Eurythmics – Beethoven (I Love To Listen To) (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

NEW 2020 Transfer!
Meticulously Remastered!

Originally posted January 14, 2014

Nothing really new here as far as mixes on this 12″ but being a completest I wanted to include this 12″ so that all of the single releases from Eurythmics sixth studio album “Savage” were represented.

“Beethoven (I Love to Listen To)” is a song by the British pop music duo Eurythmics, released as the first single (in the UK) from their 1987 album, Savage.

It was written by group members Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart. Although not released as a single in the United States, the track appeared as a double A-side of the 12-inch single for “I Need a Man”, and received heavy rotation on MTV. It was a Top 20 hit in several European territories and also in Australia.

The Savage album returned Eurythmics to a more electronic sound and the “Beethoven” vocals are performed mostly as spoken-word from Lennox, with the exception of the repeated phrase “I love to” throughout the track.

SIDE A:
Beethoven (I Love To Listen To) (Dance Mix) 5:21
Mixed By – David A. StewartManu Guiot
Mixed By [Assisted By] – Serge Pauchard

SIDE B:
Heaven 3:28
Engineer [Assistant] – Claude Pons
Mixed By – David A. StewartFred DefayeOlle Romo

Beethoven (I Love To Listen To) (Extended Version) 4:48
Mixed By – David A. StewartManu Guiot
Mixed By [Assisted By] – Serge Pauchard

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: RCA ‎– DAT 11
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 24 Oct 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Design [Sleeve Design] – Laurence Stevens
Engineer – Fred Defaye
Photography By – Alistair Thaine
Producer – David A. Stewart
Programmed By – Olle Romo
Written-By – Annie LennoxDavid A. Stewart

NOTES:
From the LP “SAVAGE”
Manufactured in England

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground

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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Password: burningtheground

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Bearguy
Bearguy
July 8, 2020 9:50 pm

Hi Paul! Okay, another one that I also own, but as always your rips sound so much better than mine… better equipment DOES make a difference! 🙂

And here I was, just thinking about something sleek to wrap around my turntable spindle… LOL

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Christopher
Christopher
July 7, 2020 10:40 pm

This is my favorite Eurythmics album and one of my favorite songs. Thank you for posting this great mix!

Song And Dance
Song And Dance
July 4, 2020 4:26 am

Dear Paul, dear American friends. I won´t comment on this fantastic rip of a great record. I just want to express my sympathies for you on this sad Fourth of July. I can only imagine how important this day is for all of you and how depressing it must be to “celebrate” under the current circumstances. My love goes out to you.
s´n´d

janick
janick
July 3, 2020 3:17 pm

hi thanks again perfect for the collection savage its clasic for me have great weekend Mr Dj Pault

Walter C
Walter C
July 3, 2020 2:01 pm

Unfortunately, something has changed in your setup that determines a treble boost beyond what is desirable. I have carefully compared all of your latest Eurythmics posts to the previous ones and have always preferred the previous transfers. I am sorry to say this Paul but it is the sad truth and I can assure you that my ears are very reliable since I have been working professionally in editing and mastering for decades.

Walter C
Walter C
Reply to  DjPaulT
July 4, 2020 11:54 pm

I realized the sound “changes” this year so probably there’s something related to that. Sorry about troubling you but I just want to help. To my ears some harmonics in the high end are almost piercing, don’t know why, may be distortion or just a different freq response from the hardware. Anyway, I A/B tested the latest transfers with the previous ones and I always got the same impression, at first seems that the new one is more open because the highs but when I add just 1dB high boost to the old transfer, I choose the old because it… Read more »

ash3011
ash3011
Reply to  Walter C
July 5, 2020 9:43 am

I don’t want to jump on the bandwagon Paul and I think you do an incredible job too but to my ears too the transfer of the Chill Mix of You Have Placed a Chill… sounds ever so slightly ‘warped’ (compared with your last rip of it), like the record is a TINY bit off centre on the turntable. I know sometimes the cut outs are a bit bigger and a bit more irregular than they should be and it’s very tricky in those circumstances to centre the disc. Take a listen to this and the older one and see… Read more »

Retro Hound
Retro Hound
July 3, 2020 1:34 pm

Thank you for your rhythmic (Eurythmics) week of posts! Love the themes.

Marco
Marco
July 3, 2020 1:15 pm

Fantastic end to this week. I think the Savage album was one of their best.

I love that front cover for this single.

Thanks Paul 🙂

MusicMan3
MusicMan3
July 3, 2020 1:09 pm

Yes! Thank you Paul! Wow, what a GREAT week of posts! Thanks for all the Eurythmics goodness!

OMAR
OMAR
July 3, 2020 10:59 am

Thanks Paul.

pablo zamorano
pablo zamorano
July 3, 2020 10:57 am

hello how are you, what a magnificent job paul, the album greetings from chile sounds spectacular.