Tag: 1983

June 24, 2020

Pat Benatar – Love Is A Battlefield (Special Extended Remix) (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983

NEW 2020 Transfer!
Meticulously Remastered!

Originally posted April 13, 2015

“Love Is a Battlefield” is a song performed by Pat Benatar and written by Holly Knight and Mike Chapman. It was released in September 1983 as a single from Benatar’s live album Live from Earth, though the song itself was a studio recording. The song was ranked at number 30 in VH1’s list of the 100 Greatest Songs of the 1980s. “Love Is a Battlefield” went on to sell over a million records.

Holly Knight and Mike Chapman wrote this song for Pat Benatar initially as a ballad with a beautiful melody and moving chord changes. After some exploration with drum machines and the band, Neil Giraldo decided to make this an uptempo song. The single was Benatar’s second American million-seller and is tied with “We Belong” as her highest-charting single in the United States. It topped Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for four weeks and peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1983.

It hit #1 on the Australian singles chart in February 1984 and remained there for five weeks, becoming the 11th-biggest-selling single of the year. In The Netherlands, the song remained on the charts for 4 weeks. It became #2 in the 1984 year-end chart. The song was re-released in the United Kingdom in March 1985 and reached #17. It was awarded a Gold certification in Canada as well.

The single was unlike most of Benatar’s previous work, as it featured an electronic dance element, but guitars and drums were still present. In 1984, the song won Benatar her fourth consecutive Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.

SIDE A:
Love Is A Battlefield (Special Extended Remix) 6:29

SIDE B:
Love Is A Battlefield (Instrumental) 5:17

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1984	Love Is A Battlefield	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#5
1984	Love Is A Battlefield	U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	#1
1984	Love Is A Battlefield	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#41

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis ‎– 4V9 42734
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single, Stereo, Pitman Press
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Pop Rock, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Engineer [Mixing] – Jay Mark
Producer – Neil Geraldo, Peter Coleman*
Remix – John “Jellybean” Benitez
Written-By – H. Knight*, M. Chapman*

NOTES:
Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman pressing denoted by “CPI” etch in runout string.
From the album “Live From Earth”

Made in U.S.A.

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Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
DAC/Phono Pre-amp: Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator

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June 18, 2020

Bananarama – Cruel Summer (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983

NEW 2020 Transfer!
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Originally posted December 3, 2011

“Cruel Summer” is a song recorded by the English girl group Bananarama. It was written by Steve Jolley, Tony Swain and Bananarama and produced by Swain and Jolley. Released as a single in 1983, it was initially a stand-alone single but was subsequently included on their self-titled second album which was released a year later, thus it is considered the album’s first single. The song reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart in 1983, and after its inclusion in the 1984 film The Karate Kid it reached number nine on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

Bananarama singer Sara Dallin said the song “played on the darker side (of summer songs): it looked at the oppressive heat, the misery of wanting to be with someone as the summer ticked by. We’ve all been there!” It was ranked number 44 on VH1’s 100 Greatest Songs of the ’80s. Billboard named the song #13 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.

SIDE A:
Cruel Summer (Extended Version) 4:54
Written-By – Bananarama, Jolley, Swain*

SIDE B:
Summer Dub (Special C.B. Mix) 5:13
Written-By – Bananarama, Jolley, Swain*

Cairo 3:46
Written-By – Sandosa*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1984	Cruel Summer	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#9
1984	Cruel Summer	U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	#44
1984	Cruel Summer	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	#11

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: London Records – NANX 5
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Cover – Peter Barrett (3)
Lacquer Cut By – tone*
Producer – Tony Swain And Steve Jolley*

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June 3, 2020

Irene Cara – Why Me? (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983

“Why Me?” is a song written by Giorgio Moroder, Irene Cara, and Keith Forsey and performed by Irene Cara.

The song was the first official single to be lifted from Cara’s 1983 album, What a Feelin’, although the album also featured the worldwide number-one single “Flashdance… What a Feeling”, which had been released six months earlier.

“Why Me?” continued Cara’s run of hit singles, reaching the Top 20 on the Hot 100. It was even more successful in Australia and several European countries, where it peaked within the Top 5.

SIDE A:
Why Me? (12″ Mix) 7:03

SIDE B:
Why Me? (Instrumental Dubb) 4:48

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	Why Me?	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#13
1983	Why Me?	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#7

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Geffen Records ‎– 0-20156, Network Records (2) ‎– 0-20156
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Maxi-Single, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Engineer [Assistant] – Melanie West
Engineer [Mixing] – John Tokes Potoker*
Mastered By – Greg Fulginiti
Mixed By –John “Jellybean” Benitez
Producer – Giorgio Moroder
Written-By – Moroder*, Cara*, Forsey*

NOTES:
Mixed At – Sigma Sound Studios, New York
Mastered At – Artisan Sound Recorders

Original version available on the Geffen/Network album “What A Feelin'”

Made in USA.

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May 29, 2020

Olivia Newton-John – Twist Of Fate (France 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983

“Twist of Fate” is a song recorded by English-born Australian singer Olivia Newton-John for the soundtrack to the 1983 film Two of a Kind. It was written by Peter Beckett and Steve Kipner, and produced by David Foster. It reached number four in Australia and Canada while peaking at number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 in January 1984. Billboard ranked it as number 42 on its listing of the top 100 singles of 1984.

**The 12″ Remix of “Twist Of Fate” is exclusive to the France and Japan 12″ singles and differs from the version released previously in the USA, Canada, Australia and Sweden which had a fade ending to the mix. For this 12″ the track is about ten seconds longer with a cold ending.

The b-side “Jolene” was recorded live in Ogden, Utah during Olivia’s 1982 “Physical World Tour”. Olivia had previously recorded the Dolly Parton penned song for her 1976 album “Come On Over”.

I have previously posted the Japan 12″ however this is a new transfer.

SIDE A:
Twist Of Fate (12″ Remix Cold End) 5:32

SIDE B:
Jolene (Live) 3:36

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	Twist Of Fate	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#5
1983	Twist Of Fate	U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop singles	#28

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI ‎– 1545286
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: France
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic, Rock, Pop
Style: Pop Rock, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Mixed By – Humberto Gatica (tracks: A)
Photography By – Herb Ritts
Producer – David Foster (tracks: A), John Farrar (tracks: B)
Written-By – Dolly Parton (tracks: B), Peter Beckett (tracks: A), Steve Kipner (tracks: A)

NOTES:
On front sleeve it states “Maxi 45tours”
B is a live version of “Jolene” recorded in Utah USA, 1982 – This is not stated in the title, but on the label and the back sleeve below the track it says “Enregistre en public dans l’Utah (U.S.A.)”

Made in France

“Twist Of Fate” from the Motion Picture Soundtrack “TWO OF A Kind”

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