Category: Dead Or Alive

Dead Or Alive – Come Home With Me Baby (US 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1989

 

NEW 2023 Transfer!
NEW Meticulous Audio Restoration!

Technically this is not a re-rip since I have never posted the U.S. 12″ however I did post the U.K. 12″ in August 2014 so this is a new transfer using the U.S. single. I think it turned out beautifully I hope you all enjoy it.

“Come Home With Me Baby” was the second single released in the UK and the first released in the US from the fourth studio album “Nude” by the British band, Dead Or Alive in 1989 on Epic Records. The song had little impact in the UK but was a massive club hit in the US. “Come Home With Me Baby” debuted on the US Billboard Hot Dance Chart on July 8, 1989, after spending nine weeks on the chart the single peaked at #1.

SIDE A:
Come Home With Me Baby (12″ Version) 6:20
Keyboards [Additional Keyboards] – Andy Stennet*
Mixed By –Jay BurnettPete BurnsSteve Coy
Recorded By [Re-recorded], Engineer –Jay Burnett

SIDE B:
Come Home With Me Baby (Deadhouse Dub) 6:24
Engineer – Cesar SogbeMike Couzzi
Keyboards – Fro SossaMike Bakst
Producer [Additional Production], Remix – Rique “Billy Bob” Alonso

Recording Supervisor [Supervisor – Additional Production & Remix] – Lewis A. Martinee*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1989 Come Home With Me Baby U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #69
1989 Come Home With Me Baby U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #1

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic – 49 68777
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Electronic
Style: House, Hi NRG, Synth-pop

CREDITS:

NOTES:
B-side additional production and remix for Pantera Productions.
B-side recorded at Countdown Studios, Miami, FLA.
B-side mixed at International Sound, Miami, FLA.

Special Versions from the Dead Or Alive LP “NUDE”

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VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
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THE GEAR:
Turntable: Technics SL-1200MK7
Cartridge/Stylus:  Ortofon 2M Black PnP MkII
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro Spin Acrylic Mat
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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Glam with Pete Burns – Sex Drive (Italy 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1994

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Originally posted February 29, 2016

“Sex Drive” is a 1994 single by Glam with Pete Burns. Glam was a Project founded in 1992 by the DJs & producers Ricci (Riccardo Testoni) & Moratto (Elvio Moratto). The group also includes the two producers & friends Ricki Persi & Davide Rizzati (DFC Team).In 1994 the group released “Sex Drive” with Dead Or Alive lead vocalist Pete Burns. The single received significant club play but failed to chart.

SIDE A:
Sex Drive (Glam Drivin’ Mix) 5:10
Sex Drive (Drivin’ Instrumental) 4:25

SIDE B:
Sex Drive (DJ Ricci Hard Mix) 4:19
Remix –  DJ Ricci

Sex Drive (Sexual Hard Mix) 4:12
Remix –  DJ Ricci

Sex Drive (A Cappella) 1:34

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: DFC ‎– DFC 200
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: Italy
Released: 1994
Genre: Electronic
Style: Hi NRG, Euro House, Italodance

CREDITS:
Arranged By – D.J. RicciGlam
Bass – Ricky Persi

Effects – Dr. Rizzatti*
Keyboards – Elvio Moratto
Producer – D.J. RicciGlam
Programmed By – Dr. Rizzatti

Vocals – Pete Burns (tracks: A1, B1 to B3)

NOTES:
Pete Burns appears courtesy of PWL International Limited.

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VINYL TRANSFEr & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

THE GEAR:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Black
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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Nightmares In Wax – Birth Of A Nation (UK 7″ EP)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1980

“Birth Of A Nation” is the debut 7″ EP by Liverpool-based post-punk group Nightmares In Wax managed by Francesco Mellina. Nightmares in Wax released only one EP during its brief existence, but that sole release was unforgettable. Neither did the band truly die, rather it evolved into the even more memorable Dead or Alive.

Singer Pete Burns already had one failed group behind him when he formed Nightmares in Wax. The Mystery Girls also included Pete Wylie, Julian Cope, and Phil Hurst, and managed to play their first and final show on the same night. That gig, opening for Sham 69 at Liverpool’s legendary punk club Eric’s, took place on November 4, 1977. The group folded immediately after, with the members going their separate ways.

Pete Burns returned to the music scene with Nightmares in Wax, in February 1979, alongside an interminably shifting lineup that even the most devoted fan could barely keep track of, had the band actually had such loyal creatures. They didn’t, and Burns himself later claimed the group was deliberately attempting to be the worst in history. Regardless, Nightmares in Wax did slowly gain a following, mainly comprising “real loonies,” as the singer himself described them.

One of these hardy souls was Pete Fulwell, head of the local Inevitable Records label. The band’s lineup still hadn’t solidified, but Inevitable offered them a deal all the same. Burns was joined at the session by his former Mystery Girls’ compatriot, drummer Phil Hurst, keyboardist Martin Healy, bassist Walter Ogden, and guitarist Mick Reid. The ensuing EP, Birth of a Nation opened with “Black Leather,” a roaring homage to motorcyclists and musically a tribute to Iggy Pop’s “Sister Midnight.” The song also contained a hint of things to come, when halfway through, the group suddenly broke into K.C. & the Sunshine Band’s “That’s the Way” — subsequently revived by Burns for Dead or Alive’s first hit single.

The EP was released in February 1980 and sold respectably, but the lineup had already splintered. Bassist Ogden was first to go, replaced by a new member named Ambrose, who subsequently followed his predecessor into Hollycaust, an early incarnation of Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Reid, too, left, and filling in the now considerable gaps were ex-Upsets Sue James, the singularly named Mitch, and music vet Joe Musker, formerly drummer with Merseybeat legends the Fourmost. Nightmares in Wax now continued to exist more as a concept than as a functioning band; still, in May 1980, the group was offered a local radio session. There, without warning and mere minutes before recording began, Burns decided to change the group’s name to Dead or Alive. This, he claimed, was because he didn’t want to be associated with the arty bands now permeating the Liverpool scene: Echo & the Bunnymen, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Dalek I Love You, and so forth. Nightmares in Wax was dead, Dead or Alive was born, and Burn’s rise to stardom was now beginning in earnest.

After the success of Dead Or Alive, The EP was later reissued in 1985 as a 12″ which omitted the track “Girls Song”.

SIDE A:
Black Leather 5:03
Lyrics By – Burns
Music By – Healy

SIDE B:
Girls Song 3:23
Written-By – HealyBurns

Shangri-La 3:32
Written-By – HealyReidBurns*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Inevitable (2) – Inev 002, Inevitable (2) – INEV 0002
Format: Vinyl, 7″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1980
Genre: Rock
Style: New Wave, Post-Punk

CREDITS:
Artwork [Design] – Steve Hardstaff
Bass – Pete Loyd*
Drums – Phil*
Guitar – Mick*
Keyboards – Martin*
Lacquer Cut By – MB*
Photography By – Dave Bailey*
Photography By, Other [Claps] – Geoff Davies (2)
Producer – Noddy Knowler
Vocals – Pete Burns

NOTES:
Comes in a clear poly zip bag holding black RK Records sleeve in a folder printed both sides.

Special thanks to Pete Fulwell, Lynne, John, Penny, Noddy, for encouragement.
Thanks Ambrose and Paul Hornby.

Find the 7″ EP at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

THE GEAR:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Black
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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Dead Or Alive – Brand New Lover (Japan 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1986

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I originally posted the U.S. 12″ way back in July 2012 that single contained four tracks at 33 RPM which I always thought lacked a bit of dynamic range since the tracks are a bit more compressed onto the record. This time around I decided to give the 45 RPM pressed Japan 12″ a new restoration/transfer I had posted it in 2011 but removed it after posting the U.S. 12″ in 2012 sonically I think it sounds much better giving each mix its own side to stretch out its grooves.

I hope you guys enjoy this new transfer.

“Brand New Lover” is a song recorded by the British band Dead or Alive. It was the lead single released from the band’s third album, Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know on Epic Records. It achieved international success when released as a single in 1986.

The lyrics describe the singer’s desire to leave his current partner for one who is more exciting. His motivation is that he admittedly does not desire a stable relationship with one partner, but rather is “a pleasure seeker.”

The song proved to be more successful in the U.S. and in Japan than in the band’s native UK, where it reached number 31. In the US, “Brand New Lover” peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (The band’s second and last single to reach the top 20), and spent two weeks at #1 on the American dance chart in December 1986.

SIDE A:
Brand New Lover (Up Ducky Mix) 6:28

SIDE B:
Brand New Lover (The Dust Monkey’s Love Bubble Club Mix) 9:04

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
OBI Strip: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1986 Brand New Lover U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #15
1986 Brand New Lover U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play #1

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic ‎– 12・3P-768
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: Japan
Released: 06 Nov 1986
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Design, Artwork – Satori (14)
Liner Notes [Insert / Lyric Translation] –  渡辺 淳*
Liner Notes [Insert] – 荒関清人
Mixed By [Mix Master] – Phil Harding
Photography By – Jill Furmanovsky
Producer – Stock, Aitken & Waterman
Written-By – Dead Or Alive

NOTES:
With obi and lyric insert

Produced for P.W.L.

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

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