Month: September 2020

September 15, 2020

Pet Shop Boys – Mega Mix (Scandinavia 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1991

NEW 2020 Transfer!
Meticulously Remastered!

Originally posted November 8, 2012

“Mega Mix” (aka “Swedish Megamix”) is one of the rarest of all official Pet Shop Boys releases. This Mega Mix was released in 1991 on EMI Records Sweden to promote the compilation “Discography”. It’s believed that only 600 copies of this promotional 12″ were ever produced. The mixes were created by Swedish DJ/mixer/producer Emil Hellman.

SIDE A:
Mega Mix (Extended Mix) 10:37
Excerpt From P.I.T. (ZDF TV, Germany)
West End Girls (Shep Pettibone Mastermix)
Domino Dancing (Base Mix)
What Have I Done To Deserve This? (Shep Pettibone Remix)
Being Boring (Marshall Jefferson Remix)
Excerpt From All-Hit Studio At Night (CXTV/Fuji TV, Japan)
So Hard (Extended Dance Mix)
Heart (Disco Mix)
DJ Culture (Extended Mix)
Always On My Mind / In My House
Suburbia (The Full Horror)
It’s A Sin (Phil Harding Latin Vocal Mix)
DJ Culture (Reprise)

SIDE B:
Mega Mix (Edited Mix) 5:51
Being Boring
So Hard
Heart
Always On My Mind
Suburbia
It’s A Sin

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Bear Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI ‎– PRO 4137
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Limited Edition, Promo
Country: Scandanavia
Released: 29 Oct 1991
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Dj Mix [Megamix] – Emil Hellman

NOTES:
Promotion Only – Not For Sale.
Limited to 600 copies

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
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

Username: btg
Password: burningtheground

You can help show your support for this blog by making a donation using PayPal. Thank you for your help.

September 14, 2020

Hubert Kah – So Many People (Remix) (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1989

“So Many People” was the second single taken from the fourth studio album by the German synthpop band Hubert Kah, and their second English language album Sound Of My Heart, released in 1989.

“So Many People” peaked at #7 on the U.S. Billboard Dance Chart on October 13, 1989, after, spending ten weeks on the survey.

SIDE A:
So Many People (Extended Dance Mix) 6:24
So Many People (Dub Mix) 3:55

SIDE B:
So Many People (Remix Single Version) 4:37
Sound Of My Heart 4:12

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1989	So Many People	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#7
1989	So Many People	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	#23

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Curb Records ‎– CRB-10306
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Arranged By [Arrangements], Executive Producer – Hubert Kah
Cover – Mike Schmidt (2)
Lyrics By – Kemmler* (tracks: A1 to B1), Hirschburger*, Muller* (tracks: B2)
Music By – Kemmler*, Löhr*, Cretu* (tracks: A1 to B1)
Other [Make Up] – Dagmar Schwartz
Other [Styling] – Ingrid Zerbaum
Photography By – Stefan Langner*
Producer – Michael Cretu
Remix – Armand Volker

NOTES:
From the LP “SOUND OF MY HEART”

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

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

Username: btg
Password: burningtheground

You can help show your support for this blog by making a donation using PayPal. Thank you for your help.

September 11, 2020

Kraftwerk – The Telephone Call (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

“The Telephone Call” (German: “Der Telefon-Anruf”) is a song by the German electronic music band Kraftwerk. It was released in 1987 as the second and final single from their ninth studio album, Electric Café (1986). The single was their second number-one on U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play and stayed two weeks at the number-one spot. It is the only Kraftwerk song to feature Karl Bartos on vocals.

The version from the single was remixed by François Kevorkian.

SIDE A:
The Telephone Call (Remix) 8:12

SIDE B:
House Phone 4:59
Der Telefon Anruf (German Version) 3:49

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1987	The Telephone Call	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#1

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Warner Bros. Records ‎– 0-20627, Warner Bros. Records ‎– 9 20627-0 A
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single, Allied Pressing
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: Electro, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Engineer [Assistant] – Moira Marquis
Programmed By [Synclavier] – John Mahoney
Remix – Francois Kevorkian* (tracks: A1), Kraftwerk (tracks: A1), Ron St. Germain (tracks: A1)
Technician [Music Data Transfer] – Fred Maher
Written-By – Schneider*, Bartos*, Hutter*

NOTES:
Klingklang Produkt 1986
Made in U.S.A.

Original version available on the Kraftwerk – Electric Cafe album

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

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

Username: btg
Password: burningtheground

You can help show your support for this blog by making a donation using PayPal. Thank you for your help.

September 9, 2020