BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987
“The Night You Murdered Love” is a song by English band ABC, released as the second single from their fourth studio album, Alphabet City (1987). It peaked at No. 31 on the UK Singles Chart. In the United States, the song peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Dance chart “The Night You Murdered Love” was also a top 40 seller on Billboard Maxi-Singles sales chart reaching No. 33.
SIDE A:
The Night You Murdered Love (Sheer Chic Mix) 6:32
Mixed By – Pete Hammond, The Funky Sisters
Minneapolis 2:57
SIDE B:
The Night You Murdered Love (The Whole Story) 8:14
Rap [Featuring] – Contessa Lady V
The Night You Murdered Love (The Reply) 4:50
Rap [Featuring] – Contessa Lady V
The Night You Murdered Love (Bonus Beats) 4:53
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | The Night You Murdered Love | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | #3 |
| 1987 | The Night You Murdered Love | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play Maxi-Singles Sales | #33 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Mercury – 888 894-1
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
CREDITS:
Engineer – Martyn Webster (tracks: B1 to B3)
Mixed By – Julian Mendelsohn (tracks: B1 to B3)
Producer – Bernard Edwards (tracks: A1, B1 to B3), Mark White, Martin Fry
Written-By – Mark White, Martin Fry
NOTES:
Contessa Lady V is credited on sleeve cover as “Featuring”, but only appears on B1 & B2.
Original version of “The Night You Murdered Love” on the Mercury LP “ALPHABET CITY”
Find the 12″ at DISCOGS
Vinyl Restoration bY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net
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 12AX7 TubeGold Pins
Soundcard: Novation Audiohub 2×4 Audio Interface
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, ocenaudio
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
I had this when it came out. It’s great hearing these mixes again. Thank you as always Paul
The Discogs link of this faulty.
well done + thanks, fan of a band, was pretty imagined by difference of “beauty stab” album as well as later very perfect “up” – both their best for me ! here´s curiously found rap reply ,love good remixes (not all rare is good of course
Never heard this one. In fact, I was living in another continent at the time, so I missed out on so much 80’s pop culture.
Thanks Paul, for uploading more ABC!
Cool, Thanks Paul :-).
Absolutely love ABC from this time period. Especially these new mixes i have not Heard. This is great Paul, Thanks !
Requesting “King Without a Crown” in 24bit 😉 Also found myself listening to “Fear of the World (In Cinemascope)” only just last week. Iwas really digging it and was suprised to find it was never released as a single :/
Love ABC. Thanks for posting!!
hi paul, abc is one of my all time favorite bands. this album, alphabet city was ok, but it was them trying to return to the early sound of lexicon of love, but not as successful. beauty stab was their rock record, and how to be a … millionaire is an all time electrofunk classic. yes, when smokey sings, was a huge hit, but the 2nd single (this), and king without a crown were lesser releases. on this release the ‘sheer chic mix’, is superior, only because it doesn’t have the terrible rap in the middle of it. the other… Read more »
Thanks Paul. I didn’t have The Whole Story mix on CD. 🙂
I always loved that single and the Mendelsohn Remix is brilliant. The “Sheer Chic Mix” was included on “The Remix Album” compilation CD but the sound quality was poor. Your rip is crystal clear as always. Thank you Paul for your amazing work.
Ahhhh….. brings back memories!!! Thanks Paul for this amazing rip.
Great post DJ Paul!!!
This is one of the best songs of the ABC and of the 80’s
with an amazing remix made by Julian Mendelsohn (one of his bests)
that (The whole story mix) was missing from the 2005 remastered CD.
Luckily we got dj Paul with his awesome sound quality.
Regards
I adore ABC and I’m looking forward to hearing the mixes in pristine quality. I remember it being a superb production.
Cheers Paul 🙂
A favorite of mine. I have this single. Paul is there anyway you could please post the single edit as well. It runs in at 4:09 min and to my knowledge is hard to find? Thanks
I’m so pleased “Februlove” isn’t over just yet. And to have an ABC song to boot is extra, extra special. You are amazing Paul in finding the right records to fit every mood. I love and hail all this eclecticism Burning The Ground has to offer. You certainly run the gamut of genres here dear Paul!! So cool to see Bernard Edwards’ name attached to this release. I miss him a lot. Anytime I see Nile Rogers’ credit applied to a musical project, I automatically think of Bernard. Ah, the Chic guys. Love that band. Thanks again Paul for everything!… Read more »
Best ABC song, hands down Thank you for this gem!