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Spandau Ballet – Gold (Special Extended Remix) (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983

“Gold” is a 1983 single by the British New Wave band Spandau Ballet from their flagship third album True.

The song is Spandau Ballet’s 2nd best-charting single behind their previous release “True”, reaching #2 on the UK Singles Chart (being held off the top by KC and the Sunshine Band’s “Give It Up”), and #29 on the U.S Billboard Hot 100 chart. A music video was created for the single, which contains the longest-held note by any male artist in any song released during the 1980s.

The music video was directed by Brian Duffy and filmed on location in Carmona, Spain. The video featured Sadie Frost as a gold-painted nymph in one of her earlier roles.

SIDE A:
Gold (Special Extended Remix) 7:12

SIDE B:
Gold (Instrumental) 2:40

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year Single Chart Position
1983 Gold U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #29
1983 Gold U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks #17

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis – 4V9 42740
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Producer – Spandau Ballet, Steve Jolley & Tony Swain
Written-By – G. Kemp*

NOTES:
From the breakthrough album “TRUE”

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Bow Wow Wow – Love, Peace And Harmony (US 12″ Promo)

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I Want Candy, and to a lesser extent Go Wild in the Country!, and Do You Wanna Hold Me? may be well known singles among new wave fans, but Bow Wow Wow’s 1983 single “Love, Peace and Harmony” is a bit more obscure. In fact, I the single only made it to the promo satge and did not have any chart impact.

“Love, Peace And Harmony” was taken from the bands third and final album “When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going”.

SIDE A:
Love, Peace And Harmony  4:21

SIDE B:
Love, Peace And Harmony 2:51

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: RCA – JD-13595
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave
Credits: Remix – Ivan Ivan, Kurt Munkacsi
Producer – Mike Chapman

NOTES:
From the “When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going” album.

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

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

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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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Falco – On The Run (Auf Der Flucht) (US 12″)

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“On the Run” (also known as Auf der Flucht) is a 1982 double A-side single by the Austrian musician Falco that was released as a promotional single in France, Canada and the US. It was produced in 1981 in Berlin, Germany, by Robert Ponger. On the other side of the single, there is another song called Maschine brennt, the double a-side single “On the run/Maschine brennt” peaked at number nine in the US Hot Dance Club Play chart.

In European countries (except France), the single wasn’t released as a double A-side, which meant the next single after “Der Kommissar” became “Maschine brennt” instead (that didn’t include “Auf der Flucht”) in case of Falco’s home country Austria.

In Austria and Norway, the song peaked at number four in the official charts. In Finland, it reached number seven, in Germany number ten, in Spain number 34, and in the Netherlands number 49.

SIDE A:
On The Run (Auf Der Flucht) (Specially Remixed Version) 4:33

SIDE B:
Maschine Brennt (Specially Remixed Version) 4:55

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year Single Chart Position
1983 On the run/Maschine brennt U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play #9

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: A&M Records – SP-12063
Format: Vinyl, 12″, EP, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Engineer – Clyde Kaplan
Executive Producer – Robert Ponger
Producer – Falco, Robert Ponger
Remix – Dayle Gloria, Kenn Friedman
Written-By – Falco, R. Ponger*

NOTES:
Original versions from the A&M album “Einzelhaft”
Produced for GIG Records Austria.

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

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RESTORATION NOTES:
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FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi