Culture Club – White Boy (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1982

A. Front

Re-Rip Newly Remastered!

Originally I posted this one on June 14, 2010. But for those who may have missed it or if you are a new reader just discovering BTG. I decided to give this one a new rip with my newer Ortofon Super 30 stylus. This 12″ is also being posted in 24 bit flac for the very first time!

“White Boy” is the debut single by english new wave band Culture Club taken from the album Kissing To Be Clever. Although the song failed to reach the US or UK Top 100, Front man Boy George was still happy because “5000 people bought my song and didn’t even know me.”

The 12″ version of “White Boy” is a different mix than waht appeared on Kissing To Be Clever. Oddly the album version was titled “dance nix”.

SIDE A
White Boy (12″ Version) 6:46

SIDE B
Love Twist 4:22
Featuring – Captain Crucial

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Virgin – VS 496-12
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1982
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave, Synth-pope

CREDITS:
Artwork By [Cover Design] – Jik Graham
Bass – Michael Craig
Drums, Percussion – Jon Moss
Engineer – Dave Bascombe*
Guitar, Keyboards, Piano – Roy Hay
Photography – Mark Lebon
Producer, Engineer – Steve Levine
Vocals, Backing Vocals – Boy George
Written-By – Culture Club

NOTES:
Do Not Erase Productions Ltd.

Find The 12″ On DISCOGS

B. Back

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Speed Control: Pro-Ject Speed Box S
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 Removeal: ClickRepair (DeClick Level 3)
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

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dst
dst
November 18, 2014 5:10 am

dude, many thanks (and Get well soon)
but also to mention
the culture club are releasing a NEW single this year (2014) called…
‘more than silence’
all the best..
doug

KEVolution
November 6, 2014 1:24 am

thaqnk you for posting this! i’m pretty sure i already have it, but it never hurts to make sure!

any chance you\d be willing to repost God thank you woman from 11th April 2010? i’d be ever so grateful!

Dean
Dean
November 4, 2014 9:12 pm

Thank you, Paul!

cdmaniac
November 4, 2014 6:21 pm

How Timely Paul.
I just pre-ordered the new album last night.
And I’m going to see them on the 15th.

Christian
Christian
November 4, 2014 3:18 pm

Thanks, Paul! Are you going to see them while they are on tour? I’m going to see them in Oakland on Nov 17!

woz
woz
Reply to  Christian
November 5, 2014 1:15 pm

I didn’t realize they were touring the usa. Thanks for the tip!

Guss
Guss
November 4, 2014 3:10 pm

Thank you Paul!!!

woz
woz
November 4, 2014 3:08 pm

Thanks!

Jermajesty
Jermajesty
November 4, 2014 2:38 pm

Awesome, thanks v much. 🙂 Can’t go wrong with a bit of Culture Club.

Can’t remember if I’ve asked you before, but have you heard the track where they’re trying to do a demo of Victims, but they all start arguing with each other and walking out in a huff? It’s on one of the box sets….

Ray In Australia
Ray In Australia
Reply to  Jermajesty
November 4, 2014 6:26 pm

That is so funny to listen to 🙂 They called it “Shirley Temple Moment” on the box set

omar
omar
November 4, 2014 12:05 pm

Thanks Paul. What’s even more rare is the 7″ version of this song. Do You have that?

ex15
ex15
November 4, 2014 11:49 am

Another great track, Paul..

Thanks as always for the rip.. 🙂

Stefano
Stefano
November 4, 2014 10:16 am

Another old post re-ripped. Lots of beauties left to get the same treatment.
Thanks Paul.

By the way: how are you feeling?

Stefano
Stefano
Reply to  DjPaulT
November 4, 2014 11:44 am

All the best man! I’ll be thinking about you Monday.