Malcolm McLaren – Double Dutch (US 12″ Promo)
Posted by DjPaulT on 11th February 2011
BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983
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“Double Dutch” is a 1983 single by Malcolm McLaren. It is taken from his debut album Duck Rock. “Double Dutch” is the follow-up to his successful debut single, “Buffalo Gals”, and reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart, making it his highest-charting single release. The album version is a slight re-edit of the single, with part of the original middle eight moved to the end of the track.
Mbaqanga group The Boyoyo Boys took legal action against Mclaren over the similarity of “Double Dutch” with their own hit “Puleng”. After a lengthy legal battle in the UK the matter was settled out of court, with payment made to the South African copyright holders, songwriter Petrus Maneli and publisher Gallo Music, but Horn and Mclaren retained their songwriting credits.
SIDE A:
Double Dutch (Long Version) 8:25
Engineer – Gary Langan
SIDE B:
Hobo Scratch (She’s Looking Like A Hobo) 9:15
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Mint
CHARTS:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Double Dutch | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | #47 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Island Records
Catalog#: DMD 641
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop
Style: Electro
Credits: Producer – Trevor Horn
Written By – Malcolm McLaren , Trevor Horn
NOTES:
Special thanks to Jumpers Personified & D.D. Dynamites Double Dutch Teams.
Find the 12″ on DISCOGS
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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