Fiction Factory – Ghost Of Love (Special Dance Mix) (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983

“Ghost of Love” is the second single from New Wave band Fiction Factory which appeared on the band’s debut album, Throw the Warped Wheel Out. The single was the last charting single for the band, peaking at #64 in the UK. It was written solely by lead singer Kevin Patterson. Cherry Pop has released the bands debut album on CD and included these tracks. However as is the case with many of their releases the remaster is sub-par and the tracks are sourced from vinyl.

SIDE A:
Ghost Of Love (Special Dance Mix) 4:50
Guitar [Additional] – Derek Henderson
Producer – Peter Wilson

SIDE B:
The Other Side Of Grey 4:14
Arranged By – Fiction Factory
Producer – Fiction Factory

Old Game Blue Flame 2:53
Arranged By – Fiction Factory
Producer – Fiction Factory

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: CBS ‎– TA 3819
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

NOTES:
“Ghost Of Love” from the LP: “Throw The Warped Wheel Out”

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EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Pro-Ject Speed Box S
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

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Artwork scanned at 600dpi

October 21, 2013

Various – Hot Tracks Series 6 Issue 9 (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

HALLOWEEN ISSUE!

“Hot Tracks” Series 6, Issue 9 was a special Halloween Issue released in 1987. This set includes frightening remixes and mind melting dance hits. One of the coolest things about this release is the inclusion of “He’s Back (The Man Behind The Mask)” by Alice Cooper taken from the film “Friday The 13th, Part VI: (Jason Lives)”. This track never had a 12″ remix and has really been overlooked. So glad Hot Tracks remixed this one! Dim the lights have some candy corn and enjoy this double 12″ from Hot Tracks!

Below are the linear notes from the original release:

SIDE A:
Alice Cooper – He’s Back (The Man Behind The Mask) (Steve Bourasa “Late Night Edit”) 5:25
Remix – Steve Bourasa
Written-By – A. Cooper*, B. Hill*, K. Roberts*
BPM 120 COLD DRAG

From the movie “Friday The 13th, Part VI: (Jason Lives)…Steve worked from the CD, the original length was 3:50 and he extended the track to 5:28. He added a 64 beat intro and a 32 beat outro and the traditional cold end. Who would ever believe Alice Cooper on Hot Tracks???

Chantoozies, The – Witch Queen (Halloween Mix) 7:00
Remix – Steve Bourasa
Written-By – L. Vegas*, P. Vegas*
BPM 126 FADE

Steve had fun with this mix; using last years Hot Tracks (Series 5, Issue Nine), he laced this track with the special effects to spice it up for Halloween. Also, to be noted, we wish to thank Lisa at Mushroom Records in Sydney, Australia for her help on this project.

SIDE B:
Full House – Communicate (Brian Middleton Extended Edit) 6:53
Remix – Brian Middleton
Written-By – D. Wilson*, R. Patterson*
BPM 120 COLD

Brian is new to our editing staff and we wish him a warm welcome. The edit description was not available at press time; but in listening to the edit, one can tell a good technical job was done and the track is quite workable. Here’s one for those D.J.’s who wrote in and said “more male vocals please”.

Claudja Barry – Secret Affair (Mike Carroll Edit) 6:50
Remix – Mike Carroll
Written-By – C. Barry*, J. Korduletsch*
BPM 122 COLD

So many version, so little time!!…This record came supplied with four mixes. We worked with three of them to come up with this tasty version. By the way, who’s that girl carrying on like that, after the break? (certainly not Madonna!) Mike Carroll goes cryptic….

SIDE C:
E.G. Dailey* – Mind Over Matter (Mike Carroll Edit) 6:55
Remix – Mike Carroll
Written-By – M. Jay*, R. Palombi*
BPM 126 COLD

This record was given a smooth intro and builds quickly into the vocal section. The track then follows witha straightforward break, (unlike the commercial 12″) and finishes up with an extended outro. (our apologies for mis-spelling E.G.Daily on the labels & stickers)

Diodati* – Terrorist Attack (Hostage Edit) 7:00
Remix – Mark Watkins
Written-By – Diodati*
BPM 128 COLD ECHO

Mark combined the four mixes to give it a “Stock/Aitken/Waterman” sound. He then restructured the song to create a dance floor-terror, (straight from his laboratory); it could only end ….cold. Nice to hear from you again Mark, where have you been??

SIDE D:
Musical Reporters – Blow Job (Jim “Hip Hop” Hopkins Edit) 6:50
Remix – Jim “Hip Hop” Hopkins*
Written-By – C. Inger*, Van Oekel*, Pragakhan*
BPM 118 COLD DRAG

Jim used the import 12″ and rearranged all those tasty words to recreate a new story for us. The intro was completely reconstructed, the break: extended to 64 beats and the outro was redone and extended to 64 beats; consequently, “Blow Job” comes to a cold end….. You will want to listen to this one a few times before programming.

Nasty Boys, The – Nasty Relations (FHA Edit) 5:31
Remix – Glenn Cattanach
Written-By – D. Melotti*, L. Genovesi*
BPM 120 COLD

Utilizing both the vocal and house mixes from the Italian 12″, Glenn combined the two to bring us this Hot Tracks FHA Edit. This version is “Tightened up” and includes all the things needed to make it work on your floor: long intro, mid-point break and 16 measure outro with a cold end. Get down, Get nasty!!

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Hot Tracks ?– SA 6-9
Format: 2 × Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic, Rock, Funk / Soul, Pop
Style: Disco, House, Garage House, Glam, Electro, Synth-pop, New Beat
Credits: Compilation Producer – Michael Lewis*
Mastered By – George Horn

NOTES:
DJ Subscription Service
Double 12″ vinyl set with (1) red & (1) black Hot Tracks logo sleeve. Includes 4 page flyer with track remix details & subscription information, including DJ stickers with BPM’s for DJ’s notes.

Enclosed flyer listed title of this release as “Halloween Issue”.

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October 18, 2013

Mutiny – Lump (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1980

DISCO FRIDAY!

“Lump” is the debut single by former Parliament-Funkadelic drummer Jerome Brailey and his band Mutiny. The single was released by Columbia Records in 1979. The single was released a year after Brailey left P-Funk due to a financial dispute. The track was included on the 1980 soundtrack of the psychological thriller “Crusing” directed by William Friedkin and starring Al Pacino. The film is loosely based on the novel of the same name, by New York Times reporter Gerald Walker, about a serial killer targeting gay men, in particular those associated with the S&M scene.

“Lump” is also included on Mutiny’s debut album Mutiny On The Manship.

Normally this 12″ promo containded the same track on both sides but I created a special version containing dialogue from the film for the intro of the b-side.

SIDE A:
Lump 4:36

SIDE B:
Lump (With Dialogue Intro) 4:53

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Columbia ‎– AS 696
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1979
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: P.Funk
Credits: Producer – Jerome Brailey
Written-By – J. Brailey*, R. Carter*
Dialogue – Al Pacino and Richard Cox

NOTES:
Taken From The Columbia Lp: “MUTINY ON THE MAMASHIP”
Taken From The Lorimar LP: “CRUSING ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK”

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October 17, 2013

Nightmares In Wax (Dead Or Alive) – Nightmares In Wax (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

Re-Rip Newly Remastered!

Originally I posted this one on October 12, 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!

Nightmares in Wax released only one EP during its brief existence, but that sole release was unforgettable. Neither did the band truly die, rather it evolved into the even more memorable Dead or Alive.

Singer Pete Burns already had one failed group behind him when he formed Nightmares in Wax. The Mystery Girls also included Pete Wylie, Julian Cope, and Phil Hurst, and managed to play their first and final show on the same night. That gig, opening for Sham 69 at Liverpool’s legendary punk club Eric’s, took place on November 4, 1977. The group folded immediately after, with the members going their separate ways.

Pete Burns returned to the music scene with Nightmares in Wax, in February 1979, alongside an interminably shifting lineup that even the most devoted fan could barely keep track of, had the band actually had such loyal creatures. They didn’t, and Burns himself later claimed the group was deliberately attempting to be the worst in history. Regardless, Nightmares in Wax did slowly gain a following, mainly comprising “real loonies,” as the singer himself described them.

One of these hardy souls was Pete Fulwell, head of the local Inevitable Records label. The band’s lineup still hadn’t solidified, but Inevitable offered them a deal all the same. Burns was joined at the session by his former Mystery Girls’ compatriot, drummer Phil Hurst, keyboardist Martin Healy, bassist Walter Ogden, and guitarist Mick Reid. The ensuing EP, Birth of a Nation opened with “Black Leather,” a roaring homage to motorcyclists and musically a tribute to Iggy Pop’s “Sister Midnight.” The song also contained a hint of things to come, when halfway through, the group suddenly broke into K.C. & the Sunshine Band’s “That’s the Way” — subsequently revived by Burns for Dead or Alive’s first hit single.

The EP was released in February 1980 and sold respectably, but the lineup had already splintered. Bassist Ogden was first to go, replaced by a new member named Ambrose, who subsequently followed his predecessor into Hollycaust, an early incarnation of Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Reid, too, left, and filling in the now considerable gaps were ex-Upsets Sue James, the singularly named Mitch, and music vet Joe Musker, formerly drummer with Merseybeat legends the Fourmost. Nightmares in Wax now continued to exist more as a concept than as a functioning band; still, in May 1980, the group was offered a local radio session. There, without warning and mere minutes before recording began, Burns decided to change the group’s name to Dead or Alive. This, he claimed, was because he didn’t want to be associated with the arty bands now permeating the Liverpool scene: Echo & the Bunnymen, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Dalek I Love You, and so forth. Nightmares in Wax was dead, Dead or Alive was born, and Burn’s rise to stardom was now beginning in earnest.

In 1984, the Nightmares In Wax EP was re-released on 12″ with Black Leather and Shangri-La. The 12″ was issued with a Blue sleeve and again in 1985 with a ‘melting-monster face’ sleeve. Both re-releases appeared on the KY label.

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint

SIDE A:
Black Leather 5;05

SIDE B:
Shangri-La 3:32

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: KY Records – KY 9
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Reissue
Country: UK
Released: 1985
Genre: Rock
Style: Goth Rock
Credits: Bass – Pete Lloyd
Drums – Phil Hurst
Guitar – Mick Reid
Keyboards – Martin Healy
Producer – Noddy Knowler
Vocals – Pete Burns
Written-By – Healy* , Reid* , Burns*

NOTES:
1st of 2 separate 1985 UK Reissues using only 2 tracks of the original 1980 “Birth Of A Nation” 7″, 3 track E.P. on Inevitable Music label.

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Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

SIDE A: Black Leather 5;05

SIDE B: Shangri-La 3:32

SIDE A:
Black Leather 5;05

SIDE B:
Shangri-La 3:32