Category: Fad Gadget

Fad Gadget – Make Room (UK 7″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1981

-DjPaulT Recommended 7″

“Make Room” is a 1981 one-off single on Mute Records, by British avant-garde electronic musician and vocalist Francis John Tovey (8 September 1956 – 3 April 2002), known also by his stage name Fad Gadget. He was a proponent of both new wave and early industrial music, fusing together a unique blend of pop-structured songs mixed with mechanized experimentation.

The b-side “Lady Shave”, went on to become “one of his most iconic tracks”.

SIDE A:
Make Room 4:04
Bass Guitar – Pete Balmer
Drums – Robert Gotobed
Vocals [Extra] – B.J. Frost
, Pete Balmer*, Sarah Pirozek
Written-By – Fad Gadget, PBalmer*

SIDE B:
Lady Shave 5:48
Synthesizer, Electronic Drums [Drum Machine] – Daniel Miller
Written-By – D Miller*, Fad Gadget

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Mute ‎– MUTE 012
Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: Mar 1981
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Lacquer Cut By – Porky (5)
Photography By – B.J. Frost*
Plated By – Max*
Synthesizer – David Simmonds
Vocals – Fad Gadget

NOTES:
Recorded at Blackwing Studios All Hallows Church, London 1981.
Studio: Fad Gadget, D. Miller
Distributed by Rough Trade & Spartan

Find the 7″ 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:
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube:
Mullard 12AX7 Preamp Vacuum Tube Pins
Soundcard:
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