BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

“Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever” is a song written by Ivy Jo Hunter and Stevie Wonder originally recorded in 1966 by the Four Tops, on the Motown label. In 1987 English male model, songwriter and musician Nick Kamen recorded the song for his self titled debut album. “Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever” was the second single taken from the album debuting on the UK singles chart on February 28, 1987 peaking at #16. In Italy the song reached the #1 postion on the Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI) chart. The single was not released in the US.

The b-side “Baby After Tonight” is a reggae flavoured track which did not appear on the album.

SIDE A:
Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever (Extended Dance Mix) 6:15
Engineer, Mixed By – Glenn Skinner
Producer – Stewart Levine
Written-By – I. Hunter*, S. Wonder*

SIDE B:
Baby After Tonight 3:57
Producer – Mike Paxman, Paul Muggleton

Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever (Instrumental) 3:44
Engineer, Mixed By – Glenn Skinner
Producer – Stewart Levine
Written-By – I. Hunter*, S. Wonder*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: WEA ‎– YZ 106T
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Photography By – Stevie Hughes

NOTES:
From the album “NICK KAMEN”

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EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Speed Control: Pro-Ject Speed Box S
Phono Pre-amp: Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube: Tung-Sol 12AX7ECC803-S Gold Electron Tube
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removeal: ClickRepair (DeClick Level 3)
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