BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983
Originally posted July 4, 2012
“Holiday Road” is a 1983 single written and recorded by Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham. The song was featured in the 1983 film National Lampoon’s Vacation and was played during the opening titles. The song was also used in the sequels National Lampoon’s European Vacation and Vegas Vacation. The song peaked at #82 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1983.
SIDE A:
Holiday Road 2:11
SIDE B:
Holiday Road 2:11
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
---|---|---|---|
1983 | Holiday Road | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #82 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Warner Bros. Records – PRO-A-2055
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Rock
Style: Rock & Roll
CREDITS:
Producer – Lindsey Buckingham, Richard Dashut
Written-By – Lindsey Buckingham
NOTES:
From the Warner Bros. album “National Lampoons Vacation” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Promotional copy not for sale.
Same track appears on both sides.
Find the 12″ on DISCOGS
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
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
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi
Hi Paul,
can you share the complete Soundtrack from ´´National Lampoons Vacation´´ here? (as 24 bit,96khz)
It would be great.
Thank you very much
Catrine
Christmas in summer…!
National Lampoons Vacation brought me here! Gosh love this song because of the movie. Wish they had done an extended version. Thanks Paul
2:11 (extended version)
!2” vinyl? Kidding right? With 2m11s they could at least put the rest of the soundtrack as a bonus on that one.
Yeah they could have but they didn’t 🙂
How appropriate to post this single Paul right before your own Holiday Vacation!! I’m so excited because you always get the perfect record to fit in with the times and this is a re-rip of one of your “lost” classics on BTG!! Just heard this song a few weekends ago on an 80’s satellite radio station at a Memorial Day BBQ and remembered how much I liked this song. Love the barking dog too!! So super to get this in expert quality DjPaulT. It’s going to be a nice way to end out the week. Hey, hope you enjoy your… Read more »
Thank you Jeff. Have a great weekend 🙂