BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984
“There Are More Snakes Than Ladders” is a 1984 Non-album single by English musician Captain Sensible released by A&M Records. Produced by Tony Mansfield the song reached #57 on the UK singles chart on July 29, 1984.
SIDE A:
There Are More Snakes Than Ladders (Remix) 4:08
Producer, Written-By – T. Mansfield*
Written-By – Sensible*
There Are More Snakes Than Ladders (Folk Version) 3:31
Producer, Written-By – T. Mansfield*
Written-By – Sensible*
SIDE B:
The 4 Marys Go Go Dance All Night At The Groovy Cellar 6:23
Producer, Written-By – Captain Sensible
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: A&M Records – CAPX 7
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave
CREDITS:
Photography By – Derek Ridgers
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
DAC/Phono Pre-amp: 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 USED:
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
Username: btg
Password: burningtheground
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There is a wonderful documentary from 2015 called ‘The Damned: Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead’ which is well worth checking out for the Captain Sensible interviews as well as all the rest (I am a fan of The Damned but even if you’re not then it is worth a watch, though how anyone cannot love their songs Curtain Call and Smash It Up is a mystery) – I was watching an episode of the epic surreal sci-fi series Legion and it featured a clip from the 12 inch mix of ‘Wot’ by Captain Sensible and it reminded me… Read more »
Wow! This is a pleasant surprise. Can’t wait to listen and throw out my old transfer. Thank you kindly Paul!
You’re very welcome, Mothloop 🙂
Thanks Paul. Love CS.
You’re welcome, Omar 🙂
OMFG Paul – I LOVE Captain Sensible!! He seems such a fun, wholesome guy. A true punk.
I keep contemplating going to see The Damned now he’s back in them.
This is a great single, reminds me very much of Julian Cope’s (from Teardrop Explodes) 80s solo stuff.
Check out The Captain’s albums if you haven’t.
Also enjoy this Through The Keyhole episode where he was still living at his mum’s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENE9UawDafk
Will check them out Jermajesty and thanks for the link 🙂
Paul! This is quite exciting for me because I only know the song ”
Wot ” and I’ve always been curious if he had anything else of note.l
Looking forward to the listen.
Jeff
Jeff, he got most attention over here for his (some would say irritating) cover version of Happy Talk, which got him to Number 1. He also did an anti war song called Glad It’s All Over, which I loved as a kid.
This was all after he left The Damned though – check out their album Machine Gun Etiquette – it’s a punk classic!
And let’s not forget “Royal Rave Up“:
“My name is Andy
They say I’m randy…“
That topic seems to have become current again….
Jermajesty,
Thank you for you schooling me about Captain Sensible! I really need to check more of his stuff out. Cool about The Damned as well. These are artists I need to hear more of.
Have a great day!
Jeff
Sorry – just checked the timelines – he was still in the Damned when Happy Talk came out. What must the rest of the band thought. 😀
Hope you like it Jeff 🙂