Category: Billy Ocean

September 14, 2011

Billy Ocean – On The Run (The Battle Is Over) (German 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

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“On the Run (The Battle is Over)” is an off-album track written and produced by Ben Findon, released in 1986 around the same time as Ocean’s “Love Zone” album, at the height of his popularity. The single was released under three different titles:

“Hold on Brother”
“On the Run (Hold on Brother)”
“On the Run (The Battle is Over)”

and has appeared on various compilation albums. The single peaked at 48 on the US Dance Chart as “Hold On Brother”.

SIDE A:
On The Run (The Battle Is Over) 6:22

SIDE B:
Caribbean Disco (Instrumental) 6:28

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1986	On the Run (Hold On Brother)	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	#48

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Metronome – 881 957-1
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: Germany
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Arranged By [Re-arranged], Remix, Producer [Re-produced] – Glenn Pocorni
Written By – C. C.
Written-By – Ben Findon

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EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 20
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
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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

September 10, 2011

Billy Ocean – I Sleep Much Better (In Someone Else’s Bed) (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1989

Billy Ocean was one of the first Caribbean singers, alongside Grace Jones, to be embraced by MTV, resulting in a string of Top Ten hits during the mid-1980’s. In 1989 Jive Records released Billy Ocean’s Greatest Hits. The album featured a new track produced by Robert John “Mutt” Lange “I Sleep Much Better (in Someone Else’s Bed)” which featured a rap by The Fresh Prince (Will Smith) and Mimi. “I Sleep Much Better (in Someone Else’s Bed)” peaked at #60 on the US R&B chart and would be on of Ocean’s last charting singles.

SIDE A:
I Sleep Much Better (In Someone Else’s Bed) (Extended Version) 6:54
Rap [Featuring] – Fresh Prince, The, Mimi

I Sleep Much Better (In Someone Else’s Bed) (7″ Version With Rap) 4:43
Rap [Featuring] – Fresh Prince, The, Mimi

SIDE B:
I Sleep Much Better (In Someone Else’s Bed) (7″ Version Without Rap) 4:06
I Sleep Much Better (In Someone Else’s Bed) (Instrumental) 4:42

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

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1989	I Sleep Much Better (In Someone Else’s Bed)	U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles	#60

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Jive – 1311-1-JDAC
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Electronic, Pop
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Mixed By – Bryan ‘Chuck’ New*
Producer – Robert John “Mutt” Lange*
Written-By – Phil Nicholas, Robert John Lange, Will Smithh

NOTES:
Not For Sale
Recorded and Mixed at Battery Studios, London
Zomba Enterprises Inc. ASCAP
Original version on the Jive Lp “GREATEST HITS”

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

August 5, 2011

Billy Ocean – When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

Written by Wayne Braithwaite, Willy Head, Barry Eastmond, Robert John “Mutt” Lange and Billy Ocean, “When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going” was used as the theme song for the Michael Douglas film, The Jewel of the Nile, the sequel to the hit blockbuster film, Romancing the Stone.

Aided by a video featuring Douglas and co-stars Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito as lip-synching backup singers, the song became a major international hit reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart for four weeks in February 1986 and number two on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

In 1994, the song was used for a clip of the 1986 edition of the BBC The Rock ‘n’ Roll Years featuring coverage of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines. Three years later, it was also used as a background song in the 1985-86 football season edition of Match of the 80s, during coverage of the challenge Kenny Dalglish faced on his appointment as player-manager of Liverpool F.C..

SIDEA:
When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going (Extended Version) 5:43
When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going (Single Version) 4:05

SIDE B:
When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going (Club Mix) 7:35
When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going (Instrumental) 5:12

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#2
1985	When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going	U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles	#6
1985	When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going	U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	#2
1985	When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	#31

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Jive
Catalog#: JD-1-9431
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Funk / Soul, Pop
Style: Rhythm & Blues, Funk
Credits: Executive Producer – Robert John ‘Mutt’ Lange
Mixed By – Nigel Green
Producer – Barry J. Eastmond*, Wayne Brathwaite
Written-By – B. Eastmond*, B. Ocean*, R.J. Lange*, W. Brathwaite*

NOTES:
From the Twentieth Century Fox Motion Picture Soundtrack “The Jewel Of The Nile.”

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Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
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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