Tag: Pride Month

Amii Stewart – Knock On Wood (Ash 48) / Light My Fire (137 Disco Heaven) (New Remix) (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

Celebrating Pride Month!

“Knock on Wood” is a 1966 hit song written by Eddie Floyd and Steve Cropper and originally performed by Floyd.

In 1979 American soul/disco singer Amii Stewart released a disco version of the song. It reached number one in the U.S. charts in April 1979; it also made it to the soul singles and disco charts, becoming the best-known version of the song. This recording was co-produced by Simon May. It reached the Top 10 twice in the UK, first in 1979 (peaking at number 6) and again in a remixed version backed with “Light My Fire” / “137 Disco Heaven” in 1985 (peaking at number 7).

“Knock On Wood” would become one of the “anthems for the LGBTQ community.”

SIDE A:
Knock On Wood (Ash 48) 7:45

SIDE AA:
Light My Fire (137 Disco Heaven) 7:33

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Sedition ‎– EDITL 3303
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Hi NRG, Disco

CREDITS:
Drum Programming [Drum Doctor] – Peter Boita
Keyboards [Emulator / Keyboards] – Dave Hewson*
Other [Genetic, Uncredited Mixing & Engineering] – Timm Baldwin
Other [Maison Rouge, Uncredited Mixing & Engineering] – Charles Harrowelt
Other [P R T, Uncredited Overdubs] – Bob Mallet
Other [Uncredited, The Entertainment Business] – Simon Lait
Producer [Original Productions] – Barry Leng
Remix – Alan Coulthard, Barry Leng
Sleeve, Design – Carz

NOTES:
Remixed at Maison Rouge, Genetic
Overdubs PRT Studios
Marketed and distributed by Precision Records & Tapes Ltd

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

Made In England

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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Password: burningtheground

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Nick John – We Stand Together (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1989

“We Stand Together” is a rousing peak-of-the-night Hi-NRG dance track perfect for kicking off Pride month. Recorded by Megatone Records recording artist Nick John, and remixed by one of the Razormaid Remix service founders Joseph Watt. “We Stand Together” also features backing vocals by Patrick Cowley singer Jo-Carol.

“We Stand Together” was the last of the five singles released by Nick John. There is no further information about him and he seemed to vanish sometime during the early 1990s.

This 12″ is pressed on beautiful translucent blue vinyl.

SIDE A:
We Stand Together 6:38

SIDE B:
We Stand Together (Instrumental) 5:32

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Megatone Records ‎– MT-177
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Blue
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Electronic
Style: Hi NRG

CREDITS:
Engineer – Donnie Whitbeck, Mike Hersh, Vale Crossley
Mixed By – Joseph Watt
Producer – Jo-Carol, Joe Quesada, Nick John
Vocals – Jo-Carol, Kim Cataluna, Nick John
Written-By – Nick John

NOTES:
128 BPM
Masculine/
Planet Nine Music

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 
Phono Pre-amp:
Schiit Mani
Soundcard:
ESI Juli@ XTe Audio Interface
Monitiring:
Novation Audiohub 2×4 Audio Interface
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

Username: btg
Password: burningtheground

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