BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983
“Ooh to Be Ah” is a song by English band Kajagoogoo, released in 1983 as the second single from their debut album White Feathers, and was produced by Duran Duran keyboardist Nick Rhodes and producer Colin Thurston. It was the band’s second-biggest hit, peaking for two weeks at number 7 on the UK Singles Chart. It was the follow-up single to “Too Shy” and describes the fact that the clothes you wear do not make you famous.
SIDE A:
Ooh To Be Ah (The Construction Mix) 6:38
Lyrics By – Limahl
SIDE B:
Ooh To Be Ah 3:36
Lyrics By – Limahl
Interview Rooms 3:23
Lyrics By – Nick Beggs
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI – 12 EMI 5383, EMI – 12EMI 5383
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop
CREDITS:
Design [Cover] – Nick Beggs, Shoot That Tiger!
Engineer – Colin Thurston
Lacquer Cut By –Jeff*
Music By, Arranged By, Written-By – Kajagoogoo
Producer – Colin Thurston, Nick Rhodes
NOTES:
A side dead wax says “Concrete Mix”.
B side dead wax says “Kaja Mix”.
Tritec Music Ltd.
Find the 12″ at DISCOGS
VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net
THE GEAR:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
DAC: 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:
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
Password: burningtheground
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Ooh To Be Ah [versions I know so far] Album Version [from ‘White Feathers’] (3’12) Single Version = Kaja Mix? [from Single & Maxi] (3’35) // extended album version. From 2’40 additional 13 seconds inserted and at the end approx. 7 seconds later outro Unknown Version [from unknown source] (3’54) // similar to the single version plus an additional approx. 5 seconds later outro (ie approx. 12 seconds later compared to the album version) The Construction Mix (only Spinout = Concrete Mix) [Maxi] (6’38) // Newly arranged intro. First vocals only from 2’14. 3’07 – 5’35 identical to the album… Read more »
Another great quality rip of this great maxi single. I used to play this a lot back in 1985 Thank you Paul for being the best!
Thank you for this awesome quality upload. I noticed a minor error 45 seconds before the end of the tune. It sounds like one of the group members hits the microphone.
Thanks Paul 🙂
Thank you Paul! I always loved this single. Even the B-Side is a really fun song. I didn’t realize it was their second biggest hit. I would have thought Hang On Now was bigger than this one.
Amazing, I was just listening to this earlier today. What a great single.
There’s about a minute’s footage of the band recording this track at 2:10 in this documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI-yk22Ttd4
Thank you love seeing this.
Great minds think alike – I was playing this a couple of days ago! Thanks for the download Paul.
The shot of old Vegas on the cover seems a bit unconnected to anything?! 😀
I was thinking the exact same thing, why is old Vegas on the sleeve lol. I always knew you had good taste Jermajesty 🙂
What fun! This track and Hang On Now are overlooked gems from Limahl/Kajagoogoo. Really love that you have and showcased this great track!
You’re awesome, Paul! Thanks for the classic preservations of these early 80’s era hits! And have a great weekend!
Thank you, dugn. Have a great weekend 🙂
Wow. Love this single by them. Thanks Paul.
You’re welcome, Omar 🙂
I was so hoping that one day you’d get to posting this one (You see, good things do come to those who wait!). Paul, I am so thrilled that you’ve decided to showcase this dynamite track. I have so many memories of watching this on video music shows. Truth be told, I never had “My MTV” as my Dad didn’t think it was worth getting cable for.
Thanks for a great week as usual Paul. I hope you have a tremendous weekend! Happy weekend too, to the BTG community.
Jeff
We gut our MTV and cable in 1985 I remember watching Live Aid and could not wait for Duran Duran to perform. I hope you have a great weekend 🙂