Our Daughters Wedding – Lawnchairs (US 7″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1980

A. Front

Our Daughters Wedding was an American synthpop trio from New York, consisting of Layne Rico on synthesizer, Keith Silva on vocals and keyboards, and Scott Simon on bass-synth and saxophone. The group took their name from a section of greeting cards.

In 1980, they released the internationally successful “Lawnchairs”. It peaked at #49 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1981. They toured with other bands of the day including U2, Duran Duran, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Iggy Pop, The Psychedelic Furs and frequently appeared on MTV as guest hosts. Their television resume also included various shows on BBC Television.

SIDE A:
Lawnchairs 3:25

SIDE B:
Airline 3:30

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Design Records ‎– ODW913LR, Design Records ‎– ODW912KS
Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single, 45 RPM, Yellow/Purple Cover
Country: US
Released: 1980
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop
Credits: Design [Designs] – Layne*
Engineer – Frank (big boy) Simon*, Richard Van Dorn
Executive-Producer – Rico West
Performer [Our Daughter’s Wedding] – Keith SilvaLayne RicoScott Simon (2)
Producer, Mixed By – Frank SimonO D W*
Written-By – Silva*, Rico*

NOTES:
Comes with a postcard.
Most credits are derived from the postcard.

Some sleeves have the chair on front in white, red and green while others show it in white, yellow and purple or white, red and blue.

Find The 7″ On DISCOGS

B. Back

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

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tim brooks
tim brooks
March 17, 2014 9:05 am

Clearly a song that connected with Tim’s in particular as I always loved this and seeing this made me soo happy 🙂

@RickyTinsel Please please please transfer your 12″ version as well and link here (if DJPaulT does not mind)

daffy
daffy
March 5, 2014 11:47 am

Hi DjPaulT,please reupload Mick Jagger – Ruthless People (US 12″),thanks,keep up the good work!!!!

mothloop
mothloop
March 5, 2014 6:09 am

Digging your last 2 offerings. Glad you’re on your feet again… Joe

Jeff
Jeff
March 5, 2014 4:56 am

Paul,

So happy you’re back. I missed you terribly! Please take care of yourself as I do worry about you. Thanks for this song! I always let people know that “Lawnchairs” is the definition of New Wave in my opinion. Great track and greater vinyl rip. Amazing stuff you do Paul. Amazing stuff!

Jeff

Wolfie Rankin
March 4, 2014 7:54 pm

Hi Paul, I found an unusual 80s song that you might not know.
It’s by Jimmy and The Boys “Product Of Your Mind”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZP6p2WPZiVk

I’ve been buying a lot of coloured vinyl lately, saw this, didn’t know what it was and looked it up on YouTube, it’s kind of catchy. 🙂

RickyTinsel
RickyTinsel
March 4, 2014 4:40 pm

Hey there

I have the UK 12″ vinyl
A Side:
1: Lawnchairs (Original Version)
2: Airline

B Side:
Lawnchairs (Dance Club Version)

I can transfer to mp3 if you like?

VanceMan
March 4, 2014 1:20 pm

I saw them in concert before their LP came out — yes, that long ago — and they were an excellent live band. (BTW, I think the dance mix version of “Lawnchairs” was what appeared on their album; a remade version with live drums, but more of less the same “design” as this version. I had the 12″ but it’s been lost along the way.)

Stefano
Stefano
March 4, 2014 1:03 pm

Sound much like OMD. I think I don’t recall this song.

Nice you ‘discovered’ the 7 inches. But please only post rare 7 inch mixes, because there are tons of 12 inches in your archive still to get the rip treatment 🙂
And of course we’d better not forget the re-rips of dead links or previous inferior OM10 or OM20 rips, haha!

David
David
Reply to  Stefano
March 4, 2014 4:00 pm

Specifically, like “Messages”!

Jermajesty
Jermajesty
Reply to  David
March 4, 2014 6:17 pm

Now I’ve actually listened to it I’m thinking more Ultravox, you know.

omar
omar
March 4, 2014 12:27 pm

Very English sounding but awesome. Totally forgot about this band. Thanks Paul.

Junior
Junior
March 4, 2014 12:15 pm

Looking forward to hearing this release.

Thanks Paul 🙂

Tim
Tim
March 4, 2014 12:11 pm

I love this song. Thanks for the great share of your transfer, Paul!

Jermajesty
Jermajesty
March 4, 2014 12:05 pm

I have no idea what this is but it looks awesome! 😀

Was there no 12″ for it DJPaul?
Maybe you should continue your emerging trend and post a whole week of 7″s??? :O