Tag: Arthur Baker

April 9, 2018

Face To Face – Under The Gun (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984

“Under The Gun” is a single by new wave quintet from Boston, Massachusetts Face to Face, produced by Highly influential American producer/DJ/remixer/musician Arthur Baker. The track was taken from the band’s self-titled debut album. “Under The Gun” peaked at #14 on the U.S. Dance Chart.

SIDE A:
Under The Gun (Dance Mix) 7:02

SIDE B:
Run From The Shot (Dub Mix) 8:39

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1984	Under The Gun	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#14

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic ‎– 49-05033
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic
Style: New wave, Electro

CREDITS:
Design [Cover Design] – Chris Lione
Edited By [The Latin Rascals] – Albert Cabrera, Tony Moran
Executive-Producer – Dick Wingate
Management [Direction] – Hart & Hinkle Management
Mixed By – Arthur Baker, Chris Lord-Alge
Performer [Face To Face Is] – Angelo*, William Beard*, John Ryder (2), Laurie Sargent, Stuart Kimball
Photography By [Back Cover Photo] – Carrie Branovan
Photography By [Cover Photo] – Image Bank*, Lawrence Fried (2)
Producer –Arthur Baker
Written-By – A. Baker*, Face To Face (3)

NOTES:
Special version from the Epic LP “Face To Face”

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VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
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:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

April 4, 2018

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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VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

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

November 20, 2017

Robbie Nevil – Dominoes (The Dance Mix) (Germany 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

“Dominoes” is a song by American singer Robbie Nevil from his self-titled debut album in 1986.

Written by Nevil with Bobby Hart and Dick Eastman, Nevil recorded the song for his eponymous debut album, and it was released as the second single. The song reached #14 on the U.S. singles chart. MTV featured a portion of the refrain with reworked lyrics to promote their new show at that time: Friday Night Party Zone.

This scarce 1986 German 12″ contains remixes exclusive to this 12″.

SIDE A:
Dominoes (The Dance Mix) 6:20
Remix – Burt Bevans*

SIDE B:
Dominoes (Club Mix) 7:31
Edited By – Junior Vasquez
Engineer – Hugo Dwyer
Mixed By, Producer [Additional] – Arthur Baker

Dominoes (All Fall Down Free Beats) 6:17
Edited By – Junior Vasquez
Engineer – Hugo Dwyer
Mixed By, Producer [Additional] – Arthur Baker

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1986	Dominoes	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#14
1986	Dominoes	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#22

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Manhattan Records ‎– 1C K 060-20 1793 6
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: Germany
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Producer – Alex Sadkin, Phil Thornalley

NOTES:
Special versions from the lp “ROBBIE NEVIL”

Find the 12″ on DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

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

August 25, 2017

Roberta Flack – Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes) (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

Originally posted September 7, 2011

“Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes)” is the Ashford & Simpson-penned, 1989 single by Roberta Flack. The single was the follow-up to her number one R&B hit, “Oasis”. “Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes)” stalled at number thirty-seven on the U.S. R&B singles chart, failing to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. In addition, a remix of the single made it to number one on the dance club play chart for one week. Ashford & Simpson recorded the song themselves for the soundtrack of the 1998 film, Down In The Delta.

SIDE A:
Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes) (Arthur Baker’s Dance Mix) 8:27
Remix – Arthur Baker

Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes) (Arthur Baker’s Dub) 7:14
Remix – Arthur Baker

SIDE B:
Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes) (Steve Hurley’s House Mix) 6:13
Remix – Steve “Silk” Hurley

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1988	Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes)	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#1
1988	Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes)	U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles	#37

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Atlantic – 0-86453
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: Garage House

CREDITS:
Executive-Producer – Quincy Jones
Producer – Jerry Hey
Written-By – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson

NOTES:
From the LP “OASIS”

Find the 12″ on DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
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: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

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