Huey Lewis & The News – Hip To Be Square (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

NEW 2020 Transfer!
Meticulously Remastered!

Originally posted March 1, 2012

“Hip to Be Square” is a song by Huey Lewis and the News, written by Bill Gibson, Sean Hopper, and Huey Lewis, and released in 1986 as the second single from the multi-platinum album, Fore!.

The song features Pro Football Hall of Famers and then-San Francisco 49ers Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott singing backup vocals. The single reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100. In concert, Huey Lewis now normally sings the song as “(Too) Hip to Be Square”, as performed on their live album, Live at 25.

The song was also featured in the film American Psycho.

SIDE A:
Hip To Be Square (Dance Remix) 6:07

SIDE B:
Hip To Be Square (Dub Mix) 5:11

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1986	Hip To Be Square	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#3
1986	Hip To Be Square	U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	#20
1986	Hip To Be Square	U.S. Billboard Hot Album Rock Tracks	#1

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis ‎– 4V9 43075
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock

CREDITS:
Artwork By [Graphic Design] – Laura Lamar
Engineer [Remix] – Steve Peck
Photography [Photo Illustration], Artwork By [Creative Direction] – Bennett Hall
Producer – Huey Lewis And The News*
Remix – Shep Pettibone
Written-By – B. Gibson*, H. Lewis*, S. Hopper*

NOTES:
Remixed for Mastermix Productions.
Mastered at Sterling.

The original version appears on the LP “FORE”

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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
DAC/Phono Pre-amp: 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 USED:
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

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FLAC (Level Eight)
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November 4, 2020

Charlie Sexton – Beat’s So Lonely (Remix) (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

“Beat’s So Lonely” is the debut single by American singer/guitarist Charlie Sexton. On April 5, 1986, this song peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 on its 17th week on the chart, the same position it held the previous week and the week before that. Sexton was 17 years old at the time.

The song was featured in the John Hughes film Some Kind of Wonderful.

SIDE A:
Beat’s So Lonely (Beat The Lonely Monster Mix) 6:30

SIDE B:
Beat’s So Lonely (Monster Dub) 5:23

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1986	Beat’s So Lonely	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#17
1986	Beat’s So Lonely	U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	#24

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: MCA Records ‎– MCA-23616
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Rock
Style: New Wave, Pop Rock

CREDITS:
Producer – Keith Forsey
Remix – François Kevorkian, Michael Hutchinson
Written-By – C. Sexton*

NOTES:
Original version appears on the Charlie Sexton album, “Pictures For Pleasure”

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November 2, 2020

Madonna – Borderline/Lucky Star (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984

“Borderline” is a song recorded by American singer Madonna for her eponymous debut album Madonna (1983). It was released on February 15, 1984, by Sire Records as the album’s fifth single. Written and composed by its producer Reggie Lucas.

In the United States, “Borderline” became Madonna’s first top-ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number ten in June 1984. In the United Kingdom, it peaked at number two after it was re-released as a single in 1986. Elsewhere, the song reached the top 10 or 20 in numerous European nations, while topping the singles chart of Ireland.

In the United States, Sire Records released “Borderline” and “Lucky Star” as a 12″ single with remixes by Madonna’s then-boyfriend John “Jellybean” Benitez.

“Lucky Star” had been previously released as the fourth single from Madonna’s debut album “Lucky Star” peaking at number four on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first single in her record-breaking string of 16 consecutive top-five hits. It also topped the Dance Club Songs chart with “Holiday”. Internationally, “Lucky Star” reached the top ten in Canada and the top twenty in Ireland and the United Kingdom.

SIDE A:
Borderline (New Mix) 6:54
Written-By – Reggie Lucas

SIDE B:
Lucky Star (New Mix) 7:13
Written-By – Madonna

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Sire ‎– 0-20212, Sire ‎– 9 20212-0 A
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic, Pop
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Engineer [Mixing Engineer] – Michael Hutchinson
Producer [Produced By] – Reggie Lucas
Producer [Produced By], Mixed By – John “Jellybean” Benitez

NOTES:
“Produced by Reggie Lucas for Kalisa Inc. and John “Jellybean” Benitez for Jellybean Productions Inc.”
Original version available from the Sire album MADONNA

Made in U.S.A.

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October 30, 2020

Duran Duran – Union Of The Snake (Japan 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983

“Union of the Snake” is the ninth single by the English new wave band Duran Duran, released on 17 October 1983.

“Union of the Snake” was the lead single from the band’s third album Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983), and preceded its release by one month. It was originally titled, “The Union at Stake”, when the band was interviewed on The Oxford Road Show in March 1983 before their first performance of “Is there something I should know?” on U.K. television. It became one of Duran Duran’s most popular singles, hitting number one on the US Cash Box and peaking at number three on both the US Billboard Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks at the end of 1983. Further chart movement was prevented by “Say Say Say” by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson and “Say It Isn’t So” by Daryl Hall and John Oates. It also reached number three on the UK Singles Chart.

After a songwriting session near Cannes in France, much of the band’s third album was recorded at George Martin’s AIR Studios on the Caribbean island of Montserrat with producer Alex Sadkin, then mixed at 301 Studios in Sydney. Mixing for “Union of the Snake” was done right up to the last minute before the tapes had to be turned over to EMI for pressing.

Lyricist Simon Le Bon (notoriously reticent about explaining his oblique lyrics) hinted in the Duran Duran lyric book The Book of Words that the borderline might be one between the conscious and subconscious minds. In later interviews, he proclaimed that it was a reference to Tantric sex.

Drummer Roger Taylor stated that the beat and drum track was based upon David Bowie’s 1983 single “Let’s Dance”.

The B-side to “Union of the Snake” was the atmospheric piece “Secret Oktober”. Twenty-four hours before the master tapes of the single were to be delivered to EMI for distribution, singer Simon Le Bon and keyboardist Nick Rhodes wrote and mixed the B-side “Secret Oktober” in an all-night recording session.

**The “Super Mix” contained on this Japan 12″ single is also titled “Monkey Mix” on other releases.

SIDE A:
Union Of The Snake (Super Mix) 6:23

SIDE B:
Union Of The Snake (Single Version) 4:20
Secret Oktober 2:45

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
Obi: Near Mint
Insert: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	Union Of The Snake	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#6
1983	Union Of The Snake	U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	#2
1983	Union Of The Snake	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#33

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI ‎– EMS-27008
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: Japan
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic, Rock, Pop
Style: Pop Rock, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Liner Notes [対訳] – 山本安見*
Photography By – Jeff Hornbaker
Producer – Alex Sadkin
Producer [In Association With] – Duran Duran, Ian Little
Sleeve – assorted iMaGes*
Written-By, Arranged By – Duran Duran

NOTES:
Track A termed (Super Mix) on the back sleeve, also referred to as (The Monkey Mix) on other releases (116bpm).
Track B1 termed (Single Version) on the back sleeve, (7″ Version) on the label.

With obi and single-sided lyric/info insert.

〄 MADE IN JAPAN

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