Tag: Chep Nunez

August 23, 2016

S’Xpress – Music Lover (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1989

“Hey Music Lover” was the third and final single taken from the debut album “Original Soundtrack” by British band S’Express. The single reached #6 in the UK Singles chart, #26 in the equivalent chart in Germany, and #6 in the U.S. Dance chart. For its U.S. release, the song was inexplicably titled just “Music Lover” (no “Hey”), even though the original title remained on the album. The U.S. editions contain exclusive remixes.

Vocals on Hey Music Lover by Billie Ray Martin and Eric Robinson. US mixes have a couple of extra lines sung by Billie Ray Martin that never made it onto any of the UK mixes (“I just want to sing to you ’cause playing bad is hard to do”).

Note change of spelling from S’Express to S’Xpress. Radio interviewers would ask “…so why did you drop the E?” and the band would burst into uncontrollable laughter.

SIDE A:
Music Lover (Music Lovers Bass Mix) 6:58
Edited By –Chep Nunez*, Shep Pettibone
Engineer [Remix] – Goh Hotoda
Producer [Additional Production], Remix – Shep Pettibone

Music Lover (Music Lovers Dub) 3:46
Edited By – Chep Nunez*, Shep Pettibone
Engineer [Remix] – Goh Hotoda
Producer [Additional Production], Remix – Shep Pettibone

SIDE B:
Music Lover (Shep Zip Mix) 7:28
Edited By – Chep Nunez*, Shep Pettibone
Engineer [Remix] – Goh Hotoda
Producer [Additional Production], Remix – Shep Pettibone

Music Lover (Glass Mix) 3:57
Engineer [Remix] – Blaise Dupuy
Remix – Kurt Munkacsi, Philip Glass

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1989	Music Lover	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#6

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Capitol Records ‎– V-15454
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Electronic
Style: House, Acid House

CREDITS:
Artwork By [All Typsetting] – Bats Repro
Artwork By [Art Direction] – D. Little
Artwork By [Computer Images] – David Little / Alex Quero
Artwork By [Design] – Pinky
Backing Vocals [B-vox Orgasmatron] – Michelle*
Brass – Gordon M*
Composed By – Sly Stone
Keyboards, Other [Great Semprini] – Linda Love
Keyboards, Other [Musical Assistance] – Brendan Beal*
Mastered By – Herb Powers Jr.
Other [Directed By] – Mark Moore
Performer [Noise & Electric Doormat] – Mark M*
Photography – Jaco
Producer, Mixed By – Mark Moore & Mark McGuire*
Sampler [Sampled Guitars Chords, Sampled Vox], Percussion – Chilo
Strings – Annie Stephenson*
Vocals [Additional Vox] – Billy Ray Martin*
Vocals [Vox] – Eric Robinson

NOTES:
US release of “Hey Music Lover”

Dedicated with L·O·V·E to Sly.

Recorded In England.

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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 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

August 17, 2016

Falco – Do It Again (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

“Do It Again” was the fourth single taken from Austrian pop/rock singer Falco’s fifth studio album “Weiner Blut”. “Do It Again” a cover of of Steely Dan’s 1972 hit was only released as a 12″ single in the United States with remixes by Shep Pettibone. The 12″ also includes a sample filled remix of “Wiener Blut” mixed by Dutch producer Rob Bolland. The single was less succesful than previous singles and failed to chart.

SIDE A:
Do It Again (12″ Remix) 8:56
Remix – Shep Pettibone

Do It Again (7″ Remix / Edit) 4:18
Remix – Shep Pettibone

SIDE B:
Dub It Again 7:56
Remix – Shep Pettibone

Wiener Blut (12″ Remix) 7:18
Engineer – Okkie Huysdens
Producer, Arranged By – Rob Bolland and Ferdi Bolland*
Remix – Rob Bolland
Written-By – Rob Bolland / Ferdi Bolland*, Falco

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Sire ‎– 9 21178-0, Sire ‎– 0-21178
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Maxi-Single
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Electroni, Rock
Style: House, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Design – Christine Cano
Edited By – Chep Nunez* (tracks: A1 to B1)
Engineer [Remix] – Steve Peck (tracks: A1 to B1)
Photography [Front] – Teldec / Bildarchiv
Producer [Additional] – Shep Pettibone (tracks: A1 to B1)
Producer, Arranged By – Falco (tracks: A1 to B1), Mal Luker (tracks: A1 to B1)
Written-By – Donald Fagen (tracks: A1 to B1), Walter Becker (tracks: A1 to B1)

NOTES:
Additional production and remix for tracks A1 to B1 for Mastermix Productions.
Mastered at Sterling.

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RESTORATION NOTES:
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April 13, 2016

Debbie Gibson – Staying Together (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

Headed To The Mall Week.

REQUEST

“Staying Together” is the fifth single from American singer-songwriter-actress Debbie Gibson, and the fourth released in support of her album Out of the Blue. However, it did not perform as well as any of the previous singles, stalling at #22 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single reached #53 in the UK in 1988.

SIDE A:
Staying Together (Remix) 6:01

SIDE B:
Staying Together (Dub Version) 5:56
Staying Together (Bonus Beats) 1:35

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1988	Staying Together	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#22

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Atlantic ‎– 0-86533
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Edited By – Chep Nunez
Engineer – Bruce Miller, Steve Griffin
Producer – Gibson*, Zarr*
Remix – David Cole, Robert Clivillés
Written By – D. Gibson*

NOTES:
Remixed From the Atlantic LP “OUT OF THE BLUE”

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September 28, 2015

Ziggy Marley And The Melody Makers – Tomorrow People (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

REQUEST

“Tomorrow People” is a single by Jamaican Reggae group Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers. In 1988, the band’s popularity was at such a height that they were signed to the international major label Virgin Records. Later that year, they went into the studio with Tina Weymouth and Chris Franz of Talking Heads to record their third album, Conscious Party. “Tomorrow People” was the first single taken from the album charting at #16 on the Mainstream Rock chart and #39 on the Hot 100. In the UK the single peaked at #22.

The album received a Grammy award for “Best Reggae Album”.

SIDE A:
Tomorrow People (Reggae This Remix) 6:25
Tomorrow People (Dub This) 5:36

SIDE B:
Tomorrow People (Dub A Pella) 4:16
We A Guh Some Weh 3:50

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1988	Tomorrow People	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#39
1988	Tomorrow People	U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	#16

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Virgin ‎– 0-96703
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Reggae
Style: Reggae-Pop

CREDITS:
Co-producer – Justin Strauss, Murray Elias
Edited By – Chep Nuñez
Engineer – Doug Grama
Executive-Producer – The Melody Makers
Producer – Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth
Programmed By – Eric Kupper
Remix – Justin Strauss, Murray Elias
Written-By – Ziggy Marley

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Artwork scanned at 600dpi