Tag: Europe 12″

June 24, 2013

Will Powers – Kissing With Confidence (Europe 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983

Wanna Kiss? Pucker Up!

“Kissing with Confidence” is a song by Will Powers (the stage name/persona of photographer-turned-singer Lynn Goldsmith) from her 1983 album Dancing for Mental Health. It was written by Goldsmith, Jacob Brackman, Nile Rodgers, Todd Rundgren, and Steve Winwood.
Mixed by Rundgren, it was released as a single in the UK, peaking at number 17 on the UK Singles Chart.

Will Powers is portrayed by Goldsmith during the spoken word sections her voice processed through a vocoder. Sting and Tom Bailey were also collaborators on the project. Carly Simon was the uncredited lead singer.

SIDE A:
Kissing With Confidence 5:31

SIDE B:
Kissing With Confidence (Dub Version) 6:40

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Ariola ‎– 600 990
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: Europe
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Mixed By – Todd Rundgren
Producer – Lynn Goldsmith
Vocals [Uncredited] – Carly Simon
Written-By – J. Brackman*, L. Goldsmith*, N. Rodgers*, S. Winwood*, T. Rundgren*

NOTES:
From The Album: “Dancing For Mental Health”.

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November 15, 2012

Peter Gabriel – Red Rain (Europe 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

“Red Rain” is the first track on Peter Gabriel’s 1986 solo album So. In the USA, it reached #3 on Billboard magazine’s Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Stewart Copeland from The Police played the hi-hat for the rain-like background sound; the rest of the drumming was handled by Jerry Marotta.

The song is a combination of several inspirations. The lyrics directly reference a recurring dream Gabriel was having where he swam in his pool drinking cold red wine. Another version of the dream had bottles falling from a cliff, and the bottles were in the shape of people. When they were smashed on the ground, the people-shaped bottles had red liquid coming out, and then it began to rain the same red liquid.

Earlier in his solo career, Gabriel had an idea for a movie, Mozo. In it, villagers were punished for their sins with a blood red rain. “Red Rain” was to be the theme song. This idea was eventually scrapped, although there was a mention of Mozo in the song “On the Air” in Peter Gabriel (II). “Down The Dolce Vita”, “Here Comes The Flood”, “Exposure”, and “Big Blue Ball” are also reference the Mozo story, as well.

According to the sleeve notes from the remastered version of So, it is also a reference to acid rain. Based on one interpretation of some of the lyrics it is also thought to refer to nuclear fallout.

SIDE A:
Red Rain 5:35
Producer – Daniel Lanois, Peter Gabriel
Written-By – Peter Gabriel

SIDE B:
Ga-Ga (I Go Swimming Instrumental) 4:28
Producer – Steve Lillywhite
Written-By – Peter Gabriel

Walk Through The Fire 3:31
Producer – Nile Rodgers, Peter Gabriel
Written-By – Peter Gabriel

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1987	Red Rain	U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	#3

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Virgin – 609 240
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: Europe
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Classic Rock
Credits: Painting, Design – Peter Saville Associates
Photography By – Trevor Key

NOTES:
Printed in Western Germany

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September 18, 2012

Soft Cell – Where The Heart Is (Europe 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1982

Released on November 26, 1982, “Where The Heart Is” was the tenth single by British New Wave band Soft Cell. “Where The Heart Is” appeared on the bands third album Art Of Falling Apart. However the B side “It’s A Mug’s Game” did not but it was added as a bonus when the album was re-released on CD in 1998. The single reached the #21 spot on the U.K. singles chart.

SIDE A:
Where The Heart Is 9:42
Written-By – Ball*, Almond*

SIDE B:
It’s A Mugs Game 8:12
Written-By – Ball*, Almond*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Vertigo – 6400 738, Vertigo – 64 00 738
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Maxi-Single, 45 RPM
Country: Europe
Released: 1982
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Artwork By – Huw Feather
Engineer – Don Wershba
Instruments – Dave Ball
Mixed By – Harvey Goldberg
Producer – Mike Thorne
Trumpet – John Getchell*
Vocals – Marc Almond

NOTES:
Made in West Germany

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May 11, 2012

Stevie Nicks – Rooms On Fire (Europ 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1989

“Rooms on Fire” is a song by the American singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks. Released in May 1989, it was the first single to be taken from Nicks’ fourth solo album, The Other Side of the Mirror.

The song was quite successful on both sides of the Atlantic, reaching #16 in both the UK (Nicks’ first ever UK Top 40 solo hit and her highest chart position there to date) and the U.S. Billboard Chart, and also topped the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

“Rooms on Fire” was performed sporadically at Nicks’ live concerts up until New Year’s Eve of 1999, though has yet to be played live again.

In a 1989 interview, Nicks gave personal insight as to the meaning of “Rooms on Fire”:

“Rooms on Fire is about a girl who goes through a life like I have gone through, where she finally accepts the idea that there never will be those other things in her life. She will never be married, she will never have children, she will never do those [that] part of life.”

SIDE A:
Rooms On Fire 9:09
Producer – Rupert Hine

SIDE B:
Alice 5:45
Producer – Rupert Hine
Written-By – R. Hine*, S. Nicks*

Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You (Live Version) 5:02
Producer – Shelly Yakus
Written By – Rupert Hine
Written-By – S. Nicks*
Written-by [Uncredited] – Keith Olsen

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1989	Rooms On Fire	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#16
1989	Rooms On Fire	U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	#1
1989	Rooms On Fire	U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Tracks	#16

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI – 060-20-3352-6, Modern Records – 060-20 3352 6
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: Europe
Released: 1989
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock

NOTES:
Also available the album “THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MIRROR”

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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