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October 14, 2022

Joe Jackson – You Can’t Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want) (US 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1984

“You Can’t Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)” is a single from Joe Jackson’s 1984 album Body and Soul.

The track features a slap bass performance from Jackson’s longtime bassist Graham Maby. Maby recalled, “For ‘You Can’t Get What You Want,’ on Body and Soul, Joe wanted me to slap. It was certainly not one of my strengths, but I think the track came out fine, and it was fun to play live.”

In the United States the single peaked at #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the UK it reached #77.

SIDE A:
You Can’t Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want) (Specially Remixed Version) 6:24

SIDE B:
You Can’t Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want) (Dub Version) 4:53
Cha Cha Loco 4:44

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1984	You Can’t Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#15
1984	You Can’t Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)	U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	#13

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: A&M Records – SP-12098
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic, Pop
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Arranged By, Written-By – Joe Jackson
Engineer [Mix] – Michael Hutchinson (tracks: A, B1)
Mixed By – John “Jellybean” Benitez (tracks: A, B1)
Producer –David Kershenbaum, Joe Jackson

NOTES:
A: Original version appears on the A&M album “Body And Soul”
B: From the A&M album “Body And Soul”

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THE GEAR:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Black
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
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:
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FLAC (Level Eight)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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October 12, 2022

Wham! – Freedom (Long Mix) (US 12″)

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Originally posted April 16, 2014

++The U.S. “Long Mix” is an alternate mix which is about one minute shorter than the “Long Version” released in Europe and Japan.

“Freedom” is a hit song by British pop duo Wham!. “Freedom” was number one in the UK for three weeks, and featured on the album Make It Big, which was issued at the same time. “Freedom” was the 10th biggest-selling single of 1984. This song also reached number 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in the US in September 1985. The music video, coinciding with the 1985 US release, features the band touring around Beijing, China.

The song finds George Michael telling a girl that he wants to fully commit to her, and not have one of those relationships where they can see other people.

When Wham! went to China in April, 1985, they became the first Western Pop act to play a concert in that country. While there is absolutely nothing political about the song, footage from the trip was used to make a music video for the track, implying a more global meaning of the title.

The video opens with about a minute of the band talking under clips of the Chinese people and the countryside. Wham! was one of the biggest acts on MTV at the time, but the network, fearing the short attention spans of their viewers, wanted to cut out the intro (this was before Michael Jackson changed the game with “Thriller”). The band’s manager, Simon Napier-Bell, refused, and MTV ended up airing the full video. Napier-Bell apparently found the negotiations with MTV much easier than those with the Chinese government.

In an interview with the Christmas 2009 issue of THE BIG ISSUE, Michael said of this song, that when he wrote it he knew he had arrived: “When I was 19, I wrote Freedom – the original version – and I thought, ‘I can’t believe I’ve just done that!’ I was absolutely thrilled. Because until then I had no real understanding of my abilities, but with Freedom, I started to take myself seriously as a writer.”

SIDE A:
Freedom (Long Mix) 6:17

SIDE B:
Heartbeat 4:42
Freedom (Instrumental) 5:04

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1984	Freedom	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#3
1984	Freedom	U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	#4

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Columbia ‎– 44-05238
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic, Pop
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Arranged By, Producer – George Michael
Written-By – G. Michael*

NOTES:
Taken from the Columbia LP: “MAKE IT BIG”

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October 11, 2022

Pajama Party – Yo No Sé (US 12″)

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“Yo No Sé” is a freestyle dance single by American female vocal trio from Brooklyn, New York Pajama Party. The original members were Jennifer McQuilkin of New Jersey, Daphne Rubin-Vega of Panama, and Suzi Ranta of Michigan with songwriter Peggy Sendars and songwriter/producer Jim Klein.

The band’s biggest hit single, “Yo No Sé” (1988) (sung by Jennifer McQuilkin), was one of the first freestyle songs in which the title was entirely in the Spanish language, which peaked at #75 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was taken from the band’s debut LP “Up All Night” whidh was released October 23, 1989 on Atlantic Records.

SIDE A:
Yo No Sé (12″ Club) 7:27
Yo No Sé (House) 7:08

SIDE B:
Yo No Sé (Edit Of 12″ Vocal) 5:12
Yo No Sé (Dub Mix) 6:53
Yo No Sé (Percapella) 5:12

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1988	Yo No Sé	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#75
1988	Yo No Sé	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#34

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: 23 West Records – 0-86478, Atlantic – 0-86478
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: Freestyle, House

CREDITS:
Edited By [Edits] – Chep Nunez*
Executive-Producer – Robert J. Gordon, Peggy Sendars, Stephen Rosen
Mastered By –Herbie Powers*
Producer – Jim Klein
Producer [Additional Production], Remix –David Darlington, “Bonzai” Jim Lyons
Programmed By [Additional Drum Programming] – Arnold “Mad Dog” Rodriguez
Written-By – Klein, Sendars

NOTES:
From the LP “Up All Night”

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October 5, 2022

Oingo Boingo – Not My Slave (US 12″)

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“Not My Slave” was the second single taken from the 1987 studio album Boi-ngo by American band Oingo Boingo on MCA Records. The single was self-produced by band members Danny Elfman and Steve Bartek.

SIDE A:
Not My Slave (Club Dub Mix) 7:42

SIDE B:
Not My Slave (Extended Remix) 5:53

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: – MCA Records – MCA-23752
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: Alternative Rock, New Wave

CREDITS:
Engineer [Remix] – Paul Brown
Mastered By – Wally*
Producer – Danny Elfman, Steve Bartek
Programmed By [Synclavier Programmer] – Steve Croes*
Remix, Producer [Additional Production] – Boris Granich, Christer Modig
Written-By – Danny Elfman

NOTES:
Original version appears on the MCA LP, “Boi-ngo”.
Remixed and additionally production by Christer Modig and Bonis Granich for Powermixers.

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
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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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