Alphaville – Universal Daddy (German 12″)
Posted by DjPaulT on 8th November 2010
BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986
Universal Daddy is the 6th single by Alphaville, and their second from their album Afternoons in Utopia. One reviewer described this song as one of the album’s “winners,” indicating it was a highlight from the album, as well as referring to the track as “reminiscient” of the Pet Shop Boys.
This single, released only in Europe, saw its highest chart position at #21, in Switzerland.
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Very Good Plus
SIDE A:
Universal Daddy (Aquarian Dance Mix) 6:16
Engineer – Stephen Chase*
Producer – Peter Walsh
SIDE B:
Next Generation 3:57
Engineer – Ralf Krause
Producer – Alphaville
Written By [Lyrics] – Ryan
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: WEA
Catalog#: 248 643-0
Format: Vinyl, 12″
Country: Germany
Released: Nov 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Written-By – Bernhard Lloyd , Marian Gold , Ricky Echolette
NOTES:
“Universal Daddy” taken from the album “Afternoons In Utopia”
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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