Category: David Bowie

David Bowie – Time Will Crawl (Dance Crew Mix) (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

A. Front

“Time Will Crawl” is the second track on David Bowie’s album Never Let Me Down and was issued as the second single from the album. The single was a minor hit, breaking into the top 10 charts in the US.

This is the UK release of the 12″ which includes European only mixes of “Time Will Crawl” by Chris Lord Alge. Rumour has it that this 12″ was deleted after five days of it’s initial release in 1987.

SIDE A:
Time Will Crawl (Dance Crew Mix) 5:34
Remix – Chris Lord Alge*

SIDE B:
Time Will Crawl (Dub) 5:15

Girls (Japanese Version) 4:01
Written-By – Erdal Kizilcay

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION
Label: EMI America ‎– 12EAX 237
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: UK
Released: 1987
Genre: Rock
Style: New Wave, Pop Rock

CREDITS:
Producer – David Bowie, David Richards
Written-By – David Bowie

NOTES:
Album version appears on “Never Let Me Down”

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EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck 
Phono Pre-amp:
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube:
Tung-Sol 12AX7ECC803-S Gold Electron Tube
Soundcard:
ESI Juli@
Record Cleaning:
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans:
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
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David Bowie – Time Will Crawl (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

A. Front

“Time Will Crawl” is the second track on David Bowie’s album Never Let Me Down and was issued as the second single from the album. The single was a minor hit, breaking into the top 10 charts in the US.

The song is generally considered the best song from an otherwise poorly received album, and in 2008 Bowie named the track as one of his favorites of his entire career.

The song was written about the pollution and destruction of the planet by industry (Bowie has cited hearing of the Chernobyl disaster in April 1986 as the genesis of the lyric). In an 1987 interview, Bowie said the song “deals with the idea that someone in one’s own community could be the one responsible for blowing up the world.” Bowie also stated at the time that it was his favorite song from the album, and later put the song on his list of all-time favorites by including a newly remixed version of the song (the “MM Remix”) on his iSelect album.

The b-sdie “Girls” is a non album track written by David Bowie and Erdal Kizilcay. The song was also recorded by Tina Turner for her album Break Every Rule.

SIDE A:
Time Will Crawl (Extended Dance Mix) 6:10
Producer [Additional Production], Remix – David Richards
Written-By – David Bowie

Time Will Crawl 4:18
Written-By – David Bowie

SIDE B:
Girls (Extended Edit) 5:35
Lyrics By – David Bowie
Music By – David Bowie, Erdal Kizilcay

Girls (Japanese Version) 4:01
Lyrics By – David Bowie
Music By – David Bowie, Erdal Kizilcay
Other [Japanese Coach] – Kiri Teshigahara
Translated By [Japanese Translation] – Hiro Hozumi

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1987 Time Will Crawl U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks #7

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI America ‎– V-19247
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: New Wave, Pop Rock

CREDITS:
Design – Mick Haggerty
Photography By – Greg Gorman
Producer – David Bowie, David Richards

NOTES:
Album version can be heard on the LP, “Never Let Me Down”

Find the 12″ on DISCOGS

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EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck 
Phono Pre-amp:
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube:
Tung-Sol 12AX7ECC803-S Gold Electron Tube
Soundcard:
ESI Juli@
Record Cleaning:
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans:
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: 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)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

 

David Bowie – Never Let Me Down (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

A. Front

“Never Let Me Down” is the title track on David Bowie’s album Never Let Me Down. It was issued as the third single from the album in August 1987, and would be Bowie’s last solo single until 1992’s “Real Cool World”, barring a remix of “Fame” (1990). The least successful single from the album, it failed to enter the top 10 singles chart in any country in the world (its highest placement was number 15 on the US rock chart), and it was Bowie’s last single to chart in the top 40 of the US Billboard Top 100 charts until his 2015 single “Lazarus”.

Bowie performed the song on BBC’s Top of the Pops on 16 September 1987, and it was aired on the first broadcast of the American version of the show.

Bowie described the song as a “pivotal” track for himself, calling it the most personal song he had written for an album to that point in his career. The song is about Bowie’s long-time personal assistant, Coco Schwab. Bowie described their relationship, saying:

It’s platonic. But there is a romance in it, I guess, inasmuch as it’s hard for two people to feel totally at ease in each other’s company for that period of time and not expect too much from each other. Always being prepared to be there if the other one needs someone, you know? There’s not many people you find in life that you can do that with, or feel that way with.

Bowie had started with his own chord structure for the song but wasn’t happy with it, calling it “ponderous and funereal.” Long-time collaborator and co-song writer Carlos Alomar reworked the chords for the song into the final version, which was recorded in one day during the last week of mixing the album at New York’s Power Station studios in early 1987.

The record sleeve and labels show the “Dub” and “Acapella” as two seperate tracks. They are actually one continuous song.

SIDE A:
Never Let Me Down (Extended Dance Remix) 7:02
Never Let Me Down (7″ Remix Edit) 3:57

SIDE B:
Never Let Me Down (Dub/Acapella) 5:59
Never Let Me Down (Instrumental) 4:02
’87 And Cry (Single Version) 4:20

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1987 Never Let Me Down U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #27
1987 Never Let Me Down U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks #15
1987 Never Let Me Down U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #17

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI America ‎– V-19255
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock

CREDITS:
Alto Saxophone – David Eiland
Design – Mick Haggerty
Engineer – Steve Hodge (tracks: A1 to B4)
Keyboards [Additional] – Steve Hodge
Lyrics By – David Bowie
Music By – Carlos Alomar (tracks: A1 to B4), David Bowie
Photography By – Greg Gorman
Producer – David Bowie, David Richards
Synthesizer [Additional] – Spencer Bernard

NOTES:
Album versions can be heard on the LP, “Never Let Me Down”

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EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck 
Phono Pre-amp:
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube:
Tung-Sol 12AX7ECC803-S Gold Electron Tube
Soundcard:
ESI Juli@
Record Cleaning:
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans:
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: 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)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

David Bowie – Heroes/Helden / Heroes/Héros (Germany 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1977

A. Front

“”Heroes”” is a song by English musician David Bowie, written by Bowie and Brian Eno. Produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti, it was recorded in July and August 1977, and released on 23 September 1977. A product of Bowie’s “Berlin” period, the track was not a huge hit in the UK or US at the time, but has gone on to become one of Bowie’s signature songs. In January 2016, following Bowie’s death, the song reached a new peak of number 12 in the UK Singles Chart. “”Heroes”” has been cited as Bowie’s second-most covered song after “Rebel Rebel”.

Bowie’s performance of “”Heroes”” on June 6, 1987 at the German Reichstag in West Berlin was considered a catalyst to the eventual fall of the Berlin Wall, similar to that of Bruce Springsteen’s concert at Radrennbahn Weissensee a year later.

In Germany a 12″ single was released which featured the song performed in English and German as well as English and French.

SIDE A:
Heroes/Helden (English/German Version) 6:02
Written-By – Maass*, Eno*, Bowie*

SIDE B:
Heroes/Héros (English/French Version) 6:04
Written-By – Eno*, Bowie*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: RCA Victor ‎– PC 9821
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: Germany
Released: 1982
Genre: Rock
Style: Art Rock, Classic Rock

CREDITS:
Mastered By – G. F. Pfanz
Producer – Bowie*, Visconti*

NOTES:
Super-Sound-Single
Disco-Remix
Printed in Germany.

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EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck 
Phono Pre-amp:
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube:
Tung-Sol 12AX7ECC803-S Gold Electron Tube
Soundcard:
ESI Juli@
Record Cleaning:
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans:
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: 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)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi