Tag: Trevor Horn

June 17, 2020

Malcolm McLaren and the World’s Famous Supreme Team – Buffalo Gals (Special Stereo Scratch Mix) (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1982

“Buffalo Gals” is a 1982 hip-hop single released by Malcolm McLaren and the World’s Famous Supreme Team, from McLaren’s 1983 album Duck Rock. The song is composed of extensive scratching with calls from square dancing. The music video prominently features the Rock Steady Crew.

While in New York City looking for a support act for Bow Wow Wow, McLaren got the idea for the song when he went to an outdoor concert (known as a “Block Party”) by Afrika Bambaataa and Universal Zulu Nation. This is where he was exposed to Hip-Hop for the first time and discovered the scratching technique he would use on this song. Most of the scratching and the beat of the song were composed by Trevor Horn.

In the liner notes for Duck Rock, McLaren wrote that this track was “recorded with the World’s Famous Supreme Team and Zulu singers backing them up with the words ‘she’s looking like a hobo.’ The performance by the Supreme Team may require some explaining, but suffice to say they are DJs from New York City who have developed a technique using record players as instruments, replacing the power chord of the guitar with the needle of a gramophone, moving it manually backward and forwards across the surface of a record. We call it scratching.”

Charisma Records were not initially keen on releasing the song but releasing after a strong positive response to the first broadcast of the track by DJ Kid Jensen.

The single peaked at #9 on the UK Singles Chart and #33 on the US Billboard Dance Chart.

SIDE A:
Buffalo Gals (Scratch) 3:42
Performed By – Malcolm McLaren And The World’s Famous Supreme Team**
Written-By – Dudley*, McLaren*, Horn*

SIDE B:
Buffalo Gals 3:42
Performed By – Malcolm McLaren And The World’s Famous Supreme Team**
Written-By – Dudley*, McLaren*, Horn*

Buffalo Gals (Trad. Square) 3:41
Performed By – Malcolm McLaren
Written-By – McLaren*, Trad.*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1982	Buffalo Gals	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#33

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Charisma ‎– MALC 12
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1982
Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop
Style: Electro, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Design – Nick Egan
Photography By – N. Matthews*, R. Beeche*
Producer – Trevor Horn

NOTES:
Mastered at TOWN HOUSE

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VINYL RESTORATION BY:
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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
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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April 28, 2020

ABC – Poison Arrow (New Re-Mix) (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983

“Poison Arrow” is a song by English new wave band ABC, released as the second single from their debut studio album, The Lexicon of Love (1982). In the USA the song was released as the band’s debut single.

The song reached number six on the UK Singles Chart, number four in Australia, and, as the band’s first song in the US charts, reached number twenty-five on the Billboard Hot 100, and number thirty-nine on the Billboard Dance Chart.

“You are now looking at the second A.B.C.
recording. The A-side is a song called “Poison
Arrow” torn from the events of my personal life
away from the glare of publicity. Many of you out
there may think standing in the spotlight brings
many rewards. But let me tell you, the fruits of fame
can be sour and I too have my private moments.
However, it is my duty and privilege to share some
of these experiences with you.

Love’s Ammunition, A Poison Arrow, or the pain
received at the hands of Cupid. But then again – a
love affair without a broken heart? Like making an
omelet without breaking an egg.
The flip-side houses “Theme from Man Trap,” the
result of a late-night spent with my producer Trevor
Horn and piano accompanist.

Our first disc registered strongly in the
popularity charts but none of this would have been
possible without you, the discerning customer.
I hope you enjoy this record as much as we
enjoyed making it. Be young. Be foolish. Be
alphabetical.

Yours sincerely,
Martin Fry”

SIDE A:
Poison Arrow (New Re-mix) 6:54
Remix – Trevor Horn

SIDE B:
Theme From Mantrap 4:20
Theme From Mantrap (Lounge Sequence) 4:20

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	poison Arrow	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#25
1983	Poison Arrow	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#39

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Mercury ‎– 811 329-1
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 33 ⅓ RPM, PRC
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Liner Notes – Martin Fry
Producer – Trevor Horn
Written-By – ABC

NOTES:
Track A from the Mercury album “The Lexicon Of Love”
Printed in U.S.A.

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April 1, 2020

Pet Shop Boys – It’s Alright (Ltd. Edition UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1989

“It’s Alright” is the 13th single from Pet Shop Boys and was released in the UK by Parlophone Records on 26 June 1989. It reached number 5 in the UK and, as of February 2009, it is the Pet Shop Boys’ 8th best-selling single. The song was originally written and performed by Sterling Void, Chicago Vocalist and lyricist Paris Brightledge and Marshall Jefferson and came to the attention of Pet Shop Boys on a house compilation issued by DJ International Records in 1987.

The lyrics list a wide variety of serious political issues in the headlines at the time (“Dictation enforced in Afghanistan, revolution in South Africa taking a stand…”), and then offers the positive message of the title—that on its “timeless wavelength”, “music is our life’s foundation”, it “shall last” and ultimately “succeed all the nations to come”.

SIDE A:
It’s Alright (Extended Version) 8:46
Engineer – Pete Schwier
Producer – Trevor Horn
Programmed By – George De Angelis
Programmed By [Assistant] – Steve Fitzmaurice
Vocals [Additional] – Sally Bradshaw, Tessa Niles
Written-By – Sterling Void

SIDE B:
One Of The Crowd 3:54
Engineer – Paul Wright, Pete Schwier
Producer – Pet Shop Boys
Written-By – Lowe-Tennant*

Your Funny Uncle 2:15
Engineer – Danton Supple
Producer – Pet Shop Boys
Written-By – Tennant-Lowe*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Parlophone – 12RS 6220
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, Limited Edition, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: Jun 1989
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Design [Sleeve Design] – Mark Farrow
Photography By – Eric Watson (3)

NOTES:
Sleeve design @ 3a

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FLAC (Level Eight)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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January 7, 2020

Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Two Tribes (Keep The Peace) (UK Cassette)

“Two Tribes” is an anti-war song by British band Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in the UK by ZTT Records on 4 June 1984. The song was later included on the album Welcome to the Pleasuredome. Presenting a nihilistic, gleeful lyric expressing enthusiasm for nuclear war, it juxtaposes a relentless pounding bass line and guitar riff inspired by American funk and R&B pop with influences of Russian classical music, in an opulent arrangement produced by Trevor Horn.

Supported by a striking advertising campaign depicting the band as members of the Red Army and a wide range of remixes, the single was a phenomenal success in the UK, immediately entering at the number one position on 10 June 1984 and staying at the top of the UK Singles Chart for nine consecutive weeks, during which time the group’s previous single “Relax” climbed back up the charts to number two. It was the longest-running number-one single in the UK of the 1980s. It has sold 1.58 million copies in the UK as of November 2012. Songwriters Johnson, Gill, and O’Toole received the 1984 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In 2015 the song was voted by the British public as the nation’s 14th-favorite 1980s number one in a poll for ITV.

Internationally the single reached the #1 position in seven countries however in the USA it only managed to peak at #43 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

ABOUT THE TRANSFER

I transferred this cassette single using a Nakamichi BX-300 Discrete 3 Head Cassette Deck. I did not apply any Dolby or other noise reduction pretty much leaving the cassette un-altered so you may hear some analog tape noise. As with vinyl, I did remove the occasional click or pop. The printed tracklisting on the release is not accurate so I used what was available according to ZTTAAT.com and Discogs.

SIDE A/B:
1. On the subject of Frankie Goes To Hollywood… 0:25
2. One February Friday (Singlette version, part 1) 0:40
3. Two Tribes (Cassingle Mix) 15:27
4. One February Friday (Singlette Version, Part 2) 1:08
5. War (Hide yourself!) 4:16
6. One February Friday (Singlette Version, Part 3) 0:22
7. War Is Peace 0:06

CASSETTE GRADE:
Cassette: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1984	Two Tribes	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#43
1984	Two Tribes	U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	#1
1984	Two Tribes	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Music/Club Play	#27

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: ZTT ‎– CTIS 103
Series: Action Series – 3, Incidental Series – 30
Format: Cassette, Single
Country: UK
Released: 23 Jul 1984
Genre: Electronic, Rock, Pop
Style: Pop Rock, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Artwork [Packaged By] – XLZTT
Photography By – Anton Corbijn
Producer – Trevor Horn
Producer [Assisted By His] – Bright Building Theam*
Voice Actor [As Himself] – Patrick Allen
Voice Actor [As Ron Reagan] – Christopher Barrie

NOTES:
Program repeats on both sides.

“Produced by Trevor Horn, assisted by his bright building them. And then there were the players: Patrick Allan (as himself) and Christopher Barrie (as Ron Reagan)
…
This cassette can be seen as both a part of number 3 in Zang Tumb Tuum’s bloodied action series ot number 30 in Zang Tumb Tuum’s harrassed incidental series. Did we save the world?”

Freedom Is Slavery

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CASSETTE RESTORATION BY::
-DjPaulT
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EQUIPMENT USED:
Cassette Deck: Nakamichi BX-300 Discrete 3 Head Cassette Deck
DAC/Phono Pre-amp Line In: Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

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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