BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1982

Fashion were a British New Wave band from Birmingham consisting of Dee Harris, Al ‘Luke Sky’ James, Alan Darby, John Mulligan, Marlon Recchi and Dik Davis. Fashion disbanded in 1984 after three albums and several singles.

In August of 1982, Fashion released their eighth single, “Love Shadow”. It was backed by “Let’s Play Dirty Centerfold”. The A side appeared on their second album, Fabrique. The B side was a non-LP track. “Love Shadow” reached the #51 spot on the U.K. singles chart. The single was produced by Zeus B. Held and featured additional vocals by Gina X.

SIDE A:
Love Shadow (Smokey Dialogue) 8:02
Vocals [Featuring] – Gina X

SIDE B:
Let’s Play Dirty Centrefold 7:46

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Arista – 600 665
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Maxi-Single, 45 RPM
Country: Germany
Released: 1982
Genre: Electronic
Style: New wave, Electro, Synth-pop
Credits: Producer – Zeus B. Held

NOTES:
“Love Shadow” remixed from the album “Fabrique”

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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