BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985
REQUEST
“Stop This Rumour” is a 1985 synth-pop single by UK trio Spelt Like This. The band only released two singles during their brief career both produced by Stock, Aitken & Waterman.
The B-side “The Alphabet” is produced by the band & Nick Froome who also produced “Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money)” by Pet Shop Boys is cool dub track featuring a Speak & Spell machine.
SIDE A:
Stop This Rumour (The Lust Mix) 6:33
Producer – Stock, Aitken & Waterman
Remix [Additional Production and Mixing By] – Froome*, McKenzie*
SIDE B:
The Alphabet 7:15
Producer – Nick Froome*, Russell McKenzie
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI – 12 SLT2
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
CREDITS:
Written-By – Rawlings*, Karner*, McKenzie*
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
Hi Paul, can you re-upload this one?
Thanks for this rarity. I could never find a decent, clean copy of this on vinyl. This is just perfect!
Absolutely brilliant Paul. Massively huge thanks for my request. Away on holiday for a few days, so Unable to download this until I get back. Such a shame the group didn’t make it big, they so deserved to be. Waiting with excitement until tomorrow when you upload “contract of the heart”. Will be back home on Sunday so can enjoy playing them then. These songs bring back such brilliant memories of my mates and I driving down to the beach in my orange Volkswagen beetle with this music blaring. Enormous gratitude for all the time, hard work and devotion you… Read more »
Thank you Paul for this post. Never heard about this band. The remix sounds really good. I much prefer the early works of S.A.W.. One another great find for me!! I searched about this band on the web and found the other single “Contract of the heart”. This one sounds even better and I would love to find it in a future post.
You’re welcome Daniel glad you like this band. The other single is coming tomorrow 🙂
WOW!!! Can’t tell you how thrilled I am to FINALLY have a pristine version of this song! THANK YOU!!!
Any chance you have “Contract Of The Heart” as well? My copy has seen better days.
THANK YOU, sir.
You’re very welcome Dana. “Contract Of The Heart” is tomorrows post 🙂
Unreal!!! Thank you!!!
Thanks Paul for the introduction of a S.A.W. production I’m not at all familiar with. I’m looking forward to playing this to Karen’s and my ears as she was a big fan of these producer power-houses!! You really are incredible with the choice and selection of dance music discs. I get so PUMPED UP by what you display throughout the weeks. It blows my mind at the legacy you’re creating here on Burning The Ground. And oh, the Ish 12-inch is so splendid. I truly hope that people will look into this great record you posted and check out the… Read more »
This really is a fun synth-pop track i’m not sure why these boys didn’t go any further but two singles. They are another one of my favorites, I hope they become one of yours too 🙂
Thanks Paul.
You’re welcome Omar 🙂