Tag: US

November 10, 2022

Talk Talk/Duran Duran – The Big Mouth Mega-mix / The Knock-out Mix (US 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1991

This is the scare DJ Service Megamix 12″ single from U.S.-based label ON-USound (Later known as Euro-Mixx). The 12″ features on the A-side “The Big Mouth Mega-Mix” by the British band “Talk Talk” who are best known for their 1984 hit “It’s My Life” which is featured as well as the 1982 hit “Talk Talk” in this nearly twelve-minute mega-mix of some of the band’s well-known tracks.

The flip side is for Duran Duran fans and is a must-have. The “Knock-out Mix” which features most of Duran’s biggest hits all continuously mixed. This megamix alone is worth hunting down this 12″ vinyl treasure, you will not be disappointed it’s a Duranie’s dream come true twelve minutes of Duran Duran bliss…

As with most of the ON-USound/Euro-Mixx titles, multiple sources were used to create these megamixes so quality does vary from track to track. I have made every effort to ensure the best-sounding transfer.

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

SIDE A:
Talk Talk – The Big Mouth Mega-Mix 11:52
Music By – Talk Talk
Words By – Mark Hollis

Living In Another World
Dum Dum Girl
Happiness Is Easy
Such A Shame
It’s My Life
Talk Talk
My Foolish Friend

SIDE B:
Duran Duran – The Knock-Out Mix 12:29
Written-By – A. Taylor*, J. Taylor*, N. Rhodes*, R. Taylor*, S. LeBon*

I Don’t Want Your Love
Notorious
Wild Boys
Save A Prayer
Union Of The Snake
All She Wants Is
A View To A Kill
The Reflex
Decadance

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: ON-USound – TT-15, ON-USound – DD-15
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Unofficial Release, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1991
Genre: Electronic
Style: House, Synth-pop, New Wave

NOTES:
Bootleg unofficial megamixes

Buy the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

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:
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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November 3, 2022

Wang Chung – Hypnotize Me (US 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1987

NEW 2022 Transfer!
NEW Meticulous Restoration!

Originally posted June 11, 2014

“Hypnotize Me” is a single by Wang Chung. The song was on their 1986 album, Mosaic. The single reached #36 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and also #13 on the U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks.

The song was also featured on the soundtrack to the movie Innerspace.

The single’s b-side, “Lullaby”, was originally on the soundtrack to the film To Live and Die in L.A., which was recorded by Wang Chung.

SIDE A:
Hypnotize Me (Insomnia Mix) 6:46
Engineer – Brian Malouf , Peter Müller*
Producer, Arranged By – Peter Wolf (3)
Remix – Bino Espinoza

SIDE B:
Hypnotize Me (Innerspace Mix) 4:21
Engineer – Brian Malouf , Peter Müller*
Producer, Arranged By – Peter Wolf (3)
Remix – Jeremy Smith (2)

Lullaby 4:40
Producer – Wang Chung
Recorded By – David Motion

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1987	Hypnotize Me	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#36
1987	Hypnotize Me	U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	#13

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Geffen Records – 0-20661
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Photography – David McIntyre
Written-By –Wang Chung

NOTES:
Recorded in Motion–Rama by David Motion

“Hypnotize Me” featured in the Motion Picture and Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, “INNERSPACE”. Available on Geffen Records. Also from the Wang Chung album “MOSAIC” on Geffen Records.

“Lullaby” from the Motion Picture Soundtrack “TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A”. on Geffen Records.

Buy the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

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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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”

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

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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October 12, 2022

Wham! – Freedom (Long Mix) (US 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1985

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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”

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

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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