Dan Hartman – Vertigo/Relight My Fire (Canada 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1979

DISCO FRIDAY!

“Vertigo/Relight My Fire” is a popular song which was written and released by Dan Hartman in 1979, when it topped the U.S. dance-music charts for six weeks.

Originally released in 1979 as the follow-up to “Instant Replay”, “Relight My Fire” topped the United States dance charts for six weeks from December 12, 1979 to February 16, 1980; it was less successful in the UK, however, where it failed to chart. Loleatta Holloway is credited as a featured vocalist on some versions of the record, singing the “strong enough to walk on through the night” refrain. The song’s strings and horns were played by MFSB and conducted by long time MFSB member Don Renaldo. The 12″ version includes a 4½-minute intro called Vertigo, often used in discos as a floorfiller before the song begins.

SIDE A:
Vertigo / Relight My Fire 9:44
Vocals [Special Thanks To] – Loleatta Holloway

SIDE B:
Vertigo / Relight My Fire 11:22
Vocals [Special Thanks To] – Loleatta Holloway

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

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1979	Relight My Fire	U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100	#104
1979	Relight My Fire	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Disco	#1

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Singles, Ep’s & eXhits ‎– SX 1205
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM
Country: Canada
Released: 1979
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Disco
Credits: Mixed By – John Luongo, Michael Barbiero
Producer, Engineer – Dan Hartman
Written-By – D. Hartman*

NOTES:
Special Version From The Lp: “RELIGHT MY FIRE”

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April 4, 2013

Tina Turner – Better Be Good To Me (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984

R E Q U E S T

“Better Be Good to Me” is a hit single from Tina Turner’s solo album, Private Dancer. The song had originally been released in 1981 by Spider, a band from New York City with co-writer Holly Knight as a member. The Turner version was successful in the United States on the Hot 100 and the US R&B/Hip-Hop chart. It peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and number six on the US R&B/Hip-hop chart. At the 27th Grammy Awards in 1985, this song won Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female, one of four Grammys won by Turner in that ceremony.

The song was featured in the tenth episode of Miami Vice and was included on the first volume of the Miami Vice soundtrack.

SIDE A:
Better Be Good To Me (Extended Version) 7:42
Producer – Rupert Hine

SIDE B:
When I Was Young 3:10
Producer – John Carter

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1984	Better Be Good To Me	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#5
1984	Better Be Good To Me	U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	#6
1984	Better Be Good To Me	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play	#16

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Capitol Records ‎– V-8609
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic
Style: Pop Rock

NOTES:
Recorded In England
From the LP “PRIVATE DANCER”

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April 1, 2013

The Star Sisters – He’s The 1 (I Love) (German 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

The Star Sisters were a female Dance/Pop trio from The Netherlands that were very popular during the 1980s, most notably as the ladies who performed the chorus as members of Jaap Eggermont’s studio act Stars on 45 and in a spinoff in which they performed as The Andrews Sisters in a medley that charted internationally in 1984.

The members were Sylvana van Veen (B. 1950), Patricia Paay (B. April 7, 1949) and Yvonne Keeley (B. September 6, 1952). Paay and Keeley are sisters in real life. In 1984, they performed a song (during the film’s end credits) on the Japanese film The Return of Godzilla.

Between 1983 and 1987 the group released only six hits in Europe, including their best known hits “Are You Ready For My Love” in 1986 and “He’s The 1 (I Love)” in 1985.

SIDE A:
He’s The 1 (I Love) (Dance Mix) 8:02

SIDE B:
He’s The 1 (I Love) (Dub Version) 7:34

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: CNR ‎– 883 389-1, CNR ‎– 883 389-1ME
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Maxi-Single, 45 RPM
Country: Germany
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Pop, Hi-NRG
Credits: Producer, Arranged By, Recorded By, Mixed By – Eric van Tijn and Jochem Fluitsma*
Written-By – J. Fluitsma / E. van Tijn*

NOTES:
Produced & arranged for Red Bullet Prod.
Recorded & mixed at Artisound Studios, Amsterdam.
Made in Germany
From the album “DANGER”

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March 29, 2013

Linda Clifford – If My Friends Could See Me Now (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1978

DISCO FRIDAY!

Linda Clifford (born June 14, 1948, New York) is an American R&B, disco and house music singer and actress, who scored hits from the 1970s to the 1980s, most notably “If My Friends Could See Me Now”, “Bridge over Troubled Water”, “Runaway Love” and “Red Light”.

“If My Friends Could See Me Now”, with music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Dorothy Fields, is a number from the 1966 Broadway musical Sweet Charity. In the musical, the character of Charity, played in original New York cast by Gwen Verdon, reflects on her charmed life as she spends time with Vittorio. In the 1969 film adaptation of Sweet Charity, “If My Friends Could See Me Now” is performed by Shirley MacLaine.

In 1978 Linda Clifford released an album entitled If My Friends Could See Me Now featuring a disco version of the Sweet Charity number of that name. Clifford – who had been an extra in the filmation of Sweet Charity – originally responded negatively to the suggestion – made by a secretary at Curtom Records – that she record a dance version of “If My Friends Could See Me Now” “because I thought it would be sacrilegious. I’ve always been a theatre buff, so this [would be] a no-no….Then they recorded [the backing track] anyway and brought it to me, and I said, ‘Ooh, I like that.’ Once I heard the music I was like, ‘It’s different but it’s the same.'” Clifford would recall how subsequent to her success with “If My Friends Could See Me Now” Cy Coleman would “[call] in to a radio station that I was being interviewed on and thanked me over the air for doing his song and bringing it to the masses.”

“If My Friends Could See Me Now” in tandem with two other album tracks: “Gypsy Lady” and “Runaway Love”, hit #1 on the Billboard disco chart dated April 29, 1978 remaining at #1 for a total of five weeks. Released as a 7″ single in August 1978 – “Runaway Love” having been the lead 7″ single from the If My Friends… album – “If My Friends Could See Me Now” reached #56 on the Billboard Hot 100 with an R&B chart peak of #68. In the UK “If My Friends Could See Me Now” was issued as the A-side of a 7″ single – with “Runaway Love” as the B-side – in May 1978 failing to become a major UK hit with a peak of #50 on the UK chart dated June 24, 1978.

SIDE A:
If My Friends Could See Me Now 10:12
Written-By – C. Coleman*, D. Fields*

SIDE B:
Gypsy Lady 9:58
Engineer – R. Anfinsen*
Producer – Curtis Mayfield
Remix – J. Simpson*
Written-By – C. Mayfield*, G. Askey*

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

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1978	If My Friends Could See Me Now	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#54
1978	If My Friends Could See Me Now	U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles	#68
1978	If My Friends Could See Me Now	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Disco	#1

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Curtom ‎– DISCO PRO-A-709
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1978
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Disco
Credits: Producer, Arranged By – Gil Askey

NOTES:
Special Disco versions taken from the LP,
“If My Friends Could See Me Now”

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