Tag: US 12″ Promo

June 18, 2014

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – Cherry Bomb (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

“Cherry Bomb” is a 1976 punk-influenced hard rock song originally recorded by the all-girl band The Runaways off of their self-titled debut album. “Cherry Bomb” was also ranked 52nd on VH1’s 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs. Singer/guitarist Joan Jett composed the song with the band’s then-manager, Kim Fowley, and would later go on to re-record it with her band The Blackhearts for the 1984 album Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth.

Only released in the US The Joan Jett & The Blachearts version of “Cherry Bomb” debuted on the US Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play chart on February 23, 1985 and spent three weeks on the survey peaking at #55. The 12″ single was issued as a white label promo pressed on cherry red colored vinyl.

SIDE A:
Cherry Bomb (12″ Version) 4:00

SIDE B:
Bombs Away (Dub Version) 2:40

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	Cherry Bomb	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play	#55

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: MCA Records ‎– L33-1226
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo, Red Transparent Vinyl
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Rock
Style: Hard Rock

CREDITS:
Engineer – Mark Berry, Mark Richardson
Mixed By – Mark Berry
Producer – Ken Laguna*, Thom Panunzio

NOTES:
Promotional Only Not For Sale
From the MCA LP, “Glorious Results Of A Misspent Youth”

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EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Speed Control: Pro-Ject Speed Box S
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 Removeal: ClickRepair (DeClick Level 3)
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

June 10, 2014

Chicago – Along Comes A Woman (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984

Re-Rip Newly Remastered!

Originally I posted this one on May 3, 2011. But for those who may have missed it or if you are a new reader just discovering BTG. I decided to give this one a new rip with my newer Ortofon Super 30 stylus. This 12″ is also being posted in 24 bit flac for the very first time!

“Along Comes a Woman” is a song produced by David Foster and written by Peter Cetera and Mark Goldenberg for the group Chicago and recorded for their album Chicago 17 (1984), with Cetera singing lead vocals. The fourth single released from that album, it reached #14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. The music video featured Peter Cetera in an Indiana Jones / Casablanca type setting in the jungle. It was released in what was known to be the “music video age” of MTV.

The US 12″ promo features a dance mix by Chilean-born American record producer, music mixer and audio engineer Humberto Gatica. The same mix appears on both sides of the single.

SIDE A:
Along Comes A Woman (Dance Mix) 6:12

SIDE B:
Along Comes A Woman (Dance Mix) 6:12

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint (generic)

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1984	Along Comes A Woman	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#14

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Warner Bros. Records – PRO-A-2293
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock

CREDITS:
Engineer – Humberto Gatica
Mixed By – Humberto Gatica, Tom Fouce
Producer – David Foster

NOTES:
Original version available on the Warner Bros. album “CHICAGO 17”

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

May 30, 2014

Dennis Parker – Like An Eagle/New York By Night (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1979

DISCO FRIDAY!

Dennis Posa, aka Dennis Parker, aka Wade Nichols (October 28, 1946 – January 28 , 1985) was an actor and singer from Freeport, New York who started his career in pornographic movies.

His first feature film role was probably in the 1975 gay adult film Boynapped!. He subsequently appeared mostly in straight porn films shot in New York such as Barbara Broadcast, Jail Bait, Summer of Laura, Punk Rock, Marishino Cherries, and Teenage Pajama Party. Posa was credited as Wade Nichols in most of the adult films in which he appeared.

In 1979, using the name Dennis Parker, he recorded a disco album on Casablanca Records entitled Like an Eagle. The album was produced by Village People creator / producer Jacques Morali. The title track was released as a single.

Posa (still as Dennis Parker) also joined the cast of the soap opera The Edge of Night in 1979, as Police Chief Derek Mallory.

Seriously ill by October 1984, Posa was unable to continue working on The Edge of Night and his character was written out of the show. The date of his death is commonly reported as January 28, 1985, but the Social Security Death Index indicates that Posa died in March of that year.

(According to a persistent rumor the cause of death was a self-inflicted gunshot wound, but this has never been confirmed.) In a tribute to Posa in a 1985 issue of Soap Opera Digest, fellow Edge of Night actor Ernie Townsend wrote, “He died in early January after a long and painful illness that took away a talent in its prime.” An obituary released in Virginia stated that he died after a “brief illness, survived by his mother, brother, and partner.”

This is a single sided 12″ with both tracks appearing on side A.

SIDE A:
Like An Eagle 8:37
New York By Night 7:00

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint (company)

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Casablanca Records ?– NBD 20153
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ? RPM, Promo, Single Sided
Country: US
Released: 1979
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Disco

CREDITS:
Arranged By [Strings & Horns], Conductor [Strings & Horns] – Horace Ott
Executive-Producer – Henri Belolo
Producer – Jacques Morali
Written-By – H. Belolo*, J. Morali*, S. Gaines*

NOTES:
Single sided 12″
Disco Mix From the LP “LIKE AN EAGLE”

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

May 26, 2014

Dexys Midnight Runners & The Emerald Express – Come On Eileen (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1982

“Come On Eileen” is a song by English pop group Dexys Midnight Runners, released in the UK on 25 June 1982 as a single off their album Too-Rye-Ay. It was their second number one hit in the United Kingdom, following 1980’s “Geno”. The song was written by Kevin Rowland, “Big” Jim Paterson, and Billy Adams; it was produced by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley.

“Come On Eileen” won Best British Single at the 1983 Brit Awards.

The 7″ vinyl single released worldwide (except the US) was a 3.28 edit of the main section of the song featuring neither the intro or the coda. Dexy’s CD compilations again omit the introduction and coda, but use the unedited main section(4.06).

The worldwide 12″ and US 7″ singles featured the intro and the unedited main section (4.12). This version has only been released on CD on a Kevin Rowland CD single “Tonight”.

In a poll by Channel 4, a UK TV channel, the song was placed at number 38 in the 100 greatest number one singles of all time. Similar polls by the music channel VH1 placed the song at number three in the 100 Greatest One-hit Wonders of all time, number eighteen in VH1’s 100 Greatest Songs of the 1980’s and number one in the 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s. It has sold 1.31 million copies in the UK as of November 2012. The song reached number one in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 charts during the week ending 23 April 1983. “Come on Eileen” prevented Michael Jackson from ever having back-to-back number one hits in the US: “Billie Jean” was the number one single the previous week, while “Beat It” was the number one song the following week.

The b-side is listed as two seperate tracks on the sleeve and label however the songs are mixed together forming one track running 7:39.

SIDE A:
Come On Eileen (Single Version) 4:12
Written-By – K. Adams*, Paterson*, Rowland*

SIDE B:
The Sound Of Philadelphia (T.S.O.P.) 7:39
Producer [Directed By] – Kevin Rowland
Written-By – K. Gamble/L. A. Huff*

Let’s Make This Precious
Producer [Directed By] – Kevin Rowland
Written-By – Paterson*, Rowland*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1982	Come On Eileen	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#1
1982	Come On Eileen	U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	#6
1982	Come On Eileen	U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary tracks	#31

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Mercury ‎– MDS 4021
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1982
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: New Wave, Pop Rock

CREDITS:
Producer [Directed By] – Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley*

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