Month: November 2018

Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam – Head To Toe (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

“Head to Toe” is a song recorded by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam that appeared on their 1987 album Spanish Fly. The song hit number one on three charts: Billboard Hot 100 on June 20, 1987, the Hot Black Singles charts on May 30 of that year, and the dance charts. In Canada, the song topped the RPM 100 national singles chart on July 25 of the same year. The song sports a retro Motown flavor mixed with the Freestyle sound for which they were known.

SIDE A:
Head To Toe 5:03
Heads, Toes And Feets (Foot Mix) 5:11

SIDE B:
You’ll Never Change (Force Full Remix) 4:43

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1987 Head To Toe U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #1
1987 Head To Toe U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #1
1987 Head To Toe U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs #1

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Columbia ‎– 44 06757
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Hip Hop, Funk / Soul
Style: Freestyle, RnB/Swing, Funk

CREDITS:
Design – Josephine DiDonato
Executive Producer – Don Oriolo, Jurgen Kordufetsch, Steve Salem
Management – Full Force Productions, Easy Steve Salem*
Mixed By, Engineer, Remix – Glenn “G-Man” Rosenstein*
Photography By – Maureen Lambray
Producer, Written-By, Arranged By, Mixed By, Remix – Full Force

NOTES:
Track A1 & A2 Special version from the forthcoming LP: “Spanish Fly”
Track B2 Special version from the LP: “Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force”

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: Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube: Mullard 12AX7 Preamp Vacuum Tube Pins
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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Taylor Dayne – Prove Your Love (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

“Prove Your Love” is a song recorded by American singer Taylor Dayne for her debut studio album Tell It to My Heart (1988). Written by Seth Swirsky and Arnie Roman, and produced by Ric Wake, the song was released in 1988 as the album’s second single, by Arista Records.

“Prove Your Love” was Dayne’s second top-ten hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at number seven. The single spent eleven weeks in the Top 40. It also appeared on the Dance Club Songs chart, where it became Dayne’s first number-one hit on that chart on April 23, 1988. Furthermore, the single was a hit overseas, going to number-one in Switzerland, number four in Germany, and number eight on the UK Singles chart.

SIDE A:
Prove Your Love (Extended Remix) 7:25
Prove Your Love (Hot Single Mix) 3:22

SIDE B:
Prove Your Love (Edited Remix) 5:10
Prove Your Love (Prove Your Dub/Beats) 8:34

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1988 Prove Your Love U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #7
1988 Prove Your Love U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #1

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Arista ‎– ADI-9677
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single
Country: US
Released: 27 Jul 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop, Freestyle

CREDITS:
Art Direction – Margery Greenspan
Guitar, Engineer – Bob Cadway
Keyboards – Rich Tancredi
Mastered By – Greg Calbi
Other [Hair/make-up] – Timmothy Montgomery
Other [Styling] – Susan Tobman
Photography By – Gilles Larrain
Producer – Ric Wake
Remix – Ric Wake, Richie Jones
Written-By – Arnie Roman, Seth Swirsky

NOTES:
Produced for Bleux Productions
Mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC
Published by November Night Music, Chappell Music, Inc./Jobete Music Co., Inc.
Recorded and Mixed at:
Cove City Sound Studios, Glen Cove, Long Island, NY
Platinum Island Studios, NYC
Shakedown Studios, NYC
From her red-hot debut album. Featuring the hit title track, “Tell It To My Heart.”
Manufactured by Arista Records, Inc.
Printed in U.S.A

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: Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube: Mullard 12AX7 Preamp Vacuum Tube Pins
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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Pet Shop Boys – Domino Dancing (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

“Domino Dancing” is a song recorded by the British synthpop duo Pet Shop Boys, released as the lead single from their 1988 album, Introspective. It reached number 7 on the UK Singles Chart.

Written by Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant, influenced by Latin pop and apparently also by the song “Elle est comme les étoiles” by Desireless, the song was produced by Lewis A. Martinée, the Miami-based producer behind 1980s freestyle groups like Exposé. The song was also recorded at Martinée’s studio in Miami, resulting in a considerably large number of studio musicians for a Pet Shop Boys song being featured on it.

The duo had achieved three number ones in 1987–1988 and Domino Dancing was expected to continue this success. But the public reception to the duo’s new Latin sound proved disappointing. Tennant remembers: “…it entered the charts at number nine and I thought, ‘that’s that, then – it’s all over’. I knew then that our imperial phase of number one hits was over.”

The single missed the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #18, and was the duo’s sixth and, to date, last Top 20 pop hit in the USA. (In fact, they have not made the top 60 since Domino Dancing.) The song did reach #5 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, where the duo have seen more consistent success.

SIDE A:
Domino Dancing (Disco Mix) 7:41
Domino Dancing (7″ Version) 4:17

SIDE B:
Don Juan (Disco Mix) 7:33
Engineer – David Jacob
Producer – Pet Shop Boys
Programmed By [Fairlight, Assistant] – Chris Newman (4)

Domino Dancing (Alternative Mix) 4:41

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1988 Domino Dancing U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #18
1988 Domino Dancing U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks #22
1988 Domino Dancing U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #5

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI-Manhattan Records ‎– V-56116
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single
Country: US
Released: Sep 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: Latin, Freestyle, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Backing Vocals – The Voice In Fashion (tracks: A1, A2, B2)
Brass –   Dana Tebor* (tracks: A1, A2, B2), Ed Calle (tracks: A1, A2, B2), Kenneth William Faulk* (tracks: A1, A2, B2), Tony Conception* (tracks: A1, A2, B2)
Composed By – Tennant and Lowe*
Engineer [Assistant] – Ceaser Sogbe* (tracks: A1, A2, B2)
Engineer, Mixed By – Mike Couzzi (tracks: A1, A2, B2)
Guitar – Nestor Gomez (tracks: A1, A2, B2)
Keyboards [Additional] – Fro Sossa (tracks: A1, A2, B2)
Keyboards [Additional], Score [Brass] – Mike Bakst (tracks: A1, A2, B2)
Mixed By – Rick “Billy Bob” Alonso* (tracks: A1, A2, B2)
Producer, Engineer, Mixed By, Arranged By [Brass] – Lewis A. Martinee* (tracks: A1, A2, B2)
Soloist, Trumpet – Tony Conception* (tracks: A1, A2, B2)

NOTES:
Tracks A1, A2 & B2 Produced for Pantera Productions. Recorded and mixed at International Sound, Miami, Florida, USA. The Voice In Fashion courtesy of EMI Manhattan Records.

Track B1 Recorded and mixed at Advision Studios, London, UK.
Printed in U.S.A.

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION BY:
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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: Mullard 12AX7 Preamp Vacuum Tube Pins
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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The Cover Girls – Show Me (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

“Show Me” is the title of the debut single by the American freestyle girl group The Cover Girls. First released as a 12″ single on October 28, 1986, “Show Me” first charted on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart, where it peaked at #4 in March 1987. Following the song’s successful run on the dance chart, it was then released to radio, where it reached #44 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in May 1987, remaining in the Hot 100 for 18 weeks. The exposure the group received from this song led to an album deal, and the album Show Me was released later on February 24, 1987. The Cover Girls became among the first in a wave of freestyle musical artists to enjoy chart hits in the late 1980s; other associated acts include Exposé, Stevie B and Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam.

In 2000, former lead singer of The Cover Girls Angel Clivillés released an updated version of “Show Me” that was remixed and produced by DJ Tony Moran. Her recording was a hit in the US dance clubs, spending one week at #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart in June of that year. This version appeared on her solo album Angel, which was released in 1999.

Billboard named the song #49 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.

SIDE A:
Show Me (The Nest Mix) 7:36
Show Me (Drumapella) 5:24

SIDE B:
Show Me (Hearthrob Mix) 7:52
Mixed By – Lil’ Louis Vega*

Show Me (Florida Mix) 5:45

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1987 Show Me U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #44
1987 Show Me U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #4
1987 Show Me U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales #4
1987 Show Me U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles #34

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Fever Records ‎– SF 814
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Freestyle

CREDITS:
Edited By, Producer – The Latin Rascals
Mastered By – Herbie Jr*
Mixed By – Andy “Panda” Tripoli (tracks: A1, A2, B2), The Latin Rascals (tracks: A1, A2, B2)
Producer – Andy “Panda” Tripoli
Written-By – A. Cabrera*, A. Panda*, B. Khozouri*, T. Moran*

NOTES:
Edited for Latin Rascal Productions.
Track B1 mixed for Small Wonder Productions.

Pressed at Hub Servall Record Manufacturing Corp, NJ

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: Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube: Mullard 12AX7 Preamp Vacuum Tube Pins
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

Username: btg
Password: burningtheground

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