Nina Hagen – Universal radio (US 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusivev1985

“Universal Radio” is a song by German singer Nina Hagen from her third studio album Nina Hagen in Ekstasy (1985). It was released as the lead single from the album in January 1985 by Columbia Records. Written by Ron Dumas and produced by Adam Kidron, “Universal Radio” became successful in the US charts, peaking at number 39 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs. It was premiered by Rodney Bingenheimer on the radio station KROQ Los Angelas. “Universelles Radio”, the German version of the song was also released.

The music video for the song featured footage of her performance at the Rock in Rio festival from January 13, 1985.

Hagen worked with Ron Dumas, who had previously recorded the song in 1983 with his band Ron Dumas Group. She later described the song as not being musically very interesting and that she originally wanted to do her vocals differently, but was directed by the recording company to make the record more “commercial”.

**Please note the noise at the start of the Album version is supposed to be there.

SIDE A:
Universal Radio (Universal Dance Mix) 7:00
Remix – Lotti GoldenRichard Scher
Edited By – The Latin Rascals

SIDE B:
Universal Radio (Album) 3:36

Universal Radio (Dub) 7:28
Remix – Lotti GoldenRichard Scher
Edited By – The Latin Rascals

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1985 Universal Radio U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Songs #39

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Columbia – 44 05211
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Picture Cover
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Mastered By – Tom Coyne
Producer – Adam Kidron

NOTES:
Taken from the Columbia LP “In Ekstasy”

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL TRANSFER & RESTORATION:
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THE GEAR:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Black
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp:
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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

**24bit FLAC only available for seven days!


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Jasons2
Jasons2
April 2, 2022 5:55 pm

Thank you very much Paul.

John von Ahlen
April 2, 2022 7:42 am

Hey Paul.
OMG thank you for this!
My brother and I used to go crazy when they played the video for this. Such a brilliant track. Love Nina soooo much.
Cheers, John

Marco
Marco
April 1, 2022 9:40 am

What a pleasant surprise this single is having heard this for the first time. I love the quirky colourful artwork too.

Cheers Paul!

Toxicaudio
Toxicaudio
April 1, 2022 6:46 am

Thx Paul for this fantastic song. More Nina stuff please.New York, New York is also a fantastic one. I still remember a concert in 1989 in Frankfurt / Music Hall. She was so freakin’ awesome.

Grant
Grant
April 1, 2022 6:29 am

Thanks for this!

john
john
April 1, 2022 1:54 am

thanks!

Cindy
Cindy
March 31, 2022 2:47 pm

I remember seeing the video for this song for the first time on U68 in Brooklyn as a kid and thinking OMG this is crazy and I love it! Thanks Paul!

Will
March 31, 2022 1:18 pm

Aw, geez. I just did my own rips of an eBay’ed copy of this, about a month ago. Oh well – nuking mine in favor of your always superior vinyl copies, recording, and clean-up. Thank you!

Dean
Dean
March 31, 2022 12:22 pm

❤️❤️❤️ Thank you so much!

timmy
timmy
March 31, 2022 11:41 am

thank you Paul, this is a great song…Sorry to disturb you, do have Kajagoog hang on now…could you post it… thanks…

dugn
dugn
March 31, 2022 11:19 am

Jeff said it best. This is one of the most fantastic, quirky and danceable 12″-inch singles ever. This extended 12-inch version is in my top 50 favorite dance tracks ever – and in the top 20 little-known tracks that most people on the dancefloor are surprised and delighted to dance to when I spin it up. Great stuff, Paul! Thanks!

Jeff
Jeff
March 31, 2022 11:13 am

Wow Paul!!! This is a big time favorite of mine!!! Love that now I finally have the dub version. Love anything containing edits by the Latin Rascals. They really brought their thing to so many records of different genres. Love these 80’s mixes!! Nina Hagen is such a wild and crazy songstress. Would have loved it if she got to perform this song her way!! Thanks so much Paul for ravishing on us the best records!!

Jeff

David Medsker
David Medsker
March 31, 2022 10:57 am

You had me at The Latin Rascals. 🙂