Tag: 1987

Renegade Soundwave – C.S. (Sex Mixes) (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

“Cocaine Sex” was the second single released by the electronic music group. Formed in London in 1986, Renegade Soundwave. The single was released on Mute Records subsidiary Rhythm King in 1987.

Renegade Soundwave applied the punk and industrial ethic to both dub and dancefloor electronica, in good company with fellow sound terrorists throughout the decade, from Cabaret Voltaire to Skinny Puppy and Meat Beat Manifesto.

The group consisted of Gary Asquith, Danny Briottet, and Carl Bonnie.

As a further note: The versions of “Cocaine Sex (Sub-Aqua Overdrive Dub)” and “Bonus Porno Beats” on the subsequent 1992 CD single re-release, are noticeably sped-up and, consequently, shorter than they appear here.

SIDE A:
Cocaine Sex 5:32
Cocaine Sex (Sub-Aqua Overdrive Dub) 4:43

SIDE B:
Cocaine Sex (Turbo Lust Mix) 6:54
Bonus Porno Beats 2:44

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Rhythm King Records ?– LEFT 20T
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ? RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop
Style: Leftfield, Dub, Electro

CREDITS:
Artwork – David Little (3)
Engineer – Dub Fire*, Paul Kendall, Rico Conning
Layout – Slim Smith (2)
Written-By – Renegade Soundwave

NOTES:
A Renegade Soundwave Production.
Made in England

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Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
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Julie Brown – Girl Fight Tonight (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

“Girl Fight Tonight” was the third single released by American actress, comedian, screen/television writer, singer-songwriter, and television director Julie Brown. The single was taken from Brown’s debut full-length album “Trapped In The Body Of A White Girl” released in 1987.

SIDE A:
Girl Fight Tonight! (Extended Brawl Mix) 6:10
Producer – Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly
Remix – Boris Granich, Chris Modig*

SIDE B:
Every Boy’s Got One (Lp Version) 3:27
Producer – Richard Gottehrer

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Sire ‎– 0-20865, Sire ‎– 9 20865-0
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Pop Rock, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Design – Jeri Heiden
Photography By – Alberto Tolot

NOTES:
Original versions available on the Sire album “Trapped in the Body of a White Girl”

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Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
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SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
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Billy Idol – Mony Mony (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

“Mony Mony” is a song originally released in 1968 by American pop rock band Tommy James and the Shondells.

British rock artist Billy Idol released a cover version in 1981 (on the Don’t Stop EP). Along with the track “Baby Talk”, Idol’s version of “Mony Mony” went to #7 on the Billboard dance chart. A live recording of the song became a hit for Idol in 1987 as well while promoting his then-forthcoming compilation work Vital Idol. The live version went to No. 1, coincidentally displacing Tiffany’s cover of another Tommy James song, “I Think We’re Alone Now”, from the top spot. It also finished directly behind the Tiffany song at #19 in the 1987 year-end Billboard chart.

Idol’s version gave rise to an interesting custom. When the song was performed live in concert or played at a club or dance, people would shout a certain formulaic (and usually obscene) phrase in the two measures following each line, for example, “Hey! Get laid, get fucked!” This led to the song being banned at high-school dances across North America, although the custom continues at Idol concerts today.

SIDE A:
Mony Mony (“Hung Like A Pony Remix”) 7:00
Remix – Tom Lord-Alge

Mony Mony (“Steel Toe Cat Dub”) 6:35
Remix – Tom Lord-Alge

SIDE B:
Mony Mony (Live) 4:10
Mony Mony (Single Edit) 5:02

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
19887 Mony Mony U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #1
19887 Mony Mony U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks #27

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis ‎– 4V9 43159
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock

CREDITS:
Mixed By – Tom Lord-Alge
Producer – Keith Forsey

NOTES:
For Promotional Use Only.

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Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck 
Phono Pre-amp: Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube: Tung-Sol 12AX7 TubeGold Pins
Soundcard: Novation Audiohub 2×4 Audio Interface
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: iZotope RX Advanced 2, ocenaudio
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
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Peter Gabriel – Biko (Europe 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

“Biko” is an anti-apartheid protest song by English rock musician Peter Gabriel. It was released by Charisma Records as a single from Gabriel’s eponymous third album in 1980.

The song is a musical eulogy, inspired by the death of the black South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko in police custody on 12 September 1977. Gabriel wrote the song after hearing of Biko’s death on the news. Influenced by Gabriel’s growing interest in African musical styles, the song carried a sparse two-tone beat played on Brazilian drum and vocal percussion, in addition to a distorted guitar, and a synthesized bagpipe sound. The lyrics, which included phrases in Xhosa, describe Biko’s death and the violence under the apartheid government. The song is book-ended with recordings of songs sung at Biko’s funeral: the album version begins and ends with “Senzeni Na?”, while the single began instead with “Ngomhla sibuyayo”.

“Biko” reached No. 38 on the British charts, and was positively received, with critics praising the instrumentation, the lyrics, and Gabriel’s vocals. A 2013 commentary called it a “hauntingly powerful” song, while review website AllMusic described it as a “stunning achievement for its time”. It was banned in South Africa, where the government saw it as a threat to security. “Biko” was a personal landmark for Gabriel, becoming one of his most popular songs and sparking his involvement in human rights activism. It also had a huge political impact, and along with other contemporary music critical of apartheid, is credited with making resistance to apartheid part of western popular culture. It inspired musical projects such as Sun City, and has been called “arguably the most significant non-South African anti-apartheid protest song”.

A live version, recorded in July 1987 at the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, was released as a single later that year, to promote Richard Attenborough’s Biko biopic Cry Freedom. The music video consists of clips from the film and Gabriel singing. The song did not appear in the actual film.

SIDE A:
Peter Gabriel – Biko 6:30
Engineer [Effanel Music Mobile] – Kevin Killen
Engineer [Real World Studios] – David Bottrill
Producer – Kevin Killen, Peter Gabriel
Recorded By [Live] – Kevin Killen, Randy Ezratty
Written-By – Peter Gabriel

SIDE B:
Peter Gabriel / Shankar / Little Steven – No More Apartheid 7:11
Producer – Arthur Baker, Little Steven
Written-By – Little Steven

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Virgin ‎– 609 510, Virgin ‎– 609 510-213
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 45 RPM
Country: Europe
Released: 1987
Genre: Rock
Style: Art Rock

CREDITS:
Bass – Tony Levin
Design [Sleeve Design – At Peter Saville Associates] – Brett Wickens
Drums – Manu Katché
Guitar – David Rhodes
Keyboards – David Sancious
Liner Notes – Peter Gabriel
Percussion – Assane Thiam, Babacar Faye
Vocals, Keyboards – Peter Gabriel

NOTES:
Recorded live at The Blossom Music Centre, Cleveland, 27th July 1987 on Effanel Music Mobile.
Mixed at Real World Studios, Box, England.
Little Steven appears on B2 courtesy of EMI/Manhattan Records, A Division of Capitol Records Inc.

Proceeds from the sale of this record got to: The International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa and the Africa Fund.

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Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck 
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Soundcard: Novation Audiohub 2×4 Audio Interface
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: iZotope RX Advanced 2, ocenaudio
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi