Tag: US 12″

March 7, 2013

Sheena Easton – Swear (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

Re-Rip Remaster

Originally I posted this one back in 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 30 stylus. This 12″ is also being posted in 24 bit flac for the very first time!

“Swear” was a 1980s pop song originally recorded by Tim Scott (McConnell) and released by Sire Records in 1983. The following year Sheena Easton covered the song for her 1984 album A Private Heaven. It reached #80 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

SIDE A:
Swear (Dance Mix) 5:30

SIDE B:
Swear (Dub Mix) 3:27

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	Swear	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#80

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI America – V-7847-1
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic, Pop, Rock
Style: Pop Rock
Credits: Engineer – David Leonard
Producer, Arranged By, Remix – Greg Mathieson
Remix – Rusty Garner
Written-By: Tim Scott*

NOTES:
Original version appears on the EMI America LP “A Private Heaven”
“An Endless Music Mix”.

Find The 12″ On DISCOGS

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

February 27, 2013

Lisa Stansfield – All Around The World (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1989

“All Around the World” is a song by Lisa Stansfield released in late 1989 for her album Affection. It is her biggest hit to date. Written and produced by Lisa Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andy Morris, the debut solo single by Stansfield became a massive international hit.

It spent two weeks at #1 on the UK singles chart in November 1989 and reaching the top in 11 other countries. In April 1990, it peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. It is also the fifth single by a white female singer to top the Billboard R&B chart after Ella Mae Morse’s “Shoo Shoo Baby” (December 1943), Little Peggy March’s “I Will Follow Him” (May 1963), Lesley Gore’s “It’s My Party” (June 1963), and Teena Marie’s “Ooo La La La” in 1988. The track also topped the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, and reached #7 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

SIDE A:
All Around The World (Long Version) 7:05

SIDE B:
All Around The World (American Club Remix) 11:29
Remix – Richard Sweret
Remix, Producer [Additional] – DJ Mark The 45 King*

Affection 5:50

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1990	All Around The World	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#3
1990	All Around The World	U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Songs	#1
1990	All Around The World	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	#1
1990	All Around The World	U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Tracks	#7

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Arista ‎– AD1-9929
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Electronic
Style: Downtempo
Credits: Engineer [Additonal Production] – Shane Faber
Engineer [Remix] – Scott Harding
Executive Producer – Jazz Summers, Tim Parry
Producer, Arranged By, Mixed By – Morris*, Devaney*
Written-By – Andy Morris (5), Ian Devaney, Lisa Stansfield

NOTES:
From the debut album “AFFECTION”

Find The 12″ On DISCOGS

SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

February 26, 2013

Debbie Harry – French Kissin’ (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

“French Kissin” a.k.a. “French Kissin’ in the USA” is a song recorded by the American singer Debbie Harry. Released in 1986, it was the first single to be taken from her album Rockbird. It was written by Chuck Lorre, who would later create the hit television sitcoms Dharma & Greg and Two and a Half Men among others.

The song was released as the album’s first single in November 1986, and became a moderate radio hit in the US, peaking at #57 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was also Harry’s biggest success in the UK, where it reached #8 (her only solo Top 10 single there to date).

For promotion, Harry did a live performance of “French Kissin” and “In Love with Love” on Saturday Night Live, as well as a handful of television interviews in the UK and U.S. in late 1986. A music video was also made and subsequently played on video stations. Besides the regular formats 7″ and 12″ the single was also released as a limited edition 12″ picture disc in the UK.

Harry also recorded a French language version of the track which was released as the B-side of other Rockbird singles and was also included on the 1988 Blondie/Debbie Harry remix compilation Once More into the Bleach.

A cover of the song by Carol Chapman was also featured in the 1989 movie Troop Beverly Hills.

SIDE A:
French Kissin’ (Dance Mix) 7:25
Remix – Latin Rascals, The

French Kissin’ (Edit) 4:09

SIDE B:
French Kissin’ (Dub Version) 8:02
Remix – Latin Rascals, The

Rockbird (LP Version) 3:09

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1986	French Kissin’	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#57
1986	French Kissin’	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Maxi-Singles Sales	#44

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Geffen Records ‎– 0-20575
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Arranged By, Producer – Seth Justman
Design [Cover] – Stephen Sprouse
Layout – John Pasche
Painting [Background] – Andy Warhol
Photography By – Guzman

NOTES:
Original version on the LP “ROCKBIRD”

Find The 12″ On DISCOGS

SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

February 20, 2013

B Angie B – I Don’t Want To Lose Your Love (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1991

R E Q U E S T

B Angie B (born 1968) is an African American female R&B vocalist and dancer who came onto the music scene in the early 1990s.

B Angie B known by many as The Queen Of Dance, was born Angela R. Boyd in 1968 in the small rural town of Morton, Mississippi. She grew up singing and honing her vocals in a local church. She graduated from Morton High School in the Scott County School District in 1984. A few years later, she and her best friend made a decision to move to out west to pursue a singing/music career together. The friend ended up getting pregnant and Boyd relocated to California alone.
It was not long after this relocation, that Boyd was discovered by producer (and future husband) James Earley and brought to MC Hammer’s attention that Angie was a vocalist. Hammer is also the one credited with giving Boyd her stage name B Angie B when one day Hammer spoke the words “just be Angie”. She sang on “Pump It Up (Here’s the News)” on Hammer’s Let’s Get It Started album (the version re-released on Capitol Records in 1988) and she became a backup singer during his concert tour.

In 1991, Hammer signed B Angie B to his Capitol-distributed Bust It imprint.That year, Bust It/Capitol released her self-titled debut album, which James Earley produced with his Northern California colleague Felton Pilate (formerly of the funk band Con Funk Shun). In April 1991 her debut single was released , a remake of the Emotions, “I Dont Want To Lose Your Love”. The single peaked at #54 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the US R&B chart. The single would become B Angie B’s only Billboard Hot 100 entry.

SIDE A:
I Don’t Want To Lose Your Love (Radio Mix) 4:27
I Don’t Want To Lose Your Love (Extended Version) 5:58

SIDE B:
I Don’t Want To Lose Your Love (Power Mix) 4:04
I Don’t Want To Lose Your Love (Power/House Mix) 5:39

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1991	I Don’t Want To Lose Your Love	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#54
1991	I Don’t Want To Lose Your Love	U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	#2
1991	I Don’t Want To Lose Your Love	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	#37

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Capitol Records ‎– V-15656
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1991
Genre: Hip Hop
Style: RnB/Swing
Credits: Executive-producer – Louis K. Burrell, M. C. Hammer*
Producer – James Earley

NOTES:
From the Compact Disc, Cassette and LP “B ANGIE B”

Find The 12″ On DISCOGS

SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi