Burning The Ground Exclusive 1989

NEW 2024 Transfer!
NEW Meticulous Audio Restoration!

Originally posted August 2, 2010

“Rock On” is a song written by English singer David Essex. Recorded in 1973 and released as a single by Essex, it became an international hit.

In 1989 “Rock On” was covered by soap opera star and singer Michael Damian, and featured in the teen film Dream a Little Dream, starring Corey Haim and Corey Feldman among others. Damian’s version, which he also released from his independent album Where Do We Go from Here on the Cypress Records label, was a harder-edged interpretation that employed none of the vocal or instrumental distortion in the original 1973 David Essex version.

“Rock On” became Damian’s first hit in eight years, since his 1981 cover of Eric Carmen’s song “She Did It”. His rendition became a gold record. It reached the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, thus outperforming Essex’s original Billboard ranking. However, the song did get to number one for Essex in 1974 on the US Cashbox Top 100, in the same week it was at number 11 on the Billboard charts. In addition, Haim, Feldman, and Meredith Salenger all appeared in Damian’s music video for the song. This version was ranked number 99 on VH1’s 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the 80s (even though Damian had four Billboard-charting singles during the 1980s).

I created a custom sleeve for this release.

SIDE A:
Rock On (7″ Extended Dance Mix) 6:32
Edited By – Manny Lehman
Remix – Manny Lehman, Michael Damian, Tom Weir

Rock On (12″ Power Re-Mix) 3:54
Edited By – Manny Lehman
Remix – Manny Lehman, Michael Damian, Tom Weir

SIDE B:
Rock On (Original Dance Mix) 4:58

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Cypress Records – SP-12308
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Pop Rock

CREDITS:

• Producer – Larry Weir, Michael Damian, Tom Weir
• Written-By – D. Essex*

NOTES:
Printed in the U.S.A.
Made in the U.S.A.

Label, Side 1: (Original Version appears on the “Dream A Little Dream” Soundtrack on Cypress Records SP-9-0125)
Label, Side 2: (From the “Dream A Little Dream” Soundtrack on Cypress Records SP-9-0125)

Housed inside a black 12″ die-cut sleeve. Custom sticker on shrink wrap.

Buy the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

THE GEAR:
Turntable: Technics SL-1200MK7
Cartridge/Stylus:  Ortofon 2M Black PnP MkII
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro Spin Acrylic Mat
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
Tubes: Genalex Gold Lion 12AX7 ECC83/B759 Gold Pins Vacuum Tube – Matched Pair
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

**24bit FLAC Only Available For Seven Days!

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