BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983
-DjPaulT Recommended 12″
“More To Lose” is a single by British new wave group Seona Dancing, released in 1983. It is an uptempo new wave pop song, sung by a then-unknown Ricky Gervais, who was the lyricist and vocalist of the band. Macrae was the band’s composer and keyboard player. The song remains virtually unknown in their homeland of the UK, after only peaking at No. 117 on the UK Singles Chart, but found tremendous success in the Philippines in 1985, a year after the band broke up.
In 1985, DWRT-FM started playing a song, deliberately misnaming it as “Fade” by Medium (sometimes billed as “Medium” by Fade), to prevent other rival stations finding the song and playing it for themselves. To make it impossible for other DJs to record the song and play it on their own station, DWRT-FM even inserted a station ID midway through the track. A year later, radio station DWXB-102 revealed the true identity of the song. “More to Lose” became an instant hit among Filipino teenagers. The song also swept the nation’s dance clubs and endless airplay on Manila FM stations throughout the mid-1980s.
SIDE A:
More To Lose (Extended Mix) 6:02
SIDE B:
You’re On My Side 3:06
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: London Records – LONX 22, London Records – LON X 22
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop
CREDITS:
Artwork [Silkscreen Print] – Alistair Pratley
Design [Sleeve] – Keith Breeden
Producer – Mike Thorne
Written-By – Macrae*, Gervais*
NOTES:
℗ 1983 The Decca Record Co. Ltd.
R.C.A. Music Ltd.
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
Thanks for sharing Seona Dancing, DJ Paul! The quality of your rips are excellent and greatly appreciated. Looking forward to your “Bitter Heart” uploads!
Hi, Thank you! I have been waiting for the 24bit version of this for so long!
Wow! It’s been a long time coming for this, Paul. But surely, it’s worth the wait. Thank you very much. Hope all is well with you.
So glad to see you’re feeling better and back at it, Paul!
Thanks so much for this one. This and Bitter Heart are old favorites!
Welcome back Paul, happy to see you’re back on track.
Thanks for coming back with a great recommended single, stay healthy.
Hugo
99.5 DWRT “Rock Makati” first started playing the extended version in the 1980’s and their sister station, Y101 (DYIO) of Cebu not long after that. It was very common for other radio station to “copy” the song by taping it while it’s being played on air. (There was no such thing as “internet” those days and no one knew the details.) Both DWRT and DYIO were known as “progressive rock” station format. Their songs were mostly “out there” so other stations would “copy” their format and claim it as their own. Since DWRT and DYIO has the “master copy” of… Read more »
Hilarious story… that’s like what northern soul DJs in the clubs used to do back in the early 70s, they’d play an obscure song and lie about what it was so they’d have an exclusive. And they’d cover up the label to stop anyone having a sneaky peek.
Welcome back!
BTW, great story about their success in Philippines.
OMG OMG OMG Paul……! I have been waiting soooo long for you to post this!! I knew you had it in your vaults! Thank you soooooooo much!!!!! Didn’t you also have the Japanese 7″s of the 2 singles – it would be great to have a Ricky Gervais week! It’s so cool to hear from your other visitors that this was massive in the Philippines – I’d read this on Wikipedia years ago but had always taken it with a pinch of salt as it sounds so unlikely, but so fun to hear it’s actually true. 😀 Thank you again… Read more »
I know I have been keeping these in the vaults and have meant to bring them out many times just never got to it. The wait is now over. I do have the Japanese 7″s of the 2 singles if all goes as planned I will be posting them along with the “Bitter Heart” 12″. 🙂
Oh that’s such cool news Paul. Thank you so much for your generosity in sharing these treasures.
Today’s post made me do the same squeal I did when you posted Letitia Dean’s Something Outta Nothing (my fave post of yours ever). Thing was, this time I wasn’t in my kitchen, but a busy restaurant. 😀 😀
OMGGGG, so many childhood memories on this one Paul! This song was popular in the Philippines! I can’t believe this. Thank you for putting your magic touch on this gem. I was able to get their EP CD years ago, but i love to listen to your remastering. Thank you and be well!
You’re welcome Gilbert 🙂
Surely in the same bunch of best forgotten 80s hits with the likes of Big Supreme. For some reason this one was and still is very big in the Philippines, where a CD EP was released. One of my all time favorite tunes and also on CD on Blanc & Jones So80s series. I wonder which remaster of them all is best: this one? Thanks a lot of course.
I hope my mastering is up to par Martijn 🙂
This is a pleasant surprise, I was hoping you might post a Seona Dancing single one day.
I hope you’re feeling better now, Paul 🙂
Feeling much better thank you Mark 🙂
Welcome back Paul! I was so worried about you and your cold and all. Summer colds can be brutal so I’m really pleased you’re back up ripping the music you love (and we love too). This is a great single and I see that it’s a recommended 12-inch by you. Your tastes are incredible.
Again, take care of yourself Paul. Rest and be well always!
Jeff
Thank you Jeff it’s good to be back 🙂
What a great comeback Paul! I hope that everything’s alright again with you now. I love this single very much. These special recommanded posts are really the best. Thanks a lot to give this very underrated single a second chance.
Thank you, Daniel, I am feeling better still a little fatigued but otherwise feel much better. Never understood why this band never took off.
Paul you’re a genius. I love this. Please also post their single Bitter Heart which was excellent too.
Thank you Omar 🙂
You just made all the entire Gen X from the Philippines happy. This was the national anthem in the Philippines in the eighties.
That’s great news! It always makes me happy when my readers enjoy the days post 🙂
Hope you’re feeling better!
I am feeling better. Thank you Norm 🙂
Nice one Paul!
For those that are curious, their name is pronounced “shawna” dancing. 😉
Have you got their other single, Bitter Heart to complete their discography?
Thank you Krynoid I was wondering the proper way to say their name 🙂