Time Zone Featuring John Lydon & Afrika Bambaataa – World Destruction (Japan 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984

Inauguration Day

“World Destruction” is a single by electro band Time Zone headed by Afrika Bambaataa.

In December 1984, Time Zone released their most well-known single, “World Destruction”. A collaboration between Bambaataa, ex-Sex Pistol/Public Image Ltd. leader John Lydon, and producer/bassist Bill Laswell. The “World Destruction” single was arranged by Laswell after Lydon and Bambaataa had acknowledged respect for each other’s work:

Afrika Bambaataa: “I was talking to Bill Laswell saying I need somebody who’s really crazy, man, and he thought of John Lydon. I knew he was perfect because I’d seen this movie that he’d made (Copkiller), I knew about all the Sex Pistols and Public Image stuff, so we got together and we did a smashing crazy version, and a version where he cussed the Queen something terrible, which was never released.”

John Lydon: “We went in, put a drum beat down on the machine and did the whole thing in about four-and-a-half hours. It was very, very quick.”

Bernie Worrell, Nicky Skopelitis, and Aïyb Dieng also played on the single, which was released by Celluloid Records on December 1, 1984. The track peaked at #44 in the UK Singles Chart in February 1985.

Although this single did predate Run-DMC and Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way”, it is sometimes incorrectly referred to as the first rap-rock record. This is not true as Run-DMC had incorporated hard rock guitar into songs, most notably “Rock Box”, in April 1984.

There are no mix titles given on sleeve or labels for each mix.

SIDE A:
World Destruction 5:32

SIDE B:
World Destruction 6:27

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Celluloid ‎– 12AP 3018, CBS/Sony ‎– 12AP 3018
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: Japan
Released: 05 Mar 1985
Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop, Rock
Style: Electro

CREDITS:
Bass, Drum Machine [Dmx] – Bill Laswell
Guitar – Nicky Skopelitis
Management [Administration For Material] –Roger Trilling
Mastered By – Robert Musso
Mixed By – Robert Musso
Mixed By [Assistant] – Mark Procopio
Percussion – Aiyb Dieng
Photography, Design – Thi-Linh Le
Producer – Afrika Bambaataa, Bill Laswell, Bill Laswell, Material
Recorded By – Rob Stevens
Recorded By [Assistant] – Hanh Rowe*
Synthesizer – Bernie Worrell
Vocals – Afrika Bambaataa, John Lydon
Written-By – A. Bambaataa*, B. Laswell*

NOTES:
Mixed by at RPM Studio
Recorded by at Evergreen Studio
Mastered at Masterdisk

Afrika Bambaataa is an exclusive artist of Tommy Boy and appears with their permission
Afrika Bambaataa courtesy of Tommy Boy Records
John Lydon courtesy of Elektra/Asylum Records

Find the 12″ on DISCOGS

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck 
Phono Pre-amp:
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube:
Tung-Sol 12AX7ECC803-S Gold Electron Tube
Soundcard:
ESI Juli@
Record Cleaning:
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans:
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: 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)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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Mr Maxell LN
Mr Maxell LN
January 22, 2017 4:02 am

Hi Paul, thanks for the great rips over the years. While I agree with your analysis of Trump, I want to share my opinions about the trump phenominon from a completely different perspective; as a independent media start up, that was silenced from the so called BIG BOYS of the media world. As a person trying to setup an independent media outlet here in Australia over a fifteen year period, I’ve seen how politicians and the big boys of the press suck up in bed with eachother. I had proposed a radio station that would advocate for those with a… Read more »

Paul
January 22, 2017 3:55 am

Hey Paul, welcome back. Hope you are feeling a lot better. I must say I am disappointed that DJT has not tweeted about this post, stating that Burning The Ground is fake news and he likes songs that got higher than #44. You know, like the 3 Doors Down Smash Mouth Covers album 🙂

David
David
January 21, 2017 4:26 pm

Happy to have you back & posting, Paul. Hope you’re recovering nicely.

joe
joe
January 21, 2017 1:38 pm

love this song….

dbonser
dbonser
January 21, 2017 8:39 am

Welcome back Paul and thanks for your hard work in providing these great tracks for us. Here is another possibility on track names:

from http://www.silent-watcher.net/billlaswell/discography/t/worlddestruction.html:

1/ World Destruction (Extended 12″ Remix) (Bambaataa,Laswell) 5.34
2/ World Destruction (12″ Instrumental Blast) (Bambaataa,Laswell) 6.27

Peter
Peter
January 21, 2017 1:05 am

here is the version title:

1985 CBS/Sony ‎– 12AP 3018

A1 World Destruction (Vocal)
A2 World Destruction (Extended)

Davos Via 45
Davos Via 45
January 20, 2017 11:05 pm

Glad to see you back Paul!

Same technical problems with 24 bit files,
Track 1, compression ratio 29%, actual bit depth 16 bit
Track 2, compression ratio 57%, actual bit depth 24 bit

memoryboy
memoryboy
January 20, 2017 8:29 pm

Trump won by CHEATING. And LYING. (Putin) … On the other hand, Clinton would have been a wonderful first Female President, in my opinion. Oh well, let’s see what happens. The protests will never end! Cheers.

memoryboy
memoryboy
January 20, 2017 8:27 pm

Welcome back, and I might add this song is PERFECT for today’s dreadful happening’s in the world, most namely the person being sworn in as our President. God save us all!

Emodleo
Emodleo
January 20, 2017 7:50 pm

I’d just like do be one of the many to say it’s really good to have you back!

micmij
micmij
January 20, 2017 6:31 pm

Welcome back, Paul! A topical post, as always, from you on these occasions.

Bellenger1981
Bellenger1981
January 20, 2017 6:12 pm

Welcome back! Hope that you are doing well! Thank you for the post!

Klaus S. Dudek
Klaus S. Dudek
January 20, 2017 5:11 pm

Welcome back Paul!

Titles given on sticker in Japanese.

Side A: World Destruction (Vocal Version)
Side B: World Destruction (Extended Version)

Aaron Parson
January 20, 2017 3:43 pm

Perfect, Thank You!!!

Junior
Junior
January 20, 2017 3:10 pm

Welcome back Paul and back with a bang, so I see 🙂

AnthonyC
AnthonyC
January 20, 2017 2:43 pm

As a neutral bystander I do find the negative attitude towards Trump very alarming. Firstly, take Trump out of the equation, surely no living soul would have voted for Clinton. She is proven to be corrupt! Just because Trump is a bit daft, why does this make everyone turn a blind eye to Clinton’s pure evil. I’m just not sure who is worse, George or Hillary! Secondly, I have seen numerous protests against Trump yet he hasn’t done anything yet. However, I ask the protesters two simple questions. 1) Where were you when Putin was bombing and murdering people in… Read more »

Andy
Andy
Reply to  AnthonyC
January 20, 2017 4:03 pm

Right on target. Thanks for your common sense post.

David Gerard
David Gerard
Reply to  Andy
January 20, 2017 5:01 pm

yeah, that’s clearly really organic commentary, well done

USR
USR
Reply to  DjPaulT
January 21, 2017 7:08 am

Dear Paul.
Hillary greater evil of the world. Obama has unleashed a lot of violent changes of government and wars. Iraq, Libya, Syria, Ukraine … Hillary wanted to continue the legacy of Obama unleash new wars and drown the world in blood.
This crazy woman could start a war against Russia, too. Our planet would be turned into ash radioctivity. Trump proposes to contract and to respect the interests of others. It’s good. I hope we can agree to cooperate and live in peace.

Best regards from Russia.
Peace to your home.

Bellenger1981
Bellenger1981
Reply to  USR
January 21, 2017 3:19 pm

Exactly. This is my main problem with Hillary and Obama. They are war hawks and fit the post title of “World Destruction”.

Paul, I agree with your analysis of Trump, but I don’t think that Hillary would have made a great president either. I agree with USR. Warmongering and killing innocent civilians is not respecting human rights. Sorry.

Bellenger1981
Bellenger1981
Reply to  AnthonyC
January 20, 2017 6:17 pm

A great point. I may add yet another question … where are the protests regarding the U.S. bombing innocent people? How many countries is the U.S. bombing right now under the guise of “the war on terror”?

Dirk
Dirk
Reply to  AnthonyC
January 25, 2017 12:26 pm

And who are you? Putin’s historian? Facts or spin? In the Netherlands there are some more stories about Ukraine and who does what over there, with more Dutch people and Americans involved than russians, I get.

Chris
Chris
January 20, 2017 2:24 pm

Glad you’re feeling better and an excellent choice for today’s rip.
“Who wants to be a president or a king?”
“ME!”

BE.D12''
BE.D12''
January 20, 2017 2:15 pm

Ben Tornato DJPaul!!!☺

Christian
Christian
January 20, 2017 1:44 pm

Good to see you well again!

Matthew
Matthew
January 20, 2017 1:30 pm

Welcome back Paul! Fantastic post for today. Spot on! And I never get tired of this track, an amazing collaboration of artists with different backgrounds. A timeless classic!

NKelly
NKelly
January 20, 2017 12:52 pm

Welcome back Paul. Have to say i disagree with the viewpoint what with Killary and that paedo husband but this is all about the music so let’s leave that behind. Let’s at least give him a chance and if he fails, he fails. Politics is corrupt as hell. Always has been and always will be. Hope you are fully or at least near-fully recovered. Many thanks and enjoy your weekend.

Andy
Andy
Reply to  NKelly
January 20, 2017 4:01 pm

I completely agree. I’m sick and tired of politics being injected where it doesn’t belong. Liberals are just now realizing what conservatives felt 8 years ago and are handling by violent protests. Love the hypocracy of the “tolerant” Left.

Breed7
Breed7
Reply to  Andy
January 21, 2017 11:22 pm

No, Andy. We do not feel what you felt eight years ago. You were “scared” of a man who did not pledge to take away any of your rights? You were “scared” of a Harvard-Law educated Constitutional scholar who knows more about American government than almost anyone else in the country? Or were you scared because a black man had become president? For those of us who are scared today, we have actual reasons for it. Not imaginary, hypothetical reasons, but real reasons. The party in power has pledged to take away our access to healthcare — especially those of… Read more »

Dirk
Dirk
Reply to  DjPaulT
January 23, 2017 1:56 pm

Political sidenote again,isn’t America a corporation, legally pushed to make profit no matter what the cost for custumers and employees? Than that whole society is nothing more than a farce, a stable to grow cattle-folk who’ll be more worth to the economy/money-flow/stockholders when they are sick than healthy? Another sidenote, speaking of Japan, does anyone knows about what music the orchestra played when Fukoshima started leaking, and maybe more important, is it closed already, is their fish and ocean still a no-go for us the next 267.54 years? Any documentation on that? Vaccin, when will there be a song about… Read more »

Jeff
Jeff
January 20, 2017 11:41 am

First things first: WELCOME BACK PAUL!!! I have certainly missed you and was extremely concerned over your surgery and well being. I sincerely hope and pray you are feeling much better. And now, what a way to comeback with such a timely post for Inauguration Day!! This record kicks serious butt and packs quite the intense message. I remember when this track came out during the Reagan years and I thought it got its message across loud and clear. Afrika Bambaataa was such a genius to team up with John Lydon, and of course Bill Laswell, a phenomenal producer. I… Read more »