BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988
“Blue Monday 1988” is British rock band New Order’s 16th single, released in March 1988. Produced by Quincy Jones with the actual remix done by John Potoker. After New Order signed to Qwest in the US, Quincy Jones saw an opportunity for their groundbreaking track to have a legitimate single release and a shot at radio airplay.
“Blue Monday 1988” reached number 3 in the British charts, number 4 in the Australian charts, and topped the dance charts in the United States.
In North America, “Touched By The Hand Of God” was featured as B-side.
SIDE A:
Blue Monday 1988 (12″ Mix) 7:08
Engineer [Mix] – Tokes*
Producer [Additional Production], Remix – John Potoker
Supervised By [Production Supervisor On Remix] – Quincy Jones
Blue Monday 1988 (Dub) 7:18
Engineer [Mix] – Tokes*
Producer [Additional Production], Remix – John Potoker
Supervised By [Production Supervisor On Remix] – Quincy Jones
SIDE B:
Touched By The Hand Of God (Remix) 7:02
Mixed By – Arthur Baker
Touched By The Hand Of God (Dub) 5:31
Mixed By – Arthur Baker
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Blue Monday 1988 | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #68 |
| 1988 | Blue Monday 1988 | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | #1 |
| 1988 | Blue Monday 1988 | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play Maxi-Singles Sales | #9 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Qwest Records – 0-20869, Qwest Records – 9 20869-0
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Maxi-Single, SRC Pressing
Country: US
Released: Mar 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
CREDITS:
Design – Peter Saville Associates
Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ❀] – Brian Gardner
Photography By – Trevor Key
Producer, Written-By – New Order
NOTES:
Original version of “Blue Monday” from the album Substance on Qwest Records. Available on LP, Cassette and Compact Disc.
A1 & A2: Additional Production and Remix for Direct Eject Inc.
Made in U.S.A.
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
Phono Pre-amp: Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube: Mullard 12AX7 Preamp Vacuum Tube Pins
Soundcard: Novation Audiohub 2×4 Audio Interface
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: iZotope RX Advanced 2, ocenaudio
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)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi
Username: btg
Password: burningtheground
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Thank you very much. This was the first version of Blue Monday I had on tape as a child and I still love it.
You gave the 24 Bit FLAC track 04 the number 03, Paul.
Great vinyl rip again. Thank you very much.
Also the dub has no remix title in brackets.
Yes the normal flac is the same so possibly the mistake is on all three versions.
For a long time, we were lucky to get any tags at all. I look at it like people who really care about tags probably end up editing every file’s tags in some way or other anyway. Also, having a typo or two to fix gives us a simple knob to twiddle so that we can make these files go from 99% perfect to 100% perfect and get a feeling of accomplishment. 🙂
If you are going to put your comments in the mix please read what you are commenting on properly. It’s not the tags. It’s the filenames. Yes they can easily be amended but then the playlist will not recognise the tracks that now have altered filenames.
Not everybody is up with creating playlists so it’s really helpful when someone (like Paul here) goes to that trouble.
We flag this up so Paul can, if he sees fit, amend the filename and produce a revised playlist for future downloads. You may now get down off your misguided soapbox Mjb.
Hi, Ian, I have fixed the problem. You can download the files again if you like 🙂
I was merely attempting a good-humored response to Paul’s typos. Nobody is being lectured, although I suppose my lack of concern is fueled by the adage about a gift horse.
“The dub has no remix title in brackets” could be about filenames, playlist content, or tags. I guess people can disagree about that.
All hail the Blue Wave/New Wave you’re posting here Paul. You are so priceless with your generosity for beloved singles that are presented pristinely. And you know how I feel about Arthur Baker. Your site is such a fan page too for all the mixers/re-mixers/producers/editors I love.
Jeff
Fantastic remixes on both sides. I love New Order, in particular the early material.
Cheers Paul 🙂
Track numbering is wrong…on the ‘normal’ flac download at least…
Hi, Ian, I have fixed the problem. You can download the files again if you like 🙂
fantastic pault, congratulations and greetings.
hi paul, excellent choice for blue week, sure it’s the 88 version, which finally allowed the edit version to be played on the radio. since the original 83 version only had a very rare japanese promo edit only. this was after the success of true faith, and bizarre love triangle. the video was defnitely similar to the cures ‘the walk’ though. it showed a little flipbook, which is actually real, and i have a rare copy of that (a little beat up), though, but a nice collectible. i loved that they put ‘touched by the hand of God’ on it,… Read more »
Here’s a video i made of the flipbook, using scans of all
the pages : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCl85N9XpQ4
later
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hello ,Your blog does not sound good, change the team
What? Don’t come here then disgraceful comment
Thanks for the great rip! Boy, what a bunch of nobodies on this record, eh? Arthur Baker, Quincy Jones, Tokes. 😉
-Fred
Quincy Jones and Arthur Baker are FAR from NOBODIES.
Quincy Jones is a Producer/Singer and was behind the scenes of Michael Jackson’s solo albums beginning with Off The Wall.
Arthur Baker is a highly prominent Producer/DJ and was behind the music of Afrika Bambaataa, Planet Patrol as well as New Order.
These producers were on the same level for there time as L.A. Reid is today.
Good lord man he was clearly joking. Get off the high horse!
As Neil said, I was joking. I thought the winky smiley face indicated my jest. 🙂
Speaking of Reid, I know his work very well. He and Babyface were in the one-hit-wonder band, The Deele and left the band. Reid produced Babyface’s smash album soon after. However, what really sticks with me as Reid’s launchpad was TLC. They were mega mega stars and his “LA Reid” title was on every square inch of TLC’s booklets, covers, media, etc.
Fond memories!
If that’s the case, no biggie.
Sometimes I misinterpret a comment and take it out on context. OOOPS!
Still a great record.
Thanks for the BLUE WAVE Paul! Hope election day is a super BLUE Tuesday 🙂
You’re welcome RecordLover81 🙂
Thanks Paul. What a great series based on the theme “BLUE”. This is probably because of the current voting in USA… Hope that this series will go on with another “blue” post. Could be BLUEBEAT 🙂
Thank you, Daniel. Who recorded BLUEBEAT?
I suggested Bluebeat as the name of the band. “Bluebeat” alias “Avalanche” was a norwegian synth-pop duo. They only released one single as Bluebeat but several singles and albums as Avalanche. Their most famous song was “Johnny Johnny come home”. It was a big hit here in France. Another single which I also own is “Blue train”. This could perfectly fit with this series.
LOVE the BLUE tunes. Amazing that both of these 12” masterpieces were on one record.
– J
Thank you Jon 🙂
Thanks my Vinyl Master 🙂
You’re welcome pjanus 🙂
Hmmm.. True Blue.. Blue Monday… Could there be a theme emerging ?
Best wishes to you Paul x
Just seen Blue Kiss ! Question answered..lol
You got it Jay 🙂
What a classic both in it’s 1983 original, ’88 remixes and ’95 remixes too. 2 consecutive days of killer 12″s. Many thanks!
You’re welcome Neil 🙂