Burning The Ground Exclusive 1986
“Tough Guys Don’t Dance” is a 1986 New Wave/Industrial Belgium only 12″ single released by music project The Hood which consisted of legendary NYC party promoter-doorman and writer John Hood. The Hood released one LP titled “Cooler Than Thou” along with three singles and appeared on the 1988 soundtrack for the film Salvation!
“Tough Guys Don’t Dance” was remixed by keyboardist and Arthur Baker’s right-hand man, John Robie with production by Ivan Ivan. This rarely-heard obscure 80s track did not chart and there was no music video released.
SIDE A:
Tough Guys Don’t Dance (Mix 1) 4:21
Tough Guys Don’t Dance (Dub) 4:32
SIDE B:
Tough Guys Don’t Dance (Mix 2) 4:29
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Les Disques Du Crépuscule – TWI 687
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: Belgium
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: New Wave, Industrial
CREDITS:
- Producer – Ivan Ivan
- Remix – John Robie
- Sleeve – Howard Chaykin
- Written-By, Performer – The Hood
NOTES:
Comes in a one-sided picture sleeve.
Buy the 12″ at DISCOGS
VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net
THE GEAR:
Turntable: Technics SL-1200MK7
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Black PnP MkII
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro Spin Acrylic Mat
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
Tubes: Genalex Gold Lion 12AX7 ECC83/B759 Gold Pins Vacuum Tube – Matched Pair
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
**24bit FLAC Only Available For Seven Days!
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