Dead Or Alive – Hooked On Love (Japan 12″)
Posted by DjPaulT on July 24th, 2012
BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987
Re-Rip Remaster + Bonus Track
“Hooked On Love” was the third single released from Dead Or Alive’s third album “Mad, Bad and Dangerous To Know” continuing their association with the Stock Aitken Waterman production team.
“Hooked on Love”, suffered from very little promotion due to what the record company felt was a “Gothic” overtone that had been added to the song in a post-production remix. The single barely managed to scrape into the UK top 70 peaking at #69. “Hooked On Love” was only released in Europe, Australia and Japan.
As a bonus track I have added the live version of “Cake And Eat It” taken from the Ltd. Edition UK “Brand New Lover” 12″. All of the live tracks were recorded in 1985 at the Hammersmith Odeon.
This japanese first pressing contains a large fold out poster.
SIDE A:
Hooked On Love (The Big Revolver Mix) 8:17
Remix – Dead Or Alive , Phil Harding
Hooked On Love (La Vie En Rose Mix) 3:54
Remix – Dead Or Alive , Phil Harding
SIDE B:
You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) (Live) 6:51
Engineer – Karen Hewitt
Big Daddy Of The Rhythm (Live) 3:26
Mixed By – Stock, Aitken & Waterman
In Too Deep (Live) 4:35
Mixed By [Mix Master] – Phil Harding
Cake And eat It (Live) (Bonus Track) 5:36
Mixed By [Mix Master] – Phil Harding
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
Poster: Mint
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic – 18 3P 810
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM
Country: Japan
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits; Producer – Stock, Aitken & Waterman
Written-By – Dead Or Alive
NOTES:
B Side tracks recorded live at the Hammersmith Odeon, July 1985. Includes Poster and Japanese Lyrics insert.
Find The 12″ On DISCOGS
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
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 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi
PW: burningtheground
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July 24th, 2012 at 2:40 pm
Just when I think you are about to stop with the DOA releases, here comes more!!! AWESOME ..LOVE IT! I guess the response has been somewhat positive I must say. Great music has a great impact & lasting impressions. DOA was one of those 80s bands that made their mark, gained major attention, and then record companies and other big wigs seemd to have made bad choices with the catalog. Sometimes it is best to leave the creativity up to the artists. DOA had visions, and they were just held back by record big-wigs. Thank you Paul for paying attention to one of the 80′s finest bands. This was an Underground release, easily slep on if you weren’t paying attention. “Gothic” overtone was pretty much a part of DOA in general…??? What was their problem??
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DjPaulT Reply:
July 24th, 2012 at 3:34 pm
You’re welcome JonEthin. I might do one or two more before ending this DOA series. But it won’t be the end for good as i still have much more. I just need to move on to some other projects
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July 24th, 2012 at 3:19 pm
Paul, this is really great!!! Thanks so much for continuing the DOA releases. It’s been a long time since i have played this 12″ vinyl. Really need a new turntable. Nice Japanese picture sleeve too. Can’t wait to listen to this. Best of health to you Paul! Thanks again….
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DjPaulT Reply:
July 24th, 2012 at 3:32 pm
You’re welcome Gilbert. I have always loved this 12″ and it’s one of my dearest treasures. I was fortunate enough to buy a first pressing that includes the huge fold out poster of Pete with the “sex” buckle in front of his mouth.
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July 24th, 2012 at 3:55 pm
I love this one. There’s also a single remix known as just “Remix” whick clocks in at about 4:13 min. Do you have that one Paul ?
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DjPaulT Reply:
July 24th, 2012 at 4:00 pm
No sorry Omar I don’t. I never really collected that many 7″ singles but I am starting too so i’ll be on the look out for that one
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July 24th, 2012 at 4:39 pm
What is the full tracklisting for the UK Brand New Lover 12″?
Is it the same as the US one you posted yesterday, but with a different live track as the fourth song?
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DjPaulT Reply:
July 24th, 2012 at 6:50 pm
There are two seperate UK 12″ singles for “Brand New Lover”
12″ #1
A Brand New Lover (The Dust Monkey’s Love Bubble Club Mix)
B1 Brand New Lover (Instrumental)
B2 In Too Deep (Live)
12″ #2 (Ltd. Edition Poster Sleeve)
A Brand New Lover (Up Ducky Mix)
B1 Cake And Eat It (Live)
B2 In Too Deep (Live)
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July 24th, 2012 at 7:17 pm
Thanks , Phil Harding and Shep Pettibone are my favorites producers and remixers of 80s!!
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DjPaulT Reply:
July 24th, 2012 at 7:28 pm
You’re welcome Drake. I agree they are two of the best
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July 24th, 2012 at 11:59 pm
Lovin’ it! Didn’t even know this one existed. How about Bang Bang or Lover Come Back to wrap up this special installment of DOA? = )
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DjPaulT Reply:
July 25th, 2012 at 7:22 am
Would love to but this series is all about “Mad, Bad And Dangerous To Know”. I will definately get to those so saty tuned
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July 25th, 2012 at 12:17 am
We are Hooked On DOA!!!
It’s always nice that you re-visit your earlier rips and upgrade them.
And I can surely tell the improved sound quality, Paul.
Thanks for your continual strive for excellence!
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DjPaulT Reply:
July 25th, 2012 at 7:25 am
You’re welcome Ric. Thanks for the compliment I was wondering if theses sounded better than the earlier rips. By the way you’re not in that Typhoon are you? Be safe.
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July 25th, 2012 at 1:23 am
I actually really like the remix of this track. I think it took it from an ok album track to a much better sounding single. I laughed when I first heard it thinking the start sounded like that Bon Jovi single…
Thanks for the up, mate. Appreciated!
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DjPaulT Reply:
July 25th, 2012 at 7:26 am
Lol dave I thought the exact same thing. I agree the remix did improve the track
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July 25th, 2012 at 1:39 pm
It was written somewhere that the guitarist from Dead or Alive messed around with the same technology that Bon Jovi’s guitarist did to get the same sound. If you ask me, it sounds great for the remix. This was a sleeper single, but on of my fav’s off the Mad Bad album for sure.
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July 26th, 2012 at 12:14 pm
My favourite DOA song!!! (Or is it You Spin Me Round…?)
Anyway, thanks a lot for such a great 12″. I have the UK 7″ somewhere, and according to discogs.com the B1 track on that one and the Japanese 12″ were recorded live in different places:
http://www.discogs.com/Dead-Or-Alive-Hooked-On-Love/release/560901
http://www.discogs.com/Dead-Or-Alive-Hooked-On-Love/release/546824
Anyone knows if they’re different versions?
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July 26th, 2012 at 2:21 pm
Thanks so much for these releases! The only complaint I have about this one (and it’s not your encoding…it’s a bang up job EVERY time!) is that I was kinda hoping the “La Vie En Rose” mix would have been a single edit of the main remix…but it’s just the album version…
Should also let you know that i play a lot of these remixes on my 80s radio show…and my listeners LOVE these mixes! Thanks again for posting these!!
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paolomalucelli Reply:
July 26th, 2012 at 4:18 pm
Hi Rick,
just a quick note: the La Vie En Rose mix, which is identical to the Burns2 7″ version, and also used for the official video, is _not_ the album version: the middle eight section (from 2:12 in Dj PaulT’s rip) has additional lyrics, that are absent from the album version.
You’re not the first one making such mistake – even the guys who picked master tapes for That’s the way I like it – Best of DOA weren’t able to pick the right one, and put the album version in the collection… making the 7″ version of HOL the only UK 7″ version still unreleased so far.
btw, Dj PaulT, you’re the best, as usual. The digital rip of Something in My House [LV] really made my week – still have that promo 7″, but the turntable is out of order since 1998. A ton of thanks.
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Rick Zhukow Reply:
July 26th, 2012 at 4:30 pm
I took another listen…and I indeed stand corrected
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November 9th, 2012 at 10:48 pm
Thanks Paul. Another 12″ can be retired. Can’t wait for more DOA at a later stage.
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Jason63 Reply:
December 7th, 2012 at 12:19 am
Spoke too soon as it won’t download. I have been trying for over a month.
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Jason63 Reply:
December 9th, 2012 at 9:39 pm
Yay I finally got it. Thanks for all the work that you have done to keep the downloads happening. Your efforts are appreciated.
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