Category: This Island Earth

This Island Earth – Take Me To The Fire (Canada 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

“Take Me To The Fire” is a song by new wave band from Liverpool This Island Earth. The band signed with Magnet Records Ltd. and a recording session with German music producer Zeus B. Held in June 1984 made way for the production of two singles before the band disappeared into 80s obscurity.

The band recorded a full-length LP but it was shelved and has never been released.

SIDE A:
Take Me To The Fire (Extended Version) 6:18

SIDE B:
Pearl Of Love 5:46
Take Me To The Fire (Instrumental) 4:16

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Magnet (2) ‎– MAGT 275
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Stereo
Country: Canada
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Backing Vocals – Rachel Furness
Drums – Steve Brown (68)
Guitar – Mark Griffis
Photography By – Chris Garnham
Piano – Kevin Brown
Producer – Zeus B. Held
Vocals, Keyboards – John Hawkins*

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

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