Tag: 1987

March 25, 2015

Debbie Harry – In Love With Love (US 12″ #1)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

“In Love with Love” is a song recorded by the American singer Debbie Harry. It was taken from her second solo album Rockbird and released as a single in 1987. “In Love With Love” debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 on July 4, 1987 spending seven weeks on the survey peaking at #70. In the UK the single peaked at #45 in May 1987.

In the US two seperate 12″ singles were released the first included remixes by American remixer Justin Strauss. These remixes were only released in the US. Also of note track B1 is listed as 12:00 on the record label. This is incorrect the actual track duration is 7:46.

SIDE A:
In Love With Love (Heart Of Fire Mix) 7:15
Keyboards – Eric Kupper

SIDE B:
In Love With Love (The Passionate Dub) 7:46
In Love With Love (Debapella Version) 4:10

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1987	In Love With Love	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#70
1987	In Love With Love	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Dance Club Play	#1
1987	In Love With Love	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	#9

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Geffen Records ‎– 0-20654
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Maxi-Single, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: Freestyle

CREDITS:
Edited By – Chep Nunez*
Producer – Seth Justman
Remix, Producer [Additional] – Justin Strauss, Murray Elias

NOTES:
Special versions from the LP “ROCKBIRD”

Made in USA.
Specially-Priced Maxi-Single

Track B1 time is listed incorrectly on label actual time is 7:46

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EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube: Tung-Sol 12AX7ECC803-S Gold Electron Tube
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

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

RESTORATION NOTES:
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Artwork scanned at 600dpi

March 24, 2015

Peter Wolf – Come As You Are (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

“Come As You Are” was the first single released from Peter Wolf’s second solo album of the same name released in 1987. “Come As You Are” was a major hit for Wolf, peaking at #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for one week.

This US retail 12″ contains remixes by American audio engineer/mixer Chris Lord-Alge. These remixes were used on the US and international 12″ releases.

SIDE A:
Come As You Are (Extended Version) 4:53

SIDE B:
Come As You Are (Dub Version) 5:23
Thick As Thieves 3:00

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1987	Come As You Are	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#15
1987	Come As You Are	U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	#1
1987	Come As You Are	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#49

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI America ‎– V-19231
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Pop Rock

CREDITS:
Mixed By – Chris Lord Alge*
Producer – Peter Wolf
Producer, Engineer – Eric “E.T.” Thorngren*

NOTES:
From the LP “COME AS YOU ARE”

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March 23, 2015

Peter Wolf – Come As You Are (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

The Paul Sabu, Rusty Garner remixes contained on this 12″ promo are exclusive to this release.

SIDE A:
Come As You Are (Masquerade Mix) 6:32

SIDE B:
Come As You Are (Duke Of Dilemma Dub) 6:34
Come As You Are (Vocal Dub Mix) 5:06

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1987	Come As You Are	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#15
1987	Come As You Are	U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	#1
1987	Come As You Are	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#49

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI America ‎– SPRO-79015
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Pop Rock

CREDITS:
Edited By – Allen Perada
Mixed By – Paul Sabu, Rusty Garner
Producer – Eric “E.T.” Thorngren*, Peter Wolf
Producer [Additional Production By] – Rusty Garner

NOTES:
From the LP “COME AS YOU ARE”

“AN ENDLESS MUSIC MIX”

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February 24, 2015

Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine – Rhythm Is Gonna Get You/Special DJ Megamix (Netherlands 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

“Rhythm Is Gonna Get You” is a song written by Enrique “Kiki” Garcia and Gloria Estefan, and released by Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine in 1987 as the lead single from the album Let It Loose (and the European version of the album Anything for You). It saw a re-release in the UK only in December of 1988, after the October 1988 re-release of Can’t Stay Away From You in Europe.

This Dutch 12″ promo features an exclusive Megamix of Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine’s biggest hits. Although not listed on the sleeve or labels side b is the “O-Eh o-Eh Edit”.

SIDE A:
The Megamix 10:00
A.1 Rhythm Is Gonna Get You
A.2 Conga
A.3 Dr. Beat
A.4 Betcha Say That
A.5 Bad Boy

SIDE B:
Rhythm Is Gonna Get You 7:09
Engineer, Mixed By – Eric Shilling*
Producer – Emilio*, Jerks, The
Remix – Pablo Flores

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1987	Rhythm Is Gonna Get You	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#5
1987	Rhythm Is Gonna Get You	U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary	#31
1987	Rhythm Is Gonna Get You	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#27

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic ‎– SAMP 1162
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Promo
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic, Latin, Pop
Style: Latin, Synth-pop

NOTES:
Special Versions from the Epic LP “LET IT LOOSE”

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Artwork scanned at 600dpi