BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984

“Like to Get to Know You Well” is a single by musician Howard Jones released in the second half of 1984, which was subsequently included on his twelve inch remix album The 12″ Album. The single climbed to number four on the UK Singles Chart. The sleeve carried the motto “Dedicated to the original spirit of the Olympic Games”. The extended version, subtitled “International Remix”, featured Jones singing in English, German and French.

The song was included as a bonus track on the singer’s second studio album, Dream Into Action.

“Like to Get to Know You Well” was featured in the 1985 movie Better Off Dead starring John Cusack.

Two different videos were made. The first featured Jones walking around the streets of London greeting members of the public, accompanied by his bandmates of the time. When the single was released in the US, a new animated video was produced for that market.

This is the second pressing with the slightly different sleeve.
The line of incorrectly translated Japanese text is taken out and the mix title appears at the bottom instead.

SIDE A:
Like To Get To Know You Well (International Remix) 7:42
Engineer – Stephen W. Tayler
Producer – Rupert Hine

SIDE B:
Bounce Right Back (Cause And Effect Remix) 7:26
Producer – Howard Jones
Recorded By – Bryan Evans
Remix – Stephen W. Tayler

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: WEA – HOW 5(T)
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Music By, Lyrics By – Howard Jones
Recorded At – Farmyard Studios
Mixed At – Farmyard Studios

NOTES:
Recorded & mixed at Farmyard Studios, England.
Track A produced for Gestalt.

“Dedicated to the original spirit of the Olympic Games”

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 1984

REQUEST

This 12″ is the UK release which includes an eight minute version of “Total Conditioning” that does not appear on any Howard Jones CD release, including the 12″ Collection compilation which only contains a 6:58 version making this 12″ a true HoJo collectible. I posted the US 12″ Promo back in April of 2010 and it includes the Remix Version of “Pearl In The Shell” you can get it here.

“Pearl in the Shell” is the fourth and final single released by musician Howard Jones from the album Human’s Lib. Released in May 1984, the song reached number seven on the UK Singles Chart. It features a saxophone solo by Davey Payne of Ian Dury’s band The Blockheads.

“Total Conditioning” is an extended version of the song “Conditioning” also taken from Human’s Lib the mix feature a medley  at the end of the track of all ten songs from Humans Lib as well as Always Asking Questions.

SIDE A:
Pearl In The Shell 3:55
Saxophone [Uncredited] – Davey Payne, Stephen W. Tayler
Saxophone [Uncredited] – Davey Payne, Stephen W. Tayler
Producer – Rupert Hine
Lyrics By – Howard Jones
Engineer – Stephen W. Tayler

Law Of The Jungle 3:16
Lyrics By – Howard Jones
Engineer – Mike Roarty

SIDE B:
Total Conditioning 8:01
Producer, Remix – Rupert Hine
Lyrics By – William Bryant
Engineer – Stephen W. Tayler

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint

CHARTS:

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label:WEA Records Ltd., WEA
Catalog#: HOW 4T, 249370-0
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: 26 May 1984
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Music By – Howard Jones
Photography – Mike Prior

NOTES:
Taken from the album ‘Human’s Lib’
A2 – Recorded in Howard’s Front Room, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.
Cover photo courtesy of No1.

Find the 12″ on DISCOGS

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 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 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 1984

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“Hide and Seek” was the third single by musician Howard Jones. It was released in February 1984, and reached number 12 in the UK Singles Chart. It appears on Jones’ album Human’s Lib.

The B-sides, “Tao Te Ching” and “China Dance”, are both instrumentals. All tracks were written by Jones.

Jones performed a solo acoustic version of the song at the 1985 Live Aid benefit concert.

SIDE A
Hide And Seek (Long Version) 8:35
Engineer – Stephen W. Tayler
Music By, Lyrics By – Howard Jones
Producer – Rupert Hine

SIDE B
Tao Te Ching 3:48
Engineer – Ben Rogan
Producer – Howard Jones
Written-By – Howard Jones

China Dance 3:58
Engineer – Ben Rogan
Producer – Howard Jones
Written-By – Howard Jones

RELEASE/PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Label: WEA Records Ltd., WEA
Catalog#: HOW 3T, 249480-0
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 18 Feb 1984
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

NOTES
Track A taken from the LP “Humans Lib”

DISCOGS

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 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 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

PW: burningtheground

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BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

1985 Front Cover

Released as the second single from Howard Jones’ 1985 album Dream Into Action, “Look Mama”  reached #10 in the UK Singles Chart. It was not released as a single in the US, but a different mix to those issued in the UK was included on the US-only remix album Action Replay.

The introduction to the song features some spoken dialogue sampled from the 1974 film Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.

“Look Mama” is written from the standpoint of a child pleading with its over-protective mother to be allowed greater independence and room to develop its own personality.
[edit] Track listing

DISCOGS LINK

RELEASE/PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Label: WEA Records Ltd.
Catalog#: HOW 7T, 249090-0
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 20 Apr 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Artwork By [Graphic Design] – Rob O’Connor
Music By, Lyrics By – Howard Jones
Photography – Simon Fowler

NOTES
Track B2 recorded live at the Manchester Apollo on March 15th, 1985.
Side A produced for Gestalt.
Published by Howard Jones Music Ltd. / Warner Bros. Music Ltd.

Track time listed only for A side on sleeve.

SIDE A
(A) Look Mama (Extended Mix) 9:05
Producer – Rupert Hine
Recorded By, Mixed By – Stephen W. Tayler

SIDE B
(B1) Learning How To Love 5:20
Engineer – Andrew Scarth , Mike Roarty
Mixed By – Mike Roarty
Producer – Howard Jones
(B2) Dream Into Action (Live) 4:44
Mixed By – Mike Roarty

Back Cover

CLEANING AND GRADING INFO
UK 12″ housed in a pictur 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

Look Mama (mp3)

Look Mama (flac 121 mb)

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BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

1985 Front Cover

Released as the first single from Howard Jones’ 1985 album Dream Into Action, “Things Can Only Get Better” reached #6 in the UK Singles Chart and #5 in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

A typically upbeat Jones composition, it was one of two songs from the album to feature all-female singing group Afrodiziak on backing vocals.

The cover of the 12″ single featured a photograph of Jones, in profile, sitting in a high bar stool. This image was used in silhouette  for the 7″ artwork, the single being issued in several alternative sleeves with different colour backgrounds.

**As a bonus I heve also included the B side tracks from the UK 12″ which are an album track, “Why Look For The Key”, although with a slightly longer fade that made it about twenty seconds longer than the version on Dream Into Action. “You Jazzy Nork!” is a reworked instrumental version of “Why Look For The Key” performed by the Alphonse Conway Orchestra. The two tracks are almost continuously mixed together.

DISCOGS LINK

RELEASE/PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Label: EElektra
Catalog#: 0-66915
Format: Vinyl, 12″,Yellow Sleeve
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Producer – Rupert Hine
Recorded By, Mixed By – Stephen W. Tayler
Written-By – Howard Jones (tracks: A1, B1, B2, C1)

NOTES
Picture sleeve available in 3 other colours.
white, pink and orange.

Produced for Gestalt.
Mastered at Sterling.

Track A2 is the same extended version that is on the original “What Is Love” 12″.

Track duration for B2 is listed as 5:23. The actual length is 4:48.
This is the mix from “The 12″ Album” but with an early fade.

SIDE A
(A1) Things Can Only Get Better (LP Version) 3:59
(A2) What Is Love? (New Extended Version) 6:34
Lyrics By – Howard Jones , William Bryant
Music By – Howard Jones

SIDE B
(B1) Things Can Only Get Better (Extended Version) 7:26
(B2) New Song (New Version) 4:48

SIDE C (UK 12″ B Sides)**
(C1) Why Look For The Key? 3:43
(C2) You Jazzy Nork! 4:51
Performer – Alphonse Conroy Orchestra

Back Cover

CLEANING AND GRADING INFO
US 12″ housed in a pictur 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

Things Can Only Get Better (mp3)

Things Can Only Get Better (flac 208 mb)

PW: burningtheground

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

1986 Front Cover

“You Know I Love You… Don’t You?” was a single from Howard Jones’s third studio album “One to One”. It was his first single not to enter the UK Top 40, peaking at #43, faring much better in the US reaching #17 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

DISCOGS LINK

RELEASE/PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Label:WEA Records Ltd., WEA
Catalog#: how11t, 248 507-0
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 29 Nov 1986
Genre: Electronic, Pop, Rock
Style: Pop Rock, Synth-pop
Credits:Music By, Lyrics By – Howard Jones

NOTES
Tracks A & B2 produced for Deniz Productions.

A & B2: Original version taken from the lp & cassette:
‘One To One’ LP: WX68 / MC: WX68C / CD: 242 011-2

SIDE A
(A) You Know I Love You… Don’t You? (Dance In The Field Mix) 7:17
Edited By [Additional Edits] – Arif Mardin
Producer – Arif Mardin
Remix, Edited By – John ‘Tokes’ Potoker*

SIDE B
(B1) Dig This Well Deep 4:34
Engineer – Mike Roarty
Producer – Howard Jones
(B2) You Know I Love You… Don’t You? (Instrumental) 5:58
Edited By [Additional Edits] – Arif Mardin
Producer – Arif Mardin
Remix, Edited By – John ‘Tokes’ Potoker*

Back Cover

CLEANING AND GRADING INFO
UK 12″ Housed In A 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 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

PW: burningtheground

You can help show your support for this blog by making a donation using PayPal. Thank you for your help.