Category: Foreigner

November 7, 2019

Foreigner – Cold As Ice (Remix) (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

“Cold as Ice” is a 1977 song by English-American rock band Foreigner from their eponymous debut album. It became one of the best-known songs of the band in the US, peaking at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was initially the B-side of some versions of the “Feels Like the First Time” 45 rpm single.

In 1985 the song was slightly remixed and re-released in the UK and Ireland where it charted at #18 on the Irish singles chart.

SIDE A:
Cold As Ice (Remix) 3:21
Producer – Gary Lyons, John Sinclair

Head Games (Live Version) 4:10
Producer – Mick Jones (2)

SIDE B:
Reaction To Action (Action Mix) 7:15
Producer – Alex Sadkin, Mick Jones (2)

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Atlantic ‎– A 9539(T)
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1985
Genre: Rock
Style: Classic Rock

NOTES:
“Cold As Ice” Remixed from the album “Foreigner”

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Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
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SOFTWARE USED:
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Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
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November 29, 2016

Lou Gramm – Midnight Blue (Germany 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

“Midnight Blue” is the first single released by Lou Gramm from his debut solo album Ready or Not in 1987. The single spent five weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot Album Rock Tracks, starting on February 14, 1987, and peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100, Gramm’s highest-charting solo hit.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic calls the song the “last great single of the album-rock era”. Allmusic reviewer Bret Adams posits that, “despite its hit status, it’s one of the decade’s truly underappreciated singles”.

The song was covered by R.E.M. on their 1987 tour.

SIDE A:
Midnight Blue (Extended Remix) 5:23

SIDE B:
Chain Of Love 4:00

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1987	Midnight Blue	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#5
1987	Midnight Blue	U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	#1

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Atlantic ‎– 786 723-0
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: Germany
Released: 1987
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop/Rock

CREDITS:
Arranged By – Bruce Turgon, Lou Gramm, Pat Moran
Backing Vocals – Cookie Watkins, Mark Rivera, Sherryl Marshall
Bass Guitar – Stanley Sheldon
Drums – Ben Gramm
Engineer – Pat Moran
Engineer [Assistant] – Roger Talkov
Guitar [Lead] – Eddie Martinez
Guitar [Rhythmn] – Bruce Turgon
Keyboards, Programmed By – Phil Ashley*
Mastered By – Ted Jensen
Producer – Lou Gramm, Pat Moran
Written-By – Bruce Turgon, Lou Gramm

NOTES:
Original Version Available on the Atlantic Album “READY OR NOT”

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Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
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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
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April 24, 2015

Foreigner – Say You Will (Germany 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

“Say You Will” is a song by British-American rock band Foreigner. It was the first single released from the album Inside Information (1987), and was co-written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones . The single reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became their fourth #1 hit on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, holding the top spot for four weeks, starting on December 19, 1987.

“Say You Will” was one of Foreigner’s last two Top 10 chart hits in the United States, followed by the 1988 release of the single “I Don’t Want to Live Without You” (which reached #5 on the Hot 100 chart). The song also became the band’s third-highest charting hit in Germany, where it reached #22, faring even better in Switzerland, the Netherlands, and particularly Norway, where it reached #4. The video clip for this song, directed by David Fincher, peaked at #2 in MTV’s Top Ten chart in December 1987.

Allmusic noted that the single was a “good example” of the band’s “balancing act” as “the guitar-heavy style of their early work gave way to slick arrangements that pushed electronics to the fore…temper(ing) its rock guitar edge…and Lou Gramm’s quasi-operatic vocals…by thick layers of chiming synthesizers and an array of electronic textures.”

SIDE A:
Say You Will (Extended Remix) 5:27

SIDE B:
Say You Will 4:00
A Night To Remember 3:52

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1987	Say You Will	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#6
1987	Say You Will	U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	#41
1987	Say You Will	U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary	#1

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Atlantic ‎– 786 629-0
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: Germany
Released: 1987
Genre: Rock
Style: pop Rock

CREDITS:
Co-producer – Frank Filipetti
Producer – Mick Jones (2)
Written-By – L. Gramm*, M. Jones*

NOTES:
From the LP “INSIDE INFORMATION”

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April 23, 2015

Foreigner – Reaction To Action (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984

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Originally posted August 19, 2011

“Reaction to Action” was the third single taken from the album Agent Provocateur by the band Foreigner, in the U.S. only. This song was remixed for this release. The song was written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones. The single peaked at #54 on the Billboard Hot 100 on January 6, 1985.

SIDE A:
Reaction To Action (Vocal/Long Version) 7:17

SIDE B:
Reaction To Action (Instrumental) 5:45
Reaction To Action (Vocal Edit) 4:54

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	Reaction To Action	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#54
1985	Reaction To Action	U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	#44

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Atlantic – 0-86880
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock

CREDITS:
Producer – Alex Sadkin, Mick Jones (2)
Written-By – L. Gramm*, M. Jones*

NOTES:
Special versions taken from the Atlantic album “Agent Provocateur”

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Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removeal: Manual
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RESTORATION NOTES:
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MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi