Category: Duran Duran

August 3, 2021

John Taylor – I Do What I Do (Theme For 9 ½ Weeks) (US 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1986

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Originally posted December 20, 2011

“I Do What I Do (Theme For 9½ Weeks)” was a single performed by Duran Duran bassist John Taylor released in February 1986, the song was his first solo singing performance during a hiatus in Duran Duran’s career and also features Michael Brecker performing saxophone. It was the main single released from the 9½ Weeks Original Soundtrack.

“I Do What I Do” was co-written by Jonathan Elias, Michael Des Barres and John Taylor, after Des Barres was approached about writing a song for the movie’s soundtrack. It was originally intended to be sung by Lisa Dalbello, but she bowed out at the last minute and John decided he could do the song instead.

The video features John Taylor in a tuxedo, singing the words while watching a private screening of the movie 9½ Weeks. It was directed by Taylor himself.

“I Do What I Do” reached #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #42 on the UK Singles Chart.

It was also nominated in the 1986 Golden Raspberry Awards for “Worst Original Song”, but lost to “Love or Money” by Prince.

SIDE A:
I Do What I Do (Theme For 9 ½ Weeks) (The Final Cut) 8:02
Remix – Jason Corsaro, John Taylor, Jonathan Elias

SIDE B:
I Do What I Do (Theme For 9 ½ Weeks) (Film Mix) 4:20
Mixed By – Jason Corsaro, John Taylor, Jonathan Elias
Vocals – Lisa Dalbello (Uncredited)

I Do What I Do (Theme For 9 ½ Weeks) (The Single Mix) 3:44
Mixed By – Jason Corsaro, John Taylor, Jonathan Elias

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1986	I Do What I Do (Theme For 9 ½ Weeks)	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#23

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Capitol Records ‎– V-15223
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Pop Rock

CREDITS:
Design [Cover] – Frank Olinsky
Engineer – Bruce Darby, Larry Alexander, Michael Montes
Percussion [Electronic] – Jimmy Bralower
Photography – Rebecca Blake
Producer – Jason Corsaro, John Taylor, Jonathan Elias
Saxophone – Michael Brecker
Written By – John Taylor, Jonathan Elias, Michael DesBarres

NOTES:
From the Motion Picture “9 ½ Weeks”

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VINYL RESTORATION:
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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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July 2, 2021

Andy Taylor – Take It Easy (UK 12″)

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Originally posted December 19, 2011

Happy Birthday, Weekend America!

“Take It Easy” is the debut single by former original Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor, released from the American Anthem soundtrack by Atlantic Records-Warner Pioneer Corporation in 1986.

Written by Andy Taylor and Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones, the single reached #24 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart on August 11, 1986, after spending seventeen weeks on the survey.

The B-side is the instrumental “Angel Eyes”, another track taken from the American Anthem soundtrack.

The sleeve was designed by Frank Olinsky, whose credits also include Duran Duran’s Notorious album.

SIDE A:
Take It Easy (Dance Version) 5:45
Guitar – Steve James (5)
Backing Vocals – Andy*, Eddy (5), Flo (13)
Drums – Terry Bozzio

SIDE B:
Take It Easy (Rock Mix) 4:19
Guitar – Steve James (5)
Backing Vocals – Andy*, Eddy (5), Flo (13)
Drums – Terry Bozzio

Angel Eyes 3:26
Sitar – Steve Jones (2)
Keyboards, Drum Programming – Andy Taylor

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1986	Take It Easy	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#24

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Atlantic ‎– A 9414 T
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1986
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock

CREDITS:
Bass – Bryant Simpson
Design – Frank Olinsky
Engineer – Jerry Napier, Roy Thomas Baker
Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Guitar [Electric] – Andy Taylor
Mixed By – Andy Taylor, Roy Thomas Baker
Music By, Lyrics By – Andy Taylor, Steve Jones (2)
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
Photography – Mousha Brahka
Producer – Roy Thomas Baker

NOTES:
From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack “American Anthem”.

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
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RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
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Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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April 5, 2021

Duran Duran – Nite Romantics (Japan 12″ EP)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1981

“Nite Romantics” is a 12″ vinyl EP by the British new wave band Duran Duran, released in Japan by Toshiba EMI Ltd during 1981.

Featuring four Duran Duran album-related recordings, the EP was released in a unique promo stickered picture sleeve with a black Japanese New Romantics obi-strip and lyric insert. The sleeve includes a band biography in Japanese text, with Duran Duran photography taken at the Rum Runner nightclub in Birmingham.

Nite Romantics includes the Night Version’s of “Planet Earth”, and “Girls On Film”, tracks released on 12″ single editions in various countries.

There is also a cover version of David Bowie’s “Fame”, an artist who Duran Duran supported during his 1987 US leg of The Glass Spider Tour.

“Nite Romantics” was the first-ever 12″ EP released by Duran Duran, and became a highly imported record all over the world due to Duran Duran’s popularity by 1982. This was also the first Japanese import record that I ever bought.

This is also the first post using the new Ortofon 2M stylus.

SIDE A:
Planet Earth (Night Version) 6:17
Written-By – Duran Duran

Khanada 3:26
Written-By –Duran Duran

SIDE B:
Fame 3:17
Written-By – Alomar*, Bowie*, Lennon*

Girls On Film (Night Version) 5:30
Written-By – Duran Duran

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI ‎– EMS-41005
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Stereo
Country: Japan
Released: 01 Sep 1981
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Synth-pop, New Wave

CREDITS:
Liner Notes – Gaku Torii
Liner Notes [訳詩] –山本安見*
Performer [Duran Duran] –Andy Taylor, John Taylor, Nick Rhodes, Roger Taylor (2), Simon Le Bon
Photography By [Back Cover] – Gered Mankowitz
Photography By [Front Cover] – Harbie Yamaguchi*
Producer – Colin Thurston

NOTES:
With OBI and double sided lyric / info insert.
デュラン・デュラン (Duran Duran)

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VINYL RESTORATION BY:
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Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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October 30, 2020

Duran Duran – Union Of The Snake (Japan 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983

“Union of the Snake” is the ninth single by the English new wave band Duran Duran, released on 17 October 1983.

“Union of the Snake” was the lead single from the band’s third album Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983), and preceded its release by one month. It was originally titled, “The Union at Stake”, when the band was interviewed on The Oxford Road Show in March 1983 before their first performance of “Is there something I should know?” on U.K. television. It became one of Duran Duran’s most popular singles, hitting number one on the US Cash Box and peaking at number three on both the US Billboard Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks at the end of 1983. Further chart movement was prevented by “Say Say Say” by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson and “Say It Isn’t So” by Daryl Hall and John Oates. It also reached number three on the UK Singles Chart.

After a songwriting session near Cannes in France, much of the band’s third album was recorded at George Martin’s AIR Studios on the Caribbean island of Montserrat with producer Alex Sadkin, then mixed at 301 Studios in Sydney. Mixing for “Union of the Snake” was done right up to the last minute before the tapes had to be turned over to EMI for pressing.

Lyricist Simon Le Bon (notoriously reticent about explaining his oblique lyrics) hinted in the Duran Duran lyric book The Book of Words that the borderline might be one between the conscious and subconscious minds. In later interviews, he proclaimed that it was a reference to Tantric sex.

Drummer Roger Taylor stated that the beat and drum track was based upon David Bowie’s 1983 single “Let’s Dance”.

The B-side to “Union of the Snake” was the atmospheric piece “Secret Oktober”. Twenty-four hours before the master tapes of the single were to be delivered to EMI for distribution, singer Simon Le Bon and keyboardist Nick Rhodes wrote and mixed the B-side “Secret Oktober” in an all-night recording session.

**The “Super Mix” contained on this Japan 12″ single is also titled “Monkey Mix” on other releases.

SIDE A:
Union Of The Snake (Super Mix) 6:23

SIDE B:
Union Of The Snake (Single Version) 4:20
Secret Oktober 2:45

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
Obi: Near Mint
Insert: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	Union Of The Snake	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#6
1983	Union Of The Snake	U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	#2
1983	Union Of The Snake	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#33

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI ‎– EMS-27008
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: Japan
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic, Rock, Pop
Style: Pop Rock, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Liner Notes [対訳] – 山本安見*
Photography By – Jeff Hornbaker
Producer – Alex Sadkin
Producer [In Association With] – Duran Duran, Ian Little
Sleeve – assorted iMaGes*
Written-By, Arranged By – Duran Duran

NOTES:
Track A termed (Super Mix) on the back sleeve, also referred to as (The Monkey Mix) on other releases (116bpm).
Track B1 termed (Single Version) on the back sleeve, (7″ Version) on the label.

With obi and single-sided lyric/info insert.

〄 MADE IN JAPAN

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION BY:
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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

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Password: burningtheground

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