Tag: US 12″ Promo

December 31, 2011

Madonna – Where’s The Party / Spotlight (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

Happy New Year Everyone! We had a great 2011 and now we are going to have an even better 2012, full of fantastic eighties gems. This ultra rare 12″ promo is one of three releases by Sire records to promote Madonna’s first remix album, “You Can Dance”, which was released in November 1987.

This single contains the full extended remixes of “Where’s The Party” and “Spotlight”, which are both exclusive to this 12″. They are the full unmixed versions. They are completely unedited with remixing credits by Shep Pettibone and Jon “Jellybean” Benitez. All three “You Can Dance” promo singles exhibit exclusive front cover artwork and a plain white back cover.

“Where’s The party” was never officially released as a single, but it did appear on the True Blue album and also as the b-side for “Spotlight”, which was only released officially as a single in Japan.

“Spotlight” was not officially released as a single in the United States, therefore it was not eligible at the time to appear on Billboard’s Hot 100. Even so, radio stations started to play the song unofficially and it managed to garner enough airplay to appear on the Hot 100 Airplay chart of Billboard in early 1988. “Spotlight” debuted at 37 on the Airplay chart issued January 16, 1988, and was the highest debut of the week. After three weeks, “Spotlight” reached a peak of 32 on the chart, but fell to 40 the next week, before being sent for recurrent rotation. It also charted on the Hot Crossover Singles chart, reaching a peak of 15 on January 9, 1988.

SIDE A:
Where’s The Party (Extended Remix) 7:11
Written-By – P. Leonard*
Engineer [Remix] – Steve Peck
Producer – Madonna, Patrick Leonard
Remix, Producer [Additional], Edited By – Shep Pettibone

Where’s The Party (Dub) 6:22
Written-By – P. Leonard*
Engineer [Remix] – Steve Peck
Producer – Madonna, Patrick Leonard
Remix, Producer [Additional], Edited By – Shep Pettibone

SIDE B:
Spotlight (Extended Remix) 6:34
Remix, Producer [Additional] – Jellybean*
Written-By – C. Hudson*

Spotlight (Dub) 4:49
Remix, Producer [Additional] – Jellybean*
Written-By – C. Hudson*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1987	Spotlight	U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay	#32
1987	Spotlight	U.S. Hot Crossover Singles	#15

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Sire – PRO-A-2905
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Producer – Stephen Bray
Written-By – Madonna, S. Bray*

NOTES:
Tracks A1 & B1 are exclusive to this release. They are complete and unmixed with no fades at the begining or end of the tracks.

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December 14, 2011

Adam Ant – Room At The Top (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THEGROUND EXCLUSIVE 1990

Produced and co-written by André Cymone “Room At The Top” was the first single taken from Adam Ant’s fourth solo album Manners & Physique. “Room at the Top” peaked at number 13 in England and number 17 in America.

SIDE A:
Room At The Top (Extended Version) 6:45

SIDE B:
Room At The Top (7″ Radio Mix) 4:06
Room At The Top (House Vocal) 7:21
Room At The Top (House Dub) 6:08

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint (generic)

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1990	Room At The Top	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#17
1990	Room At The Top	U.S. Billboard Hot Alternative Songs	#17
1990	Room At The Top	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	#3

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: MCA Records – L33-18134
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1990
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: House, Pop Rock, Synth-pop
Credits: Edited By – Chep Nunez*
Producer – Andre Cymone*
Producer [Additional Production] – Justin Strauss
Programmed By [Additional Keyboards] – Eric Kupper
Remix – Daniel Abraham, Justin Strauss
Written-By – Adam Ant, Andre Cymone*, Marco Pirroni

NOTES:
Original version appears on the MCA LP, MCA-6315, “Manners & Physique”

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December 9, 2011

Donna Summer – All Systems Go (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

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Produced by Harold Faltermeyer “All Systems Go” was the final single from the Donna Summer album of the same name. Edited from its original album version, it became a minor hit in countries such as the United Kingdom, where it reached number fifty-four. In the US the single was only released as a promo 12″ single and failed to chart despite a remix by Bruce Forest.

David Geffen’s response to the commercial disappointment of All Systems Go was to assign Summer to work with the Stock, Aitken and Waterman production team whose dance pop singles were dominating the UK charts and who had had US success with Bananarama and Rick Astley. Ultimately Geffen, after misguiding her career and fatally misjudging her material since 1981, dropped Summer from the roster rather than release the resultant Another Place and Time. The album was picked up for release in the US by Atlantic Records in 1989. Ironically, Geffen Records had misjudged once again as the album would be a bigger success than her previous Geffen Records release All Systems Go. Another Place and Time had provided Summer with one final solid commercial success and her last top ten US single, fourteen years after the release of her first top ten hit “Love to Love You Baby” had hit the charts.

SIDE A:
All Systems Go (Dance Mix) 7:57
Remix – Bruce Forest
Written-By – D. Summer*, H. Faltermeyer*

SIDE B:
Fascination (LP Version) 4:28
Written-By – D. Tyson*, E. Schwartz*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint (company)

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Geffen Records – PRO-A-3036
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic, Pop
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Producer – Harold Faltermeyer

NOTES:
From the Geffen album “All Systems Go” (GHS 24102)
Promotional Copy.
Not For Sale.

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December 1, 2011

Bananarama – Shy Boy (Don’t It Make You Feel Good) (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983

“Shy Boy” is a song recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It appears on their 1983 debut album Deep Sea Skiving and was released as its second single. It was written and produced by the production team of Steve Jolley and Tony Swain and marked the first in a long line of studio collaborations between them and Bananarama.

The song is rumoured to be a tribute to teenaged London pirate radio comedian Mark Gould; whom Bananarama subsequently demanded as their Christmas present for 1983 on the Christmas edition of BBC1’s Show Business programme, which was broadcast on Friday 16 December 1983.

Released in summer 1982, “Shy Boy” became the third consecutive single by Bananarama to hit the top-five, reaching number four in the UK singles chart. It also was a success in Australia, where it reached number two, becoming their first top 40 hit in that country. Top-ten success also followed in New Zealand and Canada. “Shy Boy” charted well on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart and was the first of Bananarama’s singles to dent the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number eighty-three. The song was known as “Shy Boy (Don’t it make you feel good)” in the USA.

The song was originally called “Big Red Motorbike”, however Bananarama didn’t like the lyrics and changed it to “Shy Boy”.

The music video, directed by then Ultravox’s Midge Ure and Chris Cross, featured the girls giving a nerdy guy a make-over into a stud. When his new look attracts the attention of a sexy secretary, the girls get their revenge by dousing him with a bucket of water. It stars Terry Sharpe of The Adventures, who was Sara Dallin’s boyfriend at the time.

SIDE A:
Shy Boy (Don’t It Make You Feel Good) (Long Version) 7:23

SIDE B:
Shy Boy (Don’t It Make You Feel Good) (Dub Version) 9:22

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint (generic)

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	Shy Boy (Don’t It Make You Feel Good)	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#83
1983	Shy Boy (Don’t It Make You Feel Good)	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play	#14

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: London Records – 810 299-1DJ
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Engineer – Jay Mark
Producer, Arranged By – Tony Swain/Steve Jolley*
Remix [Club Mix By] – John Luongo
Written-By – S. Jolley, T. Swain*

NOTES:
Promotional Copy Not For Sale
From album 422 810 102-1 R-1 “Deep Sea Skiving”

Features unreleased mixes unavailable elsewhere.
Track duration for side A is listed as 6:58.
Actual time is in the tracklisting.

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FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi