single released on August 15, 1988 by UK band Matt Bianco. “Good Times” was the second single taken from the band’s third studio album Indigo. The single spent five weeks on the UK singles chart peaking at #55. The single did not chart in the US.

SIDE A:
Good Times (New Long Version) 7:14

SIDE B:
Tumbao (Long Version) 6:14

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: WEA ‎– YZ302T, WEA ‎– 247739-0
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 15 Aug 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: House

CREDITS:
Producer – Mark Fisher, Mark Reilly
Programmed By [Additional Programming] – Ian Curnow
Remix – Phil Harding

Find the 12″ on DISCOGS

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

February 22, 2016

Vanity – Under The Influence (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

Originally posted February 25, 2011

“Under the Influence” is a 1986 song by Canadian singer Vanity. It was released on April 12, 1986 as the lead single to support her second album, Skin on Skin. The song peaked at number nine on Billboards Hot R&B Singles and number six on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play charts.

The song was arranged and written by American singer Robbie Nevil.

SIDE A:
Under The Influence (Mid-Day Mix – Vocal) 6:25
Under The Influence (Early Morning Mix – Dub) 5:41

SIDE B:
Under The Influence (Late Night Mix – Vocal) 5:45
Under The Influence (Radio Edit – Vocal) 3:33

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1986	Under The Influence	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#56
1986	Under The Influence	U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles	#9
1986	Under The Influence	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	#6

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Motown – 4558MG
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Style: Synth-pop, Soul

CREDITS:
Arranged By – Robbie Nevil
Engineer [Remix] – Joe Arlotta
Executive Producer – “The Buck”
Producer, Arranged By – Skip Drinkwater , Tommy Faragher
Remix – John Morales & Sergio Munzibai
Written-By – R. Nevil* , T. Faragher* , Tony Haynes (tracks: T. Haynes)

NOTES:
Special 12″ Version
“Under The Influence” album version in “Skin On Skin”
For Promotional Use Only Not For Sale

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RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi