BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984
“Like to Get to Know You Well” is a single by musician Howard Jones released in the second half of 1984, which was subsequently included on his twelve inch remix album The 12″ Album. The single climbed to number four on the UK Singles Chart. The sleeve carried the motto “Dedicated to the original spirit of the Olympic Games”. The extended version, subtitled “International Remix”, featured Jones singing in English, German and French.
The song was included as a bonus track on the singer’s second studio album, Dream Into Action.
“Like to Get to Know You Well” was featured in the 1985 movie Better Off Dead starring John Cusack.
Two different videos were made. The first featured Jones walking around the streets of London greeting members of the public, accompanied by his bandmates of the time. When the single was released in the US, a new animated video was produced for that market.
This is the second pressing with the slightly different sleeve.
The line of incorrectly translated Japanese text is taken out and the mix title appears at the bottom instead.
SIDE A:
Like To Get To Know You Well (International Remix) 7:42
Engineer – Stephen W. Tayler
Producer – Rupert Hine
SIDE B:
Bounce Right Back (Cause And Effect Remix) 7:26
Producer – Howard Jones
Recorded By – Bryan Evans
Remix – Stephen W. Tayler
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
CHARTS:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Like To Get To Know You Well | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #49 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: WEA – HOW 5(T)
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Music By, Lyrics By – Howard Jones
Recorded At – Farmyard Studios
Mixed At – Farmyard Studios
NOTES:
Recorded & mixed at Farmyard Studios, England.
Track A produced for Gestalt.
“Dedicated to the original spirit of the Olympic Games”
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
Amazing… this and several other Howard Jones singles I didn’t have digitally (but did have, in some cases on a 45 or vinyl) are here and the links still magically work, in this case 6 years after you posted them! Yahooooo! Thank you DJPaul!
One of my favourite Howard Jones singles.
Thanks Paul 🙂
B-side’s a bit Falco!!
The translation of the title into different languages is actually kinda funny! The german line would be “I’d Like To Get To Know You Better” and the greek ΘΑ ‘ΘΕΛΑ ΝΑ ΕΙΜΑΙ ΠΙΟ ΚΟΝΤΑ ΣΟΜ [thathela na ime pio konta su] means “I’d like to be nearer to you”, they also made a mistake, they wrote ΣΟΜ though it is ΣΟΥ (som/su).
I think that this version here is a good minute longer than the version on Howard Jones’ 12″ Album. They are both called the “International Mix’ but track times differ.
I clock it at only 6 seconds longer?
The ending *is* clean in this version though, rather than being cross faded into Pearl In The Shell
You’re right. Don’t know why I had that in my head. Its a good track – loved it when I was a kid.
This was the first Howard Jones song I heard, and it’s subsequently still my personal favorite. Thanks you!
You’re very welcome Blaine 🙂
I just had to post again. Paul I know that this blog keeps u quite busy but you should consider a small 80s new wave only blog like this where we see the likes of all those much missed artits like HJ,Spandau,Abc,Kajagoogoo etc.
I would love to do that Omar. But this blog keeps me so busy that I don’t have time to even update my Olivia Newton-John blog that often 🙁 Many people don’te realize just how time consuming ripping vinyl is. I ten to spend an entire day ripping, editing and scanning artwork just for one single whew 🙂 At any rate I have all of the artists you mentioned above scheduled for posting. Have a great weekend my friend 🙂
I actually have this remix on his The 12″ Album which you have mentioned, but I enjoy downloading 12 inches from your site even if I own them myself either on vinyl or on cd.The sound in the recent posts is very clear and sharpe (Dead or Alive,Tears For Fears,Cher).
I think that you have reached the perfection in what can be ripped off out of vinyl.
Thank you DjPaulT.
Thank you for the compliment Sasomom. The new Tung-Sol Gold Tipped Electro Tube upgrade that I recently installed in my Bellari Phono Pre-amp must be doing it’s job 🙂
I also have this 12″ single and also his 12″ Album on CD, but a DJ Paul T rip is too quality a rip to pass! Thanks Paul!
Surprisingly, just like Tears For Fears, Hojo never had a UK #1 on the Singles chart!
Happy weekend, Paul!
Happy weekend Ric!
Thx Paul once again for this gem. I actually liked this ext. mix much more than the 7″ version.
You’re welcome Omar I prefer it too. Have a nice weekend.