Tag: 1982

Midge Ure – No Regrets (UK 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1982

“No Regrets” is a song originally recorded by Tom Rush in 1968. Numerous cover versions have been recorded including Shirley Bassey and Olivia Newton-John.

In May 1982, Scottish musician Midge Ure released a cover of the song as his debut solo single. “No Regrets” was also produced by Ure, who said “I got tired of doing it for others, so I decided to do it for myself” and was co-produced and engineered by John Hudson.

Reviewing for Record Mirror, Simon Tebbutt described the song as “a brilliant mixture of the big emotional American ballad … with the kind of clean-cut and almost cold European precision we’ve come to associate with Mr. Ure.”

SIDE A:
No Regrets 4:02
Written-By – Tom Rush

SIDE B:
Mood Music 3:29
Written-By – Midge Ure

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis ‎– CHS 12 2618
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: 08 Jun 1982
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: New Wave, Synthpop

CREDITS:
Design –  Peter Saville (2)
Co-producer, Engineer – John Hudson
Producer, Instrumentation By –  Midge Ure

NOTES:
Made in the UK

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David Bowie – Cat People (Putting Out Fire) (Australia Limited Edition 12″)

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Originally posted March 21, 2013

“Cat People (Putting Out Fire)” is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released as the title track of the 1982 erotic horror film Cat People. Recorded in July 1981, the song was written by Bowie with Italian producer Giorgio Moroder. The 1981 recording has been described as one of “the finest of Bowie’s recordings of the 1980s”. A re-recorded version of the song created a year and a half later, appears on the album Let’s Dance (1983).

The director Paul Schrader engaged Bowie for a theme song in 1981, with Moroder having already recorded most of the music. Bowie was to put lyrics to the main theme.

The song itself, in keeping with the dark tone of the film, has some goth rock influences, with Bowie singing in a deep baritone croon while being backed up by a female chorus. Bowie’s octave leap on the word “gasoline” has been called “a magnificent moment” and “among the most thrilling moments he ever committed to tape”.

Because of Moroder’s contract, the single was issued by MCA Records. The full-length 6:45 version appeared on the soundtrack album, the U.S., and European 12″ single’s, while a 4:08 edited version was made for the 7″ release. The single reached No. 26 in the UK, No. 13 in Canada, and No. 67 in the US – Bowie’s biggest hit there since “Golden Years”. It peaked at No. 1 in New Zealand, remaining there for three weeks, as well as in Sweden for four weeks. It was also No. 1 in Norway for seven consecutive weeks, and then returned to the top for a further week.

The single was released three separate times by MCA, first in March 1982 with “Cat People” as the A-side, then again two months later with “Paul’s Theme” as the A-side, and finally in November 1982 with “Cat People” back on the A-side. Yugoslav-born Hungarian composer Sylvester Levay contributed to the orchestration.

In December 1982, Bowie re-recorded the song for his album Let’s Dance, released the following year. This version was also released as the B-side to the title track’s single release and performed on Bowie’s Serious Moonlight Tour. He had originally planned on using the original version of the song, but Moroder’s label MCA Records refused to license it to EMI America. In the re-recorded version of the song, Stevie Ray Vaughan provided the guitar solos and riffs in the song.

**Although the disc label gives a duration of 6:41 for side B, this 12″ contains a rare 9 minutes plus extended version. According to some sources, the Australian 12″ was mistakenly pressed with this longer version and remains up to now unreleased in any other form.

SIDE A:
Cat People (Putting Out Fire) (Edited Version) 4:08

SIDE B:
Cat People (Putting Out Fire) (OZ Extended Version) 9:23

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1982 Cat People (Putting Out Fire) U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #67
1982 Cat People (Putting Out Fire) U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #14
1982 Cat People (Putting Out Fire) U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks #9

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: MCA Records ‎– DS 12087
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Limited Edition, Reissue, 9:23 extended version
Country: Australia
Released: 1982
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Producer – Giorgio Moroder
Written-By – D. Bowie*, Moroder*

NOTES:
Taken from the soundtrack “CAT PEOPLE”
Side B version is exclusive to this release.

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Record Cleaning
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Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator

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The Psychedelic Furs – Danger (Remix) (UK 12″)

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“Danger” was the second single taken from “Forever Now” the third studio album by English rock band the Psychedelic Furs, the song was release as a single in a remixed form in the UK while “Love My Way” was released in the USA to coincide with the band’s North American tour.

“Danger” which, with its “headlong pace and slamming beat”, was described by critic Ken Tucker as “the most ferocious, impassioned song the Furs have ever recorded”.

SIDE A:
Danger (Remix) 2:36
Remix – Ed E. Thacker*

SIDE B:
I Don’t Want To Be Your Shadow 3:48
Goodbye (Dance Mix) 5:43

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: CBS ‎– CBS A13 2865, CBS ‎– CBS A 13 2865
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1982
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: New Wave

CREDITS:
Producer –  Todd Rundgren
Written-By, Arranged By – The Psychedelic Furs

NOTES:
Produced for Alchemedia Productions Inc.

Track A: taken from the Album & Cassette ‘Forever Now’.
Track B2: original version to be found on the Album & Cassette ‘Forever Now’.

Made in England

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Phono Pre-amp:
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DAC:
Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Record Cleaning
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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

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A Flock Of Seagulls – Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) (UK 12″)

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“Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)” is a 1982 song by A Flock of Seagulls, the opening song and only hit single from their second album Listen.

The song exemplifies “synth-pop’s spaced-out loneliness” and yearning for imagined absent lovers, and is noted for its Wall of Sound-styled layer of synthesizer padding – a “multi-layered, hypnotic song”, according to AllMusic.

Unlike the band’s 1982 hit “I Ran (So Far Away)”, largely a United States and Australian hit, “Wishing” performed strongly in the band’s home country, the United Kingdom, and reached the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart; in the US it reached the Top 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the middle of 1983. It was popular in South Africa, reaching #8.

SIDE A:
Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) (Long Version) 9:09

SIDE B:
Committed 5:34
Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) (Short Version) 4:58

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1982 Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #26
1982 Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks #3
1982 Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) U.S. Billboard Hot DanceMusic/Club Play #26

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Jive ‎– JIVE T 25
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: Nov 1982
Genre: Electronic, Pop
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Art Direction – Pete Watson (2)
Lacquer Cut By – BilBo (3)
Photography By – E. Watson*
Producer –  Mike Howlett

NOTES:
From the LP “Listen”

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VINYL RESTORATION BY:
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THE GEAR:
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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


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