Category: Pat Benatar

Pat Benatar – We Live For Love (UK 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1980

In The Name Of LOVE Week!

“We Live For Love” was the fifth single taken from the debut album “In The Heat Of The Night” by Pat Benatar, the single was released on Released: February 25, 1980.

We Live for Love”, which became Benatar’s first top-10 entry in any country when it rose to No. 8 in Canada, while also reaching the top 30 in the US, New Zealand, and Australia, her first sizable hit in the latter. In France, “We Live for Love” reached the top 40.

This 12″ contains the “new wave” mix which appeared on the original 1st pressing 1979 vinyl, cassette, and 8-track releases of the LP “In The Heat Of The Night” this version was later replaced on subsequent pressings with a remixed more rock version. Making the “new wave” mix pretty rare. As far as I know, it has never appeared on CD.

SIDE A:
We Live For Love (Original LP New Wave Mix) 3:47
Producer – Peter Coleman
Written-By –  N. Geraldo*

SIDE B:
I Need A Lover 3:24
Producer – Mike Chapman
Written-By –J. Cougar Mellencamp*

If You Think You Know How To Love Me 3:44
Producer – Mike Chapman
Written-By – N. Chinn/M. Chapman*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1980 We Live For Love U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #27

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis – CHS 12 2403
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1980
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock

NOTES:
From the album “IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT”

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Pat Benatar – Love Is A Battlefield (Special Extended Remix) (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983

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Meticulously Remastered!

Originally posted April 13, 2015

“Love Is a Battlefield” is a song performed by Pat Benatar and written by Holly Knight and Mike Chapman. It was released in September 1983 as a single from Benatar’s live album Live from Earth, though the song itself was a studio recording. The song was ranked at number 30 in VH1’s list of the 100 Greatest Songs of the 1980s. “Love Is a Battlefield” went on to sell over a million records.

Holly Knight and Mike Chapman wrote this song for Pat Benatar initially as a ballad with a beautiful melody and moving chord changes. After some exploration with drum machines and the band, Neil Giraldo decided to make this an uptempo song. The single was Benatar’s second American million-seller and is tied with “We Belong” as her highest-charting single in the United States. It topped Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for four weeks and peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1983.

It hit #1 on the Australian singles chart in February 1984 and remained there for five weeks, becoming the 11th-biggest-selling single of the year. In The Netherlands, the song remained on the charts for 4 weeks. It became #2 in the 1984 year-end chart. The song was re-released in the United Kingdom in March 1985 and reached #17. It was awarded a Gold certification in Canada as well.

The single was unlike most of Benatar’s previous work, as it featured an electronic dance element, but guitars and drums were still present. In 1984, the song won Benatar her fourth consecutive Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.

SIDE A:
Love Is A Battlefield (Special Extended Remix) 6:29

SIDE B:
Love Is A Battlefield (Instrumental) 5:17

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1984 Love Is A Battlefield U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #5
1984 Love Is A Battlefield U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks #1
1984 Love Is A Battlefield U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #41

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis ‎– 4V9 42734
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single, Stereo, Pitman Press
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Pop Rock, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Engineer [Mixing] – Jay Mark
Producer – Neil Geraldo, Peter Coleman*
Remix – John “Jellybean” Benitez
Written-By – H. Knight*, M. Chapman*

NOTES:
Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman pressing denoted by “CPI” etch in runout string.
From the album “Live From Earth”

Made in U.S.A.

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Pat Benatar – Temporary Heroes (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

“Temporary Heroes” is the fifth and final single taken from American rock singer Pat Benatar’s fifth studio album, and sixth album overall, “Tropico” released in late 1984 by Chrysalis Records. The album and it’s singles were the first attempt to move away from Benatar’s famed “hard rock” sound and start experimenting with new “gentler” styles and sounds.

“Temporary Heroes” was only released in Canada, Japan and the United States failing to chart. In the United States a special 12″ promo was released for radio containing exclusive remixes.

SIDE A:
Temporary Heroes (Special Re-mix For Radio) 4:23

SIDE B:
Temporary Heroes (Single Version) 4:02

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis ‎– VAS 2031
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock

CREDITS:
Producer – Neil Geraldo*, Peter Coleman*

NOTES:
From the album “TROPICO”

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Artists United Against Apartheid – Sun City (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

A. Front

“Sun City” is a 1985 protest song written by Steven Van Zandt, produced by Van Zandt and Arthur Baker and recorded by Artists United Against Apartheid to convey opposition to the South African policy of apartheid. The primary means of that opposition is to declare that all the artists involved would refuse any and all offers to perform at Sun City, a resort which was located within the bantustan of Bophuthatswana, one of a number of internationally unrecognized states created by the South African government to forcibly relocate its black population.

“Sun City” only reached #38 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1985. Only about half of American radio stations played “Sun City”, with some objecting to the lyrics’ explicit criticism of President Ronald Reagan’s policy of “constructive engagement.” (Joey Ramone’s line in the song criticizes Reagan. Ramone also expressed open discontent and criticism towards him with the Ramones song “Bonzo Goes to Bitburg”.) The song was banned in South Africa itself.

The song did somewhat better overseas, reaching #21 on the UK Singles Chart, #4 in Australia and achieving chart action in a number of other European countries, becoming a substantial hit in The Netherlands. It was also a top ten single in Canada in December 1985 and January 1986.

“Sun City” was picked as record of the year by many of the most influential music critics, topping the prestigious international Pazz & Jop Critics Poll for best single of the year.

The album and single raised more than a million U.S. dollars for anti-apartheid projects. It premiered at the United Nations, thanks to the Special Committee Against Apartheid and UN officers such as Aracelly Santana.

Featuring – Afrika Bambaataa, Anthony Williams, Big Youth, Bob Dylan, Bob Geldof, Bobby Womack, Bonnie Raitt, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Clarence Clemons, Darlene Love, Daryl Hall, David Ruffin Jr, Duke Bootee, Eddie Kendricks, Fat Boys, George Clinton, Gil Scott-Heron, Grandmaster Melle Mel, Herbie Hancock, Jackson Browne, Jimmy Cliff, Joey Ramone, John Oates, Kashif, Kurtis Blow, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Little Steven, Lou Reed, Malopoets, Michael Monroe, Miles Davis, Nona Hendryx, Pat Benatar, Pete Townshend, Peter Gabriel, Peter Garrett, Peter Wolf, Ray Barretto, Ringo Starr, Ron Carter, Ruben Blades, Run-DMC, Scorpio (3), Shankar, Sonny Okosun, Stanley Jordan, Stiv Bators, Tina B, Via Afrika, Will Downing, Zak Starkey
Producer – Arthur Baker, Little Steven

SIDE A:
Sun City (Last Remix) 9:36

SIDE B:
Not So Far Away (Dub Version) 12:32
Tracking By [Emulator Overdubs] – Keith Le Blanc*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1985 Sun City U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #38

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Manhattan Records ‎– V-56013
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: October 25, 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Edited By – Albert Cobrera*, Aldo Miran
Engineer [Mix] – Frank Filipetti
Engineer [Mix], Remix – Jay Burnett
Producer – Little Steven
Producer, Remix – Arthur Baker

NOTES:
The artist royalties from this record are going to The Africa Fund, a charitable trust based in New York City and registered with the United Nations. The income will benefit political prisoners and their families in South Africa, educational and cultural needs of South African exiles, and educational work of anti-apartheid groups in the United States.

Mixed at Electric Lady, NYC.

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