Tag: 1988

April 16, 2015

Pat Benatar – Let’s Stay Together (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

New 2015 Re-Rip!
Remastered using the Ortofon OM Super 30 stylus!

This is one of those singles that I originally ripped way back in December, 2010. Back then I was using ClickRepair and the Ortofon OM 20 stylus. The result was a good rip but not as good as it could be. Now in 2015 I have stopped using ClickRepair started manually removing clicks and updated my stylus to the Ortofon OM Super 30. I also upgraded the tube in my Bellari phono pre-amp to the Tung-Sol 12AX7ECC803-S Gold Electron tube resulting in a much higher quality transfer. Enjoy!

“Let’s Stay Together” was the third single lifted from Pat Benatar’s eighth studio album “Wide Awake In Dreamland”. The single but failed to reach the chart status of the previous singles and failed to chart in the US. “Wide Awake In Dreamland” was Benatar’s last rock-oriented album of the 1980s, before she would go on to try a blues-based sound.

SIDE A:
Let’s Stay Together (12″ Mix) 6:41

SIDE B:
Let’s Stay Together (Dub Mix) 6:00
Let’s Stay Together (12″ Edit) 3:27

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis‎– VAS 1374
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock

CREDITS:
Remix – Ed Thacker , Paul Fox
Written-By – N. Geraldo* , P. Geraldo*

NOTES:
ticker on sleeve: “New Rock Mix Exclusively for album radio”

Original version on the LP/Cassette/CD
“WIDE AWAKE IN DREAMLAND”

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

February 25, 2015

Martini Ranch – Reach (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

2015 Re-Rip!
Meticulously Remastered!
First Time In 24 Bit Flac!

Originally posted May 6, 2011

“Reach” was the second single released by new wave band Martini Ranch conceived in 1982 by Andrew Todd Rosenthal. The band was composed of Rosenthal (vocals and guitar) and actor Bill Paxton (voices and samples), and featured a similar sound to late 1980s Devo. “Reach” also features actor Judge Reinhold (of Beverly Hills Cop fame) as the Whistler on the song.

“Reach” failed to have any chart success but the music video directed by James Cameron (Titanic) recieved heavy airplay on MTV and VH-1. The production included cameos from Cameron’s soon-to-be-wife, fellow director Kathryn Bigelow, as well as Aliens and Terminator alumni Lance Henriksen, Paul Reiser and Jenette Goldstein, Judge Reinhold, Brian Thompson, and Adrian Pasdar (the video is roughly contemporaenous with the production of Bigelow’s Near Dark, the cast of which included Henricksen, Goldstein, and Pasdar as well as Paxton). Also seen is Bud Cort, as the crazy person admiring Bill Paxton’s motorcycle. There is also a memorable scene with the three band members Rosenthal, Paxton and keyboardist O’Hearn being dragged through the dust.

The “Untitled” track on the b-side is a short instrumental. It is not listed on the record label or sleeve.

SIDE A:
Reach (Extended Dance Mix) 7:09
Backing Vocals – Robert O’Hearn
Whistling – Judge Reinhold

SIDE B:
Richard Cory (LP Version/Edit) 3:34
Backing Vocals – Robert O’Hearn

Untitled Track :20

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Sire ‎– 0-20868
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Co-producer – Martini Ranch
Engineer – Greg Penny, Joe Seta
Producer – Greg Penny

NOTES:
Special thanks to James Cameron

Find the 12″ On DISCOGS

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

January 9, 2015

Company B – The Miami Megamix (German 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

Company B is a Latin freestyle trio formed in 1986 by Cuban-American producer Ish “Angel” Ledesma (Foxy, Oxo), featuring members Lori L. (Ledesma), Charlotte McKinnon and Susan (Gonzalez) Johnson. Before the group’s self-titled Album was released, Charlotte McKinnon left and was replaced by Lezlee Livrano. After the group’s self-titled debut album, Susan Johnson left and was replaced by Sheena. For the group’s second album, 1989’s Gotta Dance, Sheena and Lezlee Livrano both left the group and were replaced by Donna Huntley and Julie Marie (who also was a rotating performer with Exposé).

Company B resulted from the music trend of producer-driven girl groups in the late 1980s and early 1990s, most successfully the group Exposé. Company B’s first single “Fascinated” was released in 1986 on the independent label The Summer. The song created so much buzz in clubs around Miami that it soon made its way to local radio stations. This in turn led to its being picked up and re-released by Atlantic records. With a much wider distribution due to major label [Atlantic] backing, “Fascinated” received significant radio and club airplay in all major cities throughout the U.S. It reached number one on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart and crossed over to pop radio, peaking at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In 1988 dance label ZYX Records issued a “The Miami Megamix” which was a megamix of Company B’s dance hits. The megamix was created by remixer producer Peter Vriends and only released in Germany.

SIDE A:
THE MIAMI MEGAMIX 7:20
Dj Mix [Megamix] – Peter Vriends

A.1 Fascinated
Written-By, Producer, Arranged By – Ish*

A.2 Spin Me Around
Written-By, Producer, Arranged By – Ish*

A.3 I’m Satisfied
Written-By, Producer, Arranged By – Ish*

A.4 Perfect Lover
Producer, Arranged By – Ish*
Written-By – I. J. Stone*, Ish*

A.5 Full Circle
Written-By, Producer, Arranged By – Ish*

A.6 Jam On Me
Arranged By – Ish*
Producer – Ish*, Rick Quintero
Written-By – Ish*, Rick Quintero

SIDE B:
Fascinated Beats 2:17
Written-By, Producer, Arranged By, Mixed By – Peter Vriends

Circle Tracks 2:20
Written-By, Producer, Arranged By, Mixed By – Peter Vriends

Perfect Beats 2:29
Written-By, Producer, Arranged By, Mixed By – Peter Vriends

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: ZYX Records ‎– ZYX 5970
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 45 RPM, Partially Mixed
Country: Germany
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: Freestyle, Electro, Synth-pop

NOTES:
Megamix of Company B hits.
Made In Germany

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EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Speed Control: Pro-Ject Speed Box S
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

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

January 5, 2015

Robbie Nevil – Back On Holiday (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

“Back On Holiday” was the first single from American pop singer, songwriter, producer and guitarist Robbie Nevil’s second album “A Place Like This”. The single debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on December 11, 1988 peaking at #34, the single also reached #52 on the Billboard R&B chart.

SIDE A:
Back On Holiday (Ibiza Mix) 8:58
Back On Holiday (Dance Edit) 4:57

SIDE B:
Back On Holiday (Carribbean Mix) 7:14
Back On Holiday (Montego Bay Mix) 4:14

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1988	Back On Holiday	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#34
1988	Back On Holiday	U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles	#52

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI-Manhattan Records ‎– V-56108
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: RnB/Swing, House

CREDITS:
Engineer [Assistant] – Paul Logus
Engineer [Remix] – Hugo Dwyer
Guitar – Felicia Collins
Mixed By – Chris Porter
Percussion – Bashiri Johnson
Producer – Robbie Nevil
Remix – John “Jellybean” Benitez
Synthesizer – Ed Terry

NOTES:
Original version appears on the LP “A PLACE LIKE THIS”

Find The 12″ On DISCOGS

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

2015 Re-Rip! Meticulously Remastered! First Time In 24 Bit Flac!

2015 Re-Rip!
Meticulously Remastered!
First Time In 24 Bit Flac!