Category: The Jets

The Jets – Curiosity (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

A. Front

“Curiosity” was the first single released by the Jets from their critically and commercially successful debut album The Jets. This was a successful single on the R&B chart in the U.S., peaking at #8. In the U.K. the single reached #41.

SIDE A:
Curiosity (Extended Version) 7:30

SIDE B:
Curiosity (Radio Edit) 5:15
Curiosity (Instrumental Version) 7:25

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1985 Curiosity U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles #8
1985 Curiosity U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #21

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: MCA Records ‎– MCA-23586
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic, Pop
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Engineer [Assistant] – Toni Greene
Engineer [Re-mix] – Taavi Moté*
Mastered By – Steve Hall
Producer – Aaron Zigman, David Rivkin, Don Powell, Jerry Knight
Remix – Louil Silas, Jr.*
Written-By –  A. Zigman*, J. Knight

NOTES:
Mastered at Future Disc Systems, Hollywood, CA
Produced for Twin-Town Sound Corporation
From The Jets LP, “THE JETS”

Find the 12″ on DISCOGS

B. Back

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck 
Phono Pre-amp:
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube:
Tung-Sol 12AX7ECC803-S Gold Electron Tube
Soundcard:
ESI Juli@
Record Cleaning:
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans:
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: 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)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi