BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

“Do Not Disturb” is a song recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was written and produced by the production duo of Steve Jolley and Tony Swain. Originally released as a stand-alone single in 1985, the track was later added to Bananarama’s third album True Confessions which was issued by London Records a year later. “Do Not Disturb” was released in the UK, Australia, Germany and Japan but only charted in the UK.

Bananarama did not like the song. Group member Keren Woodward later said of the True Confessions album, “It is all our ideas, it is what we wanted to sound like and sing about. Except ‘Do Not Disturb’ which Swain and Jolley wrote and which we don’t think is very good. Thats why there’s eleven songs on the LP instead of ten”. When released, “Do Not Disturb” was a mid-charting single, peaking at number thirty-one.

In the UK the single was released as two seperate 12″ singles. The first 12″ included the “Instrumental Dub” version of “Do Not Disturb”. The second 12″ was released as a limited Edition and featured “Do Not Disturb” (Bananamix) a megamix featuring most of their hits up to this point. The only difference in the sleeves is a custom hype sticker. “Do Not Disturb” (Bananamix) is exclusive to this 12″.

SIDE A:
Do Not Disturb 6:08
Producer – Tony Swain & Steve Jolley*
Written-By – Jolley, Swain*

Do Not Disturb (Instrumental Dub) 3:43
Producer – Tony Swain & Steve Jolley*
Written-By – Jolley, Swain*

SIDE B:
Ghost 4:03
Producer – Patrick Seymour
Written-By – Seymour*, Bishop*, Dallin*, Fahey*

Do Not Disturb (Bananamix) 10:50
Producer – Steve Jolley & Tony Swain
a) Do Not Disturb
b) Rough Justice
c) Na Na Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
d) Shy Boy
e) Robert De Niro’s Waiting
f) Really Saying Something
g) Cruel Summer

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: London Records ‎– NANAM 9
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Limited Edition
Country: UK
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Artwork By [Design] – Laurence Stevens
Performer [Bananarama Are] – Keren*, Sarah*, Siobhan*
Photography – Robert Erdman

NOTES:
Very limited edition – large white sticker on sleeve. The B2 Bananamix is an exclusive Hits Megamix

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EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi