Category: Birch And Hallam

Birch And Hallam – What You Say (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983

A. Front

REQUEST

“What You Say” is a single by British synth-pop duo Birch And Hallam consisting of David Birch & Nick Hallam. The duo only released two singles without any success. Nick Hallam later went on to form Stereo MCs and scored the hit “Connected” in 1992. David Birch went on to work with Thomas Dolby, Malcolm McLaren and Bruce Woolley And The Camera Club in 1983 playing guitar and contributing vocals.

This is one of those really great lost 12s that I hope many of you will come to like. Open your mind and give this one a listen.

SIDE A:
What You Say (Extended Version) 6:48

SIDE B:
What You Say 3:20
Over Me 3:05

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: A&M Records ‎– AMX 119
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Backing Vocals – Days At Sea
Bass Guitar – Matthew Seligman
Percussion – Geoff Dugmore
Producer – Richard Manwaring
Written-By, Performer – David Birch*, Nick Hallam

Fibd the 12″ on DISCOGS

B. Back

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck 
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 Removal: Manual
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