Animal Magnet – Welcome To The Monkey House (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1981

“Welcome To The Monkey House” is a 1981 single by British New Romantic five-piece band Animal Magnet formed in London in 1980, featuring Paul Caplin and Richard Magnet.

In 1981, the band were a support act for Duran Duran on their first national tour and released their debut single “Tomorrow Will Do”. This was followed by “Welcome to the Monkey House” which didn’t reach the UK Top 40 Chart, but EMI did not delete it for a long time. The reason being it sold weekly in very small amounts and became a club hit in cities including Birmingham.

Paul Caplin left Animal Magnet to become the ‘secret mastermind’ behind the 1980s avant-garde new wave pop project Haysi Fantayzee.

SIDE A:
Welcome To The Monkey House (12″ Version) 5:38

SIDE B
Game Over, Player 1 3:54

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI ‎– 12EMI 5240
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1981
Genre: Electronic
Style: New wave, Synth-pop

CREDITS:

Credits
Engineer – Alan Douglas (2)
Producer – Vic Coppersmith-Heaven
Written-By – Caplin*, Magnet*

NOTES:
Manufactured in the UK by EMI Records Limited.
Mastered AtThe Town House
Pressed ByEMI Records

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:
Schiit Mani
Soundcard:
ESI Juli@ XTe Audio Interface
Monitiring:
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

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NorthernDog
NorthernDog
May 17, 2019 9:18 am

Thank you for this SUPER RARE single!!

Dirk
Dirk
May 17, 2019 6:42 am

Djeewizh
Another example of fine cover art, but..no credits, nothing. And I googled even.
Is it the band photographed, by the way?

Simon Curtiss
Simon Curtiss
May 17, 2019 5:42 am

Brilliant song, I had the 7″ back in the day but lost it somewhere between England & New Zealand! So thank you very much.

Marco
Marco
May 17, 2019 3:24 am

What a lost treasure you unearthed here.

Thanks Paul.

Jermajesty
Jermajesty
May 16, 2019 1:25 pm

I must once again congratulate you Paul on another successful Totally Obscure 80s week. It’s 5/5 to you so far for me. I don’t know how you manage to mine so much stuff that is genuinely obscure, it really is quite a delight.

That cover is awesome. It would have certainly been banned if it had actually charted.

Didn’t know that Haysi Fantayzee had a secret mastermind either.

No name
No name
May 16, 2019 12:39 pm

It’s an awesome track, for sure – I only heard it a couple years ago, when someone asked me “Why isn’t this out anywhere?”. Since then, it’s been put on a couple streaming 80s compilations, as well as Gary Crowley’s excellent recent Lost 80s – but I’m sure the most pristine version is here. Thanks!

Jeff
Jeff
May 16, 2019 11:57 am

Just based on the title alone, I love this record. Very cool information regarding this 12-inch Paul. And I was all over the fact that Paul Caplin was involved with Haysi Fantayzee. I love that band, so I think I’ll really like this band. Very cool of you pulling out these fantastic pieces Paul. I so love the different!!

Jeff

OMAR
OMAR
May 16, 2019 11:55 am

Thanks Paul.