Tears For Fears – Shout (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

“Shout” is a 1984 song by the British band Tears for Fears. Written by Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley and sung by Orzabal (with Curt Smith duetting on the chorus), it was the band’s eighth single release (the second taken from their second LP Songs from the Big Chair) and sixth UK Top 40 hit, peaking at #4 in January 1985. In the USA, it reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 3 August 1985 and remained there for three weeks. “Shout” would become one of the most successful pop songs of 1985, eventually reaching the Top Ten in 25 countries.

SIDE A:
Shout (US Remix) 8:02
Producer – Chris Hughes
Remix – Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero*

SIDE B:
Shout (UK Remix) 7:40
Producer – Chris Hughes

The Big Chair 3:20
Producer – Ian Stanley
Written-By – Hughes*, Smith*

VINYL GRADE:
vinyl; Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year Single Chart Position
1985 Shout U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #1
1985 Shout U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles #56
1985 Shout U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play #1

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Mercury – 880 929-1
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop
Credits: Photography – Laurie Lewis
Written-By – Stanley*, Orzabal*

NOTES:
Track A remixed at Mediasound, NYC.
Mastered at Sterling.
Original version of ‘Shout’ appears on the Mercury album “Songs From The Big Chair” (824 300-1 M-1)

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Fashion – Love Shadow (German 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1982

Fashion were a British New Wave band from Birmingham consisting of Dee Harris, Al ‘Luke Sky’ James, Alan Darby, John Mulligan, Marlon Recchi and Dik Davis. Fashion disbanded in 1984 after three albums and several singles.

In August of 1982, Fashion released their eighth single, “Love Shadow”. It was backed by “Let’s Play Dirty Centerfold”. The A side appeared on their second album, Fabrique. The B side was a non-LP track. “Love Shadow” reached the #51 spot on the U.K. singles chart. The single was produced by Zeus B. Held and featured additional vocals by Gina X.

SIDE A:
Love Shadow (Smokey Dialogue) 8:02
Vocals [Featuring] – Gina X

SIDE B:
Let’s Play Dirty Centrefold 7:46

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Arista – 600 665
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Maxi-Single, 45 RPM
Country: Germany
Released: 1982
Genre: Electronic
Style: New wave, Electro, Synth-pop
Credits: Producer – Zeus B. Held

NOTES:
“Love Shadow” remixed from the album “Fabrique”

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Mel Brooks ‎– To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) (Pts. 1&2) (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983

R E Q U E S T

This is Mel Brooks at his bad taste worst relating the short but spectacular history of the Third Reich. The title is of course lifted from the Shakespeare play Hamlet; it is also the title of the 1983 film which Brooks produced and starred in with his wife, Anne Bancroft. It is actually a remake of a 1942 comedy, which did not of course include a rapping Führer, and neither did the Mel Brooks version; the song did though appear on the soundtrack, and was released as a single with a video reaching number 12 in the UK charts. It includes snatches of the melody of “Deutschland Ueber Alles”, the German national anthem, and the same couplet Brooks contributed to his earlier “Springtime For Hitler”.

Brooks co-wrote the song with the British musician, music journalist and producer Pete Wingfield.

SIDE A:
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) (Part 1) 7:43

SIDE B:
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) (Instrumental Mix) (Part 2) 7:51

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Island Records – 12 IS 158
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1983
Genre: Funk / Soul, Hip Hop, Stage & Screen
Style: Parody, Pop Rap, Disco
Credits: Engineer – Chris Birkett
Illustration – Graham Humphreys
Photography By – Stephen Vaughan (2)
Producer, Arranged By – Pete Wingfield
Written-By – Mel Brooks, Pete Wingfield

NOTES:
Inspired by the film “To Be Or Not To Be”

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Thompson Twins – Lies (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1982

“Lies” is a 1983 song by the British New Wave/Synthpop band Thompson Twins. It was released as the first single from the album Quick Step and Side Kick (which was renamed Side Kick in the U.S.), and the song peaked at #67 on the UK singles chart. The single fared better in the United States, where it peaked at #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the spring of 1983. Along with the B-side track “Beach Culture”, “Lies” also spent two weeks at #1 on the American dance chart in January 1983, becoming the band’s second #1 on this chart (“In The Name Of Love” had spent five weeks atop this chart in 1982).

The music video was played on MTV and other video programs and features a view of the band’s feet at the end of an oversized bed, bouncing back and forth to the rhythm of the song, as a variety of sights pass in a room similar to Bowman’s bedroom in 2001: A Space Odyssey or a Magritte painting. At the end, the bed is revealed to be a hospital bed.

SIDE A:
(Bigger & Better) Lies 6:35
(Long) Beach Culture 6:44

SIDE B:
(Dub) Lies 6:18

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year Single Chart Position
1983 Lies U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #30
1983 Lies/Beach Culture U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play #1

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Arista – CP 725
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1982
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Producer – Alex Sadkin
Written-By – Alannah Currie, Joe Leeway, Tom Bailey

NOTES:
“Lies” taken from the album “Side Kick”

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