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Elton John – I Don’t Wanna Go On With You Like That (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

NEW 2020 Transfer!
Meticulously Remastered!

Originally posted September 23, 2013

“I Don’t Wanna Go on with You Like That” is a hit song from British performer Elton John’s 1988 album, Reg Strikes Back. The song was written by John and his long-time songwriting partner, Bernie Taupin. The song reached #30 on the UK Singles Chart. It fared better in the United States, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August 1988, kept out of the top spot by fellow British singer (and vocal collaborator) George Michael’s hit single, “Monkey”. The song also became John’s eighth #1 on the adult contemporary chart.

SIDE A:
I Don’t Wanna Go On With You Like That (The Shep Pettibone Mix) 7:21
I Don’t Wanna Go On With You Like That (The Pub Dub) 5:14

SIDE B:
I Don’t Wanna Go On With You Like That (Just Elton And His Piano Mix) 4:58
I Don’t Wanna Go On With You Like That (Just For Radio) 4:07

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1988 I Don’t Wanna Go On With You Like That U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #2
1988 I Don’t Wanna Go On With You Like That U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks #13
1988 I Don’t Wanna Go On With You Like That U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks #1
1988 I Don’t Wanna Go On With You Like That U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #7

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: MCA Records ‎– MCA-23870
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: House, Synth-pop, Euro House

CREDITS:
Edited By – Junior Vasquez
Keyboards – Fred McFarlane
Producer – Chris Thomas
Recorded By – Bill Price
Recorded By [Assistant] – Karl Lever
Remix – Shep Pettibone, Steve Peck
Written-By – Taupin*, Elton John

NOTES:
Original version appears on the Elton John album “Reg Strikes Back”

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Rolls Bellar VP-130
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 USED:
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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Password: burningtheground

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Hunters & Collectors – Talking To A Stranger (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1982

“Talking to a Stranger” is the second single by Australian band Hunters & Collectors, released in 1982. It was the only single to be released from Hunters & Collectors debut album. The song reached number 59 on the Australian Kent Music Report. “Talking to a Stranger”, was released ahead of the album on July 12, 1982, and was accompanied by a music video directed by filmmaker Richard Lowenstein.

At the 1982 Countdown Music Awards, the song was nominated for Best Debut Single. The song later appeared in the 1986 film “Dead End Drive-In.

**Special Note**
Some of you might remember that back in 2018 my trusted Rolls Bellari VP-130 Phono Pre-amp died. A couple of days ago I started missing that hard-working amp that served me and BTG for well over twelve years. So I dug it out of the box it was being stored in and decided to give it a closer look under the hood, immediately I noticed a solder had come loose. I was able to re-solder it and replace the tube with a Mullard 12AX7 and voila it came back to life. I was so excited! I decided to use it for this transfer, and it is now connected to my ADL Gt40a DAC, and I think it sounds great! always loved the warmth and fullness that Bellari brought into the mix. I hope that you guys think so too.

SIDE A:
Talking To A Stranger (Edited Version) 3:54
Remix – Mike Howlett

Talking To A Stranger (Album Version) 7:25
Remix – Mike Howlett

SIDE B:
Run Run Run 9:01

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: A&M Records ‎– SP-12076, Oz Records (2) ‎– SP-12076
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1982
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave

CREDITS:
Producer, Lyrics By, Music By – Hunters & Collectors

NOTES:
From the A&M album “Hunters & Collectors”

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Rolls Bellar VP-130
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 USED:
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

Username: btg
Password: burningtheground

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Cee Farrow – Should I Love You (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983

“Should I Love You” is a song by the German singer Cee Farrow, released in 1983 as the lead single from his debut album Red and Blue. It was written by Farrow and Lothar Krell, and produced by Andy Lunn. Released in North America only, the single reached No. 82 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remained in the charts for six weeks.

Having signed with Rocshire Records, Farrow recorded his debut album, Red and Blue, between March and December 1982 at Hotline Studios. Released in 1983, “Should I Love You” was issued as the first single from the album. It became a minor hit in October 1983 when it peaked at No. 82 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also reached No. 91 on the Billboard Hot Black Singles Chart.

Shortly after the single and album’s release, Rocshire began suffering legal issues when it was discovered that Rocshire had been financed by millions of dollars that Rocky Davis’ wife, Shirley Davis, had embezzled from Hughes Aircraft while working as an accountant there. U.S. Federal Marshalls seized all of the label’s assets, including master tapes, in January 1984. Farrow stepped away from the music business, but later made an attempt at a comeback with the 1991 single “Imagination”. He died in 1993 in West Hollywood, California of a brain disease attributed to AIDS.

FACE A:
Should I Love You (12″ Version) 7:20

FACE B:
Should I Love You (Dub Version) 7:16

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

 

Year Single Chart Position
1983 Should I Love You U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #82
1983 Should I Love You U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles #91

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Rocshire Records ‎– XR 95508
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop, New Wave

CREDITS:
Producer – Andy Lunn

NOTES:
Side B is a “Dub Version” but is not listed as such on the label.

Produced for Hot Line Studios GmbH.

The original version appears on the LP “Red And Blue”

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
DAC/Phono Pre-amp: 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 USED:
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

Username: btg
Password: burningtheground

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R.E.M. – (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984

“(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville” is the second and final single released by American rock band R.E.M. from its second studio album Reckoning. The song failed to chart on either the Billboard Hot 100 or the UK Singles Charts.

The song was written by Mike Mills (credited to Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe), in 1980, as a plea to his then-girlfriend, Ingrid Schorr, not to return to Rockville, Maryland, where her parents lived. Schorr, who later became a journalist, has written about her amusement with the factual inaccuracies about her relationship with Mills and the background of the song that often appear in books about the band. Peter Buck has stated that the song was originally performed in a punk/thrash style and that it was recorded for this single in its now more-familiar country-inspired arrangement as a joke aimed at R.E.M. manager Bertis Downs.

SIDE A:
(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville (Special Radio Edit) 3:54
Producer – Don Dixon, Mitch Easter

SIDE B:
Catapult (Recorded Live) 4:00
Producer – EDR*
Remix – Don Dixon

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: I.R.S. Records ‎– SP 70982, I.R.S. Records ‎– SP-70982
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock

CREDITS:
Photography By – Ed Colver
Written-By – Berry*, Stipe*, Mills*, Buck*

NOTES:
Catapult (Live) (Previously unreleased)
Track A from the I.R.S. album “Reckoning”

Side B recorded in Seattle, WA June 27, 1984.
Produced by EDR for The Source.

Printed in the U.S. of A.

PROMOTION COPY-NOT FOR SALE

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
DAC/Phono Pre-amp: 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 USED:
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

Username: btg
Password: burningtheground

You can help show your support for this blog by making a donation using PayPal. Thank you for your help.