BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984
REQUEST
“Too Late for Goodbyes” is the first single (second in the US) from Julian Lennon’s 1984 album Valotte. It was produced by Phil Ramone and featured the harmonica of Jean “Toots” Thielemans, and it was a top-ten hit in the UK and the US, reaching number six in the UK Singles Chart in November 1984, and number five on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in late March 1985.
“Too Late for Goodbyes” peaked at number one on the US Adult Contemporary chart in 1985, spending two weeks at the top of this chart. The music video for the song was directed by Sam Peckinpah.
SIDE A:
Too Late For Goodbyes (Vocal/Extended Special Mix) 5:55
Engineer [Original] – Bradshaw Leigh
Remix – Steve Thompson
Remix, Engineer – Michael Barbiero
SIDE B:
Too Late For Goodbyes (Vocal/Short Version)) 3:31
Let Me Be (Vocal/LP Version) 2:05
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint (company)
CHARTS:
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
---|---|---|---|
1985 | Too Late For Goodbyes | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #5 |
1985 | Too Late For Goodbyes | U.S. Billboard US Hot Adult Contemporary Chart | #1 |
1984 | Too Late For Goodbyes | U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks | #11 |
1985 | Too Late For Goodbyes | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play | #14 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Atlantic – 0-86899
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Pop, Rock
Style: Soft Rock, Pop Rock
Credits: Producer – Phil Ramone
Written-By – Julian Lennon
NOTES:
Versions of Atlantic LP 80184 “Valotte”
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
Hi, Paul
Repost this jewel, please!!!
Thanks
One of my favourite Julian Lennon singles.
Thanks for your excellent rip 🙂
Thought I had this on a cd somewhere but can’t find it. Oh well I definitely have it now. Thanks Paul.
I never heard this version before. Thanks
Many thanks for this! I’m a huge Julian Lennon fan and it’s awesome to see this great single up for download. I recently lost all my music in a house fire so it’s going to be a HUGE job putting it all back together and your blog is where I came first as you’ve got so many great rarities here. You’re my complete and total hero, Paul. 🙂
Thanks again!
Funny, I JUST BOUGHT THIS 12″ this week! LOL! Thanks again Paul!
You’re welcome Bellenger1981 🙂
I’ve been looking for this! Great song! Thanks, Paul!
Excellent work Paul, Thank You!!!
You are very welcome Guss!!
Funny. Fun With Vinyl posted this yesterday. Is there a Lennon event of which I’m unaware?
Purely coincidence 🙂
I’d say it’s Great Minds Think Alike!!!
Now that we’re pampered with two excellent rips of this single, really shows how blessed and fortunate we are to have BTG and FWV!
Thanks Paul and Richie!
Many thanks for this! If you like, here’s my rip of the 1989 “Now You’re in Heaven” US 12″ with the William Orbit remixes (0-86417): 16-bit/48-KHz FLACs (157 MB RAR).
Thanks Mjb! Now You’re In Heaven is my favorite Julian single!
I have “Now You’re In Heaven” planned for future post.
Excellent!
Thanks Mjb!
For me, my favourite Julian Lennon single is Saltwater. Totally beautiful! A sequel to John Lennon’s Imagine.
Another old favorite. Thanks much, Paul!
You’re welcome Jbird my pleasure 🙂
I too really appreciate it. I think I requested this a few months ago after coming across the rip I have and noticing it was really in bad shape.
I hope “Love come down” by Evelyn Champagne King is in line for a future post.
Thanks so much.
Hi Matracas you and someone else both requsted this one. Sorry it took so long. I havn’t posted Evlyn because her CD was just re-issued with the mixes as bonus tracks. I need to check out the so called “remaster” to see what is ounds like then I will decide.
Finally! A rip that is not clipping. I have a copy frome somewhere else and it clips really bad. Keep up the awesome work Paul 😀
Thanks Neil. Clipping is something that I am very particular about. That’s why remastered CD’s sometimes are so terrible because they try to push the volume limits way to high because they think it sounds better. In reality it is destroying the music. Glad you like the rip.