BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983
“The Kid’s American” was the second single released by American musician, composer and record producer Matthew Wilder from his debut album I Don’t Speak The Language. The single failed to match the success of the previous single “Break My Stride” only reaching #33 on the US Billboard Hot 100. In the UK the single only reached #93.
SIDE A:
The Kid’s American (Remix / Club Version) 6:02
SIDE B:
The Kid’s American (Dub Version) 4:35
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | The Kid’s American | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #33 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Private I Records – 4Z9 04986
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
CREDITS:
Producer – Bill Elliot*, Peter Bunetta, Rick Chudacoff
Remix – Paul Sabu, Rusty Garner
Written-By – M. Wilder*
NOTES:
Original version on the Private I LP: “I Don’t Speak The Language”
Produced for Ripe Productions.
“An Endless Music Mix”
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
Thank you very much Paul.
Thank you for all of the great posts!
Hi DJ Paul T. First time commenting here. Thank you for an awesome website and the time you take to rip these classics from back in the day. You are a machine! It boggles the mind how you manage have or even find all these old records and then transfer them into a pristine digital format. Thank you for the time spent doing this and for your generosity in sharing your uploads with all of us. I’ve ripped many vinyls and know how time consuming this work can be. Especially if one is going to manually de-click them and present… Read more »
As you say only Break My Stride was a big hit here in the UK…and it was massive and brings back some quite specific memories when I hear it. I loved it at the time and so after I listened to this latest upload I did have to go back and play your rip of Break My Stride again as well!
I have to say Kids American couldn’t have got much airplay here as it really isn’t familiar to me.
Would be interested to hear Bouncing Off The Walls if you have it…
Thank you for the post always loved this song. I can remember HBO and other channels in the US playing this particularly around July 4 back in the 80s.
Only seven singles realeased. A shame, really. Known in Germany for Break My Stride only.
Kids American is quite weak, I think. Loved “Bouncin´ Off The Walls”, though. Don´t know whether
that was released as a 12inch back then. Paulito will know 🙂
Wow Paul!! Thank you so much for this wonderful rip. I love all the singles of Matthew Wilder’s 2 albums. It’s a shame he didn’t get much success. “Break my stride” belongs to my very favorite songs. It would be fantastic if you also could post “Bouncing off the walls”. I hope you had an unforgettable evening yesterday with the concert of Olivia in your own town. I wish you also a great weekend.
Thank you Daniel this single really is a great one and should have done much better than it di. I will check on the other one. Olivia was amazing probably the best i have seen her. Have a great weekend!
I really liked this single. However, in Europe it didn’t seem to reach as many record buyers as ‘Break My Stride’ did. Thanks for this post, specially for the pristine dub. Good job!
And did you enjoy ONJ yesterday?
Thank you Stefano. ONJ was in top form and the crowd was wow!
Hey Paul, how was the Olivia show? Hope it was everything and more for you!!
So cool about this record. I can’t really say I remember it, but I love you going back and posting singles that may have escaped my consciousness. You always have the best tastes.
Hope you have a great weekend too!!
Jeff
I had a blast last night Jeff Olivia was amazing probably the best I have ever seen her. She brought her Vegas show to Tulsa I was amazed and the sold out audience gave her generous amounts of standing ovations.