BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1981

On October 16, 1981, Heaven 17 released their fifth single, “Penthouse And Pavement”. The track appeared on their debut album, Penthouse And Pavement, but it was a remixed version. The single debuted on the UK singles chart on November 14, 1981 and peaked at #57. Although the single did not chart on the US Hot 100 it did peak at #19 on the US Dance chart.

The Sheffield, England new wave band formed when Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh split from The Human League. They recruited Glenn Gregory for vocals and the band was born.

SIDE A:
Penthouse And Pavement 6:57

SIDE B:
Penthouse And Pavement (Instrumental) 6:59

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Virgin – VS455-12
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: October 16, 1981
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop
Credits: Bass Guitar, Synthesizer [Guitar Synthesisers] – John Wilson (2)
Composed By – Gregory*, Marsh*, Ware*
Engineer, Co-producer [Assistant Producer] – Peter Walsh
Mastered By [Cut] – BilBo (3)
Producer – British Electric Foundation
Synthesizer –Ian Craig Marsh
Synthesizer, Piano – Martyn Ware
Vocals – Glenn Gregory, Josie James

NOTES:
From the album “Penthouse And Pavement”

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

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BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1992

Side A Label

REQUEST

“Temptation” is a single by Sheffield  band Heaven 17, originally released in April 1983, peaking at number 2 in the UK charts. This was the second single to be taken from their second album The Luxury Gap, after November 1982′s “Let Me Go”.

The guest vocals are provided by Carol Kenyon, who continued to work with the band on the Pleasure One and Teddy Bear, Duke & Psycho albums. The song also featured an orchestra, arranged and conducted by John Wesley Barker, which was also heard for the single “Come Live With Me” and in various tracks on the parent album.

In 1992, the song was remixed and re-released by the Brothers in Rhythm, whose new mix charted at number 4 in the UK Top 40, and hitting number 1 in the UK dance charts. The remixes of “temptation” and “Let Me Go” were released to coincide with the release of the Heaven 17 compilation album “The Beast Of Heaven 17″.

“Let Me Go” spent five weeks at #4 on the US charts in 1983. The 1992 remixes were done by world-renowned house producer, Mark Picchiotti hailing from Chicago, who owns/runs the US indie imprint, Blueplate Records.

DISCOGS LINK

RELEASE/PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Label: Virgin Records America, Inc.
Catalog#: Y-14108
Format: Vinyl, 12″
Country: US
Released: 1992
Genre: Electronic, Pop
Style: Progressive House, Techno
Credits: Producer – B.E.F.*
Written-By – Gregory* , Marsh* , Ware*

NOTES
Track A1 additional production and remix for DMC UK.
Tracks A2 to B2 reproduced and remixed for MARK! Productions Inc. Engineered at HUTCH Studios, Chicago.

SIDE A
(A1) Temptation (Brothers In Rhythm Remix) 6:55
Producer – Greg Walsh
Producer [Additional Production], Remix – Brothers In Rhythm

(A2) Let Me Go (“Hon, Its Flawless” Mix) 6:30
Engineer – Mark*
Producer [Reproduced], Remix – Mark Picchiotti , Teri Bristol

SIDE B
(B1) Let Me Go (I Trance Alone Mix) 6:30
Engineer – Mark*
Producer [Reproduced], Remix – Mark Picchiotti , Teri Bristol

(B2) Let Me Go (Let Me House You) 6:33
Engineer – Mark*
Producer [Reproduced], Remix – Mark Picchiotti , Teri Bristol

Side B Label

CLEANING AND GRADING INFO
US 12″ Housed In A Generic Stickered Sleeve.
Vinyl Grade: Near Mint.
Vinyl cleaned using a VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine and Gruv Glide.

FLAC INFORMATION
All vinyl rips are recorded in full 24bit 96khz resolution and then resampled to 16/44 and encoded from wave to FLAC Lossless level 8.
FLAC files can be played using Foobar2000 media player and it’s free!
What Is FLAC?

TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Media Used:
Vinyl 12″ Single
From My Personal Collection.
Artwork Scanned from Original 12″ Single @ 600 dpi
With Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner
Edited and Restored Using Adobe Photoshop CS4

HARDWARE USED
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super 20
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@

SOFTWARE USED
Audition 3.0:
Recording (32bit/96kHz float using ASIO drivers)
*Manual removal of remaining clicks
*Editing and splitting of tracks
*DC bias correction

CLICKS REMOVED USING CLICKREPAIR
DeClick Level: 10 DeCrackle: Off
Converted Wav to very high quality Mp3/320 kbps using dBpoweramp 13.1

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BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1982

1982 Front Cover

“Let Me Go” (labelled as Let Me Go! on the sleeve of the single) is a single by Heaven 17, taken from (and released several months before) their second album The Luxury Gap. It reached #41 on the UK singles chart, the lowest chart placement among the singles from that album. The song also spent five weeks at #4 on the American dance chart in 1983. Allmusic  cites it as “a club hit that features Glenn Gregory’s moody, dramatic lead above a percolating vocal and synth arrangement.”

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RELEASE/PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Label: Arista
Catalog#: SP 149
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1982
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Artwork By [Sleeve] – B.E.F./Jamie Morgan/Assorted iMaGes
Backing Vocals – Hereafter, The
Drum Programming [Linn Drum], Programmed By [Roland System 100], Synthesizer [Jupiter 8, Casiotone] – Martyn Ware
Electric Guitar – Admiral John Wilson*
Engineer – Greg Walsh
Lead Vocals, Percussion – Glenn Gregory
Mastered By – TC*
Piano – Nick Plytas
Producer – B.E.F.* , Greg Walsh
Programmed By [Roland Bass Line, Roland System 100] – Ian Craig Marsh
Written-By – Gregory* , Marsh* , Ware*

NOTES
For Promotional Use Only. Not For Sale.

Recorded at the Townhouse Studios & Air Studios
Mastering by Frankford/Wayne New York

From the U.S. debut album of Heaven 17

SIDE A
(A) Let Me Go! (Extended Version) 6:10
SIDE B
(B1) Let Me Go! 4:19
(B2) Let Me Go! (Dub Version) 4:50

Back Cover

CLEANING AND GRADING INFO
US 12″ Promo housed in a color picture sleeve.
Vinyl Grade: Near Mint.
Vinyl cleaned using a VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine and Gruv Glide.

FLAC INFORMATION
All vinyl rips are recorded in full 24bit 96khz resolution and then resampled to 16/44 and encoded from wave to FLAC Lossless level 8.
FLAC files can be played using Foobar2000 media player and it’s free!
What Is FLAC?

TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Media Used:
Vinyl 12″ Single
From My Personal Collection.
Artwork Scanned from Original 12″ Single @ 600 dpi
With Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner
Edited and Restored Using Adobe Photoshop CS4

HARDWARE USED
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super 10
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@

SOFTWARE USED
Audition 3.0:
Recording (32bit/96kHz float using ASIO drivers)
*Manual removal of remaining clicks
*Editing and splitting of tracks
*DC bias correction

CLICKS REMOVED USING CLICKREPAIR
DeClick Level: 10 DeCrackle: Off
Converted Wav to very high quality Mp3/320 kbps using dBpoweramp 13.1

Let Me Go! (mp3)

Let Me Go! (flac 99mb)

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