BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983
NEW 2020 Transfer!
Meticulously Remastered!
Originally posted November 14, 2011
“Over My Head” is a song by American singer Toni Basil. It was featured on her self-titled 1983 album and reached number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 4 on the US Dance chart.
A music video for the song was released, directed by Basil and Michelle Simmons.
The video was nominated for “Best Choreography” at the first MTV Music Video Awards, in 1984. The video lost, however, to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.”
SIDE A:
Over My Head (Special Extended Remix) 5:02
SIDE B:
Over My Head (Instrumental) 3:40
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
CHARTS:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Over My Head | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #81 |
| 1983 | Over My Head | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | #4 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis – 4V9 42754
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Rock
Style: Synth-pop, New Wave
CREDITS:
Art Direction – Richard Seireeni
Cover [Concept] – Gerald V. Casale
Engineer – Brian Reeves
Mastered By – Brian Gardner
Photography By – Allen Ballard*
Producer – Richie Zito
Written-By – Franne Golde, Sue Shifrin
NOTES:
Recorded at Oasis Studios
Mastered at Allen Zentz
From the album “Toni Basil”
Find the 12″ at DISCOGS
VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net
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
DAC/Phono Pre-amp: 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 USED:
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
Username: btg
Password: burningtheground
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The links don’t work anymore, too bad!
Essa versão é tem uma mixagem bem diferente…
No youtube é possível ver os trabalhos (como dançarina /cantora/coreografa) que Toni fez.
GRATO, Paul!
Thank You SO much for the re up. I still have my 12″ last year got it signed by Toni! Any chance You might re up her other 12″ Do You Wanna Dance and Street Beat esp. Thank You so much!
I have posted all of them many years ago so yes I am planning to give them all a new transfer 🙂
Thank you for this updated rip of one of my favorite Toni Basil songs. Other favorites are Street Beat, Do You Wanna Dance and of course Mickey.
You’re welcome Chad 🙂
An absolute favorite of mine. Thanks so much Paul for this re-up. Miss Basil is such a guilty pleasure and she’s so much more than her big hit “Mickey.”
Jeff
Enjoy, Jeff 🙂
Thank you Paul for this re-rip. Love this song and mix. It sounds a bit as a Giorgio Moroder production.
When I first heard this song I thought for sure Giorgio Moroder was behind it too 🙂