BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984
“5 Minutes” is a 1984 single by music act Bonzo Goes To Washington which was a collaboration of musical brainchild P Funkster Bootsy Collins and Talking Heads member Jerry Harrison. The track’s lyrics are credited to “The Gipper,” a reference to Ronald Reagan’s role in “Knute Rockne, All American”. This famed track is based upon a sample of President Reagan’s actual joke pronouncement that he’d “outlaw Russia forever… we begin bombing in five minutes.”
SIDE A:
5 Minutes (C-C-C Club Mix) 5:30
SIDE B:
5 Minutes (R-R-R Radio Mix) 4:07
Edited By [Chopped And Channeled By] – Arthur Russell
5 Minutes (B-B-B Bombing Mix) 3:26
Edited By [Chopped And Channeled By] – Arthur Russell
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Sleeping Bag Records – SLX-13
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Hip Hop
Style: Electro
CREDITS:
Artwork By [Cover] – Hugh Brown
Engineer – David Vartanian
Lyrics By, Voice [Sampled] – The Gipper
Music By – William Bootsy Collins*, Jerry Harrison
Producer, Mixed By –Daniel Lazerus, Jerry Harrison
NOTES:
Recorded at D.V. Recording | Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jacket Made in Canada
Find the 12″ at DISCOGS
VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
DAC/Phono Pre-amp: 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 USED:
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
Username: btg
Password: burningtheground
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I’m surprised this masterpiece didn’t chart somewhere as it got radio and club play here in L.A. I also have the generic sleeve and never saw the one with Ronnie Raygun on the front!
This is a funny one, thanks for it. Although I need to tell that there is a “needle jump” in track 1 at around 2:35 to 2:36. Please have another listen and a correction if needed. Thanks for your great work! Cheers, chronovisor.
La verdad para mi es una rareza de aquellos años, acá en Chile, creo que inspiro a un grupo chileno denominado “Electrodomesticos”, por su estilo muy peculiar, Gracias por el aporte a la discotheca.
I had no idea this existed.
Years later this would be parodied in The Simpsons where Homer Simpson plays a cassette tape of “Rappin’ Ronnie Reagan” in his car.
Brings back memories of watching ‘The Presidents Brain Is Missing’.
I remember that speech “blooper” and song well. He was joking, Trump… not so much
Thank you Paul
You’re welcome, Jason 🙂
Thank you Paul.
Might be worthwhile revisiting the various Paul Hardcastle ’19’ twelves again, too, perhaps…
I might do that.
Amazing. I literally pulled this 12″ out last week with others to digitize myself. It’s sitting on top of my player at the moment.
I’ve never seen this in a picture sleeve. Mine is in a generic.
Thanks for saving me the work, Paul!
You’re welcome, Paul apparently the pic sleeve is a bit harder to find.
“Edited By [Chopped And Channeled By] – Arthur Russell”
Oh, how exciting!!!!!
thnxx paul
You’re welcome 🙂
Dance Music was so powerful in the ’80’s with artists voicing their concerns for the country and the world. I have very fond memories of this track because it made one think about one’s government at the time. There should be no joking concerning “…bombing in five minutes.” I thought the execution of the record and production was top notch. Great beats as well. People may dismiss dance music as an escape, but records like this stimulated thought and commentary. Paul, thanks for bringing this one back into the light especially with all that is happening in the world today.… Read more »
You’re welcome, Jeff very well said.