The Cage Featuring Nona Hendryx – Burning The Ground: DjPaulT's 80's and 90's Remixes

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1982

“Do What Ya Wanna Do” is a 1977 song originally recorded by T-Connection. In 1982 the song was covered by The Cage Featuring American singer Nona Hendryx.

The Cage was a project built around Ms. Nona Hendryx and the studio band Visage as they existed in 1982, following the exits of Dave Formula as well as Midge Ure and Billy Currie following the lawsuit to extricate the band from Morrison/O’Donnell management [who were also representing Ultravox]. That meant Rusty Egan on drums with Steve Barnacle on guitars and synths with brother Gary on sax and synths. Production and remix via the great John Luongo.

The song was a cover of a T-Connection disco track from 1977 that was very much in the traditional mold of the day. This one was much tougher with the full complement of Visage’s sonic vocabulary that they’d already established on their two albums. Drum machines kept the time while Egan drummed around them on acoustic percussion. Providing lots of vibrant fills and percussive volleys. Steve Barnacle played mostly extreme funk bass here with brother Gary adding sax interjection.

The drum solo breakdowns on this one were bold and hard and lasted as long as they wanted even as hints of the Mororder sound gave it all a machine-led energy that the more traditional instruments used as a foundation. Of course, Ms. Hendryx was more than capable of matching the toughness of the musicians. – postpunkmonk Discogs

The song was also featured in the film and soundtrack “Summer Lovers”.

SIDE A:
Do What Ya Wanna Do (Long Version) 7:35
Remix – John Luongo
Written-By – T. Coakley*

SIDE B:
Do What Ya Wanna Do (Dub Version) 6:24
Remix –John Luongo
Written-By – T. Coakley*

The Slammer 5:26
Written-By – G. Barnacle, R. Egan, S. Barnacle*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Warner Bros. Records – 0-29969, Metropolis (7) – 0-29969
Format:
Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1982
Genre: Electronic
Style: Funk / Soul

CREDITS:
Bass, Keyboards – Steve Barnacle
Drums, Drum Programming – Rusty Egan
Featuring [Vocals] – Nona Hendryx
Producer [Produced By], Arranged By – Rusty Egan
Saxophone, Saxophone [Electric], Keyboards – Gary Barnacle

NOTES:
Taken from the forthcoming Soundtrack “Summer Lovers”
Remixed at The “Reduction Suite”

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

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