Shrine Of Eight – Perfect Crime (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1989

A. Front

“Perfect Crime” is a 1989 single by Shrine Of Eight. The track was originally released in 1987 under the title “Burning Rain” by the band Crazy House formed by David Luckhurst and Peter Parsons. Fast forward to 1989, the guys renamed the band Shrine Of Eight and re-released a new remix of “Burning Rain” retitling it “Perfect Crime”. “Perfect Crime” was the only single released by Shrine Of Eight.

The “Islamix” contains dialogue from the 1947 film The Bishops Wife starring Cary Grant.

SIDE A:
Perfect Crime (The Islamix) 7:18
Engineer – Kevin Moloney
Producer – Kevin Moloney
Producer [Backing Tracks] – Steve Nye

SIDE B:
Perfect Crime (We All Hurt Inside) (Seven Inch Mix) 3:00
Engineer – Kevin Moloney
Producer – Kevin Moloney
Producer [Backing Tracks] – Steve Nye

All Those Eyes 4:44
Engineer – Shrine Of Eight*
Producer – Mike Long

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Moles Records ‎– 12 MRCL 1
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1989
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop

NOTES:
Recorded at Moles studio
Thanks to Kate Meade for cello and Kurosh Davis for violin.
The “Islamix” contains dialog from “The Bishops Wife” starring Cary Grant (1947)
“Burning Rain” now retitled “Perfect Crime” by the band originally called “Crazy House” now called “Shrine of Eight”

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B. Back

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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The Doctor
The Doctor
May 6, 2013 9:58 am

Another cool track I’ve never heard of before! Looks like “All Those Eyes” is a non-album B-side, too, at least according to what I could find on Discogs…

Off to Amazon and eBay to see if I can dig up any of their albums! 🙂

Chris
Chris
May 5, 2013 8:23 pm

Paul,

Any chance for the Generic Mix or Genetic Mix of Burning Rain (off the 12″ vinyl)?

This song is one of my favorite obscure 80’s gems. The drums in the original always reminded me of Killing Joke.

Thanks.

Chris

Cory
Cory
May 3, 2013 8:03 pm

LOVE! Thanks Paul! 🙂

Gilbert
Gilbert
May 3, 2013 9:09 am

Hey Paul, I love New Wave/Synth Pop genre. Have not heard of this group before. Now i’m excited. Can’t wait to listen.
Stay well, Paul!

Gilbert

Ally
Ally
May 2, 2013 1:57 pm

“Burning Flame” or “Burning Rain”?

Matt G C
Matt G C
May 2, 2013 1:50 pm

I have never heard of this band or the track but have downloaded it any way. I can only assume I was hypnotised by your awesome new logo!

Conner
Conner
May 2, 2013 12:31 pm

OMG! I had NO IDEA there was an extended version of this. I can’t wait to get home and give this a spin. Thank you! It really is Christmas this week 🙂

Conner
Conner
Reply to  DjPaulT
May 2, 2013 1:54 pm

I have no doubt about it. I love the 7″ remix already 🙂

Connner
Connner
Reply to  Conner
May 2, 2013 8:42 pm

….and I love it 🙂 Thanks.