BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983
“Bad Boys/Club Tropicana” was a 1983 single released in Japan. The single is housed in a unique picture sleeve. This record is quite cofusing due to the front cover stating “Extended Club Mix Versions” in the plural sense. However if you flip the sleeve over and look at the back cover “Extended Club Mix Version” is only listed above “Bad Boys”. There has never been an official “Extended” version of “Club Tropicana” released.
I am posting this record just to clear up the “Club Tropicana” mystery and aside from the flawless Japanese pressing the artwork is great too. I have scanned the record with the Japanese OBI strip and without so you can see the full sleeve.
SIDE A:
Bad Boys (Extended Club Mix Version) 4:52
Arranged By , Co-producer , Written-By – George Michael
Producer – Steve Brown
SIDE B:
Club Tropicana 4:27
Producer – George Michael, Steve Brown
Written-By – Andrew Ridgeley, George Michael
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic – 12-3P-512
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: Japan
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Photography By – Brian Aris
NOTES:
Taken From The LP “FANTASTIC”
Find The 12″ On DISCOGS
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Speed Control: Pro-Ject Speed Box S
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 Removeal: ClickRepair (DeClick Level 3)
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
