Author: DjPaulT

February 19, 2021

Yello – Goldrush (Germany 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

“Goldrush” is a song by Swiss electronic band Yello, released in 1986 from the album One Second. The song features backing vocals by Billy Mackenzie co-founder and lead singer of post-punk and new wave band the Associates. “Goldrush” reached #9 in Switzerland, #20 Germany, #29 Belgium, and #54 on the UK singles chart.

SIDE A:
Goldrush I 6:34
Written-By – B. Blank*, D. Meier*

SIDE B:
Goldrush II 6:12
Written-By – B. Blank*, D. Meier*

She’s Got A Gun (Live At The Palladium N.Y.) 4:09
Written-By – B. Blank*, D. Meier*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Vertigo ‎– 884 877-1, Vertigo ‎– 884 877-1Q
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: Germany
Released: 10 Jul 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Backing Vocals – Billy Mackenzie
Composed By, Arranged By –Boris Blank
Cover – Ernst Gamper
Guitar – Chico Hablas
Lyrics By, Vocals – Dieter Meier
Mixed By [Mixing Assistance] –Ian Tregoning
Producer –Yello

NOTES:
Made in West Germany

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THE GEAR:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
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

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February 18, 2021

Erasure – You Surround Me (Remix) (Germany 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1989

“You Surround Me” is a song by Erasure that was issued in 1989 by Mute Records as the second single from the band’s fourth studio album Wild!. Written by Erasure members Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, it is a heavily-synthesized ballad with a dramatic chorus featuring Bell’s falsetto. Clarke has stated that this song was his attempt at writing a James Bond film theme. Upon release, “You Surround Me” became Erasure’s tenth consecutive Top 20 hit on the UK singles chart, peaking at #15. It reached #10 on the Irish singles chart and became a Top 40 hit in Germany, where it reached #38. The song was not released as a single in the United States.

This release has become more notable for the B-sides that were included with “You Surround Me”. First was a cover version of Cerrone’s environmental anthem “Supernature”. The song, also previously recorded by Lene Lovich, led to a collaboration between Erasure and Lovich for the song “Rage”, which later appeared on a PETA benefit album. Erasure’s recording was remixed by William Orbit and became a popular hit in dance clubs. Also included on the single as a B-side is “91 Steps”, an instrumental with complex synthesizer programming and unusual time signature. The track utilizes repeating cycles in which the first seven bars use a 7/4 time signature, followed by one bar in 3/4 time.

SIDE A:
You Surround Me (Remix) 7:32
Mixed By – Mark Saunders
Written-By – Clarke/Bell

SIDE B:
Supernature (William Orbit Remix) 7:14
Engineer – Victor Van Vugt, Wendy (4)
Mixed By – William Orbit
Written-By – Alain Wisniak, Marc Cerrone*, Lene Lovich

91 Steps (6 Pianos Mix) 5:25
Engineer –Wendy (4)
Mixed By – Gareth Jones
Written-By – Clarke/Bell

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Mute ‎– INT 126.921, Mute ‎– L 12 Mute 99
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: Germany
Released: 1989
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Cover – Me Company
Producer – Erasure, Gareth Jones, Mark Saunders

NOTES:
Track A: Recorded at Swing & Church Studios. Mixed at Maison Rouge Studios.
Track B1: Recorded at Worldwide & Swing Studios. Mixed at Guerilla Studios.
Track B2: Recorded st Swing Studios. Mixed at Tritonus Studios, Berlin.

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Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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February 17, 2021

David Bowie – Hallo Spaceboy (Remixes By Pet Shop Boys And Ball & Vauk) (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1996

“Hallo Spaceboy” is a song by David Bowie from his 1995 album Outside and the third and final single from the album. The track was re-recorded in 1996 and issued as a remix featuring Pet Shop Boys as guest artists. Bowie and Brian Eno co-wrote the original album version of the song.

In late December 1995, Bowie was intending “Hallo Spaceboy” to be his next single after “Strangers When We Meet”, and recorded a video for the song at a concert in Birmingham. The song “Hallo Spaceboy” was performed twice at the venue, once as part of the regular set and once as the last encore, with that final performance intended to be the official music video for the song. Two live songs from the set, “Moonage Daydream” and “Under Pressure”, were used as b-sides to the single release as well. However, the Pet Shop Boys were approached to remix the song as well, and their remix was used as the official single version instead. Neil Tennant explained that since the original song had only a single verse, Lowe suggested using lyrical fragments from Bowie’s 1969 song “Space Oddity” to create a second verse. Bowie initially expressed reservation about the additions when Tennant initially told him during a telephone conversation, but later agreed that they worked well.

Tennant told NME in a 1997 interview that he and Lowe, working alongside Bowie, had completed what Tennant called the “Major Tom trilogy”, in reference to a fictional character who first appeared in Space Oddity and who had later recurred in Bowie’s 1980 song “Ashes to Ashes”. Tennant explained, “I said to David Bowie, ‘It’s like Major Tom is in one of those Russian spaceships they can’t afford to bring down,’ and he [Bowie] said, ‘Oh wow, is that where he is?'”

The final official music video for “Hallo Spaceboy” was directed by David Mallet, mixing shots of both Bowie and the Pet Shop Boys into a rapid-fire montage of Cold War era retro-footage of science fiction film clips, atomic bomb testing footage, and television advertising clips.

The remixes by Dave Ball (known as the instrumentalist of Soft Cell) and Ingo Vauk are based on the Pet Shop Boys Remix, but only Double Click Mix uses Neil Tennant’s vocals.

SIDE A:
Hallo Spaceboy (12″ Remix) 6:42
Remix –Pet Shop Boys
Vocals – Neil Tennant

Hallo Spaceboy (7″ Remix) 4:25
Remix –Pet Shop Boys
Vocals – Neil Tennant

SIDE B:
Hallo Spaceboy (Lost In Space Mix) 6:32
Remix, Producer [Additional] – Ball*, Vauk*

Hallo Spaceboy (Double Click Mix) 7:46
Remix, Producer [Additional] – Ball*, Vauk*
Vocals – Neil Tennant

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Virgin ‎– SPRO-11513
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1996
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop, Progressive House

CREDITS:
Co-producer [Original Track], Engineer [Original Track] – David Richards
Engineer – Bob Kraushaar
Lyrics By – Bowie*
Mastered By – Kevin Metcalfe
Music By –Eno*, Bowie*
Producer –Pet Shop Boys
Producer [Original Track] – Brian Eno, David Bowie
Programmed By – Pete Gleadall

NOTES:
Mastered at The Townhouse Digital Mastering Studios, London.

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Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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February 12, 2021

Chaka Khan – This Is My Night (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984

“This Is My Night” is a song by Chaka Khan from the album I Feel for You. The song went to number one for one week on the Billboard dance chart in 1985. The single also peaked at #60 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #11 on the R&B chart.

A variation of the song was used by HBO as its theme music for Next On bumpers and promos from May to November 1985 (as the centerpiece of the Make the Magic Shine campaign).

SIDE A:
This Is My Night (Extended Version) 6:11
Arranged By – David Frank
Edited By, Effects [Special Effects] –Arif Mardin, Lew Hahn, Michael O’Reilly
Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Michael O’Reilly
Producer – Arif Mardin
Recorded By, Mixed By – Lew Hahn
Written-By – Mic Murphy / David Frank*

SIDE B:
Caught In The Act 3:46
Arranged By – Joe Mardin
Producer – Arif Mardin, Joe Mardin
Recorded By, Mixed By – Bill Dooley, Joe Mardin, Michael O’Reilly, Phil Bulla
Written-By – Alec Milstein, Joe Mardin

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1984	This Is My Night	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#60
1984	This Is My Night	U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles	#11
1984	This Is My Night	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#1

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Warner Bros. Records ‎– 0-20296
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Style: Funk, Electro

CREDITS:
Executive-Producer – Arif Mardin

NOTES:
From the LP “I Feel For You”

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RESTORATION NOTES:
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FLAC (Level Eight)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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