BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984
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Re-Rip Remastered
I originally posted this rare 12″ on the old blogger site on November 5, 2009, at the time I was was not posting in FLAC Lossless format, and was never really happy with the original rip so after getting several requests to re-post it, I decided to re-rip the 12″ using new equipment that I did not have back when It was originally posted on blogger. I am also happy to be able to make it available in FLAC Lossless format for the first time. Another great thing about this particular 12″ is that it contains the rare Jerry Wexler “Special Version”. I hope that you like the ne remaster.
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“Careless Whisper” is a 1984 single by George Michael (credited to Wham! featuring George Michael in the US), released by Epic Records in the UK, Japan, and other countries; and by Columbia Records in North America. The song was George Michael’s first solo single although he was still performing in Wham! at the time (the song is included on Wham!’s album Make It Big). The song features a prominent saxophone riff, and has been covered by a number of artists since its first release. It was released as a single and became a huge commercial success on both sides of the Atlantic. It reached number one in nearly 25 countries, selling about six million copies worldwide.
Unlike all the Wham! singles (except “Wham Rap!”), it was co-written by Andrew Ridgeley, the other member of the duo. The two had written it together as unknowns three years earlier, when Michael was working as a cinema usher in Watford, England. In a June 2006 interview on London radio station Magic 105.4, Michael said that he wrote it “in his head” during work and that he recalls coming up with the saxophone riff whilst boarding a number 32 bus on the way home.
The song went through at least two rounds of production. The first was during a trip Michael made to Muscle Shoals, Alabama, where he went to work with the legendary producer Jerry Wexler at the venerable Muscle Shoals Studio. Michael was unhappy with the version that was originally produced and decided to re-record and produce the song himself, this time coming up with the version that was finally released. The version Wexler produced did, however, see the light of day, but only later on, as a (4:40) B-side “Special Version” on 12″, released in the UK and Japan.
The officially released single, a mid-tempo ballad with a saxophone solo by Steve Gregory, was issued in August 1984, entering the UK singles chart at number twelve. Within two weeks, it was at number one, ending a nine-week run at the top for “Two Tribes” by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. It stayed at number one for three weeks, going on to become the fifth best-selling single of 1984 in the United Kingdom; it was outsold only by the two Frankie Goes to Hollywood tracks “Two Tribes” and “Relax,” Stevie Wonder with “I Just Called to Say I Love You” and Band Aid with “Do They Know It’s Christmas.” The song also topped the charts in 17 other countries, including the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States in February 1985 under the credit “Wham! featuring George Michael”. Spending three weeks at the top in America, the song was later named Billboard’s number-one song of 1985.
SIDE A:
Careless Whisper (Extended Mix) 6:23
Arranged By, Producer – George Michael
Written-By – Andrew Ridgeley , George Michael
SIDE B:
Careless Whisper (Special Version) 4:40
Producer – Jerry Wexler
Written-By – Andrew Ridgeley , George Michael
Careless Whisper (Instrumental) 5:00
Arranged By, Producer – George Michael
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Mint
Cover: Mint
CHARTS:
| Year |
Single |
Chart |
Position |
| 1985 |
Careless Whisper |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 |
#1 |
| 1985 |
Careless Whisper |
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles |
#8 |
| 1985 |
Careless Whisper |
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks |
#1 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic
Catalog#: 12.3P-570
Format: Vinyl, 45 RPM, 12″
Country: Japan
Released: 1984
Genre: Pop
Style: Ballad
NOTES:
from the lp “MAKE IT BIG”
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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.
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