Tag: Mark S. Berry

November 11, 2015

Alisha – All Night Passion (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984

“All Night Passion” is the debut single by American singer Alisha. It was released from the self-titled album “Alisha” in the United States in 1984.

When Alisha was 14, she joined a local rock/dance group The Babysitters. Her parents arranged for her to record a demo tape with them, and her family sent the tape to several record companies. It eventually made its way to producer Mark S. Berry through Vanguard Records. Berry had been looking for a singer with a great voice to record “All Night Passion”. The song was recorded in the summer of 1983, but didn’t start getting airplay until February of 1984. The song became very successful in the clubs, eventually leading Alisha to sign with Vanguard Records in 1984 for a full-length album, which Berry went on to produce.

SIDE A:
All Night Passion (Club Mix) 6:45
Beat All Night 1:23

SIDE B:
All Night Passion (Short Radio Version) 3:35
Dub All Night 7:05

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint (company)

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1984	All Night Passion	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#103
1984	All Night Passion	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#4

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Vanguard ‎– SPV 72
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic
Style: Freestyle, Electro, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Executive-producer – Lou Bolognese, Mark Berry
Mastered By – Herbie Jr. (^:*
Producer, Arranged By, Recorded By – Lou Bolognese
Producer, Arranged By, Recorded By, Written-By – Rick Tarbox
Producer, Mixed By, Arranged By, Recorded By – Mark Berry

NOTES:
Mixed at Vanguard Studios, New York City
Mastered at Frankford/Wayne, NY

Track B1 is not listed on the label, but it´s on the record.

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EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube: Tung-Sol 12AX7ECC803-S Gold Electron Tube
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: 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)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

November 9, 2015

Alisha – Stargazing (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

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“Stargazing” was the fourth single released by Brooklyn, New York native Alisha from her self titled debut album. “Stargazing” debuted on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart on May 5, 1986 spending eight weeks on the survey peaking at #16 becoming her fourth consecutive top twenty dance single.

SIDE A:
Stargazing 5:46

SIDE B:
Stargazing (Radio Edit) 3:55
Stargazing (Dub) 7:11

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1986	Stargazing	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#16

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Vanguard ‎– SPV 90
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Freestyle, Electro, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Edited By – Albert Cabrera, Paul Zinman
Executive Producer – Jeff Zaraya
Producer – Mark S. Berry*
Producer [Additional], Mixed By – Shep Pettibone
Written By – Jimmy Halperin

NOTES:
From the LP “ALISHA”

Find the 12″ on DISCOGS

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

November 5, 2015

Alisha – Too Turned On (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

“Too Turned On” is a single performed by American singer Alisha. It was released as the second single from the album “Alisha” and became another club hit for her in 1985. “Too Turned On” peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart, staying on the chart for 11 weeks.

SIDE A:
Too Turned On 6:17

SIDE B:
Too Turned On (Dub) 6:00

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	Too Turned On	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#6

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Vanguard ‎– SPV 82
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Freestyle, Electro, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Arranged By – Michael Rudetsky
Executive-Producer – Jeff Zaraya
Mastered By – Bill Kipper
Mixed By – Shep Pettibone
Producer, Recorded By – Mark Berry
Written-By – Alexandra Forbes

NOTES:
From the LP “ALISHA”

Find the 12″ on DISCOGS

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

November 4, 2015

Alisha – Baby Talk (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

“Baby Talk” is a 1985 dance/pop single by Alisha. Originally recorded and released by Gregg Brown in 1984, Alisha’s version was popular in the dance clubs and reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart in December 1985.

Alisha’s version was produced by Mark S. Berry and released on Vanguard Records in September 1985 as the third single from her debut album Alisha. “Baby Talk” became Alisha’s most successful single to date, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance charts in the final week of December 1985. The single crossed over to the Hot 100 charts reaching No. 68 in February 1986, and on the Hot Black Singles chart, peaking at No. 75. It was also released in the UK on Total Control Records, and reached No. 67 on the UK Singles Chart.

The b-side “Instrumental Dub” and “Vocal Dub” are listed on the label as two seperate songs, however they are pressed as one continuous track on the vinyl. To keep the integrity of the original vinyl I chose not to seperate the songs into two individual tracks.

SIDE A:
Baby Talk (Special Remix) 6:42

SIDE B:
Baby Talk (Instrumental Dub) 10:09
Baby Talk (Vocal Dub)

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	Baby Talk	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#68
1985	Baby Talk	U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles	#74
1985	Baby Talk	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#1

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Vanguard ‎– SPV 89
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Freestyle, Electro, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Arranged By – Michael Rudetsky
Executive-producer – Jeff Zaraya
Producer – Mark Berry
Producer [Additional], Mixed By – Shep Pettibone
Written-By – Greg Brown (8), Logankoya

NOTES:
From the LP “ALISHA”

Find the 12″ on DISCOGS

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi