Tag: Giorgio Moroder

August 12, 2021

Debbie Harry – Rush Rush (Special Extended Remix) (US 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1983

NEW 2021 transfer!
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Originally posted May 10, 2011

“Rush, Rush” is a song by American singer Debbie Harry. Released as a single in 1983, it is taken from the soundtrack album of the film Scarface (1983).

“Rush Rush” was the first single Harry released after Blondie broke up in 1982, and was one of the several projects she worked on in between her first and second solo albums. It was Harry’s second collaboration with Italian producer Giorgio Moroder, the first being Blondie’s 1980 number-one hit “Call Me” (from the 1980 movie American Gigolo). The song was a reference to drug use, “llello” being a Spanish colloquialism for cocaine.

“Rush Rush” peaked at #105 on the US Billboard chart but became a moderate US dance hit. The single also peaked at #87 in the UK.

The song was also featured in the 2001 video game Grand Theft Auto III on the fictional in-game radio station “Flashback 95.6” (Flashback FM) alongside four other songs from the Scarface soundtrack. The song also appears in the 1986 Tom Hanks film The Money Pit.

SIDE A:
Rush, Rush (Special Extended Remix) 4:47

SIDE B:
Rush, Rush (Dub Mix) 4:41

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	Rush, Rush	U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100	#105
1983	Blue Jean	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Songs	#28

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis – 4V9 42741
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Design – Janet Perr
Lyrics By – Debbie Harry*
Music By – G. Moroder*
Photography By [Front] – Chris Stein
Producer – Giorgio Moroder

NOTES:
From The Universal Motion Picture ‘Scarface’.

Front announces: “Special Extended Remix”
Runout: “MASTERED AT ALLEN ZENTZ L.A., CALIF.”

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VINYL RESTORATION:
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THE GEAR:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Black
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

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April 7, 2021

David Bowie – Cat People (Putting Out Fire) (Australia Limited Edition 12″)

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Originally posted March 21, 2013

“Cat People (Putting Out Fire)” is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released as the title track of the 1982 erotic horror film Cat People. Recorded in July 1981, the song was written by Bowie with Italian producer Giorgio Moroder. The 1981 recording has been described as one of “the finest of Bowie’s recordings of the 1980s”. A re-recorded version of the song created a year and a half later, appears on the album Let’s Dance (1983).

The director Paul Schrader engaged Bowie for a theme song in 1981, with Moroder having already recorded most of the music. Bowie was to put lyrics to the main theme.

The song itself, in keeping with the dark tone of the film, has some goth rock influences, with Bowie singing in a deep baritone croon while being backed up by a female chorus. Bowie’s octave leap on the word “gasoline” has been called “a magnificent moment” and “among the most thrilling moments he ever committed to tape”.

Because of Moroder’s contract, the single was issued by MCA Records. The full-length 6:45 version appeared on the soundtrack album, the U.S., and European 12″ single’s, while a 4:08 edited version was made for the 7″ release. The single reached No. 26 in the UK, No. 13 in Canada, and No. 67 in the US – Bowie’s biggest hit there since “Golden Years”. It peaked at No. 1 in New Zealand, remaining there for three weeks, as well as in Sweden for four weeks. It was also No. 1 in Norway for seven consecutive weeks, and then returned to the top for a further week.

The single was released three separate times by MCA, first in March 1982 with “Cat People” as the A-side, then again two months later with “Paul’s Theme” as the A-side, and finally in November 1982 with “Cat People” back on the A-side. Yugoslav-born Hungarian composer Sylvester Levay contributed to the orchestration.

In December 1982, Bowie re-recorded the song for his album Let’s Dance, released the following year. This version was also released as the B-side to the title track’s single release and performed on Bowie’s Serious Moonlight Tour. He had originally planned on using the original version of the song, but Moroder’s label MCA Records refused to license it to EMI America. In the re-recorded version of the song, Stevie Ray Vaughan provided the guitar solos and riffs in the song.

**Although the disc label gives a duration of 6:41 for side B, this 12″ contains a rare 9 minutes plus extended version. According to some sources, the Australian 12″ was mistakenly pressed with this longer version and remains up to now unreleased in any other form.

SIDE A:
Cat People (Putting Out Fire) (Edited Version) 4:08

SIDE B:
Cat People (Putting Out Fire) (OZ Extended Version) 9:23

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1982	Cat People (Putting Out Fire)	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#67
1982	Cat People (Putting Out Fire)	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#14
1982	Cat People (Putting Out Fire)	U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	#9

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: MCA Records ‎– DS 12087
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Limited Edition, Reissue, 9:23 extended version
Country: Australia
Released: 1982
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Producer – Giorgio Moroder
Written-By – D. Bowie*, Moroder*

NOTES:
Taken from the soundtrack “CAT PEOPLE”
Side B version is exclusive to this release.

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March 26, 2021

Irene Cara – Flashdance… What A Feeling (US 12″ Promo)

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“Flashdance… What a Feeling” is a song from the 1983 film Flashdance, written by Giorgio Moroder (music), Keith Forsey, and Irene Cara (lyrics), and performed by Cara. The song is in the key of B♭ Major and has a tempo of 122 beats per minute.

It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 issue dated May 28, 1983, spending six weeks atop the chart. On July 9, it was succeeded by “Every Breath You Take” by the Police and spent the rest of the month in the top three. It spent 14 weeks in the top 10, thus making it the longest-running top-10 single of 1983. The song was ranked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 year-end chart of 1983. In 2008, the song was ranked at number 26 on Billboard’s All-Time Top 100, which commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Billboard Hot 100. In the United Kingdom, the song spent one week at number two on the UK Singles Chart for the week ending July 9, 1983, behind “Baby Jane” by Rod Stewart.

In addition to topping the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Cara’s only number-one song, it earned a platinum record, the Academy Award for Best Original Song, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, and the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. In 2004, it was placed at number 55 in AFI’s 100 Years…100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.

SIDE A:
Flashdance… What A Feeling (Remix) 7:15
Lyrics By –Irene Cara, Keith Forsey

SIDE B:
Flashdance… What A Feeling (Instrumental) 8:05

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	Flashdance… What A Feeling	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#1
1983	Flashdance… What A Feeling	U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	#4
1983	Flashdance… What A Feeling	U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles	#2
1983	Flashdance… What A Feeling	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#1

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Casablanca ‎– NBD 20248 DJ
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Promo, 26
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Engineer – Brian Reeves
Producer, Music By – Giorgio Moroder
Remix –John “Jellybean” Benitez

NOTES:
Pressed on liquid dye vinyl.

From the Motion Picture “FLASHDANCE”

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION BY:
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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

RESTORATION NOTES:
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June 3, 2020

Irene Cara – Why Me? (US 12″)

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“Why Me?” is a song written by Giorgio Moroder, Irene Cara, and Keith Forsey and performed by Irene Cara.

The song was the first official single to be lifted from Cara’s 1983 album, What a Feelin’, although the album also featured the worldwide number-one single “Flashdance… What a Feeling”, which had been released six months earlier.

“Why Me?” continued Cara’s run of hit singles, reaching the Top 20 on the Hot 100. It was even more successful in Australia and several European countries, where it peaked within the Top 5.

SIDE A:
Why Me? (12″ Mix) 7:03

SIDE B:
Why Me? (Instrumental Dubb) 4:48

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	Why Me?	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#13
1983	Why Me?	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#7

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Geffen Records ‎– 0-20156, Network Records (2) ‎– 0-20156
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Maxi-Single, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Engineer [Assistant] – Melanie West
Engineer [Mixing] – John Tokes Potoker*
Mastered By – Greg Fulginiti
Mixed By –John “Jellybean” Benitez
Producer – Giorgio Moroder
Written-By – Moroder*, Cara*, Forsey*

NOTES:
Mixed At – Sigma Sound Studios, New York
Mastered At – Artisan Sound Recorders

Original version available on the Geffen/Network album “What A Feelin'”

Made in USA.

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
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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

**24bit FLAC Only Available For Seven Days!

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