Julian Lennon – Too Late For Goodbyes (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984

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“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”

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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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Alexandre
Alexandre
June 10, 2020 7:53 pm

Hi, Paul
 
Repost this jewel, please!!!
 
Thanks

Junior
Junior
February 13, 2014 6:50 am

One of my favourite Julian Lennon singles.

Thanks for your excellent rip 🙂

Jason63
Jason63
April 21, 2013 4:57 am

Thought I had this on a cd somewhere but can’t find it. Oh well I definitely have it now. Thanks Paul.

Matt
Matt
March 31, 2012 10:01 pm

I never heard this version before. Thanks

Jennifer
Jennifer
March 19, 2012 5:47 pm

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!

Kenneth
Kenneth
March 16, 2012 8:25 am

Funny, I JUST BOUGHT THIS 12″ this week! LOL! Thanks again Paul!

Bellenger1981
Bellenger1981
March 14, 2012 11:02 pm

I’ve been looking for this! Great song! Thanks, Paul!

guss
guss
March 14, 2012 9:11 pm

Excellent work Paul, Thank You!!!

Christian
Christian
March 14, 2012 6:57 pm

Funny. Fun With Vinyl posted this yesterday. Is there a Lennon event of which I’m unaware?

ric
ric
Reply to  DjPaulT
March 14, 2012 7:49 pm

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!

mjb
mjb
March 14, 2012 6:19 pm

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).

Christian
Christian
Reply to  mjb
March 14, 2012 6:55 pm

Thanks Mjb! Now You’re In Heaven is my favorite Julian single!

mjb
mjb
Reply to  DjPaulT
March 14, 2012 7:30 pm

Excellent!

ric
ric
Reply to  Christian
March 14, 2012 7:51 pm

Thanks Mjb!
For me, my favourite Julian Lennon single is Saltwater. Totally beautiful! A sequel to John Lennon’s Imagine.

jbird
jbird
March 14, 2012 4:57 pm

Another old favorite. Thanks much, Paul!

Matracas
March 14, 2012 4:56 pm

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.

Neil
Neil
March 14, 2012 4:33 pm

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 😀