Tag: Germany

Carol Douglas – You’re Not So Hot (Germany 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1982

“You’re Not So Hot” is a Disco single released by American singer Carol Douglas whose hit “Doctor’s Orders” (1974) was a pioneering track in the disco genre.

In 1983, Carol moved to Paris and signed with Carrere Records releasing her sixth album (and last one to date) “I Got Your Body”, renamed “Love Zone” in the US which failed to make any impact on the charts. “You’re Not So Hot” was the second single taken from that LP reaching #71 in France.

SIDE A:
You’re Not So Hot 7:20
Written-By – ShapiroMorrow

SIDE B:
Party Nights 3:37
Written-By – Howard Young*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Carrere – 2141 719
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Maxi-Single, 45 RPM
Country: Germany
Released: 1982
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Disco

CREDITS:

NOTES:
A John Fearing Mix

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Giorgio Moroder & Paul Engemann – American Dream (Germany 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1984

The Olympic Games in Paris in 1900 were the first to invite women to compete.

This year’s Olympics in Paris are the first in history to have equal representation of female and male athletes.

Good luck to everyone!

”American Dream” is a 1984 Giorgio Moroder Single collaboration with American singer Paul Engemann, ”American Dream” was the first single taken from Giorgio’s forthcoming, 1985 album ”Innovisions”. The track ”Too Hot To Touch” is an extended instrumental remix, the original version can be found on the 1983 album ”Solitary Men” – a collaboration with Joe Esposito.

SIDE A:
American Dream 6:56
Performer – Giorgio Moroder & Paul Engemann
Written-By – MoroderEngemannWhitlock*

SIDE B:
Too Hot To Touch (Instrumental) 6:09
Performer – Giorgio Moroder
Written-By – MoroderForsey

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Oasis – 6.20381, Oasis – 6.20381 AE
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single, Orange Transparent
Country: Germany
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic
Style: Hi NRG, Synth-pop

CREDITS:

NOTES:
Released on transparent orange vinyl.

Manufactured by Teldec, Hamburg 19, Germany
Made in Germany • TELDEC Schallplatten GmbH • 2000 Hamburg 20
140 BPM (track A)

Track B taken from the album “Solitary Men”

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Cliff Richard – We Don’t Talk Anymore (Germany 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1979

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Originally posted January 11, 2013

“We Don’t Talk Anymore” is a song recorded by Cliff Richard, written by Alan Tarney, and produced by the Shadows’ rhythm guitarist, Bruce Welch. It was released in 1979 as a single and reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in August 1979, remaining there for four weeks, Richard’s tenth UK number one and his first since “Congratulations” in 1968.

Tarney wrote the song in 1979, planning to use it on an album with the Tarney/Spencer Band. However, Tarney played a demo of the song to Welch during a break in recording sessions for Where to Now by Charlie Dore (which the two were producing). Welch instantly knew it was going to be a hit and phoned up Richard’s manager Peter Gormley, as he believed “there was only one person who could record it — Cliff Richard”. It was then quickly recorded in May 1979 at RG Jones Recording Studios in Wimbledon.

It was released as a stop-gap single between the albums Green Light and Rock ‘n’ Roll Juvenile. However, it wasn’t meant to be included on Rock ‘n’ Roll Juvenile, as Richard didn’t think it was appropriate for “an energy-packed album of progressive rock ‘n’ roll”. However, record label EMI were insistent on including it after it became a massive hit and Richard reluctantly conceded. Due to the single’s success, Tarney was brought in to produce Richard’s next two albums I’m No Hero and Wired for Sound, and has said that “‘We Don’t Talk Anymore’ should have been on I’m No Hero”.

The single release featured the B-side “Count Me Out” written by Terry Britten and Welch and taken from Green Light. In several European countries, a 12-inch single was released, featuring an extended slightly remixed version of the song that runs to seven minutes long. This version has never been released on CD. The US release of the single features an edited version of “We Don’t Talk Anymore”, which fades over half a minute early.

In December 1990, a remixed version of “We Don’t Talk Anymore” was released as a single in continental Europe and in Australasia in November 1991. Taken from the live album From a Distance: The Event, it was remixed by Ian Curnow and Phil Harding at the PWL Studios. The single failed to chart.

Coming just before his 39th birthday, and just when it was announced that he was to receive the OBE for services to music, the record cemented his comeback, which continued well into the 1980s and 1990s. The single was his biggest worldwide seller; it was number one in Germany for five weeks (his only English-language German chart-topper, though he had two German-language number ones there in the 1960s), and reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the United States. The fact that its chart run extended beyond the end of 1979 meant Richard became the first act to reach the Hot 100’s top 40 in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

The single sold over 4 million copies worldwide, topping the charts in the UK, Austria, Belgium (Flanders), Finland, West Germany, Ireland, Norway and Switzerland. The song spent 4 weeks atop the Irish Singles Chart in September 1979. The song was certified Gold in both the UK and West Germany.

During the single’s run at the Number 1 position on the UK Singles Chart, Norrie Paramor, Richard’s original producer who guided his early career in the late 1950s and 1960s, died on 9 September 1979.

The song was the sixth video aired on MTV on its launch on 1 August 1981.

SIDE A:
We Don’t Talk Anymore (Long Version) 6:54
Written-By – Tarney*

SIDE B:
Count Me Out 4:13
Written-By – WelchBritten

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1979 We Don’t Talk Anymore U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #7
1979 We Don’t Talk Anymore U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Tracks #5

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI – 1C 052-07 076 YZ
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: Germany
Released: 1979
Genre: Rock
Style: Disco, Pop Rock

CREDITS:

NOTES:
Made in Germany

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Boytronic – You (Germany 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1983

“You” is the debut single released by German synth-pop group Boytronic originally released in Europe in 1983. The single reached #10 in Germany. “You” was remixed and re-released in 1986 the United States but failed to chart.

SIDE A:
You (Extended Version) 7:11

SIDE B:
You (Dub Remixed Version) 7:06

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Mercury – 812 875-1
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: Germany
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:

NOTES:
Herausgeber: Phonogram GmbH Hamburg
Made in West-Germany

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