BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987
To celebrate the release of Rick’s latest album “50” which debuted at #1 on the UK albums chart, his first number one album in twenty nine years.
“Never Gonna Give You Up” is a single by Rick Astley, released in 1987, written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman. The song was released as the first single from his debut album, Whenever You Need Somebody (1987). The song was a worldwide number-one hit, initially in the singer’s native United Kingdom in 1987, where it stayed at the top the chart for five weeks and was the best-selling single of that year. It eventually topped the charts in 25 countries, including the United States and West Germany. “Never Gonna Give You Up” hit number one in the U.S. in March 1988 after it was played by resident DJ, Larry Levan, at the Paradise Garage in 1987.
SIDE A:
Never Gonna Give You Up (Cake Mix) 5:46
Never Gonna Give You Up (Instrumental) 6:19
Never Gonna Give You Up 3:31
SIDE B:
Never Gonna Give You Up (Escape To New York Mix) 7:02
Mixed By – The Extra Beat Boys
Never Gonna Give You Up (Escape From Newton Mix) 6:23
VIMYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Never Gonna Give You Up | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #1 |
| 1987 | Never Gonna Give You Up | U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | #1 |
| 1987 | Never Gonna Give You Up | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play | #1 |
| 1987 | Never Gonna Give You Up | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance /Maxi-Singles Sales | #1 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: RCA Victor – 6784-1-RD
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic, Pop
Style: House, Dance-pop
CREDITS:
Engineer – Mark McGuire, Mike Duffy
Mixed By – Mixmaster Pete Hammond* (tracks: A1 to A3, B2)
Producer – Stock / Aitken / Waterman*
Written-By – Stock / Aitken / Waterman*
Find the 12″ on DISCOGS
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
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 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
Hey, please is there any chance we can request Rick’s 12 inch of “Whenever you need somebody”? It is available on CD, on the deluxe edition of his first album, but it is dynamically bricked to hell. I would love to hear it as originally intended, without the incompetent remastering.
Dammit second time I got rick-rolled this week. Anyway, thanks for the rip, I will enjoy this!
No no no no no – even the association with this track cringes my spine. Totally abused song like non other in history. All my memories for ever tainted with juvenile jokes by people i don’t call friends..
I don’t ever wanna see his video or hear one line again (well, maybe after therapy and a few years in a medical environment).
But, don’t let me discourage you knewbies to enjoy the wonders of “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley – maybe just do not google it.
Thanks for posting this, Paul! Rick Astley had/s a powerful, expressive voice. I have a soft spot for SAW – Astley, Bananarama, Dead Or Alive – a classic sound that reminds you that you’re alive. They did well by him. Just two days ago, I saw yet another dis of Astley on some webpage. ‘Cause y’know, this isn’t “serious” music, like, um, ELP or Led Zep. Tho I’m straight, I see a lot of homophobia in hatred of “dance music”; go back to late 70s disco, stir in some racism, and Voila!, you have the ‘Disco Sucks’ crowd. Fortunately, my… Read more »
Thank you so much Peter that was a very thoughtful comment. I truly agree with every word you said. I live in Tulsa, Oklahoma and it’s the same here dance music is not the most popular genre it’s either classic rock or country. I just wish people could broaden their minds. Thank you again 🙂
“Rick Astley’s new album: ’50’ is a new entry at number one in this week’s UK top 40 album chart. His first number one album in 29 years!”
Updated:
31 years, I think! Whenever You Need Somebody – Release date: 16 November 1987
I agree with DJ Paul. Rick’s new album is good. “I Like The Sun” is sort of like Rick’s James Bond theme. 🙂 I think Rick would be the ideal singer for the next James Bond theme and with his new found success you never know… he might have a small chance.
I am so happy that he is enjoying a bit of a comeback. I agree he would do a great Bond theme 🙂
Rick Astley’s new album: ’50’ is a new entry at number one in this week’s UK top 40 album chart. His first number one album in 29 years!
First of all, Thank You for posting this! It’s a great one for sure. The issue with the 2CD remastered ones is simply that these idiots don’t know how to leave the dynamic range alone. They suffer from noticeable peak limiting/compression to make them louder & that doesn’t make them better except to untrained ears. They’re not horribly done like so many other remasters, but it is a noticeable difference that can be heard/seen/measured. Go ahead & play that first pressing vs. the RM & see which one makes those power meters on your amp swing a little more as… Read more »
Thanks for all the info Locutus the DR of my rip is 13. His new album is available on vinyl only from his web store I believe.
whenever you need somebody i never gonna give u up!together forever with DjPaulT!!!!
love u!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you giorgio-greece 🙂
Classic SAW release, thanks.
As for for Rik’s latest rubbish, depressing to say the least, hate it!!
Thanks as always Paul 🙂
I love his new album I found his new single “Angels On My Side” very uplifting. He wrote, produced and played all instruments.
Awesome. Another great 12″ gets the BTG treatment and it seems that all of the mixes are here together!
Thank you Neil 🙂
Great rip Paul! I know Paul’s quality is awesome but Rick’s Whenever You Need Somebody (Remastered) 2-cd set is loaded with tons and tons of mixes…including all from this 12″.
I will take a high resolution DjPaulT rip any day over a poorly mastered over processed CD.
I’m not sure where you were going with that comment. But here goes: Of course…who wants a POOR cd quality version of the exact same track that sounds FANTASTIC from a vinyl rip? Nobody. You’re stating the obvious. What you seem to be implying is that all remastered sets with bonus material are of poor quality (at least the bonus material). They aren’t. You have to weigh (and listen to) your options. Some are fantastic quality…some are very good…and some are meh. Some remastered/deluxe/expanded cd sets are using poor source materials to begin with…some sets have inferior humans at the… Read more »
Well, I have the 12″ the 2CD set and I still want to check this out because I’d like to hear the difference. Honestly, this is one of my favorite 12″ records of all time, but as with a lot of what is posted here I have the originals but thanks to the magic touch Paul the records have something extra. This site offers is a place to find out about a lot of great records from back in the day. Paul occupies that place as a DJ and one who informs as well as entertains. As with many club… Read more »
I disagree, all remasters sound like they were done by some tech school leaver, I’ve never heard a good remaster, and trying to advocate for such a practice is difficult to comprehend at the best of times. Everytime some record company dip stick has had a go at “it”, they have either turned the volume up so loud that it’s just ear-aching, they’ve gone mad on the noise reduction, done some weird EQing, or some other nut job thing, I didn’t think that just transferring the mastertape to CD would be such a hard thing to do. They have to… Read more »
His twelves ruled the clubs back in the days. Can’t wait for your rips on those memorable dance tracks.
I know I was amazed when I was looking up the chart info #1 everywhere 🙂
I knew the day would come when you couldn’t resist to ‘rickrolled’ us. Thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome Rodolfo. I love being rickrolled 🙂
This really freaked me out Paul, because I just found out earlier today that Rick has a new album and that got me to thinking about his back catalog. Wow, you’re quite amazing in the way you pick up on vibrations and things. Tremendous stuff, really. And, it’s so cool for me too in that, (big swallow coming on), I’ve never heard the full 12-inch. I know the Hot Tracks version, but this will be new for me. Thanks as always for this twelve Paul. I am really pumped right now.
Jeff
His new album is titled “50” because he just turned 50. The album debuted at #1 on the UK albums chart, his first in 29 years. Enjoy Jeff! 🙂