Month: May 2023

May 31, 2023

Art Of Noise – Beat Box (Special Radio Re-Edit) (US 7″ Promo)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1984

“Beat Box” is a song by English avant-garde synth-pop group Art of Noise. Originally appearing as the second track on the 12″ EP Into Battle with the Art of Noise (1983), it was released as the group’s first single in December 1983.

This U.S. 7″ promo contains the “Special Radio Re-Edit” also known as “Shep Pettibone Radio Edit” which differs from the 2:55 Original 7″ Edit. This mix is a unique edit of the original Into Battle version and has a snippet of the track “Battle” at the beginning.

The same track appears on both sides of the 7″ release.

SIDE A:
Beat Box (Special Radio Re-Edit) 2:53

SIDE B:
Beat Box (Special Radio Re-Edit) 2:53

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1984	Beat Box	U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100	#101
1984	Beat Box	U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles	#10
1984	Beat Box	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#1

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Island Records – PR 595, ZTT – PR 595
Format: Vinyl, 7″, Promo, Single, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop
Style: Instrumental, Hip Hop, Experimental, Leftfield

CREDITS:

Edited By – Shep Pettibone
Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ✩] – Greg Calbi
Producer – Art Of Noise*
Written-By – Dudley*, Langan*, Jeczalik*, Morley*, Horn*

NOTES:
Special Radio Re-Edit
Promotion Copy
Not For Sale

For Mastermix Productions

Buy the 7″ Promo at DISCOGS

VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

THE GEAR:
Turntable: Technics SL-1200MK7
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Black PnP MkII
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro Spin Acrylic Mat
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
Tubes: Genalex Gold Lion 12AX7 ECC83/B759 Gold Pins Vacuum Tube – Matched Pair
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

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

**24bit FLAC Only Available For Seven Days!

Password: burningtheground

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May 30, 2023

Madonna – Express Yourself (US 7″ Promo)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1989

“Express Yourself” is a song by American singer-songwriter Madonna from her fourth studio album, Like a Prayer (1989). It was released as the second single from the album on May 9, 1989, by Sire Records.

In the United States, “Express Yourself” was the highest debuting single at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100, for the issue dated June 3, 1989, and after four weeks reached the top ten of the chart, at number six. It eventually peaked at number two, held at the runner-up spot for two weeks by the Simply Red song, “If You Don’t Know Me by Now” and the next week by Martika’s “Toy Soldiers”, “Express Yourself” was present for a total of 16 weeks on the Hot 100, and placed at number 55 on the year-end chart.

SIDE A:
Express Yourself (7″ Remix) 4:36

SIDE B:
Express Yourself (Remix/Edit) 5:02

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1989	Express Yourself	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#2
1989	Express Yourself	U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	#12
1989	Express Yourself	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	#1

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Sire – 7-22948-DJ
Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synthpop

CREDITS:

Engineer [Remix] – Bob Rosa
Producer – Madonna, Stephen Bray
Remix, Producer [Additional] – Shep Pettibone

NOTES:
Track durations shown on labels differ slightly from actual playing times.

For Mastermix Productions

Promotion Not For sale

From the Sire Album “LIKE A PRAYER”

Buy the 7″ Promo at DISCOGS

VINYL TRANSFER * AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

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

**24bit FLAC Only Available For Seven Days!

Password: burningtheground

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May 24, 2023

Tina Turner 1939-2023

The ‘Queen of rock ‘n’ roll’ TINA TURNER has died at age 83.

Turner began her successful career with hits like “River Deep, Mountain High” alongside husband Ike Turner in the 1960s, from whom she separated after years of abuse, as she reported in her autobiography “I, Tina”. Producer Rupert Hine helped relaunch her career in the 1980s. Singles, such as “Let’s Stay Together” and the album “Private Dancer” put her firmly back into the mainstream, along with roles as ‘The Acid Queen’ in “Tommy” and ‘Aunt Entity’ in the film “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome”. Her single “We Don’t Need Another Hero”, taken from the theme of that movie, was also a big hit.

In 2008, Turner came out of semi-retirement and embarked on her “Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour” – one of the largest ticket sales tours of that year. ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine has hailed her as “One of the greatest singers of all time”, reaching unprecedented heights in stadium-filling Rock.

Rolling Stone once named her “one of the greatest singers of all time.”

Thank you Tina for your life, and the music.

May 24, 2023

Phyllis Nelson – I Like You (US 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1985

NEW 2023 Transfer
NEW Meticulous Audio Restoration

Originally posted March 28, 2014

“I Like You” is a 1985 dance single by Philadelphia-born singer, Phyllis Nelson. The single was number one on the U.S. dance charts for one week. “I Like You” also crossed over the soul chart where it peaked at #65 and #61 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. The single was her sole entry into both the pop and soul charts, and the last of two chart entries on the dance chart for her.

According to Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys, they were inspired by “I Like You”, which was produced by Shep Pettibone, who did a remix of their 1988 single “Heart”.

A music video was also made for the track, portraying Nelson performing the song on a piano to a young boy in a dancing studio, along with scenes of men at a pool bar and Nelson in a relationship with a man outside on the streets.

Nelson died in January 1998 from breast cancer in Los Angeles, California, where she had been living. She was 47 years old.

SIDE A:
Like You (Extended Version) 7:26
Mixed By – Shep Pettibone

SIDE B:
I Like You (Dub Version) 6:53
Mixed By – Shep Pettibone

I Like You (Extended Single Version) 5:11

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	I Like You	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#61
1985	I Like You	U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles	#65
1985	I Like You	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#1

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Carrere ‎– 4Z9 05268
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Style: Hi-NRG

CREDITS:

Arranged By – Ben Knuier, Yves Dessca
Design – Joel Zimmerman (2)
Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ✩] – Greg Calbi
Photography By – Beverly Parker (2)
Producer – Yves Dessca
Written-By – P. Nelson*

NOTES:
From the upcoming album entitled “Move Closer”

Buy the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

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

**24bit FLAC Only Available For Seven Days!

Password: burningtheground

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