Tag: Totally Obscure 80s

Trevor Herion – Love Chains (UK 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1983

“Love Chains” is a 1983 new wave song by Irish singer Trevor Herion born John Trevor Herion, (April 1959 – October 1988) he formed part of the punk and new wave scenes in the 1970s and 1980s. He later became a solo artist, but was not commercially successful and died in 1988.

During the late 1970s, he was the lead singer in a locally successful pub band called “The B-52s”, who later changed their name to “The Puritans” on discovering the existence of the similarly named US band. Failure to land a recording contract meant the band’s dissolution but shortly after he was called to join as lead singer in a new wave band called The Civilians comprised of Paul Simon (ex Neo and Radio Stars, on drums, Mark Scholfield on guitar, and Michael French on bass. The band only released two singles and disbanded in 1980.

By 1980 or 1981, Herion and Simon reunited in another band, The Fallout Club, alongside former Bruce Woolley and The Camera Club’s Thomas Dolby and Matthew Seligman. They only released three singles.

After Fallout Club split up, Herion went solo. He released a number of singles and an unsuccessful album called Beauty Life (1983), an album produced by Steve Levine. Nevertheless, an argument over the unauthorized remixing of a 7″ version resulted in Levine taking his name off the album and refusing to promote it.

During the 1980s, Herion began to suffer from severe depression. He died from suicide on 1 October 1988.

SIDE A:
Love Chains (Full Version) 6:05

SIDE B:
Love Chains (Instrumental) 6:05

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Interdisc ‎– 12-IN 8
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic, Pop
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Producer – Howard GrayTrevor Herion
Written-By – Trevor Herion

Find the 12″ 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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Figures On A Beach – Paradise / In Camera Obscura (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985


“Paradise / In Camera Obscura” is the third single released by American New wave band Figures On A Beach. Released in September 1985 only as a 12″ single in the United States on the independent label Metro-American Records, and produced by Ivan Ivan.

SIDE A:
Paradise (Extended Mix) 6:39
Paradise (Radio Edit) 4:16

SIDE B:
In Camera Obscura (Dance Mix) 6:10
In Camera Obscura (Radio Edit) 3:16

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Metro-America ‎– MA-1009
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: Sep 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave

CREDITS:
Mastered By –Herbie Jr :^)*
Producer –Ivan Ivan
Written-By – Figures On A Beach

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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Peter Batah – Nobody’s Stopping You (Canada 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1981

“Nobody’s Stopping You” is a 1981 single by Canadian singer/songwriter Peter Batah. Batah released a handful of single in the early and mid-1980s on Unidisc Records. He is associated with Lime founder Denis Lepage. Maybe an alter-ego…

SIDE A:
Nobody’s Stopping You (Vocal Version) 7:03

SIDE B:
Nobody’s Stopping You (Instrumental Version) 7:02

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Unidisc ‎– UNI-1049
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: Canada
Released: 1981
Genre: Electronic
Style: Hi-NRG, Disco

CREDITS:
Arranged By – Denis Lepage
Mastered By – Herb Powers Jr.
Producer –Joe La Greca
Written-By – Sandy Wilbur

NOTES:
Made in Canada

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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NOMO – Red Lipstick (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

“Red Lipstick” is a song by the American New Wave band NOMO. The band was formed by lead vocalist David Batteau in 1985 the band released one album titled The Great Unknown then disbanded.

“Red Lipstick” was co-written and featured backing vocals by American singer/songwriter Michael Sembello best known for his hit single “Maniac”.

SIDE A:
Red Lipstick (Vocal Mix) 6:04

SIDE B:
Red Lipstick (Dub Mix) 5:34

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Atco Records ‎– DMD 834
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Rock
Style: New Wave

CREDITS:
Engineer –Julian Herzfeld
Guitar, Backing Vocals – Michael Sembello
Mastered By –D. K.*
Producer –  Richard Rudolph
Remix – Bruce Forest
Written-By, Music By, Words By – David BatteauSembello*

NOTES:
PROMOTIONAL COPY
NOT FOR SALE

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


Password: burningtheground

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