Category: Murray Head

Murray Head – One Night In Bangkok (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984

A. Front

“One Night in Bangkok” is a song originally sung by the British actor and singer Murray Head (verses) and Swedish singer and songwriter Anders Glenmark (choruses) on the 1984 concept album for the musical Chess. Its music was composed by former ABBA members Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and its lyrics were written by Tim Rice and Ulvaeus.

The release topped the charts in many countries, including South Africa, West Germany, Switzerland and Australia. It peaked at no. 3 in both Canada and the United States in May 1985, and at no. 12 in Head’s native United Kingdom.

In the US two seperate 12″ promo’s were issued one containing two edits of “One Night In Bangkok” and the other containing the “extended version”. Insted of making two seperate posts I have included the “extended version” with this release.

SIDE A:
One Night In Bangkok (U.S. Radio Edit) 4:07

SIDE B:
One Night In Bangkok (Original European Hit) 3:15
One Night In Bangkok (Extended Version) 5:38

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1984 One Night In Bangkok U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #3
1984 One Night In Bangkok U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles #89
1984 One Night In Bangkok U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #5
1984 One Night In Bangkok U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales #8

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: RCA ‎– JR-13989, RCA ‎– JD-13989
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Engineer – Michael B. Tretow
Producer – Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Tim Rice
Vocals – Anders Glenmark
Written-By – Andersson*, Ulvaeus*, Rice*

NOTES:
From the album “CHESS”

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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