Tag: UK

B-Movie – A Letter From Afar (UK 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1984

TOTALLY OBSCURE 80s!

“A Letter From Afar” is the sixth single released by English new wave band B-Movie formed in Mansfield in 1978 from the ashes of local punk band The Aborted. Originally calling themselves Studio 10 after a local hairdressing salon.

After several lineups changes the band released “A Letter From Afar”, produced by John “Jellybean” Benitez but it only reached No. 81 on the UK Singles Chart. After the singles’ release drummer Al Cash left the band, leaving B-Movie as a three-piece. Towards the end of 1985, they finally released a studio album on Sire Records called Forever Running, containing re-recorded versions of their two biggest hits “Remembrance Day”. and “Nowhere Girl”, the album was not successful despite a tour to promote it. The band broke up soon after.

SIDE A:
A Letter From Afar (Big Mix) 8:10

SIDE B:
A Letter From Afar (Instrumental Mix) 7:48
A Letter From Afar (Small Mix) 3:51

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Sire – SIR 4058 (T), Sire – SIR 4058T, Sire – 259745-0
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single, Stereo
Country: UK
Released: Jan 1984
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:

NOTES:
Mixed at Sigma Sound, New York
Pressed at Damont Audio Ltd.

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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
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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Six Sed Red – Shake It Right (UK 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1984

TOTALLY OBSCURE 80s!

“Shake It Right” is a 1984 single by the electronic duo Six Sed Red.

Keyboard player Rick Holliday founded the group from the group B-Movie and New York “singer” Cindy Ecstasy who had featured on the Soft Cell hit Torch in 1982. However, Marc Almond has since stated that her primary function was “the supply of ecstasy”. They had a big underground club hit with Shake It Right on the Label Sire Records Company in 1984 produced by Flood & Cabaret Voltaire.

Six Sed Red shared Soft Cell’s lyrical preoccupations with sleaze and sexual titillation but not their commercial success. Their only brush with the charts was the cover of their song “Dream Baby” on Bananarama’s self-titled LP in 1984.

The band played concerts at London’s Skin 2 fetish club and with the patronage of Sigue Sigue Sputnik’s Tony James expanded the lineup in 1987. Recognition however continued to elude them.

SIDE A:
Shake It Right 6:53
Remix – J. P. Iliesco*

SIDE B:
Bang ‘Em Right 6:21
Bass [Overdub] – Steven Mallinder*
Guitar – Marty Williamson
Percussion – Andy Johnson (26)

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Sire – SIR 4059 (T)
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic
Style: Electro, Synth-pop

CREDITS:

NOTES:
Jean-Philippe Iliesco is credited as J.P. Iliesco on the sleeve.

Buy the 12″ at DISCOGS

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
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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Heaven 17 – Let Me Go! (UK 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1982

Let Me Go!” is a single by Heaven 17, a band consisting of a few member of Human League, taken from (and released several months before) their second album The Luxury Gap. It reached #41 on the UK Singles Chart, the lowest chart placement among the singles from that album but their highest at the time of the single’s release.

In 1983, the song also spent five weeks at #4 on the American dance chart and entered the US Billboard Hot 100 peaking at #74.

SIDE A:
ALet Me Go! 6:14

SIDE B:
Let Me Go! (Instrumental) 4:54

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1983 Let Me Go! U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #74
1983 Let Me Go! U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks #32
1983 Let Me Go! U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #4

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Virgin – VS 532-12
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: Oct 1982
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop

CREDITS:

NOTES:
Recorded at the Townhouse Studios & Air Studios.

Buy the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL TRANSFER ^ AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

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
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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The Clash – Rock The Casbah (UK 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1982

AN 80s AUDITORY ICON

“Rock the Casbah” is a song by the English punk rock band the Clash, released in 1982 as the second single from their fifth album, Combat Rock. It reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US (their only top 10 single in that country) and, along with the track “Mustapha Dance”, it also reached number eight on the dance chart.

The single version has more pronounced bass. Also when Joe Strummer screams “The crowd caught a whiff / Of that crazy casbah jive” at the end of the third verse the word “jive” is sustained for several seconds with digital delay. Additionally, the sound effects of the jet fighters in the last verse are lower in the mix, particularly just after “drop your bombs between the minarets.” The single version of the song is what is played in the music video. “Mustapha Dance”, which features in many releases of the single, is an instrumental/dub remix of the song.

The song tells the story of a military dictator who has banned rock music, but his people still find ways to hear it. The people take to the rooftops, singing and playing the forbidden music, and the general orders his air force to bomb them. The song ends with the people standing defiantly and singing their song, refusing to be silenced. The lyrics and powerful music of “Rock the Casbah” have resonated with countless people around the world and have become a timeless classic. The song serves as a reminder of the power of music to bring people together and stand up against injustice.

SIDE A:
Rock The Casbah 3:43

SIDE B:
Mustapha Dance 4:26

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1982 Rock The Casbah U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #8
1982 Rock The Casbah U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks #6
1982 Rock The Casbah/Mustapha Dance U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #8

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: CBS – CBS A 13 2479, CBS – A . 13 2479
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single, Stereo
Country: UK
Released: Jun 18, 1982
Genre: Rock
Style: New Wave

CREDITS:

NOTES:
Track A: From Combat Rock

Buy the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

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
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!


Password: burningtheground

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