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Meco – Music Inspired By Star Wars (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1977

In memory of Carrie Fisher 1956-2016

“Music Inspired By Star Wars” is a disco single recorded by Meco, taken from the album Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk. This version is an edit of the nearly sixteen minute album version. The track was further edited for 7″ release and titled “Star Wars/Cantina Band” which went on to become a #1 pop single in the U.S. and top ten in the U.K..

SIDE A:
Music Inspired By Star Wars 7:34

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Millennium ‎– MND 20605 DJ
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single Sided, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1977
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Disco

CREDITS:
Arranged By – Harold Wheeler
Producer – Harold Wheeler, Meco Monardo, Tony Bongiovi

NOTES:
“Special AOR Edit”

Find the 12″ on DISCOGS

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: 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 Removal: Manual
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

Adam Ant – Rough Stuff (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1990

“Rough Stuff” was the second single taken from Adam Ant’s 1990 album Manners & Physique. The single was produced by André Cymone. In the United States “Rough Stuff” peaked at #14 on the Billboard Dance Chart in August 1990.

SIDE A:
Rough Stuff (Extended Version) 6:46
Rough Stuff (7″ Edit) 4:08

SIDE B:
Rough Stuff (Alternative Mix) 7:00
Rough Stuff (Dub Mix) 6:46

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1990 Rough Stuff U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #14

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: MCA Records – L33-18436
Format: Vinyl, Promo, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single
Country: US
Released: 1990
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Pop Rock, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Producer – Andre Cymone*
Producer [Additional Production] – Justin Strauss
Remix – Hugo Dwyer, Justin Strauss
Written-By – Adam Ant, Andre Cymone*

NOTES:
Original version appears on the MCA LP,“Manners & Physique”

Find the 12″ on DISCOGS

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: 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 Removal: Manual
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

Torch Song – Prepare To Energize (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983

“Prepare To Energize” is a 1983 single by British electronic and ambient band Torch Song. Original members were William Orbit, Laurie Mayer and Grant Gilbert.”Prepare To Energize” was a surprise dance-floor hit reaching #8 on the US Billboard Dance Chart, as well as appearing in the 1984 Tom Hanks movie Bachelor Party.

SIDE A:
Prepare To Energize 5:30

SIDE B:
Prepare To Energize (The Fong Test) (8 Track Version) 5:55

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1983 Prepare To Energize U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #8

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: I.R.S. Records ‎– SP 70412
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Electro, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Producer – Torch Song
Written-By – Mayer*, Orbit*

NOTES:
From the LP “Wish Thing”

Find the 12″ on DISCOGS

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: 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 Removal: Manual
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

New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

“Bizarre Love Triangle” is a song by the English band New Order, released as a single in 1986 from their fourth studio album, Brotherhood (1986), which reached the top five on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart, and No. 5 on the Australian ARIA Charts (No. 1 on the Victoria state chart) in March 1987.

It failed to make the top 40 in either the United Kingdom (only reaching No. 56) or the US Billboard Hot 100. In the United States, the song also reached the eighth position on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart, but failed to chart on the Hot 100 during its original 1986 release. However, a new mix included on the The Best of New Order was released in 1994 and finally made a brief appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 in the number 98 position in 1995.

In 2004 the song was ranked number 201 in Rolling Stone’s “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time”.

“I Don’t Care” is also known as “Bizarre Dub Triangle”.

SIDE A:
Bizarre Love Triangle 6:43
Edited By – The Latin Rascals
Engineer [Remix] – Steve Peck
Remix, Edited By – Shep Pettibone

I Don’t Care 7:01
Edited By – The Latin Rascals
Engineer [Remix] – Steve Peck
Remix, Edited By – Shep Pettibone

SIDE B:
State Of The Nation 6:33
Engineer – Michael Johnson

Bizarre Love Triangle 3:45
Engineer [Remix] – Steve Peck
Remix – Shep Pettibone

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1986 Bizarre Love Triangle U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play100 #4
1986 Bizarre Love Triangle U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales #8

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Qwest Records ‎– 0-20546, Qwest Records ‎– 9 20546-0
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single, ARC Pressing
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Electro, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Producer, Written-By – New Order

NOTES:
Mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC, metalworks at Sheffield Lab Matrix, pressed by ARC.

“I Don’t Care” is also known as “Bizarre Dub Triangle”.

Find the 12″ on DISCOGS

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: 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 Removal: Manual
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