John Williams – Burning The Ground: DjPaulT's 80's and 90's Remixes

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1983

Return Of The Jedi 40th Anniversary

“Lapti Nek” was a song originally featured in the theatrical cut of Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi before being replaced with “Jedi Rocks” in the 1997 Special Edition of the film. The song was written by John Willams, and performed by fictional alien pop music group The Max Rebo Band.

The Max Rebo Band debuted in Return of the Jedi during the scenes set in Jabba’s palace on Tatooine. In the original version, the trio performs a Huttese-language pop song titled “Lapti Nek” (Huttese for “Work It Out”); the English lyrics (by composer John Williams’s son Joseph Williams) are about dancing; Hardware Wars creator Ernie Fosselius helped arrange the song. the song includes vocals by English singer Michele Gruska. RSO Records released a unique 12″ single for the song, including remixes by Grammy-winning remixer/producer Steve Thompson.

SIDE A:
Lapti Nek (Jabba’s Palace Band) (Club Mix) 5:34

SIDE B:
Lapti Nek (Jabba’s Palace Band) (Dub Mix) 7:00

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: RSO – 813 774-1
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Disco

CREDITS:

Arranged By – Ernie Fosellius, Joseph Williams
Engineer – Armin Steiner
Lyrics By [Huttese] – Annie M. Arbogast
Producer, Composed By, Arranged By, Conductor – John Williams (4)
Remix – Steve Thompson
Vocals [Sy Snootles] – Michelle Gruska

NOTES:
From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Star Wars / Return Of The Jedi – The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Collectors Edition

Buy the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

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
Tubes: Genalex Gold Lion 12AX7 ECC83/B759 Gold Pins Vacuum Tube – Matched Pair
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