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BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

“Severina” or V is the fifth single released by British gothic rock band The Mission (known as The Mission UK in the U.S. for legal reasons) released in March 1987. The single was taken from the bands debut album God’s Own Medicine. The band includes Lead vocalist Wayne Hussey formerly of Dead Or Alive and Sisters Of Mercy.

“Severina” peaked at #25 on the UK singles chart and #21 on the Irish singles chart.

Love You To Death (track B2) is an instrumental, an acoustic guitar intro of Love Me To Death which was edited off the orginal version of Love Me To Death so the song could fit onto the “God’s Own Medicine” LP.

SIDE A:
Severina (Aqua-Marina Mix) 6:08
Music By – Adams*, Brown*, Hinkler*, Hussey*
Words By – Hussey*

Wishing Well 2:46
Written-By – Bundrick*, Kossoff*, Rodgers*, Kirke*, Yamauchi*

sIDE B:
Tomorrow Never Knows (Amphetamix) 4:52
Written-By – Lennon/McCartney*

Love You To Death 1:29

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Mercury ‎– MYTHX 3
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: Mar 1987
Genre: Rock
Style: Goth Rock

CREDITS:
Design [Sleeve Design] – Green Ink, Sandy Ball
Producer – The Mission, Tim Palmer
Voice [Additional] – Julianne*

NOTES:
The original version of “Severina” can be found on The Mission album
‘God’s Own Medicine’

“And Love is all and love is everyone”

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BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983

“Metal Dance” is a synth-pop/industrial single by Australian music group formed in 1978 SPK. The single was released in March 1983 from the bands third album Machine Age Voodoo. This was the bands first single to feature Sinan Leong as the lead singer.

SIDE A:
Metal Dance (12″ Version) 7:27

SIDE B:
Will To Power 4:43

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Desire Records ‎– WANTX 1
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Industrial, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Cover – Graven Images
Engineer – Mike Johnson*
Keyboards, Trumpet – Derek Thompson
Percussion [Metal] – Derek Thompson, Graeme Revell
Photography By – Peter Ashworth
Producer – Mike Johnson*, SPK
Synthesizer, Electronics –Graeme Revell
Vocals – Sinan*
Written-By – Thompson*, Revell*, Leong*

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BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

“A Way” is a 1986 single by London-based band The Bolshoi.The song is one of the bands most well known tracks which was taken from their full-length albim “Friends” released on Beggars Banquet Records.

SIDE A:
A Way (Special Mix) 7:19
Producer – Mick Glossop

SIDE B:
A Way (Un-Edited Version) (Live Length) 5:00
Producer – Mick Glossop

Razzle Dazzle (Live Length) 4:59
Engineer – Harum*
Producer – The Bolshoi

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Beggars Banquet ‎– BEG 158T
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Lyrics By – Trevor Tanner
Music By – The Bolshoi

NOTES:
Tracks A, B1, produced by Mick Glossop for The Smoothside Organisation.

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BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

“Mr. D.J.” is an early 4th & Broadway release from 1985 by the group The Concept. Eric “Rico” Reed provides the voice of the DJ as he listens to callers requests over a cyclic, funk groove. A great party track to start the weekend. And did I mention the bass line.

SIDE A:
Mr. D.J. (Vocal) 5:35

SIDE B:
Mr. D.J. (Instrumental) 5:19

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: 4th & Broadway ‎– 12 BRW 40, 4th & Broadway ‎– 12BRW 40
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Style: Electro, Funk

CREDITS:
Backing Vocals – Pam Johnson, Ralph Johnson, Rocquel Cox
Drum Programming [D.M.X.] – Fred Johnson
Executive-Producer – Clarence Tucker, Roger Woodard
Guitar – Paul Milton Jackson, Jr.*
Mastered By – Jonz*
Producer – Marcel T. East, Ralph Johnson
Synthesizer – Dean P. Gant*, Marcel T. East
Voice [Request Line Voices] – Fred Johnson, Liz Porter, Ralph Johnson, Robert White (8)
Written-By – Marcel T. East, Ralph Johnson
Written-By [D.J. Monologue], Performer [D.J. Monologue] – Eric “Rico” Reed

NOTES:
Made in Gt. Britain

Main title as on label, title on sleeve is “Mr. DJ”.
Executive producer credit for Roger Woodard as on label, on sleeve it reads Roger Woodward.

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BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1982

“Mirror Man” is a 1982 song by the British synthpop group The Human League. It was released as a single in the UK on 8 November 1982 and peaked at number two in the UK Singles Chart. It was written jointly by lead singer Philip Oakey with keyboard players Jo Callis and Ian Burden, and produced by Martin Rushent.

“Mirror Man” was the first track written and recorded by the Human League after they returned from their World Tour, conducted in the wake of the enormous international success of their album Dare. “Mirror Man” was conceived and written as a celebration of Oakey and Wright’s love of Motown records. It has been described as electronic northern soul, with Oakey’s main verses delivered in deliberate sentences with emphasis on the last word of each sentence. Vocalists Susan Ann Sulley and Joanne Catherall feature prominently throughout the song but have no lyrics, providing backing vocals of “oohs” and “ahhs”. Recording and production was overseen by Martin Rushent, who had produced the band’s album Dare.

Speculation about who was the titular ‘Mirror Man’ was ended in 1988 when, during interviews to promote the band’s Greatest Hits album, Oakey revealed that it was about Adam Ant. Oakey had become concerned that Ant was starting to believe his own publicity, and was in danger of losing touch with reality. Oakey had avoided revealing this at the time for fear of offending the song’s subject. The song could be viewed as a reference to the 1971 Japanese TV series Mirrorman.

The song was released as a single in the UK in November 1982. It was the first new single the band had released since the phenomenal success of “Don’t You Want Me” almost a year earlier. The single was tipped by the media as their second Christmas number-one single in the UK, but peaked just short, at number two. The single did however reach number one in Ireland earlier that month and also reached the Top 10 in Canada the following February.

Its release in the U.S. was delayed until May 1983 where it was incorporated into the stop gap EP Fascination!. A&M Records, the band’s record company in the US, had refused to release it as a single “unless there was to be an album hot on its heels”. The track peaked at number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the fall of 1983.

SIDE A:
Mirror Man (Extended Version) 4:22

SIDE B:
You Remind Me Of Gold 3:38
You Remind Me Of Gold (Instrumental) 3:54

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Virgin ‎– VS522-12
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: 08 Nov 1982
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Photography By – Rob*, Simon Fowler (2)
Producer –The Human League, Martin Rushent
Written-By – Burden* (tracks: A), Callis* (tracks: A), Oakey*

NOTES:
1982 Virgin Records Ltd.

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BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

I have so many great memories dancing to this track back in ’88. I thought it was so cool that Olivia was getting heavy club play I love hearing it beat mixed in with all the other club hits of the day.

Thank you Olivia for all of the Love & Light you have shared with me and so many others over the years. Get well soon.

Originally posted August 17, 2012

“The Rumour” was the first single released from Olivia Newton-John’s 1988 MCA Records album of the same name. “The Rumour” was produced by Elton John and James Newton Howard, and was written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. The song also included backing vocals and piano by Elton John. The single only reached #62 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

“The Rumour” was issued as a 12″ single featuring remixes by Shep Pettibone helping it become a top twenty dance hit peaking at #17 on the Billboard Dance Chart in October 1988. “The Rumour” also charted in Australia #35, Germany #36 and UK #86.

as a bonus mix I included the “Ultimix Edit” which was issued by Ultimix remix service on issue #23.

SIDE A:
The Rumour (12″ Extended Mix) 6:41
The Rumour (7″ Mix) 3:59

SIDE B:
The Rumour (12″ Dub) 4:14
The Rumour (Instrumental) 4:00

BONUS MIX:
The Rumour (Ultimix Edit) 7:25
Edited By – Roy McLeod

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: MCA Records – MCA-23890
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic, Pop
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Mixed By – Shep Pettibone, Steve Peck
Producer – Elton John, James Newton Howard
Remix [Additional Production] – Shep Pettibone
Written-By – Elton John & Bernie Taupin

NOTES:
Original versions appears on the Olivia Newton-John album “THE RUMOUR”

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