Tag: 1991

The Cure – The Antidote Mega Mix (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1991

Another nicely crafted Mega Mix from the ON-USound label. Released in 1991 this Mega Mix features The Cure. The mix includes some the biggest hits from the boys from Crawley, West Sussex.

The Cure are an English alternative rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member. The Cure first began releasing music in the late 1970s with its debut album Three Imaginary Boys (1979); this, along with several early singles, placed the band as part of the post-punk and New Wave movements that had sprung up in the wake of the punk rock revolution in the United Kingdom. During the early 1980s, the band’s increasingly dark and tormented music helped form the gothic rock genre.

After the release of Pornography (1982), the band’s future was uncertain and Smith was keen to move past the gloomy reputation his band had acquired. With the 1982 single “Let’s Go to Bed” Smith began to place a pop sensibility into the band’s music (as well as a unique stage look). The Cure’s popularity increased as the decade wore on, especially in the United States where the songs “Just Like Heaven”, “Lovesong” and “Friday I’m in Love” entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart. By the start of the 1990s, The Cure were one of the most popular alternative rock bands in the world. The band is estimated to have sold 27 million albums as of 2004. The Cure have released thirteen studio albums, 10 EPs and over thirty singles during the course of their career. Since 2010, they have been working on a fourteenth studio album.

SIDE A:
The Antidote Mega Mix 14:32

SIDE B:
The Antidote Mega Mix 14:32

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint (generic)

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: ON-USound – CUR 12
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM, Unofficial Release
Country: US
Released: 1991
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Alternative Rock

NOTES:
Program Repeats On Both Sides

Tracklist:
Love Song
Just Like Heaven
A Forest (Tree Mix) With Vocals From Why Can’t I Be You?
Boys Don’t Cry
The Lovecats
Close To Me
Pictures Of You
Lullaby

Find The 12″ On DISCOGS

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

Soft Cell – Low Voltage Mix (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1991

Euro-Mixx is a US based label that had formerly released bootleg singles under the name ON-Usound. This 12″ features a nicely done Megamix of Soft Cell and Marc Almond. Included in the mix are the hits “Say Hello Wave Goodbye”, “Torch”, “A Lover Spurned”, “Tears Run Rings” and the mega hit “Tainted Love” and more.

Soft Cell are an English synthpop duo who came to prominence in the early 1980s. They consist of vocalist Marc Almond and instrumentalist David Ball. The duo is most widely known for their 1981 worldwide hit version of “Tainted Love” and platinum debut Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret. In the UK, they had ten Top 40 hits, including “Bedsitter” (#4), “Say Hello, Wave Goodbye” (#3), “Torch” (#2), and “What!” (#3), and also had four Top 20 albums between 1981 and 1984. The duo split in 1984, but reformed in the early 2000s to tour and released a new album in 2002. Their songs have been covered by various artists including Nine Inch Nails, David Gray, Nouvelle Vague, Marilyn Manson and A-ha. Soft Cell’s track “Memorabilia” earned recognition for the band as pioneers of techno style. The duo have sold 10 million records worldwide.

SIDE A:
Low Voltage Mix 13:42

SIDE B:
Low Voltage Mix 13:42

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint (generic)

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Euro-Mixx – SC-21
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM, Mixed, Unofficial Release
Country: US
Released: 1991
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop

NOTES:
The same mix appears on both sides of the single.

Find The 12″ On DISCOGS

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

Eurythmics – Love Is A Stranger (Remix) (German 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1991

R E Q U E S T

“Love Is a Stranger” is a song by the British pop music duo Eurythmics, written by Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart. It was orinally released as a single in 1982. From the bands Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This).

In 1991 the song was rereleased in Europe to help promote the duo’s first Greatest Hits album. A Trip Hop feel to the 2 mixes on the A-side, with a rerecorded vocal and a cameo by unheard of rapper J.C. 001, apparently one-time ‘fastest rapper in the world’ but he actually doesn’t do much rapping on here. The best remix is the Coldcut mix on the b-side. The 1991 remix peaked at #54 on the UK singles chart.

SIDE A:
Love Is A Stranger (J.C. Meets The Obsessor) 6:26
Featuring – C-001
Programmed By – Loopy Desire, Steve Ferrera
Remix – David A. Stewart

Love Is A Stranger (Instrumental) 6:07
Programmed By – Loopy Desire, Steve Ferrera
Remix – David A. Stewart

SIDE B:
Love Is A Stranger (Coldcut) 7:15
Remix – Coldcut

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: BMG – PT 44268
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: Germany
Released: 1991
Genre: Electronic
Style: Breaks, Synth-pop
Credits: Artwork By [Art & Design] – Laurence Stevens
Producer – Adam Williams, David A. Stewart
Written-By – Lennox*, Stewart*

Find The 12″ On DISCOGS

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi