Dennis Parker – Like An Eagle/New York By Night (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1979

DISCO FRIDAY!

Dennis Posa, aka Dennis Parker, aka Wade Nichols (October 28, 1946 – January 28 , 1985) was an actor and singer from Freeport, New York who started his career in pornographic movies.

His first feature film role was probably in the 1975 gay adult film Boynapped!. He subsequently appeared mostly in straight porn films shot in New York such as Barbara Broadcast, Jail Bait, Summer of Laura, Punk Rock, Marishino Cherries, and Teenage Pajama Party. Posa was credited as Wade Nichols in most of the adult films in which he appeared.

In 1979, using the name Dennis Parker, he recorded a disco album on Casablanca Records entitled Like an Eagle. The album was produced by Village People creator / producer Jacques Morali. The title track was released as a single.

Posa (still as Dennis Parker) also joined the cast of the soap opera The Edge of Night in 1979, as Police Chief Derek Mallory.

Seriously ill by October 1984, Posa was unable to continue working on The Edge of Night and his character was written out of the show. The date of his death is commonly reported as January 28, 1985, but the Social Security Death Index indicates that Posa died in March of that year.

(According to a persistent rumor the cause of death was a self-inflicted gunshot wound, but this has never been confirmed.) In a tribute to Posa in a 1985 issue of Soap Opera Digest, fellow Edge of Night actor Ernie Townsend wrote, “He died in early January after a long and painful illness that took away a talent in its prime.” An obituary released in Virginia stated that he died after a “brief illness, survived by his mother, brother, and partner.”

This is a single sided 12″ with both tracks appearing on side A.

SIDE A:
Like An Eagle 8:37
New York By Night 7:00

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

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Casablanca Records ?– NBD 20153
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ? RPM, Promo, Single Sided
Country: US
Released: 1979
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Disco

CREDITS:
Arranged By [Strings & Horns], Conductor [Strings & Horns] – Horace Ott
Executive-Producer – Henri Belolo
Producer – Jacques Morali
Written-By – H. Belolo*, J. Morali*, S. Gaines*

NOTES:
Single sided 12″
Disco Mix From the LP “LIKE AN EAGLE”

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EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Speed Control: Pro-Ject Speed Box S
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 Removeal: ClickRepair (DeClick Level 3)
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator

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May 29, 2014

Wah! – The Story Of The Blues (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1982

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“The Story Of The Blues” is a 1983 single by British new wave band Wah! fronted bt Pete Wylie. “The Story of the Blues”, which was released in late 1982, and reached Number 3 in the UK Singles Chart was the bands biggest selling single. The song also reached number 5 on the Irish singles chart.

“The Story of the Blues”, was chosen by the late BBC Radio 1 Radio DJ John Peel, as his “single of the year”.

SIDE A:
The Story Of The Blues Part One And Part Two (Talkin’ Blues) 8:15

SIDE B:
Seven Minutes To Midnight (Liveish) 5:10

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Eternal ‎– JF 1(T)
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: 1982
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Artwork – Jock Huzzi
Design [Sleeve] – John McCarthy (9), Pete Wylie
Performer [Played By] – Washington*, Pete Wylie, Some Girls (4)
Producer – Mike Hedges
Written-By, Arranged By – Pete Wylie

NOTES:
Manufactured in the UK.

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May 28, 2014

INXS – Listen Like Thieves (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

“Listen Like Thieves” is the title song and third single from Australian rock band INXS’s fifth album, Listen Like Thieves. In Australia the single peaked at #28 in the UK #46 and in the United States #54 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

SIDE A:
Listen Like Thieves (Extended Remix) 5:44
Remix – Francois Francois Kevorkian*, Michael Hutchinson

Listen Like Thieves (Instrumental Remix) 4:07
Remix – Francois Kevorkian*, Michael Hutchinson

SIDE B:
Listen Like Thieves (Live Version) 4:14
Recorded Live Melbourne, Australia

Begotten (Instrumental) 3:07
Engineer – Andrew Scott, David Nicholas
Mixed By – David Nicholas
Percussion [Traps] – Jon Farriss
Piano – Andrew Farriss
Producer, Performer,
Written-By – Kirk Pengill

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1986	Listen Like Thieves	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#54

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Atlantic ‎– 0-86818
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Pop, Rock
Style: Pop Rock

CREDITS:
Engineer – Steve Churchyard (tracks: A1 to B1)
Management – MMA Management
Producer – Chris Thomas (tracks: A1 to B1)
Written-By – INXS (tracks: A1 to B1)

NOTES:
“Listen Like Thieves” from the Atlantic LP: “LISTEN LIKE THIEVES”

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May 27, 2014

INXS – What You Need (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

“What You Need” is a song recorded by the Australian band INXS. It is the leadoff track from their 1985 album, Listen Like Thieves. “What You Need” was the first single off the album in Australia and New Zealand, while it was in USA and Europe the second single after “This Time” and was the band’s first American Top Ten hit, peaking at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

After the album Listen Like Thieves was recorded and ready to be given to the record label for inspection, producer Chris Thomas was worried that the album didn’t have a “hit”. As Andrew Farriss recalled in a 2005 interview; “What You Need is another example of a huge hit that essentially took no time at all. We’d already finished the Listen Like Thieves album but Chris Thomas (the producer) told us there was still no “hit”. We left the studio that night knowing we had one day left and we had to deliver “a hit”. Talk about pressure. The band’s performance on that track is amazing. We absolutely nailed it.”

The song was covered by “Weird Al” Yankovic in his 1986 album Polka Party!.

SIDE A:
What You Need (Vocal / LP Version) 3:35
Engineer –Steve Churchyard
Producer – Chris Thomas

What You Need (Vocal / Extended Remix) 5:35
Engineer – Steve Churchyard
Producer – Chris Thomas
Remix – Nick Launay

SIDE B:
Melting In The Sun (Vocal / 12″ Version) 4:44
Producer, Engineer, Mixed By – Nick Launay

Burn For You (Vocal / 12″ Version) 6:07
Producer, Engineer, Mixed By – Nick Launay

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	What You Need	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#5
1985	What You Need	U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	#3

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Atlantic ‎– 0-86832
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Pop, Rock
Style: New Wave, Pop Rock

CREDITS:
Artwork By [Cover Graphics] – Lynn-Maree Milburn
Written-By – A. Farriss*, M. Hutchence*

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