Mental As Anything – Live It Up (Netherlands 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

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“Live It Up” is a single by Australian band Mental As Anything, first released in 1985 in Australia and then in Europe and the U.S. in 1986/87. It is the band’s most successful and most popular song, reaching the Top 20 in various countries. The song peaked at #2 in Australia and Ireland, #3 in the UK, #4 in Norway, #6 in Germany and New Zealand, #15 in Austria and #20 in Sweden. It appears on the band’s 1985 album, Fundamental. “Live It Up” was released in 1986 & 1987 in Europe after it featured in the hit film “Crocodile” Dundee.

SIDE A:
Live It Up (Extended Remix) 6:07
Remix – Michael Young, Richard Gottehrer
Written-By – Greedy Smith

SIDE B:
Three Steps To Your Place 3:02
Written-By – Reg Mombassa

Good Friday 4:27
Written-By – Martin Plaza

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic ‎– EPC 650319 6
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Pop Rock, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Design – Tomcat (7)
Producer – Richard Gottehrer

NOTES:
Made in Holland
Printed in Holland
Remixed at The Ranch N.Y.C.

From the feature film “Crocodile Dundee”

Taken from the EPIC LP/Cassette “Fundamental” Mental As Anything – Fundamental

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EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube: Tung-Sol 12AX7ECC803-S Gold Electron Tube
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: 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)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

January 6, 2016

Thompson Twins – You Take Me Up (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984

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“You Take Me Up” is a song by the British pop group Thompson Twins. It was the third single to be taken from their 1984 album Into the Gap and was released in the UK on 23 March 1984. It was written by Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie and Joe Leeway, and prominently features harmonica and a melodica solo. The single peaked at #2 in the UK, making it their highest chart position for a song, and spent eleven weeks on the chart. In addition to the regular 7″ and multiple 12″ releases, Arista Records also released four different shaped picture discs for the single, three of which were part of a jigsaw.

In the US the single spent nine weeks on the Billboard 100, peaking at #44. The promotional music video for this single was directed by Dieter Trattmann.

The B-side of the single was a non-album track entitled “Passion Planet”.

The 12″ mixes together “You Take Me Up / Machines Take Me Over” and “Down Tools” making it one eleven minute track. I have left it this way to preserve the original continuity of the single. The remasterd CD release seperates the tracks.

SIDE A:
You Take Me Up / Machines Take Me Over/Down Tools 11:37

SIDE B:
Leopard Ray 3:21
Passion Planet 3:47

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1984	You Take Me Up	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#44

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Arista ‎– TWINS 124
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Partially Mixed
Country: UK
Released: Mar 1984
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Art Direction – Alannah Currie, Nic Marchant*
Design – Satori (14)
Mixed By – Phil Thornalley
Photography By – Paul Cox (5)
Producer – Alex Sadkin, Tom Bailey
Written-By – Alannah Currie, Joe Leeway, Tom Bailey

NOTES:
“You Take Me Up” from the Arista LP “INTO THE GAP”

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

January 5, 2016

Bronski Beat – C’Mon! C’Mon! (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

“C’Mon! C’Mon!” is a 1986 song by Bronski Beat from their album, Truthdare Doubledare. In its review of the album upon its release, Billboard identified “C’mon C’mon” as one of the stronger tracks that “should find mainstream and alternative fans.” Despite being recognized as one of the stronger tracks on the album, the single only reached No. 20 in the UK pop chart, indicating Bronski Beat’s popularity was beginning to wane. In the US the single became the groups last charting single peaking at #17 on the Billboard dance chart in July 1986.

SIDE A:
C’mon! C’mon! (Extended Dance Mix) 6:15

SIDE B:
C’mon! C’mon! (Tropical Mix) 10:32
Remix – Ian Levine

Something Special (Unreleased Track) 4:00

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1986	C’mon! C’mon!	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#17

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: MCA Records ‎– MCA-23630, London Records ‎– MCA-23630
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Design [Sleeve] – Peter Barrett (3)
Engineer – Tom Frederikse (tracks: A, B1)
Keyboards, Accordion [Piano Accordian], Guitar [Double Speed] – Steve Bronski
Keyboards, Marimba, Percussion – Larry Steinbachek
Management – Anthony Kawalski
Photography – Mike Morton
Producer – Adam Williams (tracks: A, B1), Bronski Beat (tracks: B2)
Vocals – John-Jøn*
Written-By –Jøn*, Steinbachek*, Bronski*

NOTES:
C’mon! C’mon! From the LP “Truthdare Doubledare”

Thanks · Mike Myers · Major Minors
Thanx Pete
Forbidden Fruit – “The Byte Goes On”
Beat Boy Blessings

Recorded In England

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

January 4, 2016

Bronski Beat – Hit That Perfect Beat (US 7″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

“Hit That Perfect Beat” is a single from the British synthpop trio Bronski Beat. The single did very well on the US dance chart peaking at #7. In the US MCA Records issued a promotional 7″ single which included two exclusive edits of the song. The tracks are the US single version 3:13 and an edit of the US single version 3:07.

SIDE A:
Hit That Perfect Beat (US Single Version) 3:13
Remix – Ian Levine

SIDE B:
Hit That Perfect Beat (US Single Version Edit) 3:07
Remix – Ian Levine

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1986	Hit That Perfect Beat	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#7

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: MCA Records ‎– MCA-52750
Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Producer – Adam Williams
Written-By – Jøn*, Steinbachek*, Bronski*

NOTES:
Exclusive US edits.

Track A/B: From the Motion Picture Soundtrack LP “Letter To Brezhnev” and the forthcoming LP by Bronski Beat FORBIDDEN FRUIT.

PROMOTIONAL COPY NOT FOR SALE

Recorded in England
℗ 1985 London Records Ltd.

On Rear Of Sleeve –
Forbidden Fruit
“The Byte Goes On”
Dedicated To The Ones We Love

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