Eurythmics – Love Is A Stranger (Remix) (German 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1991

R E Q U E S T

“Love Is a Stranger” is a song by the British pop music duo Eurythmics, written by Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart. It was orinally released as a single in 1982. From the bands Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This).

In 1991 the song was rereleased in Europe to help promote the duo’s first Greatest Hits album. A Trip Hop feel to the 2 mixes on the A-side, with a rerecorded vocal and a cameo by unheard of rapper J.C. 001, apparently one-time ‘fastest rapper in the world’ but he actually doesn’t do much rapping on here. The best remix is the Coldcut mix on the b-side. The 1991 remix peaked at #54 on the UK singles chart.

SIDE A:
Love Is A Stranger (J.C. Meets The Obsessor) 6:26
Featuring – C-001
Programmed By – Loopy DesireSteve Ferrera
Remix – David A. Stewart

Love Is A Stranger (Instrumental) 6:07
Programmed By – Loopy DesireSteve Ferrera
Remix – David A. Stewart

SIDE B:
Love Is A Stranger (Coldcut) 7:15
Remix – Coldcut

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: BMG – PT 44268
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: Germany
Released: 1991
Genre: Electronic
Style: Breaks, Synth-pop
Credits: Artwork By [Art & Design] – Laurence Stevens
Producer – Adam WilliamsDavid A. Stewart
Written-By – Lennox*, Stewart*

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EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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DJ Little Nemo
June 19, 2012 12:02 pm

OMG ! ! i had the coldcut remix since many years but with a pity mp3 compression ! Unable to find it on the web
Now in FLAC
thank you so much !

Mike
Mike
June 1, 2012 7:47 am

Thank you very much for these uploads! 🙂
It’s a pity that the “Would I Lie to You?” and “Who’s That Girl?” mixes are not available anymore… 🙁

Mike

Christian
Christian
May 24, 2012 7:15 pm

Been a while since I commented, but this is definitely worth a big thank you!! It is sad that these remixes were never released on CD (sans Coldcut, which was on the remaster of Sweet Dreams).

Bookwormwa
Bookwormwa
May 22, 2012 5:50 pm

Wow … are you kidding me … amazing find … THANKS PAUL

Johan
Johan
May 22, 2012 10:27 am

Thank you!

music fan
music fan
May 22, 2012 7:08 am

Would DJPaulT have a remix of The Eurythmics:

‘It’s Alright (Baby’s Coming Back)’

I don’t know if any remixes were produced. I rate it one of their best songs. 🙂

Christian
Christian
Reply to  music fan
May 24, 2012 7:13 pm

Nope, no remixes of that one 🙁

But I agree, it is one of their best songs. I love the video too.

Jos
Jos
May 22, 2012 3:39 am

Thanks again Paul, your the best on the net!!!! Together with “Here comes the rain again”, this has always been my favourite Eurythmics song.

ric
ric
May 22, 2012 12:44 am

Eurythmics released new remixes for both Sweet Dreams and Love Is A Stranger in 1991 to promote their Greatest Hits and I bought both 12″s.
My UK 12″ for this is less superior, as it contained only the Obsession Mix and no Coldcut Mix.
So thanks for this post, Paul!
I still remember watching this video for the first time on MTV…Annie was so charismatic!

Christian
Christian
Reply to  ric
May 24, 2012 7:11 pm

I’ll point out that The Obsession Mix is different than JC Meets The Obsessor, although based on the same remix. I prefer this one with the rap.

Leelawadee
Leelawadee
May 21, 2012 11:40 pm

WOW! I was totally blown away by the sound quality

omar
omar
May 21, 2012 10:45 pm

One of my favorite Eurythmics singles ! Thanks Paul. Keep the new wave coming. Make it a synthpop week.

Joseph
Joseph
May 21, 2012 7:26 pm

Password problems on the 3rd track. 🙁

mjb
mjb
Reply to  Joseph
May 22, 2012 3:12 am

Was your download truncated? Check the file size:
FLAC16: 125212012
FLAC24: 284322310
MP3: 48652418

Joseph
Joseph
Reply to  mjb
May 22, 2012 8:38 pm

Must have. Got it now. Thanks.

musicdivaSF
musicdivaSF
May 21, 2012 5:32 pm

Now, this is what I call a rare gem. Thank you Dj PaulT for this post. 🙂

David
David
May 21, 2012 3:50 pm

Thank you very much for this!

Greetings from Chile,

D.

Maggi M
Maggi M
May 21, 2012 3:11 pm

Very nice, thanx PaulT
Your work online is unsurpassed.

Cheers from Iceland
MM

Spring
Spring
May 21, 2012 3:09 pm

Thank you very much! Always loved this Eurythmics song!