BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1982
“Valentine’s Day” is a song recorded by English new wave group ABC in 1981, included on their debut album, The Lexicon of Love. In 1982 “Valentine’s Day” was only released as a single only in Japan. The single failed to have any chart success.
SIDE A:
Valentine’s Day 3:40
SIDE B:
The Look Of Love (Part 3) 4:17
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Mercury – 7PP-85
Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: Japan
Released: 1982
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop
Credits: Producer – Trevor Horn
Written-By, Performer – ABC
NOTES:
Made in Japan
Find The 7″ On DISCOGS
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Speed Control: Pro-Ject Speed Box S
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 Removeal: ClickRepair (DeClick Level 3)
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
Just when I thought I’d heard every version of Look Of Love!
This (Part Three) is a cool mix, got a more club (in the 80s sense of the word) feel to it.
Lexicon Of Love one of my top albums of all time – those lyrics! 😀
I was thinking about this earlier – can’t imagine why! David Palmer, the drummer, was a few years above me at junior school. I still remember him at the front of the assembly hall playing his snare drum in front of the whole school. Happy Valentine’s Day, Paul.
thank you ! have a nice Valentine’s day
Loving the Valentine’s Day themed songs this week Paul, and as always beautifully ripped with stunning artwork.
Any chance of a re-rip of the Dionne Warwick’s Got a Date 12” with it’s ‘contentious’ cover? That’s ALMOST Valentine’s Day themed isn’t it? Almost??
Nice surprise. Didn’t know that The Look Of Love Part 3 was ever a B-side. Part 2 is my favorite part, that string arrangement by Anne Dudley – wow!
it’s already the 14th of february here!!!!!
have fun!!!
Have fun Giorgio!
hello everybody!!!!
happy valentine’s day!!!!!!
thanx a lot dj for another gem!!!!
have fun everyone!!!!
greetings from Greece!!!
Happy Valentine’s day Giorgio 🙂
Thanks Paul!!
Do you happen to have any of Poison Arrow singles that feature “Mantrap (The Lounge Sequence)”. Its the instrumental of “Mantrap” (which is itself a slow version of “Poison Arrow”). Its really hard to find. Can’t even find it on youtube.
Another surprise Paul. I’m in the North East being clobbered by snow, so this is a welcome way to thaw my “frozen” mood out. Thanks for the warmth.
Jeff
You’re welcome Jeff. I know exacly what you are going through. We had a catastrophic ice storm here in Tulsa in 2007 pretty much the entire city lost power for over a week. It was miserable. I hope it get’s better for you soon. Stay warm!
I didn’t even know that this was a Japanese single . Thanks Paul for the excellent stuff. Hopefully you’ll put out more ABC ,Thompson Twins etc in the future?
You’re welcome Omar I plan to post more my friend 🙂