BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988
“Don’t Say It’s Love” is a song by British band Johnny Hates Jazz, released in 1988 as the sixth and final single from their debut studio album Turn Back the Clock. It was written by Clark Datchler and produced by Calvin Hayes and Mike Nocito. “Don’t Say It’s Love” reached No. 48 in the UK and remained in the charts for three weeks. The song did not achieve commercial success in Europe but reached No. 22 on the European Airplay Top 50 chart. A music video was filmed to promote the single, directed by Dominic Sena.
The song was not released in the USA as a single and therefore did not chart.
SIDE A:
Don’t Say It’s Love (12″ Extended Remix) 6:12
Mixed By – Bob Kraushaar
SIDE B:
Living In The Past 3:37
Don’t Say It’s Love (7″ Remix) 3:46
Mixed By – Bob Kraushaar
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Virgin – VST 1081
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
CREDITS:
Design – Stylorouge
Photography By – Simon Fowler (2)
Producer – Calvin Hayes, Mike Nocito
NOTES:
On back sleeve:
the album JOHNNY HATES JAZZ TURN BACK THE CLOCK features the hit singles SHATTERED DREAMS · I DON’T WANT TO BE A HERO · TURN BACK THE CLOCK and HEART OF GOLD
Find the 12″ at DISCOGS
VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net
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
Username: btg
Password: burningtheground
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Another good track by the group. But it had that strange name that left me wondering. Considering some of their tracks sounded jazzy. Whose Johhny? And why did he hate jazz?
Thanks very much Paul! Hope you are feeling well.
Thank you!
You’re welcome. Christopher
Thanks for this rip, Paul. I am not familiar with this track since it wasn’t released in the US back in the day. I really like it. Good 12″ mix. I will be enjoying this one. THANK YOU!
You’re welcome, MusicMan3
Wow this is amazing.
You have just gone and posted one of the best pop songs ever!
This is slightly different to the album version. For the single release the band felt it needed more punch, so they turned up the bass to give this more kick.
This is best played LOUD.
Thank’s loads!!!!!
You’re welcome., Fluffy 🙂
Wow, they released 6 singles from one album…. top 40 or not, that is impressive…. even more so that you have all 6 of them. You are a one of a kind Paul, seriously, you never fail to present some treasure that I have overlooked… I hope that your health issues are not life threatening…. best of wishes to you in the meanwhile.
Thank you, Joey. Nothing life threatening it’s just going to be a bump in the road. More info will be posted later this week 🙂
Thanks Paul,
This is very underrated band. They were only known mostly in the
US as one hit wonders for ‘Shattered Dreams’, but the first album
was solid. They did much better in the UK, and Europe.
This is a decent song too, and the remix helps it out.
Glad you were able to put this out.
Good luck with the hospital test, and take care
of yourself. Appreciate that you got this out,
and don’t worry so much for the fans of this board.
We will always wait and support you when you need it.
later
-1
Thank you so much -1 🙂
Muchas gracias Paul.
De Nada 🙂