Falco – Rock Me Amadeus (South Africa 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

“Rock Me Amadeus” is a 1985 song by Austrian pop musician Falco from his album Falco 3. It topped the singles charts on both sides of the Atlantic. It was Falco’s only major hit in the United States and one of only two singles to make the Top Ten in the United Kingdom, despite his popularity in Germany, his native Austria, and much of Europe. The song was written by Falco and Dutch music producers Bolland & Bolland.

With “Rock Me Amadeus,” Falco became the first German-speaking artist to be credited with a No. 1 single in all mainstream US pop singles charts: the Billboard Hot 100 and Cashbox Top 100 Singles. The single hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on 29 March 1986. Falco is erroneously often considered a one-hit wonder for this song in the United States. However, Falco had already had a minor US hit in 1982 with “Der Kommissar” (a hit the following year there for After the Fire), “Sound of Musik” reached No. 13 and his follow-up single from Falco 3, “Vienna Calling,” reached No. 18 on the Hot 100.

“Rock Me Amadeus” would later be ranked No. 87 in VH1’s 100 Greatest Songs of the 80s and No. 44 in VH1’s 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders.

SIDE A:
Rock Me Amadeus (The American Edit) 5:53
Edited By – Boris Granaich*, Christer Modig

SIDE B:
Vienna Calling (The Metternich Arrival-Mix) 7:33
Vienna Calling (The “Vienna Girls” Sax Mix Max) 4:17

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year Single Chart Position
1986 Rock Me Amadeus U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #1
1986 Rock Me Amadeus U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles #6
1986 Rock Me Amadeus U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play #4

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: A&M Records – AMRS 1496-12
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM
Country: South Africa
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Directed By – Falco
Producer, Arranged By – Rob And Ferdi Bolland*
Written-By – R. & F. Bolland*, Falco

NOTES:
From The A&M Album “FALCO3” AMLS65105

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Cartridge: Ortofon Super
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Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

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Adobe Photoshop CS5
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ABC – How To Be A Zillionaire (Wall St. Mix) (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984

“(How to Be a) Millionaire” is a song by the British band ABC. It was the first single taken from their 1985 album How to Be a…Zillionaire!.

The single peaked at a modest #49 on the UK Singles Chart, though it fared better in the US where it reached #20 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and #4 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.

The music video shows a cartoon Martin Fry and Mark White being overwhelmed by their luxury goods, which are continually growing in size. The other two band members make a brief appearance in cartoon form.

SIDE A:
How To Be A Zillionaire (Wall St. Mix) 7:33

SIDE B:
How To Be A Millionaire 3:31
How To Be A Millionaire (Accapella) 3:30

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year Single Chart Position
1984 How To Be A Millionaire U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #20
1984 How To Be A Millionaire U.S. Billboard Dance Club Plays #4

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Neutron Records
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: Nov 1984
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Arranged By – Mark White
Artwork By [Art] – ABC / Best Films / Design KB
Engineer – Martyn Webster
Performer – David*, Fiona*, Mark*, Martin*
Producer, Written-By – Mark White, Martin Fry

NOTES:
Mastered at the Town House Studios, London

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Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
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RESTORATION NOTES:
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Commodores – Take It From Me (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

REQUEST

“Take It From Me” was the the second single released by The Commodores from their 1986 album United on Polydor Records.

The song was a Top 40 hit on the R&B charts in the United States peaking at #38.

SIDE A:
Take It From Me (12″ Club Remix) 6:29
Take It From Me (7″ Version) 3:55

SIDE B:
Take It From Me (Dub Mix) 4:57
Take It From Me (Bonus Beats) 1:28
I Wanna Rock You 5:24
Producer – James Anthony Carmichael, Milan Williams

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year Single Chart Position
1986 Take It From Me U.S. Billboard Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks #38

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Polydor
Catalog#: 885 538-1
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Style: Electro, Disco
Credits: Mastered By – Jose Rodriguez* (tracks: A1, B1, B2)
Producer – Dennis Lambert (tracks: A1 to B2), Jeremy Smith (2) (tracks: A1 to B2)
Remix, Edited By – Dave Ogrin (tracks: A1, B1, B2)

NOTES
From the Lp “UNITED”

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VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

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Billy Ocean – When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

Written by Wayne Braithwaite, Willy Head, Barry Eastmond, Robert John “Mutt” Lange and Billy Ocean, “When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going” was used as the theme song for the Michael Douglas film, The Jewel of the Nile, the sequel to the hit blockbuster film, Romancing the Stone.

Aided by a video featuring Douglas and co-stars Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito as lip-synching backup singers, the song became a major international hit reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart for four weeks in February 1986 and number two on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

In 1994, the song was used for a clip of the 1986 edition of the BBC The Rock ‘n’ Roll Years featuring coverage of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines. Three years later, it was also used as a background song in the 1985-86 football season edition of Match of the 80s, during coverage of the challenge Kenny Dalglish faced on his appointment as player-manager of Liverpool F.C..

SIDEA:
When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going (Extended Version) 5:43
When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going (Single Version) 4:05

SIDE B:
When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going (Club Mix) 7:35
When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going (Instrumental) 5:12

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year Single Chart Position
1985 When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #2
1985 When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles #6
1985 When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary #2
1985 When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play #31

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Jive
Catalog#: JD-1-9431
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Funk / Soul, Pop
Style: Rhythm & Blues, Funk
Credits: Executive Producer – Robert John ‘Mutt’ Lange
Mixed By – Nigel Green
Producer – Barry J. Eastmond*, Wayne Brathwaite
Written-By – B. Eastmond*, B. Ocean*, R.J. Lange*, W. Brathwaite*

NOTES:
From the Twentieth Century Fox Motion Picture Soundtrack “The Jewel Of The Nile.”

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Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
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Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 20
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Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
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RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi