Year: 2019

June 14, 2019

Stacy Lattisaw – Nail It To The Wall (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

“Nail It To The Wall” was the first single lifted from the Motown Records album Take Me All The Way by American R&B singer Stacy Lattisaw. Arranged by Fred Zarr, produced and remixed by John “Jellybean” Benitez “Nail It To The Wall” peaked at #48 on the Billboard Hot 100 while climbing to #4 R&B and #2 Dance in 1986.

SIDE A:
Nail It To The Wall (12″ Version) 6:08

SIDE B:
Nail It To The Wall (12″ Instrumental) 4:45
Nail It To The Wall (Edit Of 12″ Vocal) 3:54

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORy:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1986	Nail It To The Wall	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#48
1986	Nail It To The Wall	U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	#4
1986	Nail It To The Wall	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#2

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Motown ‎– 4563MG
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Style: Electro, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Arranged By – Fred Zarr
Engineer [Assistant] – Mark Roule
Producer, Remix, Arranged By – Jellybean*
Remix [Engineer] – Michael Hutchinson
Written-By – A. Roman*, S. B. Lunt*

NOTES:
Produced for Jellybean Productions, Inc.
Sigma Sound Studios, N.Y.C.
Album Version in, “Take Me All The Way”

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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: 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:
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MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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June 13, 2019

Kool & The Gang – Stone Love (Germany 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

“Stone Love” is a 1987 song written and performed by Kool & the Gang, issued as the second single from the band’s 1986 album Forever. The song peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1987, becoming the band’s final Top 10 single, and also their final top 40 to date.

SIDE A:
Stone Love (Club Mix) 5:22
Executive-Producer – Gabe Vigorito
Mixed By – Chris Lord-Alge
Producer – I.B.M.C., Khalis Bayyan (Ronald Bell)*, Kool And The Gang*
Written-By – C. Smith*, J. Taylor*, Kool And The Gang*

Dance Champion 3:02
Producer – Khalis Bayyan (Ronald Bell)*
Written-By – C. Smith*, C. Williams*, D. Thomas*, G. Brown*, J. Taylor*, K. Bayyan (R. Bell)*, R. Bell*

SIDE B:
The Throwdown Mix 10:16
Engineer, Mixed By, Edited By – Les “Mixdoctor” Adams*

Featuring:

Get Down On It
Ladies Night
Fresh
Big Fun
Straight Ahead
Celebration
Misled
Emergency

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1987	Stone Love	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#10
1987	Stone Love	U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary	#11
1987	Stone Love	U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	#4
1987	Stone Love	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#41
1987	Stone Love	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles sales	#31

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Metronome ‎– 888 380-1
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: Germany
Released: 1986
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Soul, Disco

NOTES:
Also available the LP “VICTORY”

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June 12, 2019

Pointer Sisters – Dare Me (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

“Dare Me” is a 1985 song originally recorded by The Pointer Sisters issued by RCA Records.

“Dare Me” was written by Nashville-based songwriters Sam Lorber and Dave Innis in 1984. Innis, who shortly afterwards became a founding member of Restless Heart, was then a staff writer for Warner Bros. music publishing division, and recalls that “Dare Me” was written with the Pointer Sisters in mind, adding: “typically [staff writers] look at who’s [recording] now and what kind of material are they looking for, and we would tailor a song for a particular artist and pitch it”…”Sam Lorber and I…did try to put ourselves in the place of what a gal might be thinking…not specifically trying to be a Pointer Sister, but a song written from a female perspective, for sure. There are certain things that are more gender specific and gender appropriate…certain things that a woman can say that a guy’s not going to be able to get away with saying.”

Featuring a lead vocal by June Pointer, “Dare Me” was issued as the lead single from the Pointer Sisters’ platinum-selling album Contact: peaking at number 11 on the Hot 100 in Billboard magazine, “Dare Me” did afford the Pointer Sisters a final Top Ten hit on the magazine’s R&B chart peaking at number 6 and also became the only Pointer Sisters’ track to reach number 1 on Billboard’s Dance Club chart. “Dare Me” afforded the Pointer Sisters their final Top 40 hit in the British Isles with peaks of number 7 in Ireland and number 17 in the UK: other international chart peaks for “Dare Me” were number 10 in Australia, number 22 in Austria, number 20 in Belgium (the Flemish chart), number 26 in Finland, number 45 in the Netherlands, number 27 in New Zealand, and number 11 in Sweden.

In September 1985, while the Pointer Sisters’ version was on the Billboard Hot 100 music chart, American Top 40 host Casey Kasem became irritated when the show’s producers placed a long distance dedication spot about a listener’s dog dying immediately after “Dare Me,” which was an uptempo dance song. The song in the dedication was Henry Gross’ “Shannon”. Kasem expressed his dissatisfaction with a profanity-laced tirade which never made the air, but has become a staple on the Internet.

SIDE A:
Dare Me (Dance Mix) 6:17
Mixed By – Jim Tract, Michael Brooks
Mixed By [Original Mix] – Don Smith
Written-By – Innis*, Lorber*

SIDE B:
Dare Me (Instrumental) 4:23
Mixed By [Original Mix] – Don Smith
Written-By – Innis*, Lorber*

I’ll Be There 3:34
Written-By – Bob Etoll*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	Dare Me	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#11
1985	Dare Me	U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	#6
1985	Dare Me	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#1

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: RCA ‎– JW-14127, RCA ‎– PW-14127
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Mastered By – Precision SM*
Producer – Richard Perry

NOTES:
From the LP “CONTACT”

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June 11, 2019

Mary Jane Girls – In My House (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

“In My House” is a song produced, written and arranged by American musician Rick James and recorded by his protégées, the Mary Jane Girls, for their second studio album Only Four You (1985). It was released as the album’s lead single in October 1984, by Motown Records. In the United States, the single went to number one on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart in April 1985 and remained atop the chart for two weeks. It was also a top-ten hit on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, peaking at number seven on the Hot 100 in June 1985 and remained in the Top 40 for 12 weeks. It is the group’s biggest hit and their only Top 40 hit, although they have had other singles succeed on both the R&B and Dance singles charts.

In 1984, the Parents Music Resource Center was organized in the United States to draw attention to music which the group believed contained inappropriate content for children. “In My House” was chosen on the group’s “Filthy Fifteen” list due to its alleged sexual innuendo. However, during the VH1 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s program, the group went on record as saying the song is not about sex, but about love. The group’s follow-up single, “Wild and Crazy Love,” was even more suggestive in its lyrical content, but the PMRC was not known to have attacked it as openly as it condemned “In My House.”

In 2009, VH1 ranked “In My House” number 52 on its program 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s.

In 2018 the song was used in the opening sequence of the pilot episode of the FX series POSE.

SIDE A:
In My House (12″ Version) 5:00

SIDE B:
In My House (Instrumental 12″ Version) 7:16

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	In My House	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#7
1985	In My House	U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	#1
1985	In My House	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#3

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Motown ‎– 4529MG, Motown ‎– 67174-D
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic, Funk/Soul
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Arranged By, Producer, Written-By – Rick James

NOTES:
Album Version In, “ONLY FOUR YOU”

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