BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986
“Hunger City” was slated as the second single to be released from the soundtrack of the George Lucas film Howard The Duck. Due to the film’s failure at the box office “Hunger City” was only issued as a 12″ promo in the US. Once again the track features actress Lea Thompson on lead vocals. “Hunger City” was produced, written and arranged by Thomas Dolby. The soundtrack has never been issued on CD.
The 12″ promo contains the same track on both sides.
SIDE A:
Hunger City 4:14
SIDE B:
Hunger City 4:14
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint (company)
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: MCA Records – L33-17165
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop
CREDITS:
Lead Vocals – Lea Thompson
Producer, Arranged By – Thomas Dolby
NOTES:
Same track plays on both sides.
From the MCA LP “Music From the Motion Picture Soundtrack ‘Howard The Duck'”
Promotional only – Not for sale
Issued in generic black MCA 12″ sleeve.
Find the 12″ on DISCOGS
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
Listening to these beautiful Dolby / Duck releases again. Incredible – thank you so much!
J
Thank you!
These two Howard the Duck singles are unexpected. I remember having the movie soundtrack on cassette when I was a teen, even though the film was horrible. While the title track is a cheesy novelty song, Hunger City still holds up as a decent piece of Eighties nostalgia (like some of the tracks off Streets of Fire). I wish Hunger City had been given the full 12″ remix treatment. Thanks, Paul. Great rips (as always).
I agree with you Miran0019 this song should have gotten more attention from MCA I think it could have been a big hit 🙂
Thanks Paul.
You’re welcome Omar 🙂
You are so phenomenal Paul in what you do! I love how you bring things to our attention that we may have missed or had no idea in the first place. You just please and amaze your community of fans. Thanks for being the best at what you do. All the gifts you lavish on us, it makes me so proud and you deserve every GUSHING word that I and the rest of us bestow on you. Your friendship means the world to me!!!
Bowing deeply,
Jeff
Thank you Jeff 🙂
Dude! Thanks so much! My birthday’s not till next month, but I’ll take these gifts two days in a row!!! 😉
Happy early birthday wishes B.Leo 🙂