BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986
“Midas Touch” is a 1986 single by American R&B group Midnight Star taken from their sixth studio album Headlines. The album and single were the last to feature the Calloway Brothers, who left the group due to irreconcilable differences with the other members.
“Midas Touch” reached the top ten on the U.S. R$B chart peaking at #7. On the Billboard hot 100 “Midas Touch” reached #47. The song was also a hit internationally reaching #8 in the U.K. and #29 in the Netherlands.
SIDE A:
Midas Touch (Vocal/Extended Remix) 6:37
Remix – Ellis Jay
SIDE B:
Midas Touch (Vocal/Edit Of Remix) 5:33
Remix – Ellis Jay
Midas Touch (Instrumental) 6:37
Midas Touch (Bassapella) 5:39
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Midas Touch | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #7 |
| 1986 | Midas Touch | U.S. Billboard Black Singles | #47 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Solar – 0-66836
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Style: Electro, Boogie, Funk
CREDITS:
Engineer – Ivaat Etom
Engineer [Assistant] – Jeff Lorenzen, John Hegedes
Mastered By – Brian Gardner
Producer – Midnight Star, Reggie Calloway
Written-By – Bo Watson, June Watson Williams
NOTES:
Recorded at Larrabee Sound Studio A
Original LP version available on Solar LP “Headlines”
Find the 12″ on DISCOGS
VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube: Tung-Sol 12AX7 TubeGold Pins
Soundcard: Novation Audiohub 2×4 Audio Interface
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2, ocenaudio
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
Love this one.
Any chance of more a vinyl rip of the Don’t Rock The Boat song?
Nice one, thanks for all your hard work! 😊
Spectacular publication. Great theme and great versions. Very grateful for this post. Greetings.
I had never heard the bassappella. Awesome! My favourite remix ever of this song.
Fantastic! Thanks for this Paul! I love this song!
Excellent post! Thanks Paul!
This is just great. An excellent Midnight Star track in full glory! Very happy to finally have the instrumental in Paulity. Thanks, thanks, thanks.
Paul, this is such a gift. So sorry I couldn’t comment yesterday, so I wanted to do it first thing this morning. Again, I love how people light up when they get something they really want from you. You usually post by 2:00 PM the latest, but I knew you must have scoured your record collection to find it. So awesome of you. Your generosity is off the charts. Fond memories of this one. Growing up in the NY tri-state area, it’s great to have radio hits come flooding back into consciousness.
Many thanks,
Jeff
Thank you so much for posting this! This is one of my favorites from the era, and I’ve got the 12 but my digitalization options don’t dont’ come anywhere close to your setup, so it’s great to have this.
do u have broken glass louil silas jr remix 1986 12 inch
r.i.p. ellis jay 1956-2001
Fantastic! Thanks for this Paul, another often overlooked electro funk classic! Plenty more in this genre needing rediscovering…Ready For The World – Oh Sheila (The M & M Mixes), Klymaxx – Love Bandit, Ta Mara & The Seen – Affecttion, George Duke – Broken Glass, Klymaxx – Meeting In The Ladies Room (Frank Poulton Mixes) and on and on…
YEAHHHHHHHHHH What happiness you have made my day Paul, I love this song with madness, I liked it a lot, thank you very much, eternally grateful!!!!
Love you!!!!
Rafa
You’re welcome, Rafael Cova 🙂
HOLY MACARONI!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH! I haven’t typed in all caps in decades…seriously! Wow wow wow! Not only a thank you for my request but this is just a great song from the 80s and my youth! Such a huge track in the CT/NY area back in the day.
Again, very huge thank you!
-Fred
You’re welcome, Fred. 🙂
Super track from the eighties!
Thank you, Martijn van Heeringen 🙂