Tag: Rusty Garner

Various – Dance Mix (US LP)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1985

“Dance Mix” is a 1985 DJ mixed compilation featuring artists signed to the EMI America record label. All of the tracks are mixed and sequenced together into one giant megamix. The tracks were mixed by American remixers Paul Sabu and Rusty Garner.

To keep the integrity of the original vinyl I did not separate the tracks.

SIDE A:

EMI America Dance Mix 18:31

Kaja –  Turn Your Back On Me
Producer – Colin Thurston, Kaja

David Bowie –  Let’s Dance
Producer – David Bowie, Derek Bramble, Hugh Padgham

Sheena Easton –  Strut
Producer, Arranged By – Greg Mathieson

Kim Carnes –  Crazy In The Night (Barking At Airplanes)
Mixed By – Mike Shipley
Producer –Bill Cuomo, Kim Carnes

SIDE B:

EMI America Dance Mix 19:57

Jellybean* –  Sidewalk Talk
Producer – John “Jellybean” Benitez

Limahl –  Never Ending Story
Producer – Giorgio Moroder

Sheena Easton –  Sugar Walls
Producer, Arranged By – Greg Mathieson

Talk Talk –  It’s My Life
Producer –  Tim Friese-Greene

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI America – ST-17170
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mixed
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic, Pop
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Art Direction –Henry Marquez
Concept By – Rusty Garner
Consultant –  Shelley Green
DJ Mix – Paul Sabu, Rusty Garner
Design – Michael Diehl
Executive-Producer –Neil Portnow
Illustration –Lindsey Loch
Mastered By – Stephen Marcussen
Photography By – Elliot Gilbert

Find the LP at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

THE GEAR:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Black
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
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

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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Paul Jabara – Ocho Rios (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

“Ocho Rios” was the final single released by American actor, singer, and Oscar-winning songwriter of Lebanese ancestry, born in Brooklyn, New York, Paul Jabara. The song was taken from the concept musical De La Noche: The True Story – A Poperetta, featuring guest vocals from Leata Galloway, Diva Gray, and Pattie Brooks.

Though one of 1986’s most adventurous and fascinating albums, “De La Noche” got off to a rocky start. The problem stems from the constant references in the song, “Ocho Rios,” to “that Negro from Ocho Rios.” Some blacks consider the word Negro offensive. Dance clubs played the single but radio snubbed it. So did MTV. Too controversial, Jabara was told.

Bleeping the word Negro out of the single seemed the obvious answer. But Jabara was against this, insisting it would ruin the song: “If it was blacks talking, they’d say I met a Caucasian in Ocho Rios. That’s funny. If they said ‘I met a white boy in Ocho Rios,’ that’s not funny. The word Negro is funny in ‘Negro From Ocho Rios.’ It’s not a hate word, like all those other names for blacks. What’s all the fuss about?”

Actually, there was no fuss. Just the threat of a fuss killed the single before it developed any momentum.

Sadly this would become Paul Jabara’s last project he died from complications from AIDS in 1992.

SIDE A:
Special Intro
Ocho Rios (That 12″ Mix) 10:03
Executive Producer – Craig Kostich
Remix –Paul Sabu, Rusty Garner

SIDE B:
Ocho Rios (LP Instrumental Mix) 8:49
Executive Producer – Craig Kostich
Remix –  Peter Hefter, Victor Flores

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Warner Bros. Records ‎– 0-20409
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Disco

CREDITS:
Producer – Paul Jabara

NOTES:
Ocho Rios, From The Poperetta De La Noche: The True Story.

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

THE GEAR:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
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

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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Kim Carnes – Crazy In The Night (Barking At Airplanes) (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

“Crazy in the Night (Barking at Airplanes)” is a song by American singer-songwriter Kim Carnes, released as the lead single from her ninth studio album, Barking at Airplanes (1985).

The single reached number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and is Carnes’ last top-40 entry to date. The track also reached number 24 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.

The song also achieved some European chart success, in addition to giving Carnes a top-three entry in South Africa, her biggest since “Bette Davis Eyes” reached number one there in 1981.

SIDE A:
Crazy In The Night (Barking At Airplanes) (Dance Mix) 5:10

SIDE B:
Barking At Airplanes (Part II) (Dub Mix) 5:05

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1985 Crazy In The Night (Barking At Airplanes) U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #15
1985 Crazy In The Night (Barking At Airplanes) U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #24

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI America ‎– V-7857
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Engineer – Paul Sabu
Engineer [Second] – Dan Marnier*
Producer – Bill Cuomo, Kim Carnes
Remix – Rusty Garner
Written-By – Kim Carnes

NOTES:
Special versions from the LP “Barking at Airplanes”

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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Sheena Easton – Sugar Walls (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

NEW 2020 Transfer!
Meticulously Remastered!

Originally posted March 6, 2013

“Sugar Walls” is the second single from Sheena Easton’s 1984 album A Private Heaven. It spent 16 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, nine of which were in the top 40. It reached #9 overall, as well as #3 on the R&B chart and #1 on the Dance chart. The song failed to chart well in Easton’s native UK. It was composed by Alexander Nevermind, a pseudonym used by Prince.

The song title is presumed to be a euphemism for the lining of a vagina, which was perhaps sufficiently subtle by itself, but the general content was considered suggestive enough to qualify the song for the “Filthy Fifteen.” Although Easton’s music video for “Sugar Walls” did not in itself feature any controversial visual content, some broadcasters refused the video airplay because of the sexual imagery of the song’s lyrics. Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart and Tipper Gore’s PMRC criticized the song when it was first released.

SIDE A:
Sugar Walls (Dance Mix) 7:00

SIDE B:
Sugar Walls (Red Mix) 5:24

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1984 Sugar Walls U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #9
1984 Sugar Walls U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #1
1984 Sugar Walls U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles #3

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI America ‎– V-7852
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic, Pop
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Engineer [Remix] – David Leonard
Producer – Alexander Nevermind, Greg Mathieson
Remix – Greg Mathieson, Rusty Garner
Written-By – Alexander Nevermind

NOTES:
Album version can be heard on “A Private Heaven”

“An Endless Music Mix”

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

Username: btg
Password: burningtheground

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