Alice Cooper – He’s Back (The Man Behind the Mask) (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

Since today is Friday The 13th I thought it would be fun to revive this long dead killer classic buried deep in the BTG vault with a brand new 2017 re-rip remaster. This one was originally posted October 29, 2010.

“He’s Back (The Man Behind the Mask)” is a song by American shock rock musician Alice Cooper. It was released as the lead single from his 1986 album Constrictor, and the theme song of Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, a slasher film and sixth part of the Friday the 13th film series released in the same year. The song is heard various times throughout the film and in the end credits. Two other songs, “Teenage Frankenstein” (also from Constrictor) and “Hard Rock Summer” (which remained commercially unreleased until 1999) are also featured in the film.

The song features the famous “ki-ki-ki ma-ma-ma” (admittedly in its popular misheard version, “ch-ch-ch, ha-ha-ha”) sound effect, a trademark of the Friday the 13th series.

“He’s Back (The Man Behind the Mask)” was a minor chart success, popular among fans of Cooper’s later work and enthusiasts of slasher films. It has been called “strangely new wave-ish and said to “perfectly enscapulate the Friday the 13th films and the era in which they came to prominence.

The 7” single featured a “live” version of “Billion Dollar Babies” as its B-Side. The 12″ single featured “Billion Dollar Babies (Recorded Live)” as well as a haunting “live” version of “I’m Eighteen”. Both versions were in fact originally recorded in the studio for the Alice Cooper a Paris TV special in 1982 during the Special Forces era, which were remixed in 1986 with crowd noise to resemble “live” recordings.

SIDE A:
He’s Back (The Man Behind The Mask) 3:24
Engineer, Mixed By, Producer – Michael Wagener

SIDE B:
Billion Dollar Babies (Recorded Live) 3:20
Producer – Erik Scott
Remix – Garth Richardson

I’m Eighteen (Recorded Live) 4:33
Producer – Erik Scott
Remix – Garth Richardson

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: MCA Records ‎– MCAT-1090
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1986
Genre: Rock
Style: New Wave,Classic Rock, Heavy Metal

NOTES:
Theme from the Motion Picture, “Friday the 13th, part VI: Jason lives”
Track B1 recorded live, 1976
Track B2 recorded live, Paris, France, 1982

From the forthcoming Alice Cooper album “Constrictor”

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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: Sovtek 12AX7LPS Vacuum Tube
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
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

October 12, 2017

Flash And The Pan – Midnight Man (Europe 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

“Midnight Man” is a 1985 single by Australian new wave group Flash And The Pan. The song was taken from the album Early Morning Wake Up Call. “Midnight Man” reached #66 on the Australian singles chart and #23 in Netherlands. In the United States “Midnight Man” reached #19 on the Billboard Dance chart on March 23, 1985 after spending nine weeks on the survey.

SIDE A:
Midnight Man (Extended Remix Version) 7:00
Mixed By – Francois Kevorkian*, Ron St. Germain

SIDE B:
Midnight Man (Instrumental) 6:01
Mixed By – Francois Kevorkian*, Ron St. Germain

Fat Night 3:56

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	Midnight Man	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#19

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic – Epic ‎– EPCA 12-4847, Epic ‎– A 12-4847
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: Europe
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop, New wave

CREDITS:
Producer – Vanda & Young
Written-By – H. Vanda – G. Young*

NOTES:
Tracks A & B1 mixed at Right Track, N.Y.
Made in Holland
The Album “Early Morning Wake Up Call” EPC 26215
Also available on chrome cassette

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VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

October 11, 2017

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Make It Better (Forget About Me) (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

R.I.P. Tom Petty
October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017

“Make It Better (Forget About Me)” is a song written by Tom Petty of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and David A. Stewart of the Eurythmics. It was released in June 1985 as the third single from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ 1985 album Southern Accents. Musically it is an uptempo number that pays tribute to the Memphis Soul style, with heavy emphasis on horns and funk-inspired rhythm guitar. The music video continues in the Alice in Wonderland motif of “Don’t Come Around Here No More” and riffs on the ‘model annoyed by flying insect with the face of the singer superimposed’ as in the then-recent “You Might Think” video by The Cars.

“Make It Better (Forget About Me)” peaked at #54 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on July 6, 1985 spending eight weeks on the survey.

SIDE A:
Make It Better (Forget About Me) (Dance Mix) 7:11
Engineer – E.T. Thorngren*
Remix – Shelly Yakus
Remix, Recorded By – Don Smith

SIDE B:
Make It Better (Forget About Me) (Instrumental Mix) 4:16
Engineer – E.T. Thorngren*
Remix, Recorded By – Don Smith

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	Make It Better (Forget About Me)	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#54
1985	Make It Better (Forget About Me)	U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	#12

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: MCA Records ‎– MCA-23559
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Rock
Style:Pop/Rock

CREDITS:
Producer – David Stewart*, Jimmy Iovine, Tom Petty

NOTES:
From the Album “Southern Accents”

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VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

October 10, 2017

New Order – Fine Time (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1989

“Fine Time” is a song by New Order released in 1988 and the first single from their 1989 album Technique. The B-side “Fine Line” is simply the A-side without Bernard Sumner’s vocals.

On the naming of the track, Stephen Morris said, “my car had been towed away and I had to remind myself to go and pay the fine. I just wrote “Fine Time” on this piece of paper to remind myself to go get it and thought, that’s a good title.”

In the U.K. the single peaked at #11. “Fine Time” was a major club hit in the United States where it reached #2 on the Billboard Dance chart.

The song was recorded in the Mediterranean Studios, Ibiza.

SIDE A:
Fine Time (7 Inch Edit) 3:09
Edited By – Michael Johnson, New Order

Fine Time (LP Mix) 4:43
Fine Line 4:43

SIDE B:
Fine Time (Silk Mix) 6:19
Engineer – Grant Austin
Remix, Producer [Additional Production], Edited By – Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley*

Fine Time (Messed Around Mix) 4:37
Engineer – Grant Austin
Remix, Producer [Additional Production], Edited By – Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley*

Don’t Do It 4:29

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1989	Fine Time	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#2
1989	Fine Time	U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	#3
1989	Fine Time	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	#3

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Qwest Records ‎– 0-21107, Qwest Records ‎– 9 21107-0
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Electronic
Style: House, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Cover – Peter Saville Associates, Trevor Key
Mixed By – Alan Meyerson
Painting [Cover After A Painting By] – Richard Bernstein
Recorded By – Michael Johnson
Written-By, Producer – New Order

NOTES:
B1 & B2 remixed and engineered at Tanglewood Recording Studios.
Made in USA

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VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi