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March 6, 2024

Rick Astley – She Wants To Dance With Me (Night & Day Remixes) (US 12″ Promo)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1988

“She Wants to Dance with Me” is a song written and recorded by English singer-songwriter Rick Astley, released as the lead single from his second studio album, Hold Me in Your Arms (1988). The song was released in United Kingdom on September 12, 1988 by RCA, and became an international success, peaking in the top ten in many countries, including Canada, where it topped the chart, and the US and the UK, where it reached number six.

Originally the “Remix” was exclusive to the USA market but has since appeared on other formats internationally.

THE NIGHT SIDE:
She Wants To Dance With Me (Bordering On A Collie Mix) 6:05
Remix – Phil Harding

THE DAY SIDE:
She Wants To Dance With Me (Remix) 5:40
Remix – Pete Hammond

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1988	She Wants To Dance With Me	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#6
1988	She Wants To Dance With Me	U.S. BillboardAdult Contemporary Tracks	#5
1988	She Wants To Dance With Me	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#13

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: RCA – 8851-1-RDND
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic, Pop
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:

Producer – Harding / Curnow*, Astley*
Written-By – Astley*

NOTES:
From the forthcoming RCA LP “HOLD ME IN YOUR ARMAS”

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VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
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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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March 5, 2024

Kids In The Kitchen – Bitter Desire (US 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1986

“Bitter Desire” is a song by the Australian pop/new wave group Kids in the Kitchen. The song was released in April 1984 as the second single from their debut studio album Shine (1985) released as Kids In The Kitchen in the USA (1986). The song peaked at number 17 on the Australian Kent Music Report.

On 15 April 1984, the group performed “Bitter Desire” at the annual Countdown Music and Video Awards, where they were nominated for ‘Most Promising New Talent’ and ‘Best Debut Single’ for “Change in Mood”.

By the time of the single’s release and despite appearing in the videoclip for “Bitter Desire”, lead guitarist Greg Dorman and keyboardist Greg Woodhead had departed the line-up to be replaced by Claude Carranza and Alistair Coia, respectively.

Countdown Magazine said at the time of release,”Bitter Desire” should seal [their] fate. That record is simply the best Australian single so far this year, and displays a depth of inspiration beyond any mere beginner’s luck.”

++”Bitter Desire” was the band’s only single to have a 12″ released in the United States. All of the mixes are exclusive to this 12″.

SIDE A:
Bitter Desire (Club Mix) 5:58
Bitter Desire (Edit) 3:48

SIDE B:
Bitter Desire (Dub) 6:34

Not The Way 2:31
Mixed By – Craig Harnath
Producer, Mixed By – Mark S. Berry*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Sire – 0-20554
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:

Artwork [Front Cover Illustration] – Jean Hoffman, Paul Hoffman (6)
Engineer – Dave Ogrin (tracks: A1 to B1)
Mixed By, Edited By – Freddy Bastone (tracks: A1 to B1)
Producer – David Kershenbaum (tracks: A1 to B1)

NOTES:
Tracks A1 to B1: Original versions available on the “Kids In the Kitchen” album on Sire Records Recorded at AAV Studios.

Track B2: From the the “Kids In the Kitchen” album on Sire Records Recorded at Platinum Studios.

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VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
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February 28, 2024

Voyou – Houseman/Germany Calling (US 12″)

burning The Ground Exclusive 1988

“Houseman/Germany Calling” is a New Beat single by the pioneering German trio Voyou consisting of Andreas Dux, Thomas Althen, and Udo Niebergal. The single was mixed by Alexander Henninger (Moskwa TV). “Hoseman/Germany Calling” was released in the USA on the Dallas, Texas-based label Oaklawn Records.

The record was very popular in U.S. dance clubs debuting on the Billboard Dance Chart on August 13, 1988, peaking at #46 after spending five weeks on the survey.

SIDE A:
Houseman 5:52
Germany Calling 5:56

SIDE B:
Houseman (The Razormaid Mix) 6:52
Edited By [Re-edited] – Art Maharg
Remix –Razormaid

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1988	Houseman/Germany Calling	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#46

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Oak Lawn Records – OLR-130
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno, Electro, New Beat, Synth-pop

CREDITS:

Mixed By, Recorded By – Alexander Henninger, Voyou
Written-By – Andreas Dux*, Thomas Althen, Udo Niebergall

NOTES:
122 BPM
Recorded and mixed at Dynation Studio.
Side-A mastered at A&R record and tape Mfg., Dallas, Texas.
Side-B mastered at Mastering Lab, Hollywood, California

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VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
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February 27, 2024

Thompson Twins – Sugar Daddy (US 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1989

“Sugar Daddy” is a song by British pop group Thompson Twins, which was released in 1989 as the lead single from their seventh studio album Big Trash. The song was written and produced by Tom Bailey and Alannah Currie. “Sugar Daddy” reached number 28 on the US Billboard Hot 100 (their final Top 40 hit in the US) and number 97 in the UK Singles Chart.

In a 1989 interview on MuchMusic, Bailey described the song as sounding “quite sugary” but added “the message is quite disturbing”. He added, “It’s about sexual manipulation, affection traded for power, and as with all those sort of power-gain relationships, there’s always a sugar coating, so that’s why the song is so sugary but the message so bizarre.”

Speaking on MuchMusic, Currie revealed some of the unused sequences of the video, “The video was funny. I wanted to be the angel of death in it, with a black guitar and wings, but I kept getting stuck up there and screaming to get down, so we had to lose some of those shots. And then they built this enormous 12 foot skirt, I wanted to have these men coming out from under my skirt, and they edited that down to make it a bit more acceptable. I wanted to be the original hell’s angel, it didn’t quite come off. I always get disappointed by our videos.”

++ “Big Daddy’s Dub”, and “Velvet Rail Dub” have not appeared on CD.

SIDE A:
Sugar Daddy (Sweet N’ Low Mix) 5:37
Sugar Daddy (Big Daddy’s Dub) 5:14
Sugar Daddy (7″ Remix) 3:38

SIDE B:
Sugar Daddy (Velvet Rail Mix) 7:42
Sugar Daddy (Velvet Rail Dub) 5:49
Monkey Man 3:34
Engineer, Mixed By – Keith Fernley

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1989	Sugar Daddy	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#28
1989	Sugar Daddy	U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	#16
1989	Sugar Daddy	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#2

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Warner Bros. Records – 0-21320, Red Eye (2) – 9 21320-0
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: House, Pop Rock, Synth-pop

CREDITS:

Edited By – Tony Shimkin
Edited By, Producer [Additional Production], Remix – Shep Pettibone
Engineer [Remix Engineer] – Goh Hotoda

Artwork By [Design] – Satori
Artwork By [Front Cover] – Tilby
Mixed By – Phil Thornalley
Photography – Holt
Producer – Alannah Currie, Tom Bailey
Programmed By [uncredited] – Alan Friedman (tracks: A1 to B2)
Written-By – Currie*, Bailey*

NOTES:
From the LP “BIG TRASH”

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VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
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RESTORATION NOTES:
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Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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