Burning The Ground Exclusive 1986
NEW 2021 Transfer!
NEW Meticulous Restoration!
Originally posted June 30. 2015
EXPLICIT LYRICS
“Tales Of Taboo” is a 1986 12″ single by American performance artist, musician, and poet Karen Finley. Produced by Madonna collaborator Mark Kamins the track is a ranting provocative monologue over an electronic dance beat. “Tales Of Taboo” was prominently sampled by S’Express on the classic dance floor cut-up, “Theme from S-Express” (her vocal – sampled from “Tales of Taboo” – exclaimed, “Drop that ghettoblaster!”). She was notably one of the NEA Four, four performance artists whose grants from the National Endowment for the Arts were vetoed in 1990 by John Frohnmayer after the process was condemned by Senator Jesse Helms under “decency” issues. In 1991, Finley would often perform her songs late at night at New York City’s Danceteria nightclub, where she worked.
SIDE A:
Tales Of Taboo (Radio Mix) 5:46
Belgian Waffles (Instrumental Version) 5:11
SIDE B:
The Yam Jam (Bonus Rap/Beat) 5:51
The Naked Truth (Acapella) 5:10
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Pow Wow Art International – PWAI 049
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Stereo
Country: Holland
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop, Experimental
CREDITS:
Drums, Synthesizer [Synths] – Albert Cabrera, Andy Wallace, Robert Görl
Edited By – Tuta Aquino
Producer – Mark Kamins
Written-By – Finley, Kamins
NOTES:
Made In Holland
VINYL 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
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Thank you for the Taboo Boo!
~Queertone
Hello
This song has a more than suspicious resemblance to “Sleeper In Metropolis” of Anne Clark.
Very Tanks Paul.
I remember this post before although I missed the download initially. I love these remastered rips.
Thanks Paul 🙂
You’re welcome, Mark 🙂
I already had this release, but as always your rip is soooo much better! Thank you again for your meticulous work!
FYI, Drop The Ghettoblaster was also sampled by JAM & SPOON for “Tayah – I Wish Upon A Star” (you wouldn’t by any chance have a decent rip of that 90s classic)
https://www.discogs.com/master/209039-Tayah-I-Wish-Upon-A-Star
Thank you = Sisters Of Mercy = 🙂
EPIC!!! This song never gets old!
Thank you for another high-quality rip of a classic!
Oh my goodness! She NANA!
Well, “Drop that ghetto-blaster!” is right!!! Paul, thanks for re-ripping this EXTREMELY naughty single!! I must admit that it still makes me blush too. Ms. Finley goes full-on raunchy with this track. This has been such a club cult-record since it came out. I love the people behind the track, like Mark Kamins, Robert Görl, Latin Rascal, Albert Cabrera, Andy Wallace and Tuta Aquino bringing their A-Game to the record. It must be so cool to have virgin ears and hear this song “deflower” them for the first time. I had a friend who saw her live back then and… Read more »
Thanks as always Jeff for your enthusiasm over my post. I remember hearing this in a club around 1987/88 and loving it! The next day I went to my favorite record shop that sold imports to seek out a copy but they had sold out of them. I had to special order a copy and was happy to have it in my collection. 🙂
It makes YOU blush, Jeff? I can´t believe that 🙂 😉
All the best!
s´n´d
Excellent! I love this record. Proper raunch.
Thank you Eric 🙂