Tag: Canada

Pet Shop Boys – Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money) (Canada 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

NEW 2021 Transfer!
Meticulously Remastered!

Originally posted March 21, 2017

“Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)” is a song by UK duo Pet Shop Boys, released as a single in 1985 and then in 1986, gaining greater popularity in both the United Kingdom and the United States with its second release, reaching number 11 in the UK Singles Chart and number 10 in the US Billboard Hot 100.

The song’s indirect attack on its subject matter has come to exemplify the Pet Shop Boys as ironists in their songwriting.

This 12″ is for the 1986 re-release which became a worldwide hit and features remixes by noted 1980s producer Shep Pettibone.

Shep Pettibone did not mix “Was That What It Was?”; he was booked to do so but missed his plane, and his manager, Jane Brinton, mixed the song in his absence. It is unknown if Shep Pettibone was consulting the manager over the phone. This fact went unnoticed until Pet Shop Boys revealed it in the liner notes for the Alternative anthology of B-sides and rarities (1995), though Jane Brinton gets a “Thanks to” mention on the 12″ cover.

After a Super Bowl ad featuring the song, it re-entered the Billboard’s Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart at No. 1 on February 20, 2021.

** The original transfer that I did in 2017 had a mastering error in the vinyl that created a 2-second gap of silence at around 4:00 on track B2. I have corrected this error for this transfer.

SIDE A:
Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money) (Shep Pettibone Mastermix) 7:18
Engineer [Mix] – Andy Wallace
Producer [Additional Production] – Stephen Hague
Producer [Original Production] – J.J. Jeczalik, Nicholas Froome
Recorded By [New York Overdubs By] – Ron Dean Miller
Remix, Producer [Additional Production] – Shep Pettibone

Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money) (Reprise) 4:27
Engineer [Mix] – Andy Wallace
Producer [Additional Production] – Stephen Hague
Producer [Original Production] – J.J. Jeczalik, Nicholas Froome
Recorded By [New York Overdubs By] – Ron Dean Miller
Remix, Producer [Additional Production] – Shep Pettibone

SIDE B:
Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money) (Original Dance Mix) 6:45
Producer – J.J. Jeczalik, Nicholas Froome

Was That What It Was? 5:14
Mixed By – Shep Pettibone
Mixed By [Uncredited] – Jane Brinton
Producer – Pet Shop Boys

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

 

Year Single Chart Position
1986 Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money) U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #10
1986 Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money) U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #3
1986 Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money) U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales #16
2021 Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money) U.S. Billboard Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales #1

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI America ‎– S 75146
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: Canada
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Sleeve – Mark Farrow, P.S.B.*
Written-By – N. Tennant-C. Lowe*

NOTES:
A1, A2, and B2 remixed for Mastermix Productions

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

THE GEAR:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp:
Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
DAC:
Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Record Cleaning
: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans
: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

SOFTWARE:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2
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)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi


Password: burningtheground

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Peter Batah – Nobody’s Stopping You (Canada 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1981

“Nobody’s Stopping You” is a 1981 single by Canadian singer/songwriter Peter Batah. Batah released a handful of single in the early and mid-1980s on Unidisc Records. He is associated with Lime founder Denis Lepage. Maybe an alter-ego…

SIDE A:
Nobody’s Stopping You (Vocal Version) 7:03

SIDE B:
Nobody’s Stopping You (Instrumental Version) 7:02

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Unidisc ‎– UNI-1049
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: Canada
Released: 1981
Genre: Electronic
Style: Hi-NRG, Disco

CREDITS:
Arranged By – Denis Lepage
Mastered By – Herb Powers Jr.
Producer –Joe La Greca
Written-By – Sandy Wilbur

NOTES:
Made in Canada

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

THE GEAR:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp:
Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
DAC:
Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Record Cleaning
: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans
: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

SOFTWARE:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2
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)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi


Password: burningtheground

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Bee Gees – E.S.P (Arthur Baker Remixes) (Canada 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

NEW 2020 Transfer!
Meticulously Remastered!

Recorded using a Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Turntable with Ortofon 2M Bronze stylus, Pro-Ject Tube Box DS2 phono pre-amp, and ADL GT40a USB DAC.

Originally posted March 31, 2010

“E.S.P.” was a single by the Bee Gees. Released in 1987, it was the follow-up to their successful single “You Win Again”. The a cappella intro found on the album version was edited out for radio airplay.

The original title of the song is “XTC” or “Ecstasy” before the Gibbs realized that it sounded like a drug reference so they changed it to “E.S.P.”.

The single did not do as well as the previous single “You Win Again”, reaching only number 13 in Germany and outside the top forty elsewhere. Warner Bros. pushed “E.S.P.” even more heavily with many alternate mixes on 12-inch singles. The reprise, a piece of the a cappella opening, was used as the closing number of the album.

The single failed to chart in the United States.

SIDE A:
E.S.P “Extra Sensory House” (Vocal) 6:31
E.S.P “E.S. Piano” (Dub) 8:23

SIDE B:
E.S.P “E.S.P.N.R.G.” (Vocal) 7:06
E.S.P “Extra Energy” (Dub) 6:42
Overnight (LP Version) 4:23

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label:Warner Bros. Records ‎– 92 08290
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: Canada
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic, Pop
Style: House

CREDITS:
Co-producer – Brian Tench
Edited By – Benji Candelario (tracks: A1 to B2) , Gail “Sky” King (tracks: A1 to B2) , Timothy Scott (tracks: A1 to B2)
Engineer [Overdub], Mixed By [Assistant] – Mark Plati (tracks: A1 to B2)
Mixed By – Arthur Baker (tracks: A1 to B2)
Mixed By, Engineer [Mix] – Bob Rosa (tracks: A1 to B2)
Photography – Steve Schapiro
Producer – Arif Mardin , Barry Gibb , Maurice Gibb , Robin Gibb
Remix, Producer [Additional] – Arthur Baker (tracks: A1 to B2)
Written-By – Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb*

NOTES:
Original versions taken from the album “E.S.P.” on WarnerBros.Records

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

THE GEAR:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp:
Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
DAC:
Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Record Cleaning
: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans
: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

SOFTWARE:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2
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)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi


Password: burningtheground

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This Island Earth – Take Me To The Fire (Canada 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

“Take Me To The Fire” is a song by new wave band from Liverpool This Island Earth. The band signed with Magnet Records Ltd. and a recording session with German music producer Zeus B. Held in June 1984 made way for the production of two singles before the band disappeared into 80s obscurity.

The band recorded a full-length LP but it was shelved and has never been released.

SIDE A:
Take Me To The Fire (Extended Version) 6:18

SIDE B:
Pearl Of Love 5:46
Take Me To The Fire (Instrumental) 4:16

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Magnet (2) ‎– MAGT 275
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Stereo
Country: Canada
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Backing Vocals – Rachel Furness
Drums – Steve Brown (68)
Guitar – Mark Griffis
Photography By – Chris Garnham
Piano – Kevin Brown
Producer – Zeus B. Held
Vocals, Keyboards – John Hawkins*

Find the 12″ at 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
DAC/Phono Pre-amp:
Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
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/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2
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)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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Password: burningtheground

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