Month: March 2022

March 23, 2022

Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls ’86 (Germany 12″)

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“West End Girls” was the first Pet Shop Boys song released on a label, and is arguably the song most commonly associated with the band.

The original version of the song was released in 1984 produced by famed Hi-NRG mogul Bobby Orlando, the single was released on his Bobcat Records label. It was not a huge hit in the Boys’ home country, but it did fairly well in the States and in Italy. Under the Bobby O umbrella, ‘West End Girls’ was remixed and repackaged several times, saturating the world’s record stores with multiple formats of this single.

In 1986 after the band signed with Parlophone Records the song was remixed, and titled “Remix ’86” this was to capitolize off of the re-recorded hit version that had been released in 1985.

SIDE A:
West End Girls (Remix ’86) 5:03
Arranged By, Performer [Played By] – Elvine*
Producer – B. Orlando*
Recorded By [Remix] – Franke*
Remix – Tess (2)
Written-By – Tennant – Lowe*

SIDE B:
Theme For The Pet Shop Boys (Part 1/Remix ’86) 5:04
Arranged By, Performer [Played By] – Elvine*, Hurricanes*
Remix –Tess (2)
Written-By – Elvine*, Tess (2)

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: ZYX Records – 5391, ZYX Records – ZYX 5391
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: Germany
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Lacquer Cut By – SST Brüggemann GmbH

NOTES:
Remixed at Hurrican Studio Munich
℗ 1986

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THE GEAR:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Black
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
DAC: 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:
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

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March 18, 2022

Electric Light Orchestra – Getting To The Point (UK 12″)

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I found “Getting To The Point” to be very fitting for the world that we find ourselves in today.

“Getting to the Point” is a song by the rock group Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) from their 1986 album Balance of Power. Released in the UK as the last single from the album in July 1986, it was the last original release from the band for 15 years.

Due to a strike on Epic’s distribution department at the time of its release, the single did not make much of an impression on the singles chart. It peaked at number 95 in the UK. There was no release in the rest of Europe.

The B-Side of this single is the 1986 Balance of Power album-track “Secret Lives”. It was meant to be a separate single outtake as labelled on the Balance of Power album cover (Dutch pressings with JET or EPIC Label Catno. 26467).

There was also a UK 12 inch Epic 3 track version with the “ELO Megamix” on the B-side. The mix featured the songs from A New World Record, Out of the Blue, Discovery, Time and Balance of Power. It was mixed by Paul Dakeyne for DMC.

SIDE A:
Getting To The Point 4:28

SIDE B:
ELO Megamix 10:07
B1.1 Don’t Bring Me Down
B1.2 Sweet Talkin’ Woman
B1.3 Livin’ Thing
B1.4 Calling America
B1.5 So Serious
B1.6 Shine A Little Love
B1.7 Twilight
B1.8 Turn To Stone
B1.9 Hold On Tight

Secret Lives 3:28

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic – TA 7317
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single, Stereo
Country: UK
Released: Jul 1986
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Symphonic Rock

CREDITS:
Artwork – Tomcat (7)
Mixed By – Dakeyne (tracks: B1)
Photography – Robert McKie
Written-By, Producer – Jeff Lynne

NOTES:
Made in England

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March 17, 2022

Lindsey Buckingham – Go Insane (Extended Remix) (Germany 12″)

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Originally posted February 22, 2012

“Go Insane” is the title track of Lindsey Buckingham’s second solo album. Released as a single, 3 July 1984, it became Buckingham’s second solo hit (after “Trouble”, three years earlier). “Go Insane” is Buckingham’s most recent US solo hit (peaking at #23 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart); on the other hand, it did not chart in the United Kingdom.

Lindsey Buckingham has said, when asked about the meaning of the song, insanity can said to be very relative to the context you find yourself in. An example might be a very acceptable and typical behavior for a group of people in a little rock and roll microcosm, might be grounds for someone being committed if they worked in a bank.

“Looking at it that way we all tend to go insane a little bit, I think that’s ok. I think that’s one of the things the album is saying – it is ok to go insane, it can be quite cathartic actually, to watch yourself go out to the edge and sort of reel yourself back in – now hopefully you do reel yourself back in.

“Another point the song makes is if you happen to be with someone else who takes that sort of behavior too far, and you’re not willing to give up whatever that relationship might be – then you will tend to go a little bit insane with them.

“And if they are doing that you will experience a lot of the things they are simply by virtue of being a part of that. The important thing is not to take it too far, I guess.”

At the time, he had a relationship that was close to ending (or maybe had just ended) with Carol Ann Harris. According to Buckingham, she was using drugs and Buckingham tried to stop her, but with no results. Two of his lines, “I lost my power in this world / Cause I did not use it”, could be interpreted to be about how he had waited too long to try to stop her. Harris, however, in her book “Storms,” claims that she only used the drug with the band and her friends and Buckingham used it in equal abundance.

In pop culture the song was featured in the Miami Vice first season episode “The Great McCarthy.”

On the original “Go Insane” LP “Playing In The Rain” is split into two parts on this 12″ it is the full version.

SIDE A:
Go Insane (Extended Remix) 5:47
Engineer [Remix] – Paul Sabu
Remix – Rusty Garner

SIDE B:
Play In The Rain 6:56

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1984	Go Insane	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#23
1984	Go Insane	U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	#4

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Mercury – 880 073-1Q
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Maxi-Single, 45 RPM
Country: Germany
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Pop Rock, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Executive Producer – Roy Thomas Baker
Producer – Gordon Fordyce, Lindsey Buckingham
Written-By – Lindsey Buckingham

NOTES:
“An Endless Music Mix”.
Executive production for RTB A-V Productions U.S.A.
From the album “GO INSANE”
Printed In Germany

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March 16, 2022

Corey Hart – Eurasian Eyes (Canada 12″)

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“Eurasian Eyes” was the fourth single taken from the second studio album “Boy In The Box” recorded by Canadian singer Corey Hart.

Musicians on “Eurasian Eyes” included keyboardist Gary Breit, who subsequently was featured on several of Bryan Adams albums. British saxophonist Andy Hamilton of Duran Duran (“Hungry Like The Wolf”) was also featured. Hamilton was featured on other recording artists studio albums in the 80’s including Tina Turner, Paul McCartney, Pet Shop Boys, George Michael, Bon Jovi, David Bowie, Elton John and Wham. Canadian singer, Dalbello, provided backup vocals for Hart, something she was doing elsewhere for Heart (“These Dreams”) Nena (“99 Red Balloons”) and Glass Tiger (“Don’t Forget Me When I’m Gone”).

“Eurasian Eyes” peaked at #12 in March 1986 after spending 6 weeks on Vancouver’s CKLG chart. The song was also featured on the soundtrack for the film 9½ Weeks.

SIDE A:
Eurasian Eyes (Edit) 4:41

SIDE B:
Eurasian Eyes (Full Length Version) 5:28
Sunny Places/Shady People 4:20

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Aquarius Records (3) – SPRO-AQ6022
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: Canada
Released: 1985
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock

CREDITS:
Producer –Jon Astley, Phil Chapman
Written-By, Producer – Corey Hart

NOTES:
From the LP “BOY IN THE BOX”

Tracks are listed incorrectly on sleeve and labels.

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