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Dead Or Alive – My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor) (US 7″ Promo)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1985

We could not have Pride month without the Liverpool band Dead Or Alive featuring LGBTQ+ Icon, Pete Burns, And His Impact Upon The World Through His Powerful Presence.

“People always want to know – am I gay, bi, trans, or what? I say, forget all that. There’s got to be a completely different terminology and I’m not aware if it’s been invented yet. I’m just Pete.” – Pete Burns.

“My Heart Goes Bang” is a 1985 song by the English pop band Dead or Alive. It was the fourth and final single from the band’s second studio album Youthquake. It peaked at No. 23 in the United Kingdom, No. 12 in Japan, and became a dance hit in the U.S.

++ The version included here is an edit of the “American ‘WIPE-OUT’ Mix”, otherwise unavailable on any other format. The mix title is not listed on the labels, and the same track is on both sides.

SIDE A:
My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor) (American ‘WIPE-OUT’ Mix Edit) 3:31

SIDE AA:
My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor) (American ‘WIPE-OUT’ Mix Edit) 3:31

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1985 My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor) U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #13

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic – 34-05832
Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave

CREDITS:

NOTES:
Taken From The Epic Lp: “Youthquake”

Demonstration Not For sale

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Robin Stanley – Get Ready (US 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1986

Despite the “Death Of Disco” at the end of the 1970s, the desire for a different type of dance music was being demanded by the gay clubs in the U.S. and the U.K.. Hi-NRG dance music filled that need and became all the rage in the mid to late 1980s. One of those records that I remember dancing to at an after-hours club called The Wreck Room in Oklahoma City was”Get Ready” by Robin Stanley a cover of a Motown song written by Smokey Robinson, which resulted in two hit records for the label: a U.S. No. 29 version by The Temptations in 1966, and a U.S. No. 4 version by Rare Earth in 1970.

Robin Stanley’s 1986 version is a 138 BPM floor-filling Hi-NRG dance track released on the legendary Oak Lawn Records label based in Dallas Texas. “Get Ready” was the only single Robin Stanley ever released there is not much information about her or the recording available.

SIDE A:
Get Ready (Club Mix) 6:28

SIDE B:
Get Ready (Yahney’s Dub) 5:10
Remix – Scott Yahney

Get Ready (Instrumental) 6:29

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Oak Lawn Records – OLR-122
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: HI-NRG

CREDITS:

NOTES:
138 BPM

Recorded At – Sound Lab Studios, Brooklyn, NY

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George Michael – Outside (US 12″ Promo)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1998

After George Michael was outed by the media, he returned to music with “Outside”, satirizing his arrest for lewd conduct in an L.A. public restroom,
and sending a statement to anybody who thought he might retreat back into the closet.

Its video was set in a men’s bathroom complete with a disco ball and light-up floor, with Michael dressed as an LAPD police officer.

“Outside” is a song by English singer-songwriter George Michael, released on 19 October 1998 as the lead single from his first greatest hits album, Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael (1998). It was released through Epic Records and reached number two on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Michael’s most recent UK top-three hit. In Greece, Hungary, and Spain, the song peaked at number one.

The song was Michael’s first single since his arrest for engaging in a lewd act six months earlier by an undercover police officer in the public lavatory of the Will Rogers Memorial Park in Beverly Hills, California – an incident that prompted him to declare his homosexuality, which had been rumored for some years but never publicly confirmed.

Michael disparaged the incident in the lyrics, claiming he wanted an alfresco sex life because he was bored with lovemaking behind closed doors. Reference to the Beverly Hills affair came with the line “I’d service the community, but I already have, you see” (he was sentenced to 80 hours of community service for the offense) and direct samples of radio reports of his arrest.

In a 2004 interview with Adam Mattera for UK magazine Attitude, Michael reflected: “I felt that lightening the stigma around cruising was the most immediately beneficial thing I could do. I know for a fact that when I was 16, 17, when I started cruising, watching the Outside video would have taken some of the weight off my shoulders.”

The song was recorded at Sarm West in London with a string section and arrangement by Andrew Skeet.

“Outside” peaked at number one in Greece, Hungary, and Spain. In addition, it reached number two in the United Kingdom, number three in Italy, number four in Denmark, number five in Iceland, number seven in Ireland, and number eight in Finland. On the Eurochart Hot 100, “Outside” reached number three in November 1998. Outside Europe, the song reached number three on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, number 11 in New Zealand, and number 13 in Australia.

**This 12″ Promo contains vinyl-only U.S. remixes.

SIDE A:
Outside (Hex Hector 12″ Vocal Mix) 8:48
Engineer, Keyboards, Programmed By – Mac Quayle
Producer [Additional Production], Remix – Hex Hector

Outside (Sharp “Unlocked” Remix) 8:28
Engineer [Mix Engineer] – Kevin White
Producer [Additional Production], Remix – The Sharp Boys
Remix – Sharp*

SIDE B:
Outside (Razor-n-Guido Orange ‘e’ Dub) 9:56
Producer [Additional Production], Remix – Razor-n-Guido*

Outside (Album Version) 4:43

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1998 Outside U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #3

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic Dance – EAS 41703
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1998
Genre: Electronic
Style: House

CREDITS:

NOTES:
Album version from the LP “Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael”

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Thompson Twins – Bush Baby (Remix) (US 7″ Promo)

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“Bush Baby” was the third and final single released from the sixth studio album “Close To The Bone” by the British pop group Thompson Twins. “Bush Baby” was only released as a single in the United States but failed to chart.

For this 7″ release the song was given an untitled remix, and has not appeared on CD or digitally as far as i know.

SIDE A:
Bush Baby (7” remix) 3:46

SIDE B:
Follow Your Heart 3:49

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Arista – AS1-9622
Format: Vinyl, 7″, Promo, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synthpop, Pop Rock

CREDITS:

NOTES:
A-side is an untitled remix version; track durations are listed incorrectly on the labels.

Promotional Copy Not For Sale
From the LP “CLOSE TO THE BONE”

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