Malcolm McLaren and the World’s Famous Supreme Team – Buffalo Gals (Special Stereo Scratch Mix) (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1982

“Buffalo Gals” is a 1982 hip-hop single released by Malcolm McLaren and the World’s Famous Supreme Team, from McLaren’s 1983 album Duck Rock. The song is composed of extensive scratching with calls from square dancing. The music video prominently features the Rock Steady Crew.

While in New York City looking for a support act for Bow Wow Wow, McLaren got the idea for the song when he went to an outdoor concert (known as a “Block Party”) by Afrika Bambaataa and Universal Zulu Nation. This is where he was exposed to Hip-Hop for the first time and discovered the scratching technique he would use on this song. Most of the scratching and the beat of the song were composed by Trevor Horn.

In the liner notes for Duck Rock, McLaren wrote that this track was “recorded with the World’s Famous Supreme Team and Zulu singers backing them up with the words ‘she’s looking like a hobo.’ The performance by the Supreme Team may require some explaining, but suffice to say they are DJs from New York City who have developed a technique using record players as instruments, replacing the power chord of the guitar with the needle of a gramophone, moving it manually backward and forwards across the surface of a record. We call it scratching.”

Charisma Records were not initially keen on releasing the song but releasing after a strong positive response to the first broadcast of the track by DJ Kid Jensen.

The single peaked at #9 on the UK Singles Chart and #33 on the US Billboard Dance Chart.

SIDE A:
Buffalo Gals (Scratch) 3:42
Performed By – Malcolm McLaren And The World’s Famous Supreme Team**
Written-By – Dudley*, McLaren*, Horn*

SIDE B:
Buffalo Gals 3:42
Performed By – Malcolm McLaren And The World’s Famous Supreme Team**
Written-By – Dudley*, McLaren*, Horn*

Buffalo Gals (Trad. Square) 3:41
Performed By – Malcolm McLaren
Written-By – McLaren*, Trad.*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1982	Buffalo Gals	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#33

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Charisma ‎– MALC 12
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1982
Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop
Style: Electro, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Design – Nick Egan
Photography By – N. Matthews*, R. Beeche*
Producer – Trevor Horn

NOTES:
Mastered at TOWN HOUSE

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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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June 16, 2020

Yazz And The Plastic Population – The Only Way Is Up (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

“The Only Way Is Up” is a song written by George Jackson and Johnny Henderson and originally released in 1980 as a single by soul singer Otis Clay.

In 1988, it became a chart-topping single for Yazz and the Plastic Population. The Yazz version was produced by Jonathan More and Matt Black (better known as dance duo Coldcut, who had worked with Yazz on their hit single “Doctorin’ the House”). “The Only Way Is Up” was Yazz’s first solo single, credited to her under the name Yazz and the Plastic Population. Released as a single in July 1988, the song became an instant smash hit, spending five weeks at number one in the United Kingdom, and ultimately becoming the second biggest-selling single of the year. In the United States, it reached number two on the Billboard dance chart, although only making number 96 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

The opening horn blast is a sample from Sharon Redd’s 1982 dance classic “Beat the Street”.

SIDE A:
The Only Way Is Up (U.K. Extended Club Mix) 6:48

The Only Way Is Up (The Up Up Up Mix) 7:04
Remix – Bam Bam

SIDE B:
The Only Way Is Up (Acid Dub) 5:52
Producer [Additional], Remix – Justin Strauss, Murray Elias

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1988	The Only Way Is Up	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#96
1988	The Only Way Is Up	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#2

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Elektra ‎– 0-66732
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: House, Acid House

CREDITS:
Edited By – Tuta Aquino
Engineer [Remix] – Daniel Abraham
Producer – Coldcut
Programmed By [Additional] – Eric Kupper
Sleeve – Pat Rodger, Pointblanc London*, Seán Quinn
Written-By – George Jackson (3), Johnny Henderson

NOTES:
B side additional production and remix for Popstand Productions.

Printed in U.S.A.

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June 15, 2020

Times Two – Strange But True (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

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Originally posted March 20, 2011

“Strange But True” was the debut single by American duo Times Two consisting of vocalists/keyboardists that wrote most of their own material. Times Two were Shanti Jones and Johnny Dollar, both from Point Reyes, California. Their 1988 album, X2, reached #137 on the Billboard 200. In the U.S., their biggest hit was “Strange But True”, which peaked at #21 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1988. The song was produced by Gardner Cole who has written and produced songs for Jody Watley (Most Of All) and Madonna (Open Your Heart).

SIDE A:
Strange But True (12″ Vocal Remix) 6:47
Producer – Gardner Cole
Producer [Additional Production], Remix, Edited By – Steve Peck

SIDE B:
Strange But True (Dub) 7:00
Edited By – Tuta Aquino
Producer – Gardner Cole

Come Over (Non-LP Track) 3:36
Co-producer – Johnny Dollar (9)

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1988	Strange But True	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#21
1988	Strange But True	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#12

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Reprise Records ‎– 0-20853, Reprise Records ‎– 9 20853-0
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, SP Pressing
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Design –Jeri Heiden, Maura P. McLaughlin
Management – Allen Kovac, Stephen Drimmer
Management [Management Project Coordinator] – Lisa Jones (4)
Photography By – Alberto Tolot
Producer – Shanti (7), Steve Barri, Tony Peluso

NOTES:
Track A additional production, remix and edit for Peck Productions.
From the Reprise album “X 2”

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June 12, 2020

The Window Speaks – In The Land Of Christobal (Germany 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

“In The Land Of Christobal” was the second released by the duo The Window Speaks (founded in 1984), consisting of German bass player, studio musician, and music producer Micki Meuser and Australian singer Grant Stevens. The single was lifted from the duo’s only LP “Heartland”.

SIDE A:
In The Land Of Christobal (Extended Remix) 7:23

SIDE B:
Strangled (Demo Version) 3:34
In The Land Of Christobal (Single Version) 4:08

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: CBS ‎– CBSA 12.7070
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: Germany
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic, Pop
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Photography By [Back Cover] – Wolfgang Burat
Photography By [Front Cover] – Wilhelm Walterscheid
Producer – Candy De Rouge, Gunther Mende

NOTES:
From the LP “HEARTLAND”

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