Tag: Icehouse

Icehouse – Icehouse (UK 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1982

Spooky Season Spin

“Icehouse” is a song by the Australian rock band Flowers, later known as Icehouse. It was released as a single in Europe in 1982 by Chrysalis Records from the band’s first album, Icehouse after the band changed its name to Icehouse. In the United States, the song peaked at number 28 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart in 1981 even though the song was not released as a single in the U.S.

“Icehouse” was written by founding member Iva Davies when he lived at 18 Tryon Road, Lindfield in an old, cold flat of a two-storey mansion—across the street was a dishevelled house which had its lights on all night peopled by short-term residents. Davies only learned that it was a halfway house for psychiatric and drug rehab patients after he wrote the song. Russell Mulcahy, an expatriate Australian living in London, directed the music video for “Icehouse”.

SIDE A:
Icehouse 4:09
Producer – Cameron Allan, Iva Davies
Written-By – I. Davies*

SIDE B:
All The Way (Live) 4:08
Producer –Paul Zullo, Bob Kaminsky* 

Written-By – . Davies*

Cold Turkey (Live) 4:16
Producer –Paul Zullo, Bob Kaminsky
Written-By –  J. Lennon

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1982 Icehouse U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks #28

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis – CHS 12 2577
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: 1982
Genre: Electronic, Rock, Pop
Style: Synth-pop, Indie Rock, New wave

CREDITS:

  • Lacquer Cut By – Tone*

NOTES:
Tracks on B-Side are live tracks and were originally recorded for the ‘King Biscuit Flower Hour’

Taken from the LP “ICEHOUSE”

Made in the U.K.

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Icehouse – Electric Blue (Ltd. Edition US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

“Electric Blue” is a 1987 hit single by the Australian rock / synthpop band Icehouse. In th United States two seperate promo 12″ singles were released. One featured more dance oriented mixes by Steve Thompson And Michael Barbiero. The other released on limited edition Electric Blue vinyl contained more rock oriented remixes staying more true to the album version with mixes by Michael H. Brauer and David Lord.

SIDE A:
Electric Blue (Single Version) 4:24
Mixed By – Michael H. Brauer

Electric Blue (12″ Version) 6:43
Mixed By – Michael H. Brauer

SIDE B:
Electric Blue 4:28
Mixed By – David Lord

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1988 Electric Blue U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #7
1988 Electric Blue U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks #10
1988 Electric Blue U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary #36

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis ‎– VAS-2899
Format: Vinyl, Promo, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo, Blue Vinyl
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock

NOTES:
US promo-only mixes.

Sticker states: “Very Limited Edition Blue Vinyl”

Record states: “Mixed by Michael Brauer for MHB Productions”
“Special Unreleased Mixes”

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Icehouse – Electric Blue (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

“Electric Blue” is a 1987 hit single by the Australian rock / synthpop band Icehouse and was co-written by Iva Davies of Icehouse and John Oates of the U.S. band Hall & Oates. The single reached number one on the Australian singles chart on 16 November 1987, #7 on the American Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on 21 May 1988, #10 on the Canadian Singles Chart and #53 on the UK singles charts. Released in August 1987, it was the second single from their number one album Man of Colours.

John Oates became involved with Davies after contacting him to state he was a fan. The resulting collaboration produced this song and Oates has stated that if Davies had not released the song under the Icehouse name then it would have been a Hall and Oates track.

The “Instrumental” and “ST Edit” are exclusive to this U.S. 12″.

SIDE A:
Electric Blue (Extended Mix) 7:33
Electric Blue (Dub Mix) 5:03

SIDE B:
Electric Blue (Instrumental) 5:48
Electric Blue (ST Edit) 4:11

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1988 Electric Blue U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #7
1988 Electric Blue U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks #10
1988 Electric Blue U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary #36

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis ‎– VAS 1014
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic, Pop
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Producer – David Lord
Producer [Additional Production], Remix – Steve Thompson And Michael Barbiero*
Written-By – I. Davies*, J. Oates*

NOTES:
For Promotional Use Only
Original version on the LP/Cassette/CD “Man Of Colours”

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Soundcard: Novation Audiohub 2×4 Audio Interface
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

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Icehouse – No Promises (Australia 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

“No Promises” derived from a work originally conceived for The Sydney Dance Company performance of Boxes. Boxes was conceived by Iva Davies, Bob Kretschmer and Graeme Murphy as a dance work which was first performed by The Sydney Dance Company at The Sydney Opera House on November 7th 1985.

The Australian 12″ contains an alternate track listing than what was found in other countries. The single reached #30 on the Australian singles chart. Internationally the single reached Belgium #26, Canada #61, New Zealand #29, UK #72 and #79 US.

Tracks on Side B are listed as 3 different tracks but run as 1 single track with a total tack length of 8 mins 07 secs.

SIDE A:
No Promises (Extended Mix) 6:15

SIDE B:
The Tempest
Gravity
Terra Incognita 8:07

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Regular Records (2) ‎– X 14252
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: Australia
Released: Nov 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Mixed By – Warne Livesey (tracks: A1)
Producer – I. Davies* (tracks: B1 to B3), Rhett Davies (tracks: A1), B. Kretschmer* (tracks: B1 to B3)
Written-By – I. Davies*, B. Kretschmer*

NOTES:
From the LP “Measure For Measure”
From the Ballet “Boxes”

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Phono Pre-amp: Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
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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: iZotope RX Advanced 2, ocenaudio
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