Kelly Marie – Feels Like I’m In Love (US 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1981

Celebrating Pride 2021

“Feels Like I’m In Love” is a song written and originally recorded by Ray Dorset with his band Mungo Jerry in 1977.

In 1979, Scottish singer Kelly Marie recorded the song for Pye Records. The song was a sleeper hit on the Scottish club scene before breaking through nationally in the summer of 1980, reaching the top of the UK Singles Chart in September. The following year, aided by a number of remixes the song became a club hit in the US, reaching number ten on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart.

Re-released on the Calibre record label with a new B-side “New York at Night”, it followed a rare breed of record labels who gained a chart-topping success after their debut release.

Charged with cheeky, campy horn flourishes, the song oozes a kind of carefree, shoulder-shimmying joy that won Kelly Marie a sizeable gay following becoming an instant gay anthem.

SIDE A:
Feels Like I’m In Love 6:21
Written-By – R. Dorset*

SIDE AA:
New York At Night 5:05
Rap – Bobby ‘DJ’ Guttadaro, Lance Wise
Written-By – P. Yellowstone, S. Voice*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1980	Feels Like I’m In Love	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#10

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Coast To Coast (2) ‎– 4Z8 02023, Roadshow ‎– 4Z8 02023
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1981
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Style: Disco

CREDITS:
Producer – Peter Yellowstone
Remix – Bobby ‘DJ’ Guttadaro*

NOTES:
Manufactured and distributed by CBS Records/CBS Inc.

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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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June 15, 2021

Grace Jones – Pull Up To The Bumper (Remix) (UK 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1985

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Originally posted May 21, 2011

“Pull Up to the Bumper” was the second single released by Grace Jones from her critically-acclaimed 1981 album Nightclubbing. The song has since come to be one of Jones’ signature tunes. The song was co-written by Jones herself, Sly Dunbar, Dana Mano, and Robbie Shakespeare.

Upon its release, “Pull Up to the Bumper” spent seven weeks at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, as well as becoming a Top-5 single on the U.S. R&B chart.

In 1985 the track was remixed and re-released to promote the Island Life compilation, the Extended Remix includes additional keyboard overdubs and remix by Paul “Groucho” Smykle. This 1985 remix peaked at #12 on the UK pop chart in early 1986.

Jones’ genre-hopping artistry earned her a diehard LGBTQ+ fan base from day one, largely because of her very uncommon divadom. By gleefully toying with masculine and feminine conventions, she offered her queer audience a constantly evolving performance in which they could recognize their own sexual fluidity. “Bumper” succinctly captures Jones’ protean mix of playfulness and aggression, simultaneously tongue-in-cheek and deadly serious. It’s a masterstroke of double entendre that, with its sinuous reggae-disco backdrop and Jones’ snarled vehicular puns, really only demands one thing from you: that you move.

SIDE A:
Pull Up To The Bumper (Extended Remix) 6:25
Remix – Paul “Groucho” Smykle
Producer – Alex Sadkin, Chris Blackwell
Written-By – Dana Mano, Grace Jones, Koo Koo Baya

SIDE B:
La Vie En Rose 7:20
Arranged By – Duke Williams
Producer – Tom Moulton
Written-By – E. Piaf*, Louiguy

Nipple To The Bottle 5:50
Producer – Alex Sadkin, Chris Blackwell
Written-By – Grace Jones, Sly Dunbar

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Island Records ‎– 12 IS 240
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Dub, Downtempo, Disco

CREDITS:
Mastered By – GD* (tracks: B1, B2), Jonz* (tracks: A)

NOTES:
Pull Up To The Bumper
A version of this song appears on the Grace Jones album ‘Island Life’
Rydim Music Ltd.
(P) 1985 Original sound recording made by Island Records Inc.

La Vie En Rose
Produced for Beam Junction Productions
Taken from the album ‘Island Life’
Noel Gay Music-MPCS
(P) 1977 Island Records Inc.

Nipple To The Bottle
Taken from the album ‘Living My Life’
Rydim Music Ltd.
(P) 1982 Island Records Inc.

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VINYL ReSTORATION:
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June 14, 2021

Erasure – A Little Respect (Big Train Mix) (Germany 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1988

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“A Little Respect” is a song written and recorded by the English synthpop duo Erasure, released in September 1988. It was written by Vince Clarke and Andy Bell. The lyrics are a plea to a lover to show compassion and respect. The heavily synthesized instrumentation is accentuated by acoustic guitar and Bell’s vocal falsetto in the chorus. It was their tenth single and was taken from their third studio album, The Innocents. Known as one of their signature songs, the single reached number four on the UK Singles Chart and was Erasure’s second consecutive top-20 hit on the US Billboard Hot 100, where it made number 14, and reached number two on the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart.

In June 2021 “A Little Respect” was voted the ‘Ultimate Pride Anthem’ by Virgin Radio UK listeners.

SIDE A:
A Little Respect (Big Train Mix) 6:06
Engineer – Bob Kraushaar
Producer – Stephen Hague
Remix – Phil Legg

SIDE B:
Like Zsa Zsa Zsa Gabor (Rico Conning Mix) 6:04
Engineer – Mike Rogers
Producer – Erasure
Remix – Rico Conning

Love Is Colder Than Death 2:10
Engineer – Mike Rogers
Producer – Erasure

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1988	A Little Respect	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#14
1988	A Little Respect	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#2

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Mute ‎– INT 126.895, Mute ‎– L12 MUTE 85
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Limited Edition, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: Germany
Released: Sep 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Written By – Clarke/Bell
Written-By – Bell, Clarke

NOTES:
1988 Mute Records Ltd

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June 11, 2021

Various – Hot Rod’s “Dancing On The Wild Side” (Medley) (US 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1986

What a fun way to end a week of New Wave obscure records than with an obscure New wave Medley. Clocking in at just over twenty minutes this Hot Tracks Medley is packed with some known but mostly forgotten gems. Like most all of the Hot Tracks medley’s, this one is cut and sliced into pure perfection.

Mark ‘Hot Rod’ Trollan, DJ’ed at Medusa’s in Chicago in the 1980s and produced and remixed various singles in the mid-eighties.

He passed away on December 19, 1986, after contracting the AIDS virus.

SIDE A:
Various – Hot Rod’s “Dancing On The Wild Side” (Medley) 20:27
Mixed By – Mark “Hot Rod” Trollan

122-134 BPM

Book Of Love — Modigliani (Lost In Your Eyes)
Foetus-Art-Terrorism — Calamity Crush
Fatima — Hassan
Bananarama — Do Not Disturb
Ministry — Over The Shoulder
Ministry — All Day
Quando Quando — Love Tempo
The Art Of Noise featuring Duane Eddy — Peter Gunn
Executive Slacks — In And Out
Portion Control — The Great Divide
Alexander Robotnick — Don’t Ask Me Why
Siouxsie And The Banshees — Cities In Dust
Peter Murphy — Final Solution
Debora Iyall — Strange Language
Pete Shelley — On Your Own
Love And Rockets — Inside The Outside
Danny Alias — Civil Defense
George Kranz — Trommeltanz (Din Daa Daa)
The Bridge — Love Dance
Secession — Touch
Frankie Goes To Hollywood — Two Tribes
Funkmeister — War Dance
David Van Tieghem — These Things Happen
Depeche Mode — Master And Servant
Clan Of Xymox — Stranger
Chakk — Imagination (Who Needs A Better Life)
TDA/Test Department — The Faces Of Freedom
Russia Heat — Tell Me Your Name
Severed Heads — Dead Eyes Opened
Lawrence Welk — Live At Lake Tahde
ABC — From A To Z
Severed Heads — Dead Eyes Opened
Days Of 29 — Destination D-Day

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Hot Tracks ‎– SA5-6
Series: Hot Tracks Series – 5-6
Format: 2 × Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Compilation, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave, Alternative

CREDITS:
Producer – Cameron Paul

NOTES:
DJ USE ONLY

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VINYL RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
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RESTORATION NOTES:
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Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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