Month: August 2017

August 31, 2017

Duran Duran – Girls On Film (Night Version) (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1981

Twenty years ago today we lost Diana Princess Of wales. She often said that her favorite band was Duran Duran. This ones for you Diana.

“Girls on Film” is the third single by Duran Duran, released on 13 July 1981.

The single became Duran Duran’s Top 10 breakthrough in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at Number 5 in July 1981. The band personally selected the song for release following the failure of its predecessor, “Careless Memories”, which had been chosen by their record company, EMI. Its popularity provided a major boost to sales of the band’s eponymous debut album, Duran Duran, which had been released a month earlier.

The song did not chart in the United States on its initial release, but it became popular and widely known after receiving heavy airplay on MTV when the Duran Duran album was re-issued in 1983.

The song begins with a recording of the rapid whirring of a motor drive on a camera. Both manager Paul Berrow and photographer Andy Earl claim to have supplied the camera for the recording.

Over the years, “Girls on Film” has become a staple of the encores for Duran Duran’s live performances and is often the final song of a concert, during which lead singer Simon Le Bon introduces the rest of the band.

The song, along with “Rio”, was originally omitted from the 1984 live album Arena to make room for newer and less familiar album material from 1983’s Seven and the Ragged Tiger. Both tracks were included as bonus material in the 2004 CD reissue of Arena.

The b-side of the single was another song initially unavailable anywhere else, a synthesiser-heavy dance track called “Faster Than Light”.

SIDE A:
Girls On Film (Night Version) 5:31

SIDE B:
Girls On Film 3:31
Faster Than Light 4:30

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI ‎– 12EMI 5206
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1981
Genre: Electronic, Rock, Pop
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
hotography By – Gered Mankowitz
Producer – Colin Thurston
Sleeve – Assorted Images
Written-By – Duran Duran

NOTES:
Mastered at Townhouse.

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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: 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: 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

August 29, 2017

I Start Counting – Letters To A Friend (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984

-DjPaulT Recommended 12″

“Letters To A Friend” is the debut single by electronic music duo from North London. The band consisted of David Baker and Simon Leonard.

In 1984, the duo was signed by Mute and released its debut single, the quirky “Letters to a Friend.” “Letters to a Friend” easily distinguished itself from the glut of synthesizer-laden records from the mid-’80s with Baker’s distinctly British talk-sing style and the psychedelic feel of the keyboards. The single was produced by British producer and founder of Mute Records Daniel Miller.

I Start Counting gained a significant cult following in the U.K. and the U.S., especially among American suburban teens who were discovering Depeche Mode and Kraftwerk in dance clubs.

In 1985 the duo released their debut album My Translucent Hands.

SIDE A:
Letters To A Friend (Sunrise Mix) 8:04
Engineer – Trigger (6)

SIDE B:
Adman’s Dream (Admix) 4:58
Engineer – John Fryer

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Mute ‎– 12 MUTE 034
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Artwork [Still From “Topology And Mechanics: Flows On The Torus.”] – David Laidlaw, Hüseyin Koçak, Prof. Tom Banchoff*
Mastered By – timtom* (tracks: A), TY* (tracks: B)
Photography By – David Margolis
Producer – Daniel Miller

NOTES:
Dying Art
Track A engineered at Aosis Studios
Track B engineered at Blackwing Studios

Still from “Topology and Mechanics: Flows on the Torus”. Courtesy Prof. Tom Banchoff, David Laidlaw and Hüseyin Koçak.

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VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

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

August 28, 2017

Gary Numan – Cars (‘E’ Reg Model Remix) (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

“Cars” is a song by British artist Gary Numan, originally released as a single from the album The Pleasure Principle in 1979. It reached the top of the charts in several countries, and today is considered a new wave staple.

In 1987 the song was re-released as the ‘E’ Reg Model Remix to promote the Gary Numan compilation “Exhibition” this version was remixed by Zeus B. Held and reached #16 in the UK and #23 in Ireland. This was the first time the song was given an official extended mix.

SIDE A:
Cars (Extended ‘E’ Reg Model) 6:12
Remix – Zeus B. Held

Are ‘Friends’ Electric? 5:20

SIDE B:
Cars (‘E’ Reg Model) 3:40
Remix – Zeus B. Held

Cars (Motorway Mix) 4:30
Remix – Zeus B. Held

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Beggars Banquet – BEG 199TR
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Producer, Written-By – Gary Numan

NOTES:
Recorded at Rock City Studios, Shepperton, Middx
Made in England

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VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

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

August 25, 2017

Roberta Flack – Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes) (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

Originally posted September 7, 2011

“Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes)” is the Ashford & Simpson-penned, 1989 single by Roberta Flack. The single was the follow-up to her number one R&B hit, “Oasis”. “Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes)” stalled at number thirty-seven on the U.S. R&B singles chart, failing to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. In addition, a remix of the single made it to number one on the dance club play chart for one week. Ashford & Simpson recorded the song themselves for the soundtrack of the 1998 film, Down In The Delta.

SIDE A:
Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes) (Arthur Baker’s Dance Mix) 8:27
Remix – Arthur Baker

Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes) (Arthur Baker’s Dub) 7:14
Remix – Arthur Baker

SIDE B:
Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes) (Steve Hurley’s House Mix) 6:13
Remix – Steve “Silk” Hurley

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1988	Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes)	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#1
1988	Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes)	U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles	#37

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Atlantic – 0-86453
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: Garage House

CREDITS:
Executive-Producer – Quincy Jones
Producer – Jerry Hey
Written-By – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson

NOTES:
From the LP “OASIS”

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VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

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