Tag: Louil Silas

October 10, 2024

Ready For The World – Oh Sheila (US 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1985

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“Oh Sheila” by Ready for the World is a standout track from the mid-1980s, showcasing the band’s unique blend of R&B and pop. Its catchy melody and smooth production helped it climb to the top of several Billboard charts, making it one of the defining songs of the era. The comparison to Prince is understandable, given the song’s funky style and rhythmic elements, which reflect his influence on the genre.

Melvin Riley Jr.’s decision to use a faux British accent adds an interesting layer to the song, showcasing the band’s willingness to experiment with sound. The song’s lyrics, often interpreted as a nod to Sheila E., further contribute to its mystique and appeal. Overall, “Oh Sheila” remains a classic that captures the essence of 80s R&B.”

*De-notes vinyl-only

SIDE A:
Oh Sheila (Extended Version) 6:50

SIDE B:
Oh Sheila (Dubstrumental)* 4:01
Oh Sheila (Acappella)* 3:53

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	Oh Sheila	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#1
1985	Oh Sheila	U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles	#1
1985	Oh Sheila	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#1
1985	Oh Sheila	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	#6

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: MCA Records – MCA-23572
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul, Pop
Style: Electro, Funk

CREDITS:

Engineer [Assistant] – Toni Greene
Engineer [Remix] – Taavi Mote
Producer – Ready For The World
Remix – Louil Silas, Jr.*
Written-By – G. Valentine*, G. Strozier*, M. Riley, Jr.*

NOTES:
Original version appears on the MCA LP, “Ready For The World”

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VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
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THE GEAR:
Turntable: Technics SL-1200MK7
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Black PnP MkII
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro Spin Acrylic Mat
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
Tubes: Genalex Gold Lion 12AX7 ECC83/B759 Gold Pins Vacuum Tube – Matched Pair
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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May 18, 2023

Patti LaBelle – Stir It Up (US 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1985

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Originally posted July 16, 2015

“Stir It Up” is a song by American singer Patti LaBelle. It was written by Dan Sembello and Allee Willis and recorded by LaBelle for the motion picture soundtrack album for the 1984 action comedy film Beverly Hills Cop; production was helmed by Harold Faltermeyer and Keith Forsey.

“Stir It Up” was the second of two songs she recorded for MCA Records immediately after signing her new contract with them (following “New Attitude”). Her first full-length album for MCA, Winner in You, would follow the next year.

Released as the second single from the soundtrack, which was awarded the 1986 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media, it reached number five on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. “Stir It Up” was also used as the theme song to the short-lived sitcom Stir Crazy, based on the 1980 movie.

SIDE A:
Stir It Up (Extended Version) 7:09

SIDE B:
Stir It Up (Radio Edit) 5:29
Stir It Up (Percussapella) 5:23

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	Stir It Up	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#41
1985	Stir It Up	U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	#18
1985	Stir It Up	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	#5

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: MCA Records – MCA-23567
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:

Producer – Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey
Remix – Louil Silas, Jr.*
Remix [Engineer] – Taavi Mote
Written-By – A. Willis*, D. Sembello*

NOTES:
Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack Beverly Hills Cop.

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VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
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January 24, 2023

Michael McDonald – Sweet Freedom (US 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1986

“Sweet Freedom” is a song by Michael McDonald, and his last Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The single’s music video directed by Leslie Libman featured McDonald, along with actors Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines, in the film Running Scared.

In addition to being featured on Running Scared’s soundtrack, the song was featured on the 1986 re-release of McDonald’s 1985 album No Lookin’ Back. The song also features backing vocals by Siedah Garrett.

The track peaked at #7 in the US, #12 in the UK, and #14 in Canada.

The US 12″ contains exclusive mixes “Instrumental” and “Club Mix Edit”.

SIDE A:
Sweet Freedom 8:27
Remix – Bruce Swedien, Dick Rudolph*, Rod Temperton

Sweet Freedom (Instrumental) 9:34
Remix – Bruce Swedien, Dick Rudolph*, Rod Temperton

SIDE B:
Sweet Freedom (Freedom Mix-Extended Club Version) 10:07
Engineer [Remix] – Taavi Mote
Remix – Louil Silas, Jr.*

Sweet Freedom (Child Of Freedom Mix-Radio Edit) 6:45
Engineer [Remix] – Taavi Mote
Remix – Louil Silas, Jr.*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1986/87	Sweet Freedom	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#7
1986/87	Sweet Freedom	U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	#4
1986/87	Sweet Freedom	U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	#17
1986/87	Sweet Freedom	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#8

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: MCA Records – MCA-23641
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Arranged By [Horns] – Larry Williams, Rod Temperton
Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ❀] – Brian Gardner
Producer –Dick Rudolph*, Rod Temperton
Producer, Mixed By, Recorded By – Bruce Swedien
Written-By, Arranged By – Rod Temperton

NOTES:
Theme from the Motion Picture “Running Scared”

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VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
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THE GEAR:
Turntable:Technics SL-1200MK7
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Black PnP MkII
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro Spin Acrylic Mat
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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April 9, 2020

Jody Watley – Looking For A New Love (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

“Looking for a New Love” is a song by American dance-pop singer Jody Watley. It was released in January 1987 as the first single from her eponymous debut album. The song became one of the biggest pop and R&B singles of 1987. Watley re-recorded and re-issued the song in various remixes in 2005.

The single hit number two for four consecutive weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1987 and spent four weeks at number-one on the Billboard R&B chart. It is the only single between 1985 and 1990 in the United States to have spent four weeks in the runner-up position and not have reached the number one. The single was kept out of the top spot of the Hot 100 by Cutting Crew’s “(I Just) Died in Your Arms” and U2’s “With or Without You”, and would itself keep Club Nouveau’s Hot 100 number-one single “Lean on Me” out of the top spot of the R&B chart. It ranked number 16 on Billboard’s year-end chart for 1987.

The song also reached number-one on the RPM Singles Chart in Canada.

In 1988 the song was nominated for two Soul Train Music Awards for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video, and Best R&B/Soul Single, Female. She was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.

While listening to a tape of instrumental tracks given to her by producer André Cymone, Watley reflected on a recent sour romantic breakup. Fusing her own feelings of “I’ll show you” with the feel of the track, Watley came up with the basic premise of “Looking for a New Love.” The released record is the eight-track demo of the song; that way the emotional urgency of Watley’s vocal was still intact. One of the song’s key phrases became a popular saying: “Hasta la vista, baby.” It wound up on innumerable answering machines and was used by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1991 film Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

SIDE A:
Looking For A New Love (Extended Club Version) 7:30

SIDE B:
Looking For A New Love (Radio Edit) 5:06
Looking For A New Love (Instrumental) 7:29
Looking For A New Love (A Cappella) 5:06
Looking For A New Love (Bonus Beats) 4:34

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1987	Looking For A New Love	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#2
1987	Looking For A New Love	U.S. Billboard Hot Black singles	#1
1987	Looking For A New Love	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#1

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: MCA Records ‎– MCA-23689
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Style: RnB/Swing, Soul

CREDITS:
Engineer [Remix Engineer] – Taavi Mote
Producer – André Cymone, David Z.
Recorded By – Eric Zobler*
Remix – Louil Silas, Jr.*
Written-By – A. Cymone*, J. Watley*

NOTES:
Original version appears on the Jody Watley album, “Jody Watley”

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

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

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