Tag: Shep Pettibone

January 9, 2017

George Michael – Hard Day (Shep Pettibone Remix) (Canada 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

“Hard Day” is a song by English singer George Michael from his debut studio album, Faith (1987). It was released on 30 October 1987 as the album’s third single. The song was written and originally produced by Michael, and was released solely in the United States and Australia. No music video was made for the song.

“Hard Day” reached the top five on the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart and the top 40 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

This Canada 12″ promo includes the 6:30 Shep Pettibone remix on both sides. As a bonus I have included the “Special Remix” and “Radio Edit” which I transfered from the U.S. 12″ promo (Columbia ‎– 44 07466). The “Radio Edit” has never appeared on CD.

SIDE A:
Hard Day (Shep Pettibone Remix) 6:30
Remix – Shep Pettibone

SIDE B:
Hard Day (Special Remix) 9:03
Edited By – The Latin Rascals, Shep Pettibone
Engineer [Remix Engineer] – Steve Peck
Producer [Additional Production], Remix – Shep Pettibone

Hard Day (Radio Edit) 4:09

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1987	Hard Day	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#5
1987	Hard Day	U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	#21

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Columbia ‎– 12CDN 397
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo
Country: Canada
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop
Style: RnB/Swing, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Producer, Arranged By – George Michael

NOTES:
Original version appears on the LP “FAITH”

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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: 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

August 23, 2016

S’Xpress – Music Lover (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1989

“Hey Music Lover” was the third and final single taken from the debut album “Original Soundtrack” by British band S’Express. The single reached #6 in the UK Singles chart, #26 in the equivalent chart in Germany, and #6 in the U.S. Dance chart. For its U.S. release, the song was inexplicably titled just “Music Lover” (no “Hey”), even though the original title remained on the album. The U.S. editions contain exclusive remixes.

Vocals on Hey Music Lover by Billie Ray Martin and Eric Robinson. US mixes have a couple of extra lines sung by Billie Ray Martin that never made it onto any of the UK mixes (“I just want to sing to you ’cause playing bad is hard to do”).

Note change of spelling from S’Express to S’Xpress. Radio interviewers would ask “…so why did you drop the E?” and the band would burst into uncontrollable laughter.

SIDE A:
Music Lover (Music Lovers Bass Mix) 6:58
Edited By –Chep Nunez*, Shep Pettibone
Engineer [Remix] – Goh Hotoda
Producer [Additional Production], Remix – Shep Pettibone

Music Lover (Music Lovers Dub) 3:46
Edited By – Chep Nunez*, Shep Pettibone
Engineer [Remix] – Goh Hotoda
Producer [Additional Production], Remix – Shep Pettibone

SIDE B:
Music Lover (Shep Zip Mix) 7:28
Edited By – Chep Nunez*, Shep Pettibone
Engineer [Remix] – Goh Hotoda
Producer [Additional Production], Remix – Shep Pettibone

Music Lover (Glass Mix) 3:57
Engineer [Remix] – Blaise Dupuy
Remix – Kurt Munkacsi, Philip Glass

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1989	Music Lover	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#6

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Capitol Records ‎– V-15454
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Electronic
Style: House, Acid House

CREDITS:
Artwork By [All Typsetting] – Bats Repro
Artwork By [Art Direction] – D. Little
Artwork By [Computer Images] – David Little / Alex Quero
Artwork By [Design] – Pinky
Backing Vocals [B-vox Orgasmatron] – Michelle*
Brass – Gordon M*
Composed By – Sly Stone
Keyboards, Other [Great Semprini] – Linda Love
Keyboards, Other [Musical Assistance] – Brendan Beal*
Mastered By – Herb Powers Jr.
Other [Directed By] – Mark Moore
Performer [Noise & Electric Doormat] – Mark M*
Photography – Jaco
Producer, Mixed By – Mark Moore & Mark McGuire*
Sampler [Sampled Guitars Chords, Sampled Vox], Percussion – Chilo
Strings – Annie Stephenson*
Vocals [Additional Vox] – Billy Ray Martin*
Vocals [Vox] – Eric Robinson

NOTES:
US release of “Hey Music Lover”

Dedicated with L·O·V·E to Sly.

Recorded In England.

Find the 12″ on DISCOGS

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

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

August 17, 2016

Falco – Do It Again (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

“Do It Again” was the fourth single taken from Austrian pop/rock singer Falco’s fifth studio album “Weiner Blut”. “Do It Again” a cover of of Steely Dan’s 1972 hit was only released as a 12″ single in the United States with remixes by Shep Pettibone. The 12″ also includes a sample filled remix of “Wiener Blut” mixed by Dutch producer Rob Bolland. The single was less succesful than previous singles and failed to chart.

SIDE A:
Do It Again (12″ Remix) 8:56
Remix – Shep Pettibone

Do It Again (7″ Remix / Edit) 4:18
Remix – Shep Pettibone

SIDE B:
Dub It Again 7:56
Remix – Shep Pettibone

Wiener Blut (12″ Remix) 7:18
Engineer – Okkie Huysdens
Producer, Arranged By – Rob Bolland and Ferdi Bolland*
Remix – Rob Bolland
Written-By – Rob Bolland / Ferdi Bolland*, Falco

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Sire ‎– 9 21178-0, Sire ‎– 0-21178
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Maxi-Single
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Electroni, Rock
Style: House, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Design – Christine Cano
Edited By – Chep Nunez* (tracks: A1 to B1)
Engineer [Remix] – Steve Peck (tracks: A1 to B1)
Photography [Front] – Teldec / Bildarchiv
Producer [Additional] – Shep Pettibone (tracks: A1 to B1)
Producer, Arranged By – Falco (tracks: A1 to B1), Mal Luker (tracks: A1 to B1)
Written-By – Donald Fagen (tracks: A1 to B1), Walter Becker (tracks: A1 to B1)

NOTES:
Additional production and remix for tracks A1 to B1 for Mastermix Productions.
Mastered at Sterling.

Find the 12″ on DISCOGS

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

August 2, 2016

Underworld – Underneath The Radar (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

“Underneath the Radar” is a single by Underworld released in 1988 from the album Underneath the Radar. It was featured prominently in the fifth season premiere of Miami Vice, during the opening aerial shots of Miami and subsequent nightclub shootout. On the singles charts, it reached number 5 in Australia, number 2 in South Africa, number 14 in New Zealand and number 74 in the United States.

The Morse code in the first 30 seconds of the song reads “Think global, act local”.

SIDE A:
Underneath The Radar (12″ Remix) 8:01
Engineer [Remix] – Steve Peck
Remix, Producer [Additional] – Shep Pettibone

Underneath The Radar (Instrumental Version) 6:36
Engineer [Remix] – Steve Peck
Remix, Producer [Additional] – Shep Pettibone

SIDE B:
Big Red X 4:59

Underneath The Radar (Dub) 6:00
Engineer [Remix] – Steve Peck
Remix, Producer [Additional] – Shep Pettibone

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1988	Underneath The Radar	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#74

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label:Sire ‎– 0-20852, Sire ‎– 9 20852-0
Format:Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Maxi-Single
Country:US
Released:1988
Genre:Electronic, Rock
Style:Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Producer – Rupert Hine
Written-By – Alfie Thomas, Karl Hyde, Rick Smith

NOTES:
Original version appears on the LP “UNDERNEATH THE RADAR”

Find the 12″ on DISCOGS

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