Tag: Pink Shack Blues

Marc Almond – Tenderness Is A Weakness (UK 10″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984

“Tenderness Is A Weakness” is the third single released by British singer/songwriter Marc Almond from his début solo studio album Vermin in Ermine. The song reached #88 on the UK singles chart in November 1984.

“Tenderness Is A Weakness (With Instrumental Overture)” did not appear on the recently released Marc Almond box set Trials Of Eyeliner (The Anthology 1979/2016).I am unsure about the other tracks on this 10″.

SIDE A:
Tenderness Is A Weakness (With Instrumental Overture) 7:14
Written-By – Almond*

SIDE B:
Love For Sale 3:25
Written-By – C. Porter*

Pink Shack Blues 6:02
Written-By – Almond*

The Heel 3:19
Written-By – Wilson*, Ferre*, Robinson*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Some Bizzare ‎– BZS 2510
Format: Vinyl, 10″, 45 RPM, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: UK
Released: Oct 1984
Genre: Rock
Style: Lounge, Pop Rock

CREDITS:
Arranged By [Strings] – Bill*, Gini*, Martin*
Bass – Billy McGee
Cello – Martin McCarrick
Design – Huw Feather
Drums – Steven Humphries*
Engineer – Tom Thiel
Featuring – The Willing Sinners
Guitar – Richard Riley
Percussion – Martin Ditcham
Photography By [Cover Photos] – Peter Ashworth
Piano – Annie Hogan
Producer – Mike Hedges
Trumpet – Enrico Tomasso
Violin – Gini Ball

NOTES:
A-side plays at 45rpm.
B-side plays at 33rpm.

Recorded at Hartmann Digital, Bavaria

On this release, The Willing Sinners are:
Annie Hogan, Billy McGee, Martin McCarrick, Richard Riley, Stephen Humphries.

Thanx to all who helped in some way.

Fins the 10″ on DISCOGS

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
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:
Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/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