BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986
REQUEST
“The Sound Of Musik” was the first single released from Austrian musician Falco’s fourth studio album Emotional, released in 1986. The single peaked at #19 on the US dance chart and #4 in Austria, Germany and Spain. “The Sound Of MusiK” only managed to make the #61 position in the UK.
SIDE A:
The Sound Of Musik (The Extended Rock ‘N’ Soul Version) 10:00
SIDE B:
The Sound Of Musik (The Extended Rock ‘N’ Soul Edit) 4:35
The Sound Of Musik (The Instru-mental Version) 2:44
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
CHARTS:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | The Sound Of Musik | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | #19 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Sire – 0-20529
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Producer, Arranged By, Written-By – Rob Bolland & Ferdi Bolland*
Written-By – Falco
NOTES:
Original version on the Lp “Emotional”
Recorded at Bullet Sound Studios, Holland
Find The 12″ On DISCOGS
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
Any chance of doing a remaster of the rare 12″ Edit version of this song found on this promo?
http://www.discogs.com/Falco-The-Sound-Of-Musik/release/909275
Thanks for this one! I’ve had this single for ages but your transfers always come out souding better than mine do… 🙂
Great song! Never heard this before, but I’m familiar with Falco. He sorta dropped off the radar after Rock Me Amadeus and Vienna Calling, which is a shame, because this is really worth a listen.
I’ve been looking for this mix! Great song! Thanks, Paul! Looking forward to more Falco…
Hi. Thanks for reply. Just the above mentioned problems. First a continual connecting… then after about a minute. Problem loading page.
A belated Happy birthday Sir. You wouldn’t believe this but i was wishing for more Falco on your sight only a few days ago and here it is. What a fantastic song i had this on 7″ when it came out (actually still do). Love it still to this day. The obvious omission is now various mixes of the tracks that you’ve posted and Jeanny. By the way after a computer crash / update etc i am now missing the download of Vienna Calling as i wanted to compile all the Falco tracks that you have posted on one CD.… Read more »
Hi Neil and thank you for the birthday greeting. This is the first time anyone has mentioned this problem. Possibly the server is busy. Do you get any error messages?
Hi master,
Late, but i wish you a happy birthday!
About this 12″ single:
Let’s go back to the so great 80’s…
Falco was a pope in his art…
Almost, so lot of 2000’s songs used samples from his hits…
It is in fact for the reason that these songs were good… no?
Thx for this one!
Penseur you’re welcome. We will be seeing more of Falco’s art in the future 🙂
The extended mix on the A-side has been released on CD in 1991, but the B-side never did. Very happy to have a quality transfer of that B-side now! Excellent song by the way, although for some reason it did not chart as high as ‘Rock me Amadeus’ or ‘Jeanny’. Falco enjoyed his worldwide success between 1985-1988 and during that period the whole production was Dutch, yeah 🙂
Thanks Paul.
You’re welcome Stefano and thanks for the info 🙂
Hey Paul!
First off, Happy Birthday for yesterday – I wasn’t online ’til now. Hope you had a great day.
Secondly, thanks for this amazing post: you know I love this guy!
Thanks again!
Mark Z.
Thank you and you’re welcome Mark!
I went nuts over this song when I first heard it. I never came across this single. Great to hear this again after all these years. Thanks 🙂
You’re welcome Matt glad i was able to bring it back 🙂
All I can say is AWESOME!!
I love Falco!
He was taken too early.
Thanks Cdmaniac. Yes Falco is missed.
Great one! Thank u!
And – BTW – happy b-day!
Thank you A.
I’m a little late but i wish you a happy birthday DjPaulT.
Thank you for this 12 inch.
Thank you Sasomom!
Right on! Another fun 12″ from Falco. Funny, I’m currently selling his ‘Emotional’ CD on my eBay page, along w/ so many other 80’s CD’s. I never had this single, so thanks much!
You’re welcome Rob!
thanx a lot Paul for Falco!!!!!
i first learn about him in the early 80’s when he had a big hit with the song ‘Der Komissar’.
have u maybe got the 12inch of it????
thank u very much!!!!!
You’re welcome Giorgio. I do have the “Der Kimissar” 12″ will try to post it in the future.
I’m not sure what I have for Der Kommissar as far as mixes go, but that would be an awesome post 😉
I have a soft spot for this guy 8)
Thanks for the mixes!
Me too 🙂 You’re welcome Woz.