BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

REQUEST

“Cross The Border (Steel Love)” was the fourth single released from the 1986 album Measure For Measure. In the US “Cross the Border” was remixed and released only as a 12″ single, and while a major US pop hit would elude them until the following year, “Cross The Border” went Top 20 on the Billboard Rock tracks chart.

A music video was filmed for the song at the legendary RCA recording studio in New York City and Directed John Jopson.

*Please Note track times are listed incorrectly on the record labels. The correct times are listed below.

SIDE A:
Cross The Border (Steel Love) (Dance Mix) 6:32

SIDE B:
Cross The Border (Steel Love) (Dub Version) 6:08
Cross The Border (Steel Love) (Single Version) 4:17

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint (generic)

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1986	Cross The Border (Steel Love)	U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	#19

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis
Catalog#: 4V9 43062
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Leftfield, Pop Rock, Synth-pop
Credits: Producer – Rhett Davies
Remix – Michael Brauer*
Written-By – I. Davies*, B. Kretschmer*

NOTES:
Original version on the LP “Measure for Measure” #BFV 41527.
Remixed for MHB Productions.

Find the 12″ on DISCOGS

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