Author: DjPaulT

April 8, 2022

Thank You!

THANK YOU! so much for your support during the April 2022 fundraiser we reached and exceeded our goal.

I appreciate everyone who has contributed whether it be by donation or a friendly comment. You guys always make it happen, and I am so thankful for your support and generosity. Our next fundraiser will be in October however you can donate during any time of the year.

THANK YOU! for helping to make BTG a great community.

Turn The Music Up! Enjoy What You Do! Listen Without Prejudice.

Lve & Light
-Paul

April 4, 2022

April Fundraiser!

Hi everyone,

It is April! and time for our first fundraiser of 2022 For those that are new to the BTG community, we have a fundraiser every six months to keep funds in the Burning The Ground PayPal account to go towards site hosting, website security, monitoring, & protection, buying records that are requested, and to maintain my equipment. This year the cost of Hosting and security monitoring have both increased. Site hosting went from $190.00 every two years to $205.00, and security monitoring went from $199.00 yearly to $215.00, not a huge increase but it adds up. These increases are the reason I stopped paying $40.00 monthly to pay for 24bit Flac hosting on Mega.

As always our goal is to reach $1000.00 which I know we will meet without any doubt.

I do realize that we are living in a difficult time so any amount that you can chip in will be very helpful. I also understand completely if you can’t give anything right now.

All you have to do to make your donation is click on one of the yellow donate buttons anywhere on the site. I use PayPal. It’s safe and secure, and you don’t need an account to make your contribution.

Thank you so much for your help.

-DjPaulT

April 1, 2022

Psychedelic Furs – Shock (US 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1987

“Shock” is the third single taken from the LP Midnight to Midnight by English rock band the Psychedelic Furs, released in June, 1987. The song peaked at #30 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart spending seven weeks on the survey.

SIDE A:
Shock (The Shep Pettibone Mix) 7:20
Engineer [Mix] – Dave Meegan
Mixed By – Shep Pettibone

SIDE B:
Shock (Instrumental – The Shep Pettibone Mix) 6:20
Engineer [Mix] – Dave Meegan
Mixed By – Shep Pettibone

Shock (Single Mix) 3:19
Mixed By – Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1987	Shock	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Songs	#30

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Columbia – 44 06862
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: Jun 27, 1987
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, New Wave

CREDITS:
Design – Nick Egan
Producer – Chris Kimsey
Written-By – J. Ashton, R. Butler, T. Butler*

NOTES:
Tracks A & B1 mixed for Mastermix Productions.

Special versions from the Columbia Lp: “Midnight To Midnight”

Direct Metal Mastering

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL TRANSFER & RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

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

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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March 31, 2022

Nina Hagen – Universal radio (US 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusivev1985

“Universal Radio” is a song by German singer Nina Hagen from her third studio album Nina Hagen in Ekstasy (1985). It was released as the lead single from the album in January 1985 by Columbia Records. Written by Ron Dumas and produced by Adam Kidron, “Universal Radio” became successful in the US charts, peaking at number 39 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs. It was premiered by Rodney Bingenheimer on the radio station KROQ Los Angelas. “Universelles Radio”, the German version of the song was also released.

The music video for the song featured footage of her performance at the Rock in Rio festival from January 13, 1985.

Hagen worked with Ron Dumas, who had previously recorded the song in 1983 with his band Ron Dumas Group. She later described the song as not being musically very interesting and that she originally wanted to do her vocals differently, but was directed by the recording company to make the record more “commercial”.

**Please note the noise at the start of the Album version is supposed to be there.

SIDE A:
Universal Radio (Universal Dance Mix) 7:00
Remix – Lotti Golden, Richard Scher
Edited By – The Latin Rascals

SIDE B:
Universal Radio (Album) 3:36

Universal Radio (Dub) 7:28
Remix – Lotti Golden, Richard Scher
Edited By – The Latin Rascals