Tag: 1988

Natalie Cole – Pink Cadillac (Motorway Mixes) (Europe 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

A. Front

Re-Rip Newly Remastered!

Originally I posted this one on December 1, 2010. But for those who may have missed it or if you are a new reader just discovering BTG. I decided to give this one a new rip with my newer Ortofon Super 30 stylus. This 12″ is also being posted in 24 bit flac for the very first time!

This 12″ contains the UK only Motorway Remixes which combine Natalie’s hits Jump Start and Pink Cadillac. Released as the the third single from the album “Everlasting” on EMI-Manhattan Records. Pink Cadillac returned Cole to the Top Ten for the first time since 1978, peaking at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the US Hot Dance Club/Play chart.

SIDE A:
Jump Start/Pink Cadillac (Motorway Mix –  M1)  4:49
Producer – Dennis Lambert , V. Calloway
Remix – Perry Wilkes , Richard Yori

Jump Start/Pink Cadillac (Motorway Mix –  M4)  5:36
Producer – Dennis Lambert , V. Calloway
Remix – Perry Wilkes , Richard Yori

SIDE B:
I Wanna Be That Woman (12″ Version)  5:20
Mixed By – Taavi Mote
Producer, Written-By – Reggie Calloway

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1988 Pink Cadillac U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #5
1988 Pink Cadillac U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary #16
1988 Pink Cadillac U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play #1
1988 Pink Cadillac U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles #9

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI-Manhattan Records – K 060 20 2568 6
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: Europe
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Producer – Reggie Calloway
Written-By – Bruce Springsteen

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B. Back

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
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

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removeal: ClickRepair (DeClick Level 3)
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

Annie Lennox & Al Green – Put A Little Love In Your Heart (Netherlands 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

A. Front

“Put A Little Love in Your Heart” is a song originally performed in 1968 by Jackie DeShannon, who composed it with her brother, Randy Myers, and Jimmy Holiday.

In 1988 Annie Lennox and Al Green recorded a version that was released as the ending theme song to the 1988 film Scrooged. The song reached #9 in the USA on the Hot 100 in January 1989 and climbed all the way to #2 on the US Adult Contemporary chart, as well as becoming a top 40 hit in several countries worldwide. Outside of her Eurythmics band, it is Lennox’s most successful single.

SIDE A:
Put A Little Love In Your Heart (12″ Version With Edits) 7:13

SIDE B:
Put A Little Love In Your Heart (Instrumental) 3:49
Put A Little Love In Your Heart (Vocal Mix) 3:49

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1988 Put A Little Love In Your Heart U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #9
1988 Put A Little Love In Your Heart U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks #2
1988 Put A Little Love In Your Heart U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play #29

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: A&M Records ‎– 390 382-1
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Producer – David A. Stewart
Written-By – Jackie DeShannon, Jimmie Holiday*, Randy Myers

NOTES:
From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack “SCROOGED”.
Annie Lennox appears courtesy of RCA Records.

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B. Back

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
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

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removeal: ClickRepair (DeClick Level 3)
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

Erasure – She Won’t Be Home (Lonely Christmas) (US 7″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

C. Insert

Side A

“She Won’t Be Home (Lonely Christmas)” is a US only promotional single released by by British synthpop duo Erasure, released in 1988. Both tracks were taken from the duo’s 1988 Christmas EP “Cracker Internationl”.

The single was shipped with a red promo insert inside the sleeve presenting the single to DJs.

In November 2013 Erasure released their first full length Christmas album titled “Snow Globe” on Mute records.

SIDE A:
She Won’t Be Home (Lonely Christmas) 3:26
Mixed By – Phil Legg
Written-By – Clarke/Bell

SIDE B:
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 3:12
Arranged By – Erasure
Mixed By – Mark Saunders

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Sire ‎– PRO-S-3409
Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single, Promo, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Engineer – Alan Moulder
Engineer [Assistant] – Cameron Jenkins, Jock Loveband
Producer – Erasure

NOTES:
Merry Christmas and Happy New Years from all your friends at Sire & Reprise.
DJ Only Not For Sale

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Side B

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
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

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removeal: ClickRepair (DeClick Level 3)
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

Cyndi Lauper – Hole In My Heart (All The Way To China) (Netherlands 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

A. Front

“Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)” is a song recorded by pop singer Cyndi Lauper for her 1988 film Vibes. It was written by Richard Orange, formerly of the band Zider Zee.

Characterised by a frenetic, fast pace and soaring delivery of the title lyric, the song is considered by some fans a little-known underrated gem. The single was released in 1988 as a track from her first starring-role film, Vibes, co-starring Jeff Goldblum. The song failed to find an audience in all but Australia and New Zealand, where it reached the Top 10. The song is considered, among Lauper fans, a rarity.

Lauper was also getting ready to release an album later that year called “Kindred Spirit” but the release was canceled, most likely due to the backlash of this release. Later on when Lauper released the album, now titled A Night to Remember, the track was not included on most formats of the album. It was only included on the Japanese edition as a bonus track and on the Japanese edition of Twelve Deadly Cyns…and Then Some.

SIDE A:
Hole In My Heart (All The Way To China) 4:00

SIDE B:
Boy Blue (Live)** 5:37

Maybe He’ll Know (Special Version)** 3:42
Remix – Phil Thornally

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1988 Hole In My Heart (All The Way To China) U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #54

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic ‎– 652813 6
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Design – Stacy Drummond
Engineer, Mixed By – Gary Lyons
Executive Producer – Dave Wolff
Photography – Annie Leibovitz
Producer – Cyndi Lauper, Lennie Petze
Written-By – C. Lauper* (tracks: B), R. Orange* (tracks: A), S.B. Lunt* (tracks: B)

NOTES:
From the Columbia Motion Picture “VIBES”
** Special versions taken from the LP “TRUE COLORS”

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B. Back

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
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

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removeal: ClickRepair (DeClick Level 3)
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