Tag: UK

November 2, 2023

Endgames – Love Cares (UK 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1983

“Love Cares” was the fourth overall and second single on Virgin Records by Scottish pop band Endgames. The song was taken from their debut LP “Building Beauty” (1983).

“Love Cares” charted on Billboard, reaching #47 on the Disco/Dance Chart, but MCA Records in the U.S. didn’t promote the band enough so the actual sales weren’t strong with the parent album failing to chart. Meanwhile, Endgames toured as a support act for Howard Jones during his sold-out first tour of the UK in March–April 1984. Shortly thereafter Virgin Records ended their contract and Endgames disbanded.

SIDE A:
Love Cares (Extended Version) 6:01

SIDE B:
Love Cares 3:20
Ready Or Not 3:47

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	Love Cares	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#47

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Virgin – VS 617-12
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop, New Wave

CREDITS:

Art Direction – Peter Hill (4)
Engineer – Howard Gray (tracks: B2)
Lacquer Cut By – Timtom* (tracks: A), TY* (tracks: B)
Photography By – Jamie Morgan
Producer – C. Campsie* (tracks: A, B1), Endgames (tracks: B2), G. McFarlane* (tracks: A, B1)
Written-By – End Games*

NOTES:
From the LP “BUILDING BEAUTY”

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VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
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THE GEAR:
Turntable: Technics SL-1200MK7
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Black PnP MkII
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro Spin Acrylic Mat
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
Tubes: Genalex Gold Lion 12AX7 ECC83/B759 Gold Pins Vacuum Tube – Matched Pair
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

**24bit FLAC Only Available For Seven Days!

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October 28, 2023

Dead Or Alive – Something In My House (XXX Clean and Dirty Mixes) (UK 12″ Promo)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1986

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NEW Meticulous Audio Restoration:

Originally posted July 18, 2012

“Something In My House” Clean & Dirty Mixes is a rare 1986 UK 2-track white label promo-only 12″ featuring the “Mortevicar Mix” and the now legendary “XXX Naughty Mix” with explicit samples from The Exorcist. This 12″ was pressed to only 500 copies and was distributed by Dead Or Alive after Epic Records refused to release it.

The “Mortevicar Mix” is a cleaned-up edit of the “XXX Naughty Mix” containing samples from the 1985 horror film “House” along with samples from “The Exorcist”.

“Something In My House” was released in the UK in December 1986 as the second single from the band’s third studio album, Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know. The single peaked at #12 on the UK singles chart. In the United States, the song reached #85 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #3 on the Billboard Dance Chart.

CLEAN SIDE:
Something In My House (Mortevicar Mix) 6:59

DIRTY SIDE:
Something In My House (Naughty XXX Mix) 6:59

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1986	Something In My House	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#85
1986	Something In My House	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#3

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic – XPR 1328
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo, White Label, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Hi NRG, Synth-pop

CREDITS:

Producer [Uncredited] – Stock, Aitken & Waterman
Remix [Uncredited] – Dead Or Alive, Phil Harding
Written-By [Uncredited] – Dead Or Alive

NOTES:
Promo only, not for sale.
Track times do not appear on the release.
Housed in a custom stickered sleeve. Some record labels are plain white with no info.

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VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
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RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

**24bit FLAC Only Available For Seven Days!

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October 26, 2023

Icehouse – Icehouse (UK 12″)

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Spooky Season Spin 

“Icehouse” is a song by the Australian rock band Flowers, later known as Icehouse. It was released as a single in Europe in 1982 by Chrysalis Records from the band’s first album, Icehouse after the band changed its name to Icehouse. In the United States, the song peaked at number 28 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart in 1981 even though the song was not released as a single in the U.S.

“Icehouse” was written by founding member Iva Davies when he lived at 18 Tryon Road, Lindfield in an old, cold flat of a two-storey mansion—across the street was a dishevelled house which had its lights on all night peopled by short-term residents. Davies only learned that it was a halfway house for psychiatric and drug rehab patients after he wrote the song. Russell Mulcahy, an expatriate Australian living in London, directed the music video for “Icehouse”.

SIDE A:
Icehouse 4:09
Producer – Cameron Allan, Iva Davies
Written-By – I. Davies*

SIDE B:
All The Way (Live) 4:08
Producer –Paul Zullo, Bob Kaminsky*

Written-By – . Davies*

Cold Turkey (Live) 4:16
Producer –Paul Zullo, Bob Kaminsky
Written-By – J. Lennon

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1982	Icehouse	U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	#28

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis – CHS 12 2577
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: 1982
Genre: Electronic, Rock, Pop
Style: Synth-pop, Indie Rock, New wave

CREDITS:

Lacquer Cut By – Tone*

NOTES:
Tracks on B-Side are live tracks and were originally recorded for the ‘King Biscuit Flower Hour’

Taken from the LP “ICEHOUSE”

Made in the U.K.

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VINYL tRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
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RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

**24bit FLAC Only Available For Seven Days!

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October 19, 2023

Secession – Sneakyville (UK 12″)

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NEW Bonus Track!

Originally posted January 11, 2018

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“Sneakyville” was the eighth and final single released by Scottish synth-pop band Secession. the song was taken from the band’s only studio LP “A Dark Enchantment” released on Siren Records.

The original incarnation comprised Peter Thomson (guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, and vocals), Jack Ross (guitar, synthesizer and vocals), Jim Ross (bass guitar), and Carole L. Branston (keyboards and vocals). The band used a small pre-programmed drum machine.

Oddly none of the band’s singles charted in the UK or US. After the release of “Sneakyville,” the band broke up and some members went on to form the alternative rock band The Vaselines. A music video was not released for this song.

++ As a NEW bonus track I have included the Hot Tracks Remix Service mix. Mark Watkins worked with both the CD & 12″ versions. He blended them together with great expertise and voila! this great song now has a smooth intro, an intense break, and a long exit, for those procrastinating Dee-jays…

The Hot Tracks Mix was taken from Series 8, Issue 1.

SIDE A:
Sneakyville (Extended Mix) 6:16
Remix – CCC (3)

SIDE B:
Reflections 2:23

All The Animals Come Out At Night 4:04
Mixed By – Steve Peck

++ BONUS TRACK:
Sneakyville (CD Mix & Edit) 7:37
Edited By [Cd Edit], Mixed By [Cd Mix] – Mark Watkins
Written-By – Thompson*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Siren (3) ‎– SRNT 77
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:

Design – C-More-Tone Studios
Photography By – Gavin Evans
Producer – Secession
Producer, Engineer – Wilf Smarties
Written-By – Peter Thomson

NOTES:
From the forthcoming new LP, MC & CD…
(a dark enchantment)

Buy the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
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RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

**24bit FLAC Only Available For Seven Days!

Password: burningtheground

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