Agnetha Fältskog – Can’t Shake Loose (Special AOR Remix) (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983

“Can’t Shake Loose” is a 1983 song from former ABBA star Agnetha Fältskog’s solo album, Wrap Your Arms Around Me. It was the third single release in Europe and the first to be issued in the United States.

The song was written by Russ Ballard, who also wrote the successful “I Know There’s Something Going On” for Agnetha’s former ABBA colleague Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Frida).

“Can’t Shake Loose” proved rather successful on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, where an Edited Remix of the song broke into the Top 30 peaking at #29 in November 1983. As usual, Fältskog made only limited promotion, but she did travel across the Atlantic from Sweden in August 1983 to appear on American television. “Can’t Shake Loose” also performed well in Canada, where it reached #26. In the UK and Australia, however, the track proved less successful, reaching #63 and #76, respectively.

In North America a remix was used as the single version while in Europe the album version was used.

SIDE A:
Can’t Shake Loose (Special AOR Remix) 3:15

SIDE B:
Can’t Shake Loose (Special AOR Remix) 3:15

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	Can’t Shake Loose	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#29

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Polydor ‎– PRO 216-1
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Pop, Rock
Style: Soft Rock
Credits: Producer – Mike Chapman
Remix – Rob Freeman
Written-By – Russ Ballard

NOTES:
From the Polydor LP:
“WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND ME”

Promotional Copy Not For Sale
Plays same track both sides.

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August 12, 2013

Grace Jones – A Rolling Stone (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1980

“A Rolling Stone” is a 1980 single by Jamaican singer Grace Jones.

The song was recorded on Jones’ 1980 album Warm Leatherette, her first post-disco album, and was released as the first single from the album in the UK. It didn’t garner much attention and was quickly followed by “Love Is the Drug” and “Private Life”. Unlike the majority of the Warm Leatherette album’s material the song wasn’t a cover version but a new composition co-written by Jones herself, Deniece Williams and Fritz Baskett. In the lyrics Jones complains to her lover about something missing in their relationship, which is affection. The 7″ single featured an edited version of “Sinning”, the opening track from the previous disco album Muse as the B-side. The 12″ single included an extended remix of “A Rolling Stone” which was only released in the UK and still remains unreleased on CD.

SIDE A:
A Rolling Stone 5:40
Written-By – D. Williams*, F. Baskett*, G. Jones*

SIDE B:
Sinning 5:07
Written-By – G. Jones*, P. Papadiamondis*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint (generic)

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Island Records ‎– 12WIP 6591
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1980
Genre: Funk / Soul, Reggae, Rock
Style: Dub, Disco
Credits: Producer – Alex Sadkin (tracks: A), Chris Blackwell (tracks: A), Tom Moulton (tracks: B)

NOTES:
Side B: “A TOM MOULTON MIX”

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August 9, 2013

Viola Wills – If You Could Read My Mind (Netherlands Ltd. Edition 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1980

DISCO FRIDAY!

“If You Could Read My Mind” is a song written and originally recorded by Canadian singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot.

In 1980 American pop singer, Viola Wills peaked at number two for five weeks on the dance/disco charts with a dance version of the song. That same year an album of the same name was released on the Hansa International Records label.

This Limited Edition 12″ released in the Netherlands contains the nearly twelve minute “Special U.S. Disco-Net Version” along with the “Original Long Version” on the b-side.

SIDE A:
If You Could Read My Mind (Special U.S. Disco-Net Version) 11:56

SIDE B:
If You Could Read My Mind (Long Version) 6:52

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1980	If You Could Read My Mind	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Disco	#2

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Hansa International ‎– 600.303
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 45 RPM, Limited Edition
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1980
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Disco
Credits: Producer – Jerry McCabe
Written-By – Gordon Lightfoot

NOTES:
Supersound Single
30 cm / 45 rpm

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August 8, 2013

Talking Heads – Road To Nowhere (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

Re-Rip Newly Remastered!

Originally I posted this one on September 28, 2010. But for those who may have missed it or if you are a new reader just discovering BTG. I decided to give this one a new rip with my newer Ortofon Super 30 stylus. This 12? is also being posted in 24 bit flac for the very first time!

“Road to Nowhere” is a song by Talking Heads, from the 1985 album Little Creatures. It also appeared on Best of Talking Heads, Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites, the Once in a Lifetime box set and the Brick box set. The song was released as a single in 1985 and reached number 25 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks and number 6 in the British and German singles chart. It also made #8 on the Dutch Top 40.

The video, released to promote the single, was directed by David Byrne and Stephen R. Johnson and features the band and various objects revolving, as if in their own “road to nowhere,” and it was nominated for “Best Video of the Year” at the MTV Video Music Awards 1986.

According to the sleeve of Talking Heads compilation Once in a Lifetime, Byrne added the choral intro after deciding the song in itself was embarrassingly simplistic and monotonous.

“Road to Nowhere” is heard during the ending of the 1985 movie The Peanut Butter Solution and the 1989 film Little Monsters. It is also featured in the 1994 film Reality Bites. It was featured on an advertisement for the 2006 final of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!. It is also heard at the end of the 2008 film Religulous.

SIDE A:
Road To Nowhere 4:19
Recorded By, Mixed By – G. T. Thorngren*

SIDE B:
Television Man (Extended Mix) 8:00
Remix – G. T. Thorngren*, Jerry Harrison

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	Road To Nowhere	U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100	#105
1985	Road To Nowhere	U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	#25

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI ‎– 12EMI 5530
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Pop Rock, Synth-pop
Credits: Design [Graphic Design] – M&Co.
Music By – Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth
Painting [Cover Painting] – Howard Finster*
Producer – Talking Heads
Written-By, Lyrics By – David Byrne

NOTES
From The EMI album “LITTLR CREATURES”.

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