The full moon shines bright and a crispness has filled the night. The trees have put on their colored masks and October has arrived. During this fright filled month, I will be posting some nightmarish 80s delights. So, brew up a Halloween party if you dare, and take some of these treats with you there.
October
Posted by DjPaulT on October 6, 2010
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Yvonne Gage – Doin’ It In A Haunted House (US 12″)
Posted by DjPaulT on October 15, 2010
BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984
Born 1959, Chicago, USA. When aged only 14 Gage joined the Soulettes with whom she stayed until she was 21. During this period they changed their name to First Love and then Love, subsequently recording an album for Chycago International Music in 1980.
However, by then Gage had departed to join the backing singers for Captain Sky. She made her solo debut with “Garden Of Eve” in 1981 on Atlantic Records to little reaction. Gage then sang with new wave group Ministry, appearing in shows with Madness, Police and Culture Club.
After singing a commercial for Ultra-Curl, she recorded her first album Virginity on CIM/Epic which, like Captain Sky’s records, was produced by Don Burnside. Billed as the unofficial answer to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”, the album track, “Doin’ It In A Haunted House” made the bottom of the US R&B chart and reached the UK Top 50 in June 1984.
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Mint (Generic)
SIDE A:
Doin’ It In A Haunted House 6:02
SIDE B:
Doin’ It In A Haunted House (Instrumental) 5:22
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chycago International Music (C.I.M.)
Catalog#: 4Z9 05006
Format: Vinyl, 12″
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic
Style: Disco
Credits: Executive Producer – M. Glenn White
Mixed By – D. Burnside* , G. White*
Other [Concept] – Gene White
Producer, Arranged By, Conductor – D. Burnside*
Written-By – D. Burnside* , G. Cooper* , T. Marshall*
NOTES:
Produced, Arranged and Conducted for Burning White Prod.
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super 20
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 16bit 44kHz using Adobe batch processing
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi PNG format, resized to JPEG format for posting.
PW: burningtheground
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Cyndi Lauper – The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough (Japan 12″ Promo)
Posted by DjPaulT on October 15, 2010
BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985
With OBI strip
“The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough” was a single released by singer Cyndi Lauper for The Goonies, a 1985 film which was released at the same time as this single.
Before its inclusion on The Essential Cyndi Lauper in 2003, the song was considered a rarity among fans, having never appeared on any of Lauper’s albums or the 1994 compilation Twelve Deadly Cyns…and Then Some. Lauper admitted in an interview with Matthew Rettenmund for his 1996 book Totally Awesome 80s: A Lexicon of the Music, Videos, Movies, TV Shows, Stars, and Trends of that Decadent Decade that she hated the song, which was why she had chosen not to include it on her first compilation.
Steven Spielberg had made Cyndi the musical director for The Goonies soundtrack. She sought out new bands to be included on the project including her friends, The Bangles.
Cyndi refused to play the song live after 1986. She finally incorporated it back into her live show during a 2005 concert in Baltimore, Maryland. Fans kept screaming to hear the song, and she sang it acapella. She has since incorporated the song back into her live set, due to overwhelming fan recognition.
The song peaked at #10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The song did much better in Japan peaking at #1 on the Japanese Oricon International Singles Chart.
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Mint
Cover: Mint
Insert: Mint
Obi Strip: Mint
SIDE A:
The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough (Dance Re-Mix) 5:25
SIDE B:
The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough (Dub Version) 5:34
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Portrait
Catalog#: 12 3P-647
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo
Country: Japan
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic, Pop, Rock
Style: Pop Rock, Synth-pop
Credits: Producer – Cyndi Lauper , Lennie Petze
Remix – Arthur Baker
Written-By – A. Stead* , C. Lauper* , S.B. Lunt*
NOTES:
From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack LP: “The Goonies”
With OBI Strip
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super 20
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 16bit 44kHz using Adobe batch processing
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi PNG format, resized to JPEG format for posting.
PW: burningtheground
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Nightmares In Wax (Dead Or Alive) – Nightmares In Wax (UK 12″)
Posted by DjPaulT on October 12, 2010
BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1980
Before Dead Or Alive the band was known as “Nightmares In Wax”
Dead or Alive (DOA for short), was founded in 1980 in Liverpool by Pete Burns, who was encouraged by local music promoters to gather a band together based on his outrageous appearance alone. It was only after rehearsing in 1977 with some friends that Burns realized he really did have a powerful singing voice, and his first band was an outfit he formed with friends Julian Cope, Pete Wylie, and Phil Hurst. Dubbing themselves The Mystery Girls, they played only one gig (opening for Sham 69 at Eric’s in Liverpool in November 1977) before disintegrating. Burns returned in 1979 with a new band, Nightmares in Wax.
Nightmares In Wax debut saw this funny and rather suspect homage to leather clad bikers. A three-track EP with the song Black Leather on the A-side, described by Pete as “a one-note song for ten minutes”, is actually only half that song and midway breaks into That’s The Way (I Like It), later a hit for Dead Or Alive. The B-side features two more songs, Girl’s Song and Shangri-La, inspired by Sixties all-girl group, the Shangri-Las. Pete said at the time that he felt more of an affinity with the current punk movement and all tracks have these punk overtones. The EP, only ever released in the U.K. on the Inevitable label, never entered the chart, but made the Indie Top 30. In 1984, the EP was re-released on 12″ with Black Leather and Shangri-La with a different Blue sleeve and again in 1985 with a ‘melting-monster face’ picture sleeve with the same tracks. Both re-releases appeared on the KY label.
The b-side track Shamgri-La include several obscure and unidentified movie and television samples that were previously not on the 1980 original.
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint
SIDE A:
Black Leather 5;04
SIDE B:
Shangri-La 3:31
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: KY Records
Catalog#: KY 9
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Reissue
Country: UK
Released: 1985
Genre: Rock
Style: Goth Rock
Credits: Bass – Pete Lloyd
Drums – Phil Hurst
Guitar – Mick Reid
Keyboards – Martin Healy
Producer – Noddy Knowler
Vocals – Pete Burns
Written-By – Healy* , Reid* , Burns*
NOTES:
1st of 2 separate 1985 UK Reissues using only 2 tracks of the original 1980 “Birth Of A Nation” 7″, 3 track E.P. on Inevitable Music label.
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super 20
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 16bit 44kHz using Adobe batch processing
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi PNG format, resized to JPEG format for posting.
PW: burningtheground
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Various Artists – DjPaulT’s Maniacal 80′s Halloween Party
Posted by DjPaulT on October 9, 2010
BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE
The eighties have arrived for your Halloween pleasure wether you get a trick or a treat this CD is sure to thrill. All of the monster tracks have been taken from the original CD sorce, there is one track that I ripped from vinyl can you guess which one it is? I hope that this compilation will make it’s way to your Halloween scare fest. Most of the tracks included in this package are out of print and difficult to find. I wanted to put together a blend of popular and obsure tracks. So go ahed turn out the lights and lock the doors then turn it up load. Happy Halloween.
PLEASE NOTE: If downloading the FLAC version you must download both parts to unpack the files properly.
TRACKS:
01 – Opening 0:07
02 – Kim Carnes – Carzy In The Night (Barking At Airplanes) 3:32
03 – Olivia Newton-John – Electric 3:50
04 – Michael Jackson – Thriller (Remix Edit) 4:12
05 – Grace Jones – Demolition Man 4:03
06 – Diana Ross – Eaten Alive (Extended Remix) 5:51
07 – Goon Squad – Eight Arms To Hold You 4:15
08 – Oingo Boingo – Flesh ‘n Blood 4:17
09 – Pet Shop Boys – In The Night (Arthur Baker Extended Mix) 6:28
10 – Boys Next Door – Stop Watch Killer (12” DJ Version) 5:49
11 – Kon Kan – Harry Houdini (Remix) 3:47
12 – Flash & The Pan – Midnight Man (Extended Version) 6:59
13 – Elton John – Love is a Cannibal 3:54
14 – Sheena Easton – I Like The Fright 3:49
15 – David Essex – Moonlight Dancing 5:56
16 – Thompson Twins – Savage Moon 4:40
17 – Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love 3:02
18 – Duran Duran – New Moon On Monday 4:12
19 – Then Jerico – The Hitcher 5:52
20 – Samantha Fox – Now I Lay Me Down 4:20
21 – SSQ (Stacey Q) – Tonight (We’ll Make Love Until We Die) 3:38
22 – Queen – The Invisible Man (7” Version) 3:56
23 – Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (Hot Remix) 5:19
24 – Dead Or Alive – The Stranger 4:49
25 – Janet Jackson – Black Cat (’3 Snaps Up’ 7”) 4:23
26 – Maniacal End 0:13
RELEASE/INFORMATION:
Label: Not On Label
Catalog #: HALLO2010
Released: October 9, 2010
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Producer: DjPaulT
Design: DjPaulT
Photography: Russell Mulcahy
NOTES:
Compiled By: DjPaulT
All Tracks Digitally Mastered
Special Thanks to the original labels,producers,remixers and the artists
SOFTWARE USED:
Exact Audio Copy (EAC)
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Editing)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator
PLEASE NOTE: If downloading the FLAC version you must download both parts to unpack the files properly.
Part One
Part Two
PW: burningtheground
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Vesta Williams – Once Bitten Twice Shy (US 12″ Promo)
Posted by DjPaulT on October 7, 2010
BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE
This 12″ holds a special place for me, it was the first 12″ donated to Burning The Ground by one of my readers. I originally posted it on October 10, 2008 on the old blogger site. This is a completely new rip from the vinyl and I am happy to offer it in flac format for the first time.
Vesta Williams (born 1963, Coshocton, Ohio) is an American R&B singer. Originally credited by her full name, she has been billed simply as Vesta since the 1990s. She is known for her full four-octave voice range.
Vesta scored her first record deal in 1986 with A&M records which released her first self entitled album Vesta. The album featured her first Top 10 R&B hit “Once Bitten, Twice Shy”. The song peaked at #9 on Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and #45 Hot Dance Club Songs.
VINYL GRADE:
Cover: Near Mint
Vinyl: Near Mint
SIDE A:
Once Bitten Twice Shy (Extended Version) 6:01
SIDE B:
Once Bitten Twice Shy (Dub Version) 3:41
Once Bitten Twice Shy (A Cappella Version) 3:56
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: A&M Records
Catalog#: SP-12206
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Style: Soul
Credits: Engineer [Remix] – Steve Hodge
Executive Producer – John McClain
Producer – David Crawford
NOTES:
The “A Capella Version” is not listed on the sleeve.
Original version appears on the album “Vesta” SP-5118
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super 20
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 16bit 44kHz using Adobe batch processing
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi PNG format, resized to JPEG format for posting.
PW: burningtheground
You can help show your support for this blog by making a donation using PayPal. Thank you for your help.
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