Tag: Dead Or Alive

September 19, 2012

Dead Or Alive – My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor) (Japan 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

Re-Rip Remaster + Bonus Track

Originally I posted this one back in January of 2011. 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 equipment. This 12″ is also being posted in 24 bit flac for the very first time! Aside from re-ripping the Japanese 12″ I also included as a bonus track the “Instrumental Version” of “My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The doctor)” taken from the UK 12″ (Epic – QTA 6571).

“My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor)” is the fourth and final single from Dead or Alive’s second studio album Youthquake. It charted at #23 in the United Kingdom, #41 in Australia and became a huge dance hit in the U.S.

SIDE A:
My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor) (Wipe Out Mix) 6:15
Remix – Phil Harding

SIDE B:
My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor) (Extended Remix) 7:18
Remix – Phil Harding

Big Daddy Of The Rhythm (Live) 3:27
Mixed By – Stock, Aitken & Waterman
Recorded live at the Hammersmith Odeon, July 1985

BONUS TRACK:
My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor) (Instrumental Version) 4:33
Remix – Phil Harding

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor)	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	#15

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic/Sony – 12.3P-695
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: Japan
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Artwork By [Design] – Satori
Photography – Peter Brown
Credits: Producer – Stock, Aitken & Waterman
Written-By – Dead Or Alive

NOTES:
A Peter Waterman production
Digitally recorded and mixed for PWL.
Special versions taken from the LP “YOUTHQUAKE”
Includes a 12″ x 12″ Mini Poster!

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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

July 25, 2012

Dead Or Alive – Son Of A Gun (Japan 7″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

Although the UK received the most releases form Dead Or Alive, Japan somehow managed to make its mark in collectors eyes. As Dead Or Alive have received much adoration from the Japanese, the releases there have carried them far beyond Radio One. “Son Of A Gun” is one of those items released only in Japan. The track would become the fifth and final single released from “Mad, Bad And Dangerous To Know. The single was released just prior to the “Rip It Up” album and tour hence the picture sleeve. It is rumoured that the single is slightly remixed because Pete and the band always remixed their 7″ singles much like their 12″ counterparts. The track durations are a little different than the LP versions but not much.

This is a pretty rare Japanese item and one of my favorites from my collection.

SIDE A:
Son Of A Gun 4:17

SIDE B:
Come Inside 4:21

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic/Sony – 07•5P-499
Format: Vinyl, 7″, Stereo, 45 RPM
Country: Japan
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Mixed By [Mix Master] – Phil Harding
Producer – Stock, Aitken & Waterman
Written-By – Dead Or Alive

NOTES:
Taken from the LP “Mad, Bad And Dangerous To Know”

Find The 7″ On DISCOGS

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

July 24, 2012

Dead Or Alive – Hooked On Love (Japan 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

Re-Rip Remaster + Bonus Track

“Hooked On Love” was the third single released from Dead Or Alive’s third album “Mad, Bad and Dangerous To Know” continuing their association with the Stock Aitken Waterman production team.

“Hooked on Love”, suffered from very little promotion due to what the record company felt was a “Gothic” overtone that had been added to the song in a post-production remix. The single barely managed to scrape into the UK top 70 peaking at #69. “Hooked On Love” was only released in Europe, Australia and Japan.

As a bonus track I have added the live version of “Cake And Eat It” taken from the Ltd. Edition UK “Brand New Lover” 12″. All of the live tracks were recorded in 1985 at the Hammersmith Odeon.

This japanese first pressing contains a large fold out poster.

SIDE A:
Hooked On Love (The Big Revolver Mix) 8:17
Remix – Dead Or Alive , Phil Harding

Hooked On Love (La Vie En Rose Mix) 3:54
Remix – Dead Or Alive , Phil Harding

SIDE B:
You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) (Live) 6:51
Engineer – Karen Hewitt

Big Daddy Of The Rhythm (Live) 3:26
Mixed By – Stock, Aitken & Waterman

In Too Deep (Live) 4:35
Mixed By [Mix Master] – Phil Harding

Cake And eat It (Live) (Bonus Track) 5:36
Mixed By [Mix Master] – Phil Harding

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
Poster: Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic – 18 3P 810
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM
Country: Japan
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits; Producer – Stock, Aitken & Waterman
Written-By – Dead Or Alive

NOTES:
B Side tracks recorded live at the Hammersmith Odeon, July 1985. Includes Poster and Japanese Lyrics insert.

Find The 12″ On DISCOGS

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

July 19, 2012

Dead Or Alive – Something In My House (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

In 1986, Dead or Alive released their third album, Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know, also produced by SAW. The album included one of the band’s best-known songs, “Something in My House”, tonally very Gothic and with a sleeve depicting Pete Burns in front of what appears to be a Satanic altar, featuring an inverted crucifix. A 12″ version of the song, the “Mortevicar Mix”, featured sampling of dialogue from the soundtrack of “The Exorsist” and a sampling from the George A. Romero American movie trailer from his film “Day of the Dead” (1985).

The US 12″ includes four hot mixes. My favoriteis the latin flavored “Flamenco Mix”.

SIDE A:
Something In My House (US Wipe Out Mix – Part 2) 7:18
Something In My House (Instrumental) 5:19

SIDE B:
Something In My House (Mortevicar Mix) 6:55
Something In My House (Flamenco Mix) 4:21

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic – 49 06750
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Hi NRG, Synth-pop
Credits: Artwork By [Artwork, Design] – Satori
Photography – Peter Brown
Producer – Stock, Aitken & Waterman
Remix – Dead Or Alive, Phil Harding
Written-By – Dead Or Alive

NOTES:
From the Epic album “Mad, Bad And Dangerous To Know”

Find The 12″ On DISCOGS

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