Tag: US 12″

August 2, 2012

Spandau Ballet – Gold (Special Extended Remix) (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983

“Gold” is a 1983 single by the British New Wave band Spandau Ballet from their flagship third album True.

The song is Spandau Ballet’s 2nd best-charting single behind their previous release “True”, reaching #2 on the UK Singles Chart (being held off the top by KC and the Sunshine Band’s “Give It Up”), and #29 on the U.S Billboard Hot 100 chart. A music video was created for the single, which contains the longest-held note by any male artist in any song released during the 1980s.

The music video was directed by Brian Duffy and filmed on location in Carmona, Spain. The video featured Sadie Frost as a gold-painted nymph in one of her earlier roles.

SIDE A:
Gold (Special Extended Remix) 7:12

SIDE B:
Gold (Instrumental) 2:40

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	Gold	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#29
1983	Gold	U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	#17

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis – 4V9 42740
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Producer – Spandau Ballet, Steve Jolley & Tony Swain
Written-By – G. Kemp*

NOTES:
From the breakthrough album “TRUE”

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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
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dBpoweramp
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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

July 19, 2012

Dead Or Alive – Something In My House (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

In 1986, Dead or Alive released their third album, Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know, also produced by SAW. The album included one of the band’s best-known songs, “Something in My House”, tonally very Gothic and with a sleeve depicting Pete Burns in front of what appears to be a Satanic altar, featuring an inverted crucifix. A 12″ version of the song, the “Mortevicar Mix”, featured sampling of dialogue from the soundtrack of “The Exorsist” and a sampling from the George A. Romero American movie trailer from his film “Day of the Dead” (1985).

The US 12″ includes four hot mixes. My favoriteis the latin flavored “Flamenco Mix”.

SIDE A:
Something In My House (US Wipe Out Mix – Part 2) 7:18
Something In My House (Instrumental) 5:19

SIDE B:
Something In My House (Mortevicar Mix) 6:55
Something In My House (Flamenco Mix) 4:21

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic – 49 06750
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Hi NRG, Synth-pop
Credits: Artwork By [Artwork, Design] – Satori
Photography – Peter Brown
Producer – Stock, Aitken & Waterman
Remix – Dead Or Alive, Phil Harding
Written-By – Dead Or Alive

NOTES:
From the Epic album “Mad, Bad And Dangerous To Know”

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Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
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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

July 16, 2012

Tears For Fears – Shout (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

“Shout” is a 1984 song by the British band Tears for Fears. Written by Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley and sung by Orzabal (with Curt Smith duetting on the chorus), it was the band’s eighth single release (the second taken from their second LP Songs from the Big Chair) and sixth UK Top 40 hit, peaking at #4 in January 1985. In the USA, it reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 3 August 1985 and remained there for three weeks. “Shout” would become one of the most successful pop songs of 1985, eventually reaching the Top Ten in 25 countries.

SIDE A:
Shout (US Remix) 8:02
Producer – Chris Hughes
Remix – Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero*

SIDE B:
Shout (UK Remix) 7:40
Producer – Chris Hughes

The Big Chair 3:20
Producer – Ian Stanley
Written-By – Hughes*, Smith*

VINYL GRADE:
vinyl; Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	Shout	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#1
1985	Shout	U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles	#56
1985	Shout	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play	#1

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Mercury – 880 929-1
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop
Credits: Photography – Laurie Lewis
Written-By – Stanley*, Orzabal*

NOTES:
Track A remixed at Mediasound, NYC.
Mastered at Sterling.
Original version of ‘Shout’ appears on the Mercury album “Songs From The Big Chair” (824 300-1 M-1)

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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

July 2, 2012

Depeche Mode – Depeche (Megamix) Behind The Mix! (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1989

Released in 1989 this is one of the earlier ON-USound releases. There are two Depeche Mode Megamixes featured here. The mixes are mainly of Depeche Mode’s early work and tracks from “Music For The Masses”.

Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group’s original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan (lead vocals, occasional songwriter since 2005), Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, vocals, chief songwriter after 1981), Andy Fletcher (keyboards) and Vince Clarke (keyboards, chief songwriter 1980–81). Vince Clarke left the band after the release of their 1981 debut album, Speak & Spell, and was replaced by Alan Wilder (keyboards, drums, occasional songwriter) with Gore taking over songwriting. Wilder left the band in 1995; Gahan, Gore, and Fletcher have since continued as a trio.

Depeche Mode have had 48 songs in the UK Singles Chart and twelve top 10 albums in the UK charts, two of which debuted at #1. According to EMI, Depeche Mode have sold over 100 million albums and singles worldwide, making them the most successful electronic band in music history. Q magazine calls Depeche Mode “The most popular electronic band the world has ever known” and included the band in the list of the “50 Bands That Changed The World!”.

In 2010 Depeche Mode were ranked No. 98 on VH1’s list of the 100 greatest artists of all time.

*Please Note: This is not an officially released single therefore the vinyl mastering may not be perfect. However I have made every attempt to restore this rare 12″.

SIDE A:
Depeche (Megamix) Behind The Mix! 10:08
Everything Counts
Shake The Disease
Leave In Silence
Blasphemous Rumours
Strangelove
People Are People
Behind The Wheel
Get The Balance Right
Just Can’t Get Enough

SIDE B:
Depeche (Megamix) Strange Mix! 13:16
Strangelove
Just Can’t Get Enough
Get The Balance Right
(Set Me Free) Remotivate Me
Master And Servant
People Are People
Sacred

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

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: ON-USound – XX 03
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Unofficial Release, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

NOTES:
Track duration is incorrect on label.

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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