Tag: Promo

November 11, 2016

Billy Joel – Keeping The Faith (Special Mix) (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984

After all of the disappointment of the last week there is one bright point I am going to see Mr. Joel this evening in concert. Remember no matter where you are from or who you love keep letting your voice be heard. Keep The Faith!

“Keeping the Faith” is a song by rock singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released from his 1983 album An Innocent Man. It reached #18 on the main US Billboard Hot 100 chart and #3 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. The song was the only single from the album that failed to chart on the UK Singles Chart, despite the success of An Innocent Man in the United Kingdom.

“Keeping the Faith” is the last track on and final single from the album and the lyrics sum up Joel’s reason for creating the album, which hearkens back to the sounds and style of 1950s and early 1960s pre-British Invasion rock and roll music.

This promo 12″ contains the same mix on both sides.

SIDE A:
Keeping The Faith (Special Mix) 5:30

SIDE B:
Keeping The Faith (Special Mix) 5:30

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

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1984	Keeping The Faith	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#18
1984	Keeping The Faith	U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	#3

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Columbia ‎– AS 1982
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo, Single
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock

CREDITS:
Producer – Phil Ramone
Written-By – Billy Joel

NOTES:
From the LP “AN INNOCENT MAN”

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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 4, 2016

Matthew Wilder – The Kid’s American (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983

“The Kid’s American” was the second single released by American musician, composer and record producer Matthew Wilder from his debut album I Don’t Speak The Language. The single failed to match the success of the previous single “Break My Stride” only reaching #33 on the US Billboard Hot 100. In the UK the single only reached #93.

SIDE A:
The Kid’s American (Remix / Club Version) 6:02

SIDE B:
The Kid’s American (Dub Version) 4:35

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	The Kid’s American	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#33

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Private I Records ‎– 4Z9 04986
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Producer – Bill Elliot*, Peter Bunetta, Rick Chudacoff
Remix – Paul Sabu, Rusty Garner
Written-By – M. Wilder*

NOTES:
Original version on the Private I LP: “I Don’t Speak The Language”

Produced for Ripe Productions.
“An Endless Music Mix”

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

December 18, 2015

Village People – Ready For The 80’s (UK 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1979

“Ready for the 80’s” is a song recorded by American disco group the Village People. It was released in 1979 as the lead single from the group’s fifth album Live and Sleazy. It peaked at number 52 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart.

The song featured the debut of Ray Simpson as lead singer of the group, replacing Victor Willis (who appears on earlier tracks on the album).

SIDE A:
Ready For The 80’s (Disco Mix With Special Christmas Message) 6:53

SIDE B:
Ready For The 80’s (Disco Mix Without Message) 6:53

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1979	Ready For The 80’s	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#52

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Mercury ‎– 9198 505/DJ
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Promo
Country: UK
Released: 1979
Genre: Electronic
Style: Disco

CREDITS:
Executive Producer – Henri Belolo
Lead Vocals – Ray Simpson
Producer – Jacques Morali

NOTES:
Promotional Only Not For Sale
From the LP “LIVE AND SLEAZY”

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RESTORATION NOTES:
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November 13, 2015

ABBA – Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (US 7″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1979

REQUEST

“Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)”, (working title “Been and Gone and Done It”), is a song by Swedish band ABBA. It was recorded and released in 1979. It appears on ABBA’s Greatest Hits Vol. 2.

“Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” was written and composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, with the lead vocal sung by Agnetha Fältskog. Agnetha, as the narrator, weaves the image of a lonely young woman who longs for a romantic relationship and views her loneliness as a forbidding darkness of night, even drawing parallels to how the happy endings of movie stars are so different from her own existence.

The song was recorded at Polar Music Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, in August 1979, and was ready for release in October of that year, in conjunction with the group’s tour of North America and Europe.

The single version of this song, which was released in its full length of 4:48 everywhere else in the world, was released in the United States and Canada in an edited format, being just 3:39 in length. This was done by removing the first half of the opening instrumental, the first four of the eight bars of the instrumental bridge between the second and final chorus, and fading the song out early. It is believed the edit was done by Atlantic, ABBA’s North American record label, and not Polar, hence the reason why it was available only in the USA and Canada. This single version has never appeared on any commercial CD issued by Polar/Universal to date, and along with the US radio edit of Chiquitita, it marked the only time Atlantic ever commercially released an edited version of an ABBA single while they had the North American rights to release ABBA recordings.

The single was never released by Polar Music in the group’s native Sweden, instead being featured on the “Greatest Hits Vol. 2” album, which did get a Swedish release. While Polar released the single in neighbouring Norway, Denmark, and Finland, copies of these versions were not made available in the Swedish record stores, who thus arranged to import copies of the United Kingdom version on Epic Records. Sales of these imports were sufficient for the single to reach no. 16 on the sales chart in Sweden.

“Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” was another highly successful song for ABBA. It hit no. 1 in Belgium, Finland, France, Ireland, and Switzerland, while reaching the Top 3 in Austria, Germany, Great Britain, The Netherlands, and Norway. It also proved to be ABBA’s most successful song in Japan, hitting no. 17.

SIDE A:
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (Long Version) 4:48

SIDE B:
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (Short Version) 3:39

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

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Atlantic ‎– 3652
Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1979
Genre: Pop
Style: Disco

CREDITS:
Engineer – Michael B. Tretow
Mastered By – GP*
Producer, Arranged By, Written-By – Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus*

NOTES:
“PROMOTIONAL COPY NOT FOR SALE”
From the Atlantic LP “Greatest Hits Vol. 2”

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RESTORATION NOTES:
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Artwork scanned at 600dpi