Tag: War Boys (Single Edit)

Annabella – War Boys (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

A. Front

“War Boys” was the first single taken from former Bow Wow Wow lead singer Annabella Lwin’s debut solo album Fever. Produced by American musician and record producer John Robie “War Boys” debuted on the US Billboard Hat Dance Music/Club Play chart on April 5, 1986 spending six weeks on the survey peaking at #28.

SIDE A:
War Boys (Extended Mix) 7:37
War Boys (Single Edit) 3:50

SIDE B:
War Boys (Dub Version) 7:36
War Boys (Robie) 7:18

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1986 War Boys U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #28

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: RCA Victor ‎– PW-14288
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Electro, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Engineer – Mark Berry
Keyboards [Additional] – Manuel Parrish*, Michael Rudetsky
Producer – John Robie
Producer [Additional Production], Mixed By – Robie* (tracks: B2), Raul A. Rodriguez (tracks: A1, A2, B1)
Written-By – Annabella Lwin, John Robie

NOTES:
From the LP “FEVER”

Tracks are listed incorrectly on Side B they should be:

B1 War Boys (Robie) aka Rough And Toug Mix
B2 War Boys (Dub Version)

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B. Back

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