Tag: US

November 5, 2018

New Order – Blue Monday 1988 (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

“Blue Monday 1988” is British rock band New Order’s 16th single, released in March 1988. Produced by Quincy Jones with the actual remix done by John Potoker. After New Order signed to Qwest in the US, Quincy Jones saw an opportunity for their groundbreaking track to have a legitimate single release and a shot at radio airplay.

“Blue Monday 1988” reached number 3 in the British charts, number 4 in the Australian charts, and topped the dance charts in the United States.

In North America, “Touched By The Hand Of God” was featured as B-side.

SIDE A:
Blue Monday 1988 (12″ Mix) 7:08
Engineer [Mix] – Tokes*
Producer [Additional Production], Remix – John Potoker
Supervised By [Production Supervisor On Remix] – Quincy Jones

Blue Monday 1988 (Dub) 7:18
Engineer [Mix] – Tokes*
Producer [Additional Production], Remix – John Potoker
Supervised By [Production Supervisor On Remix] – Quincy Jones

SIDE B:
Touched By The Hand Of God (Remix) 7:02
Mixed By – Arthur Baker

Touched By The Hand Of God (Dub) 5:31
Mixed By – Arthur Baker

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1988	Blue Monday 1988	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#68
1988	Blue Monday 1988	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#1
1988	Blue Monday 1988	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play Maxi-Singles Sales	#9

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Qwest Records ‎– 0-20869, Qwest Records ‎– 9 20869-0
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Maxi-Single, SRC Pressing
Country: US
Released: Mar 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Design – Peter Saville Associates
Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ❀] – Brian Gardner
Photography By – Trevor Key
Producer, Written-By – New Order

NOTES:
Original version of “Blue Monday” from the album Substance on Qwest Records. Available on LP, Cassette and Compact Disc.

A1 & A2: Additional Production and Remix for Direct Eject Inc.

Made in U.S.A.

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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: Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube: Mullard 12AX7 Preamp Vacuum Tube Pins
Soundcard: Novation Audiohub 2×4 Audio Interface
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: iZotope RX Advanced 2, ocenaudio
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator

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November 2, 2018

Madonna – True Blue (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

“True Blue” is a song by American singer Madonna. It is the title track from her third studio album True Blue (1986) and was released as the album’s third single on September 17, 1986, by Sire Records. Written and produced by Madonna and Steve Bray, the song deals with Madonna’s feelings for her then-husband Sean Penn. A dance-pop song, it features instrumentation from a rhythm guitar, a synthesizer, keyboards, and drums. The main chorus is backed by an alternate one, incorporating a chord progression generally found in doo-wop music.

Received by the critics as a light-hearted and cute retro song, “True Blue” topped the charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada and became another consecutive top-ten song in the United States for Madonna, by reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100. The original music video portrayed her again with a new look, leaner and sporting platinum blond bushy hair. An alternate video was made through the “Make My Video” contest on MTV. The final selected videos had a similar theme of a 1950s-inspired setting and the storyline following the lyrics of the song. “True Blue” has been performed on the Who’s That Girl World Tour (1987) and the Rebel Heart Tour (2015–2016).

SIDE A:
True Blue (The Color Mix) 6:37
True Blue (Instrumental) 6:52

SIDE B:
Ain’t No Big Deal 4:14
Producer – Reggie Lucas

True Blue (Remix/Edit) 4:28

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1986/87	True Blue	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#3
1986/87	True Blue	U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	#5
1986/87	True Blue	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#6

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Sire ‎– 0-20533, Sire ‎– 9 20533-0 A
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Design – Jeri McManus
Edited By – Latin Rascals* (tracks: A1, A2, B2)
Engineer [Remix] – Steve Peck (tracks: A1, A2, B2)
Photography By – Herb Ritts
Producer – – Madonna (tracks: A1, A2, B2), Stephen Bray (tracks: A1, A2, B2)
Producer [Additional] – Shep Pettibone (tracks: A1, A2, B2)
Remix – Shep Pettibone (tracks: A1, A2, B2)
Written-By – Madonna (tracks: A1, A2, B2), Stephen Bray

NOTES:
B1 from “Revenge of the killer B’s, Vol. 2” on Warner Bros. Records. Produced for Kalisa Inc.

“True Blue”
WB Music Corp./Bleu Disque Music Co., Inc./Webo Girl Publishing, Inc./Black Lion Music, Inc. ASCAP
All rights on behalf of Bleu Disque and Webo Girl admin. by WB Music Corp.
℗ 1986 Sire Records Company

“Ain’t No Big Deal”
July Fourth Music/Semi Automatic Music Inc. ASCAP
℗ 1984 Sire Records Company

Marketed by Warner Bros. Records Inc., A Warner Communications Company.
© 1986 Sire Records Company
Made in U.S.A.

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November 1, 2018

Jane Wiedlin – Blue Kiss (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

Originally posted: November 4th, 2011

“Blue Kiss” is a song written and performed by American musician Jane Wiedlin and American singer/songwriter Randell Kirsch. The single was the lead single from her self-titled debut album Jane Wiedlin and Wiedlin’s first after having left the all-female rock band The Go-Gos. It reached #77 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #30 on Hot Dance Club Play. The song also reached #62 in Canada (RPM Magazine).

“Blue Kiss” can be heard during the frat house party scene in the film Night of the Creeps (1986), and was used during the date montage scene in the Sci-Fi indie film The iDol (2007).

SIDE A:
Blue Kiss (Special Dance Version) 6:29
Mixed By – John “Tokes” Potoker*

SIDE B:
Blue Kiss (“V” Mix) 6:15
Mixed By – Vince Ely

Blue Kiss (Instrumental Version) 4:18
Mixed By – John “Tokes” Potoker*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	Blue Kiss	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#77
1985	Blue Kiss	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Cub Play	#30

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: I.R.S. Records ‎– IRS-23585, I.R.S. Records ‎– irs-23585
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Synth-pop, Pop Rock

CREDITS:
Artwork By [Design] – Carl Grasso
Artwork By [Painting], Photography – Eric Blum
Mastered By – SM*
Producer – Bill Payne, George Massenburg, Russ Kunkel
Written-By – Wiedlin*, Kirsch*

NOTES:
From the I.R.S. LP “Jane Wiedlin”
Produced for Filmrocks.
Printed in the U.S. of A.

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October 29, 2018

Devo – Peek-A-Boo! (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1982

“Peek-a-Boo!” is a song by American new wave band Devo, written by Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale. It appears on their fifth studio album Oh, No! It’s Devo.

According to Gerald Casale from the audio commentary for their film, The Complete Truth About De-Evolution, “Peek-a Boo! was a song about Devo’s circus-like look and the dark side of human nature, the side we try to keep secret, the side we try to deny, in this Christian world where we’re only supposed to have happy endings and only supposed to be good, and instead Devo is dealing with what evil is here in a very light-hearted manner.”

In the United States, the song reached #106 on the Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 and #13 on the Billboard Dance chart. In Australia the “Peek-a-Boo!” peaked at #45 on ARIA Top 100.

SIDE A:
Peek-A-Boo! (Dance Velocity) 4:37

SIDE B:
Peek-A-Boo! (Devo Dub) 5:23
Find Out 3:22

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1982	Peek-A-Boo!	U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100	#106
1982	Peek-A-Boo!	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#13

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Warner Bros. Records ‎– 0-29906, Warner Bros. Records ‎– 22906-0
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1982
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Artwork By [Cover] – Devo Inc.
Engineer – Gordon Fordyce
Photography – Erik Arnesen
Producer – Roy Thomas Baker
Written-By – Mothersbaugh*, Casale*

NOTES:
From the LP “Oh, No! It’s Devo”

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