Burning The Ground Exclusive 1984
“Target Practice” is a song by British singer and musician Belouis Some, which was released in 1984 as his first major-label single after his 1981 debut “Lose It to You”. The song was written by Some, and produced by Peter Schwier and Ian Little.
“Target Practice” was re-recorded in New York in early 1985, with Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero as the producers. This new version was included in Some’s 1985 debut album Some People. It was also released as a single in 1986 and reached No. 16 on South Africa Springbok Chart in 1986, which was his third consecutive top 20 hit there. A music video for the 1986 release was directed by Brian Travers and produced by Annie Croft for PMI.
Track B1 is listed as “Some People” on the sleeve, and as “Somepeople” on the vinyl label. It´s the original 1984 version, different from the 1985 releases.
SIDE A:
Target Practice (Extended) 7:23
Mixed By – Steve Thompson
SIDE B:
Somepeople 4:17
Target Practice (Revisited) 7:40
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
Poster: Mint
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI – 12EMI 5462
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic, Rock, Pop
Style: Synth-pop
CREDITS:
Co-producer – Belouis, Ian Little, Peter Schwier
Mastered By – Nickz*
Photography By – Sheila Rock
Sleeve – C·More·Tone*
Written-By – Belouis*
NOTES:
‘Includes Free Poster’ sticker on sleeve. Manufactured in the UK.
Find the 12″ at DISCOGS
VINYL RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net
THE GEAR:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Black
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
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
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Enthusiastic thanks and further kudos to you Paul for championing Belouis Some. Love this guy’s music and because of you I get to hear tracks (extended) that I never even knew about. Wow, this guy had it all. Great sound and gorgeous good looks!! Love the poster you scanned. Amazing as usual Paul!
Jeff
Belouis Some is one of my very favorite artists from the 80s his output is really overlooked. 🙂
hola amigo fantastic blog.exelente extended dificil de conseguir.3 version de target practise la mejor es la bellseye mix ..gracias
I’m not aware of this single but Steve Thompson is one of my favourite remixers. A shame that Belouis Some is mostly only known for Imagination, although it was and still is a great song imo.
Thanks Paul 🙂
You’re welcome, Mark 🙂
One of the tracks that never reached on any playlists on radio. I tried my darnest to make this track do that with my own 12″. However other played “Some People” and “Imagination” like it was the only two songs he have made that was good. Well we all know there’s also “Let it be with you”. He has even been classified as a “One Hit Wonder” with the song “Imagination”. I am very careful to use that mark on any artist. However Opus “Live is Life” has a great 12″ version, just a little longer than the single version.… Read more »
It looks kinda Mad Max or Billy Idol and that is never a bad thing.
Love the Planet of the Apes jacket as well.
Obscure relics from the 1980’s! What’s not to like.
Ahh…posters and goodies inside the album sleeve, how it is missed.
This individual looks more like Rutger Hauer in the original Blade Runner from 1982, but much younger.
“Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep”