Burning The Ground Exclusive 1982

“What” is a song written by H. B. Barnum, originally performed by Melinda Marx and released in 1965.

British synth-pop/new wave duo Soft Cell released a cover of the song in July 1982 as the only single from their remix EP Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing. It became their fifth UK top-ten chart hit, peaking at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart.

SIDE A:
What 6:10
Engineer –  Don Wershba
Mixed By – Harvey Goldberg
Performer [Instruments] – Dave Ball
Vocals – Marc Almond
Written-By – H.B. Barnum

SIDE B:
So 8:48
Engineer – Bill Clarke
Producer, Performer, Written-By – Dave Ball

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Vertigo – 6400 674
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: Germany
Released: 1982
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Design [Sleeve Design], Artwork [Hand Colouring] – Huw Feather

Photography By [Front Cover] – Eugine Adebari*

NOTES:
H.B. Barnum (as credited on the sleeve) is credited as H.P. Barnum on the label.
Dave Ball (as credited on the sleeve) is credited as David Ball on the label.

Track A recorded at The Camden Cell
Track B recorded in The Box, West Yorks

Front cover taken from the forthcoming “Non-Stop Exotic Video Show”
One nice pop song – from two nice people

Made in West Germany

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL TRANSFER & RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

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: Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
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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