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Sheena Easton – Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) (US 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1983

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Originally posted March 13, 2013

“Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)” is a song by Scottish singer Sheena Easton, the first single released from her fourth album, 1983’s Best Kept Secret. In November 1984, Easton added “Telefono” to her Spanish album Todo Me Recuerda a Ti for the Latin markets. The song was nominated for a Grammy in 1983 for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

The song was most successful in the United States, where it became Easton’s fourth top 10 hit, peaking at number nine for two weeks in October and November 1983. The song was less successful in Easton’s native United Kingdom where it reached number 84.

The music video, shot in black and white, featured Easton in a haunted house and a cemetery, being pursued by Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster, and the Hunchback of Notre Dame before being rescued by King Kong.

Although “Telefone” was released internationally as a single the North and South American markets were the only territories were a 12″ single was released.

SIDE A:
Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) (Club Mix) 6:09

SIDE B:
Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) (Dub Mix) 4:16

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1983 Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #9
1983 Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks #15
1983 Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play #9

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI America – 7814
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:

NOTES:
Album version can be heard on “Best Kept Secret”

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VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
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THE GEAR:
Turntable: Technics SL-1200MK7
Cartridge/Stylus:  Ortofon 2M Black PnP MkII
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro Spin Acrylic Mat
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
Tubes: Genalex Gold Lion 12AX7 ECC83/B759 Gold Pins Vacuum Tube – Matched Pair
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:
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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Huey Lewis & The News – Small World (US 12″)

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“Small World” was the second single released, and title track of the fifth studio LP by American Pop/Rock band Huey Lewis & The News. The single debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 on October 8, 1988, peaking at #25 on November 26, 1988, after spending eleven weeks on the survey.

Although it reached the top 20 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, the album did not sell as well as the band’s previous albums, Sports and Fore!. However, Lewis himself stated in a Behind the Music interview that the recording process for Small World had the most favorable working conditions.

SIDE A:
Small World (Extended Dance Mix) 7:11
Engineer [Remix Assistant] – Bridgett Daily
Engineer [Remix] – Gary Hellman
Remix, Edited By – John Luongo
Written-By – Hayes, Lewis*

SIDE B:
Small World (Part One & Two) 7:39
Written-By – Hayes, Lewis

Perfect World 4:05
Written-By – A. Call*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1988 Small World Pt. 1 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #25

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis – 4V9 43308
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock

CREDITS:

NOTES:
Mastered at Masterdisk.
Side A remixed and edited for “The Office, Inc.”.

From the LP “SMALL WORLD”

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VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
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THE GEAR:
Turntable: Technics SL-1200MK7
Cartridge/Stylus:  Ortofon 2M Black PnP MkII
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro Spin Acrylic Mat
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
Tubes: Genalex Gold Lion 12AX7 ECC83/B759 Gold Pins Vacuum Tube – Matched Pair
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:
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

**24bit FLAC Only Available For Seven Days!


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U2 – Two Hearts Beat As One (US 12″ Promo)

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“Two Hearts Beat as One” is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the seventh track on their 1983 album, War, and was released as its second single in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia on 21 March 1983.

The music video was directed by Meiert Avis and was filmed outside the Basilica of Sacré Coeur de Montmartre in Paris in March 1983 and portrays the band performing the song, intercut with scenes of an acrobat and other scenes featuring Peter Rowen (the boy who appears on the album cover). The Parisian church is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Unlike the other videos from the album, it has never been included on any of the band’s video compilations.

It was released as the album’s second single in the US, UK and Australia, as opposed to “Sunday Bloody Sunday”, which was released only in the mainland of Europe. Both singles were released in Japan.

SIDE A:
Two Hearts Beat As One 5:54
Engineer – Glenn Rosenstein, Michael Hutchinson
Remix – François Kevorkian

SIDE B:
Two Hearts Beat As One (Album Version) 4:03

Two Hearts Beat As One (Edit) 3:52
Engineer –  Paul Thomas

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1983 Two Hearts Beat as One U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 #101
1983 Two Hearts Beat As One U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks #12

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Island Records – DMD 643
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, Promo, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, New Wave

CREDITS:

NOTES:
“Promotional copy. Not For Sale”

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VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

THE GEAR:
Turntable: Technics SL-1200MK7
Cartridge/Stylus:  Ortofon 2M Black PnP MkII
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro Spin Acrylic Mat
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
Tubes: Genalex Gold Lion 12AX7 ECC83/B759 Gold Pins Vacuum Tube – Matched Pair
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:
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

**24bit FLAC Only Available For Seven Days!


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Raindolls – Disco Santa Claus (US 12″)

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Originally posted December 7, 2012

Disco Friday!

Season’s Greetings, this year you’ll be hanging the Christmas stockings with cheer, as boogie fever fills the air!Disco

“Disco Santa Claus” is a one-off Disco single by the studio group Raindolls. Produced and arranged by Eric Matthew one of the co-founders of the Disco group Gary’s Gang the song also includes drums by Gary’s Gang drummer Gary Turner. “Disco Santa Claus” was produced by Profile Records founder Cory Robbins. The b-side “Santa’s Theme” is an instrumental of “Disco Santa Claus”.

SIDE A:
 Disco Santa Claus 6:50
Written-By – Stan Cleveland

SIDE B:
Santa’s Theme 6:37
Written-By – C. Robbins, E. Matthew, G. Turnier*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: AVI Records – AVI-12-242-D
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1978
Genre: Funk/Soul
Style: Disco, Holiday

CREDITS:

NOTES:
Produced for Our First Time Production Company, Inc.
BPM 120

Housed in a “Giant Disco Single” custom Christmas AVI records sleeve.

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VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
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THE GEAR:
Turntable: Technics SL-1200MK7
Cartridge/Stylus:  Ortofon 2M Black PnP MkII
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro Spin Acrylic Mat
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
Tubes: Genalex Gold Lion 12AX7 ECC83/B759 Gold Pins Vacuum Tube – Matched Pair
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:
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

**24bit FLAC Only Available For Seven Days!


Password: burningtheground

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