BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1989
Trick or treat goblins and ghouls. This is a special Rhythm Stick brew just for you. A special Halloween issue.
Rhythm Stick was a DJ-only subscription/remix service based in Cazadero, CA (USA) that operated during 1989 -1992 ~ releases were pressed in limited quantities and featured mixes of Mainstream dance / Top 40 / NRG / dance classic tracks released on double vinyl and their CD’s contained the ‘best of’ tracks from those vinyl releases.
Rhythm Stick (With The Adventures of Mikie Man) staff consisted of the following people: Gini Spiersch, Director; Steve Bourasa, Producer & Mixer; and mixing djs: Glenn Cattanach, Mario S. David, Jim “Hip-Hop” Hopkins, Mark Watkins, and would also feature guest DJ’s.
The subtitle, (With The Adventures of Mikie Man) was connected to their logo and continuing cartoon series. These cartoon characters were originally drawn by Gini each night that Michael Lewis dee-jayed. Over a two year period, three books of drawings were completed and now with Rhythm Stick as their medium, the “Adventures of Mikie Man” were presented by the artist, Jameo. Each jacket would present the character cartoons representing the staff and contributors to Rhythm Stick.
All productions of Rhythm Stick were dedicated to the late Michael J. Lewis, the original “Mikie Man”.
SIDE A:
Bobby “Boris” Pickett & The Crypt Kickers* – Monster Mash ’89 (The Monster CD Mix) 5:14
Producer – Steve Bourasa
Book Of Love – Witchcraft (The Warlock Edit) 6:08
Edited By – Jim “Hip-Hop” Hopkins*
SIDE B:
Black Box – Ride On Time (The Ticker Trip Mix) 6:26
Remix – Steve Bourasa
Be Big – Guilty (The Acquittal Edit) 6:45
Edited By –Glenn Cattanach
SIDE C:
Alien Sex Fiend – Haunted House (The Poltergeist CD Mix) 6:28
Remix – Jim “Hip-Hop” Hopkins*
Princess – Lover Don’t Go (The Romeo Extended Dance Edit) 6:45
Edited By – Glenn Cattanach
SIDE D:
Floppy House – In A Funk (The Vancouver Feet Beat Mix) 7:26
Remix – Steve Bourasa
Big Fun / Norman Cook – Blame It On The Boogie/Blame It On The Bassline 5:36
Remix, Producer [Additional] – Steve Bourasa
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Rhythm Stick ?– RS1-8
Format: 2 × Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Compilation, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Electronic
Style: House, Euro House, Synth-pop, Acid House
NOTES:
Special Halloween Edition
DJ Use Only
Find The 12″ On DISCOGS
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Speed Control: Pro-Ject Speed Box S
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 Removeal: ClickRepair (DeClick Level 3)
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
THANK YOU VERY MUSCH
Very good this blog. Only the best 12 inches of all time. Congratulations.
Please post Princess after the love has gone 12 inch.
Thank you so much.
Very rare, indeed! Thanks for sharing this edition, Paul!
Thanks, Paul!
I can finally retire my own rips I made from my worn out vinyl copy. Yours are always so much better (you obviously take much better care of your vinyl than I did).
Thank you Paul much appreciated.!!!!!
I’m always glad to see remix services being posted on your site. Thank you for this particular issue. This came out at the time when I was slowly transitioning from vinyl to cd ($500 for a dj cd player, yikes), so I never picked it up. Fantastic release from Rhythm Stick.
Fantastic post, Paul! Thanks a lot. Best wishes with your pending operation.
Thanks for the tunes!
Cool! Much appreciated Paul!!
Aw, man! Thanks so much for posting this!! Did you ever listen to Club Z on 98.9 back around 98/99? They broadcast live from the Pyramid club down in Bricktown before it became the Bricktown we know today. Back then it was 2 dance clubs and the Spaghetti Warehouse. I was a senior in high school and used to go to the other club Kenitix (sp?) just about every weekend. Good times… Good luck with your surgery, you’ll pull through just fine!
Just in time for the spook season. 🙂 Some awesome remixes on here. Thank you DjPaul and I hope you’re feeling slightly better today. 🙂
You’re welcome MusicdivaSF. Still waiting to get into see a surgeon to have this gallbladder removed so far it hasn’t attacked me anymore lol 🙂
“Attack of the Gallbladder” sounds like a good title for one of those old black and white horror films 😀
I’M BEYOND ELATED!!!! Paul, you are so phenomenal to post this!! I can really cry over it because I’d thought I’d never in my lifetime hear these tracks again!! I’ve even tried on youtube and came up empty. AND, as we all know on Burning The Ground, that if I did, the quality would be sub-par. Paul, bless you because you care so very much about the music and the end result. Stellar quality we all can expect from you. You are the GRAND ARCHIVIST like Ben Liebrand that it makes me proud to have discovered you in Cyberspace. I… Read more »
You’re very welcome and very appreciated Jeff 🙂 I cherish this record. I worked on this one over several days about a week in total. It was a pretty big project but well worth it. I really hope that once you listen to it that I have done it justice. Each track had different source material used for Rhthm Stick’s production so some of the qualities vary. Anyway I still have more Halloween stuff waiting and plenty more for next year.
Enjoy my friend 🙂
Paul, you did yourself proud on this release!! I sat in bliss while all the tracks played giving me a flash back to the late 80’s. This is such an awesome release!! Rhythm Stick had Steve and Glenn from Hot Tracks along with Jim “Hip Hop” Hopkins who later formed alternative remix service Twitch. Huge talents on these remixes. Ah, the days that remix services went off with samples!! I had almost forgotten about how fantastic these mixes are. The additional production that Steve did on “Monster Mash” was tremendous. I’m so glad he went for that breaks interpretation of… Read more »
😀 BTW, the person shouting ‘Sausage…’ in the Alien Sex Fiend track is Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid in the Harry Potter films). It’s a sample from an episode of BlackAdder.
Who’s that rapping over the top of the Big Fun track? Sounds English/London based.
Wow… never did I think I’d see Alien Sex Fiend on BTG, but even more funny is to see Alien Sex Fiend on the same release as Big Fun. 😀 😀
You just never know what what will turn up on BTG Jermajesty 🙂
Thanks for this post. Great collection of good Halloween tunes and I dig Rhythm Stick.
You’re welcome Club 6400!
Forgot one thing….THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!
You’re very welcome Gilbert. Have fun!!
I am glad you are feeling much better Paul! Love this post as always since DJ service vinyls are so hard to come by. The Big Fun/Norman Cook mash up is truly spectacular!!!
I agree Gilbert 🙂