Divinyls – Sleeping Beauty (Australia 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1985

“Sleeping Beauty” is a song by the Australian rock band Divinyls. It was released in December 1985 as the fourth single from their second studio album, What a Life!. The song achieved minor success in Australia, peaking at number fifty. “Sleeping Beauty” was written by Mark McEntee and lead singer Christina Amphlett. The song was produced by Mike Chapman, who also produced the final recording stages of What a Life! and Divinyls’ next album, Temperamental.

SIDE A:
Sleeping Beauty (Extended Mix) 5:03
Producer, Remix – Mike Chapman

SIDE B:
Motion 3:38
Producer – Mark Opitz

Sleeping Beauty (Instrumental) 3:40
Producer, Remix – Mike Chapman

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis – X 14259
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single, Limited Edition
Country: Australia & New Zealand
Released: 1985
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock

CREDITS:

NOTES:
The original version appears on the album “What A Life”

12″ Giant 45

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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Low
September 21, 2024 11:11 pm

I was one of the few that didn’t care for the song “I touch myself”… but really liked a lot of her other songs… I remember one album not having a bad song in the whole of it. Not sure if she wrote the songs, or just vocally made them work… but as a group, they did deserve more attention. Chrissy just oozed sexuality from her videos, it was almost scary. I am a big fellow, but she seemed too hot to mess with… or she was more trouble that one person could handle, lol. Madonna was a tease, Chrissy… Read more »

Marco
Marco
September 20, 2024 9:50 am

I don’t remember this Divinyls single as I didn’t really catch on to their releases until around 1990/91.

Thanks Paul 🙂

Martika
Martika
September 20, 2024 8:55 am

THANK YOU! Can’t wait to hear the remix of this song. I wish the record label had supported their “I Touch Myself” single with some remixes. I think it could have been much bigger, if people were able to play them in the clubs.

I never quite understood why this band wasn’t bigger. They were like the OZ version of Berlin. But come to think of it, the otherwise amazing Australian music scene of the 80s was very male-dominated. Other female artists from Australia (Olivia, Kylie, Dannii, Tina, etc.) really became famous in England/Europe first.

Martika
Martika
Reply to  Martika
September 20, 2024 8:58 am

I think I made up for Jeff’s lack of words below 🙂

Jeff
Jeff
Reply to  Martika
September 21, 2024 2:29 pm

LOL! You really did, Martika. I am a bit under the weather so that’s why I kept it short and simple. I’m feeling a little bit better and appreciated the humor. I also restrained myself from going into a “I Touch Myself” review. So many of Paul’s posts make me almost want to do that!

Love ya, Martika!!

Have a great weekend!

Jeff

P.S. Thanks for noticing my pink hearts!!

Martika
Martika
Reply to  Jeff
September 22, 2024 4:16 pm

lol 🙂 Glad you’re feeling better!

Martika
Martika
Reply to  DjPaulT
September 22, 2024 4:17 pm

yeah, that video is amazing! And gives the song a whole new meaning!

jacob
jacob
September 19, 2024 1:58 pm

Wow! Paul your transfer sounds better than Rubellan’s remaster, and his work is some of the best. Cheers!

Ace
Ace
September 19, 2024 1:20 pm

Thank You. Great band.

Jeff
Jeff
September 19, 2024 12:46 pm

Ooh, Paul! I love this band! Thank you so much!!🩷🩷🩷

Jeff

Martika
Martika
Reply to  DjPaulT
September 20, 2024 8:47 am

He made up for it with three pink hearts!

Dean
Dean
September 19, 2024 11:02 am

Thank you! I don’t believe that instrumental version is available elsewhere.