Tag: Phil Harding

February 19, 2015

The Belle Stars – Sign Of The Times (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983

“Sign of the Times” is a song by English pop/new wave band The Belle Stars, released as the lead single from the band’s only self-titled studio album. The single was the fourth single from their only album, and their seventh single overall. “Sign of the Times” was the band’s first single that was an original song since 1981’s Another Latin Love Song. Its lyrics describe the band explaining how they feel their lover is unfaithful of their love, hence the lyric “You say you love me, but want success.” The single was the band’s first to make it into the top 10, reaching #3 in the UK singles chart. In the US “Sign Of The Times” debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on May 7, 1983 peaking at #75 while on the dance chart the single peaked at #43.

SIDE A:
Sign Of The Times (Remixed Extended 12″ Version) 5:39
Engineer – Julian Mendelsohn, Pete Hammond, Phil Chapman, Phil Harding
Mixed By – Nigel Green
Producer – Pete Collins*

SIDE B:
Madness 3:18
Engineer, Producer – Brian Tench

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	Sign Of The Times	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#75
1983	Sign Of The Times	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#43

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Warner Bros. Records ‎– 0-29657
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Maxi-Single, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Written-By – Hirst*, Matthias*, Parsons*, Shone*, Joyce*, Owen*, Barker*

NOTES:
From the LP “THE BELLE STARS”

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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 Removeal: 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

August 11, 2014

Dead Or Alive – Come Home With Me Baby (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1989

“Come Home With Me Baby” was the second single releaded in the UK and the first released in the US from the fourth studio album “Nude” by Dead Or Alive in 1989 on Epic Records. The song had little impact in the UK but was a massive club hit in the US. “Come Home With Me Baby” debuted on the US Billboard Hot Dance Chart on July 8, 1989 after spending nine weeks on the chart the single peaked at #1.

**The track “I Want You” on the b-sdie is an album track taken from the LP “Mad, Bad And Dangerous To Know” however this version is a remix that is exclusive to this 12″ single and does not appear anywhere else.

SIDE A:
Come Home With Me Baby (12″ Version) 6:20
Engineer [Mix], Mixed By, Recorded By [Re-recorded] – Jay Burnett
Keyboards – Andy Stennett
Producer, Mixed By – Pete Burns, Steve Coy

SIDE B:
I’ll Save You All My Kisses (7″ Version) 3:28
Mixed By [Mix Master] – Phil Harding
Producer – Stock, Aitken & Waterman

I Want You (Remix) 4:05
Mixed By [Mix Master] – Phil Harding
Producer – Stock, Aitken & Waterman

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1989	Come Home With Me Baby	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#69
1989	Come Home With Me Baby	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play	#1

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic‎– BURNS T5
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1989
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Design [Artwork] – Andie Airfix
Design [Hearts] – McKitterick*
Lyrics By, Music By – Pete Burns
Music By – Dead Or Alive
Photography By [Hearts Holt] – Pierre Chand
Photography By [Pete Burns] – Peter Brown (23)

NOTES:
B1 & B2 taken from the album “Mad, Bad And Dangerous To Know”

Artwork and design at Satori.
Hearts design for Red Or Dead

Made In England.

The version of “I Want You” included here is a remix exclusive to this release.

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EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Speed Control: Pro-Ject Speed Box S
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 Removeal: ClickRepair (DeClick Level 3)
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

August 8, 2014

Dead Or Alive – Turn Around And Count 2 Ten (The Pearl And Dean “I Love” BPM Mix) (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

“Turn Around & Count 2 Ten” is a 1988 single by the British band Dead or Alive. Despite that its UK Singles Chart success was limited to the top 100 (#70 peak), the song reached number two in the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart. The track also features backing vocals by British singer Tracey Ackerman.

This is the first UK 12″ release for “Turn Around And Count 2 Ten” featuring the “I Love BPM” Mix. The B-side is the PWL 12″ Instru-MENTAL 12″ Mix of “Something in My House”.

SIDE A:
Turn Around And Count 2 Ten (The Pearl And Dean “I Love” BPM Mix) 8:35
Backing Vocals – Tracy Ackerman
Keyboards [Additional] – Andy Stennett
Mixed By, Engineer – Bruce Robins*, Dead Or Alive

SIDE B:
Something In My House (Instru-MENTAL 12″ Mix) 5:21
Mixed By – Dead Or Alive , Phil Harding
Producer – Stock, Aitken & Waterman

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1988	Turn Around And Count 2 Ten	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play	#2

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic ‎– BURNS T4
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 22 Aug 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Photography – Paul Cox
Written-By – Dead Or Alive

NOTES:
“Turn Around And Count 2 Ten” from the Epic LP “NUDE”

Find The 12″ On DISCOGS

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removeal: ClickRepair (DeClick Level 3)
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

August 7, 2014

Dead Or Alive – Turn Around And Count 2 Ten (The Pearl And Dean “I Had A Disco Dream” Mix) (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

“Turn Around And Count 2 Ten” was the first single releasd from British synth-pop band Dead Or Alive’s fourth studio album “Nude”.the single proved to be a massive success in Japan, where “Turn Around and Count 2 Ten” spent seventeen weeks at #1. While not released in the US the single still cahrted on the Billboard Hot/Dance Club Play Chart at #2. The single also charted in the UK #70 and Australia #30 respectively.

“I Had A Disco Dream” Mix is the second of two 12″ singles that were released only in the UK and is the more rare of the two. This 12″ also includes an edited Instru-MENTAL Mix of “Something In My House”. There are also two tracks from “Mad, Bad And Dangerous To Know”, “Then There Was You” and “Come Inside” both tracks run together with no spaces in between I have left this intact since it is how it appears on the 12″.

SIDE A:
Turn Around And Count 2 Ten (The Pearl And Dean “I Had A Disco Dream” Mix) 7:10
Backing Vocals – Tracy Ackerman
Keyboards [Additional] – Andy Stennett
Mixed By, Engineer – Bruce Robins*, Dead Or Alive

SIDE B:
Something In My House (Instru-MENTAL Mix Edit) 3:28
Then There Was You/Come Inside 8:10

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1988	Turn Around And Count 2 Ten	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play	#2

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic ‎– BURNS Q4
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Mixed By – Phil Harding (tracks: B1 to B3)
Producer – Dead Or Alive (tracks: A), Stock, Aitken & Waterman (tracks: B1 to B3)
Written-By – Dead Or Alive

NOTES:
“Turn Around And Count 2 Ten” from the Epic LP “NUDE”

Find The 12″ On DISCOGS

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removeal: ClickRepair (DeClick Level 3)
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