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June 5, 2013

Paula Abdul – Straight Up (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

“Straight Up” is a 1988 hit single by American singer and choreographer Paula Abdul.

“Straight Up” was the third single released from her debut album Forever Your Girl, after “Knocked Out” and “(It’s Just) The Way That You Love Me”. While the latter was enjoying success on the R&B charts, radio station KMEL in San Francisco started playing “Straight Up” from the album. The label decided to abandon “(It’s Just) The Way That You Love Me” and refocus its attention on “Straight Up”. The strategy paid off, as “Straight Up” was followed by three more number-one hits from the same album.

In the US, “Straight Up” reached the number-one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 by February 11, 1989, where it stayed for three consecutive weeks. “Straight Up” was one of the most popular R&B and dance-pop singles of the entire year, remaining in the Top 10 for seven weeks, the Top 20 for nine weeks, and the Top 40 for sixteen weeks. The success of “Straight Up” catapulted the “Forever Your Girl” album into the top 20 on the album chart. 2 more number-one hits from the album boost it up further into the top 5 where it lingered before it finally reached the pole position in October after a record-setting 64 weeks on the market.

SIDE A:
Straight Up (Kevin Saunderson Mix) 6:51
Remix – Ben Grosse, Kevin Saunderson

SIDE B:
Straight Up (Ultimix) 6:57
Remix – Bradley D. Hinkle, Les Massengale

Straight Up (Marley Marl Mix) 6:29
Remix – Marley Marl

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

CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1988	Straight Up	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#1
1988	Straight Up	U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary	#39
1988	Straight Up	U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles	#3
1988	Straight Up	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club/Play	#2

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Virgin Records America, Inc. ‎– DMD 1295
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: House, Synth-pop
Credits: Co-producer – Keith Cohen
Producer – Elliot Wolff

NOTES:
Original version appears on the LP
“FOREVER YOUR GIRL”

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Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

June 4, 2013

Patti LaBelle – New Attitude (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984

R E Q U E S T

“New Attitude” is a song performed by Grammy Award-winning American singer, author, and actress Patti LaBelle.

In 1984, Patti LaBelle began taking part in films, participating in her first acting role in the acclaimed film, A Soldier’s Story. Around the same time, producers of the film, Beverly Hills Cop, were busy putting together a soundtrack for the film, and called on LaBelle to record two songs for its soundtrack. “New Attitude”, a song about a woman changing her outlook on life both emotionally and physically, was composed by Sharon Robinson, Jon Gilutin and Bunny Hull. The song was different from previous LaBelle recordings, which had been mostly pop ballads with occasional stabs at dance music and R&B, focusing on a synthpop direction. Prior to that, LaBelle had recorded a similar synthpop song, “I’ll Never, Never Give Up” from her first gold album, I’m In Love Again, in 1983. It was LaBelle’s first MCA single, released in January 1985.

The song climbed to number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot Dance Music chart in a remixed form. It also peaked at number three on the Hot R&B Singles chart. Patti LaBelle shot the first music video of her career with the song, which was shot at a fashion store.

SIDE A:
New Attitude (Extended Version) 6:14

SIDE B:
New Attitude (Single Version) 3:59
New Attitude (Club Version) 8:06

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1984	New Attitude	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#17
1984	New Attitude	U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles	#3
1984	New Attitude	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play	#1

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: MCA Records ‎– L33-1263
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Producer – Howie Rice, Peter Bunetta, Rick Chudacoff
Remix – Louil Silas Jr.

NOTES:
Taken from the motion picture soundtrack
“Beverly Hills Cop”

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SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

June 3, 2013

Roger Daltrey – Take Me Home (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

Roger Harry Daltrey, CBE (born 1 March 1944) is an English singer, musician, songwriter and actor, best known as the founder and lead singer of English rock band The Who.

“Take Me Home” was a single taken from Roger Daltrey’s seventh solo album Can’t Wait To See The Movie released in the U.S. in June, 1987. According to Daltrey, the song “Take Me Home” was actually based on a real life experience. During a tour with The Who, Pete Townshend and John Entwistle were required to board one plane while Roger Daltrey and Kenney Jones were required to board another, both eventually reaching London (the final leg of their tour). Townshend and Entwistle left with no problems, but due to a mix up in the plans Kenney Jones boarded the second plane without Roger Daltrey and left for the Berlin transfer alone. During this time, Roger reportedly shouted numerous times to the staff of the airport for them to “Take him home”, one of whom a Japanese customs officer he eventually fell in love with and wrote the song about. Kenney Jones reportedly attempted to turn the plane around by talking to the pilot, saying “I’m in The Who, really!” but no one believed him. Pete Townshend would later allude to these events in the lyrics to his 2006 tune “In The Ether”; this move would cause additional friction between them and led to a backstage brawl on the 2007 tour.

“Take Me Home” was only released in the US where it peaked at #46 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart in June 1987.

The 12″ is actually mixed by Phil Harding, but he is not credited on the record, this info comes from Phil’s book).

SIDE A:
Take Me Home (Vocal / Extended Dance Remix) 7:10

SIDE B:
Take Me Home (Dub Mix) 7:22

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

CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1987	Take Me Home	U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	#46

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Atlantic ‎– DMD 1055
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 33 RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: Pop Rock, Synth-pop
Credits: Producer – Alan Shacklock
Written-By – Axel Bauer, Eli*, Nigel Hinton, Roger Daltrey
Remix [Uncredited] – Phil Harding

NOTES:
Special remix from the Atlantic album
“Can’t Wait To See The Movie”

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SOFTWARE USED:
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Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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May 31, 2013

Don’t Stop – She’s A Book With 7 Seals (German 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

“She’s A Book With 7 Seals” is a single by synth-pop group Don’t Stop. The group only released two single “Under One Flag” (1987) and “She’s A Book With 7 Seals” (1988). Don’t Stop originally signed with Jupiter Records but was later picked up by ZYX Germany. There is not much info out there about this group but this is a really good new wave/synth-pop track.

SIDE A:
She’s A Book With 7 Seals 7:27

SIDE B:
She’s A Book With 7 Seals (Single Version) 3:58
She’s A Book With 7 Seals (Dub Mix) 5:48

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Excellent
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: ZYX Records ‎– ZYX 6004
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: Germany
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Producer – Hans Hahn

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SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi