Burning The Ground Exclusive 1984
“Beat Box” is a song by English avant-garde synth-pop group Art of Noise. Originally appearing as the second track on the 12″ EP Into Battle with the Art of Noise (1983), it was released as the group’s first single in December 1983.
This U.S. 7″ promo contains the “Special Radio Re-Edit” also known as “Shep Pettibone Radio Edit” which differs from the 2:55 Original 7″ Edit. This mix is a unique edit of the original Into Battle version and has a snippet of the track “Battle” at the beginning.
The same track appears on both sides of the 7″ release.
SIDE A:
Beat Box (Special Radio Re-Edit) 2:53
SIDE B:
Beat Box (Special Radio Re-Edit) 2:53
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Beat Box | U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 | #101 |
| 1984 | Beat Box | U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles | #10 |
| 1984 | Beat Box | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | #1 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Island Records – PR 595, ZTT – PR 595
Format: Vinyl, 7″, Promo, Single, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop
Style: Instrumental, Hip Hop, Experimental, Leftfield
CREDITS:
- Edited By – Shep Pettibone
- Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ✩] – Greg Calbi
- Producer – Art Of Noise*
- Written-By – Dudley*, Langan*, Jeczalik*, Morley*, Horn*
NOTES:
Special Radio Re-Edit
Promotion Copy
Not For Sale
For Mastermix Productions
Buy the 7″ Promo at DISCOGS
VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net
THE GEAR:
Turntable: Technics SL-1200MK7
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Black PnP MkII
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro Spin Acrylic Mat
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
Tubes: Genalex Gold Lion 12AX7 ECC83/B759 Gold Pins Vacuum Tube – Matched Pair
DAC: Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner
SOFTWARE:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling/Dither: 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)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi
**24bit FLAC Only Available For Seven Days!
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Hi Paul,
could it be that you have made a slight editing error – maybe during the de-clicking process?
On your rip after the first 4 snare-drum beats the bass-drum continues with 2 beats but I have a vinyl rip where the exact same version has only 1 bass-drum beat which timing-wise this seems to be correct.
Still enjoying your site very much, especially the reference quality of your rips and your excellent choice of music.
Keep On Keepin’ On
This was great to hear in top quality Paul, much appreciated sir. It’s usually buried deep within a WKTU or some ancient radio mix somewhere. Beautiful. SUCH a huge AON nut.
MORE AON PLLLEASE !
This version is the one all the radio stations played in 1983 when AON rose to the top of the Black charts in America, and it was never available in stores. It blew my little teenage mind away as a freshman in high school and still does to this day. Not to mention the influence it had in shaping all genres of music that came out later in the eighties, including TV themes. Thank you so much for the high res quality copy.
I love these rare 7″ remix edits as they can be even harder to find than 12″ remixes! Thank you so much for keeping this site so exciting and unique!
You’re welcome, Martika 🙂
Like so many commenters here, I’m still a huge fan of AON.
After my roommate introduced me to Invisible Silence during the summer of ’86, I saw music & “noise” (and the almost infinite possibilities of both) like never before.
Since first hearing Duane Eddy’s guitar solo, I haven’t been the same.
Music is my drug of choice 🙂
Thanks, Paul 🙂
You’re welcome 🙂
Huge Art of Noise fan so much appreciated!!
My pleasure 🙂
This is new to my ears and so excited for it!! What a groundbreaking time for music [sigh], we were so lucky to be part of it. And 1984 especially, when the convergence of popular music and the very best music was at it’s peak… Thank you Paul for all that you do!!
You’re welcome, retro Hound. Enjoy 🙂
This is indeed a rarity as I was involved in CHR back in 1984 and never saw this edit…or the original release. They may not have been serviced to pop radio or we might have played one of them.
I am FLIPPING.OUT. Never heard this mix before and the intersection with Shep Pettibone is blowing my mind. Really nice work – it sounds GREAT. Just when I think I’ve heard everything by a band, you share something I haven’t! Thank you.
You’re welcome, Jon 🙂
This is a time to rejoice!!! Art Of Noise initially left a big impression on me. This was so different and groundbreaking at the time. I was really into the Electro scene and loved strange and out-there music. Radio station 92 KTU played this a lot, especially on the Latin Rascals’ mix show. I bought their EP “Into Battle” and was amazed at the experimentation and strangeness of the record. I loved this and their first two albums, but something shifted. They went a bit Pop. And even though I did like it, it just wasn’t the same. (sigh) I… Read more »
Pretty sure you will dig this edit, Jeff I feel like I hear the Latin Rascals mix of Duran Duran’s Notorious in there although this was released three years before it.
Sending you a big hug, Paul!! Loved what you said! I feel tumescence coming on!!!
Jeff
Paul have you played both sides? It is my understanding that some of these didn’t have the same edit on both sides…actually had two different edits…?
I did play both sides to check the quality and the tracks were identical.